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1. What breed was this fearless dog ?

2. It must have been an “Irish Terrier”, you know, the fearless trench dogs that carried very important messages in the first world war! As we all know that a jihadist is a coward, and will go straight to the Lake of Fire!

   1. The article doesn’t say but the most common attack dog in the military is the Belgian Malinois. I’ve had one of those and while she made an excellent family dog, she was absolutely fearless in attacking whatever was perceived as a threat.

      1. A pit bull will take any war dog down, beware the pit-bull=https://www.dogsbite.org/
         As for me, I will use Hyenas on jihadists from now on!!!

         1. And your kid, and your neighbors kid, possibly your wife. Sometimes even you. How I wish I had a nickle for every pit bull owner who’s claimed “my dog wouldn’t hurt anyone!”. I guess in all out war, you want that sort of thing, but some loyalty and trust go a long way with me 🙂

            1. My neighbor has a part pit bull. it has taken to standing outside my front door at night and barking ferociously. Not just loudly, ferociously. Different sound.

3. Yep, I agree….pit bulls are like a child carrying a .44 magnum…something bad is going to happen sometime. Every person I know who has had pit bulls has eventually had a very negative, liability ridden problem with them.

4. Re precious metals: after the fall of the Roman Empire of the west, no silver or gold points were minted for six hundred years. Precious metals were used for religious purposes and jewelry, not money.

   In Japan, during a dark period, no coins were minted for about six hundred years.

   See Martin Armstrong on this. He advises food as the ultimate currency, when things get bad enough.

   1. @Janet,
      Gold & silver coins were minted by kings and emperors. While coins were largely not minted for 600 years after the fall of the Roman Empire (Though those coins that had been were still used) gold itself was still used as a source of value. Roman coins had been so debased that their value was questionable.
      I certainly don’t recommend that all of your preps value be stored within precious metals because you certainly can’t eat it. But some is wise.

      1. True. Having some is good insurance.

         No precious metals assumes a full descent into a dark ages period that lasts for a significant amount of time.

         In which case, eagles and maple leaves would still make great jewelry.

5. The dog in question was in fact a Belgian Malinois. And I am also leery of pit bulls.

6. Dog du jour! When I was growing up in the 50’s it was GSDs, and Chows! (either one could outrun a bicycle) homes with bulldogs were what we led them past, in hopes the dog was outside!
   (The big dogs soon learned not to pursue kids past THAT street!)

7. Just an odd comment about the bugout article.
   T o paraphrase it”SB has been a proponet of moving/living at your BO location”

   Maybe its semantics,but that makes it your home,not a bugout location…just like most of us?

   1. It’s a matter of perspective. If you are living in an area that you know you can’t survive in if things go wrong and you have to consider bugging out just for a chance at survival (inner city anyone?) You really should have a bug out location picked out. If you have a bugout location picked out, why are you not living there now?
      If your current location is such that “surviving in place” is the best option, then it doesn’t apply to you.

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