Day: February 16, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Sunday — February 16, 2025

On February 16, 1659, the first known cheque was written, for £400. It is now on display at Westminster Abbey. — February 16,1838: The Weenen Massacre. Hundreds of Voortrekkers were killed by Zulu warriors along the Blaukraans River, Natal. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 117 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This …


Bird Flu: What I’m Doing About It, by Sara Sue

The Current Situation The White House suggested, via the Press Secretary, that over 100 million chickens have died, or been destroyed, over bird flu.  I noticed that the price of eggs has gone up exponentially, so I polled my group of friends in an online homesteading forum, asking what they are seeing.  I also asked family members who live across the country.  The highest price I heard of from a family member in California was $10 per dozen for grocery store eggs.  Locally where I live, free-range chicken eggs are about $5-to-$6 per dozen. Eggs have been a standard for …


JWR’s Memes Of The Week:

Two of the latest memes created by JWR: Meme Text: Take A Chill Pill, Pocahontas Zeroing The USAID Budget Will Not Cause a Constitutional Crisis News Links: ‘We are here to fight back’: hundreds protest suspension of US financial watchdog. Elizabeth Warren roasted over ‘temper tantrum’ on Senate floor. Sen. Warren slams Trump for ‘cutting the parts of government that help bring down costs’   Meme Text: The DOGE Witness Channeling Roy Orbison “There Goes My Budget, There Goes My Heart…” News Links: MAGA cruelly mocks DOGE committee hearing witness just because he’s blind Notes From JWR: Do you have …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, …