Our 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.
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In anticipation of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson recommended this insightful essay at Holly’s Substack: To Boss Ourselves [1]. Here is a brief excerpt:
“I was raised in a culture, if not a family, that taught me my dignity came from somewhere higher than any man, any ballot, any king.
I no longer believe a great many things I was taught as a child, but I’m still sure of that one.
And it turns out the founders staked the whole country on the same wager — that what makes a person sacred is not assigned by the powerful, and so cannot be unassigned by them. No election reaches it. No majority can vote it away. It was never theirs to give, which is precisely why it is not theirs to take.”
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U.S. Army buys 9,000 DAGIR-V1 lasers for its newest rifle [2].
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Some interesting observations by Ben Braddock on the newly-revised food pyramid: The Guidelines They Wanted [3].
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In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration on Independence, we’ve started a sale on all of our blackpowder guns and all of our single-shot rifles and pistols at Elk Creek Company [4], with some deep price reductions. One of the guns on sale is an original 3rd Model Colt .44 Dragoon revolver [5]! The sale ends on Monday, July 6th, so order soon.
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A draft riot video from Israel: Black Hats Versus Black Helmets [6].
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Can poppy seeds actually make you fail a drug test? [7]
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Jay Bunte posted an interesting US population shift map [9].
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$22 Million Gun Factory Relocates From Virginia to Georgia Over ‘Anti-Gun’ Legislation [10].
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Lastly, a video reminder: Stay safe, folks! [11]
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