Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“Safety is nice, but it’s not first. Life is first and life is not safe.” – Col. Jeff Cooper
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:
Books: Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Later made into a feature film of the same name, now available on DVD.) Fool’s Talk by Os Guiness Young Men and FireYoung Men and Fire by Norman MacLean Movies: Sully. Tom Hanks plays pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who made an emergency water landing on the Hudson River, saving all of his 155 passengers. Lone Survivor. (Mark Wahlberg plays Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell.) Television: 12 Monkeys A time traveler from 2043 attempts to prevent a global pandemic that killed seven billion people, by traveling back to our present day. Originally aired on the SyFy channel. Season …
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“Well, in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. … But gunfighting has a strong biological use. We do not have enough things that kill off the weak and the stupid these days. But to stay alive as an armed citizen a man has to be either quick with his wits or with his hands, preferably both. It’s a good thing.” – Robert Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon, 1948
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:
Books: EMP-Hardened Radio Communications by William Prepperdoc. (This newly-released paperback and e-book was written by a SurvivalBlog reader. I volunteered to write the book’s Foreword, but I have no financial interest in the publishing project.) Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (by Bill O’Reilly) Movies: Terminator Genisys. Yes, it often seems like an “in joke” and you will have to suspend disbelief at several junctures, but this movie ties together the other Terminator films fairly well. Love & Mercy. A biography of the very talented but psychologically troubled Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson. Television: The …
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“All news is persuasion, and it is presented for that purpose even if the presenters don’t think of it that way.” – Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert.)
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News From The American Redoubt:
In Wyoming: Cops spread cheer with cash. (Donated funds handed out for folk doing good deeds.) o o o Idaho voter turnout in November election hit record numbers o o o Man pleads guilty in crash that killed 3 German bikers o o o Yellowstone park looks at large bison cull to trim herds
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:
Books: Rodale’s Basic Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden Gunsmithing the AR-15, The Bench Manual, by Patrick Sweeney Movies: God’s Not Dead Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition Television: Mossad 101 (In Hebrew, with English subtitles. Caution: Has some coarse language and immoral situations.) Available on Netflix. Person of Interest (Aired for five seasons.) Available on Netflix and also on DVD, from Amazon.com. Instructional Videos: Living Off the Grid is Harder Than You Think How To Butcher A Whole Loin Of Venison (Scott Rea) Magazines: Backwoods Home Concealed Carry Blogs: The Survival Mom Survival Cache Podcasts: The …
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My 10 Favorite “Motivational” Movies For Preppers
This list is not comprehensive, and reflects my quirky taste in movies. Please note that because they depict times of deep drama that none of these are suitable for viewing by children. While the tactics and techniques portrayed are not always realistic, these films at least provide some good motivation for preppers. They each have their merits. If nothing else, they all definitely have the requisite “Oo-rah” quotient. They are listed in alphabetical order: Braveheart Defiance Farewell To The King The Great Escape Jeremiah Johnson The Magnificent Seven (The original, not the recent re-make!) The Pianist The Postman Red Dawn …
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12 Important Books Every Well-Prepared Family Should Own
One question that I frequently hear from my consulting clients is: “What reference books am I missing from my bookshelf?” The following are the “must have” books that I highly recommend: The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery (See review, below) Making the Best of Basics – Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon Ball Blue Book of Preserving Cookin’ with Home Storage by Vicki Tate Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson …
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:
Books: Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyleby Charles Long Movies: Bridge of Spies The Way Back Music: Tempest: Prime Cuts The Waifs: Sun Dirt Water Podcasts: Gritty Bowmen (Start with Episode 173: Bear Attack.) The Wired To Hunt Podcast: Episode #49: Making A Living in the Outdoor Industry Instructional Videos: The Art of the Dynamic Handgun Practical Concealed Carry–Lenny Magill Gear: Bushnell Night Watch with Built in Infrared Monocular. (Your basic “entry level” night vission scope.) Trijicon ACOG TA31-D-100367 4x 32 Dual Illuminated Green Horseshoe Dot .223 …
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:
Books: Come and Take It: The Gun Printer’s Guide to Thinking Free, by Cody Wilson Delorme Company State Atlases Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions Movies: Ronin The Last of the Mohicans Music: Getz/Gilberto: 50th Anniversary(Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, with Antonio Carlos Jobim on piano) – For lovers of cool jazz and the Bossa Bova sound Piping Hot: Celtic Bagpipe Collection Podcasts: The First 40 Miles:Episode 47 “The Bear Episode” The Art of Manliness Podcast #157: Primitive Pursuits & Winter Survival Instructional Videos: Wranglerstar: A Very Bad Day Backpacking Basics: …
Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“Hillary Clinton did not hit a glass ceiling, she hit a ‘lead’ ceiling. America’s gun owners turned out to vote and made the Second Amendment great again.” – Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb
A Post-Election Prayer Request, by JWR
I was pleased to see that the American electorate rejected Hillary Clinton’s bid to become President. Had she been elected, the damage that she would have done to the nation would have been incalculable. I encourage SurvivalBlog readers of faith to pray for the incoming Trump Administration. In particular, please focus your prayers on Godly government and small, fiscally conservative government. President-Elect Trump will need sound advice from responsible, well-seasoned men and women in business and industry. I encourage him to recruit a council of wise elders to advise his administration, as unreimbursed volunteers. This council should be drawn primarily …
Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“The big Internet platforms, via their algorithms, have become an eye of a needle which diverse media must pass through to reach users.” – German Chancellor Angela Merkel
JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:
Books: Nuclear War Survival Skills (Updated Edition) By Cresson Kearney, et al. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart Movies: Blood Diamond Paths Of Glory Music: The Stanley Brothers – All Time Greatest Hits Andrea Bocelli: Romanza Podcasts: Oregon Public Broadcasting journalists analyze the Malheur Seven trial. Some of them feel that this might have been an act of jury nullification. They also discussed the upcoming Bundy Ranch trial and describe the bizarre tasering of defense attorney Marcus Mumford, just after the “not guilty” verdicts were read. Showing some bias of their own, they downplayed the overt bias of Judge Anna …