Year: 2016

Letter Re: The Survival Battery

Sir: ‘The Survival Battery’ is an entertaining read, but the writer has overlooked several vital concerns. For one thing, even the budget plan requires stocking nine different calibers. I also don’t agree with the mix of operating systems. It includes a mix of single-action and double-action revolvers, DAO and/or single-action semi-auto pistols, pump shotguns, bolt-action rifles, air guns, and modern semi-auto rifles. Maintaining proficiency with all these systems will be very difficult. In a SHTF situation, every-day and “social” firearms should be the same. Just don’t expect a handgun to do a long-gun’s job. Shoot the bear with your rifle/shotgun. …


Economics and Investing:

Zika, ZIRP, and NIRP Viruses “What if we think of ZIRP as a financial virus, created and distributed by the central banks, that infects pools of savings?” o o o Global Liquidity Collapses To 2008 Crisis Levels o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News EPA Spends $295,507 to Track Energy and Water Use of Office Workers (Washington Free Beacon) Hillary’s Federal Education Jackboot Squad (National Review) Obama’s Transportation Budget is DOA (Government Waste Fraud and Abuse) Taxpayers Can’t Afford to Keep Paying for Lost Gas (Taxpayers for Common Sense) International News Time to Ditch Retirement? Global Leaders Confront …


Readers’ Recommendations of the Week:

Recommended movies by SurvivalBlog reader DMS: Faith Like Potatoes (true story) No Greater Love Rust (and watch the extra For Father) Not Easily Broken Woodlawn (amazing true story) God’s Not Dead Mom’s Night Out (too funny) Reader E.R. suggested A Prepper’s Cookbook: 20 Years of Cooking in the Woods by Deborah Moore. It’s disaster cooking made fun.


Odds ‘n Sods:

How does one consume 27,000 gallons of water in a single month? Beverly Hills put a spotlight on its celebrity water wasters — and it worked – Sent in by P.S. o o o CBO suggests taxing drivers by the mile – One should note that the only way to do this is to install a tracking device in your car. – G.P. o o o From a report by the Center for Immigration Studies: 124 Illegal Immigrants Released By DHS Later Charged with Murder – Sent in by C.L. o o o The truth about how the “refugee crisis” …



Notes for Tuesday – March 15, 2016

This is the birthday of General and President Andrew Jackson, in 1767. He was the 7th President of the United States (1829-1837.) o o o Safecastle has their lowest price ever on LifeStraw 5-packs. Use the coupon “LS16off5” at checkout to get the discount down to as much as 48% off of MSRP. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 63 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 …


Why I Started Prepping, by KB

Several years ago, right after the election of Barrack Hussein Obama as President of the USA, a feeling crept over me that things were about to change. It is at that moment that I seriously began to start preparing for what now is evident, that our country and the world are in a severe downward spiral. CEOs of America’s top companies were so busy exporting our jobs for the sake of the bottom line, keeping shareholders happy, and avoiding high U.S. corporate tax rates that one day we woke up to find that the middle class in America was disappearing. …


Letter Re: Gas and Diesel Storage

Hi Hugh and Jim, I am from Southeast Asia. Thank you for this article. I have been searching for answers to this topic for awhile, but I have not came across anything helpful out there. I have consulted with reps from oil and gas companies, but none were willing to share their insights on the matter. Since long-term storage for gasoline seems slim due to its inherent problems, would long-term storage of diesel to power generators, trucks, et cetera be a better option. Would the same problems related with quick expiry (instability), requiring special containers and flammability associated with gasoline …


News From The American Redoubt:

Idaho Sheriffs Association Backs Permitless-carry Bill – Sent in by D.B. o o o Malheur County Oregon residents vote ‘no’ on canyonlands conservation – RBS o o o Jailhouse interview: Ammon Bundy says government’s story is unraveling o o o Suspect in Idaho pastor shooting arrested near White House – Sent in by RBS o o o Rebelling state politicians & Feds launch assault to crucify this honorable Oregon Sheriff, hopefully the citizens of Oregon will stand with & support him. If citizens don’t unite behind sheriffs like Glenn Palmer, they will also end up standing alone when the Feds …


Economics and Investing:

Amid sales surge, Dollar General plans 900 new stores – RBS o o o Some people just never learn: US credit card debt balloons to $917B: What it means – G.P. o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News The Biggest Force Powering the Stock Market is Starting to Disappear, and It Could be a Huge Problem (Business Insider) Excerpt: “The issue that should scare investors is what would happen if this corporate stimulus went away.” Without Buybacks There is No Earnings Per Share Growth (Contra Corner) Excerpt: “According to a chart from Deutsche Bank, as sales and profit …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Remote Utah Enclave Becomes New Battleground Over Reach of U.S. Control. Many readers will recall the Four Corners region as one of the main locales of JWR’s second novel, Survivors. o o o 7-Eleven customer shoots man who attacked store clerk – Sent in by D.S. o o o Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor At Large, sent in this pair: Rebel improvised APC (Not in English, but the picture says it all!) Video: Be careful opening doors and don’t push any buttons. o o o Wyoming man’s EPA fines are now approaching $16 millionin his continuing battle over the right to …




Pat Cascio’s Product Review: Pat Law Tactical AR Folding Stock Adapter

I still remember, arriving at Ft. Lewis, WA in the Fall of 1969 and being issued the M-16 for my Infantry School training. It was a real joy to carry that rifle, especially after having carried the M-14, which weighed at 10 ½-lbs, in my Basic Training. The M-16 was only about 5½ lbs, so it was about half the weight of the M-14. There were some flaws in the early M-16, one of which was that the first ones to go to Viet Nam didn’t have chromed barrels, and the barrels themselves were considered “pencil” barrels, because they were …


Off-Paper: The Importance of Making Private Arms Purchases

Firearms sales in the United States, as measured by the number of completed National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks, are near an all-time high. In February, 2016, there were a whopping 2.6 million background checks! But those sales numbers only reflect the sales of new guns sold by Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders. The bigger and largely unreported news is of the upswing in the sales of used guns (“secondary sales”) by private parties. At a recent gun show, I observed that the folks who were there selling guns from their private collections were met by very …