Month: October 2014

Letter: Watching a Snake Eating its Own Tail

Mr Rawles, I’m reminded today of a line from your Patriots series describing the crunch as “like watching a snake eating its own tail.” Today’s economic news is exactly that– Terror of Ebola and rising interest rates forces investors to dump their dollars into treasuries, artificially lowering interest rates and creating a new housing bubble. This fear in turn leads to a “reconsideration” of raising interest rates and ending bond purchases by the Fed. In the interest of moderation, I intend to withdraw the majority of my 401k Monday and pay off the mortgage on my retreat, leaving only enough …


Economics and Investing:

Video: Why Hillary Clinton Would Be a One-Term President, According to Peter Thiel o o o The Fed “IS” the Problem! – JFJ o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Video: Fed Emergency Update – Mike Maloney How Markets Need $200 Billion Each Quarter From Central Bankers McDonald’s Profit Drops 30% as U.S. Sales Slump – Coca-Cola is struggling as well, as the largest beverage company. Maybe some is due to obvious health concerns, but there is more at play here as folks struggle to keep up. Video: Peter Schiff – Santelli Exchange: QE Consequences


JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

Books Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by Jack A. Spigarelli Preparedness Now!: An Emergency Survival Guide (Expanded and Revised Edition) by Aton Edwards Fiction Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Invasion scenario. Note: It was later republished under the title: Defiance: An American Novel) Movies Amazing Grace (Biography of the abolitionist William Wilberforce) The Thing (Has some horrific scenes, but it is thought-provoking. NOT for kids!)


Odds ‘n Sods:

Art of Survival: 8 Films (and 1 TV Show) That Might Save Your Life. – JWR o o o Obama’s triple punch hits America in the gut after midterms. – P.M. o o o Ol’ Remus: CDC and the point of no return . – P.W. o o o From Alex Jones’ Infowars: Disturbing Collection of No Knock SWAT Raids from 2014, but don’t forget to read about the “Top 3 Encounters with Constitutional Cops”. – RBS o o o Grooming a culture of cowards. – J.C.



Notes for Tuesday – October 21, 2014

Release Day for Liberators! My latest novel Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse was released today (Tuesday, October 21, 2014) by E.P. Dutton. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading it. It is the longest book in the Patriots novel series, and it ties together many characters from the previous installments. This novel describes both a harrowing and lengthy cross-country journey from the DC Beltway to Idaho, as well as many adventures in western Canada, as the nation suffers two waves of foreign invasion. This novel has an emphasis on intelligence analysis and resistance warfare tactics. In addition to …


Five Things You Need To Do To Be Prepared To Defend Yourself, Family, and Home, by E.W.

Buy weapons, not just guns. You’ve heard the expression “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. This applies to the realm of tools for defending yourself, your family, home, and neighborhood. Put simply, you need to buy weapons and not just guns. Then, you need to know how to use them. Simply purchasing a battle carbine or several different firearms and a bunch of ammunition is not a complete approach to the solution of personal defense. It may be a good start, but there’s more to this whole thing. One way to think of this is geographically. Battle conditions …


Letter Re: Harvest Right Freeze Dryer

Hello, First I wish to thank you for taking the time to do the review on the Harvest Right Freeze Dryer. It was VERY informative. I do have two quick questions. Do you know if the vacuum pump is a single stage or a two stage pump? Also, do you think that a … oh, let’s call it a “Noise Muffling Box” could be built around the pump to help cut down on the noise? If so, do you think it would make much of a difference? Thank you again for the review and for the wonderful website. Respectfully – …



Economics and Investing:

Why the Fed Will Continue to Print Money in 2015 o o o Paul Craig Roberts: Dollar Is The Weak Spot For U.S. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: FED’S ROSENGREN: I Can ‘Easily Imagine’ Us Holding Off On Rate Hikes Until 2016 – More Fed backpedaling. An end to QE this month is becoming less likely, and yet still “no one” will see this coming. Bullard Risks Ignoring Bullard With `Pessimistic Signal’ on QE – This signal will eventually someday happen, awaking the generally dumb public to what we all know and then it’s “Katie bar the door”, …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Massive Fire at UK Power Station, Risk of Winter Blackouts Increases. – G.P. o o o Reader Bob G. suggested this fascinating web page, with frequent updates on disease outbreaks: Health Map The site is described as: “…a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital… [providing] …online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats.” o o o One-third of working Americans support two-thirds of the population: The hidden figures of those not in the labor force and transfer payments. o o o Top Scientist: This Version Of Ebola Looks …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” – Samuel Adams


Notes for Monday – October 20, 2014

October 20th is the birthday of actor Viggo Mortensen (born 1958.) He lives somewhere in the American Redoubt. On his ranch is his horse-for-life “TJ”–one of the five paint horses used in the filming of the movie Hidalgo. This is also the birthday of “fast and fancy” shootist Ed McGivern (born 1874, died December 12, 1957.) He was born in Nebraska but was a long-time resident of Butte, Montana. o o o JWR’s latest novel Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse will be released on Tuesday, October 21st. If you plan to buy any copies in bulk, then …


Guest Article: Lights Out, by NightlyJazz

Not to take away from the novel of the same name by David Crawford–which really is an excellent book that I do recommend you read as well as save a hard copy–I experienced my own little Lights Out situation. I’ve always wanted to test my preps by switching off the electricity and running everything off the grid, but I never pulled the trigger. I kept telling myself that I did not have enough equipment to do a test, plus there was also the fact that I was afraid, as a single father of one-, two-, and three-year olds, my children …


Scot’s Product Review: FLIR LS-Series Thermal Imaging Camera

Seeing in the dark is something we poor humans aren’t good at. The term “cover of darkness” is an apt description, and if we can penetrate it we have a serious advantage over those who can’t. This also applies to anything that obscures visibility, such as smoke, haze, or other obstructions. We often hear the buzz phrase “force multiplier”, and anything that helps us see when our opponent can’t is a big one in my book. Being able to detect attackers first or control our own people is pretty huge, as the perils of being clueless are obvious. Besides the …