Category: Odds ‘n Sods

How important is clean drinking water in an emergency? Safecastle has Katadyn filters up to 35% off right now. o o o Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor At Large, recommended this link, if you are planning to live off of small animals (like squirrels) when the SHTF: Squirrels for SHTF? He also notes that there were no screams when this article was published in 1956: Portraits of Schoolkids Learning Firearm Safety in Rural Indiana, 1956. My, how times have changed. o o o SurvivalBlog Reader R.G. suggested this podcast on Islam: Exposing Islam Part 3 o o o Americans to Receive …

Our friend Tam over at the great View From The Porch blog mentioned this handy yet compact tool that should be on everyone’s EDC keyring. o o o Video: How to Make Aspirin If You Are Lost in the Woods. – P.S. o o o WH Plans to Develop a “Country Within a Country” of 15 Million “New Americans” . – B.B. o o o The Life-Saving ‘Survival Tree’ When You Need Food, Shelter Or Medicine. – D.S. o o o Deadly Bacteria Accidentally Released From Louisiana Lab. – H.L. o o o “World-Leading Economist” And Advisor To Chancellor Osborne …

Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike. – JMC o o o Private police carry guns and make arrests, and their ranks are swelling. – P.M. o o o Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State. – J.G. While the reports suggest vandalism, accessing the cable required the use of power equipment and significant labor. This seems like something more than a bunch of delinquents causing a ruckus. My mind tends to run towards disgruntled employee sabotage or deliberate probing for weakness. – HJL o o o Loretta Lynch’s Secret Prosecutions. – P.M.

Veterans Place Corrupt County Board Under Citizen’s Arrest – They Laugh, Until the Sheriff Shows Up . – M.L. o o o Father Of Black Teenager Murdered By Illegal Alien Asks ‘Do Black Lives Really Matter?’ o o o SurvivalBlog reader H.E. writes in to say: “Here is what I discovered by accident. The silver heat shields for vehicle windows can also be used in your homes. Your body heat can’t be detected from outside. I was in fire department years ago. We used a scanner to find where people may be in building. Using this material can stop people …

I was doing some web wandering and discovered that my old friend Yasha at www.WhatACountry.com has some of the now quite scarce green tip SS109 5.56 ammo available. Theirs is Australian military M855, in 900 round cans. They also have some original “new old stock” MG-42 antiaircraft (AA) tripods available for just $269 each. These make great stand up range tripods for Class 3 shooters. Mount adapters are made for a wide variety of guns. It is hard to believe that there is still NEW WWII surplus equipment floating around! – JWR o o o I would suggest everyone watch …

The Mandatory Dash Cam Is Coming. – G.G. HJL adds: While I think dash cams are a great idea and truly believe that every car should have them, it’s the “mandatory” part that gets me. o o o Update: Charges Dropped Against 72-Year-Old NJ Man With Flintlock Pistol. – JBG o o o Language warning: U.S. Military Using Giant Blimp To Surveil Movements Of Maryland Residents. G.P. o o o The most mismanaged federal organization now has permanent seizure powers. What could possibly go wrong here: Quiet Change Expands ATF Power to Seize Property. – B.B. o o o Cell …

When Deception Becomes Reality o o o Check your router now for this dangerous bug. – D.S. o o o New Madrid quake potential elevated. – G.P. o o o Forget The Terrorists: Malls Already Under Attack from Black Mob Violence. – P.M. o o o Secret new Internet rules loom for Americans. – RBS

Pakistanis face a deadline: Surrender fingerprints or give up cellphone. – JBG o o o Anything that is scarce, or perceived as expensive, will be stolen – Water thefts on the rise in drought-stricken California. – S.B. o o o FedEx Refuses to Ship a Digital Mill That Can Make Untraceable Guns. – G.G. o o o It’s a bit expensive but very interesting. Flow Hive Honey on Tap Directly From Your Beehive. – S.G. o o o Not Enough Evidence Cops Who Shot Unarmed Man 16 Times As He Lay In Bed Acted With ‘Malice’. – T.P.

BIG BLOW FOR SHALE ENERGY: Chevron Terminates All Shale Gas Exploration In Europe o o o Interest in being a cop in America continues to plummet… Departments Now “Having Hard Time” Finding People Who Want to Be Police Officers, Blaming Social Media . – H.L. o o o Secrecy around police surveillance equipment proves a case’s undoing. – P.M. o o o Video on making an improvised antenna: Building the 3 Element Tape Measure Beam. – R.G. o o o I would like to point out a good video on another near miss CME that occurred just yesterday. The scientist …

From Patrice Lewis: The simple secret to surviving any crisis o o o Christian Persecution o o o You Had One Job, Lenovo. – G.G. o o o Bombshell Interview: Cop Reveals That “Planting Evidence And Lying” Are Just “Part Of The Game”. – T.P. o o o Bosnia war survivor warns of things to come in collapse of America. – B.B.

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 …