Sometimes, You Have To Fight – B.B. o o o Time to remember who the real crooks are: Inside Bill Clinton’s nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college – P.M. o o o Venezuelans Are Separating Food from Waste as More People Forced to Eat from Garbage – B.B. o o o Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! Public university lays off 79 IT workers after they train H-1B replacements – D.S.
“If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government that is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” – James Madison
On March 2nd, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Today is coincidentally also the birthday of Sam Houston. Today is also the birthday of Moe Berg, American baseball player and clandestine agent. (He died in 1972). His biography The Catcher Was a Spy is fascinating reading. And this is the birthday of libertarian economist Murray Rothbard (born 1926, died 1995). His book For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto is highly recommended. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 69 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $15,000 worth of prizes for this round include: …
As a regular follower of this blog, I, and as I imagine most readers, are very familiar with the results of an EMP. This is one of the most discussed topics in the survivalist blogosphere, for good reason. Electricity brings all of us a much easier life, and to prepare for the loss of such is difficult both physically and mentally, not to mention costly. With my electronic devices, those that I continue to use daily, my preparations lie between letting them become paper weights with the effects of an EMP to properly protecting those that are of value and …
Hugh, Our primary heat for our home is wood. When I bought our home in 2011, I replaced a used wood stove with a brand new Blaze King model called the King. The company offers the Princess, the Queen, and the King. All three can be regular or catalytic type. Ours is the catalytic version. We will start burning wood in September and burn through mid-April, and we have done this since we installed the stove. We burn only birch wood that has been split and stacked for a minimum of two years aged. I buy a load of logs …
US Auto Dealers Forced To Rent First “Overflow Lots” In 37 Years Amid Inventory Glut. Is this one of the canary in the coal mine of a struggling economy? I think so. – H.L. o o o America’s Share of the World Economy – G.T. o o o China’s Richest Win, Mexican Billionaires Lose With Trump Effect o o o Inflation Is Back, And Investors Are Again Turning To Gold o o o NY Teamsters’ Pension Fund Goes Belly Up o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for …
Big Sur California Crisis. A few weeks of preparations for emergency isn’t enough for these Californians trapped without access to the outside world! The children probably don’t mind missing school, but only in Kalifornia would I imagine a $5,000 fine for trekking without permission! They treat their citizens as if they are mindless idiots! Maybe many are for electing the politicians they have who neglect their infrastructure while restricting such things as trekking, parental choice/rights, and guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. – S.L. o o o Required reading for Men and Women. – T.P. Ladies First: Taming The …
“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labor of his body and the work of his hands are properly his.” – John Locke
Camping Survival is having their Grand Re-Opening today, starting at 10:00 AM. Their new address is 1000 N. Horner Blvd, Sanford, NC 27330. There will be lots of giveaways and survival food tasting, and there might be a few of JWR’s books there as well. o o o Ready Made Resource has what may be the most sought after hand held Ham radio: The Any Tone TERMN-8R does UHF, VHF, HF, AM, HF, NOAH, GRMS, and MURS with crossband repeat and is weather resistant.
Welcome to SurvivalBlog’s Precious Metals Month in Review, where we take a look at “the month that was” in precious metals. Each month, we cover the price action of gold and examine the “what” and “why” behind those numbers. What Did Gold Do in February? The precious metal markets were robust during February, with strong retail and investment demand driving gold and silver to nearly four-month highs. Platinum and palladium continued the rally that has placed them as the #4 and #1 (respectively) best-performing futures contracts year-to-date. Over the last year, palladium prices have rebounded from a five-year low to …
Dear Latimers, Your latest post on leavening bread is certainly of interest. One of the concerns with store-bought yeasts is that they use bromides to kill off the bacteria in the yeast. Unfortunately, this de-natures some of the effects we should have in our breads, and the bromides are thyroid suppressants. Furthermore, guess what? We have thyroid deficiency in endemic proportions! If we will go back to the leaven that the Hebrews have passed down since times immemorial, using methods that have proven themselves over millennia, it seems that we can be sustainable, and have better health. Those bacteria that …
The Tyranny Of A Cashless Society Coming? – B.B. o o o In the Banker War on Cash, New Zealand and Canada Are the Next Major Countries on the Banker Hit List – B.B. o o o Taxpayers Foot $1M Bill to Clean Up Dakota Pipeline Protest Area – H.L. o o o China Considering Financial Rewards to Encourage Second Children o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.
Books: Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life, by J.J. Luna Movies: The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance The Marx Brothers Collection (Includes: A Night at The Opera/A Day at The Races/A Night in Casablanca/Room Service/At the Circus/Go West/The Big Store) Television: Hunted (CBS Network.) The network’s publicists proclaim it: “The World’s most elaborate game of Hide and Seek.” This justifiably popular series includes some useful tradecraft and was recommended by J.J.S. of Radio Free Redoubt. It airs on Wednesday evenings. Best of American Pickers: Mike And …
The Terrorist Leader of the ‘Women’s Strike’ – D.S. o o o Showing once again that gun control can’t control guns: Guy Builds Shotgun Out of Items Purchased After Going Through TSA at the Airport – H.L. o o o Skynet is only missing weapons: Boston Dynamics’ Handle robot dominates parkour on wheels in new footage – G.P. o o o Sydney man charged over printing 3D pistols – A.S. o o o The Fourth Turning: Where did Steve Bannon get his worldview? – P.S.
“If men are good, you don’t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don’t dare have one.” – Robert LeFevre
