Day: January 27, 2017

Notes for Friday – January 27, 2017

January 27th is commemorated at International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is also the birthday of the late Helen Chenoweth (born, 1938, died October 2, 2006). She was a controversial Republican congresswoman from Orofino, Idaho. o o o Camping Survival is moving to a new location just a few miles away. Their new address is 1000 North Horner Blvd in Sanford, North Carolina. You can take advantage of this today with a 10% discount off of everything with a coupon. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 68 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $15,000 worth …


Reloading and Accurizing for the 45 Colt Revolver – Part 1, by “Papa Bear”

The 45 Colt revolver is an excellent weapon with many great characteristics. This big revolver is fun to shoot! It throws a big bullet, around 250 grains, but does not have the snappy punishing recoil of larger magnum handguns. Often referred to as “the original magnum revolver”, the old revolver cartridge was a hit when it was introduced. The heavy lead bullet with large frontal area proved to be big medicine against both game animals and ne’er do wells caught on the wrong end of its muzzle. Being eclipsed by newer and higher velocity magnum cartridges has not diminished the …


Letter Re: Heavy Snowfall in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska is Causing Buildings to Collapse

JWR,It’s a REAL mess here on the Idaho-Oregon border. We have had something like 36″ of snow in the valley since the snowfall began a month ago or so. The problem is that, unlike in previous years, the sun does not come out to warm up the air and melt the snowfall after each passing storm. It has just been accumulating and accumulating. Then we either get a warm up putting a crust on the snow-top or we get rain on top, and then it freezes. My metal roof had at least 24″ of snow and ice on it last …


Economics and Investing:

US stocks are now the most overpriced since the 2000 crash. o o o Tech billionaires reportedly stock up on ‘apocalypse insurance’ o o o China Said to Order Banks to Curb New Loans in First Quarter o o o Gold Remains Down Despite 10% Drop In December New Home Sales o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Driver who shot Arizona State Trooper was a former Mexican Federal Cop & Illegal Alien – T.P. o o o Snopes Defends Planned Parenthood; We Rate Them [Snopes] ‘Mostly False’ – P.M. o o o Are they crazy!?! Democrats introduce bill to take nuclear football out of Trump’s hands. Picture this: Nukes are launched against the U.S. or about to be launched and the Dems want to debate if Trump should be allowed to use the nuke football and strike at them? Are they absolutely crazy? They have to hold a debate on if they should even take a restroom …