Month: November 2015

Economics and Investing:

Most retailers finally make it into the black during this season, but according to this link sent in by RBS, that may not be happening: Morgan Stanley predicts a bleak holiday season for most retailers o o o In a surprise finding, it turns out that the US has overtaken the Caymans and Singapore as a haven for the assets of the super-rich. Sent in by GJM o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: National Debt Likely Doubles During Obama Presidency – While this is awful, we must not forget that Obama is not alone in this; nearly all his …


Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog reader RC21 sent this link to a Reuters investigative report that looks at radio stations in the U.S. held by companies connected to the Chinese government. Examples of the Chinese point of view, what we used to call propaganda, is being broadcast in America. o o o From across the pond, SurvivalBlog reader A.P. sent in this link. It seems that anyone who’s ever been on a camping holiday can now be labelled a “Survivalist”. Gorseinon man with ‘apocalyptic’ vision of world ending jailed for possessing illegal weapons o o o Sent in by P.S.: Faced with a local …



Notes for Monday – November 02, 2015

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour submitted a declaration of intent to establish a Jewish homeland known as the Balfour Declaration. While Arab hostilities and the outbreak of World War II delayed the desired outcome, the Nation of Israel was eventually re-established in 1948. o o o A reminder to those sending in articles for the writing contest. All contest articles sent in to SurvivalBlog must be the author’s original work and must not be published or submitted to publish anywhere else. If your article is submitted to other blogs, it is automatically disqualified from publication …


Pat Cascio’s Product Review: Walther CCP

I still remember the very first Walther handgun I ever owned. I owned it for less than a week. Bear with me; I had just purchased a brand new Walther PPK/s .380 in stainless steel. I still have the receipt showing I paid $125 for it back in 1973. I was working as a private investigator (PI) at the time and living back in Chicago, IL, where you had to register your handguns within 30 days of bringing them into the city. There were no gun shops in the city proper, so you had to purchase handguns at neighboring suburban …


Recipe of the Week: Hambone Delight, by K.D.

Ingredients: 1 ham bone (crack the bone if you want the marrow by placing bone in a heavy paper bag, giving it a whack with a hammer, and removing the bone, throwing away any shards) 1 lb small, dried red or pink beans, soaked at least overnight and up to 24 hours, rinsed, and drained 1 cup or more of chopped fresh or frozen spinach 1 chopped onion 1-3 cloves garlic, minced pepper, to taste one bay leaf cumin, to taste 6 cups hot cooked rice chopped green onion, as optional side Directions: Place ham bone in the bottom of …


Letter Re: .40 S&W

HJL, I concur with Bruce F. regarding the 0.40 cal. buying opportunity presented by the fickle gun crowd. It’s almost comical to read the gun gurus slamming the same caliber they were praising some years ago. I just wanted to point out one more, plus regarding the used Glocks in .40 that were mentioned, you can simply drop a .357 Sig barrel in them, and suddenly the G23 is a G32, or the G22 becomes a G31! Even the mags are interchangeable, as the base diameter of the .40 S&W and the .357 Sig are the same. Furthermore, drop in …


Economics and Investing:

American Tax Refugees. Why so many Yanks are renouncing their U.S. citizenship. Sent in by G.G. o o o The Chinese Juggernaut is stumbling lately as seen by this article sent in by G.P. o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: Regulators to Shutter Health Republic Insurance of New York (Wall Street Journal) Social Security Strategy Loopholes used to Maximize Benefits Closed in Budget Deal (Market Watch) New No Money Down Mortgages: Wealth Building Home Loans (Financial Advisor Magazine) Risk to Loss of Banking Revenue Rises with Digital Transactions (Gallup) FBI Alerts: Common Fraud Schemes (FBI) Number of Dollar Stores …


Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog reader D.S. sent in this link showing some disturbing links between the pharmaceutical industry and known issues that get swept under the rug: The Pharmaceutical Empire is Evil o o o Reader T.P. sent in the link to this video showing the death of the Liberal Arts in our modern universities. A UCLA degree in English Literature mandates courses in alternative lifestyles but has no required class on Shakespeare– one of the greatest English authors? o o o The cable television series The Man in the High Castle will be available November 20, 2015 on Amazon.com. (Free for Amazon …



Notes for Sunday – November 01, 2015

November 1st, 1923, was the birthday of science fiction writer Gordon R. Dickson (born 1923, died January 31, 2001). Many of his novels and short stories, such as Wolf and Iron, have survivalist themes. November 1st is also the birthday of economist Martin A. Armstrong. For many years he was a prisoner of conscience, in part because he refused to turn over his proprietary trading algorithms to Federal prosecutors. After seven years in prison without a trial, the longest Federal incarceration for contempt in American history, Armstrong was finally put on trial in a proceeding that was branded as a …


Two Letters Re: The OTHER Electrical Grid Failure Problem

HJL, I just retired from 24 years of bouncing around the nuclear plants in the U.S. and abroad. For work planning, fire stop penetrations, and OSHA worker safety, every nuclear plant in the world has at least 20 electricians on-site 7/24. During a refueling outage, add 100 to that number. – K.G. o o o Hello Hugh, I read the comments about electricians at nuclear plants and the inability to have more than one or two there in an emergency situation. While I am not disputing that possibility, the entire situation should be told. Electricians are support staff at any …


Economics and Investing:

Just in case you’re curious about what a Republic that hasn’t been bought by Central Bankers looks and smells like…Iceland! Iceland! Iceland! Sent in by GJM o o o Sent in by SurvivalBlog reader RBS: “Tax Expenditures” Are Not “Free Stuff” o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: Citizens Against Government Waste Goes Trick-or-Treating: Reveals a Fiscal House of Horrors (CAGW) Economists Sounding the Alarm about the Risk of a New U.S. Recession (Washington Post) Today’s War Against Deflation to Make Us Poorer (Mises Institute) Rand Paul’s Vow: He’ll Do Everything Within My Power to Stop the Disasterous Budget Deal …


Odds ‘n Sods:

TAP – delete – Enter ….WHAT Second Amendment? A noble sounding concept that will ultimately allow select elites to literally edit their ONLY AVAILABLE ORIGINAL SOURCE document’s troublesome prose with a few quick keystrokes. Orwell’s legal document memory hole just went all-digital. From SurvivalBlog reader T.P. o o o The leaders in George Orwell’s 1984 would be proud: UK Police ‘to be given powers to view everyone’s entire internet history’ – T.P. o o o 77 years ago this week Orson Welles struck terror into the hearts of Americans listening to his live radio broadcast with the classic War of …