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Preparedness Notes for Sunday — August 30, 2020

August 30th is the birthday of the late Joachim Rønneberg [1], a hero of the Norwegian resistance during World War II. He was born in 1919. His exploits earned him the War Cross With Sword, Norway’s highest military honor. In April 2013, Rønneberg was presented with a Union Jack during a ceremony at the Special Operations Executive (SOE) monument in London to mark 70 years since the successful Gunnerside heavy water plant sabotage mission. Rønneberg died in 2018, just one year short of his 100th birthday.

SurvivalBlog Writing Contest

Today we present another entry for Round 90 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. The prizes for this round include:

First Prize:

  1. A gift certificate from Quantum Harvest LLC (up to a $2,200 value) good for 12% off the purchase of any of their sun-tracking models, and 10% off the purchase price of any of their other models.
  2. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course [3] (a $1,095 value),
  3. A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses [4], excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795,
  4. DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper [5]. These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value),
  5. Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees [6] in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Resources (a $350 value),
  6. A $250 gift certificate good for any product [7] from Sunflower Ammo,
  7. American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses [8].

Second Prize:

  1. A Front Sight Lifetime Diamond Membership, providing lifetime free training at any Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous.
  2. A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 [9] Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, that have a combined retail value of $589,
  3. A Three-Day Deluxe Emergency Kit from Emergency Essentials (a $190 value),
  4. Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord [10] (in-stock colors only) from www.TOUGHGRID.com (a $240 value).
  5. An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from Pruitt’s Tree Resin (a $265 value).

Third Prize:

  1. Three sets each [11] of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
  2. A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of [12] Directive 21 (a $275 value),
  3. Naturally Cozy is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit.  This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is $220.
  4. Two Super Survival Pack seed collections [13], a $150 value, courtesy of Seed for Security, LLC,
  5. A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [14], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is no paperwork required for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy!

Round 90 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [15] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.

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#1 Comment By Anonymous On August 30, 2020 @ 8:14 pm

Where does America’s CANCEL CULTURE COME FROM?
(YouTube Video, 13:06)
Aug 30, 2020
Felix Rex
[16]

#2 Comment By RCB5472TN On August 30, 2020 @ 10:43 pm

Video removed by YT…

#3 Comment By Anonymous On August 31, 2020 @ 11:39 am

It is back now, but it totally disappeared from the Internet for a while…

You might want to download it, before it disappears again…

#4 Comment By Anonymous On August 30, 2020 @ 8:15 pm

Kenosha and the Warning It Tells Us: Be Ready in Season and Out [have your rifle with you]
(YouTube Video, 8:00)
ThePatriotNurse
Premiered Aug 28, 2020
[17]

In this informative video, Patriot Nurse discusses the lessons from Kenosha and what we can learn about the nature of criminals and thugs. Evil preys upon compulsive naivete and simple mindedness. If you are travelling away from home, it’s imperative that you can defend yourselves and your family.

Self care is the new Health care…

#5 Comment By Anonymous On August 30, 2020 @ 8:16 pm

Best way to hunt Mountain Goat – Meanwhile a Grizzly Bear ate our Boat
(YouTube Video, 18:10)
Gridlessness
Aug 29, 2020
[18]

We had a long trek planned but ended up hunting mountain goats from the lake and then trying to keep a Grizzly Bear out of the boat.

#6 Comment By Tunnel Rabbit On August 30, 2020 @ 11:38 pm

From Iraqveteran8888
LLP #29: “The Modern Minuteman”
[19]

#7 Comment By GGHD On August 31, 2020 @ 4:48 am

One basic lesson from Kenosha is to use a sling with your rifle if confronted with a large group. … Maybe, a lanyard with a pistol in a similar situation.

The description of the shooting event in Kenosha revealed, = the two felons killed tried to grab the young man’s rifle. There may be some time of training given to the ‘protesters’ encouraging them to get close to someone with a weapon, and then try to grab the weapon. [Yes, grabbing a weapon is a dumbass thing to try and do]

The man man with the skateboard tried to grab the rifle, before he was shot. This event is in the videos. … It’s been reported, the other man killed also attempted to grab the rifle just a few minutes earlier.

The sling on the young man’s AR helped him keep possession and control of the rifle. The young man experience hits, a kick and a tumble too, besides the attempted grabs to his rifle.
A back-up weapon is a good idea.

There has to be some type of military~police training or education available, that would explain ~techniques to use, when confronted by a group of hostile people. [I have neither the information nor the training]