Month: September 2016

Economics and Investing:

Washington’s Endgame: First Your Guns, Then Your Cash? This is an eye opening article. Use cash wherever you can, and resist the removal of cash from your life, because it gives you a type of freedom you need. It keeps the government from complete dictatorship. – H.L. o o o Harvard Economist: US Should Phase-Out All Currency Larger Than $10 Bills. Eliminate “filthy lucre?” – D.S. o o o Free Trade Brings Abundance — Protectionism Brings Scarcity o o o Beijing desperately needs a recession to shift the economy o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment …


Odds ‘n Sods:

It is noteworthy that my #1 Son’s SurvivalRealty.com web site now has 175 retreat properties listed. It is a great place for land buyers and sellers to connect, the ad space is surprisingly inexpensive, and there are NO sales commissions charged. Many of the properties have truly great attributes as retreats, like this one: Northern Ontario Wilderness Home – Plane or Boat Access. – JWR o o o Pokemon makes its foray into international espionage: ‘Pokemon Go’ lies behind China’s unprecedented military overhaul – D.F. o o o Jihad Knife Rampage at St. Cloud Mall, 8 Stabbed, Muslim Asked Victims …




The Golden Moments of Silence, by Sarah Latimer

I have been doing some reflecting recently on the power of silence. While our words have the power to build up or destroy and are so important, so too is our silence; silence is powerful also. Silence can generate equally powerful and varied reactions as words. When a man, who is madly in love with the woman of his dreams proposes marriage on bended knee with expectation that she will be thrilled and readily accept his proposal is instead met with a wide-eyed blank stare and silence, his world teeters on the brink of destruction in that silence. This silence …


Letter: Road Maps

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Hugh, On two recent trips this summer, one two week trip to eastern Pennsylvania and one to Las Vegas, I tried to find the old style folding road maps. In Pennsylvania’s Allentown, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia, and both Pocono’s and New Jersey shore area, at every gas station I stopped at, I asked about folding paper road maps. At some of the more modern stations I was met with a quizzical stare. I finally settled on a Rand McNally book. Fortunately, having grown up in that area, I knew my way around. I did find a paper map of the Las …


Economics and Investing:

California added 63,000 jobs in August, 42% of U.S. total – B.B. o o o Food stamps may soon be available for online shopping – G.S. o o o IRS Numbers Show Little Income Growth for Americans o o o China’s Plan For Gold And A New Monetary System o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

This path never ends well: First mercy killing of minor in Belgium – DSV o o o Muslim Horde Storms Through Mall of American on Eid Al Adha Holiday. It’s like Black Friday but in September. – B.B. o o o Small bomb explodes ahead of New Jersey road race; no injuries – C.L. o o o Dallas Cop, Demetrick Pennie, Sues Black Lives Matter And Associates For Inciting Race War – DMS o o o What The Media Is Not Telling YOU About The Muslim In New York Who Hacked An Officer With A Cleaver. Read His Own Confession …




Guest Article: The Real Dirt About Gardening For Survival, by Melisa Mink

I know the “survival” mindset is very popular right now. There’s always a new threat of earthquakes, pandemic, flooding, wild fires, and so on. So, I would like to take a minute to pass on some truthful knowledge to the folks who are not avid gardeners but may find themselves in a disaster or other scenario where it could be a needed skill to survive. You need to be doing it now, to know how to do it later! Should a disaster, such as an earthquake or other event ever occur, your mind, body, and resources will be pushed yet …


Letter Re: Missouri Constitutional Carry—Not So Fast

Gentlemen, The recent override of Governor Nixon is indeed a step in the right direction. However, it is important to remember that Missouri citizens do not enjoy state preemption. This bill only allows permitless concealed carry where permitless open carry is currently allowed. Many localities ban carrying a firearm (concealed or unconcealed) without the state concealed carry license. If you choose to carry a concealed firearm without a valid permit, you will NOT enjoy any of the exemptions that are enjoyed by those who DO carry on a valid CCW permit, including exemptions to federal laws that prohibit firearms in …


Economics and Investing:

Foreign Central Banks Sell A Record $343 Billion In US Trasuries In The Last Year – G.G. o o o Beware Central Banks’ “Illusion Of Control”; Spitznagel Warns “If The Fed Hikes, Markets Will Go Down Very, Very Hard” – B.B. o o o Gold Prices: Timing The Next Bottom o o o Three ways the banks are scamming you o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

TV Ad Encourages German Women To Wear Hijabs – Submitted by Pat Cascio o o o East Coast faces gas shortages, price hikes after pipeline leak. I Just went to top off my gas and talked with the good ole southern dude that runs the local gas station (not a chain) and he said “we’re not supposed to say anything but we’re figuring we’re going to run out of gas on Monday”. – T.S. o o o Apology Issued After Officers Raid Wrong Home – DSV o o o The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anyone …