Year: 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


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 …



Notes for Tuesday – November 25, 2014

November 25th is the birthday of economist and comedian Ben Stein. His unscripted monologue on economics from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is one of the most memorable scenes in American cinema. By the way, Stein spends part of each year at his second home in Sandpoint, Idaho, so he is an honorary Redoubter. I’ve heard that he plans to retire here. 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, …