Books Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (it superceded the very out-of-date ST 31-91B) Wilderness Medicine, 5th Editionby Paul S. Auerbach Movies Shooter (Warning: Has many violent scenes.) Pale Rider (Warning: Has many violent scenes.) Instructional Video: Dave Gingery’s Green Sand Casting Techniques
EPA Proposes New Water Rules for Nuclear Emergencies. In the wake of a nuclear emergency, the Environmental Protection Agency thinks it would be acceptable for the public to temporarily drink water containing radioactive contamination at up to thousands of times normal federal safety limits. Note to self. Never live too close to a nuclear facility. – P.S. o o o Germany arrests three ISIS suspects with ‘links’ to Paris attackers – A.S. o o o More Akin To Goebbles – B.B. o o o Ky Gov Talks Revolution, Shedding Blood, If Hillary Wins – B.L. o o o ‘Got Water?’ …
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King
September 13, 1951 is the birthday of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan.
More Syrian Muslim “refugees” in Boise, Idaho than NYC and LA combined – B.B. o o o Don’t bring me no bad (redoubt) news. Liberal edition – T.Z. o o o Murder Rates Rose in a Quarter of the Nation’s 100 Largest Cities – Notice the area where murder is NOT increasing – M.P. o o o To shoot or not? A reporter finds it’s not always an easy call – Good thing she has a boyfriend to protect her – J.P. o o o Alberta Independence and the American Redoubt – N.L.
Wells Fargo scandal is just the beginning… here’s what else they’re hiding– o o o US Dollar Will Strengthen As Fed Funds Rate Rises o o o The Death Of The Bakken Field Has Begun: Means Big Trouble For The U.S. – K.T. o o o Bad News For The Bakken As Obama Administration Blocks Pipeline o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.
I just noticed this very unusual and quite reasonably priced rural Kentucky property, over at our SurvivalRealty.com spin-off site: 87 Acres with Natural Gas Well. o o o Cops using artificial intelligence to stop crimes BEFORE they happen, researchers warn – DSV o o o Tent Cities Full Of Homeless People Are Booming In Cities All Over America As Poverty Spikes – DMS o o o New Tricks Make ISIS, Once Easily Tracked, a Sophisticated Opponent o o o For those who participate in water activities: ‘Drowning machines’: Low-head dams an unexpected killer
“Neoconservatives tend to want more efficient government agencies; paleoconservatives want fewer government agencies.” – Thomas E. Woods
After nearly 40 years of riding across millions of American TV and movie screens, the cowboy actor William Boyd, best known for his role as Hopalong Cassidy, died on this day in 1972 at the age of 77.
U.S. national debt is more than all the world’s physical cash, gold, silver, and bitcoin combined. – B.B. o o o Central Banks May Choose Helicopter Money Over Negative Rates o o o Case For -2% Rates, Banning Cash? Jim Grant Blasts Lunatic Proposals – DSV o o o An Explosion of Global Debt. Excerpt: “Whether we talk about Greek, Spanish, French, Italian or German banks, their balance sheets are all lumbered with billions of toxic assets with the only buyer being the ECB. This is why the current ECB printing program will not end in March 2017 but instead …
By way of Commander Zero’s blog (Notes From The Bunker) I heard that the New York Times surprisingly ran a piece about EDC gear: Multitools Make the Man. o o o In a recent video, Wranglerstar reviews a great “game changing” knife sharpening system from Russia: A Box From Russia Changed My Life o o o New ransomware pinpoints your location with Google Maps. I can’t help but notice in the demonstration that Windows 10 gave multiple warnings that had to be overridden in order for this ransomware to be installed. Link sent in by DSV o o o A …
“Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.” – Voltaire
September 11th is, of course, the anniversary of the 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks on the U.S., but it is also the anniversary of the Benghazi Embassy attacks in 2012. Please remember the sacrifice of J. Christopher Stevenson, Sean Smith, and CIA (former Navy SEAL) agents Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Between them, Woods and Doherty reportedly dropped at least 60 of the attackers, before their position was overwhelmed. Please also remember the spineless worms in Washington, D.C. who decided to not back up the embassy staff when they were in dire need of help. Eventually, they will pay for that. Time …
Major Problems Announced At One Of The Largest Too Big To Fail Banks In The United States – W.C. o o o Iranian oil output stagnates for third month amid OPEC bargaining o o o Oil Markets Brace As U.S. Looks To Sell 100 Million Barrels From SPR. Aging infrastructure could render the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) increasingly ineffective, leading to a potentially smaller reserve in the near future. o o o From steaks to furniture, Hanjin Shipping collapse to raise freight costs o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see …
Camping survival has a sale on Lifestraws starting tomorrow. You can pick them up for $14.99. o o o Why Baking Soda Can Be Essential for Rescuing Earthquake Survivors – DSV o o o The End of a Nation – Losing Sweden Forever – S.C. o o o Terrorist Support Group Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize o o o This is how civilizations are forged – Primitive Technology: Forge Blower
