Recipe of the Week: Oatmeal Coconut Pie, by J.C.

My neighbor made me the most amazing oatmeal coconut pie. This is the Amish recipe for it. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup milk 3 eggs, lightly beaten 3 Tbsp margarine, melted 2/3 cup rolled oats 1 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 2/3 cup flaked coconut 1 pie shell, unbaked (9 or 10 inch) Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine ingredients (except pie shell). Mix with a wire whisk. Pour into pie shell and sprinkle with additional coconut. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in …


Economics and Investing:

Brace For Higher Gold & Silver Prices As The Markets Crack o o o Social Security Benefit Cut Looming for Seniors – Sent in by RBS. o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News 1 Out of 3 American Households Can No Longer Afford Rent, Food, and Transportation (My Budget 360) Excerpt: “People are struggling to get by and while the Fed is obsessed with interest rates, most families are seeing the impact of crony capitalism devastating their wallets.” 1 in 4 Americans 25-54 Not Working (The Weekly Standard) Excerpt: They either became so discouraged that they left the …


Odds ‘n Sods:

AR owners might find this video of a binary trigger test of interest: FosTech Echo Trigger First Look. o o o Police want to use residential, business surveillance cameras – Sounds like an innocent request, but it’s not. First, they politely asked, but you decline. Second, they threaten you with obstruction and start a harassment campaign. Third, they make it law. Fourth, they make it law that they have full remote access. Fifth, I remove my cams. – DMS o o o SurvivalBlog reader D.B. sent in this link and just made my day: Video: Obama FURIOUS After Judge Jeanine …



Economics and Investing:

Cutting Through Bls Bull – Sent in by B.B. o o o Avoid putting your money in these banks o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News 4 Outrageous Examples of Government Waste (Government Waste Fraud and Abuse) Among them, million dollar training retreats. Excerpt: “International Relief and Development collected billions of dollars from the government to help rebuild impoverished and war-torn countries around the world. At the same time, the company also billed over a million dollars to the government for retreats and parties at lavish resorts.” Judicial Watch: Obama Family 2015 Honolulu Christmas Vacation Cost Taxpayers $3,590,313 …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Seattle police raid home of privacy activists who maintain Tor anonymity network node – Either a dangerous slippery slope or Seattle Police are slow on the uptake that Tor is random and anonymous. – RBS. o o o CIA leaves explosives on school bus after training exercise – I really find it hard to believe. They don’t have a bus for training and then forget the stuff in a bus used for actual students. – DSV o o o Bloomberg Reports: US Commandos Trained to Stop Terrorists with “Dirty Bombs”. Submitted by T.A. o o o A GRIM REPORT and …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before …



Round 63 Non-Fiction Writing Contest Winners Announced!

First Prize goes to R.C. for “Winter Survival- Part 1”, “Part 2”, and “Part 3”, which was posted on February 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2016. 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. Three …


Economics and Investing:

Worst Case Scenario = 73% Down From Here o o o How Mainstream Economic Theories Regularly Miss The Mark o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: Professor Preponomics’ Reading Recommendation Available on Amazon: Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (5th Edition) by Thomas Sowell US News $10 Mil to End “Diaper Disparity” After Free Diaper Laws Fail Twice in Congress (Judicial Watch) Excerpt: “To get the ball rolling, the administration announced this month that it plans to spend $10 million to “test effective ways to get diapers to families in need and document the health improvements that …


Odds ‘n Sods:

A remake/spoof of the Simon & Garfunkle classic “The Sounds of Silence” has been posted on YouTube – Except this one is about the atrocities of Islam as they force their political system on you. “Sounds like Silence” – Watch it while you can – It didn’t make it very long on Facebook before being taken down. Warning: Very powerful video, but contains graphic images and some language. Sent in by RBS o o o Questioning ‘gay’ lessons gets 4-year-old booted from preschool. Yet another reason to get your kids out of public schools (or liberal preschools). This kind of …



Notes for Friday – April 01, 2016

April 1st is both April Fool’s Day and (unofficially) Molly Ivins Day. The latter refers to this key verse: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1 KJV) April 1st, 1886 was the birthday of Arthur W. Pink, who died 15 July 1952 and was an English Christian evangelist and excellent Reformed Biblical scholar. It was his meticulously referenced arguments in his book, The Sovereignty of God, that first convinced JWR of the truth of the doctrine of Election. o o o Today, we present the first entry for Round 64 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction …


Economics and Investing:

71,777,758 Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP; Up 14,478,342 Since Obamacare Exchanges Opened; 1 for Every 2 Americans With a Job – B.B. o o o Price Controls May Be On the Way o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: US News California Audit Reveals Pension Debt Grew by 2,000% (Breitbart) Excerpt: “With the addition of the GASB’s required balance sheet adjustments, each of California’s approximately 12.7 million households now is on the hook for about $31,904 in pension obligations.” Study: Big Banks Don’t Have Enough Capital Cushion (Washington Examiner) Excerpt: “In other words, big banks such as Bank of America, …


Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog reader J.W. sent in this interesting article on Power Water Networks that were popular during the second half of the nineteenth century. This might be a usable skill for performing work should TEOTWAWKI happen. o o o Some of these questions are so basic that it is truly scary to think that these are the next leaders of the world – or not. Depressing Survey Results Show How Extremely Stupid America Has Become – Sent in by B.B. o o o Make Vinegar From Apples. This can be used for anything except “pickling”, which requires the use of known …