Day: January 28, 2013


Nunc Pro Tunc: The Coming Day of Burn Barrels and Blessings

This is a standing invitation to my fellow Americans: If congress ever enacts a law mandating the registration and/or a production ban of detachable magazine semiautomatic rifles then you are hereby invited to the town square of your local community. There, burn barrels will be set up and we will publicly burn Form 4473s, FFL Bound Books, state and local registration records, and the sales receipts for every firearm in the United States. On that same day, FFL holders and public officials holding electronic firearms records will simultaneously erase those records, permanently and irretrievably. (Using special file erasure software such …


Harry’s Book Review: Rora

Book Title: Rora Author: James Byron Huggins Copyright Date: 2001, 2007 Bronze Bow Edition Publisher: Bronze Bow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 978-1-932458-51-0 Audio, e-book or foreign translation avail? No Suitable for children? Teens and up Rora is a work of historical fiction revolving around the defense led by Joshua Gianavel in an effort to save his people, the Waldenses, who lived in the Rora valley in 1655. This is a story of religious persecution, but it requires no great leap of imagination to see how this relates to our own civil rights today. At its core, this is a story about …


Pat’s Product Review: Ruger SR22 Pistol

If you’re serious about survival, you have to have some type of .22 Long Rifle (LR) firearm in your battery. Some will argue against the effectiveness of a .22 LR but I’m not one of them. You can take all manner of small game and fowl, with a well-placed shot from a .22 LR handgun or rifle. And, in a pinch, it will serve as a self-defense weapon as well. No, I’m not advocating the .22 LR as your one and only self-defense firearm, but it will sure do in a pinch, and make the bad guys wish they were …


Recipe of the Week:

Larry The Painter’s Chicken and Dumplings Here is a quick, easy, and really tasty stew.   2 -tbsp olive oil ( vegetable oil works too ) 6- boneless, skinless chicken thighs. 1- can of corn, drained, or 1 cup of frozen corn 1- large carrot, chopped, or 1 cup of frozen carrots 1- onion, chopped 3- cloves of garlic chopped 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper  1/2 teaspoon  of kosher salt 1- teaspoon of dried dill. rub dill ( between your hands to release more flavor) 1- cup of water.   Dumplings. 1/2 cup of flour 1/4 teaspoon of salt. 1- teaspoon of baking …


Economics and Investing:

US expatriates urged to seek tax advice At Zero Hedge: Chinese Politicians Are Buying Billions In U.S. Real Estate Couple goes off grid, on to savings Items from The Economatrix: It’s Official.  Worst.  Recovery.  EVER. Gallup Poll:  Americans Most Negative On Nation And Economy In 30 Years Cities Short On Pension, Health Care Funds Canada’s Economic Outlook Dims More Americans Delay Retirement, Keep Working Rise In Leading Index Signal US Expansion Into 2013