How to Take Control of Your IRA, by Gordo

…receiving your gold and silver that is stored in a 3rd party vault somewhere.  Do you want the freedom to act fast on real estate deals and to physically hold your precious metals in your possession?  Level 4 IRAs may be for you.    Level 4 IRAs.  The self-directed IRA with a Limited Liability Company (LLC).  Level 4 IRAs give you the most control of your assets.  This level is a bit more complicated than the rest and requires some paper work and costs initially, but in the long run you have the most freedom.  With this option, you form a single member LLC (you) with your state and act as your own agent.  It sounds more complicated than it is and there are companies online that will draft up the articles of organization to set up your specific LLC for the sole purpose of managing your IRA.  With a…




Results of a Prepper Investment Model Portfolio, by PrepperDoc

…Weightings: Sector [U.S. based] Weighting chosen in 2015 such that the sum of index starts at $1000.00 Domestic large cap stocks 0.466 Domestic small cap stocks 1.56 Foreign stocks 3.01 Precious metals mining funds 6.84 Rental Housing 0.00077 REIT (real estate investment trust) 3.48 Precious metals 0.069 House 0.00038 Firearms 0.105 Ammunition 0.275 Money market fund (Start with $90.91) REFERENCES: [1] Yesterday’s value can be found by searching for VFIAX at https://www.marketwatch.com/ [2] Yesterday’s value can be found by searching for VSMAX at https://www.marketwatch.com/ [3] Yesterday’s value can be found by searching for VFWAX at https://www.marketwatch.com/ [4] Yesterday’s value can be found by searching for FSAGX at https://www.marketwatch.com/ [5] Indexed rent from primary residence at: https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CUUR0000SEHA [6] Yesterday’s value can be found by searching for VGSIX at https://www.marketwatch.com/ [7] Spot prices at closing time: http://www.cmi-gold-silver.com/gold-silver-daily-spot-prices/ [8] https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/HOSMEDUSM052N [9] www.budsgunshop.com [10] www.luckygunner.com [11] The original fund appears to have been discontinued….




Ten Letters Re: 3-in-1 Home Workshop Machines

…while you can still buy at all. Chinese machine tools tend to be a fix-up project from the start. There are lots of little details which will want to correct, which you wouldn’t be willing to pay the manufacturer to have done right. Popular machines have deep user communities on the Internet. Here are some suggested vendors and places to get ideas: Lathemaster.com Grizzly.com/products/G0516 Littlemachineshop.com Varmintal.com/alath.htm Use-enco.com Harborfreight.com [JWR Adds: Beware! Nearly all Harbor Freight products are made in Mainland China, and mostly junk with scant spares or warranties!] ihcnc.com Lindsay Books Regards, – B.B.   Hi James, I have had a Shoptask 3 in 1 for 6 yr’s now. As far as I can tell, the Harbor Freight designs are [clones of the] older designs of the Shoptask machines. Grizzly also makes a similar machine,which in my opinion looks better, but I have no firsthand knowledge of that. My…




Weekly Survival Real Estate Market Summary

…in your country of origin it seems to be worth it, even those of us from the USA, this is a good locale to bring your guns n’ gear and escape the coming Nanny (police) state. Hopefully in the near future we will feature an in-depth market analysis written by an approved agent. In other news, it looks like we have a new approved 130 acre retreat called Rolling Meadows, in North Carolina. This is the first of many retreats to come from Ron Thompson, currently seeking full approval from the staff here to become SurvivalRealty.com‘s sole approved Realtor in Northwest North Carolina. Ron is a former US Marine and fellow Patriot. You can see his new listing at SurvivalRealty.com very soon! If you are looking at North Carolina as a possible retreat locale you may contact him directly: Ron Thompson at mail@ronthompson.com. Look for more, next Friday! – T.S….




IBS and Disease Prevention, by S.P.

