Netherlands Government Collapse. Supreme Court packing.

This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. Today’s column starts off with two news stories from The Netherlands.

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Farmers on frontline as Dutch divided by war on nitrogen pollution.

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Dutch Government Collapses Over Immigration Policy.

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The Gun Owners of America (GOA) posted this legislative alert:

“Democrats have re-introduced bills in both the House and the Senate to allow Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to pack the court with four new liberal justices. The bills are H.R. 3422 and S. 1616.”

JWR’s Comment: Please contact your House and Senate members and insist that they strongly oppose this horrible legislation!

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A Direct Weather video: Preliminary Winter Forecast 2023 – 2024.

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Reader M.M. wrote:

“I loved reading the recent article by Jed. I also am an older guy who has lost about 25-30% of body strength. I have resigned myself to not leaving my abode and backpacking. Most folks will not last a month in the woods.

Each year we prepare for deer season at our camp. This requires the use of hand tools and chainsaws. Try working in summer weather for a few hours. Not days, hours. You will be exhausted. Can’t drink enough water. You will also crave chocolate for energy. My suggestion: Vacuum seal Tootsie Rolls for your supplies, since they remain intact for long periods of time.

Going to bug out and walk at night in the woods. Probably will not make a mile or so in the dark. Pack a good pair of safety glasses, fogproof, and carry hand pruning shears for the thick brush and briars. Just a thought.

Plan on planting a garden? Ha, good luck. My father told me that during the Great Depression, thieves stole their peas and other produce at night. They had to plant extra every year to have enough food. The American Indians had a saying about growing corn: Plant 2 for the crow, 2 for coons, 2 for the deer, and 1 for you.

Have a well? Planning on running a generator for power? No gas, no water. Buy or build a well bucket. And be sure to buy several hundred feet of rope while both are still inexpensive, at Harbor Freight.

Night shift security? Buy or build an extra AR upper [dedicated] for night use. Just a few of my ramblings to add to his.”

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Think Twice Before Drinking From The Tap: Federal Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ May Be Poisoning Your Water.

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A recent podcast from Keith Cutter: Uninhabitable Land: Navigating EMF Exposure in Home Buying.

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Reader L.E. had this comment about masonry stoves:

“Good article but to the author, Please please please add the largest water container you can find to the bake oven, the residual heat will give you free hot water, so while you are doing the weekly baking of bread, pies, roasts, and potatoes, you will be able to wash a load of laundry, bathe the kids, and have a hot bath.

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And “Old Brick Mason” had these comments:

“Regarding the article about the wood-fired oven by 3AD Scout:

My son and I have completed and repaired several wood fired ovens that were kits made out of castable refractory cement Firebrick would be a better material to use for construction, as clay brick will Spald eventually with a lot of use at high temperatures.

We build a fire several hours before we start cooking. We try get the temperature near 1,000 degrees, pizza is usually done in 2 minutes, but as you stated you will need to turn pizza to keep it from burning.

When my son does pizza he cooks on the firebrick floor. But he spreads some cornmeal on the floor first. This keeps the pizza from sticking if the cheese happens to run off. And if something happens to get on firebox floor the heat burns it off

We went to Prepper Camp in Western NC. While there over a period of three days. He cooked in the oven in cast iron cookware Breakfast casserole, baked beans, chicken thighs, shrimp, pheasant, rattlesnake, chocolate chip cookies, baked a turkey, and had a pizza dinner. He also competed in a bar-b-que contest, cooking chicken, ribs, brisket, and pork. Some good eating and fellowship

We have also read about a wood-fired oven user who would use a heating to the max. First he would do pizza, later would do his meat, as it cooled down bake his bread, and finally use last of the heat for dehydrating.

Hope 3D Scout has loads of fun and fellowship with his wood-fired oven.”

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Reader B.G. suggested this article: Fort Polk to be Renamed for New York Guardsman Henry Johnson.

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Reader P.C. wrote in response to a recently-linked article:

“I live in the hills of northern Arkansas where there is an abundant wildlife and more sparsely settled by humans. Feral hogs are part of that which roams far and wide across the forested landscape. I hunt/trap pigs from time to time along with other meat sources of deer and turkey that also roam/migrate in groups.

There are migrating predators of hogs that follow their numbers. These are bear, wolves, and mountain lion. The hogs keep turkeys in check and fit as they tend to migrate following these as a source of food themselves. The hogs are just part of a balancing of nature here. The migrating is as much about food as it is about water.

The telltale signs of these hog movements are disturbed forest floors. They root along much like a stunted plow churning leaves under. The depth is usually 2-4” and sporadic wallows are seen in the wetter areas of spring fed small brooks. These wallows are more a one to a few times use at best. The wallows are sized by the length of the hogs(roughly 3’ long) and depth of 6-12 inches. They are more like crude compost turners that sweep through an area and enhance the creation of such faster as well as creating possible ponding of water from these brooks.

In many ways these animals have been demonized by man bc of the resulting churn of soil that in itself is not a bad thing but a promotion of life for the forests. When the leaves are more readily decomposing there is less danger of fires, etc.

Man really needs to be less self absorbed and far more observant of the presence of feral hogs. Turkey hunters here hate the feral hogs bc they have beliefs that keep these hunters from seeing the good of stronger more resilient/virulent turkeys. Abundance of lessor health from a coddling of weak has never proven a good thing.

This assumption that hogs bring extreme disease that will have huge effects on human populations is another fallacy since these pigs are not anymore into humans than bears, wolves, etc. They do not seek man or communities, but, prefer their more natural place in the balance of nature.

These articles about environmental havoc from feral hogs are not balanced articles because the article/writer prefers fear-mongering more than objective reporting.”

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A recent Watchman Privacy podcast interview: James Wesley, Rawles: Private Guns, Economic Collapse, and Survival.

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And lastly, three Americana videos, just for fun: 4th of July Car Launch – 2023 Glacier View, Alaska. And another video from last year that shows how they rig the throttles: Launching Cars 300 ft off a cliff on the 4th of July! Oh, and a retrospective: 43 Car Launches In 15 Minutes.