John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Nov 17, 2009, 7:36 pm
The Dow is rising but don't get too excited. The trends lead me to believe that it is a final attempt at a last gasp for the economy. The dollar is down, unemployment is high, gold and silver are ...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Nov 9, 2009, 1:39 pm
First, if you bought gold when suggested here, you should be happy with the all time highs. If not, you could buy on dips or get silver. I have heard .22 bullets would be good for barter also and food...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Nov 4, 2009, 11:29 pm
Have we dodged the bullet with the economy? Don't count on it and don't put your money back in the bank/market etc., i.e. don't trust paper assets at this time. Nothing here is financial a...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Oct 27, 2009, 8:17 pm
Yesterday, the day of the predicted beginning of the end for the economy, there wasn't a lot that most would consider to be out of the ordinary. Other than the stock market hiccup, that is. Howeve...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Oct 24, 2009, 12:28 am
It is still being decided whether or not the unemployed will be able to get an extension on their benefits or not. This has been dragging on in congress while those who have lost their livelihood due ...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Oct 21, 2009, 10:00 am
I got the book "When All Hell Breaks Loose" by Cody Lundin yesterday and it is about the best reference for surviving whatever comes about I have seen. The reviews on the sale page are excellent but ...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Oct 12, 2009, 8:35 pm
In about two weeks, on Oct. 25, people will start to be aware of the current depression according to the fine people at halfpasthuman.com and urbansurvival.com. These are the ones that got it right on...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Oct 6, 2009, 3:09 pm
Gold shot up today by a huge amount and silver went up by a higher percentage yet. However, silver is proportionally lower than it was last time gold went over $1000 an ounce. So watch for silver to c...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Oct 2, 2009, 8:48 am
It boggles the mind how so many people don't pay attention to the way things have been done on this planet since as long as I can remember. What made me think of this was after reading about the P...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 29, 2009, 8:49 am
With all the doom and gloom going on, we might forget the need to balance things out by doing something other than preparing for the dire conditions of the next couple years. Try to think of something...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 25, 2009, 5:19 pm
You would think that, being out of a job, I would have a lot of time to spend on writing but, with seven kids and a disabled wife, there are always tons of things to do around here. Therefore, article...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 24, 2009, 9:43 am
Ben Bernake, center, official mouthpiece for the government, has claimed that the good times are just ahead. (Sound familiar? Its the same slogan used throughout the Great Depression.) He states that ...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 22, 2009, 10:00 pm
As for the economic overview, I did not get the article on surviving the current economic downturn quite finished yet but will promise to have it up by early Thursday, the day after tomorrow. I am st...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 20, 2009, 6:26 pm
Please excuse the lack of articles this week. I will be trying to put together a special article tomorrow and getting it posted up on this site. There is a lot going on at this time to write about b...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 12, 2009, 9:28 am
If you are wondering what the heck is going on with the world, you are not alone. I'm trying to use reliable sources to figure out where we are headed but some of the information I find difficult ...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 8, 2009, 11:32 am
*** Today readers have shown an increased interest in survival tips according to the poll on this page. This has given it a slight lead over gardening tips, although they overlap each other somewhat....
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 2, 2009, 10:15 pm
There are a lot of blogs out there and who has time to look at even a very small fraction of them? But this one is well worth the time to go to and browse the great articles. http://bartendercabbie.b...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Sep 1, 2009, 8:39 pm
Everyone talks about stockpiling precious metals as the way to survive in the current Great Depression. However, in delving deeply into this, I have been able to foresee some big problems that are sur...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 31, 2009, 9:53 pm
This blog has encountered some problems as of late that are of great concern. For some reason that I can not pinpoint, traffic has fallen off from close to 100 hits per day to around 20. I will keep p...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 28, 2009, 8:58 pm
For the first time a category in this site's poll has been matched in requesting articles on gardening. This category is survival tips. These developments are to be expected in the coming weeks wi...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 26, 2009, 8:37 pm
As you've probably heard, Ted Kennedy died today. So, the last of the three Kennedy brothers is now gone and I will now put to words something I have thought about for a long time. The Kennedy br...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 25, 2009, 10:20 pm
RAISED GARDEN BEDS!!* I'm sure some of you are harvesting some wonderful edibles from your gardens by now and enjoying food unlike what is available from the local grocery store. I always hear ho...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 22, 2009, 2:15 pm

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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 18, 2009, 5:27 am
Bugging out is a term that has come to the attention of the most astute survivalists who have the foresight to realize that escaping your own home may be necessary in the soon-to-be possible reality. ...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 17, 2009, 9:23 am
Years ago a very insightful soul once pointed out the obvious to me, which we tend to look past many times in our day to day lives. She said, look around, the world really is a pretty good place but i...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 14, 2009, 2:19 pm
The rainbow and the waterfall is a symbolic rendition of the article today. We are going to look at washing out the old ways and finding our pot of gold. Its hard to be positive when we are in the beg...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 14, 2009, 1:10 pm
The rainbow and the waterfall is a symbolic rendition of the article today. We are going to look at washing out the old ways and find our pot of gold. Its hard to be positive when we are in the beginn...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 14, 2009, 8:52 am
The following is the next in the series of guest posts: It is important to equip yourself financially when you know that you are reeling under a recession. Recession has been seeping into the economy...
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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 12, 2009, 7:24 pm

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John Mellem posted an article on Survival Stew: Survival 101 - Preparing For The Future - Aug 7, 2009, 8:01 pm
Back in the early 80's my sociology professor taught that there needed to be a dismantling of the central powers and for people to operate on a local basis. I think it was pretty good of him to se...
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