Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong — but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.” – Robert A. Heinlein, Double Star, 1956
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Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“To me, the most terrifying form of warfare would be if there was some simultaneous cyber attack on our grid, on the banking system, and on our transportation system. That would be quite a devastating thing, and yet in theory, absent some real protective measures, that could happen.” – Wilbur Ross
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Economics & Investing For Preppers
Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on investing in hairspring watches. Precious Metals: First, at Seeking Alpha: Mining stocks’ valuation attractive, led by copper and zinc, BMO says o o o India’s Demonetization Policy Takes a Turn for the Worse Commodities: Sanctions On Venezuela Could Push Oil Into The Mid-$50s o o …
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week
Here are JWR‘s Recommendations of the Week for various media and tools of interest to SurvivalBlog readers. This week the focus is on stainless steel wool. (See the Gear section, near the end of this column.) Books: The Red Cliffs of Zerhoun by Matt Bracken. (Recommended by long-time blog reader P.T..) Matt Bracken is a former U.S. Navy SEAL. His thought-provoking novels always include a lot of practical and tactical goodness woven into the storylines. (Matt’s better-known Enemies Foreign and Domestic” novel series is widely read, for good reason!) The Shoestring Girl: How I Live on Practically Nothing and YOU …
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Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
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SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt
Here is SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt. This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. The emphasis today is on net metering. Idaho (Net Metering) First up: Idaho Power seeks changes for solar customers. JWR’s Comments: The power utilities don’t like seeing home power meters running backwards. Doing away with net metering is a slap in the face of thousands of customers. These are folks who each invested tens of thousands of dollars. They did so in anticipation of the equipment gradually paying for itself. Without net metering, their investment would probably …
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Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.” – Bonnie Raitt
Economics & Investing For Preppers
Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on investing in registered Class 3 machineguns. (See the Tangibles Investing section, near the end of this column.) Precious Metals: Gold Prices Will Be ‘Explosive,’ Just Wait and See – Jim Rogers o o o As of July 31st, the trend line for spot silver is …
The Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” – Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
The Editors’ Preps for the Week
To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make long-term and short-term plans. Steadily, we work on meeting our prepping goals. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities. They also share their planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, property improvements, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in the Comments. Let’s keep busy and be ready! This …
Economics & Investing For Preppers
Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on investing in Collectibles. (See the Tangibles Investing section, near the end of this column.) Precious Metals: China Surpasses South Africa’s Gold Production. (Although South Africa still has the world’s largest below-ground reserves.) Commodities: Oil Rises, But Saudis Face Daunting Dilemma
The Antifa Threat Spiral: Some Safe Predictions on the Coming Unsafe Era- Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, I pointed to the rapid post-election growth of the leftist so-called “anti-fascist” (Antifa) movement. This movement has some clear parallels to the draft protests of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now, in Part 2 , I’ll further describe how the threat spirals will likely develop. The Crypto Guys It is safe to assume that cryptography and novel communications techniques will be used by leftist domestic terror organizations, as they internally develop their tradecraft. It is very likely that anonymous mail forwarders, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and a variety of cryptographic tools are already …
The Antifa Threat Spiral: Some Safe Predictions on the Coming Unsafe Era- Part 1
The rapid post-election growth of the left’s so-called “anti-fascist” (Antifa) movement is alarming. This movement has some clear parallels to the draft protests of the late 1960s. These protests spawned a wave of domestic terrorism with groups like the Weather Underground, the Black Panther Party, the BLA, the FALN, and the SLA. Anyone reading this who is under my age is probably missing out. This is because they don’t have a good recollection of just how profoundly violent the late 1960s and early 1970s were in these United States. Bombings, fake bomb scares, riots, arson, bank robberies, airliner hijackings, attempted assassinations, …
Economics & Investing For Preppers
Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on Japanese Swords. (See the Tangibles Investing section, near the end of this column.) Precious Metals: “Mother Of All Bubbles” Keeps Gold Price In Focus o o o Spot gold was down $4 an ounce by noon on Tuesday, but silver was up slightly. Since January …
JWR’s Recommendations of the Week
Here are JWR‘s Recommendations of the Week for various media and tools of interest to SurvivalBlog readers. This week the focus is on the writings of Dr. Jason Fung, M.D.) Books: The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss, by Dr. Jason Fung. (Note: Dr. Fung’s fine book includes a practical plan for reversing Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Fung has also written an excellent book on fasting.) Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies 100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Surviving in the Wild and Being Prepared for Any Disaster Forks Over Knives – The …