Day: April 15, 2018

Preparedness Notes for Sunday – April 15, 2018

April 15th, 1912, is the anniversary of the sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic. 1517 people lost their lives on the maiden voyage. As research into the incident has progressed over the last 100 years, it seems as if, one way or another, the ship was just going to sink. Impact with an iceberg, raging coal fires in the fuel supply, wrong turns, locked-up binoculars, weak rivets, too few lifeboats, and more. Perhaps this whole incident was really the result of man’s hubris. o o o Sunday April 15th, 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of Commander Zero’s blog: Notes From The …


The DHS: Acquiring a Core Competency in Tyranny

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Did you see this recent news item at Forbes? Department Of Homeland Security Compiling Database Of Journalists And ‘Media Influencers’’. Hmmm… That’s interesting. The contract will be for “DHS Media Monitoring Services.”  Ah, that sounds suitably mundane. But digging deeper into the original FedBizOpps announcement to read the Statement of Work (SOW), I noticed that it begins with: 1.) Core competencies. Introduce your company’s core competencies and relate those to the specific needs of the attached SOW. That gave me a laugh. How does one describe a Core Competency in Snooping?  Or a Core Competency in Tyranny? I see that …


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”. Make sure you comment on the ATF bumpstocks ban today. ATF and Bumpstocks The ATF’s comment period on the proposed Bumpfire Stock Ban is still open. There have already been 15,200+ comments. More are needed. Let’s absolutely bury them in politely-worded specific objections. Thanks! Danish Television Series A new Danish television series that will start airing on May 4th looks to be pretty fascinating: The Rain. The series picks up six years …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

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“And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.” – Matthew 9:23-26 (KJV)