Odds ‘n Sods:

7% of the California State Senate members have faced felony charges so far this year. This august body is starting to sound a lot like Mike Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) cabal. o o o An interesting tale of horse apples, chocolate, and politicians. o o o You might want to stock up now… quickly. 25 drug companies to phase out animal antibiotics. – R.L. Thats over 99% of the supply. o o o On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden said he believes all of the country’s illegal immigrants are “already American citizens.” – P.M. o o o The …



Notes from HJL:

Today we present another entry for Round 51 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $11,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value), A $300 gift certificate …


Building a Security Camera System, by S.S.

I have been working for several years on building a security camera system. I have finally found a camera that I really like. Previously, I had tried a number of things that did not work very well: Old-fashioned NTSC cameras with coax to a PCI video card resulted in terrible video quality, no matter how much money was spent. Webcams of various types offered pretty good video quality but were limited by the length of the USB cable. The Toshiba IK-WB02A IP network camera were too much money for not very good quality imaging. I bought several of these at …


Three Letters Re: Tumbling Live Rounds

In reply to HJL: Which begs the question: “Why are commercially-produced rounds going Ka-Boom then?” Hi, It’s sabotage, just like what has been going on in Syria. An awful lot of mortars seem to detonate in the tube over there. If only one in a few thousand or million rounds are altered, it would be very difficult to figure out since the effected round is destroyed and most of the rounds in the same batch or many batches in series are just standard production. Probably it is all just some sort of defect in the manufacturing process that has yet …


Economics and Investing:

The IRS just issued tax guidance for bitcoin and other virtual currencies. They classify bitcoins as property, instead of a currency, where tax rules of stocks and barter will apply. – H.L. o o o Video: Ann Barnhardt – Your savings are being robbed from you. – B.B. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Dollar Value Could Suffer Instant Change-David Morgan Low Fed Rates Worsen U.S. Retirement Crisis Stocks Edge Higher After Manufactured Goods Report Subprime Mortgages Are Slowly Making A Comeback


Odds ‘n Sods:

JWR Notes: The recent arrest of Democrat California State Senator Leland Yee on corruption and gun-running charges is beyond ironic. He’s just the latest in a long string of leftist gun-grabbing politicians, who have double standards on guns. They want to disarm the masses, while at the same time they are protected by pistol-toting bodyguards, and carve out special privileges for their cronies. Perhaps the worst of this can be seen in New York City, where for decades a key political favor has been bestowing a pistol permit to “special people.” This, one can safely assume, must require some surreptitious …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C.S. Lewis


Notes from HJL:

March 27th is the birthday of the late Robert W. Ford(born 1923, died 20 September 2013. He was amn amazing man who had a remarkable life. . His book Wind Between The Worlds(an account of experiences in Tibet, captivity by the communist Chinese, and his fight against brainwashing) is highly recommended. It is available for free download. o o o Today we present another entry for Round 51 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $11,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a …


Dealing With Asthma When The SHTF, by A.C.

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HJL Notes: There are quite a few links in this article. Some are to procedures performed on YouTube. The reader should be warned that while SurvivalBlog made a “best-effort” to verify every link for the medical information, some also contained references to homeopathic and eastern medicine with some eastern religious gestures honoring a false god. When I was about 14, my younger brother, who was 10 at the time, became seriously ill with pneumonia. It started out as a “chest cold”, but after a couple of weeks developed into a deep, body wracking cough along with a high fever. He …


Letter: Tumbling Loaded Ammo Does Not Lead to Ka-booms

Regarding the “Odds ‘n Sods” column from March 22: This is an “old husband’s” tale. Tumbling loaded ammo will not make it prone to detonation. Geoff Beneze, formerly of Dillon Precision, tumbled loaded rifle rounds (ball, flake, and extruded powders) in a vibratory tumbler for six months continuously and had zero issues with any of it. His emails are archived on the Yahoo handloading group. Unfortunately, you have to be a member of the group to read the archives, but here are a couple of the relevant emails I’ve saved: “First off, I would strongly urge that are so inclined …


Economics and Investing:

Peter Schiff: We’re Heading For A Crisis Worse Than 2007 – D.B. o o o RBS sent in this link: MOVIN’ ON UP IN THE WORLD….. NO LONGER FIRST! While this may seem to indicate a poor economy at first, it may also indicate several positive things. Many in the area have chose to reduce their tax footprint by working lower wage jobs, but remaining at home more. Homeschooling is on the rise and there seems to be a healthy underground bartering community. All may not be what is seems. o o o James Rickards: Fed Insolvent, Dollar Will Collapse …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Although JWR generally dislikes eBay because of their anti-gun policies, he does sell a few items there, on occasion. (The last time was several years ago.) Presently, he has a few scarce gun books and a Steve McQueen TV prop for sale there. o o o Continuing the story on the Albuquerque shooting of a homeless man: New Albuquerque Police Shooting Probe Sought – ABC News. It appears that the civilian police oversight panel had demanded an independent investigation as condemnation mounts from across the state. Five outside agencies are currently investigating the incident. It should be noted that there …



Notes from HJL:

Don’t forget that Ready Made Resources is increasing the price of their upgraded Gen 3+ unit from $2,695 to 2,945 due to price increases from ITT and Litton. (Most dealers already charge $3,100-$3,200 for these.) These units are far better than the average PVS-14. The photosensitivity they guarantee as a minimum is 2300 and the signal-to-noise ratio is 23:1. For now, you will still get the free weapons mount and shuttered eye relief, but after April 1st these bonuses will go away. If you want to order a Gen 3 PVS-14, then order it now, from a reputable dealer, such …