April 13, 1743 The birthday of Thomas Jefferson. (He died on July 4, 1826.) — A reminder: Patrice Lewis of the great Rural Revolution blog has launched a sale of her complete Country Living Series collection of 52 homesteading and practical skills e-booklets for download or on CD. I highly recommend her writings. — Today we present another product review by our venerable Field Gear Editor, Pat Cascio.
To those many readers who have requested, once again, some high-end folding knives, here’s one that is quite unique. Its not all that easy getting our hands on high-end folding knives because, well…they are very expensive and always in-demand. Today we’re taking a close look at the Zero Tolerance Model 0640 and it’s a winner in every respect. As I’ve said numerous times, you can buy a knife for $5, or one for several hundred dollars, but don’t expect the less expensive knife to stand up like a quality knife. There are some really nice knives on the market, that …
Reader GritsinMontana kindly sent us her recipe for Dirty Rice. Ingredients 1 pound meat (ground beef, chicken, or sausage) 1/2 pound chicken livers (traditional but optional) 1 cup white rice 1.5 cups chicken broth 1 large onion, finely chopped 1-2 bell peppers, finely chopped 3-4 stalks celery, finely chopped A bit of butter or olive oil Thyme, dried or fresh One Bayleaf. (Remove after cooking.) Garlic, 2-3 cloves, minced Salt, 2-3 teaspoons And these three peppers, to taste: White pepper (start with 1 tsp) Black pepper (start with 1 tsp) Red pepper (start with 1/2 tsp) Directions Wash your hands! …
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. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, I speculate on how more PV-equipped vans will soon hit the market, for use as Bug-Out Vehicles. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: This is some now slightly dated but still incisive analysis: Violent Price Divergences Between Real Physical Precious Metal and Futures Prices o o o Currency Is Being Created …
“If you all come out now, a bunch of you are going to get sick. If you hold off until May 1, even more of you are going to get sick, and we’ll be in the worst economic depression the world has ever known due to a complete lack of engaging in economy. If you all hide until September, you’re still going to get sick, and at the worst time of year for it–October-December, just like the flu and other colds. More people will die on top of everyone who’s starving to death because we will have literally no economy …
