Day: November 9, 2020

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. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at corporations relocating away from cities. Economy & Finance: o  o  o At Zero Hedge: Companies Join Exodus To Suburbs As Cities Transform Into “Ghost Towns”  o  o  o World’s Negative-Yield Debt Pile Has Just Hit a New Record. ($17 Trillion!) o  o  o At Wolf Street: Sales of New …


Preparedness Notes for Monday — November 9, 2020

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November 9th (1938) was “Kristallnacht”, in Nazi Germany. Be forewarned, folks: Once a group in any society has been singled out for ridicule and persecution, then they can be systematically attacked, physically. Someday it may be “Constitutionalists”, “Messianics”, “Trumpists”, or “Fundamentalist Christians” who are targeted. — Last Call! The special pre-order sale for the first press run of my new Survival Retreats and Relocation book ends at midnight tonight (November 9, 2020.) So be sure to get your order in soon, to take advantage of the special pre-order price! ($19 each, instead of $24 each.) — Today we’re posting another …


Ruger Officer-Style SR1911, by Pat Cascio

Anyone who has followed my articles for the past 28 years, will surely know that I have a love affair with 1911-style handguns – all of them, in all sizes and calibers. I still prefer a 1911 in .45 ACP over any other calibers, but I’ve owned them in 9mm, .38 Super, .40 S&W, 10mm, and a few others. The latest FBI findings state that the 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP calibers are all about the same when it comes to stopping power – I just don’t buy into that. I’m not going to believe that a 9mm – …


Recipe of the Week: Pressed Chicken

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The following recipe for pressed chicken 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 1 chicken 1 tablespoon …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“Now y’all look at this nine year Dow/Gold Ratio chart and it’s quite all right if your eyes bug right out of your head and roll across the floor. This is a picture of a market broke as the Ten Commandments.  Mercy y’all, below 69.3 there ain’t nothing at all to catch it!  And what does a falling ratio mean?  Right, give that man a nickel — it means silver and gold shooting to the moon.” – Franklin Sanders, in The Moneychanger newsletter