August 7th, 1933 was the birthday of Jerry Pournelle. He, along with Larry Niven authored the survivalist classic Lucifer’s Hammer. — Today’s feature article is a review and how-to piece written by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.
My wife, “Kari” and I have some good friends with whom we have a Bible study each week. These friends, “Cool Hand Luke” and “Betsy Ross”, have become concerned about the direction our society is taking, and the potential disasters and disruptions that might result. They have begun stockpiling food and other supplies in order to help them better weather these potential disasters and disruptions. During a recent Bible study, Betsy mentioned that although they had begun stockpiling food, they did not yet have a good way to cook that food in a grid-down situation. That comment served as a …
The following recipe for a simple Alabama corn pudding is from SurvivalBlog reader Miss Amy. She says: “With our summer corn nearing harvest nearing, I wanted to share this recipe. This recipe is best with freshly-harvested corn but frozen corn will do.” Ingredients 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 Tablespoons of flour 1/3 stick of real butter, melted 1 cup milk 2 cups of corn off the cob Salt and pepper, to taste. Directions Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs. Mix in the sugar. Mix in the flour. In …
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, we look at the prices of gold, silver, and platinum. (See the Precious Metals section.) Precious Metals: Gold and silver prices have been surprisingly strong. Typically in the summer months each year, the precious metal prices have slack sails, drifting around in the doldrums. But because we are seeing prices this strong in early August, I …
“‘Moderate Republican’ is simply how the blabocracy flatters Republicans who vote with the Democrats. If it weren’t so conspicuous, the ‘New York Times‘ would start referring to ‘nice Republicans’ and ‘mean Republicans’.” – Ann Coulter
