Category: Odds ‘n Sods

Dear Hugh, I had to attend a LEO meeting at the county courthouse. Waiting around between sessions, some local inner-city police there were showing me “another goofy idea” that their higher-ups were considering implementing to make locals “feel good”. Ta-Da! Enter “Alternative Ballistics”. I asked these officers: “If you ran up against an armed criminal with speed the likes of Ed McGivern or Jerry Miculek, can you mount this device in, say 1/2 second, before your adversary gets off his first shot?” (They called this thing “another ‘widow-maker’”.) Another inquiry as to: “Would you use this at your own home …

Law enforcement divided over releasing StingRay docs. – K.D. o o o The nanny state strikes again! We’ll see how long it takes this to make it into the school lunch program. America Should Adopt ‘Plant-Based’ Diet. – D.S. o o o Spies Can Track You Just by Watching Your Phone’s Power Use. – RBS o o o Too Many Lies, Too Much of the Time o o o From one of our favorite video blogs – Wranglerstar: How To Build A Treehouse

A Moral Code For The Post-Collapse World. – ShepherdFarmerGeek o o o Although there is much in the history of America’s wars with the Barbary pirates that is of direct relevance to the current global war on terrorism, one aspect seems particularly instructive to informing our understanding of contemporary affairs. Very simply put, the Barbary pirates were committed, militant Muslims who meant to do exactly what they said. Take, for example, the 1786 meeting in London of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, the Tripolitan ambassador to Britain. As American ambassadors to France and Britain, respectively, …

A review of JWR’s Tools for Survival by John Walker has been posted. SurvivalBlog considers it an honor to have a review written by Walker, who is a legendary figure in the software world as the inventor of AutoCAD. o o o NJ Cops Arrest Gun Owner for “Creating a Risk of Widespread Injury or Damage” – D.S. It is evident from the photo, the majority of that gunpowder is smokeless (nitrocellulose) powder–NOT black powder–and hence represented no significant risk. I’d be much more worried about a poorly-stored five gallon gas can. o o o Those who were around in …

There has been an uproar on the Internet (and a significant market rush) caused by the BATFE’s proposed ban of “green tip” M855 5.56mm NATO ammunition, even though it is not truly “armor piercing”, and even though less than 1% of AR-15s are built as pistols. If you oppose this rule change, then please politely send a comment to the ATF. ATF will carefully consider all comments, as appropriate, received on or before March 16, 2015, and will give comments received after that date the same consideration if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be …

Cometh the Censor – Birth of What Will Prove a Short Siege – K.M. o o o The FBI’s Plan To Collect Everyone’s DNA Just Got A Huge Boost From Congress. – RBS o o o So sad. Have we learned nothing in the last 100 years? Video: A Jew Harassed on the Streets of Paris. – P.M. o o o Call For End To Foreign Aid To Argentina As It Buys Fighter Jets From China. – T.P. o o o Video: Nation’s Top Teacher Drops Resignation Bomb: “I Can’t Drill ‘em and Kill ‘em”. – H.L.

Bureaucracy Kills: A Lesson from Rome. – P.S. o o o South Carolina Inmate Sentenced to 37 Years in Solitary for Facebooking. – H.L. o o o President Barack Obama’s Complete List of Historic Firsts [Updated]. – B.B. o o o Restoring the Old Way of Warming: Heating People, not Places. – P.B. o o o The Feds Unveil Its New Surveillance Tool ‘Memex’, Developed By DARPA To Reveal The Hidden Nature Of The ‘Dark Web’

Yet another Philip K. Dick novel has made it to the screen. This one is an alternate history story: The Man In The High Castle o o o SurvivalBlog Reader JBG sent in this link talking about the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission Report. It’s notable that the report references that there were over nine minutes that passed while the shooter had unhindered access to do his evil deeds. Then the report takes a tangent into left field and makes recomendations that would have had zero impact on this school shooting but certainly carry the left’s anti-gun message. Missing from the …

It gets worse even quicker from here… Tweeting for Treatment in Venezuela. – H.L. o o o Want To Start A Blog in Philadelphia? You’ll Need A $300 License For That!. – RBS o o o Officials in Missouri are SUING THEIR OWN RESIDENTS for Voting Against Red Light Cameras. – H.L. o o o Homeland Security to be put in charge of info spying. – P.S. o o o CNN Anchor: ‘Our Rights Do Not Come From God’ – T.P. This CNN anchor fails civics class: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, …

Bartering After SHTF. – H.L. o o o IRS to pay back-refunds to illegal immigrants who didn’t pay taxes. – P.M. o o o America is Choking: Operation Chokepoint. – H.L. o o o Government wonders: What’s in your old emails?. – S.A. o o o What’s Behind Big Pharma’s Freak-out Media Blitz Over Measles?. – D.S.

Central Florida leaders to vote on pay-per-mile study. – T.P. o o o From the local TV news out of Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, February. 10th: Major shipping company pulls out of Portland I’m sure you’ve all seen those shipping containers attached to semi-trucks with the words “Hanjin” written on ’em. Well, Hanjin is one of the biggest sea shipping companies in the world; cargo ships are absolutely loaded down with those shipping containers stacked high on ’em as they pull into port. Well, Hanjin announced yesterday that they will no longer pull into port in Portland, OR. No big …

If you go for a multi-fuel, never burn wood and coal at the same time. Even kiln-dried wood has some moisture in it, and it releases that moisture when it burns. Choosing The Right Solid Fuel Stove. – H.L. o o o French Government Declares Independence From Free Speech: Broad Internet Take-Down Powers Now In Place – H.L. o o o Onslaught of California Storms Fails to Provide Critical Relief for Reservoirs, Farmers. – M.F. o o o TSA Demands Internal Passport for Domestic Travel. InfoWars easily goes over the top most of the time, but on this topic I …

Old people auctioned off to care homes on the internet: Anger over ‘cattle markets for grannies’ as councils accept lowest bids to save cash o o o How to render lard, the easy way. – K.W. o o o Combat rations of 20 armies around the world revealed. – JBG o o o Although somewhat humorous, this event underscores a major problem as robots become more ubiquitous. They have no conscience, no sense of right or wrong, and no impenitence over causing physical or emotional harm. Robot vacuum cleaner ‘attacks’ South Korea housewife’s hair. – D.S. o o o NM …

SWAT raid on maple syrup tapping. This family’s neighbors reported that they had a suspected meth lab. It turned out that they were tapping trees for maple syrup. At least no one was hurt when DEA and police raided their house, but this is one more example where the governmental encouragement of “If you see something, tell someone” has turned us into a nation of tattletales. – J.C. o o o Venezuela to incorporate occupied grocery into state system. – H.L. o o o Today In Creepy Privacy Policies, Samsung’s Eavesdropping TV. – P.S. o o o Doctor That Said …

Planting season is nearly upon us. SurvivalBlog reader R.L. sent in this link to an article detailing over 230 Heriloom Seed Suppliers. You may want to print this article out for reference. o o o As the argument for mandatory vaccines heats up, SurvivalBlog reader D.C. sends in this article from ZeroHedge on How Vaccine Hysteria Could Spark A Totalitarian Nightmare o o o Why Experts Are Saying Your Personal Health Data Could Be at Risk – D.S. o o o As if you needed another reason, here’s one more for leaving Connecticut: CT Senator Says Anyone Wanting A High-Capacity …