Month: May 2015

Two Letters Re: A Decade of Prepping, Do’s and Do Not’s, by R.R.

HJL, This was an excellent piece, the kind of concise and practical advice your deep woods grandfather would give. The statement “The ground will be littered with unfired rifles” is a prediction my team has made as well. The powerful lure of “bling” guns has to be the greatest detriment to prepping that I routinely encounter. DD in CO o o o HJL, I agree with almost everything he said, until I got to the hand-to-hand fighting section. I always look upon things with skepticism, especially if they cost thousands of dollars and claim to do fantastic things. So I …


Economics and Investing:

Oil Markets Have Little To Fear From Iran For Now o o o 34 percent of Americans financially carry the country: Those not in the labor force hits another record at 93,194,000. o o o The Dow has now gone 37 days without setting a 1-month high OR low, the longest streak in over 100 years o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Video: Philip Haslam: When Money Destroys Nations


Odds ‘n Sods:

Congress Tells Court That Congress Can’t Be Investigated for Insider Trading. – H.L. o o o DHS Approves Amnesty Applications Despite Court Order. B.G. o o o Catnip Repels Mosquitoes More Effectively Than DEET. – H.L. o o o Bibb deputy implicated in elaborate real-estate scam. – D.S. o o o Wearable gadgets portend vast health, research and privacy consequences. – D.S. o o o You might want to take a look at our advertiser APEX’s new website. It’s been a long time in the making, but it is finally ready and launched. If you need gun parts, check them …



Notes for Sunday – May 10, 2015

May 10th is the birthday of the late Col. Jeff Cooper (born 1920, died September 25, 2006). May 10th is also the birthday of the late Janis Pinups (born 1925, died 15 June 2007). He was one of the last of the Forest Brothers anti-communist resistance fighters. He came out of hiding, after five decades, to obtain a Latvian passport in 1994, after the collapse of eastern European communism. (He was never issued any communist government identity papers and by necessity lived as a nonexistent ghost during the entire Soviet occupation of Latvia.)


Street Combat – This Ain’t No Game! – Part 6a of 9, by Pat Cascio

[Street Combat – This Ain’t No Game is a SurvivalBlog exclusive.] Chapter Four Close Quarters Combat Shooting No book or single chapter of a book can adequately teach a person gunfighting skills. In this chapter, I’m going to give you the basic concepts of close quarters combat shooting, or CQB as it’s commonly called. It is my sincere belief that there is no better method of deploying a handgun in a close quarters, self-defense situation than with the method known as Point Shooting. If you’ll recall, in many of the war stories I have related to you, the distances involved …


Letter Re: Watchman Fatigue

HJL, Very sobering indeed! Abortion is a sin for which we obviously have to pay as a nation. Let us add to the 56 million surgical abortions the untold numbers of abortions caused by the pill and by IUDs. “What God has put together, let no man tear asunder.” God Almighty put together love and procreation. Repent and be saved. – JLJ



Odds ‘n Sods:

Record number of Americans abroad giving up citizenship. – G.G. o o o What could possibly go wrong? “Most Of The Existing Workers In The Saudi Oil Fields Are Yemenese. And There Are Over 4 Million Yemenese In Saudi Arabia”. – H.L. o o o An excellent post on Ron’s outdoor blog about gun care products. – TMG o o o SurvivalBlog reader T.J. sent in this reminder about the safety of your storm shelter: Woman Drowned In Her Storm Shelter o o o Bills Will Shield Police Officers From Their Own Body Camera Recordings. – T.P.


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; and answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him …


Notes for Saturday – May 09, 2015

Today, we present another entry for Round 58 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 …


An Emergency Hand Pump For A Well, by C.P.

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After looking at various sources for deep well hand pumps for use in an emergency and noting that the price (some being over $1,000) was out of line for me, I decided to make my own unit. My static water level is about 65 feet, yet I was able to construct a workable unit using schedule 40 PVC plastic that cost me about $80. It’s amazingly easy to build and will pump a five-gallon bucket of water in about three minutes. So, if you decide to make one, here’s how I did it. Your well casing should be 5” or …


Letter Re: Communications in Dark Times

HJL, I want to point out one thing J.B. might have overlooked. Part 97 of the FCC’s rules governing Amateur Radio allow the government to suspend privileges in an emergency. While they can’t turn off the airwaves, there are things they can do: Monitor the airwaves. (It’s difficult to cover them all, but possible.) Jam signals in popular frequencies (if not all). Arrest violators. Turn off at least some if not all repeaters. (Our county’s repeaters are partially funded by our EOC. All employees of the EOC are amateur operators, and they can control all of our county’s repeaters.) Intimidate …



Economics and Investing:

This is a Major Buy Signal for Gold o o o Rental Armageddon continues: Federal Reserve shows housing to be a big push in household net worth yet we are hitting a generational low of actual homeownership. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Oil Price Recovery May Be Too Much Too Soon – This is an interesting read for sure. Part-Time Jobs Soar By 437,000; Full-Time Jobs Tumble, Stay Firmly Under Pre-Recession Highs Video: How Will Fed React to Jobs Data? – Rick Santelli puts it all in perspective here at the end. Japan National Debt Rises To ¥1,053,357,200,000,000