Letter: Good Find at Aldis / Carrying Blankets

Hugh, I found Aldis tuna and chicken salad packs for $1.19. It comes with a small can of chicken or tuna salad and crackers to eat it on. It’s not the lightest most calorie-packed food you can buy to walk and carry, but it has a descent taste and us good for the car/day trips or short-term power outage at home. When I lived in the South I once broke down and had to take a taxi home. I emptied my trunk of emergency supplies, including six army wool blankets I had bought from the thrift store. The taxi driver …


Letter: Battery Charger

Dear SurvivalBlog, This is the best charger I have ever used: Powerex MH-C800S Eight Cell Smart Charger has eight independent slots for AA/AAA batteries. It’s like having eight chargers! It has a deep-cycle conditioning worldwide power supply, a smaller light weight power adapter, and both soft and rapid charging speeds. BATTERIES ARE NOT INCLUDED! The MH-C800S features eight independent slots that can charge one to eight AA or AAA batteries in any combination in around one to two hours! The unit also incorporates a large, easy-to-read LCD screen featuring the charging status of each battery. This new charger uses the …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Secret Contacts between Taliban and Karzai Helped Erode U.S.-Afghan Relations – B.R. o o o This is a pretty simple article with quite a bit of background on grid blackouts that concludes by saying that the stimulus-funded efficiency improvements in the US grid make it more vulnerable to attacks by hackers. – Elaine o o o G.P. sent in this article (video included) show how drought is a growing problem in California. o o o Zerogov recently ran an article on how to decrease your electronic footprint in regards to cellular phones, but my thinking lies with Militialaw. Why do …


Economics and Investing:

C.G. notes that QE is a mistake– A big one. J.T. sent in a news article showing the per capita spending of each state on roads. he also notes that all of the American Redoubt states are in the top 12. Items from The Economatrix: Celente – The World Is Being Run By Psychopaths & Sociopaths No Janet Yellen, The Economy Is NOT \ Europe Considers Wholesale Savings Confiscation, Enforced Redistribution 20 Signs That The Global Economic Crisis Is Starting To Catch Fire



Notes from HJL:

I’d like to wish Mike Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor At Large) a Happy Birthday! o o o Today we present part 3 in a four part entry for Round 51 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $11,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, Two cases of …


Prepper Primer for Your Non-prepper Loved Ones, by T.S. – Part 3

Traveling Not all those who wander are lost[1]. We are not men of Numenor keeping the evil of Sauron at bay. In the situation for which this document is written, your goal should be to travel to somewhere where your odds at survival are greater than your current location. Our car has two spare tires– one full-size tire in the back and one smaller one under the front of the car. The car’s manual describes how to change a tire. Our car has a full hydraulic-size jack in the back (in the blue Tupperware container). This jack is much more …


Letter: Noodle Pack for Bug Out Bag at Costco

Dear SurvivalBlog, First off, thanks for all you do. Your site is a great resource to “our community” of those awake and aware. I wanted to share something I found at my local Costco. By the way, I don’t work for either Costco or Tasty Bite. I’m just offering up an idea for others. I’m always looking for multi-purpose food for storage and rotating through my kitchen. I found a product called “Tasty Bite Asian Noodles” in a multi-pack. I thought it would make a good food item for a bug out bag. I have freeze dried backpacking meals and …


Letter: Interesting View from the Liberal Side of the Tracks

HJL, I saw a link to this in the Galts Gulch Daily Digest. I still am amazed that people think that they deserve such handouts without having to put forth any effort whatsoever. It reminds me of the documentary on the Pruitt-Igoe housing project failure in St. Louis. Pruitt-Igoe was where people who were provided with low income housing allowed their neighborhoods to become overrun with prostitution, crime, and drugs, but were not willing to do anything about it. Other than call the police for someone else to fix their problem that is. My children are Millennials, but they have …


Letter: When to Leave

Dear Sir: For those who plan to leave the big cities in the event of disaster, the critical question is when to go. Leaving too soon means missing work and family obligations, but leaving too late may well be fatal. I am guessing the Internet will be down by then, so do you have any wise guidance in advance of that time? Thanks – Worried HJL Replies: This is always the million dollar question, and if I knew the answer I could be a very rich man. The real answer depends on you and your situation. For some, the answer …


Economics and Investing:

D.B. sent in this link showing a continuation of the policy of confiscation: First Cyprus, Then Poland, Now These Savings Accounts To Get Confiscated Next o o o In a continuing trend, the U.S. Mint Nearly Sells Out Of Its Weekly Silver Eagle Allocation In Two Days. It’s important to note that the limit is based on how many silver blanks the mint has allocated. – JBG Items from The Economatrix: Top Adviser To The Chinese Government Calls For A &1dquo;Global Currency” To Replace The U.S. Dollar 22 Facts About The Coming US Demographic Shock Wave Jim Grant: “Gold Is …


Odds ‘n Sods:

For those who, like Tim Taylor (Home Improvement), like to “up-size” whatever they do… Farm invention of the year – J.W. o o o As Israel grows increasingly nervous about Iran, Israeli army report reveals intelligence and security relations with several Arab and Muslim countries – B.R. o o o RBS sent in this article about an Ontario judge ordering 13 children from a Jewish community into foster care. o o o Canned Garands – What more needs to be said? o o o An anonymous reader sent in this neat video: Don’t get stranded wearing a plastic coat. It …



Notes from HJL:

Today, February 13th, is the birthday of both Robert Charles R.C. Sproul, Jr.(born 1939), a well-respected American Calvinist theologian and General Chuck Yeager (born, 1923), the first man to break the sound barrier. o o o W.A sent this video in regarding Hard Tack. It wasn’t enough to make a post out of it, but it was too good to pass up. Also, a quick search on SurvivalBlog returns quite a few results. Use the search term “Hard Tack” as well as “hardtack”. My favorite is found in the Recipe of the Week: Matt The Teacher’s Cranberry Pumpkin Pie Spice …


Prepper Primer for Your Non-prepper Loved Ones, by T.S. – Part 2

Food and Water I recommend making a catalog of everything in our stores, if time allows. Do this for sure if you are staying at our home. Open all of our buckets; some contain non-food items! Do not forget to include items in the garage, shed, and throughout the house that may be useful. This list will be invaluable when it comes to planing what to cache and how to solve problems. You need to know what you have to work with. Obviously, hide this catalog very well. Food The kind of foods you want to pack in your BOB …