Day: January 2, 2017


Annual Reminder: The Ten Cent Challenge

I only post one reminder about voluntary Ten Cent Challenge subscriptions each year, and this is it. Please keep in mind that to operate SurvivalBlog we have considerable expenses for bandwidth, web hosting, our backup site, software, and legal fees. The most recent new expense has been liability insurance. (We live in a very litigious society, and we were targeted in a frivolous defamation lawsuit, which is still pending. I am confident that we will prevail, but the attorney fees have already been substantial.) If you find that you get more than 10 cents worth of value per day in …


H&R Pardner Protector Shotgun, by Pat Cascio

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The first shotgun I ever owned was a Harrington & Richardson single shot shotgun in 16 gauge, and I’m here to tell you that thing really kicked because it was such a lightweight gun. I was a pretty skinny 16-year-old kid, too. I took it pheasant hunting a number of times, and it never let me down. I don’t recall whatever happened to that shotgun, whether I traded it, sold it, or what. There is a lot of controversy over what type of firearm a person should buy first for survival purposes. Of course, we have to define in our …


Recipe of the Week: Chocolate & Fudge Candy Cane Cookies, by C.S.

Do you have leftover candy canes after the holidays? Do you really want to store them until next year? This recipe is a yummy way to use up candy canes that weren’t eaten! Besides, since they are baked and a calorie is a unit of heat, the calories are just baked right out of them! (Editor’s note: The wife isn’t buying that, but at least I tried.) Cookie Ingredients ½ cup butter, soft 1 cup sugar 1 egg ¼ cup milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 ¾ cup flour 1/3 cup baking cocoa ½ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt Icing …


Letter Re: Inexpensive Perimeter Security for Your House in the Suburbs

HJL, After reading this in the blog from “KL”, I too went to Harbor Freight and purchased several units. To offer some further information, each box contains one sender and one receiver. Each box has a small oval sticker on the front identifying the channel. All of my units utilize the same tone. So even if I purchase units with different channels, they all sound the same when they go off. I wish the manufacture offered different choices of alerts per unit. The receiver can utilize an optional 6 volt, 200 mA power adapter, but the manufacture doesn’t offer it …


Economics and Investing:

From the Burning Platform: A Biased 2017 Forecast (Part One) & (Part Two) o o o Virginia Bill Would Take A Step Towards Supporting Sound Money – DSV o o o Gold Lures Investors Worried About Trade Wars and Trump Tweets o o o Guns and Chipotle: Millennials are the most employed generation in two occupational areas: food services and military. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Over at Commander Zero’s blog: Winter Vehicle Stuff – Pt. I o o o Governments Around The World Shut Down The Internet More Than 50 Times In 2016 – Suppressing Elections, Slowing Economies And Limiting Free Speech – H.L. o o o Man points (Canadian Style): Barehanded man punches hungry Cougar to save his dog – T.P. o o o From Full Spectrum Survival: Feminine Hygiene On The Homestead And When The SHTF – Natural Pads, Systems Of Use And More o o o What most countries do when they are in debt up to their neck and do NOT …