Month: January 2017

JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

Books: Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton Earth Abides by George R. Stewart Movies: Seabiscuit Victory at Sea (The complete documentary series on three DVDs) Television: Survivors (The BBC remake of the Terry Nation television series. This series shows lots of poor choices, which are self-evident. Lesson one: Be armed, constantly.) John Adams (Miniseries) Music: Cold Mountain Soundtrack 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Hank Williams Instructional Videos: Gunsmithing – How to Clean a Rifle Barrel Presented by Larry Potterfield How to Field Strip a Glock JWR Adds …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Archers to the rescue in Madrid as boars invade urban areas o o o Christians Most Persecuted Religious Group in the World – C.L. o o o 4 Children Killed after Pesticide Sprayed Under Home, 6 More Hospitalized – DSV o o o Obama the Modern Day Haman: Will He Hang from the Gallows He Built for Israel? – J.R. o o o The coming crackdown on Free Speech



Notes for Tuesday – January 03, 2017

On this day, in 1521, Martin Luther– the father of the reformation and founder of Protestantism– was officially excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 68 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $15,000 worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A $3000 gift certificate towards a Sol-Ark Solar Generator from Veteran owned Portable Solar LLC. The only EMP Hardened Solar Generator System available to the public. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate that is good for any one, two, or three day …


Prep Your Ride- Part 1, by J.U.

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“The best gun is the one you have with you when you actually need it.” We’ve almost all heard or read that old saying at some point in our lives. It is such a common saying because we all recognize the simple truth inherent in those words. It doesn’t matter how many “tacti-cool” guns you have at home in the safe if you’re miles or just blocks from where you live when you suddenly need to defend your own or someone else’s life. The gear you have with you (or close at hand) is the stuff you’re going to war …


Letter Re: Growing Pineapples

Mr. Hugh, This is a very good post on growing pineapples. We have grown them in similar manner for several years. We don’t root ours in water but place them in large (3 gallon) pots with very moist potting soil. They are repotted as needed into larger pots to complete their growing time. Be sure to let the base of the “top” dry out as G.J. says. We prefer raising them in the pots because they can be moved easily to a warmer location as needed, weeds aren’t a problem, and the moisture is better controlled during times of drought. …


News From The American Redoubt:

RTG Parts (in Sheridan, Wyoming) has expanded their product line. They are best known for their amazing variety of parts and accessories for Heckler and Koch (HK) rifles. But they also stock AK, Uzi, Walther P.38, Tokarev, and other parts as well as magazines for quite a wide assortment of rifles and pistols. They sell via mail order, nationwide. I’ve being doing business with them for many years, and I highly recommend them. – JWR o o o Timelapse shows growth in Inland Northwest since 1980s o o o Montana: Woman kills self in suspected DUI stop in Columbus o …


Economics and Investing:

A great story from when America was still the Land of Opportunity o o o Outlook For Coal Unlikely To Improve. The election of Donald Trump as the President of the United States is bound to impact many segments of the economy, but coal is unlikely to be one of them. o o o Do Central Bankers Know a Bubble When They See One? o o o 2016: An Unpredictable and Wild Year o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

These doomsday shelters for the 1% make up the largest private bunker community on earth. – G.G. JWR’s Comment: Survivable, (short term) yes. Defendable? Perhaps. Cost effective? Probably not. (Since they will be leased, not owned.) o o o Beware, folks! There are now counterfeit Rawles XL Voyager knives being produced in mainland China. Note that there are four different blade styles for these Rawles fakes—and Cold Steel only made one style. And they never used D2 steel! Fake, fake, fake! Please report these to eBay when you see them advertised, and of course never give the counterfeiters any of …




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 …