Day: January 10, 2014

Notes from JWR:

Please pray for the folks who are stranded by vehicles with dead batteries or frozen fuel lines, or without water, or cleaning up after burst pipes. All of these have happened with the recent severe cold spell in much of the United States. Hopefully folks have learned from this, and they will become better prepared. — Camping Survival has announced a “Free Shipping Friday”, with free shipping on orders over $150. This promotion is only running today (Friday 01/10/2014, from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m.) Some heavy items with minimal markup are excluded. (See their web site for details.) No …


Off-Grid Electronics, by D. Smith

When I am looking for electronics for my cabin that is so far back in the woods it is cost-prohibitive to get grid power, I look for certain things: Low energy use, flexibility of use,and a long service life. I don’t have a lot of extra room in my cabin but I love to read, so I have an e-book reader. Several years ago, I bought a book scanner and scanned in most of my books to make them e-books. Some people say this is a legal gray area but I have no moral qualms about format shifting an item …


Letter Re: How To Use Your IRA /401k to Fund a Survival Retreat Property

Dear SurvivalBloggers, How do you use your IRA /401k to fund survival property or fund a startup business in the area you want to exit to? I have been running into many of my clients here in the north east, way outside the American Redoubt, that want to take greater control over their 401k or IRA’s that have accumulated over a period of time. Being a reader of this web site for a number of years, I felt that I could explain to your readers thru a simple monograph of what an individual or group of individuals could accomplish with …


Economics and Investing:

Reader C.J.C. suggested this piece by Lars Seier Christensen, the founder of Saxo Bank: What is the broader relevance of Ayn Rand for society? Extreme Cold Weather Freezes US Fuel Supply Items from The Economatrix: Unemployment Benefits Clear Senate Hurdle Employment Recovery? 1,600 Workers Apply For Just 36 Jobs At An Ice Cream Plant In Maryland How Will The Economy Improve In 2014 If Almost Everyone Has Less Money To Spend?


Odds ‘n Sods:

I just heard about the Buckmaster, a 7 Band, 300 Watt ham radio off-center feed (OCF) antenna that currently sells at a special price of $207. (The regular list price is $273.) It is manufactured by the same folks who operate the widely-visited Ham Call web site that lists more than 9.8 million amateur radio call signs from over 200 countries, also available on DVD.    o o o Reader K.A.F. mentioned an upcoming free online Survival Summit from January 20th to 26th, 2014.    o o o B.B. sent this interesting news: 3D Printed metal gun hitting the market    …