Year: 2014


Notes for Sunday – November 09, 2014

November 9th (1938) was Germany’s “Kristallnacht” Be forewarned, folks: Once a group in any society has been singled out, they can be systematically attacked. Someday it may be “Constitutionalists” who are targeted. o o o Ready Made Resources is running a Veteran’s Day sale. For every $100 in Mountain House Food ordered, they will send you twenty (20) silver dimes, rather than just the 15 they usually do. – JWR o o o JRH Enterprises is also running their annual Veteran’s Day sale on full military specification AN/PVS-14 3rd Gen Autogated Night Vision monocular/weapon sights. o o o Today, we …


Prepping from a Wheelchair, by The Petite Prepper

Howdy, friends. I am a 57-year-old, pint-sized, handicapped, widowed prepper. My awakening happened in 2011, when Congress voted yet again to raise the debt ceiling. I had desperately hoped that our elected leaders would do the right thing and get our government spending under control. When they didn’t, it dawned on me that they probably never would (was I right?) and that our nation was on a collision course with disaster. I started asking God to show me how to get off this runaway train before it goes over the cliff. Well, friends, there is no getting off. Not only …


Two Letters Re: Your Friends

Hugh, Take 25 minutes and watch the old Twilight Zone episode called “The Shelter”. It is a great example of the behavior described by DD in his/her article. – P.S. o o o This is an excellent insight into the mentality of the sheeple, but I did find some flaws about the tactics of those who would lay siege to a well-stocked house or retreat. How would these besiegers maintain a siege very long without starving, or in winter without freezing? I don’t think such predators could afford to play a long game like that, nor disable equipment or kill …



Odds ‘n Sods:

Facial recognition, body cameras used by Calgary police target of privacy probe. – B.M. o o o Ferguson “Activists” Deliver Pre-Riot Demands To Police. – T.P. o o o It begins: I Will Not Comply! – D.S. o o o VIDEO: New York Deputy Slaps Man For Refusing Unwarranted Search – G.P. o o o Michigan School District Plans “Lockdown” On Open Carry Parents – J.C.



Notes for Saturday – November 08, 2014

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, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper with a hammer forged, chromlined barrel and a hardcase to go with your …


“Yuppie” Turns Prepper, by J.T.

My conversion to become a “born again&rdqu o; prepper started in the summer of 2011, when I was settling down to bed and surfing the net with my iPad. Performing some calculations on the national debt, as a Certified Public Accountant, I understood one thing– all the money in the world from every country wouldn’t or couldn’t be enough to even make a dent in its reduction, let alone a complete pay off. At that time, I had even calculated that approximately 18% of the Gross National Product (GDP) was used to pay just the interest on the national debt… …


Letter Re: SurvivalBlog Advertiser Safecastle

JWR, I just thought I’d send you a quick note about one of your sponsors, Safecastle. I placed a $200 food order with them, based on them being one of your sponsors. A month later, it still hadn’t arrived, so I called, just to check on the status of the order. I figured with the Ebola panic, everything was back-ordered. I called, and it was answered by… gasp!… an actual person. She pulled up the order and “oops! we blew it. You should’ve gotten it a long time ago. No excuses. You’ll have it in two days, and we’ll throw …


Economics and Investing:

Federal Reserve Counterfeiting Approaches 100% o o o Silver and Powerful Forces o o o Financial Collapse Will Cause Civil Unrest to Erupt In America By 2016. – B.B. o o o BIS warns on ‘violent’ reversal of global markets. – J.W. o o o Item from Mr. Econocobas: U.S. Mint Temporarily Sold Out of Silver Eagles Amid Huge Demand


Odds ‘n Sods:

There was a bumper crop of turnips harvested from the garden at the Rawles Ranch this week. Does anyone have any good turnip recipes? If so, then please e-mail them. Thanks! o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog Editor At Large: The echoes of communism o o o Expert Advice: How to Find Your Way Without a Compass – G.G. o o o Latest Ebola fear: Safety of lab equipment. – T.P. o o o Contained? NYC Department Of Health Actively Monitoring 357 Individuals For Ebola. – P.S.


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.” – Genesis 22:7&8 (KJV)


Notes for Friday – November 07, 2014

November 7th is the anniversary of the death of actor Steve McQueen. (Born March 24, 1930, died November 7, 1980.) The many well-publicized exploits in his tempestuous life and his enduring persona are well known. However, the end of his life is actually the most noteworthy part of his legacy, even though it seldom gets much publicity outside of Christian circles; he came to Christ after he had been diagnosed with mesothelioma. He died with his forefinger pointing to his key verse in his Bible– Titus 1:2. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 55 of the …


Average American Preparation Begins, by C.H.

I am writing this article to inform other average Americans of how I began prepping, in hopes that my suggestions will be helpful for those who are just beginning. I began prepping after watching numerous shows on the National Geographic channel in connection with current news channels. Recognizing that America is vulnerable in several aspects (i.e. our power grid, internal terrorists, and weather events), I began to visualize how unprepared my family and I were in the event of a national emergency. Now you may be saying to yourself “in the event of an emergency, our government will take care …