Archive for 'Self-sufficiency' Category

Using A Bowdrill To Make Fire

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Sunday, July 18, 2010

In the following video John Reilly of BushCraftBums shows how quick and easy it is to make a fire using the bowdrill method.

Do It Yourself Lighter Striker

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Tuesday, July 6, 2010

In the following video the people at BushCraftOnFire show how to make an inexpensive Lighter Striker. This item would be a great addition for your bugout bag or camping pack.

Yo Adrian!

By Scott_Bridwell - Last updated: Friday, June 18, 2010

Ok, admittedly with ‘Yo Adrian!’ I am mixing up my Hollywood metaphors but I could not think of anything noteworthy that Rambo ever said……..but Rocky has some quality one-liners.
So this week an American citizen was arrested in northwestern Pakistan for what appears to be the first such case of an American hunting Osama bin Laden. [...]

How To Build A Semi Permanent Shelter

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010

In the following videos the people from Bushcraftonfire demonstrate how easy it is to build a semi permanent shelter.
Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Finding Water In The Desert

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Sunday, May 30, 2010

In nearly every survival situation water becomes the number one priority. This is especially true in an arid environment. The best advice one can follow is to try to take as much water with you before venturing out into the desert.
If you’re going to an area where you plan on visiting later you can cache [...]

How to build an outdoor kitchen

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Sunday, May 30, 2010

In the following video Dave Wendell demonstrates how to build a basic outdoor kitchen. He shows how easy it is to create one using very basic materials which can be harvested from a forest. You can see other videos like this one by clicking here to visit Bushcraftonfire’s channel.

Four Acres and Independence – A Self-Sufficient Farmstead

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Monday, May 10, 2010

In this episode of Peak Moment the host gives us a tour of Mark Cooper’s homestead. Over a period of several years he’s transformed his property into a self-sufficient farm.

Dreidel-Club Power Drive

By Clay_Farrell - Last updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010

We talked at length about the subject of the “new media” and the growing influence and power of social media within society. See your Who Rules America, Web-based 2.0 transcript for more on that. Big news today across the country was that last week Facebook surpassed Google as the most visited website in [...]

Morse Code Practice Keyer with Alphabet

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Saturday, January 2, 2010

In this video I show a Morse Code Practice Keyer kit which I recently assembled. I picked up the kit from Ramsey Electronics.

Doing Electronics on a Budget

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009

by John Ubele
I always enjoy surfing around youtube because sometimes I find channels filled with great information that I won’t find anywhere else. Yesterday I came across such a channel which is run by radioam232, he does electronics on the cheap, literally. His channel has over 150 videos that cover a range of improvised electronic [...]

The Nationalist Coalition Blog, still running strong!

By NC Blog Admin - Last updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Nationalist Coalition is proud to share our blog, ncoalblog.com. We launched this blog as an extension of ncoal.com to provide a more focused service for our members and supporters; to help keep them informed about the news and issues that are important to our cause.
Since the creation of ncoalblog.com, we have seen steady [...]

How to Get Started in Amateur Radio

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009

by John Ubele
Amateur radio also known as Ham radio is a powerful wireless communications medium that has been around since 1901. In the decades since the equipment used for amateur radio has developed along with commercial radio hardware. The creation of the transistor in the late 1950s helped lower the cost of Ham radios which [...]

How to Make a Shortwave Radio Antenna for Less Than $1.00

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009

In the following video I show how to make a basic shortwave radio antenna. This antenna can be made for less than a $1.00 and it works as well as antennas that are sold for $30.00.

Whites and Koalas both loosing Habitats.

By Whiter_fighter - Last updated: Sunday, November 15, 2009

Everyone loves the sweet, adorable, cuddly, bashful, timid, cozy little koala. Right?
Wrong! Only the perseverance of White people have kept the forests and plains of Europe, America, Africa and Australia safe and habitable for the variety of life that has grown to call those places home.
Sure we Whites have done our part in the destruction [...]

Life isn’t Fair!

By Rocky_Celt - Last updated: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

‘Life isn’t fair’, heard that one a lot as a boy. Usually when I was complaining about so-and-so had something I wanted but did not have. Well there they go again! Those darn pesky Iranians are looking to legitimize the Iranian nuclear program, which by all accounts are indeed used and intended [...]

Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Once again M-16 rifles and their variants have proven to be a liability in the heat of battle. The Associated Press writes:
“In the chaos of an early morning assault on a remote U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips’ M4 carbine quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun [...]

The World of Wild Edibles

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Monday, September 28, 2009

by John Ubele
A few months ago I was reading a book about permaculture called, “Gaia’s Garden”, and came across a section in it covering wild edibles. I’ve been gardening since I was a teenager so I was excited to find out that some wild plants (also known as weeds) are edible. Having lived in Florida [...]

AK-47: The Ultimate Resistance Rifle

By johnu1978 - Last updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

by John Ubele
The AK-47 is one of the most popular and easily recognized firearms in the world. Over 50 armies along with hundreds of resistance movements use the weapon. There have been over 50,000,000 AKs produced since the rifle’s creation in 1947.
The main reason for the weapon’s popularity is its dependability in combat. It also [...]