Year: 2017



Wolves in Women’s Clothing, by Sarah Latimer

This recent “Women’s March” was anything but a march for the benefit of women, “civil” rights, or Americans! Instead, it appears to me to be a strategic manipulation of women by an evil force with intent to stir up trouble. Whether, all of its leaders are aware or not, it is a tool for this purpose. I am confident that many, if not most, of those participating in the march are unaware of the evil force using their emotions against them. They are pawns in a greater evil than they can imagine, because they have never experienced the kind of …


Letter Re: What is Your Purpose

HJL, This career Special Operations officer and combat veteran was both shaken and touched by MAC’s self-effacing honesty in his writing. Apparently, I’m not quite as alone as I’ve thought, as clearly we’ve walked the same path in many ways. I write “shaken” because he brought home to me a truth about something that has been troubling me for all the many years I’ve been diligently plowing ahead with this “Prepping thing”. I’ve always approached it as a tactical challenge, a battlefield in which one more weapon, one more plan, and one more tool would accomplish the mission. The truth …


Economics and Investing:

UBS Clients Pull $15 Billion in Quarter as Margins Decline o o o Things to Watch in the Fourth-Quarter GDP Report o o o US UK Trade Talks to Begin Immediately In Defiance of EU Rules: What’s Trump Up To? o o o Don’t Threaten Business with a “Border Tax” — Instead, Make the US A Good Place to Do Business o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Trump argument bolstered: Clinton could have received 800,000 votes from noncitizens – P.M. o o o President Trump Readies Pen to Reverse Anti-gun Executive Orders – RBS o o o Facial Recognition at 1000 faces per sec – K.S. o o o Prosecutors In Nevada Beg Trial Judge To Protect The BLM From Scrutiny During Bundy Trial – B.B. o o o What to make of Trump’s Inauguration. Lauren Southern and Faith Goldy of TheRebel.media look back at their trip to Washington, DC to report on Donald Trump’s inauguration. – T.J.



Notes for Saturday – January 28, 2017

January 28th is the anniversary of the rescue of General James L. Dozier from his Italian Red Brigades kidnappers. Tangentially, Colonel Jeff Cooper created a shooting drill in honor of those who freed him– The Dozier Drill. o o o Our sincere thanks to all the folks who ordered a limited edition SurvivalBlog 2005-2016 Archive loaded on a 8 gigabyte waterproof USB flash drive. Those orders have all been packaged and labeled, and about half of them have now been mailed out, via First Class Mail, with tracking. The rest should be mailed on or before Monday, January 30th. That …


Reloading And Accurizing For The 45 Colt Revolver- Part 2, by “Papa Bear”

Reloading The 45 Colt is a great choice for reloading. The size of the 45 Colt cartridge helps to make it an easy one to reload. The cartridge can be easily inspected along every step of the reloading process. Also, the handloader has many component options to produce high quality ammunition at a cost much lower than purchasing factory new ammunition. There are some safety considerations that deserve mentioning before getting into the actual reloading instructions. For some reason, there are many people who find it necessary to load the 45 Colt to pressures WAY above safe limits, even exceeding …


Letter Re: Oregon Snow

Hugh, Many years ago we had a winter in the Spokane area that was threatening to put nearly three feet of snow on our rooftop. Roof rakes sure looked like a lot of work to use, and they raised the question of damage to the roof shingles (though the nicer rakes have wheels). So I hunted for a better solution and found the Roof Razor. This amazing tool makes me laugh every time I use it (which hasn’t been in a while!). For less than $150 I’ve got a tool that can clear my one-story roof of 2+ feet of …


Economics and Investing:

Europe Proposes “Restrictions On Payments In Cash” – DSV o o o Gold Prices: Looking For A Bottom Next Week o o o Future Silver Supply Will Be More Vulnerable Than Other Metals o o o Switzerland’s Gold Exports To China Surge To 158 Tons In December o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

I spotted this over at the ZeroGov Forums: Passphrases That You Can Memorize – But That Even The NSA Can’t Guess – JWR o o o Jeremiah Johnson: This is How You Can Dodge Facial Recognition Software o o o Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees o o o Well, as a Limited Edition, it was inevitable that the Rawles XL Voyager knives would sell out. Now they have. If you want one, jump on it before the price on the secondary market escalates. You can still find them for under $75 …



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 …