Day: June 19, 2014

Notes for Thursday – June 19, 2014

There are two letters today regarding the militarization of local law enforcement across the nation, along with a number of Odds n’ Sods posts regarding the same. In this day and age of mistrust, it is important to maintain your ability to protect yourself and others around you from abuses of the system. Make sure you have visited CFAPA.org and obtained your free press credentials to guarantee that you meet the arbitrary requirements of “The Press” to be able to freely record encounters with government officials. o o o Today we present another entry for Round 53 of the SurvivalBlog …


A Primer On Salve Making, by S.T.

Salve making is an important skill now, and it will become an even more important skill after SHTF. So, master the skill now, collect your recipes, and obtain the various ingredients and equipment needed, because after SHTF there will be no more manufactured goods, and you may not have access to the essential oils and extracts that are needed. My salve making came about when I went looking for a way to replace store purchased hand lotion with a better product that I could make post-SHTF and has evolved from there. From rosemary salve for dry hands to salve for …


Two Letters: The Militarization of LEOs

Good Morning, Mr. Latimer. I have been following the subject of police incompetence very closely for the last few years, with the parallel corruption and deterioration of our political establishments and our military officer corps. I can save those last two items for later, but it is my firm conviction that our present LEO personnel are ALL corrupt. Every single one of them. Before someone(s) respond with bluff and bluster, protesting that “they” are not corrupt, I will put out this question. If there is one single LEO out there that has not committed an act of gross incompetence, like …


Economics and Investing:

Fed Prepares For Bond-Fund Runs, Looking At Imposing “Exit Fee” Gates. – RBS o o o Generation R – Millennials are largely living at home or opting to rent. What happens when homeownership is less accessible to younger Americans? o o o Price Index for Meats, Poultry, Fish & Eggs Rockets to All-Time High. – G.G. o o o The Age of Transformation – H.L.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Video Surfaces of Texas Police Executing Handcuffed Prisoner – T.P. Texas police execute a handcuffed man and the grand jury refused to indict the officer. The D.A. didn’t want the video released “to protect the rights of the victim”, but I suspect the real reason was to protect the police officer. Once again, mental illness mixed with police brutality is essentially a death sentence with no consequences for the offending officer. Warning: the video is extremely graphic! Surveillance Video of the incident. o o o Another example of expressing a first amendment right violated: Parma resident ticketed for sign warning …