Today we present another entry for Round 45 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The 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 course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s [...]

I recently stopped by our local farmers market, and while ambling along with a fresh home-made fig newton, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw what one vendor offered. There amongst the crafts, and farm produce, was an enterprising fellow standing behind a table with a large three rotor drone helicopter. Marketed as [...]

Hi Jim and Readers, My Dakota Alert works great, as long as I can keep the batteries fresh, I find that they really use the current up fast. I did paint the outside of my "bird nest" box with paint that looks like bark and green leaf color that I purchased in the paint department [...]

Just as I anticipated: Platinum Climbs to a 16-Month High, Extending Premium Over Gold. (I hope that some of you took my advice last October and bought platinum when it dipped below the price of gold.) Bob Bauman of The Sovereign Investor recently reported some "voting with their feet" news: "In 2009, when the Labor [...]

I recently reviewed a consulting client’s draft "Get out of Dodge" plan for getting to his retreat in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which only showed one evacuation route from a major midwestern city. I told him bluntly: If you don’t have a Plan B, then you don’t have a plan. His revised plan, he promises, will [...]

"A clever rabbit’s burrow has three holes." – Chinese proverb Others Found These Interesting: Jim’s Quote of the Day:

The Vacucanner is available at http://vacucanner.com/ I am very impressed with this product and think it will be serve high volume preppers that like to buy in bulk and still eat what you store and store what you eat.  Specifically … Continue reading → Others Found These Interesting: Video Review of the First TSPMint.com Silver [...]

For the last two months Americans have been lining up in unprecedented numbers at gun shops and gun shows across the country. In fact, demand has been so massive that the FBI’s background check system in a number of states crashed as a result of being overwhelmed. In January, some 2.4 million requests were sent [...]

Exactly ten years ago to the day, I was in the Kuwaiti desert waiting for George W. Bush to ‘make his decision’. You may remember the circumstances. Ever since labeling Iraq, Iran, and North Korea the ‘Axis of Evil’ in January 2002, the President had been gradually advocating war with Iraq based on the threat [...]

Mark Kirkwood is the cofounder of Biotecture Training and a self proclaimed life long survivalist.  He teaches aquaponics, earthship construction, sustainable living and survival through community development. He is 36 years old and his past careers have included working as … Continue reading → Others Found These Interesting: Episode-1062- Listener Calls for 2-1-13 Episode-1059- The [...]

This guest post by Kristopher B and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. I made a melee instrument out of 550 paracord and a marble. I used the following two links: I only used half of this one  – Then I used this one to make the handle. Finished Product Picture For measurements, I used a couple inches past 8 [...]

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Jim Carrey: ‘Assault Rifle’ Owners Have ‘Very Little in Their Body or Soul Worth Protecting’ – folks, Jim Carrey is just another elitist a-hole like Charlie Sheen calling for more “gun control”, just before bragging about his “heavily armed security force” on Piers Morgan tonight. This is starting to get ridiculous – Colorado boy, 7, [...]

A special note to Wyoming Citizens: Three pending pro-gun bills are in peril: HB103, HB104, and HB105. I heard from a reader: "They have cleared the [Wyoming] house but have  been assigned to two committees on the senate side: Education and Judiciary. These are committees that are have majority members leaning to the left on [...]