Year: 2016

Pat Cascio’s Product Review: Leatherman Skeletool RX

I’m not exactly sure where the dividing line is between some disorders, like genius, driven mad, sheer genius, tortured mind, losing your mind, and other similar diagnoses. There are creative minds, like that of the novelist Stephen King, and I’m not sure if he has creative genius or a very tortured mind, after watching many of the movies that Hollywood created from his novels. I tend to think that, perhaps, just perhaps, he has a tortured mind. In any event, I’m sure I’ve lost my mind many years ago; just ask my own family! LOL Now, I’m not saying that …


Seeking Reader Input: SurvivalBlog’s Orwell Awards

The recent news about how the FBI filed a lawsuit to block disclosure of surveillance camera locations because it would “violate the privacy” of those surveilled has prompted the editors of SurvivalBlog to start a new awards contest for the most egregious examples of Orwellian Newspeak in the past year. This is in part to remind our readers of the prescience of George Orwell, in his novel 1984. We intend to issue these awards annually (like the Darwin Awards) each July 4th, and post descriptions and links for the top three examples, as well as for several Dishonorable Mention awards, …


Recipe of the Week: Family Favorite Meat Loaf

Ingredients: 2 beaten eggs ¾ cup milk ¾ cup fine dry bread crumbs 2 tbs grated onion 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground sage 1½ lbs ground beef. Sauce: ¼ cup catsup 2 tbs brown sugar 1 tsp dry mustard ¼ tsp ground nutmeg Directions: Combine eggs with milk, bread crumbs, onion, salt, sage, and meat. Mix well and shape into 9×5-inch rectangle or oval, or about 6-inch round. Carefully place in slow-cooking pot. Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours. Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl and pour over meat. Cover and cook on high for 15 …


Economics and Investing:

The EU Empire is going to fail. – A.D. o o o You Are Living Through The Dumbest Monetary Experimental Endgame In History… – B.B o o o Too Big? Brazil and Olympics on a Failing Path o o o Foreign selling of U.S. Treasuries in April was most since 1978 -data o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Oh, the irony! Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking o o o The NRA’s answer to the White House and Hitlery: The AR-15: Americans’ Best Defense Against Terror and Crime – MtH o o o Daniel Defense Cuts Ties with Academy Sports For Pulling AR-15 from Shelves o o o Obama Increases Importation of Syrian Refugees After Orlando Terror Attack – B.B. o o o When everything else fails, amateur radio will still be there—and thriving – P.S.



Notes for Sunday – June 19, 2016

June 19, 1834 was the birthday of Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon, who died 31 January 1892. He was a British Particular Baptist preacher. o o o Don’t forget that Safecastle is still running their “Storage Now or Forage Later” sale. All Mountain House freeze-dried foods–in #10 cans and mylar pouches–are on sale at discounts of up to 46% off. They are also discounting fresh (May 2016) military surplus pasteurized whole eggs. o o o Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Patriots, First, Happy Father’s Day (if you’re a father). And even if you’re not, don’t forget to call yours. If you’re still …


Using Canning Jars For All Food Stores and More-Part 1, by Sarah Latimer

Those who have been following my writings probably have figured out by now that I have a great deal of respect for efficiency and resourcefulness. It is my nature to pursue these. With the garden growing and an abundant surplus of fruits and vegetables just around the corner, the preservation of these is on my mind, as it has been annually this time of year since I first began gardening long ago. The process needs to have high quality results but be done efficiently and use as little precious storage space as possible, too. In the past, we’ve tried every …


Letter: The Importance Of Food And The Ability To Grow And Process Food

Dear Hugh: The situation in Venezuela has a precedent. When the Kuomintang Army remnants fled to Taiwan in 1949, they brought tons of paper money and spent it freely, resulting in a rapid hyperinflation. During that time only food had any value and nothing else, not PMs, weapons, ammo, fine art, you name it. Now for those who have some arable land (or neighbors that do) I figure veggie seeds, fertilizer, and stabilized diesel will have considerable value in that they can be used to grow food. It is for this reason that each year we save many gallons of …


Economics and Investing:

A Crisis Worse than ISIS? Bail-Ins Begin – B.B. o o o The Nikola One Will Totally Revolutionize The U.S. Transportation Industry… Or Will It? o o o 30 Blocks Of Dog Sh** & Sugar Taxes o o o The Federal Reserve has brought back “taxation without representation” o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Uncle Sam admits monitoring you for these 377 words:. Excerpt: “Facebook, a.k.a. the US government’s domestic intelligence center, is the primary target for this monitoring… though it’s become clear so many times before that various departments, including the NSA and FBI, are monitoring online activity ranging from search terms to emails.” – You will not believe some of the words that get the Feds to key in on you! o o o “Curiouser and Curiouser”: Orlando Killer’s Father Held Meetings At The White House o o o Store Owner: Undercover CBS Purchase of AR-15 Broke Federal Law – Excerpt: “The …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.” Acts 21:22-24 (KJV)


Notes for Saturday – June 18, 2016

June 18th is the birthday of Pastor Douglas Wilson. Born in 1953, he is the pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho and a prodigious author on Reformed theology. 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 Certificate that is good for any …


Selecting the Perfect SHTF Vehicle, by W.L.

So, you’ve got your bug out bag packed and ready to go, survival supplies laid in at your bug out location, and you keep your powder dry. Have you stopped to consider how you’re going to move people and gear around? Traveling on foot is slow (about two miles per hour for the average person) and your hauling capacity is limited to 50 or 60 pounds of gear, food, ammo, et cetera. More realistically, take a look at recreational backpackers; their goal is to carry no more than 30 pounds for movement of 10-15 miles per day. If you are …


No Fly = No Buy? No Way!

In the aftermath of the recent Orlando terrorist attack, the leftist mass media seems to have latched onto using either the Terror Watch List or the No Fly List as a panacea to stop terrorists from obtaining guns. They want to turn them into “No Buy” lists (even though terrorist gunman Mateen was NOT on either list!) The DHS compiles and maintains the No Fly List and the Terror Watch List and probably other lists that are classified and not publicly acknowledged. These lists are secretly compiled and often based on innuendo rather than any legal proceedings. Most alarmingly, these …