Day: January 3, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Friday — January 3, 2025

On January 3rd, 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X for failing to recant parts of his Ninety-five Theses. Luther’s doctrine sparked the Protestant Reformation. — January 3, 1777: General George Washington‘s army defeated British forces at the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey. — January 3, 1868: The Meiji Restoration returned authority to Japan’s emperors. — Today’s feature article is a repost, so it is not eligible for judging in the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. We are in need of articles for Round 116 of the writing contest. More than $935,000 worth of …


2025 Annual Appeal: The Ten Cent Challenge

I hope that you get at least 10 cents worth of knowledge, entertainment, and motivation each day from SurvivalBlog. It has been posted with fresh content daily, since August, 2005. In nearly 20 years I’ve only missed posting on a few days — most notably in the week after my first wife passed away. I do my best to mention the Ten Cent Challenge editorially only once each year — and this post is it, for all of 2025. Unlike PBS, we don’t run agonizingly endless pledge drives. Just this one brief reminder, annually. But we do depend on voluntary …


Update: A Legal, Low-Cost, Readily-Available Painkiller, by Kitchen Maven

Editor’s Introductory  Note:  I only rarely re-post articles from the SurvivalBlog archives.  But I was recently reminded about this 2010 article.  Since nearly 15 years have gone by, I can safely assume that it probably has not been read by most of the current  SurvivalBlog readers.  I have updated it with some more recent research and a confirmation of one mentioned source. I’ll open this article with a couple of real-world experiences: You’re stacking wood when a log suddenly twists, and the pile comes tumbling down on you, leaving your legs covered with cuts and bruises. You walk into the …


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 some 2025 market predictions. Precious Metals: 2025 Silver Price Predictions. o  o  o Gold set for brightest year since 2010 on rate cuts, safe-haven demand. o  o  o Matthew Piepenburg: Gold in 2025? Tragically Predictable. o  o  o Gold Price 2025 Forecast: Rising Support Sets Stage for Second-Half Breakout. JWR’s Comment:  With …