Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society” – Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Month: July 2016
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Notes for Sunday – July 10, 2016
July 10th is the birthday of British novelist John Wyndham. (His full name was John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, but Harris shortened that to just John Wyndham for his pen name.) He was born in 1903 and died March 11, 1969. Harris was a good friend of fellow novelist Samuel Youd (1922-2012), who wrote under several pen names, including John Christopher. Both men were famous for writing what are often called “cosy catastrophies”. Several of Wyndham’s novels and short stories have been adapted to film, with varying degrees of success. One of the best of these was a parallel …
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Budget Planning- Part 1, by Sarah Latimer
Let me start off by saying that I am not a Certified Public Accountant, lawyer, stock broker, licensed financial planner, or banker. I have no licenses or certificates that enable me to give special advice or guidance regarding your finances. I am also not an ordained minister, though I have attended seminary. What I am writing below comes from personal experience combined with a business degree and both business and home management experience along with my understanding of the Word given to us from YHWH– the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (I believe it is necessary in these days …
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Letter Re: Top Note on July 8th
Hugh, Your notice of Kevin Bacon’s birthday reminded me of a movie he was in that many people haven’t seen. Taking Chance is about the voluntary escort of a fallen Marine back to the hometown of the escort and the fallen Marine. It’s a sobering look at the price we pay. – S.G.
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Economics and Investing:
A staggering percentage of Americans are too poor to shop – G.G. o o o Inflation – Deflation o o o Here We Go Again: An August 2007 Redux o o o Is The BIS Setting Up The World For Another Meltdown? 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:
Super typhoon hits Taiwan, cutting power and transport (Note: The page has an auto-starting video about the story.) o o o Has the Foundation Been Laid For the Confiscation of Guns? – W.C. o o o Video: Judge Jeanine nails it in her opening statement on Saturday. The issue isn’t racism; it’s anarchy! Dirt Bag Shooter & Obama: Judge Jeanine Opening Statement 7/9/16 o o o The Race War Has Begun – When the leaders of the country decide that the law is only for us “little people”, this contempt for authority is what they breed in the populace. o …
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Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8 (KJV)
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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)
Notes for Friday – July 08, 2016
Today marks the birth of actor Kevin Bacon (born 1958.) Preppers usually associate him with the campy movie Tremors.
Buying and Selling Rural Land: Considering The Basics
Much of my work as a consultant revolves around selecting retreat properties. For more than 15 years I have assisted my clients in their quest for the most suitable and practical properties available, to assure their families the best possible chance of surviving anything from a short-term localized disaster to a long-term societal collapse. Over the past 10 years of editing SurvivalBlog, I have included many insights about the retreat property selection process, interspersed in articles and replies to letters on related topics. But in this article, I’d like to distill a lot of that experience into just one concise …