Day: November 2, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Sunday — November 2, 2025

November 2, 1907: US banker J. P. Morgan locked more than 40 bankers in his library to force them to find ways to avert a New York banking crisis. (The Panic of 1907.) — November 2, 1948: Holland ended its rationing programs started during WWII for the distribution of textiles, meat, and cheese. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course (a …


A Top-10 Prepping List, Multi-Tool Not Included – Part 5, by St. Funogas

(Continued from Part 4. This concludes the article.) 9. CLOTHES AND A WAY TO WASH THEM It’s hard to believe how many top-10 lists mention ferro rods, manual can openers, plant-identification books, and the ever-present multi-tool without ever mentioning clothes or washing equipment. Clothes last for quite a while if we’re sitting in an office all day but they won’t lost long when manual labor becomes a daily routine. Since we’ll be wearing them at some future point anyway, it’s a good idea to be stocking up on clothes for all of the inflation-fighting reasons already mentioned. At the same …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Some Interesting Anagrams for the name Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Hired Kwanzaa Mammon Harm: Amaze Womankind I Khazar: Women, Men Mad Warn: Mohammed AK Nazi Mom Harmed in Kwanzaa Khazar Imam: Ad Men Now Newark Mohammad Nazi Wham! Armani Zak Demon Hazard: I Waken Mammon Harmz, in a Woke Madman News Links: Zohran Mamdani: Hypocrisy, Socialism and the Danger of Elitist Politics. Trump cautions that NY will ‘never be the same’ if ‘communist’ Mamdani is elected. A democratic socialist is poised to become New York mayor. Democrats are nervous. Notes From JWR: Do …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who …