Year: 2014


Notes for Saturday – December 13, 2014

Book Bomb Day is December 30, 2014: Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own Now available for pre-ordering at Amazon.com, but I’d prefer that you wait for December 30th to order: Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own. This book is a guide to the selection, use, and care of tools. It will also be available as an e-book and audiobook. -JWR o o o December 13th is the birthday of Sergeant Alvin York. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 56 of the SurvivalBlog …


Becoming a Top-Tier Survivalist and Representing the Prepper Community, by M.M. – Part 5

Continuing with the final portion of this article of six points that are presented and detailed that, if implemented in your own life, will greatly increase your chances of success, both in surviving TEOTWAWKI and in breaking the stereotype of the “kooky prepper.” 5. Have Faith in Christ While serving in Virginia Beach back in 2003, I went home for a three-day weekend to attend my former high school’s Monday track meet to watch some friends compete, and there I met a girl who I really liked. She was a Christian and I was not, although I thought I was …


Letter Re: Waterwise Distiller

Hugh and Jim, Regarding the recent post on drinking water without a filter from ‘The Daily Sheeple’: I am sure you are aware, but your readers may not be, but distilled water is not something you would want to consistently consume. It will rob your bones of minerals and you will break apart. o o o Hugh, You linked to the water distillation video on The Daily Sheeple that featured the Waterwise distiller. I purchased one of those distillers and subsequently sold it, as I was not satisfied with it for a number of reasons. The water produced had a …



Odds ‘n Sods:

GOP rep attempted late bid to kill spy bill – CDV o o o From the “You-just-can’t-make-this-stuff-up” department: FDIC insurance will soon cover swaps and derivatives. – CDV o o o DHS: 100 Million Americans Could Lose Power in Major Sun Storm. – P.M. o o o The Game Is Rigged: Why Americans Keep Losing To The Police State. – B.B. o o o So, you think you’re a real man? Video: Flintknapper and primitive skills educator, Mike Cook of www.artofishi.com creates and shaves with obsidian blades.. – K.T.



Notes for Friday – December 12, 2014

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 Yoder’s meats, one case of Red Feather butter, one case of Bega cheese, and 18 Yahoo canned cakes. Overall, that is $5,390 worth of storage food for only $3,895. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 56 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The …


A Retraction: I’m Again Recommending Northwest Territorial Mint

Just over a week ago, I made a post in my blog that no longer recommended Northwest Territorial Mint and that I would be dropping them as an advertiser. I made a hasty decision, based primarily on one letter from a blog reader. Because I had recently seen two precious metals firms go out of business, I felt that I had to take immediate action to protect the best interests of my readers. (Nobody likes to be the proverbial “third guy in line.”) It was only later that learned the full details on this reader’s order. It was for a …


Becoming a Top-Tier Survivalist and Representing the Prepper Community, by M.M. – Part 4

Today, we’re continuing the list of EDC gear detailed under the fourth point– “Carry and Use Quality Gear”– of the six points that will be presented and detailed that, if implemented in your own life, will greatly increase your chances of success, both in surviving TEOTWAWKI and in breaking the stereotype of the “kooky prepper”. Lighter I have carried a lighter since I was very young, because of it’s usefulness. It can be used for a variety of tasks, including lighting fires, candles, and fuses; fusing the ends of synthetic cords and ropes; securing heat-shrink tubing; firing up gas stoves; …


Letter Re: Biblical Prepping

Hugh, One more comment: Just because these are difficult times, that does not necessarily mean we are about to enter the Tribulation of Scripture. History is littered with dark days. In fact, good times are the exception. Had I been alive in the 1930s-1940s, I’d have thought the Dust Bowl was the famine, the Spanish Flu was the plague, the Great Depression was the financial ruin, and Hitler was the anti-Christ. The return of Christ may very well be 1,000 years away; maybe this is just the precursor to Dark Ages II? This is not our world. Maranatha. – CDV


Economics and Investing:

Pay off our debt? Not likely, say some. – G.G. o o o Ellen Brown: Big Banks Will Take Depositors Money In Next Crash o o o Russia is finally using all that gold they’ve been hoarding. On Thursday, the Central Bank of Russia announced that gold reserves dropped by $4.3 billion in just one week, reports Vesti Finance. – CDV o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: “These Are Astonishing Figures, Evidence Of A 1930s-Style Depression” One-Fifth of Americans Don’t Plan to Pay Off Their Debt Russia Set to Raise Main Lending Rate


Odds ‘n Sods:

Gruber: Killing ‘Marginal’ Babies ‘Saved the Government over $14 Billion’. – H.L. o o o Big Banks Conspire with Gov’t to Confiscate Accounts o o o Obama administration claims a right to hide evidence before Supreme Court. – B.B. o o o 9 Ways to Boost Your Immune System and Avoid Being a Victim of the Flu Season . – D.S. o o o Courtesy of The Daily Sheeple: If you are like me, and you worry about the life span of your water filters in a collapse situation, and how you’ll keep purifying drinking water after your supply of …



Notes for Thursday – December 11, 2014

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 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 hard case to go with …