Day: November 9, 2023

Preparedness Notes for Thursday — November 9, 2023

On November 9th, 1799, the Coup of 18–19 Brumaire began in Paris, marking Napoleon‘s rise to power and the end of the French Revolution. — After several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on November 9, 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. — Harvest Guard Reusable Canning Lids has announced a 40% discount on all orders over $75, through the end of 2023.  This discount is only being offered …


Mobility Without Petroleum or Electricity, by C.H.

Introduction This article will focus on the bicycle as a transportation solution in a situation where the electrical grid has failed, and petroleum products are either completely unavailable or in extremely limited supply. Given those parameters, I will not be discussing E-Bikes. I also have no experience with them. I bought a hybrid bicycle in early 2005 due to a fuel spike that was killing my budget. With further deployments and changes in employment the bicycle was set aside and gather dust in the garage. My semi-serious foray into cycling only begins a couple years ago when I pulled the …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, we look a Euthanasia in Canada. Canadian Death Cult SurvivalBlog’s Tom Christianson suggested this City Journal article: Canadian Death Cult: America’s northern neighbor has euthanized tens of thousands …