Day: June 24, 2024

Preparedness Notes for Monday — June 24, 2024

On June 24, 1314, with the victory at the Battle of Bannockburn (pictured), Scotland regained its independence from England. — June 24th is the birthday of rifle-toting abolitionist pastor Henry Ward Beecher. (Born 1813, died March 8, 1887.) He and his adherents from his church smuggled so many Sharps rifles to Bleeding Kansas that the Sharps rifles picked up the nickname “Beecher’s Bibles.” The Infogalactic wiki states: “Several of his brothers and sisters became well-known educators and activists, most notably Harriet Beecher Stowe, who achieved worldwide fame with her abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” — I may be biased, but …


Predator Armor Plate Carrier and Plates, by Thomas Christianson

I recently had the chance to test the Predator Armor Minuteman Plate Carrier as well as a couple of Predator Armor steel plates. I found the 500D Cordura material from which the plate carrier is made to be robust, stain and odor resistant, comfortable to wear. It included 6 rows of MOLLE style webbing. It cost $160 at the time of this writing from www.predatorarmor.com. One of the plates I tested was a Level III+ Shooter’s Cut plate made from ballistic grade AR650 steel. With the multicurve body contour, it cost $145 for a single plate and $195 for a …


Recipe of the Week: Baked Summer Squash with Tomatoes and Cheese

The following recipe for Baked Summer Squash with Tomatoes and Cheese is from SurvivalBlog reader V.F.. Chef’s Notes:  “Squash season will soon be here! You can substitute zucchini squash. I make this with Mozzarella cheese. I haven’t tried substituting cheeses, but I assume that this could work with another mild cheese like Havarti or Monterey Jack. This takes just a half hour from start to finish. I’m not calling out exact quantities of spices and olive oil — just make them suit your taste.” Ingredients Summer squash (or zucchini squash) Salt Pepper Garlic Basil Olive oil Tomatoes (sliced) Tomato sauce …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic is a computer wallpaper created by vandon on X-Twitter, showing “America’s Great Conservative Migration Prior To Federal Collapse.”  He obviously put a lot of time and effort into this.  Take a close look, because there are a lot of little “Easter Eggs” hidden in the graphic’s layers. The thumbnail below is click-expandable:           For those who are curious about the included dark blue banner, I found this description at the RPC website: “The Reformed believers, known as Covenanters (from their support of the covenants), insisted on ‘the crown rights of King Jesus,”‘ which brought …