Month: April 2014

Odds ‘n Sods:

It may not be the Redoubt, but it’s on the right track. Now if we could just get Constitutional Carry Enacted… Kansas lawmakers OK bill to void local gun rules o o o In Kentucky, Any ‘War on Women’ Will Face Armed Resistance. – F.F. o o o Code Enforcement Cites Kids’ Garden for Overgrown Head of Lettuce – C.V. o o o As it was in Connecticut, so shall it be in New York!EMPIRE STATE REBELLION: Hundred of Thousands of New Yorkers Refuse To Register So-Called “Assault Weapons” Ahead Of April 15 Deadline. o o o Taxi unions say …



Note from HJL:

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Guest Article: Why Do I Carry Concealed? by J.B.

I often get asked, “Why would you want to carry a gun?” My answer is usually a little different from other people’s. For me, it comes down to the experiences I had when I was younger. I grew up in Southern California. As a white kid, I was the minority at my elementary school. Maybe I was too young or just didn’t pay attention to the news, but I wasn’t concerned with my safety too much. There was a drive-by on my grandma’s street, and a stray bullet hit her house. Luckily no one was harmed, and having a gun …


Pat’s Product Review – Infidel Pepper Gel

The nice folks at Infidel Body Armor are always coming out with new products— products that can save your life, too. I happen to have a little bit of insight of the behind-the-scenes, and I know where their roots came from. They have continued to grow and grow. Back when I was in 5th or 6th grade, I remember the very first pepper spray that came out. I had an uncle who was with the Chicago Police Department, and he was selling pepper spray on the side. I also remember getting in on the business, even at that young age. …


Pat’s Product Review – Zero Tolerance Knives, Hinderer 0560BW Folder

Zero Tolerance knives Model 0560BW is the latest in the line up, at their plant in Wilsonville, OR from the mind of custom knife maker Rick Hinderer. I’ve reviewed several other Hinderer designed folders, all along the same line as this current folder under review for SurvivalBlog readers. Rick Hinderer is probably best known for the “Hinderer Lockbar Stabilizer” that is incorporated into the Titanium frame-lock style on his folding knives, which others are starting to copy (with or without license from Hinderer). What we have with the lockbar stabilizer is a simple two-piece special bolt/screw (for lack of a …


Recipe of the Week: Brown Rice and Lentil Casserole

Ingredients: 2 cans chicken broth 14.5 oz (chicken or vegetable) 1 cup lentils (uncooked) 2/3 cup brown rice,or rice medley, and I’ve used white. (Not instant) 1/3 cup chopped onion 1/2 chopped celery and carrots (Optional) 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (or to taste) 1 cup grated cheese (cheddar or a blend is preferable)Use more if you like. Directions: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Mix all ingredients EXCEPT cheese in a baking dish. (I use an 11 x 7 pan) Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes. Then remove the foil, add the cheese, and …


Three Letters Re: Preparing Now For Good Sanitation After SHTF

Hello Hugh, I liked the article on Sanitation, although I have a different idea for my shower. I too will install my handpump. It has a hose bib connection for it (Bison pump), so I plan to run a hose into the house or to my out door shower that is sitting stored away for future use. It involves fours sheets of plywood cut to 6 feet 6 inches, two pallets of equal size, a box of good screws and even carrage bolts to assemble the shower room and a few extra 2X4’s for framing all precut for assembly. I …


Economics and Investing:

Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Everyone Should Know – B.R. o o o How Europe is incubating an even bigger debt crisis by letting deflation take root – H.L. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Jeremy Grantham: The Fed Is Killing The Recovery Is a 1987-Type Market Crash 37 Days Away? 1,311 Trading Day After The Start Of The 1982 Bull Market That The Standard & Poor’s 500 Suffered Its Biggest One-Day Crash In History On Oct. 19, 1987. Jim Willie: Lightning Speed Global Economic Change Through System Breakdown


Odds ‘n Sods:

What Happened to Crime in Chicago After Illinois Finally Passed Concealed Carry Law? o o o The scariest words known to Conn. law enforcement – R.B. o o o Lassa Fever Reported in U.S. Traveler Returning from West Africa – T.Y. o o o Given that we live in an era where dead people routinely vote in elections, is anyone suprised that the HHS inflates their numbers in this manner? HHS Started Obamcare Applications For Americans, Without Consent – G.P. o o o Common Core-approved Textbooks Rewrite Second Amendment – B.B.



Notes from HJL:

Today we present another entry for Round 52 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 for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value), A $300 gift certificate …


Getting Real About Physical Training, by R.G.

Many articles have been written here about the best way to get in shape and stay in shape to be ready for a major societal disruption up to and including TEOTWAWKI. None of them that I have ready have really taken into account the societal challenges and day to day retreat and retreat area conditions extant during a disruption. Sorry, but no matter how much you may enjoy it, and I am an endorphin junkie myself, you won’t be running even one mile per day, let alone eight or ten miles per. Any running will be a flat out mad …


Letter Re: Alternative Diesel Fuel

Hello Editor I have been using alternative fuels for diesel engines for about 12 years in my ’84 Nissan 720 diesel pickup, ’92 dodge Cummings diesel 12-valve engine, ’84 Mercedes 300 sedan, PC40 Komatsu excavator, and a Yanmar track dumper. I have not done any waste motor oil (wmo) yet but with vegetable fry oil being contracted up by all the big bio-diesel company’s waste motor oil (wmo) is going to happen soon. I’m just paying it forward 🙂 Have a great day My formula for fuel for diesel engines: Twenty-five gallons of non-hydrogenated fry oil or half and half …


Economics and Investing:

Bond yields to hit fresh lows as world recovery wilts, growls Saxo bear o o o Items from The Economatrix: David Stockman: “A Gang Of Unelected PhDs Have Staged An Economics Coup D’Etat” ADP Jobs Miss For 4th Month In A Row; Job Market “Emerging From Deep Winter Slumber” Says Mark Zandi Billionaire Warns: Yellen Collapse ‘Will Be Unlike Any Other’