Month: May 2014

Letter: .22 Training Ammo Availability

Hello Hugh, Just wanted to offer this information about the availability of .22LR ammo for training purposes for youth under 18. As many readers of the blog are aware, the Appleseed Project is a leader in rifle marksmanship education and telling the story of the history, choices, and sacrifices made by the men and women of the founding generation on April 19th, 1775 (first battle of the Revolutionary War). The value of the knowledge gained, both in practical skill gain using a rifle and in increased knowledge of our shared heritage, cannot be overstated, with the price for a weekend …


Economics and Investing:

Another one bites the dust in 2014. US Regulators Close Small Lender in Ohio. G.G. o o o See No Evil. Inflation is everywhere! – B.B. o o o Items from The Economatrix: U.S. Jobless Claims Jump 26,000 To 326,000 Big Investors Are Betting Against Housing Market The Biggest Economic Threat? Big Companies New-Home Sales Likely Rebounded In April, Economists Forecast


Odds ‘n Sods:

Prepper comms goes mainstream? My New Favorite Social Network Is Ham Radio. – B.C. o o o City plans to attack economic segregation by moving poor into middle-class neighborhoods, richer into poverty spots. No point in fleeing a high crime area when the city will simply be moving the high crime area right back into your formerly “nice” neighborhood. Middle class and upper class flight from the state of New York will simply accelerate… even more. – T.P. o o o A chilling message from the cartels: Billboards with hanging mannequins warning cops to choose ‘silver over lead’ appear in …




Product Review: Harvest Right Freeze Dryer, by HJL – Part 2

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Why It Works I spent quite a bit of time, over the last three years, researching how freeze drying is accomplished. I wanted to know why and how it worked and ultimately, if I could do it at home. Earlier, I alluded to some pretty bad information I had run across, and I think a short primer of what makes freeze drying successful is in order, so that the user can understand just how useful this appliance actually is. It is well understood by any high school student who has taken a physics or physical science course that there are …


Letter Re: Seven Secrets of Medical Prepping

Hugh, I appreciate the concern pharmacist MDS, Pharm.D. has for keeping all of us safe. His comment regarding the danger of expired tetracycline is worth addressing in more detail. According to the respected newsletter, The Medical Letter, Vol. 44, Issue 1142, October 28, 2002, “The only report of human toxicity that may have been caused by chemical or physical degradation of a pharmaceutical product is renal tubular damage that was associated with use of degraded tetracycline…Current tetracycline preparations have been reformulated with different fillers to minimize degradation and are unlikely to have this effect.” This refers to a 1963 incident, …


Economics and Investing:

Did the Federal Reserve Launder $141 Billion Dollars Through Belgium to Hide Massive Increase In Quantitative Easing? – H.L. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Fed Focuses On Exit But Makes No Decision: Kocherlakota: Fed Should Target Price Levels Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt? Is The Economic Recovery Only Statistical?


Odds ‘n Sods:

Natural Water Purification Using Coriander – We have o o o Man cooked to death in scalding shower as punishment by prison guards. – H.L. o o o IRS: 318,000 fed workers owe $3.3B in back taxes . – D.S. o o o 10,996,447: Disability Beneficiaries Hit New Record – G.G. “The number of Americans receiving disability benefits continues to exceed the populations of Greece, Tunisia and Portugal, and is approaching the population of Cuba…” o o o New York Lawmakers Complain Alabama’s Remington Win Due in Part to ‘Gun-Friendly’ Political Climate – C.D. o o o N.J. doctor supplied …



Notes for Friday – May 23, 2014

May 23rd is the birthday of George Lars Kellgren, born 1943 in Borås, Sweden and the founder and chief engineer of Kel-Tec. According to LeftistAgendaPedia: He designed many firearms earlier for Husqvarna and Swedish Interdynamics AB in Sweden. He moved to the U.S. in 1979 and his original U.S. designs were for Intratec and Grendel brand firearms. He founded Kel-Tec in 1991. This is also the day on which, in 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed by police near Gibbsland, Louisiana. o o o


Product Review: Harvest Right Freeze Dryer – Part 1, by HJL

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I have to admit, I was excited when I was first contacted by Harvest Right. A freeze dryer in my own home? What a thought! This has been a dream of my family for a number of years. I have even played around with the idea of creating my own freeze dryer several times, but in the end, the work involved and the daily grind always won out. The Dream Our food preps have always had issues, with the solutions seeming just out of reach. When we first started, the preps simply meant two things– remodeling the pantry to hold …


Letter Re: Seven Secrets of Medical Prepping

Hugh, As a relatively recent addition to the prepper society, I am a HUGE fan of everything and anything on SurvivalBlog.com and all things James Wesley, Rawles. Kudos on all that you, JWR, and the team do on a daily basis. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I glean and digest all of the information that I can from the website and JWR’s novels. I am currently reading Expatriates and have already read and passed around to friends and family Patriots, Survivors, Founders, and How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It. I take the information in …


Economics and Investing:

Darkcoin, the Shadowy Cousin of Bitcoin, Is Booming – G.P. o o o 27 Huge Red Flags For The U.S. Economy. – H.L. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Roommates Are A Financial Lifeline For Some Seniors Did U.S. Economy Just Turn Negative? George Soros Sells All Shares Of Citigroup, Bank Of America And JP Morgan:Is This A Sign Of Trouble Ahead For The Banking Industry? Dollar Collapse Starts in Late 2014-Charles Nenner: ‘I Still Think The Big War Will Come From The Middle East.’


Odds ‘n Sods:

Thailand Goes From Martial Law To a Full-on Coup In a Matter Of Days. Thai military seizes power in coup, imposes curfew. – E.B. o o o Two 9-year-old students in Vancouver, Washington were deeply embarrassed last week after a classroom policy led to them urinating on themselves. ‘Pay to Potty” Policy Results in Third-Graders Peeing Themselves in School. As Duck Dynasty’s founder Phil Robertson would say, “Are you NUTS?” – H.L. o o o Do you remember when establishment Republicans in Congress were scared to death of having Tea Party challengers come after their seats? Well, those days are …