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 …


Odds ‘n Sods:

I don’t like it, but it’s hard to argue with him: ‘Preppers’ say Obama ‘has divided us on a course for civil war’ [Warning: The site has a totally unrelated video that autostarts.] – Submitted by DSV o o o FBI Hid Surveillance Devices Around Alameda County Courthouse Nothing to see here…move along. – B.B. o o o Reader P.S. sent in the link to an interesting interview with Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal (the band playing in Paris during the Bataclan islamic attack). o o o Reader T.J. sent in this link showing the “technical failure” that …