Living in our over-taxed society (now with a top marginal Federal income tax rate of 39.6%), it is important to remember that December 31st is the last day to make charitable contributions for Tax Year 2014. Please give generously to the worthy charities of your choice. We may be biased, but we have some suggested charities linked at our Charity static page. Thanks, and May God Bless You, in the New Year. – The SurvivalBlog Staff.
Yesterday (December 30, 2014) was Book Bomb Day for Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own. Because of the strong ordering on Amazon.com yesterday and today, it pushed the price of the book down to just $11.84 USD (a 34% discount), even for folks who pre-ordered. When I last checked, the book was ranked at #64 overall on Amazon.com! (Getting into Amazon’s Top 100 in overall book sales is difficult for a non-fiction book, because it competes with the many popular fiction titles.) Thanks for making the book launch such a great success. If …
In this day and age of digital information, our communications and data are open to a world of invasive agencies. Some of these agencies may be your nosy neighbor out to see what you are up to or an activist group gathering unguarded data to send to agencies of various domestic and foreign governments. Many of us in the prepper community have taken some measures of security to safeguard our data. Some people avoid the digital world altogether to dodge this issue, though not all of us are willing to go to that level of abandonment of technology. There are …
HJL, I would like to add to the article of the “New Kind of Bucket List“. When stacking buckets I use 1/4″ thick plywood squares a little bit bigger than a 5 gal. bucket about 13″x13”, this way any size bucket can stack. It helps prevent cracking on the inner part of a llid. I also being older and having weenie upper body strength, have been sealing dry goods in smaller sizes and placing in smaller buckets. One little bucket can have a variety of 1,2, or 3 pound bags of food rather than a 40 pound of only one …
How Fear Around The World Influences The Stock market. – T.F. o o o When Fearmongering Goes Bad: Greece Scrambles To Prevent Deposit Run Goldman Warned About In Its “Worst Case” o o o In the Year 2024 o o o ‘Twas the Day After Christmas, etc.
Books How to Find Your Ideal Country Home: A Comprehensive Guide by Gene GeRue The ARRL Operating Manual For Radio Amateurs (ARRL Operating Manual) Fiction The Chronicles of Narnia Series Movies The Brother From Another Planet Buckaroo Banzai – Across the Eighth Dimension
Supreme Court Rules Police Can Violate The 4th Amendment (If They Are Ignorant Of The Law). – B.B. o o o ARPA’s Autonomous Microdrones Designed to Enter Houses o o o Young people are ‘lost generation’ who can no longer fix gadgets, warns professor. – G.G. o o o It’s an old one, but one worth reviewing. Video: Liquor Store Clerk Iraq Veteran Turns Tables On Would Be Robber. – T.P.
“My own survival required me to counterbalance interesting with invisible.” ? Rachel Hartman, Seraphina
Today (December 30, 2014) is Book Bomb Day for Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own For those of you who have been waiting, please go ahead and order your copies today. Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own. This paperback book is a guide to the selection, use, and care of tools. It is already also available as an e-book and audiobook. The paperbacks are packaged in cases of 16 copies by the publisher, for those who want to order in bulk. When I last checked, the …
Childhood these days is a lot different experience than when I was that young. I have photographs of me, as a baby, sitting on a blanket outside our home and looking at the weeds and grass around me. Even then I was fascinated with wild growing plants, and that was the foundation of my lifelong affinity for wild food survival. These days it seems that childhood is an ongoing assault on the senses, from TV to constant, loud music to vaccination needles that contain mercury, and on into school, where there’s the confusion of ill-advised curricula that discourages actual learning. …
Hugh and JWR, I want to comment on the topic of well pumps. I also had some issues finding answers to questions regarding the subject. The Internet, YouTube, and my closest library (second largest in the state) didn’t have all the answers I needed. I was able to find out some information from a third generation well driller and by driving an hour away to speak with an Amish man that deals with windmills and water pumps. Here are a couple of things I learned along the way that might help your readers: Tip # 1- You need a deep …
Red kettles less full, but Salvation Army knows why. – RBS o o o Payette County Dog owner could (should) face charges for abandonment o o o Battle brewing over Montana airspace o o o Idaho woman continues to fight NSA in federal appeals court
If Prices Keep Falling, OPEC Must Act To Restore ‘Fair’ Rate Of $70-$80 o o o An Opportunity To Live Resiliently o o o Gold And Silver – Wall Street, aka United States, Pulls Off Another Destructive Coup
Civil Asset Forfeiture: The Final Stage Of Collapse Of Empire. – B.B. o o o On Leaving Church » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch. – RBS o o o The Ultimate Prepper List; 122 Of The Best Online ‘Prepper’ Websites. – T.F. o o o Chaos in the Alps as massive snowfall traps 15,000 cars. – R.F. o o o The Top 10 Things Every Voter Should Know About Money-in-Politics. – T.R.
“Scars are not signs of weakness, they are signs of survival and endurance.” ? Rodney A. Winters