$4.20 Per Pound: Price of Ground Beef Climbs to Another Record. – RBS o o o Russians Rush To Stores As Country Fears Bank Run. – G.G. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Meet the ‘Accidental American’ with a Big Tax Bill Wealth Shrinks as Middle-Class Takes Hit from Falling Home Prices We Just Witnessed The Worst Week For Global Financial Markets In 3 Years
Footwear of the Middle Ages. – P.M. o o o An interesting talk on the search for a “Survival home”: The perfect post-apocalyptic bolt-hole?. – A.C. o o o Rule of law?? Courts rule Philadelphia man must pay $280,000 that he does not owe. – D.S. o o o We Stand! 1500+ Armed Patriots Nullify i594 Gun Restrictions.. – D.S. o o o Following up on Monday’s video regarding an MRAP to manage “constitutionalists”: Knezovich facing protest over MRAP flap. – B.B.
“Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.” ? Robertson Davies
December 17th, 1905, was the birth day of Simo Häyhä, who was the world’s most successful sniper. Using an iron-sighted Mosin–Nagant in Finland’s Winter War, he had an astounding 505 confirmed sniper kills. He died April 1, 2002. o o o Ready Made Resources is offering four extra cases of Mountain House with the purchase of their Premier Gold Package of Mountain House Foods, in addition to the standard package. That’s two cases of Rice and Chicken and two cases of Lasagna– a $636 value. That is in addition to the five cases of Yoders meats, one case of Red …
As a former military and police tactical officer, I want to write a bit about armor, why consider using it, what are the types, and best choices for various budgets. Why Armor? Many Preppers do not believe that armor is a needed part of their preparations. However, after spending a combined 30 years in the military and in police work, I can assure you that when things break down people will act badly. People will take your stuff, rape your family, and kill you and your family. Weapons and armor will be vital. Armor is expensive. However, if you or …
Gentlemen: My County Sheriff called me out of retirement to consult with him and the County EMA director on these topics. I drafted this letter after several hours of discussion with them and a few other community members in the meeting. I sent this to every County EMA director and County Sheriff in Ohio and also every EMA County and State level DHS Emergency official in Michigan. (It was sent to Michigan on the day of the recent Detroit outage, for enhanced effect.) It would be great to be spread wider, if you could see fit to link it on …
Banks loosen lending standards to levels seen before financial crisis – G.G. o o o Russian bank manager: “This is the end of the banking system” – CDV o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: U.A.E. Sees OPEC Output Unchanged Even If Oil Drops to $40 Russia Defends Ruble With Biggest Rate Rise Since 1998 Russian Rate Jump Fails to Stop Ruble Crash – This is looking like it is about to spiral out of control..
Books Starting a New Life in Rural America: 21 Things You Need to Know Before You Make Your Move by Ragnar Benson Physicians Drug Handbook Fiction Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace Movies The Great Escape The Omega Man (It has far too many 1970s cliches, but it’s still worth watching. More recently re-made as I Am Legend which was only passable.)
Make Your Own Shoot-and-See Targets. Why spend a lot on things you’re just going to perforate? – J.C. o o o Podcast: Congress Just “Legalized” Warrantless Spying Against U.S. Citizens o o o 9-year-old suspended for spent shell casing gets support from gun rights group. – B.B. o o o From Rural Revolution: Cash vs. cashless o o o From the NY Times: The Assault Weapon Myth. – M.B.
“The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating.” ? Elizabeth Scott, Living Dead Girl
December 16th, 1928, was the birthday of Philip K. Dick, who died March 2, 1982. He penned a remarkable number of sci-fi novels and novellas that have been adapted into movies, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, Screamers, Impostor, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Next, and The Adjustment Bureau. Though he had a troubled personal life (with drug use and several failed marriages), his captivating books certainly had a knack for envisioning potential futures. 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: …
The world isn’t safe and never has been. Read the headlines– financial collapse, terrorism, unemployment, rising crime, drugs, water shortages, distrust of government, all of which should give us pause to reflect on our future if we are realists. If these are not enough, the new clips from Ferguson, Missouri may give us pause to reflect. These are just some of the main reasons the prepper community exists and flourishes. Fear of the future, which is unknown, is a common human emotion. We all desire to be safe and secure, but can we ever really be? Will civilization, as we …
Hugh – I enjoyed Jim’s article “The Care and Feeding of a Woodstove“. We have a Blaze King Sirocco free-standing wood stove that, so far, we are very well pleased with, and, no, there is no financial interest involved. As the good ‘ol (sarc on) EPA has proposed new, tougher rules on emissions, this one was the best we could find with the lowest emissions. Like Jim, we heat a lot with wood, with propane back-up, our home is approximately 2500 square feet, and seems to be well insulated. We use mostly pine and fir; our kindling is split from …
66 years ago, beavers were parachuted into Idaho’s backcountry. – RBS Hugh notes: Somehow, even after reading the article, it’s hard to put the image of an airborne paratrooper beaver out of my mind… o o o Rustling suspected as Idaho cattle herds vanish. – G.S. o o o Powered parachutist spotting deer fined. – RBS o o o Flap over sage grouse spurs Congress to intervene. – RBS o o o Hunters Are Not Bloodthirsty Barbarians As One Photographer Had Believed. – J.M.
Same Currency War, New Battle Phase o o o Russian Rate-hike Stunner. – CDV o o o Low Oil Prices Could Point To A More Serious Problem o o o Multiple countries have closed their embassy in Egypt, as their country struggles with solvency concerns. It’s the worst economic crisis to hit Egypt since the 1930’s. Such a threat could lead to war. The worst economic crisis to hit Egypt since the 1930’s – CDV o o o Milk prices are about to fall big time. – K.W.