Day: November 26, 2014

Notes for Wednesday – November 26, 2014

November 26th is the birthday of both gun inventor Eugene Reising (born 1884, died February 21, 1967) and the late Barton Biggs (born 1932, died July 14, 2012). Biggs was a money manager known for his pro-preparedness stance. o o o JRH Enterprises is running a big Black Friday sale with all Mt. House on sale with shipping included as well as PVS14 Pinnacle Autogated Night vision devices, Thermal imaging scopes, and Perimeter alarms. Sale ends in just a few days! Don’t miss it! o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 55 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing …


A Strategy For Profitable Investing, by JEH, CPA

I am writing this letter in response to the question posed in “Letter Re: Surviving Financial SHTF and Becoming Debt Free, by K.D”. I am a CPA who thought about investing the day I got my first job. I am not a licensed investment representative, so as a result I will not tell you what to specifically invest in. However, I want to teach you how to look at the market. The first tax season I worked, I noticed that people poured money into what was “hot” at the time, and they took a loss when the market went south. …


Letter Re: The Value of Human Relationships in a Grid-Down or Survival Event, by J.C.

I have to disagree with the article “The Value of Human Relationships in a Grid-Down or Survival Event.” In this article, what J.C. is describing is nothing more than Crony Capitalism, which is what happens when those connected or who are friends or relatives of the “rulers” get favors that others in society don’t receive. It’s happening now at all levels of government, and it’s one of the main things wrong with society today. Those in government are supposed to treat everyone fairly and equally. Just because you’re friends with someone or related to someone in government, doesn’t give you …


Economics and Investing:

Senate Report: Scale of Wall Street Holdings Are “Unprecedented in U.S. History”. – P.K. o o o Commerzbank to Charge Fees to Discourage Large Deposits. – G.G. o o o Weak Oil Prices a Boon to Airline Stocks 0 Email . – K.P. o o o My Target Of Dow Jones Industrial Average 31,000 May Be Conservative


JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

Books Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicineby Eric A. Weiss, M.D. Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener Fiction The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Movies Enemy at the Gates Schindler’s List (BTW, it is too bad that Spielberg didn’t show Oskar Schindler arming his Jewish employees, which is what actually happened.)


Odds ‘n Sods:

Ferguson PD Tell Gun Stores and Pawn Shops to Remove Guns. – T.P. I would also like to point out that as far as I can ascertain, the Redoubt remains riot free. – HJL o o o With guns drawn, police stage surprise raid on school as part of psychological drill to ‘protect the children’. – D.S. o o o Forget your robot overlords: Watch out for Lethal Autonomous Systems that make mistakes. – T.P. o o o Video: How to hunt your own Thanksgiving dinner – Georgia Pellegrini – T.J. Also see her book: Modern Pioneering: More Than 150 …