Month: June 2016

Rebalancing Your Gun Collection for the Uncertain Days Ahead

With the upcoming presidential election, American gun owners are facing a time of great uncertainty. If Hitlery Clinton is elected, it is anticipated that she will not only issue a large number of anti-gun executive orders but during her term in office she will also appoint several ultra-liberal Supreme Court justices. That would dramatically alter the balance of the court. These frightening prospects have prompted many gun owners to increase the size of their collections and readjust their composition. As recent gun sales statistics attest, people are definitely stocking up. This news is not evidence of paranoia. It is simply …


Letter Re: Food Preservation

Good afternoon, Hugh, Recently SurvivalBlog has presented several articles on food preservation, including extremely informative ones from your wife, Sarah. I’ve become curious about a few things: Is there a minimum vacuum level necessary for food preservation? (This assumes other factors, such as the lack of heat-based canning procedures are not necessary for preservation.) Are there advantages to purging air from a food container with nitrogen? If so, is there a recommended procedure for that? Does vacuum sealing after nitrogen purging offer additional advantages? You have tested and reported on a commercially available home freeze dryer; how much preservation time …


Economics and Investing:

Spending it all on rent: 11 million Americans spend half their income on rent. Another 21 million spend over 30 percent of their income on rent, a record high. o o o COMEX Registered Silver Now More Leveraged Than Gold o o o Potash Price Surge Could Lead To Higher Food Costs For Billions – “As global population surges and arable land decreases, efficiency is the name of the game. And in this environment, the little known commodity potash comes into its own” o o o The Stock Crash Of 2016: Stocks Have Already Crashed In 6 Of The World’s …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Some pointed commentary about the black letter law and due process by Andrew P. Napolitano, over at Lew Rockwell’s site: ‘No Fly, No Buy’ Means No Freedom o o o DIY Barrel Rifling Tool 2.0 – Sent in by G.P. o o o An interesting take on What To Do About Islam – Sent in by B.B. o o o Reader P.S wrote in to suggest this addition to your go bag. Bandaid Friction Block – Just rub in on the body parts where you think you’re going to get a blister and presto– no blisters. o o o The …



Notes for Thursday – June 23, 2016

On July 23, 1942, the Nazis continued their reprehensible and criminal behavior by making the first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz on a train of Jews from Paris. o o o Our writing contest now has over $12,000 in prizes. Today, the featured Writing Contest prize is the Three Day Course Certificate from Gunsite Academy. Gunsite was founded in 1976 by Lt. Jeff Cooper and covers 4.5 square miles with modern facilities, large classrooms and a fully stocked Pro Shop with a full-service gunsmith operation. They currently offer more than 45 different classes in Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun …


Tracking Dogs- Part 3, by D.D.

As you can see, the dogs are the least of your worries. They are just one of the tools that are used to accomplish the overall goal of catching you. They are used for direction and tracking, and they supply information to the other searchers. A K9 may also be used to grab you, just as they would anywhere else they are used. Even if you could somehow trick or neutralize the dog, you are still going to have to deal with quite a bit of other things. To get into range of doing harm to the dog or handler …


Letter Re: Vacuum Sealing Jars and Feed Store Grain

Good morning, Hugh, I enjoyed and learned a little more from Sarah Latimer’s post. I’m interested in the method used to create a vacuum in the canning jars when dry canning. We have arrived at the same place you have– to use glass jars. We have canned many jars of dehydrated apples and other items by heating the jars in an oven to 300 degrees and sterilizing the lids, filling the jars with the contents, and tightening the lids quickly. This has worked well 95% of the time. We have heard of various devices to place a vacuum on jars, …


Economics and Investing:

These Conditions Ensure That Gold Stocks Will Continue To Rise Over The Coming Years o o o 7 Stupid Things Bankers Say About Bitcoin o o o More Kids Now Living At Home Since The Great Depression o o o Watch How Hyperinflation Bloats Venezuela By 2020 o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

So much for the “Gray Man” approach to blending in! Tam over at the View From The Porch blog reports on an OTT vehicle OPSEC issue, in transiting New Jersey: You’re Not Helping, Part MCXII… o o o OPSEC impaired gun owner leaves several high end guns on SUV seats in plain view. – Sent in by T.P. o o o Bill Whittle’s Firewall: Guns, Islam and Orlando – B.B. o o o Air Force Veteran Assaulted for Speaking About God – T.Z. o o o The Supreme Court Just Created a Full-Blown Police State – The End of the …



Notes for Wednesday – June 22, 2016

During World War II, the U.S. 10th Army overcame the last major pockets of Japanese resistance on Okinawa Island on June 22nd, 1945, ending one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The same day, Japanese Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, the commander of Okinawa’s defense, committed suicide with a number of Japanese officers and troops rather than surrender. o o o Don’t forget that from June 25th and 26th (beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday) is Ham radio FIELD DAY. Most clubs will be setting up in a local park to operate in field …


Tracking Dogs- Part 2, by D.D.

Cross a River I specifically brought this one up. They laughed at this as a common misconception. They will have maps, and if they think you ran in the direction of a river, there is probably someone working their way up already without a dog. They will just run a dog up and down both sides of the river until they regain the trail. If they are close on your trail, they will send runners up and down both sides to see where you exited by finding the water trail and will actually gain time on you. Moving through water …


Letter Re: What We are Up Against

Greetings: You may be aware of my concerns over the potential for local infiltration of Islamists and what will no doubt ensure thereafter. As bad as some criminals are, most don’t gun-down 100 young adults in a club! And shockingly, far too many Americans fail to understand that horrific tragedy was considered desirable and “compassionate” by an Imam preaching in the local Orlando Mosque… Here is the video from their local TV station: Look at the battle that Mayor Van Dyne in Irving Texas has been fighting… and how she was ambushed by her own city council members when it …


Economics and Investing:

A Palace For Fannie (Mae) – Why The Imperial City Must Be Sacked o o o Chart of the Day – $GOLD vs. Brexit – “I see traders everywhere worrying about how the Brexit vote will effect gold. Folks, forget about the Brexit. By this time next week the Brexit will already be fading into memory and the market will go back to doing what it was doing before the vote”. o o o Anxiety Builds As Money Managers Near Record Long Gold Position o o o What to Watch for in Janet Yellen’s Congressional Testimony o o o SurvivalBlog …