February 2009

Pelosi on the Assault Weapons Ban

February 28, 2009

The Hill: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed cold water on the prospect of reinstating the assault weapons ban, highlighting Democrats’ reluctance to take on gun issues. Attorney General Eric Holder raised the prospect Wednesday that the administration would push to bring back the ban. But Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated on Thursday that he never talked to [...]

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Food Drying

February 28, 2009

Food Drying summited by Anonymous Drying is the oldest method of preserving food. Through- out history, the sun, the wind, and a smokey fire were used to remove water from fruits, meats, grains, and herbs. By definition, food dehydration is the process of removing water from food by circulating hot airthrough it, which prohibits the [...]

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The Mormon Food Plan

February 28, 2009

I have a saying; those who prepare to survive deserve to survive. If you have the foresight to plan ahead for a possible end of the world as we know it situation, by learning needed survival skills and laying back supplies against the day of need, you deserve to survive. The thing is, a lot [...]

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My Gun Choice Mistake

February 26, 2009

Guest post – By: Yukon Mike Yes, I said a Mistake! I started my ‘survival gun’ collection about 10 years ago. Now I’ve been a hunter many years longer and have had all the hunting weapons under control, but when it comes to survival weapons the mindset must change slightly. Your choices now must include [...]

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Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage

February 25, 2009

The website Prison planet reports that Urban warfare training drills are taking place across the country as top analysts as well as officials predict a potential “summer of rage” across Europe and America as civil unrest from the economic fallout builds. Earlier this month, 150 U.S. troops from the U.S. Special Operations Command were in [...]

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Britain faces summer of rage

February 25, 2009

In the UK, police are preparing for a “summer of rage” as victims of the economic downturn take to the streets to demonstrate against financial institutions.Britain’s most senior police officer raised the spectre of a return of the riots of the 1980s, with people who have lost their jobs, homes or savings becoming “footsoldiers” in [...]

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Letter from Dave

February 25, 2009

Just wanted to tell you how much i enjoy visiting your site. it’s given me a lot of great ideas and the motivation to get my preps finished. Even inspiration to continue with phase 2 of my plan. I got this crazy idea about a year and a half back that I would buy a [...]

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Refrigerator Root Cellar

February 24, 2009

In a another post “Living Life in a Travel Trailer ”, I touched on the fact that I had buried an old refrigerator under my trailer, that I use as a small root cellar. At the present time my cellar holds only canned goods, but after getting my first crops off this fall from the [...]

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Murphy’s Law of Survival

February 23, 2009

Everyone knows or has heard of Murphy’s Law which states “if anything can go wrong, it will” this applies two fold when it comes to survival planning. Not being an optimist, I tend to favor a back up plan, a plan B if you will, to cover my ass in the likely even of some [...]

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Whats next?

February 22, 2009

Experts Warn of ‘Terminator’-Style Military-Robot Rebellion. Like we didn’t have enough to worry about already? Whats next a hostel take over by sex crazed face-eating monkeys?

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Confiscation training

February 22, 2009

Michael Bane is concerned about some military training in weapons confiscations in Iowa. Could this be a sign of things to come for U.S. gun owners, or could it just be training for confiscation in Iraq and Afghanistan?

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Preparing for mass graves and martial law

February 22, 2009

Daily newscaster reports that an Indiana county municipal official near Chicago revealed the contents of his meetings with FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security. He said in an audio interview, the initial requests seem reasonable enough . FEMA asked the county officials to prepare a Hazard Mitigation Plan to deal with flooding, fires, high [...]

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Doomsday seed vault's stores are growing

February 22, 2009

The stores of seeds in a “doomsday” vault in the Norwegian Arctic are growing as researchers rush to preserve 100,000 crop varieties from potential extinction. The imperiled seeds are going to be critical for protecting the global food supply against devastating crop losses as a result of climate change. More.

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Gone in 60 Days: Citi and Bank of America Won’t Live to See May

February 22, 2009

ChartingStocks.net predicts Citigroup and Bank of America won’t live to see May. The government will take them over within the next 60 days. ChartingStocks warned of the coming stock market crash, singled out Bear Stearns , Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. The US government has committed half a trillion dollars to these two firms which [...]

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Demand at food banks across the country increased by 30 percent

February 22, 2009

Demand at food banks across the country increased by 30 percent in 2008 from the previous year,” according to a survey by Feeding America. Even food pantries in upscale communities are seeing an uptick in demand. “These are people who never really had to ask for help before,” said Brenda Beavers of the Salvation Army. [...]

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Yugoslavian SKS

February 21, 2009

The Yugoslavian SKS in my humble opinion is the best of the SKS type rifles, fit, finish and accuracy are better than the Chinese versions. Yugoslavian SKS carbines often were equipped with a combined muzzle device – rifle grenade launcher, grenade sights and a gas cut-off, meaning a little more weight at the front compared [...]

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Survivalist Truck Dweller

February 18, 2009

I found this while surfing the web yesterday evening, Survivalist Truck Dweller at the time of his writing he had been living in his truck camper for about six months, after loosing his job in Ohio. He states; (As an outdoor enthusiast this is easy for me to do, but I think this is a [...]

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Indoor Survival Garden

February 18, 2009

Keeping your garden safe and out of sight, from hungry looters and refuges after the collapse could mean the difference between life and death for the survivor. Having a traditional garden planted in rows is an open invitation to trouble, as every hungry unprepared person passing by will try to raid your garden, for a [...]

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Blog Matters

February 16, 2009

After reading the comments to yesterdays post “Something for Nothing” it should be obvious to anyone that the majority of readers are here to learn and share information. You guys are great and because of you The Survivalist Blog will continue. Voluntary SubscriptionsThe newsletter idea has been scraped. I have instead set up voluntary subscriptions [...]

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Best Guns For Women : Don’t Buy a Handgun Without Reading This!

February 16, 2009

Best guns for women… No doubt  a few women that know more about guns then I do. One the other hand most tend to become intimidated when coming into contact with anything resembling a firearm. When faced with the prospect of choosing a handgun for self-defense they become lost within the maze of choices available. For [...]

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