Recipe of the Week:

The following recipe for Potato-SPAM patties is from SurvivalBlog reader Richard T.. He writes: “This is a variation of the Bean-Potato patty recipe that I submitted in the May 9, 2022 SurvivalBlog. The variation is more in the equipment to make it than in the recipe itself. The result is a more dense patty with more surface on the cast iron pan surface to get toasty. The ingredients listed in this version are for a one-person serving.” Ingredients One small russet potato Half a yellow onion 1 slice of SPAM 1 tablespoon of quick oats Salt Red pepper flakes, Cooking …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

SurvivalBlog reader D.S.V. pointed us to today’s graphic:  Map of America’s Abandoned Railroad Tracks. (Graphic courtesy of the fascinating  Forgotten Lands, Places and Transit website.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.     Or, better yet, open the map directly in Google Maps, for a nice detailed and zoomable view. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.



Preparedness Notes for Sunday — March 23, 2025

Today is the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” speech. It was delivered to the Second Virginia Revolutionary Convention meeting at St. John’s Church, Richmond, on March 23, 1775. — March 23, 1839: The first recorded use of “OK” [for an editor’s “oll korrect” notation] at the Boston’s Morning Post. — Today is the birthday of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. He directed 30 films. His samurai films (many starring Toshiro Mifune) such as Yojimbo, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, Kagemusha, and Ran are considered legendary in the cinema world. — …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Kinda Funny, How Just Three Years Ago, Woke Liberal Virtue Signalling Was Buying A Tesla But Now, It Is Burning Them With Molotov Cocktails News Links: Tesla Impact Report 2020 Details How its EVs Are More Environmentally Friendly than ICE Vehicles. Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike as Musk takes prominent role in Trump White House. Doxing website that shows personal details of Tesla owners has Molotov cocktail as cursor: report. Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. And they departed, and went …


Preparedness Notes for Saturday — March 22, 2025

On March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act passed. This imposed the first direct British tax on American colonists. It was organized by Prime Minister George Grenville. — March 22nd is the birthday of Benjamin Tyler Henry (March 22, 1821–December 29, 1898). He was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. On October 16, 1860, he received a patent on the Henry .44 caliber repeating rifle. The first Henry rifles were not produced for Union Army use until mid-1862. — This is also the birthday of novelist Louis L’Amour. (Born 1908, died 1988.) Some of his novels have survival themes. One of particular …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; …


Preparedness Notes for Friday — March 21, 2025

Alfonso “Al” Williamson (March 21, 1931– June 12, 2010) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City, he spent much of his early childhood in Bogotá, Colombia before moving back to the United States at the age of 12. In his youth, Williamson developed an interest in comic strips, particularly Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. He took art classes at Burne Hogarth’s Cartoonists and Illustrators School, there befriending future cartoonists Wally Wood and Roy Krenkel, who introduced him to the work of illustrators who had influenced adventure …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, we look at Canadian trade and currency exchange issues. Precious Metals: Mike Gleason: Gold Breaks $3,000, But Here’s Why Silver Could Steal the Show… o  o  o At Gold-Eagle.com: $3000/Ounce: Why The Oldest Money Just Hit Its Newest High. o  o  o Take heed:  The silver-to-gold ratio just hit 90.7-to-1.  And the platinum-to-gold ratio is …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“Large-Capacity Magazines Are Neither ‘Arms’ Nor Protected Accessories. We first examine ‘whether the plain text of the Second Amendment protects [Plaintiffs’] proposed course of conduct.’ Bruen, 597 U.S. at 32. Plaintiffs assert that their proposed conduct—possessing large-capacity magazines— implicates the text of the Second Amendment because, in their view, large-capacity magazines are arms commonly chosen for the purpose of self-defense. Defendant raises several distinct arguments to the contrary: large-capacity magazines are not ‘Arms’ within the meaning of the Second Amendment; they are not in common use for self-defense; they are most useful in military service; and they are dangerous and …


Preparedness Notes for Thursday — March 20, 2025

Have a great National Survivalism Day!  This is a day that is appropriate for giving prepping reference books and preparedness tools/supplies, as gifts. March 20th is the birthday of Mel Tappan. (Born 1933, died 1980.) His perennially popular survivalist books Survival Guns and Tappan on Survival have a well-deserved following. I designated March 20th National Survivalism Day, in his honor. It is also apropos that National Survivalism Day falls in March–one of the months that both Northern Europeans and Native Americans refer to as The Starving Season–when stored food runs low, but before spring bounty appears. Plan ahead. Stock up. …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, more war drums warning of WW3. How Europe Has Been Preparing For a Third World War Over at The Independent: How Europe has been preparing for WIII – …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much … to forget it.” – James Madison.


Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — March 19, 2025

March 19, 1882:  The first stone was laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí. — On March 19, 1982, 50 Argentines landed on South Georgia in the Falkland Islands to plant the Argentine flag. They renamed the islands The Malvinas. This precipitated the Argentine army invasion on April 2nd. Despite some significant naval losses and dreadful weather, British Marines re-took the island on April 25th in a well-coordinated ground campaign. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 117 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First …