Category: Odds ‘n Sods

Notable for their absence: You won’t find any of the American Redoubt States listed in America’s 10 Most Dangerous States. However, you will find three of the Redoubt states in the Safest States List. (And if Eastern Oregon were a separate state, it would probably make the latter list.) – JWR o o o NY confiscates Navy vet’s guns, revokes his license after he sought medical help for insomnia . – H.L. o o o Video: Introduction to AmRRON . – J.J. o o o Girl, 7, Who Walked Away from Plane Crash Had Survival Skills: Family . Girl, 7, …

From Frank and Fern: Radio – Adventure with a New Antenna o o o I received the following announcement from the manufacturer of Polar Pure, in Saratoga, California: “After three years of negotiations with the DEA and the EPA, I am pleased to inform you that Polar Pure is officially back on the market!” I was able to obtain a sample from the new production. The packaging looks identical to the “pre-ban” variety. I recommend stocking up before the DEA bureaucrats change their minds! – JWR o o o Candle alternative. – G.P. o o o Not everyone today believes …

Why Is The Fed Hiring An “Emergency Preparedness Specialist Familiar With DHS Directives”. – G.G. o o o From the guy who turned a shovel into an AK47: Takedown Saiga 12. – K.R. o o o An interesting story from Turkey: ‘Thief’ is not Just a Five-Letter Word o o o Military hardware still flowing to local police after Ferguson. – B.B. o o o Georgia. police chief says he accidentally shot wife – Twice. – T.P.

Hackers can steal your fingerprint from a PHOTO: Copycat print could be used by criminals to fool security systems. – D.S. o o o License Plate Reader Technology Looks At Faces. – G.P. o o o Der Spiegel Reveals Loose Standards Needed for Drone Assassination. – RBS o o o 28 Signs That U.S. Public Schools Are Rapidly Being Turned Into Indoctrination Centers And Prison Camps. – B.B o o o Be American . – B.B.

Supreme Court Rules Police Can Violate The 4th Amendment (If They Are Ignorant Of The Law). – B.B. o o o ARPA’s Autonomous Microdrones Designed to Enter Houses o o o Young people are ‘lost generation’ who can no longer fix gadgets, warns professor. – G.G. o o o It’s an old one, but one worth reviewing. Video: Liquor Store Clerk Iraq Veteran Turns Tables On Would Be Robber. – T.P.

Civil Asset Forfeiture: The Final Stage Of Collapse Of Empire. – B.B. o o o On Leaving Church » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch. – RBS o o o The Ultimate Prepper List; 122 Of The Best Online ‘Prepper’ Websites. – T.F. o o o Chaos in the Alps as massive snowfall traps 15,000 cars. – R.F. o o o The Top 10 Things Every Voter Should Know About Money-in-Politics. – T.R.

Google and other tech giants want an exemption from “Do not track” Using a search engine like DuckDuckGo, your own email server, and more will be needed if you want any hope of a level of privacy. This doesn’t even consider the NSA… – P.S. o o o The Drone That Could Save You From Drowning. – P.S. o o o Bring back thrift – G.G. o o o U.N. sending thousands of Muslims to America. – T.P. “The United States, with its commitment to accepting 70,000 displaced people a year, absorbs more refugees than all other countries combined. This …

Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras?. Police body cameras are worthless, as long as the police can turn them off at will. – T.P. o o o Riot Police Needed To Protect Christians Worshipping Midnight Mass In Saint Louis From Rioting “FTP” Protestors… – T.P. o o o Nuclear Power Plant In South Korea Hacked o o o But We Should Demand That Toy Guns Be Painted Bright Colors?. – T.P.

Police stress “need” for social media data-mining upgrades. – T.P. o o o SurvivalBlog Reader P.S. writes in about some interesting research: I’ve always had many questions about the U.S. crime rates. Examples: Are crime rates increasing? Are some areas becoming more violent than others? What has been the influence of gun control? I’m starting to look at the data available from the Uniform Crime Reporting website. Here is some very early analysis. Note that all metrics are per-capita rates (per 100,000 people) such that they account for national and regional population changes. Also, data is only available through the …

Violence is Golden. – P.S. o o o Riots Heat Up Near Ferguson After Cops Shoot A Black Teen – T.F. o o o Mike Rowe’s Gut Check on Ferguson-NYPD Deaths is the Tough Love All Americans Need to Hear. – B.B. o o o Just as JWR predicted: Congress Allows Pension Cuts For Current Retirees. – K. o o o EPA Regs Issued Under Obama Are 43 TIMES As Long As The Bible

Judge Jeanine (Fox News) unloads on De Blasio, Eric Holder, and Barack Obama: De Blasio Is A Coward And A Bully With Blood On His Shoes o o o How To Survive: Falling Into Frozen Water – K.B. o o o Courtesy of Modern Survival Online: Survival Communications Primer – P.M. o o o Children are being smothered to death and are not becoming self-sufficient, happy, CAPABLE adults: Parents Threatened by CPS For Letting Children Play Alone at Neighborhood Park – H.L. o o o Immigrants still surging into Texas shelters. – P.M.

US Families Prepare For ‘Modern Day Apocalypse’. – JMC o o o It’s looking like “American Sniper” is actually trying to get it RIGHT – T.P. o o o HOW TO: Solar Power a MacBook. – P.M. o o o The consequences of robbing a person who has a CCL. Teen shot at Dayton Mall tried to rob man for shoes. – T.P. o o o To Brainwash Your Kids, The Process Should Start In Kindergarden. – T.P.

Privacy will not exist in 10 years, Pew survey of tech experts says. One will need to make concerted effort to not be tracked, such as driving an older vehicle with no GPS in it, using an OLD flip phone, or removing a modern phone battery except when using it, using CASH to purchase things, live off the grid as much as possible, et cetera. Still, with National ID coming, there is no place to really go in the USA. – H.L. o o o A follow on to Monday’s post about a Sheriff’s Deputy in Washington stating that their …

Teacher shot during school robbery sues district after being told he ‘should have played dead’. – B.B. o o o Sharyl Attkisson: CDC Is Tracking 1,400 Possible Ebola Cases in US Today(Video) – B.B. o o o Islamist terror: why I now fear going on the Tube (subway). – A.D. o o o For those with a Netflix account: 20 Best Prepper and Survivalist Shows on Netflix. – M.A. o o o Florida ‘theme park’ let’s teens shoot real machine guns, live ammo, at zombies and other actionable targets. – D.S.

An excellent video tribute to a sad story that happens too often: On the Hometown Battlefield… o o o Two NY Police Officers Ambushed – Both Killed from Behind Seated in Patrol Car – T.P. o o o Increasingly Armed Mexican Populace Preparing for a Revolution?. – G.P. o o o Why TV is EVIL – simulated reality and brainwashing by repetition. – A.D. o o o A recent disaster with a mole removal has made my son unwilling to repeat the incident. Needing to deal with a couple of problem moles, we embarked on a journey to find an …