110 years ago today, March 10, 1910, China officially ended slavery. But unofficially, China now has one of the world’s largest slave populations. These are mostly political prisoners, working in prison factories. Sadly, there is no way of reliably knowing whether or not most of the “Made In China” merchandise that you buy might originate from the laogai prison factories. — Before I get to our feature article and regular columns, here are a few pressing news updates: Black Monday: Dow plunges more than 2,000 points, biggest decline since 2008 The Costcopocalypse Continues. (I’m glad that most SurvivalBlog readers stocked … The post Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — March 10, 2020 appeared first on SurvivalBlog
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Notes for Tuesday – October 21, 2014
Release Day for Liberators! My latest novel Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse was released today (Tuesday, October 21, 2014) by E.P. Dutton. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading it. It is the longest book in the Patriots novel series, and it ties together many characters from the previous installments. This novel describes both a harrowing and lengthy cross-country journey from the DC Beltway to Idaho, as well as many adventures in western Canada, as the nation suffers two waves of foreign invasion. This novel has an emphasis on intelligence analysis and resistance warfare tactics. In addition to the hardcover edition, there is also an e-book …
Notes from JWR:
I was shocked to hear that Keith Ratliff, the manager of the video blog FPS Russia was recently found murdered in Carnesville, Georgia. His relatives sound dubious about the reported details. You’ve probably seen some of the very popular YouTube videos featuring Keith’s buddy Kyle Myers demonstrating various exotic weapons. (In the videos, Kyle mimics a Russian accent and uses the stage name Dmitri Potapoff.) FPS Russia is reportedly the third most popular video channel on YouTube. His death comes as very strange news. If it was indeed a robbery (as some claim), then why were so many guns found in the…
Notes from JWR:
I just noticed that we are rapidly approaching the threshold of 50 million unique visits to SurvivalBlog. There are also now about 2,650 other sites linking to SurvivalBlog. (These are called "Inbound" links.) And our overall rank is around #5,200 in the U.S. (out of the 20 million+ web sites), which is by far the highest of any preparedness blog. Thanks for spreading the word, folks! — This is the birthday of Bent Faurschou-Hviid (born 1921, died October 18, 1944.) "The Flame" was a red-haired Danish resistance fighter in the Holger Danske Group during World War II. His exploits were dramatized in the movie Flame and Citron. — Do you have a favorite attributed quote that would be of interest to SurvivalBlog readers? If so, please send it…
Notes from JWR:
I just noticed that we are rapidly approaching the threshold of 50 million unique visits to SurvivalBlog. There are also now about 2,650 other sites linking to SurvivalBlog. (These are called "Inbound" links.) And our overall rank is around #5,200 in the U.S. (out of the 20 million+ web sites), which is by far the highest of any preparedness blog. Thanks for spreading the word, folks! — This is the birthday of Bent Faurschou-Hviid (born 1921, died October 18, 1944.) "The Flame" was a red-haired Danish resistance fighter in the Holger Danske Group during World War II. His exploits were dramatized in the movie Flame and Citron. — Do you have a favorite attributed quote that would be of interest to SurvivalBlog readers? If so, please …
Notes from JWR:
I’m sad to report that John Noveske died in an automobile accident on Friday night, near Grants Pass, Oregon. John was the president of Noveske Rifle Works. Please keep his family in your prayers. Our sincere condolences. — 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 …
Notes from JWR:
I’m sad to report that John Noveske died in an automobile accident on Friday night, near Grants Pass, Oregon. John was the president of Noveske Rifle Works. Please keep his family in your prayers. Our sincere condolences. — 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 …