Month: February 2016

JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

Books The Prepper’s Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster, by Tess Pennington 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation, by Clint Emerson How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere, by Bradford Angier Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival, by Dave Canterbury The Stout-Hearted Seven: Orphaned on the Oregon Trail, by Neta Lohnes Frazier Light Infantry Tactics: For Small Teams, by Christopher E. Larsen


Odds ‘n Sods:

Here is some sage advice, over at Commander Zero’s blog: Magazine Speculating. o o o Yet one more reason to get your kids out of public schools! School Bans Marine Father Protesting Islamic Indoctrination o o o SurvivalBlog reader H.L. sent in this article on 23 Must-Have Kitchen Items For Any Survivalist Or Prepper. Advice well worth heeding. o o o Ol’ Remus is at it again over at the Woodpile Report. An excellent list of reading material. – B.B. o o o Do you use a fitness tracker? You might want to read this: Some fitness trackers vulnerable to …



Notes for Tuesday – February 02, 2016

February 2nd is the birthday of Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum in 1905, died March 6, 1982). She is of course remembered for her novel Atlas Shrugged, which is considered a Libertarian classic. While I sharply disagree with her views on religion (since she was an atheist), I admire both her skill as a writer and her ability to articulate some core precepts of human liberty. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 63 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 …


Making a “Last Run” When the SHTF- Part 2, by GMJ

In this section, we are continuing to explain how to begin developing a comprehensive strategy for a last run shopping trip. Steps 1 and 2 have been described in how to make a list of what might happen and arrange it according to each event’s likihood to happen. Now, let’s move on. Steps 3 & 4: Determine What’s Necessary to Eliminate/Reduce Problems Step three requires you to determine what you need to do to eliminate, or at least reduce, the problems that each probable event will cause, and then the next step is to make a list of all the …


Letter Re: China In Perspective

HJL, I heard the investment officer of a life insurance company speak this weekend. He characterized China as having accomplished what they set out to accomplish, creating infrastructure on a scale that took us 75 years, in only fifteen. We are placing our value system on their decisions and wonder how they are going to get things to pay off or out in three years. They don’t care. We of the west assumed there was a trend that was more of a trajectory. Their activity level will now travel back to the mean as will all the commodity prices of …


News From The American Redoubt:

Will Montana Soon Fall Victim to Refugee Islamafication? o o o Earrings, trophies and packaged meals: How Casper oilmen are surviving the bust o o o Hunter rescued after falling in Columbia River o o o Montana and Wyoming News: Plan to infuse small towns with Muslim migrants meets resistance o o o My #1 son, who operates our SurvivalRealty.com spinoff web site, recently put up two new For Sale By Owner listings in eastern Washington that were particularly interesting. One of them is a custom-built home in the hamlet of Stehekin, at the far end of Lake Chelan. What …


Economics and Investing:

Video: 2016 Market Crash Explained In One Chart – Mike Maloney o o o Retail Apocalypse: 2016 Brings Empty Shelves And Store Closings All Across America o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News So It Begins: Bloomberg Op-Ed Calls for an End of Cash (Zero Hedge) Excerpt: “For those who were amused by our warning that a cashless world may be coming, here is precisely why the warning was issued, in Bloomberg’s digital ink…” Read on. Warning: Article commentary may contain bad language or inappropriate avatar images. Barclays, Credit Suisse to Strike Record Deals with SEC, NY Over …


Odds ‘n Sods:

I am now researching and writing the second and third installments of my Counter-Caliphate Chronicles novel series. If any SurvivalBlog readers have friendships with a head of state or a high level diplomats from any of the following nations, then I would greatly appreciate getting an introduction: South Sudan Kenya Vanuatu Niue Tonga Cook Islands Nauru The Philippines Mozambique Comoros Mauritius Maldives Nicaragua Honduras Belize Panama St. Kitts & Nevis Dominica Grenada Cape Verde Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Bermuda Cayman Islands Monaco Isle of Man Andorra Finland Switzerland This would probably just involve a brief interview by phone or Skype. But …



Notes for Monday – February 01, 2016

February 1st is the anniversary of the secession of Texas from the United States in 1861. A State Convention considering secession opened in Austin on January 28th, 1861 and on February 1st, by a vote of 166-8, adopted an Ordinance of Secession from the United States. It’s important to note that not all Texans favored this act and the state Governor, Sam Houston, while being loyal to the union, refused offers from President Lincoln to keep him in office and was subsequently deposed as governer. We also remember February 1st, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and …


Round 62 Non-Fiction Writing Contest Winners Announced!

This was a tough contest to judge as there were so many good entries. Ultimately, the top prize winners were multi-part articles, but SurvivalBlog would like to point out that there was no filler in these entries. They were long articles, but they were thorough and complete. All of the articles in this contest were good articles. All entries that were submitted, not rejected, but not yet published are automatically rolled over as entries into Round 63 of the Non-Fiction Writing Contest. First Prize goes to J.R. for “What’s For Dinner – Part 1”, “Part 2”, “Part 3”, “Part 4”, …


Pat Cascio’s Product Review: ARMSCOR/Rock Island Armory 10mm

There was a lot of ink back in the late 1980s, when the 10mm round became readily available to the public. Colt was the first mainline gun maker to come out with a somewhat affordable 1911 Government-style handgun in 10mm. It was called the Delta Elite. I jumped on getting one, and loved the gun. However, there were only limited types of 10mm ammo available at the time; one was the 200-gr FMJ round, and one was a 155-gr Silvertip round from Winchester. Still, I was extremely impressed with the 10mm. The power level was close to the .41 Magnum …


Book Review from TM in Arkansas – Lights Out

© Ted Koppel 2015 Published by Crown Publishing Group, New York ISBN: 978-0-553-41996-2 (Hardback) 978-0-553-41997-9 (eBook) There are twenty chapters, 279 pages, index, and notes. This is not another fictional EMP book. It is facts concerning an intentional attack on the electrical grid of the USA. I have studied that particular threat for many years, so I thought I would read this book, confirm what I already knew, and pass it on to the local public library. After my first read, I have decided to keep the book in my personal library for reference. Sorry folks, you will have to …


Recipe of the Week: Raisin Spice Cake, by R.E.

Depression era cake with no eggs. Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup butter (or oleo) 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 cup chopped pecans 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp allspice 2 cups flour 1 tsp soda 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup raisins, chopped Directions: Boil sugar, raisins, water, butter and spices for 5 minutes, let cool. Mix flour, soda, baking powder, salt, and pecans together and add to first mixture. Pour into paper lined pan 9x5x3. Bake at 350 deg for 40 to 55 min. Cool 5 minutes and turn onto cake …