Preparedness Notes for Monday — October 5, 2020

October 5, 1703 was the birthday of Jonathan Edwards. He died March 22, 1758. He was a prolific Calvinist theological writer. Many of his writings were later collected in the multi-volume book The Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards, edited by John Gerstner. — Please mark your calendar and wait until the “Book Bomb Day”, Tuesday, October 20th, 2020, to order your copy of my new book, The Ultimate Prepper’s Survival Guide. By concentrating the orders on that day, our goal is to get it into Amazon’s Top 100, and on The New York Times bestsellers list. Thanks! — Today, …




Smith & Wesson Shield M2.0, by Pat Cascio

I’m not going to make any bones about it, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool, 1911 fan. No matter what size, or who makes them. And I love my Glocks – I haven’t found one that I don’t especially like. I still remember getting my first Glock 17, back when I lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado in the mid-to-late 1980s. I believe I got my Glock 17 in 1987. I actually went to the Long’s Drugs store there, and they carried a nice selection of handguns at the time. I was planning on buying a  Model 1911 in .45 ACP. However, when I got there, …




Recipe of the Week: Tomato Omelet

The following recipe is for Tomato Omelet is from The New Butterick Cook Book, by Flora Rose, co-head of the School of Home Economics at Cornell University. It was published in 1924. A professional scan of that 724-page out-of-copyright book will be one of the many bonus items included in the next edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick. This special 15th Anniversary Edition USB stick should be available for sale in the third week of January, 2021. The 14th Edition sold out quickly, so place a reminder in your calendar, if you want one. Ingredients 3 tomatoes 4 …




Economics & Investing For Preppers

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, we look at sterling silver platters, tea services, and silverware.. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: To start off, here a link to an article that I missed when it was posted by Forbes, back in June: Emerging Technologies To Drive Silver Demand o  o  o Egon von Greyerz: Dark Years …