Day: December 14, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Sunday — December 14, 2025

December 14, 1702: The famed Forty-seven Rōnin (leaderless samurai), under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenged the death of their master in Japan. Pictured are the graves of the 47 Rōnin at the Sengaku-ji Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple, Tokyo, Japan. — December 14th is the birthday of the late John Warren Wadleigh (born 1927, died September 24, 2013). Wadleigh was better known to many SurvivalBlog readers by his pen name, Oliver Lange. He was the author of the best-selling resistance warfare novel Vandenberg. — This is also the birthday of Air Force General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, who died September …


Opportunity Knocks: Building and Registering Tax-Free Suppressors – Part 2

(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Kaw Mach 3 Linear Compensator Conversion The suppressor-making cognoscenti tell me that the Kaw Valley Precision Mach 3 Linear Compensator is a great starting point for a .22 to 9mm-size suppressor home build. These clever devices are NOT classified as suppressors by the ATF. They are sold nationwide, with no paperwork.  They are a modular design, meaning that sections can be assembled incrementally, to whatever length you’d like. (Kaw also makes 2″ and 3″ extensions, and sells them separately.) It was probably just a coincidence, but the inside diameter of a Kaw …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Three Years Ago, Silver Investors Were Ridiculed. But Now, Mainstream Investors Frantically Want To Grab Their Own Stack of Silver. “Always The Bridesmaid, Never The Bride.” News Links: Jesse Columbo: Understanding the Current Silver Squeeze. Forbes: Silver Hits $60 For The First Time—Here’s Why Prices Are Outpacing Gold. WSJ: Silver Hits Fresh Record on U.S. Rate Cut Bets, Supply Tightness. Reuters: Gold rises ahead of Fed rate cut decision, silver hits $60/oz milestone Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if …


The Editors’ Quote Of The Day:

“There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, …