Day: December 7, 2014

Notes for Sunday – December 07, 2014

On another Sunday morning, 73 years ago, America was caught sleeping. Then there was that September morning, in 2001. Let’s pray that nothing like those days ever happens again. – JWR o o o For those who were not around in 1941, I recomend “Day of Infamy” , “At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor” or “Pearl Harbor An Illustrated History”. May we never forget. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 56 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three …


Biblical Prepping, by Frank C.

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One of the most difficult things about prepping is the occasional run-ins with family, friends, and others who openly mock or criticize your preparations for a future collapse. Many of these people even use Bible verses, or their own spin on the Scriptures, to defend themselves and go on the offensive against you. As soon as some of these people hear about your views or plans, many of them inevitably sniff at you and sneer, saying things like, “Don’t you think you’re being a bit fanatical about this?” or “Don’t you know things are going to get better?” or “The …


Letter Re: Self Directed IRA

The topic of self directed IRAs has been one of great popularity on SurvivalBlog– especially the LLC IRA, whereby the individual can take home delivery of precious metals owned by the IRA and/or invest in almost anything he wants without approval or oversight.   We offer this piece to provide clarification on the taxable nature of distributions as expressed in this recent letter.  It often makes sense for an individual to setup an LLC IRA to take his assets off grid, rather than take an often 50% tax hit on the entire account.  However, when retirement age is reached, how does …


Economics and Investing:

Creator of ‘Liberty Dollar’ Sentenced to Home Detention o o o Thanksgiving weekend sales fall 11%: NRF o o o The New Depression: 5 Decades in the Making and No End in Sight o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans – A good article, but the author (like many) clearly misunderstands this to be a real recovery and thus is puzzled by this. They also don’t understand that falling prices, because of increased production, doesn’t cause a loss of jobs if we had a true, free market economy. ‘Near Perfect’ Indicator That Precedes …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Austin Police Chief: ‘Spy on your neighbors, if they have guns turn them in’. – D.S. o o o 19 Signs That You Live In A Country That Has Gone Completely Insane. – H.L. o o o Police Video: Judge obviously fails sobriety test – (The court still drops her DUI charges.) o o o UK ‘Drifting Towards Police State’, Free Speech in Peril Says Top Cop. – G.P. o o o San Francisco passes retail worker ‘bill of rights’ . – RBS