Year: 2016

Odds ‘n Sods:

Wonderful idea and program on urban farming. An All-Volunteer Squad Of Farmers Is Turning Florida Lawns Into Food – DMS o o o New Surveillance System May Let Cops Use All of the Cameras – Note: All of these systems that allow the police or public to access private video cameras depend on users not configuring their cameras appropriately. Always change the password on any camera, even if you don’t think that it has access to the Internet. – B.B. o o o Schumer to Introduce Further Gun Control Legislation – RBS o o o Two from Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.” – 1 Peter 2:9-10 (KJV)


Notes for Saturday – May 21, 2016

Just three days after Hessian mercenary forces assaulted the local New Jersey militia at Quinton’s Bridge, the same contingent surprised the colonial militia at Hancock’s Bridge five miles from Salem. In what became known as the Massacre at Hancock’s Bridge, at least 20 members of the militia lost their lives, some after attempting to surrender. The Loyalists reputedly exclaimed “Spare no one! Give no quarter!” as they stormed the occupied house. Judge Hancock and his brother (both Loyalists) were bayoneted in the melee by the attackers even though they were both staunch supporters of the crown and were themselves non-violent …


How To Trim Your Horse’s Feet- Part 1, by R.B.

For starters I should let you know that I was school trained as a farrier at the Oklahoma Horse Shoeing School in Purcell, Oklahoma. I went there right after two tours in the U.S. Army. I worked full time as a shoer for about 10 years, then part time for another 10 years, and now I just shoe my own horses. In short, I have about 30 years and thousands of horses under my belt. I suspect the readers of this blog have already read JWR’s Patriots, which was the inspiration for this article. The purpose of this article is …


Letter Re: Shopping on Amazon

Hugh, In addition to the information in this article I would like to mention that there are many free Kindle books at Amazon as well at archive.org that are in the public domain. You do not need a Kindle (or Amazon Prime account) to download and read these books, you can read them on your laptop/desktop computer with the free downloadable Kindle PC reading app from Amazon. If you use the shipping option that gives you a 99 cent credit usable on Kindle books or digital audio products it has been my experience that the length of time between ordering …


Economics and Investing:

Huge Trend Changes Point To Something Big In The Gold Market o o o The Coming Catastrophic Collapse Of The American Middle Class – B.B. o o o U.S. debt dump deepens in 2016 – B.B. o o o A third of cash is held by 5 U.S. companies o o o Extreme rental living in Los Angeles: Want to live in a van, near the river? Or maybe a RV is more your taste? o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Missouri Lawmakers Ignore Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Campaign: Pass Constitutional Carry, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Bill o o o Sent in by G.G. – Judge orders ethics classes for ‘deceptive’ DOJ attorneys Excerpt: The facts of the deception are not in doubt, Hanen emphasized. “[DOJ] has now admitted making statements that clearly did not match the facts,” he said in the May 19 opinion, first noted by the National Law Journal. “It has admitted that the lawyers who made these statements had knowledge of the truth when they made these misstatements … This court would be remiss if it left such unseemly and …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.” – Ezekiel 44:23-24 (KJV)


Notes for Friday – May 20, 2016

May 20th, 1942 is the birthday of Carlos Hathcock; he died February 23, 1999. He was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. o o o We are coming up on the end of Round 64 of the SurvivalBlog Writing Contest. If you have an article you would like to submit to the contest, finish it up and email it to SurvivalBlog. If you haven’t read the list of prizes that are going to the top winners, you should take the time to read them below. Sometimes I look at these …


Understanding the Progressive Agenda- Part 2, by DBS

The Next Domino to Fall After the Glass-Stegall Act Look, our friends over at Wall Street were losing their wealth. We (the elite) couldn’t allow that to happen. They needed more dollars to pay their debts because the stupid middle class had lost their jobs, filed bankruptcy, and were not buying anything. What could we do? Well, we decided to print more dollars and give those dollars to them. Then, they could pay off their bonuses and buy more of their own stocks. They keep up their perceived value, and we will all look rich! We will take advantage of …


Three Letters Re: Amazon

HJL, I really enjoyed Sarah Latimer’s article on using Amazon. Although I use it quite a bit, I still found some of her shopping tips helpful. Regarding caveats about shopping, the biggest one I have found is the item price is cheap but the shipping cost is outrageous. Here is a quick example, note the cheapest one doesn’t have free shipping. [Editors note: These prices/shipping do not seem to be from Amazon Prime. Mrs. Latimer strongly urges SurvivalBlog readers to sign up for Prime. If you just order 10 or 12 items a year, it will probably pay for itself.] …


Economics and Investing:

Landlords Are Catching Retail’s Cold – RBS o o o In some towns, the strip malls can’t die fast enough – RBS (Warning: This site may require a login to access.) o o o Texas shelters, churches fear sudden influx of Cuban migrants will overwhelm them – W.C. o o o Obama on track to double national debt – B.B. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Fed Puts June Rate Increase on Table Provided Economy Says Go – For your daily comedic relief, it’s amazing what these folks will say with a straight face. o o o SurvivalBlog and …


Odds ‘n Sods:

From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: 3d printed pistol – For discretion or emergency. o o o This is why my family made the decision to move out of the People’s Republic of California back in 2012 and never to return. Imagine a U.S. Marine battalion under attack by Islamic Extremists and all of a sudden the Powers to Be issue a decree to disarm the Marines. Their thinking is either terrorists would lay down their weapons or they’d not find a weapon with them being banned. Oh, well. We feel sorry for Californians and pray …



Notes for Thursday – May 19, 2016

Today, we present another entry for Round 64 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 one, two, or three day course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses, excluding those restricted for military or government teams. …