Day: February 9, 2024

Preparedness Notes for Friday — February 9, 2024

On February 9th, 1555, my 17th great-grandfather, Rowland Taylor (born 6 October, 1510) was burned alive at the stake. This was during the reign of Mary I, who was also known as Mary Tudor or “Bloody Mary”. His death was part of the Marian Persecutions. In his case, he was executed for professing that Bible scripture is inerrant. He died singing hymns. His martyrdom is described in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. – JWR — February 9th is the birthday of Major George Charles Nonte Jr. (Born 1926, died June 30, 1978.) — On February 9th, 1909 the first US federal …


Fencing In Federal Jurisdiction

Back in 2018, during the comment period for the ATF’s “redefinition” (criminalization) of previously “ATF-approved” bump stocks, I wrote an article that was titled: The First Question is Always Jurisdiction. In the years since then, I’ve come to realize just how crucial it is to understand federal jurisdiction and to be ready to challenge it whenever the government strays outside of its constitutional fences. It Started 90 Years Ago Federal jurisdiction became grossly over-applied in the early 1930s, as the Prohibition Era was nearing its end. With the passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (enforced by the Treasury …


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, we look at food and fuel price inflation. (See the Inflation/Deflation Watch section.) Precious Metals: The gold-to-platinum ratio is now seriously off-kilter.  Now is a good time to ratio trade out of gold and into platinum, for at least a small part of your holdings. o  o  o Over at Gold-Eagle.com: Gold to Break $2100 …