…“uncharged molecules having an unpaired valence electron.” But the greatest explanation of what they are that I’ve come across was written in a Special Report entitled Your Health is in Danger! By Robert G. Allen. In this Special Report Allen wrote, “Compare it to the engine in your car. It burns gasoline for fuel and emits exhaust or pollution into the air. Every cell in your body is like a tiny engine of energy. One of its fuel is oxygen. To power your body, about a trillion molecules of oxygen pass through each of your 60 trillion cells each day. As this oxygen is burned for fuel, it creates a sort of cellular “exhaust” called free radicals. Huge numbers of these free radical oxidants ricochet around your cells, punching tiny holes in cell walls and damaging the internal machinery.” Nature’s solution to this highly damaging process is for our body’s…




Urban Trash: Why and How to Minimize Your Garbage- Part 1, by KS

…won’t break in the freezer if you overfill them). Then, label the container with the date and contents, and store in the freezer. Plan ahead a day or two to thaw a container for making beans. The cost for a few quarts of stock? Nothing. Compare that to the grocery store. What to do with the now-cooked stock scraps? My vote is compost. Start with these few examples for thinking creatively (and extremely!) about food re-use, and you can start cutting your daily-consumption food budget even more. Maybe eating banana bread made out of stale muffin crumbs and dumpster-dive brown bananas doesn’t sound great, but with practice (and the right spices), you’ll get the hang of turning “trash” into taste. And remember, the money you save on food is money you can divert to items that are more difficult to find or make for free, like ammo armor, or antibiotics….




Something Is Always Better Than Nothing, by V.G.

…becoming harder and harder to get or to use, especially since that show has come on), even if you don’t use it or it’s not your brand, Something is better than nothing and you can Barter with it, another example, I had received (through emails from the manufacturer) coupons for free Folger’s coffee, certain soda’s, certain chips, no need to “buy this to get that free”.  Even though we do not drink coffee, we realize a lot of people do, it makes a great bartering item, and I have several free cans in my freezer.  While you are at the store, start getting in the habit of buying one pound bags each of rice and beans.  At a $1.00 each or less, stock up! Something is better than nothing. Dollar stores are great places to get items “cheap” to stock up on, especially the larger ones (like down here we have…




Couponing for TEOTWAWKI, by Lynn A.

…They will post available deals and this can also help you collect free samples (they are the perfect size for bugout bag, camping or hiking), point you in the direction of sales on the web and coupons that are available for printing. Recently I obtained a subscription to Urban Farm for a year for only $4.50. I have also been able to receive many free “Kindle” books (if you don’t have a Kindle, the download is available free for your PC or iPhone) on gardening, canning, making soap and survival techniques. While I realize this valuable information would most likely not be available during most possible scenarios, I am able to jot down notes from my reading in our “Prepper Bible”. One of the sites I mentioned above even posted about a contest a survival web site was hosting. I entered to win a year’s worth of food. That sure…




Seventy-Five Ways To Save Money For Prepping, by E.S.

…a consistent amount. Alternatively, you could make one extra payment per year. Use open source software and never pay again. Use Libre Office for documents, Linux for your operating system, and other free software available for free on sites like SourceForge.Net. Talk to your doctor about prescriptions and explain you have trouble affording them. Voila! Free prescription drugs. Stock up on samples of your prescription of choice. This also works for baby formula samples from the pediatrician. Save money on prescriptionsby avoiding “combo pills”. A combo pill combines more than one type of medication. For example, Lotrel is a blood pressure medicine that costs $70 a month for generic, but you could get a prescription for the two components (Amlodipine and Benazepril) for $6 each. Embrace your inner snail. Driving 65 miles per hour uses 15% more gas than driving 55 miles per hour. That’s like paying 40 cents more…




Richard S. Goss on Free Education (Or at Least Cheap)

for the coast about to be hit with a hurricane are some of the ideas that are pointed out for students. It is common sense ideas packed in a study manual. Other courses available are on such subjects as Hazardous Materials, Animals in Disaster, Retrofitting Flood-prone Structures, or Emergency Program Manager. For a list of the home study guides you can write: Federal Emergency Management Agency EMI-Independent Study Program 16825 South Seton Avenue Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998 On the web at: http://www.fema.gov/tab_education.shtm After the courses are completed FEMA will send the student a nice certificate suitable for framing. In some cases the completed courses are also good for college credit. My place of employment also sent me to the local branch of the National Safety Council, those Green Cross folks. I attended a seminar on Fire Safety and Confined Space Entry. I also earned a forklift driver’s license through this organization….




