Economics and Investing:

Reader SDP wrote in to inform us that the number of stored locomotives is much, much higher than we reported before. There are some railroad enthusiasts who track this kind of information, and this is from an April 11th communication: “Laid Up Power – BNSF has added to the Laid Up Good Order (LUGO) fleet this month. At the end of January, there were 1249 engines in LUGO status. As of April 4th,there are 1457 in LUGO status. This is up 101 more from March 1st when there were 1356 in LUGO status. While part of the fleet is laid …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News JWR’s Comment: Why am I not surprised? o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: AAR of Chris McCandless; death, 20 years later Mike also sent this in: Potential new antidote for sarin nerve agent o o o Vice News Video: Inside The Alberta Wildfires o o o The San Andreas Fault Is On The Brink Of A Devastating Earthquake – Sent in by G.P. o o o West Point is investigating whether 16 female cadets broke military rules by taking this photo – Showing just how …



Notes for Monday – May 09, 2016

On May 9th, 1945, Herman Goering– commander in chief of the Luftwaffe, president of the Reichstag, head of the Gestapo, prime minister of Prussia, and Hitler’s designated successor– was taken prisoner by the U.S. Seventh Army in Bavaria. Goering, who was addicted to painkillers due to a wound, was instrumental in creating concentration camps for political enemies. It was Goering who ordered the purging of German Jews from the economy following the Kristallnacht program in 1938, initiating an “Aryanization” policy that confiscated Jewish property and businesses. Tried and convicted at the Nuremberg trials, he was sentenced to hanging, but before …


Economics and Investing:

Economic Collapse Logistics For The Government – Sent in by B.B. o o o Labor Force Participation Rate Dropped to 62.8% In April: 94,044,000 Out o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News Citi: The Fed Would Attempt One Last “Hail Mary” Before Announcing Negative Rates (Business Insider) Interesting thoughts! Excerpt: “…anyone who believes a rate hike isn’t coming until May 2017 has to at least consider the possibility the Fed would need to cut rates before then.” Gross Calls for Helicopter Money (Mises) Excerpt: “There is a rude end to flying helicopters, but the alternative is an immediate …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Sent in by T.P. – US gun-loving mom agrees to give talks about gun safety – The value of this story isn’t in the story itself. Take a close look at the photograph of this Remington 1911 pistol in the article. It is not in (U.S. military / Jeff Cooper / NRA) approved conditions 1, 2, or 3. It is “firing line hot” with the hammer fully cocked and the thumb safety “OFF”. I can’t be sure, but the middle digit of the man’s first finger may be placing some pressure on the trigger, as well. Ooops. The only times …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

Interposition [Doctrine]: “The doctrine that a state, in the exercise of its sovereignty, may reject a mandate of the federal government deemed to be unconstitutional or to exceed the powers delegated to the federal government. The concept is based on the 10th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States reserving to the states powers not delegated to the United States. Historically, the doctrine emanated from Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dallas 419, wherein the state of Georgia, when sued in the Supreme Court by a private citizen of another state, entered a remonstrance and declined to recognize the court’s jurisdiction. …



Economics and Investing:

City of Los Angeles Tops 4 Million For First Time: Big Increase Coming from Multi-Family Units and the Renting Revolution. o o o The Next Employment Crisis Is Here: Job Cuts At U.S. Companies Jump 35 Percent In April – Sent in by B.B. o o o The Immorality of the Minimum Wage: Scarcity and Singing Kumbaya – A look at how our churches have failed in the dilemma of the minimum wage discussion. o o o The Insane Hidden Tax Burden Quietly Eating Up Your Paycheck – The regulatory nightmare that raises prices. – B.B. o o o Reader …


Odds ‘n Sods:

If You Use Tor Browser, The FBI Just Labeled You a Criminal – Submitted by RBS o o o The Electric Crisis in Europe – “Part of the global warming/climate change deals, many people do not realize that in Europe there will be no more gasoline and diesel cars on the streets come 2020.” If Europe is getting rid of all gas and diesel powered cars soon, are we next? Does anyone realize that this also gives the government the option of pulling the plug on you so that you can’t drive anywhere? (Of course you have to pay for …



Economics and Investing:

Big slowdown coming in auto manufacturers? About Those Record Auto Sales: Let’s Communicate! – P.S. o o o The World’s Largest Shipping Company Is Already Preparing For The Next Oil Crash o o o It finally happened: 500 euro notes will no longer be produced – DSV o o o The Historic Dow Jones-Silver Ratio Points To $300 Silver o o o Rail Traffic Depression: 292 Union Pacific Engines Are Sitting In The Arizona Desert Doing Nothing o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader R.M. sent in this video which shows the German people protesting their minister, who has been working to flood Germany with millions of Muslims and has shut down all social media comments critical of the invasion and has jailed people for hate speech who dared to speak out. The video description describes the situation very well and is important, as German people have been cowed by hate speech laws and the guilt of their past wars to not speak up against their dispossession by immigrants and those who want to punish the German people with endless third world immigration. …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement! You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made …


Notes for Friday – May 06, 2016

May 6th is the birthday of Tuvia Bielski (born 1906). You may remember him as the main character in the movie Defiance. This movie was based on the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec. o o o Please lift up our neighbors to the north in prayer – ‘Catastrophic wildfires’ force thousands to flee in Canada o o o 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 …