Month: September 2015

Odds ‘n Sods:

I generally shy away from conspiracy theory videos, but I found this one fascinating, for several reasons: 9/11 Experiments: The Great Thermate Debate– JWR o o o Perhaps a bit off-topic, but SurvivalBlog readers should be alerted that via the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a ban on the interstate transfer of elephant ivory–even so-called “old ivory” –will be going into effect in the States on September 29th. Buy any Ivory pieces that you want for your guns or knives, NOW! – JWR o o o Video: Food riots turn deadly in Somalia – C.L. o o o California’s Sierra …



Notes for Monday – September 14, 2015

On this day in 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division lands on the island of Peleliu, one of the Palau Islands in the Pacific, as part of a larger operation to provide support for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who was preparing to invade the Philippines. Within one week of the invasion, the Marines lost 4,000 men. By the time it was all over, that number would surpass 9,000. The Japanese lost more than 13,000 men. Flamethrowers and bombs finally subdued the island for the Americans, but it all proved pointless. MacArthur invaded the Philippines without need of Army or Marine protection …


Pat Cascio’s Product Review – SIG Sauer P320 .45ACP

It’s hard not to like any handgun chambered in .45ACP, with a few exceptions. I cut my teeth on a 1911 .45ACP and have owned hundreds over the years. There are some I really regret selling or trading, too. While on the Illinois National Guard Rifle and Pistol Team, back in the early 1970s, I was issued a match grade M-14, as well as a match grade 1911with all the ammo I wanted. (You’d better believe I took full advantage of that, too.) I had .50 caliber ammo cans stacked high in my bedroom. However, most of the matches we …


Recipe of the Week: Challah Braided Bread, by Mrs. Latimer

This is a wonderful and easy recipe for bread that is traditionally braided, often using three braids but sometimes as many as six braids and can even be made into round braids. (The rounds are often made for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, using dried fruit inside the bread braids to represent the sweetness of God’s gift of new beginnings. For those who are believers in the Messiah (Yeshua/Jesus), we already know the sweetness of a spiritual new beginning and look forward to the sweet day when we will be physically restored to a new beginning in the New …


Letter Re: Living in Small Town America

Hello, Since we moved from Front Range Colorado to Western Slope Colorado in 2010, it has been a learning experience. Even though I was raised in rural New Mexico and my husband in rural New York, we had forgotten that city folk were mistrusted in rural areas. Some of our neighbors that we share irrigation with were great. But others equally close in the neighborhood were wary and did not respond to my gifts of fresh produce. Of course, people are busy. We took care of our property. Maybe they were worried we would be noisy, collect junk, or let …


Economics and Investing:

Glencore CEO: China Weaker than Expected – A.L. o o o Wal-Mart finding it more difficult to squeeze suppliers – RBS o o o Expatriates choosing to leave the U.S. rather than pay taxes – G.G. o o o BIS fears emerging market maelstrom as Fed tightens – G.P. o o o Two Clear Signs That the Political/ Financial Elite Know Another Crisis is Coming – B.B.


Odds ‘n Sods:

AMAZING PHOTOS- “Time Capsule” C-47 Crash – Don’t miss this one – T.P. o o o David Cameron under fire over EU army stance – G.P. o o o Some light reading…or not: United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual for Peacekeepers – Part 1 – T.P. o o o ‘Production Versus Plunder’ Part 24 – The Centuries of Reset o o o Wow, I’m really caught off guard that this would happen. I’m sure Iran will only use this for creating electricity. You know the “electric” feeling you get when you realize you screwed up big time and you’re about to …



Notes for Sunday – September 13, 2015

13 September 1951 was the birthday of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 60 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $10,000 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 …


Hidden Groundwater Sources in Urban/Suburban Settings, by ALP

If you are ever find yourself in an urban or suburban setting and need water badly, there is a source of water you probably never thought of as accessible: groundwater. In my day job as an environmental technician, I frequently have to supervise contractors who are drilling observation wells in all sorts of urban and suburban settings. Sometime after drilling, I take samples from the wells and submit them to labs to test if they are contaminated. Basically, almost every transaction of a commercial or industrial property, and many residential properties also, will have several surface groundwater wells; so, you …


Letter Re: Freezers

Hugh, One advantage of freeze drying is you pay for the electricity once, and have something light which you can store on a shelf. But while reading the reply about EMPs and freezers at a local restaurant, I happened to notice an old Zenith (yes, Zenith) freezer. It might be older than me. My immediate thought was that I could probably offer to buy them a new freezer and take this antique (it might be older than I am) off their hands. One other caution, the older freezers use Freon – R12 – which is more expensive and harder to …


Economics and Investing:

Visual Capitalist & China’s Resource Consumption – A.L. o o o The American Dream deferred: Looking at the 4 horsemen of middle class destruction. Student debt, household income, low wage jobs, and FIRE economy dominance. o o o Puerto Rico Debt Crisis: A Bond Guide as Potential Defaults Loom – G.G. o o o 30% Of Millennials Would Sell An Organ To Erase Student Loans


Odds ‘n Sods:

Disaster Psychology – A.L. o o o Innocence Destroyed: Case Against Texas Homeschool Family Dismissed as Traumatized Children try to Rebuild Their Lives – D.S. o o o Obama Has An Answer To The American Redoubt: make it no longer American – GJM o o o Girl survives 6 days without food This girl broke all the so called “survival rules” and still survived! By all rights she should have died…shows it’s your attitude and will to live that counts and not the fancy gear! – A.S. o o o Poll finds almost a third of Americans would support a …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: and as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words, and returned from the sepulchre, and told all …