Day: June 2, 2016

Notes for Thursday – June 02, 2016

On June 2, 1774, Parliament renewed the quartering Act allowing British military to stay in private homes if necessary, completing the Coercive Acts. The Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Boston Port Act, were known as the Coercive Acts. These Acts were Parliament’s way of asserting their control over the colonists after the Boston Tea Party and were one of the main motivations for the 3rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. o o o Our SurvivalRealty spinoff has some great retreat properties, but this latest one is almost unique, straddling …


Five Common Mistakes New Preppers Make and How to Avoid Them- Part 2, by S.M.

Practicing Poor Opsec (continued) There are a lot of different ways to see if a person is receptive to prepping or whether they are sheep. Help those who ask for your help or are interested in becoming prepared. I actually put together an easy 30 day pantry list and have been asked for a copy by several people shortly after the “winter weather” discussion I mentioned earlier. They can easily grow from there on their own. Some other great topics that you can work around to a preparedness conversation that I like to use are: Civil Unrest. Everyone is discussing …


Letter Re: Hunting for Self Sufficiency

James, I’ve been a follower of your blog for many years and find it both a good resource and a great way to keep your ear to the ground among all the survival/prepper sites that trend to sensationalism and speculation. Patriots was my first real fiction and began a great love of survival fiction. Thirty or forty books later and daily searching for solid tips on the prepper blogs, I believe the time has been well spent. My wife and I live alone, and due to a degenerative neurological affliction neither one of us can work and I am her …


Economics and Investing:

Lost Decade for Value Stocks Tests Faithful Who Say End is Nigh o o o “The Economy Is Better Off Now Than When I Started” – Obama Delivers Remarks On The State Of The Economy – Now go wipe that spewed coffee off of your computer monitor. – B.B. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Alan Greenspan: “We’re Running To A State Of Disaster” – Like the end of the article, “If only he had not gotten us in this mess in the first place”, perhaps only if the Fed had not, not just Greenspan Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Plunges …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Samuel Culper of Forward Observer Magazine recently recorded a webinar on Intelligence Preparation of the Community (77mins). It’s a great introduction to the need for intelligence in community security and prepping. o o o Snowden Explains How to Protect Your Smartphone From NSA Hackers – DSV o o o ‘All Critical Infrastructure Sectors are at Risk from EMP’ – RBS o o o Britain really is ceasing to be a Christian country – Submitted by G.G. o o o SurvivalBlog reader S.G. wrote in to let us know that the information in the article on the giant alligator, to which …