Notes for Saturday – July 02, 2016
On July 2nd, 1937 aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
Day: July 2, 2016
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Making a Living in the Hinterboonies
One of the great quandaries faced by many American preppers is that their desire to move to a lightly-populated rural region is usually not consistent with the ability to earn a good living. Let’s face it: The job opportunities in the Hinterboonies are scarce. Unless you are retired, self-employed, or you are in a high-demand profession (such as medicine or dentistry), then it might be difficult to have the same standard of living that you’ve enjoyed in an urban or suburban community. Part of the following repeats what I wrote in SurvivalBlog back in 2009 about the sorts of jobs …
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Letter: Starting a Manufacturing Business on a Tight Budget, by M.B.
In case you have not kept up with the Maker movement the last couple of years, great strides have happened in the average guys ability to build advanced micro-manufacturing facilities for very little money versus even a few years ago. I will note that this discussion is not all inclusive as this field changes on a sometimes weekly basis. The ability to do advanced manufacturing with relatively small amounts of money is the dirty secret of China’s present economic success. I should know, since I have been there, I have friends in the industrial automation business who have been there, …
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Economics & Investing:
The Trajectory of Venezuelan Hyperinflation Looks Familiar… o o o Puerto Rico Faces Record Default: A Look at the Bonds Due ($2 billion is coming due!) o o o At The Sovereign Investor: Another Market Meltdown? o o o ‘The end is coming,’ says Ron Paul o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.
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Odds ‘n Sods:
At Instructables: Best Solar Oven (Home-made!) o o o Fresh details spur debate on Orlando police response o o o Best Bug out Vehicles You Can Actually Afford (The Prepper Journal) o o o Over at The Daily Caller: State Department Won’t Release Clinton Foundation E-mails for 27 Months. “Nothing to see here, move along.” o o o She’s painted herself into a corner: Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry, Official Says. My favorite quote in the article: “Ms. Lynch has said she wants to handle the Clinton investigation like any other case.” Ah-ha! This explains why …
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
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