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From SurvivalBlog.com

Jim,.
In response to the nifty article written by Z.T.  I believe I have something to add:
 
Bill Wilson used to sell a great pamphlet on the care and feeding of 1911s. He specifically addressed hollowpoint reloading vs ball reloading.  In it the physical path and critical feed angles were discussed, as well as what a reloader should do if reloading semi-wadcutter or hollowpoint ammo.  I’d get into it, but I’m pretty certain it’s copyrighted – I don’t think they sell the pamphlet anymore but it’s still his intellectual property.  In a nutshell, if you’re going to reload hollowpoint ammo, you need to load to a slightly longer OAL because of the spot on the bullet where it actually hits the feed ramp is different due to the bullet profile – hitting it later in the slide cycle, essentially, and losing enough energy to create the slightly out of battery condition that’s a plague to 1911s.   There is also a solution that entails checking the feed lip profile for your magazines and either reshaping them to ensure accurate feeding.  I have a nice pile of 1911s of all flavors in existence because I like them.  The gun I carry is one I started shooting 15 years ago and it’s ratty and ugly – and it has my complete confidence.
 
The other issue in the article had to do with his former habit of buying 50 rounds of standard…

From SurvivalBlog.com

I’ve always considered myself and my family extremely blessed.  I also am a firm believer that God expects you to make the most out of what you have.  God gave me a wonderful wife and 3 healthy, strong boys.  We are a hard working family who have always had goals and planned well for the future.  We even had a bug-out plan when not many other folks even talked about such things.  Our world took a drastic turn a little over a year ago when my oldest son was injured in a high school wrestling accident.  In the blink of an eye my son became a C4C5 quadriplegic.  After about three months reality began to sit in and we had to start planning for a greatly altered future.  One night I began to think about our bug-out plan and it became obvious for a plethora of reasons that we couldn’t just grab our stuff and head out.  At this point I began to harden our existing home.  Fortunately we live in a very rural neighborhood with like-minded people around us.  There is nothing about us that calls attention to ourselves or screams prepper.  We just go about business as usual and quietly prepare.  Here is what we have done and are in the process of doing to make our house a handicapped assessable fortress.

I must preface this article by saying that we are not a wealthy family with an unlimited budget.  We are just…

From SHTF Plan – When It Hits The Fan, Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You

This article has been reprinted with permission from Stansberry and Associates and appeared at The Daily Crux.

From Porter Stansberry in The S&A Digest:

As you undoubtedly know, financial newsletter writers get paid to make bold, exciting predictions. Judging by the hyperbole in our industry’s sales letters, you’d have to imagine that we’re all bipolar. After all, according to newsletter writers, the world is always either about to end… or about to boom.

Today’s Friday Digest is no different. In fact, what I would like to show you today is without a doubt the single greatest threat to your wealth you will ever face. Even so, I’m confident almost all of you will ignore this warning until it is far, far too late. And that’s at least partly my fault. So before we get to the finance, I’d like to share something about my own company that I don’t like and wish I could change.

The reality is, the terrible things and incredible booms we predict (almost every day) in the sales presentations for our newsletter business rarely come to pass. I’d like to think our sales presentations are better than my fellow publishers… but truthfully, I’m pretty sure an outsider wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. So how can you tell when a newsletter writer’s dire warnings or emphatic recommendations are real… or at least likely to turn out to…

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From Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis

With the Yen collapsing vs. all other currencies, inquiring minds may be wondering how prime minister Shinzo Abe’s inflation policy is working out in practice. Let’s start with a look at the Yen.

Yen Daily Chart for One Year

In the last year, the Yen has fallen from 124.79 to 97.56. That is a decline of 21.82%. Recall that Abe’s policy is an attempt to raise inflation and spur exports.

Japan Still in Deflation

On May 19, Reuters reported Japan’s Amari: core core CPI showing signs of turning positive due to BOJ.

Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari said on Monday that core-core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food and energy, are showing signs of turning positive due to the Bank of Japan’s aggressive monetary easing. Amari, speaking to reporters, also said the government still judges Japan to be in mild deflation as other measures of consumer prices are still falling when compared to the same period a year ago.

Fancy that. Consumer prices are still falling in spite of a 21% plunge in the currency. OK, but what about exports and imports?

Good question. I’m Glad you asked.

Japan Exports Disappoint

Please consider Japan Exports Disappoint, Full Benefits of Weak Yen Yet to Show

Japan’s exports rose less than expected in April from a year earlier due to weak demand from Europe and China, highlighting the challenges confronting the world’s third-biggest

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From What if IT is today? – A Survivalist’s Blog

I attended a public meeting at a local Forest Service office today.  There were about 25 people in attendance including some of the federal higher ups.  At the beginning of the meeting they had a package of material for each attendee.  There were a couple of people speaking about different things the Forest Service has been doing.  

When the floor was open to comments I had a few things to say since I had knowledge of how some processes take place throughout the state.  The main speaker was polite with the “we appreciate your comments” b.s. but I could tell I wasn’t taken too seriously.  No problem, I won’t speak up anymore.   I really do know what works in other parts of the state and you could implement them here.  But do it your own stupid way.

After that go round, the speaker took a report that he had photocopied and started passing copies around.  He explained that this report was worth reading because of the expertise of the writer on this subject matter. Now I get it.  He already had made up his mind so he didn’t really want to hear any comments from the audience. 

He said he didn’t have enough for everyone so if more than one person was from the same group perhaps they didn’t need to take one for each of them.  He offered one to me.  No thank you… I don’t need one since I wrote it!  Yep, he was passing out a document that I wrote several…

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From The Economic Collapse

Is the coming financial collapse going to be inflationary or deflationary?  Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation?  This is a subject that is hotly debated by economists all over the country.  Some insist that the wild money printing that the Federal Reserve is doing combined with out of control government spending will eventually result in hyperinflation.  Others point to all of the deflationary factors in our economy and argue that we will experience tremendous deflation when the bubble economy that we are currently living in bursts.  So what is the truth?  Well, for the reasons listed below, I believe that we will see both.  The next major financial panic will cause a substantial deflationary wave first, and after that we will see unprecedented inflation as the central bankers and our politicians respond to the financial crisis.  This will happen so quickly that many will get “financial whiplash” as they try to figure out what to do with their money.  We are moving toward a time of extreme financial instability, and different strategies will be called for at different times.

So why will we see deflation first?  The following are some of the major deflationary forces that are affecting our economy right now…

The Velocity Of Money Is At A 50 Year Low

The rate at which money circulates in our economy is the lowest that it has been in more than 50 years.  It has been steadily falling since the…