Notes for Friday – May 20, 2016

May 20th, 1942 is the birthday of Carlos Hathcock; he died February 23, 1999. He was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. o o o We are coming up on the end of Round 64 of the SurvivalBlog Writing Contest. If you have an article you would like to submit to the contest, finish it up and email it to SurvivalBlog. If you haven’t read the list of prizes that are going to the top winners, you should take the time to read them below. Sometimes I look at these …


Economics and Investing:

Landlords Are Catching Retail’s Cold – RBS o o o In some towns, the strip malls can’t die fast enough – RBS (Warning: This site may require a login to access.) o o o Texas shelters, churches fear sudden influx of Cuban migrants will overwhelm them – W.C. o o o Obama on track to double national debt – B.B. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Fed Puts June Rate Increase on Table Provided Economy Says Go – For your daily comedic relief, it’s amazing what these folks will say with a straight face. o o o SurvivalBlog and …


Odds ‘n Sods:

From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: 3d printed pistol – For discretion or emergency. o o o This is why my family made the decision to move out of the People’s Republic of California back in 2012 and never to return. Imagine a U.S. Marine battalion under attack by Islamic Extremists and all of a sudden the Powers to Be issue a decree to disarm the Marines. Their thinking is either terrorists would lay down their weapons or they’d not find a weapon with them being banned. Oh, well. We feel sorry for Californians and pray …



Notes for Thursday – May 19, 2016

Today, we present another entry for Round 64 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $12,000 worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Tactical Self-Contained 2-Series Solar Power Generator system from Always Empowered. This compact starter power system is packaged in a wheeled O.D. green EMP-shielded Pelican hard case (a $1,700 value), A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate that is good for any one, two, or three day course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses, excluding those restricted for military or government teams. …


Economics and Investing:

Stan Druckenmiller: The Bull Market Is Exhausted; Make The Move To Gold o o o Why new overtime rules will raise payroll costs for employers of all sizes – RBS o o o The effects of raised minimum wages now begins to hit: Wendy’s Serves Up Big Kiosk Expansion As Wage Hikes Hit Fast Food – That $15/hr wage doesn’t do you any good when you lose the job to a worker that never goes on strike or complains. – P.S. o o o The Humungous Depression o o o Once upon a time, there was a middle class: This …


Odds ‘n Sods:

I don’t recommend staying in an urban location for TEOTWAWKI, but this is certainly a creative solution: How to Get Your Apartment Off the Grid – Sent in by J.W. o o o This is Hungary’s Brexit: Referendum on migrant quota crucial to save sovereignty from EU – Is OUR national sovereignty a reality? How long will it be until we are at this point? Will we, by then, even be able to vote on it? – D.S. o o o Texas: Muslim convict demands sharia, court agrees – B.B. o o o SurvivalBlog reader W.C. sent in the link …




Economics and Investing:

Our National Debt Will Grow To $31 Trillion by 2023 o o o Watch Venezuela, Because Food Shortages, Looting And Economic Collapse Are Coming To America Too – Submitted by B.B. o o o Burlington College Feels the Bern! Will Close Thanks to Crushing Debt Acquired by Mrs. Bernie Sanders – B.P. o o o Graham Summers: The Fed Is Finally Coming Clean About Inflation o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Here is a “must read” piece by Doug Casey in his International Man blog: Making The Chicken Run. o o o From the Desk of Michael Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large comes the article: Venezuela Spends Millions on Incredibly Dumb Things While Its Economy Collapses. “Bolivarian socialism apparently means financing things like lousy race-car drivers while the people lack medicine, food, and toilet paper.” o o o FBI Tracking 1,000+ Islamic Terror Cases & Growing Across the US – Submitted by B.B. o o o We Are Not Fine. We Are Not Prepared: Escaping Fort McMurray – RBS o o …



Notes for Tuesday – May 17, 2016

On this day in 1769, George Washington launched a legislative salvo at Great Britain’s fiscal and judicial attempts to maintain its control over the American colonies. He brought a package of non-importation resolutions, drafted by George Mason, before the Virginia House of Burgesses. This initiated a chain of events that led to Britain’s House of Lords demanding that men involved in the extra-legal Massachusetts convention of towns be tried in England. Britain’s plan backfired and created an American identity where before there had been none. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 64 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction …


News From The American Redoubt:

Over at the excellent Paratus Familia blog comes a great how-to article for those who live in regions where Camas bulbs grow: Camas Fields of Blue. o o o Montana court strikes down last piece of anti-immigrant law – Sent in by B.B. o o o Tourists kidnap baby bison and put it in their car because it looked cold JWR’s Comment: Note the pristine interior of the Toyota Sequoia. It was undoubtedly a rental. Reader A.S. submitted a further update on the issue. Note that the baby bison was abandoned by its mother after the incident and had to …


Economics and Investing:

Squatters in Las Vegas and all the problems that come with them. – P.S. o o o OFFICIAL SOURCE: Global Silver Supply Deficit Surges On Revised Data o o o Pew Research Study – The American Middle Class Declined in 90% of Metro Areas From 2000-2014 – H.L. o o o Legend Warns Risk Of Total Global Collapse Is Greater Today Than Any Time In History – G.G. o o o Cyberattacks on Swift financial network ‘worthy of freaking out’ about: ex-Treasury official o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our …