Day: July 17, 2023

Preparedness Notes for Monday — July 17, 2023

On July 17, 1996, TWA flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people on board; a U.S. government inquiry determined that a mixture of fuel and air had ignited accidentally within a fuel tank, though others believe the jetliner was shot down by a missile. — July 17th was also the birthdate of Erle Stanley Gardner, in 1889. He was an American lawyer and author. Though best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories, he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces, as well as a series of nonfiction …


Benelli Lupo BE.S.T. in .308, by Thomas Christianson

I don’t know what your experience of the post-2020 ammo shortage has been. In our area, it seemed to go through a number of stages. In the first stage, the most commonly used calibers like 9mm, 5.56X45mm, and .308 Winchester sold out first. Then the less commonly used calibers gradually sold out in the order of their popularity. Then the most commonly used calibers gradually became available again at greatly inflated prices. Then some of the less commonly used calibers gradually became available again at even more greatly inflated prices. Then, prices gradually began to come down on the more …


Recipe of the Week:  Avalanche Lily’s Lamb Meatballs

The following recipe is for Avalanche Lily’s Lamb Meatballs. Ingredients Three pounds of Ground Lamb 1/2 cup freshly-picked Mint leaves, chopped fine 1/4 cup freshly-picked Lemon Mint, chopped fine 1/4 cup freshly-picked Thyme, chopped fine 1 Tablespoon Ground Cumin (I haven’t had success in growing Cumin, yet) 1 Tablespoon fresh freshly-picked Oregano, chopped fine Juice of two squeezed Lemons 1 medium freshly pulled Onion chopped fine, or substitute onion greens, or chives 1 large Garlic Clove or equivalent volume of Scapes, chopped fine Himalayan Salt or Celtic Sea Salt Directions Thaw lamb in large mixing bowl. Pre-heat oven to 450 …


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. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, some analysis of the recent jump in spot silver. (See the Precious Metals section.) Precious Metals: Gold/Silver: A new leg higher or a bull trap? o  o  o Morris Hubbart, at Gold-Eagle.com: Gold Surges & Silver Surges More. Economy & Finance: I missed seeing this, when it was posted back in March: Analysis of the President’s …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“In great empires the people who live in the capitol, and in the provinces remote from the scene of action, feel, many of them scarce any inconveniency from the war; but enjoy, at their ease, the amusement of reading in the newspapers the exploits of their own fleets and armies. To them this amusement compensates the small difference between the taxes which they pay on account of the war, and those which they had been accustomed to pay in time of peace. They are commonly dissatisfied with the return of peace, which puts an end to their amusement, and to …