Preparedness Notes for Wednesday – May 09, 2018

On May 9th, 1945, Herman Goering– commander in chief of the Luftwaffe, president of the Reichstag, head of the Gestapo, prime minister of Prussia, and Hitler’s designated successor– was taken prisoner by the U.S. Seventh Army in Bavaria. Goering, who was addicted to painkillers due to a wound, was instrumental in creating concentration camps for political enemies. It was Goering who ordered the purging of German Jews from the economy following the Kristallnacht program in 1938, initiating an “Aryanization” policy that confiscated Jewish property and businesses. Tried and convicted at the Nuremberg trials, he was sentenced to hanging, but before …




Bring Your Own Bandaids- Part 2, by A.&J. R.

Let’s now focus on the supplies we will require to be able to address the medical issues we are most likely to experience. This goes way beyond the first aid kit. At the end of each section, we’ll also note essential oils that may be helpful. Essential Oils The specific usage of essential oils, the amounts, carrier oils, and contraindications are beyond the scope of this article. The essential oils are included here so that you can see what you may wish to acquire to treat conditions you and your family are more likely to experience. Just as you’ll want …




Economics & Investing For Preppers

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 U.S. Dollar Inflation. Precious Metals: $1,280 — Here We Come o o o At Seeking Alpha: Are The Precious Metals Percolating For A Big Move?   Cryptos: Australia to Expand Regulatory Domain Over Cryptocurrency Traders o  o  o Bitcoin warning: US taxman to crackdown on …




JWR’s Recommendations of the Week

Here are JWR’s Recommendations of the Week for various media and tools of interest to SurvivalBlog readers. This week the focus is on The Holodomor genocide in The Ukraine. Books (The Holodomor): Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine o  o  o I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer o  o  o Idaho Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide To Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path Series)   Movies (The Holodomor): Bitter Harvest.   A drama about the Holodomor–the Soviet genocide by starvation in the Ukraine that took the lives of more than seven …