April 2009

Popular preparedness books and gear

April 30, 2009

Here’s the most popular preparedness books, gear and Accessories that have been bought by Survivalist Blog readers over the last three months in their shopping at Amazon. Interesting. Books The winner in this category was clear; the most purchased book was – are you ready? Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse. I [...]

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A day at the range

April 30, 2009

It’s been a beautiful week at the homestead kitty, the sun shining everyday and temps hovering around 80 I finally got all my chores caught up and had a little time to kill so I decided to go shooting. Having my own range set up not over one hundred yards from my door, meant I [...]

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Blog Comments

April 30, 2009

After watching the comments on other blogs turn into a filthy disgusting free for all, and noticing the comments here at The Survivalist Blog were heading down the same path, I decided to turn the comments off. Well below 1% of visitors ever post a comment anyway and nearly half of the comments posted are [...]

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The Future of food

April 30, 2009

This was sent by Robert Griswold of Ready Made Resources, one of our advertisers. Thanks Robert – scary stuff… There is a revolution going on in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. Where those with the money control [...]

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Accessorizing a Ruger 10/22

April 30, 2009

Or Turn your 10/22 into a Thompson. What? Why would you want to?

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Tennessee Gun Law Advances

April 30, 2009

Some good news…: The Tennessee House Finance Committee has sent to the House floor a proposal to close public access to names of people who have state-issued permits to carry loaded handguns.

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Texas gun laws

April 30, 2009

This bill in Texas would exempt weapons made there from federal gun laws: A bill by state Rep. Leo Berman exempting Texas-made firearms, gun accessories and ammunition sold within the state from federal regulation and law — including registration — was heard in a House committee on Monday. The bill also provides for the Texas [...]

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Sickening

April 30, 2009

Citi is asking permission from the Treasury to pay bonuses.

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What states have swine flu

April 29, 2009

So far six states in the U.S. have reported confirmed cases of Swine Flu. I am sure this figure will increase over the next several days. The largest cluster is emerging in a New York City Catholic school, where more than 150 students became ill. The newest case was confirmed in Indiana on Tuesday. What [...]

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Swine flu rogers park

April 29, 2009

Swine Flu closes Kilmer Elementary School in Rogers Park A Rogers Park elementary school was closed Wednesday after a student there contracted a suspected case of the Swine Flu virus. Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools CEO, said attendance rates at Kilmer Elementary School in the 6700 block of North Greenview Avenue are typically 94 to [...]

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Swine flu death in texas

April 29, 2009

First U.S. death of swine flu reported in Texas A Mexican toddler in Texas has died of the new swine flu virus, the first confirmed death outside Mexico, as the World Health Organization said the outbreak showed clear signs of spreading around the world.

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Protecting Your Family From Swine Flu

April 28, 2009

Over the last few of days, you may have noticed my posts have been geared toward the swine flu outbreak, it indeed has the potential to become a major pandemic, and a lot of people are scared and looking for answers. There isn’t a lot you or anyone can do, it will run it’s course, [...]

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Making a buck

April 28, 2009

Drugmaker shares rise on swine-flu outbreak : The swine flu outbreak boosted shares of makers of of flu treatments, vaccines and tests Monday. Though Wall Street remains concerned that swine flu could put a damper on any global economic recovery, several companies could benefit.

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Swine Flu Close to Pandemic Levels

April 28, 2009
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WHO raises swine flu alert level to 4

April 28, 2009

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its alert level over swine flu from three to four – two steps short of declaring a full pandemic. Level four means the virus is showing a sustained ability to pass from human to human, and is able to cause community-level outbreaks. What this can really be interpreted [...]

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Swine Flu Hits Europe

April 28, 2009

Swine Flu Hits Europe With First Confirmed Cases in Britain and Spain : As the first cases of swine flu outside North America were confirmed Monday in Spain and Scotland, European health officials issued a series of contradictory public warnings and vacillated over whether it was safe to travel to the United States or Mexico.

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From my cold dead hands

April 28, 2009

In the last three months of 2008, that’s right, three months, Americans bought enough guns to outfit the Chinese and Indian armies, combined. *Law abiding US citizens bought on average 3,177,256 guns every 3 months in 2008 *We also bought 1,529,635,000 rounds of ammunition in just the month of December 2008. Yeah that is right, [...]

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Gun sales – the trend continues

April 28, 2009

Assault weapon ban talk increases guns sales : John Sprague, the store manager at Johnson’s Sporting Goods in Adrian Township, gestures to half-empty shelves of ammunition behind the counter. He said a campaign pledge by President Barack Obama to reinstate a weapons ban led to a rush on sporting goods stores to buy guns and [...]

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Jimmy Carter on assault weapons

April 28, 2009

Jimmy Carter says the only reason to own weapons that look like assault rifles is to kill police and engage in mass murder: That’s why the White House and Congress must not give up on trying to reinstate a ban on assault weapons, even if it may be politically difficult.

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Swine Flu Map

April 27, 2009

Swine Flu Map: Watch the Outbreak as it unfolds…View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map This map documents all known cases of swine flu, updated by the World Health Organization as they are declared. Pink markers are suspect cases, purple markers are confirmed cases, and yellow markers are negative. Markers without dots in them [...]

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