Day: August 26, 2019

Preparedness Notes for Monday — August 26, 2019

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August 26, is the official anniversary of the invention of toilet paper by the Chinese, in the year 526 AD. We celebrate this, though not because of its convenience. In fact, it has many shortcomings, some which are described within the articles and letters of SurvivalBlog. Our celebration of it is primarily because we now have an official metric of just how hard core of a prepper you are as well as a metric for just how economically unstable your country is. — Today we present another product review by our Field Gear Editor, Pat Cascio.


Glock 19X, by Pat Cascio

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I can just hear it now from our readers:  “Another Glock! Don’t they make enough different models?” Well, quiet honestly, this Glock – that they are calling the 19X is quite a bit different in many ways, so hang in there, and read this article to the end. This isn’t your everyday Glock 19. Several years back, the US military decided it was time for a new handgun for our troops, as the Beretta M9 is reaching the end of its service life. The Beretta M9, and its civilian version, the M92, are very good guns – Yes, I know, …


Recipe of the Week: Karen D.’s Carrot Bread

Reader Karen D. kindly sent us her recipe for a Carrot Bread that is a great use for your stored hard red winter wheat, if you have a grinder available to make whole wheat flour. This recipe can be baked three different ways: In loaves, in a Bundt pan, or as muffins. Ingredients 2 C. Packed Brown Sugar 1 C. Cooking Oil 3 Eggs (or substitute 3 T. powdered eggs and 1/3 C. Water) 2 C. Carrots, Finely Grated (or substitute 1 C. dehydrated carrots. Chop them in a blender before re-hydrating to reduce their size.) 1 C. Crushed Pineapple, …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

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Here are the latest news 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 SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at investing in pre-1899 cartridge guns. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Silver To Push To $22 An Ounce, Drive Gold Higher – Bloomberg Intelligence JWR’s Comments: When the silver market starts to catch up to gold (normalizing the silver-to-gold ratio), I can see …