Recipe of the Week:

Mike W.’s Stir Crazy Cake I have seldom found a cake recipe this easy not to mention tasty as well. This is called Stir Crazy Cake and I found it in a small book sponsored by a cigarette company that purported it to be “Chuck Wagon” cooking. I will pass it along as it stands for all to enjoy. For the cake itself– 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup cooking oil 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups cold coffee (or cold …


Economics and Investing:

Sound familiar? Cash Is King: Printing of $100 Bills Soars With Farm Bill Stalled, Consumers May Face Soaring Milk Prices. (Thanks to Michael W. for the link.) K.A.F. sent: Hungary bars foreigners from buying farmland Items from The Economatrix: 20 Signs That The US Poverty Explosion Is Hitting Children And Young People The Hardest, etc. The End Of US Dominance In 2013 Federal Spending, Rising Inventories Mask Much Weaker Economy The Current “Fiscal Cliff” Situation Is A “Worst Case Scenario”


Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson sent: The world’s deadliest road    o o o Homeschool and Pack Heat    o o o The new famine is a crisis of undersupply    o o o Russia: 88 die from cold; minus 30 degrees in Moscow


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

"Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; So that, at the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal." – The Book of Common Prayer, 1662


Note from JWR:

Today we present another entry for Round 44 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) A gift certificate worth $1,000, courtesy of Spec Ops Brand, B.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, and C.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources. (A $350 value.) D.) a $300 gift certificate from CJL Enterprize, for any …


Dealing with a Genuine Pain in the Rear, by P. S. in Virginia

One of the best ways to learn something is by doing for yourself or if it’s a painful learning experience then the best way to learn is from someone going through it so you hopefully won’t have to. A couple of days before Thanksgiving (Tuesday) I managed to end up with the wonderful surprise of a hemorrhoid. I would like to think I have a high tolerance to pain but let me tell you, this puppy took me down for the count. When these first start there is just no comfortable position you can get into, sitting, standing or laying …


Economics and Investing:

Diving into the fiscal economic mess – Fiscal cliff a reckoning for decades of poor financial management and massive debt based spending. Looting Breaks Out In Argentina Items from The Economatrix: Will Gold Break $2,000 In 2013? John Williams:  We’re Going To Be In A New Recession Global Economic Slowdown Signals Sad New Year What Happens If The Payroll Tax Cut Expires?


Odds ‘n Sods:

Some new findings on treating gunshot wounds. (Thanks to Russell P. for the link.)    o o o SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson has posted, this more for entertainment than practicality: The Steampunk AK-47    o o o R.B.S. was the first of several readers to send this troubling news: Next-generation handcuffs deliver electric shocks, drugs to detainees    o o o Reality Check: Are calls for stricter gun laws really about guns?    o o o Good for a belly laugh: Bloomberg: There Is Not ‘Anybody That’s Defended the Second Amendment as Much as I Have’


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our …


Notes from JWR:

The Dawning of the Day of Discarnate Discomfiture. Well, golly gee, it is December 22, 2012, and to the chagrin of some, the world didn’t come to an end yesterday. The sun did rise in the East this morning, the magnetic poles did not reverse, Yellowstone didn’t go ka-boom, the atmosphere was not ripped from the Earth by the passing of that allegedly-so-sneaky-that-even-astronomers-can’t-see-it Nibiru, and Woody Harrelson didn’t get his life-imitates-art “I told you so” close-up. The crystal channeling New Agers have now had their equivalent of Y2K. What is the real meaning December 22, 2012? I would say that …


The Fourth Essential, by Bob B.

As any survivalist quickly learns, the “three basic essentials” to survival are air, water and shelter. However, I learned to realize that there is a fourth basic essential, that being a stove–which provides a way to reliably purify the water, cook the food and make the shelter more comfortable. Of course, there are many types of water filters, solar ovens and warmer clothing for those needs but, somewhere along the line, the ongoing need for a practical, portable, concealable, quick and highly-efficient means of heating will be needed. SHTF heating that can purify your water, cook your food and warm …


Letter Re: Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration

JWR: I asked my Reverse Osmosis (RO) supplier if I could use his RO system in a bug out trailer by sucking out of a pond.  He told me that if I have at least 50 psi, it will remove 98% of everything. I am building a bug out trailer using old Elite styrofoam panels from house trailer patios.  I am going to have a solar panel on a stand that I can set in the sun.  I will have an extension cord to the controller and two 12 volt golf cart batteries.  I am using a 60 psi flo-jet …


Economics and Investing:

ICE to Buy NYSE for $8.2 Billion, Ending Era of Independence Jim W. sent: Putting It In Perspective: In 2013 The Fed Will Conjure Enough Paper Money To Buy 11% Of All Existing Gold Top 10 Things To Worry About In 2013 Items from The Economatrix: The Real Killer Will Be The Next Recession And There Will Be One Chart Of The Day:  The Death of America’s Middle Class Fed Asset Buying Won’t Speed Growth Above 2% What Inflation Means For You:  Inside The Consumer Price Index (CPI)


Odds ‘n Sods:

Forget the Mayan calendar! Meet the ‘preppers’ who are getting ready for nuclear war, natural disasters, famine, and economic collapse    o o o For a short time, Archer Garrett’s economic collapse novel The Western Front is available as a free Kindle book.    o o o H.L. sent: ‘How-to’ for EMP weapon stunningly accessible    o o o What Feinstein, Schumer and MSNBC hath wrought: Gun Buying Frenzy Photos and Firearms Supplier Sells More Than Three Years Worth Of Magazines In Just Three Days JWR Adds: I just placed a substantial magazine order with CDNN, by phone. It took …