Day: May 25, 2017

Notes for Thursday – May 25, 2017

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May 26th is the birthday of  Hank Williams, Jr. (Randall Hank Williams, nicknamed Bocephus.) He was born in 1949. When not touring, he lives Somewhere in Montana, so he qualifies as a Redoubter. He reportedly has a large gun collection which is heavy on Sharps rifles and rifles that have factory letters showing that they were originally shipped to Montana. His song A Country Boy Can Survive is of course practically a survivalist anthem. His father was just 29 when he died, and despite a couple of close calls, Hank Jr. is now well into his golden years, so he …


Get Home Bag for Teenagers- Part 3, by N.R.

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We’ve talked about the important of a Get Home Bag for Teenagers in a crisis situation and the basic necessities for this bag in the previous two parts of this article. Now, in this last part of the article, I began to tell you about the secondary elements that could still be critical in some situations. I left off on knives, in particular a larger sheathed knife. Larger Sheathed Knife (continued) Now, I want to stress one thing before we go on. Pulling out a weapon, such as a knife, in a fight with another person should be a last …


Letter: Stop the Bleed Training

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Stop the Bleed HJL, Recently the University of Washington’s Harborview Hospital  has begun teaching bleeding control to healthcare providers as well as ordinary citizens. WHH is the nearest Level 1 Trauma Center in most of the northwest, including Idaho and Montana. The class is called Stop The Bleed. The idea is that-just like everyone should know CPR- everyone should know how to stop severe bleeding. The class is about 2 hours, divided between lecture and hands on training. The class teaches how to recognize life threatening bleeding and proper usage of tourniquets. Which ones to purchase, and how to properly use wound …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods:

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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods – a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from “HJL”. Terrorism By this time, most of us are familiar with the Manchester terrorist attack at a concert. But here is something: Manchester Attack: What They’re NOT Telling You. Excerpt: “Which do we value more? Protecting the feelings of Muslims or protecting our children from being blown up?” o o o Apparently, Muslim atrocities against women are no big deal in Europe. Last week, two Turkish nationals barged into a 13-year-olds home …


Editors’ Quote Of The Day

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“Survivalist Rhapsody” (Sung to the tune of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody) Is this the real thing? Is this just fantasy? The Apoc-a-lypse? No, just cold re-al-ity. Open your eyes, Read Tappan, see, I’m a survivalist, I’ve got no empathy, Because I’m ready now, H. und K., Rations high, profile low, No matter the scenario doesn’t really matter to me, to me.