SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR [1]. 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. In today’s column, we look at some handloading Canadian homesteaders.
Reloading: Homesteaders Going Full Dillon
Over at the always entertaining Canadian homesteading Gridlessness vlog: We Made 10,000 Rounds in 24 Hours! DIY Ammo Factory [2]. JWR’s Comments: “Always keep plenty of spare de-priming (a.k.a. “de-capping”) pins on hand. You never know when you’ll run into Berdan-primed brass that you missed, during your initial brass inspection. By the way, that family lives near Williams Lake, British Columbia, which is in the same region where I set part of my novel Liberators.
US Could Expend Ammo in ‘As Few as 3 to 4 Weeks’ in a China War
Reader C.B. sent this: Wargames show the US could burn through its ammo in ‘as few as 3 to 4 weeks’ in a war with China, commission warns [3]. A pericope:
“A new high-profile report on US national defense acknowledged that the Pentagon could deplete its munitions within “three to four weeks” in a protracted war with China.
The 114-page report [4], published on Monday by a bipartisan commission appointed by Congress, warned urgently that the US is unprepared for a sustained conflict with China or Russia, much less both at the same time.
Many of its assessments were based on previously reported material. Still, the review concentrates a slew of recent findings and dozens of officials’ testimonies into a formal and dire recommendation for the US to increase defense spending and streamline its forces.”
NFL Now Has Facial Recognition to Monitor Stadium Attendees
Reader D.S.V. sent us this: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: NFL Announces Mandatory Facial Recognition Software for All 32 Teams to Monitor Stadium Attendees [5].
Ford: Cars That Squeal to the Police
Reader D.S.V. suggested this article: Ford: Cars That Squeal to the Police [6].
Amazon’s New “Palm Payments” System
This does not bode well, folks: Amazon’s New “Palm Payments” checkout scanners [7]. “Your palm is all you need.”
England’s Migrant Mess
Another from D.S.V.: BRITAIN BURNING: Muslim Mobs Roam the Streets with Knives and Machetes Unchecked by Police as Labour Gov’t Prepares to Crack Down on “Far-Right Thugs” [8].
The Truth About the English Riots
Mark Levin on the Marxist Ideology of Kamala Harris
Linked over at the Whatfinger.com [10]news aggregation site: Mark Levin had the best analysis yet of Kamala Harris [11].
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