Day: July 26, 2015

Notes for Sunday – July 26, 2015

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 Tactical is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper with a hammer forged, chromlined barrel and a hard case to go …


Thoughts on Pre-Event Healthcare Preparations – Part 1 , by B.E.

…”An ounce of prevention is worth….” I am fairly new to this blog but have found it immensely interesting and useful, and it prompted me to write down some thoughts I have been having for years. As a physician, I am particularly interested in how healthcare and basic needs will survive in a post-apocalyptic world. If this article is redundant for long-time users of the site, I apologize. On June 5, 1976, at around 12:00 p.m., a catastrophic failure of an earth-built dam in southeastern Idaho occurred, resulting in the release of 250,000 acre-feet of water on an unsuspecting Snake …


Letter: Uncommon Calibers

HJL, I have been thinking about survival of my community after a collapse. In the area of defense and caliber choices, I’m now leaning towards two “other” calibers. In an AR 15, the 6.5 Grendel, and AR 10, the 6.5 Creedmoor. Both out shoot the 5.56 and 7.62 respectively. My thinking in this is, if we are equipped, have the ammunition supplies we need, the reloading equipment and reloading supplies, and we can maintain an armory that will take us through most situations. Then any weapon that may fall into unfriendly hands has limited use against us. We have enough …


Economics and Investing:

“I’m Doing Fine in a World that is Totally Surreal” ~ Jim Willie Interview o o o World Trade Slumps By Most Since Financial Crisis o o o The World Is Awash With Debt. The Bond Market Has Ballooned Up To $100 Trillion In Size. And Most Nations Are Struggling To Service Their Debt Loads Even With Rates At Historic Lows. o o o More Job Losses Coming To U.S. Shale


Odds ‘n Sods:

Yet another member of Mike Bloomberg’s notorious gun grabbing mayors group is facing criminal charges. This time it is former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed. He faces nearly 500 charges, with possible combined sentences of more than 2,400 years in prison. o o o Five Consequences of America’s Moral Collapse – B.B. o o o Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East? – G.P. o o o In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me. – WMJ o o o Citizen’s Private Body Cam Protects Him from Cops Who Lied to Get Him in Trouble …