Day: July 19, 2015

Notes for Sunday – July 19, 2015

July 19th is coincidentally the birthday of handgun designers Samuel Colt (born 1814) and Gaston Glock (born 1929). 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 day 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 …


This is Your Brain; This is Your Brain When the SHTF, by SERE Guy in OH

The average American today considers comfort their greatest need. There is no scientific research needed to come to this conclusion. Just look around you and you’ll see people worried about vacations, going out to eat, parties, and the list goes on and on. Before I go any further, realize I have nothing against any of those things; in fact, I enjoy those comforts as much as the next person. The difference between us– me and most likely every person reading this website– and the rest of the world is that we understand that all these niceties are fleeting, and we …


Letter Re: A Year’s Supply of Food on a Budget, by J.H.

HJL, I’m writing concerning the article “A Year’s Supply of Food on a Budget, by J.H.” I would just like to share one VERY important fact. People are quick to apologize for the lack of variety of food stuffs stored and defend that with AT LEAST WE WILL BE ALIVE. Maybe and maybe not. If you are not putting an eye toward nutritional quality you may fall prey to illness. Food fatigue. It is VERY real and children and elderly fall victim to it quicker then mid-aged adults. Food fatigue is an odd thing for sure, but the bottom line …



Odds ‘n Sods:

Obama To Ban Guns From 4.2 Million Social Security Recipients In Massive Gun Grab – G.P. o o o How Socialism Destroyed Puerto Rico, And Why More Defaults Are Looming – H.L. o o o Susan Rice: We ‘Expect’ Iran Will Spend Some Of New Money on Military, Maybe on Terror – H.L. o o o Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database – W.C. o o o ‘Production Versus Plunder’ ~ Part 16