Signs of the times: Kentucky town to pay police chief in Bitcoin. (A hat tip to Lynn G. for the link.) Marc Faber: World Bankers Are Going To Bankrupt The World G.G. flagged this: 41% of Net New Jobs in November Were in Government Items from The Economatrix: US Retailer Hell In One Chart Wages Relative To Profits Drop To All Time Low Big Banks Are Being Hit With Cyberattacks “Every Minute Of Every Day”
Reader F.J. sent this evidence of preparedness penetrating the techno community: Survive An Apocalypse: Setting Up A Complete Emergency Survival Kit o o o SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson and his wife Gail wrote a family-friendly short story included in this anthology: Elementary (All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters) o o o Also from Mike: RF Safe-Stop shuts down car engines with radio pulse. See also: Radio-beam device can disable car and boat engines from 50 meters. Of course it would also zap the heart pacemakers of anyone in the vehicle, but what’s a little collateral …
"If you expect the government to solve your problems, you have a problem." – Robert Kiyosaki
December 9th is the birthday of Maximo Guillermo “Max” Manus. (Born 1914.) He was was one of the few Norwegians who frequently put his life on the line, fighting the Nazi occupiers. (There surely would have been more active resistance fighters, but fearing widespread reprisal executions by the Germans, King H7 asked the civilian populace to stand down.) Max Manus passed away in 1996. His exploits are fairly accurately shown in the movie Max Manus: Man of War — Today we begin with a guest article:
We all have our own personal style at preparedness, and the style seems to mature with you the longer you prepare. I have noticed this in others and myself; that we all gravitate towards the preparedness hobbies that best fit our personal inclinations—homesteading skills in the traditional sense just might not be your gig. I get that—it is another great reason why a close knit community of prepared people is a super idea. Let someone else make homemade candles if you just cannot get kicks and giggles out of dipping string repeatedly into a burning wax. (Tactfully) Identify others, identify …
One of the best pieces of kit for law enforcement, military and civilians, in the 20th century, has been, in my humble opinion, body armor. While many believe body armor to be a fairly recent invention, it is not! I know body armor – the type that stops bullets, has been around since the 1920s – armor for stopping swords and arrows has been around for centuries. I had my first experience with soft body armor in 1980, when I owned a gun shop, and bid on a contract to provide soft body armor to a fairly large police department in …
Jim, I’d like to add a couple of thoughts to the recent Appleseed/Libertyseed post. While I have been involved with Appleseed and really appreciate the history and message that is presented, we need to correct the misconception that: “The spirit of liberty was alive and well in the hearts and minds of Paul Revere and his fellow American colonists in the 1770s…” The notion of “3 Percenters” lives today based on the rough statistics that only 3% of the colonists actually fought the Revolutionary War, another 10% actively supported the war effort, and another 20% supported the war in spirit …
Connecticut Tim’s Home-Canned Hot Pepper Relish This recipe makes a big batch (approximately 22 pints) of Hot Pepper Relish that can be home-canned. 4 lbs Jalepeño peppers 4 lbs Long hot or cherry peppers 7 lbs Green sweet peppers 4-1/2 lbs Onions 5-1/2 cups Sugar 9 cups White vinegar 3 Tbsp Salt 1-1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon 9 Tbsp Alspice Chop peppers and onions to desired size. Add balance of ingredients and boil for 20 minutes Pack hot in boiled jars Useful Recipe and Cooking Links: Relish Recipes Pepper Recipes Do you have a favorite recipe that would be of interest …
This article should be of interest to anyone who is cyber security conscious–which should be everyone, in the present era: Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore. Now consider the pointed lesson of the XKCD site. Are you now concerned? …then use: Diceware and Truecrypt The main features of Truecrypt: Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive. Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication). Encryption is automatic, real-time …
Mr. Rawles: Can you tell me in simple terms how will the current Federal budget crisis and the credit market turmoil play out, in like the long run? How can I protect my savings, in all this chaos? Which are the safe currencies? Thanks, – S.G. JWR Replies: Physical gold is presently heading to China in huge quantities, month after month. (Roughly 1,000 tons of gold per year!) At some point in the near future, the banksters of the West will run out of gold and be left with nothing but a paper-based house of cards. Following the current period …
B.B. sent: 1929 Analog Pierre M. spotted this: Coming Soon: The Coming Global Wealth Tax Axel Merk: Is the Fed increasingly monetizing government debt? (Thanks to G.G. for the link.) Items from The Economatrix: Strong US jobs report keeps markets in check Top 10 Percent of US Households Control Nearly 75 Percent of All Wealth – Average Americans Pretend to be Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires by Going Further into Debt. Inflation Since 2000 is “Not Contained”
F.J. suggested: Foraging For Edible Weeds o o o A reminder that Ready Made Resources is running a pre-Christmas sale on Mountain House foods until the 13th of December with 25% to 42% off free shipping, and on request they are willing to mix and match varieties in six-can cases with the varieties that they have on hand. o o o Directive 21 (a long-time SurvivalBlog advertiser) has begun offering Survival Cave brand canned meats. (Chicken, turkey, pork, and ground beef.) If you use the discount code “survivalblog” at checkout, you will get a 5 percent discount. …
"The Government works for me. I do not answer to them. They answer to me." – Glenn Beck
Last day! Camping Survival’s Mountain House storage food sale ends today, December 8th, 2013. They are offering 25% off cases of #10 cans, 25% off cases of retort pouches and 15% off buckets. The sale is for full cases only. They are only selling stock on hand, but they bought a substantial quantity in advance. — Today we present another entry for Round 50 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $9,400+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course. (A $1,195 value.) B.) A …
Describing how teenagers can contribute to and have the right attitude for family prepping. (Written by a teenager for teenagers.) As a teenage prepper my top priority is making sure my family and I will survive a natural or man-made disaster, and prepping is how I do that. Prepping is a family affair around my house, each of us have our items or category (medical, food, garden, hunting, etc) that we are responsible for prepping and stocking up and we carry-out that responsibility to the fullest. If one of us doesn’t do our job, in an TEOTWAWKI situation, it …