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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section Toys For A Cashless Christmas ©1976  By Kurt Saxon From The Survivor Volume I (A historical note: All the prices quoted in this editorial are in “1976” dollars) Homemade toys, as opposed to plastic junk, will promote a basic sense of values in your child.…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section Toy Making For Profit And Skill Development ©1977 By Kurt Saxon About 1943 when I was a child in Chicago, I got my first plastic toy, a large car for Christmas. It was about a foot and a half long and came with interchangeable parts.…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section   THE SURVIVAL MENTALITY By Paranoid George Co-hero of WHEELS OF RAGE “Either man must be content with poverty all his life or else be willing to deny himself some luxuries, and save, to make the base of independence in the future. But if a…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section   The following editorial and the two that will proceed it in the coming weeks, first appeared in Kurt Saxon’s first twelve issues of his newsprint tabloid sized quarterly newsletter “The Survivor”. I haven’t had them online for over a dozen years now, and I…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section The Idiocy of Space Capsule Survivalism By Kurt Saxon ©1976 From “The Survivor; Volume 1” I guess you’ve seen the ads for freeze-dried foods. Many show a young man, a woman, a couple of kids and usually a dog. A couple of semi-automatic rifles are…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section   THE HYPNO-DISC TAPE By Kurt Saxon  A Chinese proverb says that if a man can hold only one thought in his head for ten minutes, he can rule the world. In other words, if he can do this he has mastered the art of…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section   THE COMING WARLORDS ©1976 By Kurt Saxon When governments fall, or are too weak to control the outlying provinces, warlords arise and take over those regions where there is no order. Throughout the Middle Ages in Europe and England, men little better than bandit…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section The Challenge & Rewards of Survival By Kurt Saxon (This editorial is from The Survivor, vol. 3) “Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang. Four shots ripped into my groin and I was off on the greatest adventure of my life.” This is the first line in Max…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section   THE ART OF MAKING ALCOHOL By Kurt Saxon   I had intended to write an article telling you how to make about a quart of 90 proof alcohol for less than a dollar. So I gathered up all the books I had concerning alcohol…

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Welcome To Our “The Philosophy & Rewards Of Survival” Section   SURVIVAL AND THE PARANOID ©1976 By Kurt Saxon “One suggestion; you should have the newsletter folded the opposite way. The large title attracts the attention of the mail people and people’s family. I don’t want everyone to know that I’m stocking up and thinking…

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