Day: April 22, 2016

Notes for Friday – April 22, 2016

Today is also the birthday of the late Charles Rankin Bond, Jr., born in Dallas on April 22, 1915, who was one of the last of the AVG Flying Tiger pilots. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 64 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 …


Project Management for Preppers- Part 2, by B.F.

Let’s focus on techniques you can use. Project management is sometimes compared to a three legged stool. The legs are Time, Cost, and Quality. All three need to be kept in balance so that the stool doesn’t fall over. Another way of saying this is that you can have a project good, fast, or cheap; pick any two. There are a lot of tools available for your use, when you want to design a project. Many are computer based, some are free, and some are expensive. Projects and project management has been around for quite a while, even before we …


Letter Re: Half-Dollars as an Investment

Hi Hugh, I was just reading James’ blog on saving nickels again. I have about a year or more’s worth of coins I’ve been saving. My late wife had rolled $10 worth of halves which I’ve saved. Would it be wise to hold onto them? How about Canadian silver coins? Aren’t they mostly silver? HJL’s Comment: The base metal content of half dollars made from 1971 to 2014 is 91.67% copper and 8.33% nickel with a current value of less than six cents. Unless you are able to procure coins of high silver content, they are most likely not worth …


Economics and Investing:

Fed Issues An Ominous Warning To JPMorgan Chase And Leaders Flock To Secret Meetings – Submitted by JFJ o o o Sanctions Lifted, Now Iran Wants To Get Paid o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News How of Representatives Files Amicus Brief in Support of Judicial Watch Taxpayer Lawsuit to Prevent DC Government from Illegally Spending Taxpayer Money (Judicial Watch) Excerpt: “Regardless of whether it is sound policy for the District of Columbia to have budget autonomy, [the defendants] cannot ignore the law. Yet, they do.” Privatizing the US Postal Service (Cato) Excerpt: “…with the rise of electronic …


Odds ‘n Sods:

This is an interesting concept and it is certainly aesthetically pleasing. I’m not sure I agree with the contents though. Cylindrical Japanese survival kit – J.N. o o o You already knew this, but it was probably government grant money they spent: Why living around nature could make you live longer. – W.A. o o o Sheriff: Without Secure Border Every County Will Be ‘A Border County’ – Sent in by B.B. o o o This has long been a fear, but now there is some hard evidence that it is a reality: Residual drugs in water supply – P.S. …