Day: May 10, 2016

Notes for Tuesday – May 10, 2016

May 10th is the birthday of the late Col. Jeff Cooper (born 1920, died September 25, 2006). May 10th is also the birthday of the late Janis Pinups (born 1925, died 15 June 2007). He was one of the last of the Forest Brothers anti-communist resistance fighters. He came out of hiding, after five decades, to obtain a Latvian passport in 1994, after the collapse of eastern European communism. (He was never issued any communist government identity papers and by necessity lived as a nonexistent ghost during the entire Soviet occupation of Latvia.) o o o Safecastle’s huge Lindon Farms …


Readiness Mindset: Your Most Important Survival Tool- Part 1, by B.G.

Whether prepping for a EOTWAWKI situation or any potential disaster or emergency in everyday life, the most important and powerful tool at your disposal is your own mind. A person can have all of the fanciest survival gear and equipment, but without the proper mindset and training it is all nothing more than a cool looking, expensive pile of useless junk. Even a person who has studied countless books, guides, and manuals for every survival situation imaginable can be rendered completely inept in the moment of an emergency, when all that knowledge is needed the most. If you wish to …


Letter Re: Realities to Off-Grid

Hugh, Just wanted to share that the bucket toilet seats don’t last long, only about five months. You need to build a wooden box and put on a real toilet seat. You will get a build up in the bucket over time and bleach doesn’t clean it. Pour boiling water over the sides and bottom and it will come out clean and odor free. Laundry done by hand will need a place to drain, since you can’t wring it out as well as a machine. You can use a wringer, but it doesn’t do well for jeans and sweat shirts, …


News From The American Redoubt:

Retirees Driving Surge in Montana Gun Sales – D.B. o o o Boise Gun Dealer Shocked After Machine Gun Stolen By Bundy Sympathizer – RBS o o o Kyle Odom makes first court appearance on attempted murder charge o o o Wyoming: Millions of bees released in interstate 80 crash o o o Feds deny permit for Washington coal-export terminal o o o Salmon advocates cheer Columbia Basin BiOp ruling


Economics and Investing:

Reader SDP wrote in to inform us that the number of stored locomotives is much, much higher than we reported before. There are some railroad enthusiasts who track this kind of information, and this is from an April 11th communication: “Laid Up Power – BNSF has added to the Laid Up Good Order (LUGO) fleet this month. At the end of January, there were 1249 engines in LUGO status. As of April 4th,there are 1457 in LUGO status. This is up 101 more from March 1st when there were 1356 in LUGO status. While part of the fleet is laid …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News JWR’s Comment: Why am I not surprised? o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: AAR of Chris McCandless; death, 20 years later Mike also sent this in: Potential new antidote for sarin nerve agent o o o Vice News Video: Inside The Alberta Wildfires o o o The San Andreas Fault Is On The Brink Of A Devastating Earthquake – Sent in by G.P. o o o West Point is investigating whether 16 female cadets broke military rules by taking this photo – Showing just how …