Month: June 2015

Economics and Investing:

Debt and the Tinderbox o o o Cash-Strapped Kansas Moves To Limit ATM Withdrawals For Residents On Welfare. – D.S. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Greece Unable To Make €300 Million IMF Payment, Requests “Bundling” Greek Banks On Verge Of Total Collapse: Bank Run Surges “Massively” As Depositors Yank €700 Million Today Alone Video- David Stockman Fox TV Interview: The Most Fantastic Bubble In Recorded History US Added 280,000 Jobs in May; But Jobless Rate Edged Up to 5.5%


Odds ‘n Sods:

A great precedent has been set for our Fourth Amendment Rights: Cop Who Arrested Man for Legally Carrying Gun Gets Sued o o o There might be no saving the world’s top banana Another reason why it is critical that people continue to plant non-GMO heirloom seeds of all kinds to add variety to food sources. Having only one viable strain (in this case shippable) risks doing without someday. Corporations, such as Monsanto and others, have moved towards just a FEW GMO varieties and use heavy-handed tactics to “force” farmers, even in third-world countries to use ONLY their seeds and …



Notes for Friday – June 05, 2015

Don’t get MAD; Get Prepped! The road warrior bounty sale is still going on at Safecastle with discounts of up to 41% on Mountain House products and lots of added bonuses. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 59 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 …


Protecting Both Tube and Transistor HF Communications Equipment From E1 EMP Pulse- Part 2, by PrepperDoc

Transistor / QRP Equipment The solutions shown so far may not adequately protect computer-based software-defined radios, hybrid transistorized-vacuum tube radios, or fully solid-state QRP or low-power stations, or transistorized shortwave radios. These radios will need to use protection that clamps at a much lower voltage than 700 volts! While transistor transmitters may use power amplifier transistors that may have breakdown voltages in the scores to hundreds of volts, the input circuitry of many QRP transistorized receivers will likely be fried with voltages well under 100 volts. There are a couple of solutions that can offer lower-voltage clamping more appropriate to …


Letter: Investment Question

HJL/JWR, This is a long time reader here with a question you likely get often. I realize the following is an overly simplistic question, given the enormous complexities of an individual’s financial and preparedness state, but I’m hoping for a relatively simplistic answer. Assume you were approached by a debt-free individual and handed anywhere from $5-15k. You are told it is “extra’ money and asked to invest it in something tangible. What would you be inclined to spend it on, assuming they had the basics (beans/bullets/bandaids) covered? Would it be precious metals, redundant equipment, or something else? Or perhaps you’d …


Economics and Investing:

The Central Banks Are Losing Control Of The Financial Markets o o o Presenting The Next Great Source Of Middle Class Prosperity. – G.G. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: One Of The World’s Largest Silver Miners Slams The CFTC About Silver Market Manipulation The College Commencement Speech Every Graduate Needs To Hear – I work with a large group of young people at my church, and when the correct opportunity presents itself I try and encourage kids to make sure if they go to college to get a definable skill, otherwise start a business or learn or go …


Odds ‘n Sods:

This is a VERY interesting article for those who are watching the days and times we are living in: Rabbi Vilna Gaon prophecy. – Avalanche Lily o o o WikiLeaks releases secret TISA docs: The more evil sibling of TTIP and TPP. – H.L. o o o Remember Hope and Change? Here’s Bill Whittle with “Not Even Close!” – MtH o o o Some important privacy info over at the Radio Free Redoubt web site: ANONYMITY OF OFFICE DOCUMENTS – PATRIOT DARKNET o o o Land of the Unfree – Police and Prosecutors Fight Aggressively to Retain Barbaric Right of …



Notes for Thursday – June 04, 2015

On this day, June 4th, in 1944 United States Navy Task Group 22.3 captured U-505, a German submarine and with it an intact Enigma cypher machine. This was the first time since the USS Peacock seized HMS Nautilus in 1815 that the USN had captured an enemy vessel at sea. The sub, reunited with its periscope a decade ago, is displayed at the Museum of Science and Industry, in Chicago. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 59 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite …


Protecting Both Tube and Transistor HF Communications Equipment From E1 EMP Pulse – Part 1, by PrepperDoc

Introduction and Tube Radios Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) is a serious national threat with growing public awareness. A high-altitude atomic/nuclear explosion sends electrons plowing through the earth’s magnetic field lines and thus generates powerful radio waves that impact the earth below the explosion within a radius of many hundreds to thousands of miles. The peak field strength is immense, on the order of 50 kilovolts per meter, and covers a very broad frequency spectrum, from very low frequencies, past 100 MHz; but the first wave (named E1) is evanescent, over in a mere microsecond or so. There are additional, slower incident …


Letter Re: The Noose is Tightening

HJL, Reading your bank policies note made me want to share an experience I had recently. I took my income tax return check to my local credit union for deposit only, no cash back. My wife had signed the check. They told me, “We can only deposit this check into an account you are both on.” I said, “There is no such an account.” Well, then she will need to come in with you. I said, “Okay, forget about it.” I took the check to my local PNC Bank (where it’s my sole account) who deposited it minus the hassle. …


Economics and Investing:

I recently ran across an article from the Wall Street Journal; the piece itself was either a really bad attempt at a satire or it was mockingly smug. The article itself is not necessarily what you should read. I found that the comment section was truly amazing. I laughed, I smiled, and I felt that I wasn’t alone in the fight… My fellow American’s are alive and well, and there is a growing tide of revolution. I invite you to read the comments section. I don’t know how long the WSJ will keep it up. – T.C. o o o …


Odds ‘n Sods:

America’s Biggest Secret: Wikileaks Is Raising A $100,000 Reward For Leaks Of The TPP. – H.L. o o o Maine Constitutional Carry Bill Goes to Governor. – Governor LePage is expected to sign the bill. – G.T. o o o Swatting Across N.J. Continues As Authorities Get More Tight-Lipped About Investigations. – D.S. o o o Get Jailed For Toys In Yard, Missing Shingles In This American Town. – D.S. o o o Warning – Requires Facebook account to view: Islam, in their own words – R.G.