Day: February 21, 2014

Notes from HJL:

SurvivalBlog Archive DVD Now Available The SurvivalBlog Archive DVD is now available for ordering! This new edition includes all of the blog articles and letters from 2005 to 2013. It also includes the book Rawles on Retreats and Relocation in digital format, as well as JWR’s expanded selection of 37 public domain firearms manuals and U.S. military manuals in PDF format. (This is a considerable expansion of the bonus material from last year’s edition.) The files on this DVD are fully keyword searchable and are provided in both HTML and PDF. Effectively, it emulates SurvivalBlog offline, on your PC. It …


Aquaponics – Guarding the Plant Growth Medium, by J.F.

Introduction The funny thing about growing fish in your backyard (Aquaponics) is everyone thinks about the fish and the right water– temperature, pH, chemical balance, replacement, and so forth– for the fish. No one thinks about the plants and asks questions, such as: * What is the right environment for the plant root system? * What should one do about moving the plant growth medium and pulling up dead plants? * Should water be added to the plant growth medium or should it be added to the fishtank when water needs to be replaced? This lesson addresses both how to …


Three Letters Re: Trading Posts of the New Frontier

Dear HJL, There are a few things that I do not understand in the article, written by TCG. First of all, his background in the food distribution business certainly qualifies him to write the fine article noted above, and I am certainly not critiquing the article. One of the things that confuses me, however, is in the first paragraph regarding the layout of a store. Any given building contains 100% of the available space and whether it is divided 25/75% or 75/25%, it contains the same amount of product. The variable is not the amount that is stored in the …


Economics and Investing:

The Five Greatest Gold Robberies – D.B. Shocker: China Dumps $50 Billion in US Treasury Paper, Leaving Europe to Pick Up Slack – B.B. Items from The Economatrix: Ugly Scenario Epiphany & Forecast Formula Does The Trail Of Dead Bankers Lead Somewhere? Celente – It’s Raining Bankers To Protect The US Dominance Weak Home-Construction Data Darken Economic Outlook


Odds ‘n Sods:

The protests in Kiev Ukraine escalated from throwing bricks to firearms. This is turning into a civil war. We now have an idea of what it may look like if it starts here (links to videos sent in by L.C.): Ukraine: Flaming Molotovs flung at police with slingshot Ukraine: Clashes continue despite truce Ukraine: Police firing live ammo in Kiev clashes Kiev drone footage: Aerial view of burning Maidan amid Ukranian riots From bricks to bullets: Police footage shows Kiev rioters going ballistic o o o Drone war’s troubling contours: American lives are not more sacred than foreigners’. White House …