Day: November 27, 2014

Notes for Thursday – November 27, 2014

Ready Made Resources is having a Black Friday sale on their PVS14 2nd Gen autogated night vision. They are also giving 17 silver dimes for each $100 of Mountain House foods ordered (normally 15 silver dimes). Another neat product on sale is a thermoelectric generator that works with a steel stove and will charge your computer or run LED lights. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 55 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, …


Guerrillas In The Midst, by J.S.H. – Part 1

In All Matters Of Survival, Go Guerrilla A time existed when the methods the Guerrilla warrior uses were looked down upon. Accusations of dishonorable and cowardice behavior would be spat upon those who employed what might be called shadow tactics. Here’s the truth (as has become more and more apparent among the military). All is fair in war. The only dishonor is to yourself and/or your family or group, and it only exists when you have failed to do everything in your power to effect survival. The real cowards lay dead for all to see, because their pride wouldn’t let …


Letter Re: Self directed IRA article

Dear Hugh, I’ve been following the blog for quite a while now, and have read more than one Self Directed IRA post. However, no one seems to address what happens when someone “withdraws” assets from such an account. In a typical tax deferred IRA, I pay no taxes on the money I put in, but do pay when I take it out. Leaving the whole Roth IRA issue aside, what happens if I buy property with my SD IRA and then become old enough to “withdraw” it? In other words, I know I cannot live on or use the land …


Economics and Investing:

Facebook Can’t Cite Evidence to Support Claims of U.S. Tech Worker Shortage – P..M. o o o Ride Out The Apocalypse In Style With These Luxury, Disaster-Proof Condos. – A.C. o o o Nearly 1 in 5 Households Will Celebrate Thanksgiving on Food Stamps – G.P. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Gold “Price” Spikes to $1,467.50/oz on Computer Glitch? Jobless Claims Spike 21,000 to 313,000, Highest Level in 11 Weeks Saudis to Push OPEC to Cut Output: CNBC survey


Odds ‘n Sods:

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. o o o By way of The Daily Sheeple, comes a link to a quite useful handgun training video: The Venti 100. o o o In Ferguson, black residents stand guard at white-owned store . – T.R. o o o The Ferguson Fraud. – T.P. o o o Ceramic ball bearing Self Healing Armor! withstands repeated hits of .50 BMG. – D.C. o o o Google Gives …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” ? Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption