Letter Re: Dogs Tracking Someone

JWR, HJL, SurvivalBlog Readers: I have a few thoughts about tracking dogs. My wife does canine search and rescue for the local CERT team in our rural county. There are two main types of search dogs– area and trailing. A trailing dog will follow a scent from weakest to strongest along a track. They may cut, circle back trails, and follow the strongest scent trail. Area dogs look for the strongest scent, not worrying too much about a specific trail but concentrating on an area. Over many years (doing training) the dogs have always found me. The team dogs have …


Economics and Investing:

War On Cash Intensifies: JPMorgan Chase To Prohibit The Storage Of Cash In Safety Deposit Boxes o o o Massive Derivatives melt-down going on; Fed engaging in enormous RRP Reverse Repo op o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: You Thought the Taper Tantrum Was Bad? Wait Till Fed Lifts Rates – I still believe the Fed won’t raise rates, but if it did things could fall out of bed quickly. The Mystery Of China’s Gold Holdings Is Coming To An End A Third of U.S. Citizens Have Less Than $1,000 for Retirement


Odds ‘n Sods:

VA Sends Veterans’ Medical Info To FBI To Get Their Guns Taken Away . – H.L. o o o You would think that police would get the message that their actions may be recorded by now. – H.L. o o o ‘Lunch lady’ lobby joins GOP to fight Obama’s school lunch rules. – D.S. o o o Nullification is a Natural Right!. – B.B. o o o More than Half of Police Killed in Venezuelan Capital Targeted for Guns. – JBG



Notes for Wednesday – April 22, 2015

The 5th of Iyar (Hebrew calendar) is Israel’s Independence Day (advanced one day to Iyar 4 this year). Today is also the birthday of the late Charles Rankin Bond, Jr., born in Dallas on April 22, 1915, who is one of the last of the AVG Flying Tiger pilots. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 58 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint …


Letter: Dogs Tracking Someone

Hello, I l liked your books. Recently a wanted felon in our small town eluded a canine unit whereas many others have not. God forbid it should happen under the wrong circumstances to anyone not deserving to be hunted down. I did wonder though how the one that got away might have done that. I went to the Internet and found a few answers, but when I searched your site I could find nothing about it. I wondered if any of the readers out there have any practical solutions on the topic. It seems like the knowledge might be of …


Economics and Investing:

Saudi Arabia’s Oil-Price War Is With Stupid Money o o o A reset coming to world financial markets and if you’ve been paying attention it’s impossible to ignore the signs o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: The Fed Still Wants Easy Money – Sometimes I just have to laugh my way through articles. This is one of this times. U.S. Pushing for Greek Solution in ‘Interest of Entire World’ – Don’t know how this is going to shake out, but this really is worth following. Inflation Goal May Be Too Low, Says Fed’s Rosengren – Really?? Video: Faber: Global …



Odds ‘n Sods:

The FDA Might Finally Crack Down on Homeopathy. – H.L. I have mixed feelings on this one. There are some real crack-pot remedies being pushed out there, but the FDA doesn’t exactly have a stellar reputation of regulation either. o o o Why Google Is the New Evil Empire. – D.S. o o o Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’. – JBG o o o The Medical Cartel: Too Big to Fail, Too Evil to Expose. – H.L. o o o Abandoned By White House, Americans Describe Tense Escapes From Yemen. – B.B.



Notes for Tuesday – April 21, 2015

April 21st is Aggie Muster Day for all Texas A&M Corps of Cadets graduates. Aggie Muster celebrations/meetings are held as far away as Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan. I should mention that Jim’s grandfather (a U.S. Army Cavalry LTC) was an Aggie– something mentioned so often that everyone in his family felt like de facto Aggies, too. Other than the officers that matriculate though West Point, the four institutions that seem to have the greatest ongoing esprit de corps for graduates are Texas A&M, The Citadel, Norwich University, and VMI. Jim felt almost obliged to include an Aggie character in his …


Letter Re: Locking up a Well Pump

HJL, Can you please help me understand what you mean about locking up a well pump to prevent sabotage? Even if my well pump is locked, a saboteur intent on destroying my well could still dump poison down the air vent or take a k-saw or sledge hammer to the exposed portions of the pump. Unless you are erecting an impenetrable concrete and steel structure around your pump, I don’t understand what you are protecting by putting a lock on a manual well pump. Preventing an uninvited neighbor from cycling your well pump does not protect your well from damage. …


News From The American Redoubt:

Oregon Man Gets Prison Sentence For Collecting Rainwater On His Own Property. – RBS o o o Dad of CEO who announced 70K salaries: ‘We’re really surprised’ I wonder how surprised they will be when the price of a McDonald’s hamburger hits $15? I wonder if they can make the connection? o o o Rural Residents of the People’s Republic of Oregon want to pump their own gas. – RBS o o o Idaho Limits Forced Blood Draws From Motorists o o o For those who are thinking of moving to the Redoubt area, Survival Realty has some awesome listings …


Economics and Investing:

Student debt now makes up nearly half of federally owned financial assets. The student debt bubble edges on with many more unable to pay their debt. o o o The Rise of the Paper Machines o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Grexit Fears Cause GDP Forecasts to Plummet Did Greece Just Launch Capital Controls: “Mandatory Cash Transfer” Decreed Due To “Extremely Urgent Need” – Student Debt Accounts For Nearly Half Of US Government “Assets” US Teeters on Brink of Economic Collapse Due to ‘Dollar Bubble’ – Ron Paul


Odds ‘n Sods:

Automakers to gearheads: Stop repairing cars. – G.G. o o o Turns out we do leave Americans behind. – B.B. o o o Helicopter Parents? Helicopter Government Is More Like It. – D.S. o o o HEAD of the FBI’s Anthrax Investigation Says the Whole Thing Was a SHAM. – H.L. o o o Wisconsin declares state of emergency over bird flu in poultry. – H.L.