Day: October 21, 2015

Notes for Wednesday – October 21, 2015

Safecastle is currently having a Future Essentials sale with up to 38% off dozens of long-term canned varieties, from Strawberry Banana Smoothie Mix and Costa Rican Green Coffee Beans to LuRPs and Pilot Bread Crackers. The sale runs one week only. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 61 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $12,000 worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Tactical Self-Contained 2-Series Solar Power Generator system from Always Empowered. This compact starter power system is packaged in a wheeled O.D. green EMP-shielded Pelican hard case (a $1,700 value), …


What We Lack In Training Can Be An Advantage- Part 1, by R.W.

As the title states, when it comes to having military, practical, or tactical training, many of us may feel at a loss when realizing we have not had any military, LE, or tactical training. For a fair amount of the population this is true. We are basically “every man” average Joes, who may or may not have done some thinking and purchasing as well as planning for home self-defense. Maybe you are fortunate enough to have some formal training in weapons and self defense, but even so I want us to begin thinking both in an out-of-the-box way about how …


Letter Re: On the Golden Horde

Good day, Mr Rawles. It’s been a while since I’ve written to you or submitted anything, almost half a decade, in fact. How time flies. At any rate, having approached prepping from many angles for near a decade now, I wanted to share an opinion about the much-discussed Golden Horde. People seem infatuated with the idea of predicting what the uninitiated will do when a civilization-ending calamity occurs. “People will stay put,” says one. “People will flood out of the city,” says another. Bitter arguments ensue, neither recognizing that the very fact that they’re arguing indicates that they’re both right …


Economics and Investing:

Items from The Economics Team: In Latest Humiliation For Illinois, Fitch Downgrades State’s Credit Rating To BBB+ (Zerohedge) Tennessee County Closes Schools, a Casualty of the Cost of Obamacare (The Tennessean) People want to spend money, even money they don’t have… (My budget 360) Robert Shiller is Shilling for Socialism (Mises Institute) Saudi Arabia Delays Contractor Payments to Preserve Cash (Zero Hedge) Can Charter Schools and Suburbanites Reverse Chicago’s Economic Woes? (George Will via LenConnect) o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Death of a Patriot at the Hands of Corrupt Government – Irwin Schiff WalMart Suppliers Brace For The …



Odds ‘n Sods:

It’s All Greek To Me! I just noticed that there is a Greek edition of my Penguin book How To SurvIve The End Of The World As We Know It in print. That seems quite apropos, since the Greek economy is now cratering, and most of the citizenry has resorted to bartering to meet most of their basic needs. See: Odigos epiviosis gia to telos tou kosmou opos ton xeroume. (Folks can put that on the shelf alongside their Bulgarian edition: Kak da otseleem sled kraya na sveta takav, kakavto go poznavame … and Korean – JWR o o o …