A SurvivalBlog reader in Alaska mentioned some commentary by John Derbyshire in The National Review. Don’t miss the last line! o o o Backyard Chickens On Rise, Despite Neighbors’ Clucks o o o Popular Culture Update: Preparedness has migrated from your street to Main Street, to Sesame Street. o o o A reader in Canton, Ohio mentioned a blast-hardened Microwave Repeater Facility for sale in New Philadelphia, Ohio, that might be suitable as a defendable ‘bug-in” group retreat.
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like. – Will Rogers
JWR: I liked JC in Oklahoma’s reply to Escape From (Fill in Your City Here), 2009 but with all due respect, I would not cut someone else’s lock. Most gates that I have seen around where I live, have a chain with a lock. I would advise cutting a link out of the chain and attaching your lock, like a replacement link. This way you keep the owner somewhat happy and still accomplish the task of passing thru the gate as well as being able to cross back through. Now I need to get out and check what routes I …
Jim: I would like to whole-heartedly second Chris M’s article that skills are more important than stuff. A wide basis of knowledge provides you and your family new options as you develop courses of action to solve a specific problem during a crisis. While I’ve been stuck as a suburbanite in the Washington area for the last two years, I’ve exploited my access to military and civilian training to more than make up for my vulnerability. I’ve joined local weapon/hunting ranges, significantly improving my pistol, rifle and bow skills. I’ve become certified as a Level I Combatives Instructor. I’m scheduled …
James, On Monday you noted reaching the 9 million unique visits mark. Congratulations! You also noted having readers on “every continent except Antarctica”. As a former employee of Raytheon Polar Services working in the United States Antarctic Program, I was able to visit two of the three permanent U.S. stations on “the Ice”. Whether the [SurvivalBlog] Clustmap will register it or not, you occasionally have had, and may continue to have people reading your blog in Antarctica. Thanks for the great work that you do, and I am praying for your family. Regards, – J. in Texas
Three-Month-Old Dies of Swine Flu in Argentina Swine Flu Vax Poses Serious Threat to Your Health New Flu Strain Has Mutated, Become More Infectious Brazil Finds New Strain of Swine Flu Seven More Swine Flu Deaths in NYC “City health officials estimate 253,000 people had the swine flu in Queens and Brooklyn alone during May.” House OKs $7.7 Billion to Respond to Flu Pandemic
Obama unveils broad financial oversight plan; blames current financial crisis on ‘a culture of irresponsibility’. New powers for the Federal Reserve? Wait a minute! Weren’t they the private banking cartel that got us into this mess, with artificially-low interest rates? AIG Refuses Crash Claims “That division [airline insurance] didn’t get any bailout money.” Black Swan Trader Bets Reputation on Inflation This one is a “must see”: Peter Schiff on The Daily Show (Thanks to GG for the link.) GG also sent this from Barron’s: Will Bad News Be Good for the Dollar Again? Foreigners exited U.S. assets in April as …
SBC and “Shrike” both sent this piece from an Australian newspaper: Melburnians urged to have Go Bags ready in case of evacuation o o o KAF sent a link to some glimpses of a gentler time: Retrolife. (Seeing that, I couldn’t help but think of some of Merle Haggard’s song lyrics.) o o o US Battlefield Superiority For Sale To America’s Enemies (Thanks to Cheryl, for the link.)
“Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.” – Sir Douglas Bader, (1910-1982), The legendary British fighter pilot who lost both legs in a flying accident, but went on to fly as a fighter pilot in World War II.
Mr. Rawles, Concerning the article: Escape From (Fill in Your City Here), 2009, by Bill in Chicagoland, I would like to add to these comments. My 20 years experience driving the county roads and the farmer ranch roads with the Soil Conservation Service have given me a perspective of the potential for choice this road system presents. I have a considerable amount of experience driving cross country. I have driven from the Northern Texas panhandle across the Oklahoma Panhandle into southeastern Colorado and north to the Colorado Springs area on mostly gravel and dirt roads. Several times I have driven …
Fears of Flu Strains Mixing Herd of Alberta Pigs Got Swine Flu, But Not From the Carpenter Novartis Will Not Give Free Swine Flu Shots to Poor Countries Oz: 1/3 of Victorians May Have Swine Flu
F.G. sent this: Restaurants on the Ropes Thanks to for this link: Airlines adjust as demand slides. “Nevertheless, IATA expects passenger yields to fall by 7% this year and cargo yields to decline 11%” The manufactures also expect fewer orders for planes. Also from F.G. comes this Wall Street Journal piece: Retailers Flee a Dying Detroit KAF flagged this: U.S. likely to lose AAA rating: Prechter Items from The Economatrix: German Newspaper Article Thinks [Ponte Chiaso] Bonds May Be Real. Timeline of Events and Updates as they Happen Weisenthal Talks the $134.5 Billion Bond Seizure on Glenn Beck Treasury: Can’t …
Heather H. sent this: A ‘time bomb’ for world wheat crop o o o Gordon sent a link to a video clip on the enormous Cold War bunker beneath the Greenbriar Hotel. o o o Shelf Reliance (one of our advertisers) is giving away a Harvest 72″ food rotation system in a free drawing. Visit the Shelf Reliance blog to enter. The Harvest 72″ is valued at $459 and can hold up to 600 cans, making it perfect for a healthy food storage supply. The winner will be announced on Friday, June 26th. o o o Greg …
“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo’s Notebooks
I’ve heard just three complaints about bookbinding errors, in copies of my novel “Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse” . In all three cases, there were dozens of repeated pages, where the corresponding correct pages were missing. Yikes! (In the book publishing world, this is called a “folio sequencing error”.) I suppose that this small number of reported errors is not bad for a book with more than 30,000 copies in print, but it is still troubling. If you have purchased a copy of “Patriots” with a binding error, then please call, e-mail or write the publisher …