An Open Letter To President Trump: Time for More Pardons

Dear Mr. President: As you know, the leftist mainstream media is still doing their best to demonize you and your cabinet. They are  slanderously mislabeling you as “fascists.” This is of course a totally unfounded slur. The insult has repeatedly been blithely bandied about by countless guests and even newscasters themselves on mainstream television news shows. This slander if hateful and hurtful to the image of your administration. They keep using the word fascist word without knowing what it means. I am writing to propose that you blunt these accusations by issuing Presidential pardons and sentence commutations to hundreds and …




SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

Here is SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt. This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. We also mention companies of interest to preppers that are located in the region. The emphasis this week is on the sheriff’s Round-up at the Round-up. (See the Eastern Oregon section.)   Region-Wide Wyoming, Idaho Weigh Options After Grizzly Hunt Ruling o o o A guide to some of the Inland Northwest’s major projects in 2018 Idaho Remnant of Hurricane Rosa Could Bring ‘Very Dangerous’ Flash Floods to East Idaho o o o First-ever recorded drone-hot air …




The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods:

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”. Algorithms Algorithms are increasingly being used to make critical decisions that affect you and me. this article sent in by reader H.L. profiles a couple of disturbing incidents that really make you shudder when you realize how deeply embedded this concept is. In one case, a defendant was convicted of murder by a computer algorithm matching DNA. Then the designer of that algorithm decided that it wasn’t quite right so the conviction …




The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“There is no better way to return the matter of taxation to full public discussion than to repeal the withholding taxes on wages and salaries. Only when the American people are confronted with the enormous excesses of government in a personal and direct way – by an annual bill for services rendered – will they be able to make an informed judgment about which services they want and which ones they can do without.” – Karl Hess