Year: 2015


Letter Re: Pound Sand, Your Honor

James or Hugh, Regarding Odds & Sods, Monday, 6 July 2015 in reference to New American Article; “Pound Sand, Your Honor. More Americans Want States To Ignore Federal Courts”, apparently there is some ignorance afoot about the federal courts, and the federal government. The citizens need to learn that the federal government was created by the original states and allotted certain specific duties for each branch to carry out, and given ONLY those duties. Thomas Jefferson, in 1798, and James Madison, in 1799, together established the legal action of NULLIFICATION; as a legal means for the citizens and states to …


Economics and Investing:

Tsipras Betrays Referendum, Sells Out to the Banks – H.L. o o o China Stocks and the New York Stock Exchange Shutdown: The Untold Story – H.L. o o o It’s Not If But When the Government Seizes Private Retirement Savings – B.B. o o o Brief interview w/Paul Craig Roberts. This is the best analysis of the E.U./Greek crisis you’ll hear. Why can’t a few more people step forward and frame this thing as plainly as P.C.R.? The whole interview is a grand slam homer, but if you can only listen for five minutes, minute 12 to minute 17 …


Odds ‘n Sods:

New SWAT Documents Give Snapshot of Ugly Militarization of U.S. Police – H.L. o o o Texans organize to keep their own eye on Jade Helm – T.P. o o o Video: An interesting take on homemade firearms case. o o o Legitimizing the problem: ‘Production Versus Plunder’ ~ Part 15 o o o A Dallas census worker harasses a home owner for over 30 minutes when told the home owner doesn’t want to participate in a voluntary survey.


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.” Mark 12:10-12 (KJV)


Notes for Saturday – July 11, 2015

On July 11, 1804, in a duel held in Weehawken, New Jersey, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, a leading Federalist and the chief architect of America’s political economy, died the following day. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 59 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ 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 …


Beyond The B’s…Now What? – Part 2, by Jason (Soon To Be In The Redoubt)

Don’t Be Too Cool For School SurvivalBlog readers, at least on the greater web, believe it or not, have a reputation as being amongst the more educated and affluent members of the preparedness community. Take that for what you will, but up until quite recently I had relied on a work ethic, intelligence, and blessings to continue to secure my rise in my chosen field. I had left college some eight years ago after being stuck in the “somewhere in my senior year” quagmire for what seemed like forever, after deciding that I had plenty of opportunity in my chosen …


Letter Re: Most Important Prepping

HJL, Regarding CC in Ohio, while concerned about his current status, he is also way ahead in that he is aware and attempting to get to his personal end result. He has weapons, ammo, food, he’s a HAM, and he has the mindset that shows he is watching and planning. Many of us (I’m in my 60s and active) understand that we no longer have physical youth on our side. Teamwork is putting together a team that works well together. I’m sure that if CC can keep his ears open, I feel certain he’ll find someone that would love him …


Economics and Investing:

Premier Bank is the sixth FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the first in Colorado. – G.G. o o o China lost the equivalent of 14 Greeces over the last month: Why the actions of banning short selling and punishing the market taken by the Chinese government will backfire. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Greek Deal in Sight as Germany Bows to Huge Global Pressure for Debt Relief Greece’s Tsipras to Sell Austerity Deal to Reluctant Party – We are truly living through some crazy weeks here globally from an economic perspective. With Cash …


Odds ‘n Sods:

The coming era of civil disobedience: Rosa Parks is celebrated, but the pizza lady who said her Christian beliefs would not permit her to cater a same-sex wedding was declared a bigot. – P.M. o o o Trump is Right: Illegal Alien Crime is Staggering in Scope and Savagery – B.B. o o o Maine Governor Signs Constitutional Carry Bill Legalizing Concealed Carry Without Permit – D.S. o o o Some thoughts on the coming collapse of the United States of America – B.B. o o o 40 Flicks for Prepper Movie Night – H.L. o o o Let’s see …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.” – Numbers 25:10-13 (KJV)


Notes for Friday – July 10, 2015

July 10th is the birthday of British novelist John Wyndham. (His full name was John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, but Harris shortened that to just John Wyndham for his pen name.) He we was born in 1903 and died March 11, 1969. Harris was a good friend of fellow novelist Samuel Youd (1922-2012), who wrote under several pen names, including John Christopher. Both men were famous for writing what are often called cosy catastrophies. Several of Wyndham’s novels and short stories have been adapted to film, with varying degrees of success. One of the best of these was a …


Beyond The B’s…Now What? – Part 1, by Jason (Soon To Be In The Redoubt)

Living a prepared life, as most readers understand, is not something that stops. One is never properly finished preparing. It is not something one works on for a bit and then says, “Okay, I’m done.” It is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency and preparedness. One of the first things most preppers come across in exploring the basics of preparedness is the three B’s– beans, bullets, and Band-aids. How many times have we read, even on this blog, “Make sure you have your beans, bullets, and band-aids squared away first!” That’s sage advice, and we should all follow it. However, what happens …


Letter: End of America

To The Editor: In a recent WND.com article titled “End of Christian America is here; It’s no accident we are witnessing the beginnings of persecution.”, Jonathan Cahn, well-known Messianic Jewish Rabbi (one who has come to faith in Jesus/Yeshua) has warned that the June 26th Supreme Court ruling that legalized homosexual marriage in all 50 states marks the formal end to Christian America. In other words, we as a nation have flipped God the finger, spit in His eye, and said: “We don’t need you anymore—we’re going to do it our way.” Cahn has declared that, barring a miracle, the …