Month: July 2016



Budget Planning- Part 3, by Sarah Latimer

Goals and Self Discipline Before we jump into the section on budget expenses, I want to emphasize the importance of self discipline and getting a handle on what money should be used for. I realize I have spent a lot of time writing about money already, but to properly utilize and manage our money requires the proper perspective of what it is, whose it is, and how we are to view it. Getting a handle on it is just as much about this intellectual understanding and psychological perspective as knowing how it is being utilized and making concerted choices about …


Letter Re: Prepper Axioms

HJL, It is most certainly true that people should not choose to bug out in certain situations unless they have a sustainable location prepared in advance. However, many SurvivalBlog readers work far from home (well over 2,000 miles for me) and we absolutely must have detailed plans in place to get back to our families in a TEOTWAWKI event. This will become more common in a severe economic downturn. In that case, you’d be wise to have those packs prepared the author of this article speaks against, just in case your primary mode of transportation doesn’t get you home. And …


Economics and Investing:

Austrian Economics and the Entrepreneur o o o China Is Planning To Shock The World By Pushing The Price Of Gold Over $10,000 o o o Yellen’s Great Interest Rates Game o o o Taking the Measure of Britain’s New Normal. The betting is that Brexit will tip the economy into recession. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Coup Attempt in Turkey: A Feast of Pretexts o o o Black Lives Matter near Union Station in Washington DC on July 20. Note the presence of police. “Protesters let black people through blocked locations but not white people,” (WTTG) – T.P. o o o France: After the Third Jihadist Attack – D.S. o o o Michigan Goes Total Police State With Roadside Saliva Check Points – H.L. o o o Video (1 minute): Bizarre behavior from Clinton– M.T.



Notes for Saturday – July 23, 2016

On this day in 1942, the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins, as thousands are rounded up daily and transported to a newly constructed concentration/extermination camp at Treblinka, in Poland. Never Again! o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 65 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $12,000 worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Tactical Self-Contained 2-Series Solar Power Generator system from Always Empowered. This compact starter power system is packaged in a wheeled O.D. green EMP-shielded Pelican hard case (a $1,700 value), A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course …


Mesh Networks, Digital Radio, EMP, and Metal Buildings, Oh My!, by R.V.

We are working on a grass roots Internet style network at my radio club. As I am a very curious fellow, I am currently reading Wireless Networking in the Developing World, which is a free ebook. This book, of which I am 1/3 of the way through reading, seems to exercise every possibility in connecting these wireless routers. The pros and cons of various management strategies and switching tactics are exhaustively discussed. Sources and software are named, making it a great reference. What got me started is the Ham Radio version of this, which is described online, which is a …


Letter Re: Prepper Axiom #5

Dear James and Hugh, Your writer of the day for June 20th brought a smile to me when I read his comments on the fallacy of “bugging out”. This topic is one that is near and dear to me, both personally and professionally as the design director for Hardened Structures and as a former infantryman and Boy Scout. Even with my training and experiences (or especially because of this training) it’s really inconceivable to me to think of providing 2,000 calories per day, every day for my family of four indefinitely, out in the boonies, with only a pack and …


Economics and Investing:

370 employees losing jobs as Progresso plans on closing soup factory – DSV o o o Shale Drilling Set To Take Off In Argentina o o o Goldman Sachs Raising Private-Equity Fund of $5 Billion to $8 Billion o o o Fracklog in the Biggest U.S. Oil Field May All But Disappear o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

More information on the therapist shooting in Miami: North Miami SWAT Cop Shot Therapist In Order To “Save” Him From Unarmed Autistic Man – DSV o o o An excellent treatise on dealing with the anti-police sentiment brewing in America: Fixing The Problem – K.T. o o o A recall on AR500 Armor Level III Body Armor. If your armor is manufactured between February 2016 and March 2016 you need to get in touch with the manufacturer (844-887-8824 or www.ar500armor.com) o o o It’s like the rabbit hole in Alice and Wonderland: German Officials Respond to Migrant’s Axe Attack by …




Guest Article: The Best Oils For A Worst Case Scenario- Part 2, by Melissa Mink

#4- Cedarwood (Organic-Atlas) This is a very useful but tricky oil that I would not recommend any pregnant women use. It can be ingested but needs to be an Atlas variety only. Others are toxic and cannot be ingested, so know your oils! This one is also an amazing calmer and is much more powerful, in my own experience, at soothing bug bites and stings than Lavender. If you have ever owned a Cedar chest, you know how amazingly effective it is at repelling bugs. It is also not an oil that will give away your presence if needing to …