Year: 2015

Captain America Is Coming For You!, by N.E.

I found a news article this morning that to the untrained eye seems harmless. However, as I have studied narratives of geopolitics, I felt compelled to send along a note to the reader’s of SurvivalBlog. The comic book character “Captain America” was first released with the goal to influence popular culture of the American youth just prior to World War II to establish a national identity against Nazi Germany. The cover of the first issue of the comic displayed Captain American punching Hilter in the mouth. Why you should be interested in Captain America and his original battle with Nazi …


Letter Re: What’s a Dime Worth?

HJL, The contributor states $4 today will buy: “Now, we ask, when we walk down the aisles of our local grocery store, what’s currently priced for about $4? Let’s start with the staples: Two gallons of milk Two or three loaves of bread Two or three dozen eggs” I am not sure where he is shopping, but it is obvious it is not in the USA. Milk is closer to $4 for ONE gallon, bread (decent bread) is over $3 a loaf, and eggs are selling from $3-6 a dozen depending on organic/ NON Gmo etc he also writes: For …


Economics and Investing:

Target and other online retailers did well, but traditional brick-and-mortar retailers took a pounding this Friday. A chilly Black Friday for some brick-and-mortar retailers o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: Beware of the Sure Thing: Possible Curve Balls for the December Market (Market Watch) U.S. Retailers Hunt for Attacks After Warning on Stealthy Malware (Reuters) Commentary: Take measures to protect your information When Financial Bubbles Burst: Real Estate Values are Plunging in Canadian Heavy Oil Patch (Contra Corner) Interest Rates to Stay Low Longer, Household Debt Remains a Concern – Says the Bank of England (The Telegraph) Glencore’s Oil …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Great news! Ol’ Remus of Yer ol’ Woodpile Report is back to his Fresh Baked Every Tuesday schedule. o o o There has been a politically-correct stink raised over a U.S. Army Aviation unit’s “Crusaders” logo. But as Dr. Bill Warner points out, unlike the hundreds of years of Islamic jihads, the Christian Crusades were short-lived and almost entirely defensive wars. Keep the logo! o o o Obama and his mainstream media co-conspirators wasted no time to show their outrage and scream for more “gun control” after the killing of three people and wounding nine others in and outside of …



Notes for Saturday – November 28, 2015

Three more days ’til the release of “Land of Promise”! Amazon has already listed the paperback version of the novel, but JWR would prefer it if everyone waited until December 1st to place their orders. If you are one of those who have read a draft copy of it, please go ahead and write a review on Amazon. Don’t forget: If you have Amazon Prime, then you’ll get free shipping on your copies of the book. o o o MD Arms is offering 40% off everything and $10 Flat Rate shipping from now through January 15th for the Christmas season! …


What’s a Dime Worth? Bartering with Junk Silver, by H. North

“Brother, can you spare a dime?” is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. The question was commonly asked by drifters hoping to be able to use the dime to buy a meal or two as they wandered the country looking for work. However, that was the 1930’s. Thus, it begs the question: in today’s economy, what’s a dime really worth? Is it still worth just a meal or two? Up until 1965, most American coinage was comprised of 90% silver, which is commonly referred to today as “junk” silver. Starting in 1965, the U.S. Mint diluted …


Letter: Of Batteries and Jumpers

HJL, My truck’s battery was discharged (forgot to unplug something), it was COLD, and I couldn’t find anyone to give me a jump, at least not quickly, and it was about a half mile away. I have 2-gauge jumper cables in the truck. Over a half dozen times these would start other cars being jumped that would barely turn over when the thinner “economy” cables didn’t. I literally just swapped cables and it would start right up. And these, which aren’t that much more expensive, can carry 600 cold-cranking amps over the distance. The typical thin ones make 13.5 volts …


Economics and Investing:

Are Millennials as broke as the media says they are? The answer is a resounding yes for the following reasons. o o o Fourth Turning – Social & Cultural Distress Dividing The Nation – Sent in by J.Q. o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: Britain Sets 2018 Deadline for Claims in Country’s Costliest Bank Scandal (Reuters) European Banks Sitting on $1T in Bad Debt (Contra Corner) Switzerland is about to Launch a HUGE Experiment in the “War on Cash” (Business Insider) Commentary: The Swiss and the Swedes make for a very interesting contrast in the view of cash vs. …


Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog reader T.Z. has an excellent idea on where to send the ISIS infiltrators refugees bound for the American Redoubt. Let’s take up a collection and send them to his Mansion. Michael Moore Launches #MyHomeIsOpen Website to encourage Americans to House Refugees o o o Since we’re all thinking of a yummy Thanksgiving dinner and leftovers this holiday weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Fern Feral wrote a very appropriate article which asks ourselves probing questions of our abilities to obtain food in a long-term TEOTWAWKI situation. Would you be able to grow and store food for your family? Please …



Notes for Friday – November 27, 2015

November 27th is the birthday of both SurvivalBlog’s Field Gear Editor, Pat Cascio, and sci-fi novelist L. Sprague de Camp (1907 – 2000). o o o Black Friday Sales: JRH Enterprises is offering New Third Gen Pinnacle Autogated PVS14 Night vision devices all ITT/Exelis tubes and complete with all accessories and a real 10 year warranty from the manufacturer. In addition to the sale price, JRH is giving the higher specification P+ tube units for the Black Friday sale price of $2799. Smart Living Shopper is having the best prices they’ve ever offered on the Survival Still. Apex Gun Parts …


Start Growing Your Own Food Now, by Piper in Virginia

It’s now been six years since I heard JWR on one of the big talk radio shows plugging one of his books, How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It. I had never been exposed to this type of rationale before. The more he spoke, the more it made sense to me. Since I’ve been known to get too much forward progress before my mind engages, I took a look at the website you are now reading and asked my consigliore (aka: beloved wife) if I was missing something. She undertook a few days of research …


Letter Re: Eating after TEOTWAWKI

HJL, I get excited to read each daily posting. I think how I could make it better and more applicable to my “plan”. I read another very thought provoking article, Eating after TEOTWAWKI, where the author talks about growing a garden and some environmental issues he has run into. What to grow and how much of each is certainly a question all of us have. JWR and many others in this blog have addressed sweat equity and the idea that one knows more not by reading but through experience. In my ten years of gardening, I’ve also experienced my fair …


Economics and Investing:

Reader P.M. notes: Premera Blue Cross may have laid off over 300 people, and yet won’t talk about it. They are also rumored to be losing money on the individual line of business. The fallout from the poor design of Obamacare continues. o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: A Shocking Number of Americans Don’t Have a Toilet (The Week) When Financial Bubbles Burst: Real Estate Values are Plunging in Canadian Heavy Oil Patch (Contra Corner) Interest Rates to Stay Low Longer, Household Debt Remains a Concern – Says the Bank of England (The Telegraph) Glencore’s Oil Deal in Libya …