Preparedness Notes for Thursday — November 10, 2022

November 10th is remembered in the United States as the “birthday” of the U.S. Marine Corps. Coincidentally, the 10th on November is also the birthday of the late Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, born in 1919, died December 23, 2013. — November 10th is the anniversary of the sinking of the Great Lakes ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald, in 1975. — I’m pleased to report that we’ve established an affiliate advertising relationship with Midland Radio — makers of two-way radios, micro-mobile radios, business radios, and weather radios.  They are headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. — Today’s feature article is from SurvivalBlog’s Senior Editor, James …




Greater Idaho Movement Gains Two More Oregon Counties

The vote tallies are in! The mid-term elections held on Tuesday (November 8th, 2022) included a few interesting county-level and state-level ballot propositions in several states. But in this article, I’ll be focusing on Oregon. First, for some background, take a couple of minutes to read this article, from a liberal publication: Gun laws, abortion, taxes: Why Eastern Oregon is voting to join Idaho. The votes in favor of partitioning Oregon for attachment to Idaho passed easily in both Morrow County and Wheeler County. There are now 11 counties in central and eastern Oregon that have passed Greater Idaho ballot …




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 “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 results of the recent midterm elections. The Red Wave Was Just a Swell Though there were some successes for conservatives, overall, the midterm elections were a disappointment. One of …