Year: 2015


Notes for Tuesday – October 27, 2015

October 27th 1858 was the birthday of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. (He died January 6, 1919.) o o o I’m pleased to announce the launch of the web site for my new venture: Liberty Paradigm Publishing. Please take a look. – JWR 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 …


Firearm Noise Suppressor Overview, by S.M.

It seems that ownership and use of firearm noise suppressors, also referred to as “silencers” or “cans”, are increasingly popular in the United States. Manufacturers have responded to the increased interest and demand with new, innovative products. For those considering acquiring suppressors, I thought it might be useful if I shared my recent experiences. While there are many legal hurdles to suppressor ownership, they can be addressed fairly easily at a reasonable cost and effort. Since I am not a lawyer, I can only provide a layman’s perspective. Therefore I suggest that you research the applicable legal requirements of the …


Letter Re: Toilet to Tap

Mr. Latimer, Thanks for bringing to our attention the massive project in LA to turn sewage back into drinking water. I must say that people should be less concerned about picking up a dangerous infections disease (the treatment of sludge is accompanied by heavy use of chlorine and/or ultraviolet light to disable bacteria and viruses) and more concerned about the fact that many of our treatment facilities lack the ability to remove the massive amount of pharmaceuticals and drugs people are on. A lot of treated water being released into the environment contains high levels of anti-depressants, birth control hormones, …


News From The American Redoubt:

Every once in a while, you read about one of those crazy things that you are just sure is a “tall tale”… And then there is that time Idaho Fish and Game airdropped a bunch of beavers. Thanks to P.M. for sending in the link to Popular Mechanics. o o o A new documentary produced in Bozeman, Montana: Unbranded. The amazing story of four men who recently adopted 16 mustangs, broke them, and rode them from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. o o o Officials plan to capture wild horses in southwestern Idaho o o o Casper, Wyoming: …


Economics and Investing:

SurvivalBlog reader P.S. sent in a link to the US 2014 wage statistics. Basically: If you’re making $30K, you are in the 51st percentile. In other words, 51% of the U.S. population is making the same or less than you. If you’re making $60K, you are in the 81st percentile. If you’re making $90K, you are in the 90th percentile. If you’re making $125K, you are in the 95th percentile. A 1 percenter would be making $250K or more, putting them in the 99th percentile. There are approximately 1.1M people who made between $250K and $500K in 2014. A 0.1 …


Odds ‘n Sods:

If any SurvivalBlog reader has an e-mail address for the videoblogger “DEMCAD” (Reggie), please let me know. (I lost his address, in a hard drive crash.) Thanks, – JWR o o o SurvivalBlog reader G.P. sent in this link to the Florida Sheriffs Sovereign Citizen Training for Law Enforcement video that contains all-encompassing, inflammatory statements like these: “They will ask ‘What is the reason you are stopping me?’ “ “Their objective is to confuse you, You don’t know their level of commitment, but they are providing you with disinformation in order to distract you to the point where they can …



Notes for Monday – October 26, 2015

October 26th is the anniversary of the death of American-born RLI Trooper Joseph Patrick Byrne, in Rhodesia, in 1978. 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), A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate that is good for any one, two, or three day course (a $1,195 value), A …


Zero Tolerance Model 180, by Pat Cascio

I hate to admit it, just hate it, but I’m a knife addict! I always have been, since I was a little kid back in Chicago. I’ve always carried some kind of folding knife in a pocket, and, to be sure, most of the kids in the neighborhood also carried pocket knives, even to school. Guess what? No one got stabbed, murdered, or expelled from school. Today, that’s a different story. In most states, it is a mandatory one year expulsion for students who have a knife at school. Instead of using good ol’ common sense and talking to the …


Recipe of the Week: Pork Stew, by B.W.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds fresh cubed pork 4 carrots, chopped 2 onions, chopped 2 ribs celery, chopped 3 to 4 potatoes, peeled and chopped (optional) Red pepper flakes, to taste Directions: Boil meat about 20 minutes in a pot on stove. Put chopped celery, carrots, onions, and potatoes in a 5-quart Dutch oven. Put meat on top of vegetables. Pour in 1 cup of liquid from boiled meat. Put covered Dutch oven in oven and cook at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Check for doneness of vegetables. Put 2 tablespoons oil in frying pan, mix in …


Letter Re: The OTHER Electrical Grid Failure Problem

Hugh, Four hundred forty nuclear reactors are operating worldwide, representing about 14 percent of global electricity generation. Sixty power plants are under construction, and many older plants slated to be decommissioned may be given new operating licenses. Which country has the greatest number of nuclear reactors (want to guess)? We do; in the U.S. there are approximately 100 plants currently operating. Now imagine a map of the United States, taking a ruler and drawing a straight line from the northern border with Canada, which would head south through the edge of Minnesota, continue through the very edge of western Iowa. …


Economics and Investing:

Here is a sobering fact about Millennials, the largest cohort behind baby boomers: half of Millennials are living at home with their parents. Another 28 million Millennials are not in school and are working in jobs that pay $10,000 a year or less: Half of Millennials live at home with parents: The economy still feels like it is in a deep recession for millions of Millennials. And this group is supposedly the group that is going to relaunch the American economy. o o o Items from the Economics Team: Rick Rule, Doug Casey: “Severe But Survivable” Reckoning Ahead For The …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Little did we know…Overstock holds 3 months of food and $10 million in gold to ensure their employees are taken care of in the coming financial collapse. Sent in by G.G. o o o From SurvivalBlog reader GJM: Guns in the hands of law-abiding American citizens—unthinkable mayhem: “very bad” Guns in the hands of Syrian terrorists like ISIL, who want to kill American citizens, put there by the same Emperor who wants to take them from American citizens, paid for by wealth stolen from American citizens—safe, controlled, intelligent: “very good” hmm, Einsteinian Insanity o o o RBS sent in a …