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This Week in History: On November 8, 1602, the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, founded by Thomas Bodley, formally opened. — November 8,1967: Silver hit a record $1.95 per Troy ounce in London. By then, nearly all of the 90% silver coins had been pulled out of circulation by the citizenry in the United States, but some 40% silver half dollars were still being minted and...

Editor’s Introductory Note: This article was based on research done for Episode 84 of the Stakeholder Prepping Podcast. In the prepper community, we spend an inordinate amount of time discussing calibers, water filtration, and the caloric density of freeze-dried beef. But there is a glaring hole in the standard survival curriculum: the psychology of the trade. When the grid g...

The Charter Arms Pathfinder II is a rugged, eight-shot revolver chambered in .22LR. It has a stainless steel barrel and an anodized aluminum frame. It runs reliably on inexpensive bulk .22LR ammo that many semi-autos find difficult to feed consistently, and is reasonably accurate. Like many handguns chambered in .22LR, it is also a lot of fun to shoot. The single action trigg...

Today’s graphic is a map showing the 11 megaregions of the United States.  Notably almost absent is the lightly-populated American Redoubt. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.)  The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. — If any SurvivalBlog readers have personally taken or otherwise hold the copyright to a particularly nice landscape photo or other photo of particular in...

In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. This week, a map showing Alaska’s Population Distribution. Mainly due to transportation limitations and climate, the majority of the state’s population lives inside city limits in just four metropolitan areas!  “Rural” Alaskans are clear...