Today, we look at the increasing risk of a second civil war in the United States.

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 “JWR”. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. Today, we look at the increasing risk of a second civil war in the United States.

September 17th: Great Lakes Prepping Expo

The announcement: “After being unable to hold the show for two years due to restrictions on large events, we are excited to announce that The Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo or “GLEPE” will be held at the Eastern Michigan State Fairgrounds in Imlay City on Saturday, September 17.” The address: 195 Midway, Imlay City, Michigan.

Fentanyl Deaths Overwhelm US Morgues

Frequent link contributor H.L. sent this: Fentanyl deaths overwhelm US morgues.

Ray Dalio Opines on the Risk of Civil War

This article from Breitbart.com was recommended by reader D.S.: Billionaire Ray Dalio: ‘Civil War’ Risk ‘Developing’ as Americans Flee Cities like New York, Chicago. Here is an excerpt, describing his WEF speech:

“Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, said Americans leaving big cities like New York and Chicago increases the risk of “civil war” by exacerbating an “ideological gap” between different regions in the United States.

“I think that it’s reasonably probable that no side will accept losing,” Dalio said when asked about “the likelihood of a civil war in the United States” as a panelist on a group discussion hosted by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and published on Tuesday.

The relevant portion begins at 34:54, where Dalio continued:

“What is that probability [of civil war]? I don’t know. Maybe it’s 50 percent. Maybe it’s even more than that. I don’t know. I think it’s probable — or there’s uncomfortably high probability — that directions from the central government — rule of law and the Constitution — won’t be [or] may not be followed. Supreme Court rulings may not be followed, because individual states say that, “I’m not going to do that.”

It’s like sanctuary cities. They say, “I will not follow.” I think what’s happening now, is that there is a movement from one state to another due to changing values that’s producing a hollowing out in some states, and when that happens, because the rich move someplace, or the ideologies are the same, it produces a hollowing out in other locations.

You’re seeing that in New York and Chicago, San Francisco, and other places. That exacerbates the gap. It exacerbates not only the wealth gap, but it exacerbates the ideological gap, and then when you get to that — rule of law and respect and compromise don’t exist — then you deal with power, and it becomes a power decision.

It becomes more and more that kind of conflict, so that becomes a power thing. I think that’s developing, in that kind of a movement, in that direction.

He concluded, “That’s a very scary thing, because when you don’t have rule of law or you start to have fighting, it’s a different world.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Swatted, Twice

Linked over at the Whatfinger.com news aggregation site: Police report reveals trans activist committed second swatting of MTG. Here is a pericope:

“Greene had been the target of a swatting attack early on Wednesday morning, as well, which was initiated by a 911 caller who claimed, using a computer-generated voice, to be upset over her proposal to criminalize transgender surgeries and hormone therapies for children.

A police report regarding the new incident read that:

“On Thursday, August 25, 2022, at 0253 hours, Rome/Floyd E-911 received a call about a male possible shooting his family members and then himself at… the home of Marjorie Greene. The males name that was given was Wayne Greene. The call came in as though it was from a suicide crisis center but it was not through a phone, it was from an internet chat. The person who made the cal through the chat advised that they ‘came out as transgender and claimed that they shot the family.’

“They also claimed, ‘If anyone tried to stop me from shooting myself, I will shoot them.’ they also advised ‘they would be waiting for us.'”

California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars

H.L. also sent us this news that confirms that the denizens of the capitol in Sacramento are Bat-Schumer Crazy: California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars.