Poor Americans carry a record level of debt leverage o o o The Irrational Fear Of Deflation o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Draghi Prods Euro Area to Ready Ground for Economic Boost Scotland Prepares For Bank Runs; ‘Quietly’ Sends Millions Of Banknotes North The War on Poverty Has Been a Colossal Flop The Fed’s Muddied Message Causing Market Mess – When your equity markets are dependent on two words, you know you’re in a heavily manipulated, fragile market.
Books How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier Storey’s Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John & Martha Storey Fiction Malevil by Robert Merle Movies The Train Secondhand Lions
SurvivalBlog reader K.A. sent us a link to a video of some pro-Russian irregulars of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR/DNR) skirmishing in the village of Vergunka near Luhans’ka, Ukraine. (Note: Please ignore the lewd pictures and links at the LiveLeak website. Sorry, but I could not find another video aggregation site with the same video clip.) This video provides a great case study on how NOT to operate as a small guerilla unit: Pitiful noise discipline (plenty of “smoking and joking”); marginal command and control; suicidally poor dispersion of patrol members (at many times they were bunched so close together …
“Why do you not lead me to Christ, who kindly invites all who are loaded down to come to him?” – Wessel Gansfort
September 16th is the birthday of “Mad Jack” Churchill (1906-1996), who was a true eccentric. He went to war in WWII armed with a broadsword and a longbow. (The latter was successfully used to dispatch several German soldiers.) He later became a devoted surfer. What a guy. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 54 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,100+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A 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 …
There is a lot of conjecture as to what the event will be that “ends it all” and sends the world into complete chaos, causing Americans to go into “survival mode”. Every corner you turn you hear another theory about how it’s “going to go down”. People’s answers include terms like E.M.P., H.E.M.P., nuclear, biological, chemical, economic meltdown, foreign invasion, global natural disaster, space alien invasion, zombie apocalypse, or all the above (for the real dooms dayers). So, what is the more likely or more plausible scenario or scenarios for having to go into real survival mode? Let’s look at …
Hugh, The author discourages Seiko watches, although I have found them to be one of the best watches I have ever purchased. It is an auto wind and needs adjusting once every several months, which is usually when it gets 10 minutes fast and I just turn it back. My Seiko 5 mechanical watch has been diving, truck driving, shooting, and taken all sorts of abuse. I bought my first one in Sharjah UAE on my way to Iraq. It served me well through the war, from Baghdad to Djibouti, to Manila, to China and all over. Finally, it started …
Kevin Miller’s program airs 5am-9am Monday- Friday in the Boise market on AM 580 KIDO. He is an extremely conservative and politically-active radio host. – KROQ/Los Angeles Wins Three Awards At Marconi Dinner. – RBS o o o If you are looking to move to the American Redoubt, you might want to look at this job posting: Telecommunications Assistant (Boise, ID). – RBS o o o Wyoming: One Shot hunt has had many great moments. Hmmmmm? Why doesn’t California’s governor host a similar event? o o o Fatal bear attack confirmed in Wyoming o o o News from Montana: Flathead, …
The Fed Is Leveraged At A Higher Ratio Than That Of Lehman Before It Collapsed o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Investors Tell Fed: Don’t Fumble Interest Rates The U.S. National Debt Has Grown By More Than A Trillion Dollars In The Last 12 Months David Stockman- Newsflash To Fed: 122 Billion Bottles Of Beer On The Wall Is About Asset Bubbles, Not Jobs Industrial Output in U.S. Falls for First Time Since January
Video: TSA demands to rescreen a man AFTER he he flew from Minneapolis, MN and landed safely in Denver, Colorado.. – J.C. o o o NATO Chief Warns Moscow: No More Stealth Invasions. – Pat Cascio o o o The Great Unraveling. – P.M. I’m going to have to agree with some of the commenters on this opinion piece. While it may seem that society has begun to completely unravel, I tend to think it is because the leaders that we have put in place are so small minded and completely out of their depth. I truly believe that with …
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SurvivalBlog reader JMS has issued a call for articles. He notes a shortage of articles on SurvivalBlog dealing with single females who work (or a single person who works). If you are single and a prepper (especially a single, female prepper), answer his call with a how-to article for SurvivalBlog readers and be eligible for over $12,000 worth of prizes.
As someone said about shooting, “It’s simple, but it’s not easy.” All you need to do is pick the correct angle for what you’re sharpening and maintain that angle, as you remove material to obtain a cutting edge. This is the case regardless of what you’re working on. The difficulty comes in consistently maintaining the angle chosen. That requires a lot of skill, and it explains the popularity of all the jigs and sharpening systems on the market. If you’re interested in learning to sharpen free hand, practice. The only way you’re going to learn is by doing. It doesn’t …
It was a dark and cluttered place. It was crowded. The children were dirty and uncared for. It looked as if their parents never cleaned them. They were streaked with charcoal. Someone had smeared molten plastic on some of them, while others had strips of lead and copper hanging on them. You could sense their dejection. If only someone would come to my gun safe and clean their barrels! Okay, I’m exaggerating…a little. My usual approach to cleaning guns is to wipe them down with an oily rag and run one or two patches with a cleaner-lubricant-preservative (CLP) product through …
Ingredients: 1 leftover turkey carcass (from a 10- to 12-pound turkey) 2 quarts water 1 medium onion, halved 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 bay leaves 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup uncooked long grain rice 1/3 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup, undiluted Directions: Place the turkey carcass in a stockpot; add the water, onion, salt and bay leaves. Slowly bring to a boil over low heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours. Remove carcass; cool. Strain broth and skim off fat. Discard onion and bay leaves. …