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1. Creating a new community

   According to the “Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States” which was signed by the United States on 12/26/1933 by the Sectary of State Cordell Hull you only need 1 person with land to create a State.
   https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TIikVbnlEAsJ:https://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup15/Montevideo%2520Convention.pdf+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

2. The wise folks (cough) of the New York Times have published a piece in the 23 September Style Section of the Old Gray Lady titled: How To Survive The Apocalypse. This half tounge in cheek, half condescending article does make a few worthwhile points when one considers the readership of the ‘Times. Hopefully it will get someone thinking about taking care of themselves when you can’t find Über and Starbucks is closed – forever. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/style/how-to-survive-the-apocalypse.html

3. The aircraft the IAF flew were not captured WW II German planes. They were postwar built by Avia, Germany left a Me 109 manufacturing facility in Czechoslovakia and a Jumo engine facility, which was for He-111 bombers. Avia put the two together to create the Avia S199 fighter. These were sold and smuggled into Israel before the Independence Declaration.

4. Puerto Rico. An island in the Caribbean in hurricane alley and everybody is surprised it gets smashed flat on a regular basis…..

   1. Puerto Rico hasn’t been hit by a strong hurricane since 1928, it doesn’t get “smashed flat” but every 90 years

5. Does anyone have advice on a good set of history books to use as a curriculum for homeschooling?

   And by good, of course I mean accurate.

   1. I’m not a Teacher by any means, but possibly one of the best books on History that I have ever read and it is recommended as a history book for home schooling. America’s Providential History, by Mark A Beliles & Stephen K McDowell, Published by The Providence Foundation, PO Box 6759 Charlottesville, VA 22906. 434-978-4535. Also another Great Book is The Light and the Glory, by Peter Marshall. Trekker Out

   2. For the American Revolution, you might try Rebels and Redcoats (1957, Scheer and Rankin) if you can find it. I have a copy that my father gave me in high school, and I treasure it. To quote the cover: “An eyewitness account of the American Revolution taken directly from letters, journals and battlefield reports. A moving and powerful human drama of the citizens and soldiers who fought, suffered and died to build a nation.”

      This book isn’t a history textbook, but it is the best of its kind for the information it offers. Good luck in your search, and good for you for homeschooling. I am a Christian, born again, and am a public school teacher. I will be retiring soon (in the next year or two); it is wearying spending every day in the Enemy’s camp.

   3. I especially like The History of the World published by Peace Hill Press. Covers the world in four years, and is meant to be read aloud to children lower elementary; upper can read themselves. There are corresponding activity books available as well. American history is included chronologically within the four books, so you’ll want to supplement for deeper study. I really like individual biographies of great Americans, rather than any particular text. The general rule in choosing whole books is: read it yourself, and if you find it fascinating (not dry) and fitted to your worldview, your kids will learn a lot from it, too.

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