Day: July 9, 2016

Notes for Saturday – July 09, 2016

July 9, 1956 was the birthday of actor/director/producer Tom Hanks. His acting in the movie Saving Private Ryan is riveting. The same day in 1938 was the birthday of Brian Dennehy. He is most often remembered for his role as the alien leader in Coccoon, but he was cast in many other movies and in hundreds of television shows. o o o Unbelievable! FBI didn’t record Clinton interview, did not administer sworn oath. JWR’s Comment: Years ago, preppers started predicting Without Rule of Law (WROL) situations. I never thought that we’d see it come about quite this way. And on …


Mindset of Financial Preparedness: The Color Code, by L.F. in Texas

We live in a world where almost everything happens rapidly and often by remote. Books and movies are downloaded from the Internet for instant entertainment. We travel freely and quickly around the world. Things like automatic dishwashers and laundry machines aren’t even remarkable anymore. And everywhere we go, in person or online, we are enticed to spend money freely, without thought of tomorrow. Being a prepper, however, means that we are thinking ahead to what might happen tomorrow, or next month or year, and getting ready for those possibilities. How does that affect our financial strategies? Colonel Jeff Cooper was …


Three Letters Re: Canning Jars

HJL, I just wanted to let the readers know that Uline has a wide selection of jars, from 1/2 pint up through 1/2 gallon, with lids and rings. – C.S. o o o Hugh, Here is an interesting way to store mason jars in your pantry: Bug-Out Pantry – R.T. o o o Hi Hugh, Thanks for the info on food preservation. In this latest round, you mentioned pressure canning only lean meats. Why is that? Fat is an essential nutrient. – J.J. HJL comments: The fat complicates the canning process and can cause less than desirable results. Because the …


Economics and Investing:

The Disastrous Dollar Standard o o o Big Banks Can Restrict Public Access to Gold. But It’s a Card They Could Only Play Once – and a major Swedish bank might have just tried to play that card. – G.G. o o o Oil products fill storage tanks and cast doubt over crude demand o o o What Happens When The DOW Index Drops And The DOW/Gold Ratio Climbs o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Send in the Terminator: Are Police Allowed to Robot-Bomb Suspects? JWR’s Comment: This event in Dallas deserves some serious consideration and both public and legislative debate. Ditto for the use of a U.S. military drone (possibly an armed drone) in the recent lethal roadblock event in rural Oregon, where Lavoy Finicum was killed. It should also be remembered that it a was two police bombs that were used to end the leftist MOVE organization’s squatting and standoff in Philadelphia, back in 1985. There, police officers in a helicopter dropped two bombs on the roof of the row house in the …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24 only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.” 1 Samuel 12:23-25 (KJV)