Day: March 20, 2014

Notes from HJL:

Seed for Security (a SurvivalBlog advertiser) is announcing a new garden seed collection. Native Americans combined corn, beans, and squash for excellent nutrition and synergistic growth. Their Three Sisters Collection comes with detailed planting instructions and a diagram to help you obtain these same benefits. o o o Today we present another entry for Round 51 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $11,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be …


Survival Medicine, by Confederate Preacher

The area of prepping has grown enormously in the past few years, with a diversity not seen in other current mindsets. Some people prep for economic reasons, others for biblical reasons, others for political reasons, while some seem to have no reason at all or a combination of each. I am sure the list of reasons could extended many times over. Each person also has their areas of focus in which the majority of their prepping focuses. Many people are consumed with water storage and/or water purification. Water is the most important supply when dealing with long-term, off-grid survival. Water …


Letter Re: Perspective from the Inside

Hugh, As a retired (federal) law enforcement officer, I think JH’s article was well written and presented a number of very good points. His comments about budget issues, the police tendency to grab so much free military surplus gear, and officer’s dedication to the job was well done. For better or worse, the police are often the layer between “the government” and the people. They must deal with extremely difficult situations in, often times, dangerous conditions. Most are well-meaning, and, yes, a few are over-the-top authoritarians. I suppose what bothers me (as I have observed) is a tendency for officers …


Economics and Investing:

A map showing the ridiculous fight over the keystone pipeline in Nebraska, a state that has over 20,000 miles of pipeline and complains about 200 miles. Items from The Economatrix: The Five-Year Fantasy Is Ending Relief in Sight for Gasoline Prices, AAA says A land of low-wage jobs: For every job that pays above the low-wage threshold of $15 an hour you have 7 job-seekers. 51.4 million low-wage jobs in U.S. Food Prices Surge, Hurting Consumers, Companies Alike


Odds ‘n Sods:

EMP Effects and Cyber Warfare – Part 1– B.H. o o o The massive solar blast that almost wreaked havoc on Earth – S.C. o o o Tactical Machining (TM) may have helped us understand what happened to EP Armory and Ares Armor. In the Facebook post, TM had a few factual errors, but did indicate some of the issues in dealing with 80% lowers. They are claiming the raids were a result of the manufactures not having a proper determination letter from the ATF stating that the lowers were not firearms. – R.C. o o o An excellent article …