Month: June 2015


Notes for Friday – June 12, 2015

On June 12, 1987, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” o o o On July 3-5, 2015, the community of Marble in northeastern Washington, will be hosting the “God and Country” celebration featuring John Jacob Schmidt (of Radio Free Redoubt) and Rep. Matt Shea as speakers. Find out more about this unique celebration at www.marblecountry.com. They are also seeking a land developer or development group that can help them complete their community. Ideally, they are seeking self-employed younger families, rather than …


Prepping Like It’s 1920, by G.S.

My grandparents were born at the turn of the century, right around 1900. They were married around 1920, and my grandmother died in 1923, a year after my dad was born. Their entire life was, in a snapshot, the epitome of today’s prepper beliefs. If it didn’t happen virtually without the involvement of anybody except the immediate family and what was there at the farm, it didn’t happen. It did help that they were far in the woods on top of a mountain in Vermont. The funny thing is that when you really look into it, they had everything we …


Letter: The Lack of Police and Fire Training or Preparation For the Aftermath of An EMP

I have been visiting west coast fire departments and law enforcement agencies, and none of them, including LAPD, LA Sheriffs, Seattle PD , Oakland PD, or Portland PD, have or plan on scheduling any EMP training drills, and they are not even thinking about how their police or fire agency is going to deal with the aftermath of an EMP. Everyone talks about how devastating an EMP could be and how the aftermath will affect everyone, but no one from Police and Fire is talking about what and how are they going to react to a catastrophic EMP event. Has …


Economics and Investing:

As currency dies, Zimbabweans will get $5 for 175 quadrillion local dollars. – M.W. o o o Interview on current events with Bix Weir o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Students Will Have $3.5 Billion of Student Loan Debt Wiped Out & They Are Not Happy About It– This is just craziness– more debt. We are all on the hook for select people’s mistakes. Bird Flu Leads to Egg Shortage, Higher Prices Fund Managers Dump Government Bonds, Rout Continues


Odds ‘n Sods:

This Map Details Whether Asset Forfeiture Laws in Your State Are Good or Awful. – H.L. o o o Simple, healthy, and affordable food. – Free your body. – G.P. Seriously, does anyone even bother with a basic Google search for product marketing before naming these things anymore? And the “green” color on a black/white web page is just inexcusable! Charlton Heston in the 1973 sci-fi classic: Soylent Green Is People!!! – HJL o o o Homemade Pickle Bill Among Dozens Signed Into Law in Denver. – JBG o o o Rebel attack in Colombia leaves 300,000 in the dark. …



Notes for Thursday – June 11, 2015

Don’t forget, Camping Survival is moving to Sanford, North Carolina (near Raleigh) soon and has a few open positions. If you are interested in any of the positions, please send a resume per the instructions. You may also want to check out their moving clearance section. Also, June 7th-13th they are having a Mountain House sale with 25% off of #10 cans and 15% off of pouches and buckets. 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 …


Don’t Forget To Prep Your Spice Chest, by T.H.

Spices may be the number one overlooked item when prepping a kitchen to survive the apocalypse. The following article, which I wrote based upon my 15 years of chef experience and a lifetime quest for a self-sustaining lifestyle, includes reasons why you should stock up on spices, information about prepackaged spices, my technique for building a stockpile, the addition of seed-stock to your stockpile of heirloom seeds, how to store home-grown herbs/spices aswell as some techniques for using them. Surviving Doesn’t Mean You Have To Suffer One of the pillars of prepping for survival is to stockpile food. This is …


Letter Re: Pat Cascio’s Recent Post On Carjackings

Good morning, Hugh, Pat Cascio’s recent post on preventing carjackings included this sentence: “Fifth, drive in the center lane (if possible) when on highways; this reduces your chances of becoming a ‘bump and run’ theft victim”. I’ll agree with driving in the center lane, but stopping in the center lane is a different thing. Unless you are first in line, you’re trapped. Stopping in the curb or median lanes offers an escape route; one can drive over the curb and down the sidewalk if necessary from the curb lane, or one can cross the median or even drive in the …


Economics and Investing:

Get ready for a 4,000-point Dow drop. – G.G. o o o Bond crash across the world as deflation trade goes horribly wrong. – G.P. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: A Stock Market ‘Leading Indicator’ Is Tanking. But Why? As Seen In Greece: “I Rushed To The Bank” And The Return Of ATM Lines? The Warren Buffet Economy——Why Its Days Are Numbered (Part 1)


Odds ‘n Sods:

The War on Free Speech Accelerates: DoJ Subpoenas Reason.com Over Comment Section. – H.L. o o o Cheap, synthetic ‘flakka’ dethroning cocaine on Florida drug scene. – G.P. o o o The Australian nanny state strikes again… Sighting of boy with realistic fake gun prompts call to amend sale laws. – A.S. o o o Hospital drug pump can be hacked to overdose you. – D.S. o o o The Water Terrorcrats Have Crossed My Line – Here’s What I Am Doing About It. – H.L.



Notes for Wednesday – June 10, 2015

On June 10, 1967, the Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. 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 military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, DRD …


Does the Number of the Beast Have an Area Code?, by CTS

[Editor’s Comment: SurvivalBlog does not endorse the concept of the “number of the beast” being associated with any form of technology; however, the information presented in this article is of import to anyone who is concerned about the collection of private information and government oversight.] Listen carefully. I’m about to tell you something that they don’t want you to hear. I’m also about to tell you something that you most likely don’t want to hear, so you may want to sit down for this. You don’t need your cell phone. There I said it. You may say, “but they are …