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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Reader N.G. suggested this piece at Recoil: Tom Fuller: How an End-of-Times Mindset Changed the Long-Range Game.
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Reader H.L. sent this, from Popular Mechanics: Archaeologists Accidentally Discovered the Oldest Gun Ever Found in America.
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency Kills Flock Of Rare Healthy Sheep, Destroys Innocent Shepherd’s Life.
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SurvivalBlog staff member Tom Christainson offered this link: Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 18 missing and feared dead, sheriff says.
Reader L.E. wrote:
“Just a short comment on a recent article by St. Funogas. Seems like all the writers of apocalyptic scenarios fail to take into consideration the fact that the USA is not the whole world, and even if our entire country somehow manages to be taken down all at once with no workable defense systems, there is still the rest of the world waiting at our borders. I personally believe in that scenario, our Southern borders would likely be taken over by cartels, and our West Coast areas (California, Oregon, and Washington) would be invaded by China, and Alaska would receive Russian visitors. We might get a little help from Canada, but not much. The invading countries would likely wait a few months until the vast majority of able-bodied defenders were weakened, and then they would come in to help ‘restore order’ as these countries have no compunction about putting boots on necks. I don’t worry about the Midwest or the East Coast at that point, they would be on their own. Our friendlier countries might offer help but there would be no way to get supplies to the areas needing them without them being “bandido-ed”, Our politicians would mouth platitudes and immediately turn lickspittle toadies towards whoever could help them remain in power. Just a thought.”
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Lew Rockwell: Ron Paul at 90.
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H.L. suggested this at American Thinker: Publix chooses Second Amendment freedom, trusts customers to act responsibly.
The article begins:
“When CBS Miami reported that Publix will allow open carry in its Florida stores, the headline said the decision had “mixed reactions.” The phrase has become shorthand for a nation divided by trust. In this case, do we trust law-abiding citizens or prefer the illusion of safety that comes from disarming them?
Publix, and the family who founded it, have long been associated with conservative causes, and in this case have taken a stand for trust: trusting its customers with the freedom that state law already grants them. It recognizes what many Americans still believe: Freedom isn’t something a corporation gives or withholds; it’s a right that responsible citizens exercise.”
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Tom C. sent this “Super Safety” link: DeezNiutzTactical.com. Tom’s comment:
“Interesting things ‘kids these days’ are making. Trust me, it is worth a watch of the video on the main page. It is interesting to me how the next generation is innovating… This was not at all obvious to me.”
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