Water Contamination and Filtration 101, by MHN

…metals from mining. The water looked great but you don’t know what’s in it. This got me thinking about finding a home test kit to check water quality. There are some basic kits that test for bio contaminants but it seems the only option to test for chemicals and dissolved metals is to send a sample to a lab. Do you know if there is economical way to completely test water with a kit of some type, used by the average person? MHN Unfortunately there aren’t any home kits to test for inorganics and organics that I am aware of. oneno Get a Gravity Feed filtration unit with the Imperial filter elements. see: jmccanneyscience.com/SecWebOrderPg.htm Spec Sheet: jmccanneyscience.com/FilterElementSpecSheet.HTM VT Several municipal water supplies have been caught falsifying tests and supplying contaminated water (Camp Lejeune was the first). What about the industrial waste fluoride? What is the best method to remove it?…




Leadership: Who Will Really Fight?, by J.D.

…27th, and by today’s newstory of a young girl in Afghanistan who took on the Taliban with an AK 47. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-teenage-girl-kills-taliban-attackers-with-dads-ak-47-after-parents-slain/ oly Bidens potential gun czar beto o rourke: “Hell yes were coming for your AR15’s and your AK47’s.” Biden says: ” I’m a hunter you only need a double barrel shotgun to hunt with, you don’t need an AR15 to hunt with come on man.” “Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA. Ordinary citizens don’t need guns, as their having guns doesn’t serve the state.”- Heinrich Himmler- “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms.” -Adolf Hitler- “The communist party must command all guns, that way no guns can ever be used to command the party.” -Mao Tse Tung- “If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses…




Digital Archives and Your One and Only Mortal Life, by Dakota Diamond

…also find a lot of useful military manuals at Steve’s Pages, such as FM 3-105 Survivability. ) Command: How to organize, maintain and discipline as a leader, how to give orders and create and maintain a disciplined organizational structure. See the military organizational manuals that describe Unity of Command and related topics. Communication: Various types of radios, CB, Morse code [HF ham radio], American Sign Language (ASL). Also to include antenna fabrication and/or makeshift communications devices. Computer Programs:  In addition to backups of operating system and word processing/spreadsheets, include specialized programs related to radio communications, propagation, ballistics calculations, and others. Construction: Information on how to:  Shelter building, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, welding, mold making and casting of raw materials. Dental: How to maintain good teeth and dentistry with the correct tools when need be. Dictionary: You must be knowledgeable and have key references. Economics and References: What brought us to this…




How to Prosper in a Salvage Economy, by Tamara W.

A salvage economy is a post-production economy. The economy is based on salvage and then reuse or remanufacture of salvaged materials. The current modern equivalent of this are those individuals who sort through trash heaps and dumps for recyclable materials. The historical equivalent of this are the stone masons in Egypt who tore down ancient monuments for building material. For example, the lost Pyramid of Djedefre was thought to have not been built until its foundations were found, including a mortuary temple and queens’ pyramids. Where did it go? Must of it was used to build buildings in Cairo from 1300 through the 1700s. It was easier and cheaper to take apart an existing pyramid near the city than find, mine and transport new limestone blocks from now-distant quarries. Salvage occurs when the manufactured product is unavailable in a new state, has become too expensive for anyone to purchase, or…




Forges, Foundries, and Factories, by JIR

…do it. -Bending/shaping sheet metal: Sheet metal is amazing when you consider it. Imagine trying to beat a chunk of steel into sheet metal on an anvil and you will appreciate that to create new sheet metal after a disaster, you will have to have some large machinery. Fortunately, with millions of dead automobiles and appliances laying around, you should have plenty of raw material for a few generations. You can make almost anything you can think of with sheet metal. It’s especially handy for making cooking vessels and containers of all kinds. You can do basic sheet metal work with only a pair of pliers and some tin-snips, but for serious work, you need a sheet metal brake and an assortment of vices and dies. Before you buy any tools read a good book on the topic. This is a great reference, but a little pricey: Sheet Metal Forming…