Day: February 19, 2018

Preparedness Notes for Monday – February 19, 2018

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Today is the birthday of Lee Marvin (1924–1987), who you may remember from The Professionals or The Big Red One. o o o Please bear with us as we make adjustments to the new display template to fix the commenting problem introduced by WordPress. o o o The SurvivalBlog 2005-2017 Archive sold out in just about a week. If there is enough interest, we will order another batch. Let us know if you missed your chance. o o o JRH Enterprises is having a President’s Day sale on popular items like the OTAL-C Infrared laser for use with your Night …


Springfield Armory’s 911 .380 Handgun – By Pat Cascio

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Without a doubt, Springfield Armory came late to the dance with a sub-compact .380 handgun. However, that doesn’t mean that they don’t know the dance or came with a new and faster two-step dance. Under review today is the new 911 from Springfield Armory. Back When I Carried a .380 Pistol Many years ago, when I was a young private investigator back in the Windy City of Chicago, IL, I carried a Walther PPK/S .380 stainless steel pistol in a shoulder holster. It was very chic to say the least. Back then, the only ammo available was Full Metal Jack …



Economics & Investing For Preppers

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Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on real money versus fiat currency, aka “funny money.” (See the Forex section.) Precious Metals: COT Silver Report – February 16, 2018 o  o  o Johnson Matthey: Expect Platinum Surplus in 2018 Stocks: Zacks: Stock Market News for Feb 16, 2018   Forex (Real Money): The …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

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“In a recent article, Yale scholar Stephen Roach points out that between 2008 and 2017 the combined balance sheets of the central banks of the U.S., Japan and the eurozone expanded by $8.3 trillion, while nominal GDP in those same economies expanded $2.1 trillion. What happens when you print $8.3 trillion in money and only get $2.1 trillion of growth? What happened to the extra $6.2 trillion of printed money? The answer is that it went into assets. Stocks, bonds, emerging-market debt and real estate have all been pumped up by central bank money printing. What makes 2018 different from …