Notes for Saturday – December 24, 2016

December 24, is the 15th Anniversary of when John Joe Gray’s legal troubles began. He and his family were self-sufficiently holed up in their Texas ranch for a few days short 15 years, in defiance of a warrant for his arrest. This was the longest standoff in American history, in which he has faced the administrations of four different county sheriffs before the district attorney dropped the charges.




A Legal Review Of Secession 150 Years Later- Part 2, by TEH

Secession On February 1, 1861, a convention of secession was called (and subsequently sanctioned by the legislature) where an ordinance to dissolve the union between Texas and the United States was adopted and Texas declared to be a separate and sovereign state. The relationship to the United States (and its government) was disclaimed; Texas seceded from the Union. Texas thereafter joined with the other Confederate States and declared war on the United States. “…….The position thus assumed could only be maintained by arms, and Texas accordingly took part, with the other Confederate States, in the war of the rebellion, which …




Letter Re: Bugging Out With Children

Good Day SurvivalBlog Editor, I have been reading SurvivalBlog for years. I enjoy the articles and often learn various new ideas or approaches to survival. I am not the target audience for this article, since my children are 13 and 18; however, when they were younger we dragged them along on family hunting and camping trips and involved them on extended hikes, packs, canoe trips, et cetera when they were infants, toddlers, and small children. The one caveat I would say is that we always had two parents doing this and both were motivated to make it happen and to …




Economics and Investing:

Dollar Euphoria And Gold Price o o o Cash Confiscation and the Case for Gold – DSV o o o Podcast: How can anyone trust these people? o o o Treasuries Rise With U.S. Stocks Before Holiday: Markets Wrap o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.




Odds ‘n Sods:

Video: How to make a compass when you get lost! Natural Cues and Magnetic North and South o o o The Decline and Fall of the Public Range And Thoughts on the Future of Shooting – DSV o o o Corrections officers asked to leave Cheesecake Factory — for carrying guns – G.M. o o o Berlin truck attack suspect shot dead by police in Italy o o o Three ridiculous ways Congress plans to Keep America Safe Again