Day: January 28, 2022

Preparedness Notes for Friday — January 28, 2022

January 28, 1855 was the birthday of William Seward Burroughs, who invented the adding machine. January 28th is also the anniversary of the rescue of General James L. Dozier from his Italian Red Brigades kidnappers. Tangentially, Colonel Jeff Cooper created a shooting drill in honor of those who freed him – The Dozier Drill. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 98 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, …


Some Basic Preparedness Information – Part 2, by C.I.

(Continued from Part 1.) Other foods Baking powder (how to make) once mixed, it has a shelf life. However, each ingredient separately will last for years: 2 tsp of cream of tartar, source Bulkfoods.com 1 tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp of corn starch Gravy (canned or dry) for food fatigue prevention. Bouillon cubes mixed with flour and water will give you a gravy, which will make bland foods more pleasant to eat. Flour (white) will keep for 8-10 years. Pasta, 1,600 cal per pound, great shelf life Dried potatoes 1,700 cal/pound, good shelf life Oil/fats olive oil keeps for …


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 lithium, a key metallic element required for battery production. (See the Commodities section.) Precious Metals: You may have noticed that gold, sliver, and most of the cryptos were pushed down this week. I suspect that a lot of small investors who had long options had to raise cash, to …