Category: Odds ‘n Sods

A Recent Podcast: Survivalism As a Financial Plan: the Tactics for “Surviving the End of the World as We Know It” Applied to Modern Life – Interview with James Wesley, Rawles o o o Swiss Democracy: They listen to their people! What’s the matter with our country?? – Avalanche Lily o o o Krayton Kerns: God, Guns and Guts – Avalanche Lily o o o Your “Children Will Be Fined” If You Fail To Sign Up For Obamacare: People Are Going To Be In for A Shock. – B.B. o o o Water thievery on rise amid California drought. – …

Flying stingray towers: Secret US spy program targeted Americans’ cellphones – D.M. o o o Allah Praised on House Floor. – J.R. o o o Why do you prep? How about record-breaking temperatures across the Northern States this year, in mid-November? Thursday: Burlington, Colorado: -10° Wednesday: Casper Wyoming: -27° Livingston, Montana: -21° o o o “Pure Arctic Outbreak”: Staying Warm During the Polar Vortex. – F.B. o o o Registration does lead to confiscation. – B.B.

15 Doomsday Fiction Books That May Soon Become Reality – J.W. o o o In a recent incident in western Oregon, a man was arrested on his own property for filming police from across the street. This police must learn that they cannot trample our First Amendment right to document public events. Join CFAPA.org, folks! Membership and press credentials are available free of charge. o o o SWAT team shoots lap dog. – T.P. As usual, it’s not cut and dried; it’s a complicated altercation with police, but it is an indication of current police mentality. Warning: foul language o …

Did the U.S. Just Secretly Fly in an African Ebola Patient? – CDV o o o Man tells cops he’s uploading video of them, gets arrested o o o What frightened the USS Donald Cook so much in the Black Sea? – RBS o o o Gravity water filter scientific test results released by Natural News: Big Berkey, ProPur, Zen Water Systems and more – J.W. o o o Will There Be an Ebola Outbreak in America? – D.S.

From Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog Editor At Large: Veteran’s Memorial Park at Sunrise The video was taken at sunrise at the Pensacola War Memorial Park. The park is located on the North Shore of Pensacola Bay. It includes memorials to all U.S. Armed Forces and foreign wars. It is also the location of the Wall South, which is an exact replica of the Viet Nam Memorial in Washington. The lighted tower in the Park is the Marine Corps Aviation Memorial and was built through private donations, and the bell clapper in the bell is made of the Naval Aviation Wings and …

I recently received a review copy of the book How To Build The Perfect Off-Grid Home, by Roxyann Spanfelner. This profusely-illustrated 185-page large format paperback was recently released by Paladin Press. I was quite impressed with the author’s level of detail on site selection, foundations, general construction, trenching, pipe and conduit runs, plumbing, AC wiring, appliance selection and load estimation, backup generators, and photovoltaic system installation. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is planning to build a retreat, even if you plan to contract out all of the plumbing and electrical work. – JWR o o o How …

Obama’s New Medical Snooping Program – D.S. o o o ‘Kissing bug’ disease infects OVER 300,000 people in the US…most of whom don’t know they have the parasite referred to as “the new AIDS” – P.M. o o o Those of us with equines know straight-up what to do and how to act when we have the issue of a potential disease outbreak. Step #1-ISOLATION, Step #2 Physical Exam and Collect History, Step #3 Reporting, Step #4 QUARANTINE, Step #5 Biosecurity & Commo, and Step #6 Lifting Quarantine. I guess the dolts now in our federal government, who are facing …

Facial recognition, body cameras used by Calgary police target of privacy probe. – B.M. o o o Ferguson “Activists” Deliver Pre-Riot Demands To Police. – T.P. o o o It begins: I Will Not Comply! – D.S. o o o VIDEO: New York Deputy Slaps Man For Refusing Unwarranted Search – G.P. o o o Michigan School District Plans “Lockdown” On Open Carry Parents – J.C.

There was a bumper crop of turnips harvested from the garden at the Rawles Ranch this week. Does anyone have any good turnip recipes? If so, then please e-mail them. Thanks! o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog Editor At Large: The echoes of communism o o o Expert Advice: How to Find Your Way Without a Compass – G.G. o o o Latest Ebola fear: Safety of lab equipment. – T.P. o o o Contained? NYC Department Of Health Actively Monitoring 357 Individuals For Ebola. – P.S.

Tolerance: The Myth – Avalance Lily o o o Political Catch-Phrase – Avalance Lily o o o Facebook sees 24% uptick in government requests for user data – J.C. o o o Check out my thoughts on the threat risks of a resurgent Russia, an Ebola pandemic, and a U.S. power grid vulnerable to attack. On the latest segment of my interview with DRescapes.com, the expatriate blog – JWR o o o Video: Common Core Creator explains WHY he wrote it.

Second Amendment Crushes Gun Control Candidates in Midterm Elections – JBG o o o While most races involving the 2nd Amendment went the way they should have, SurvivalBlog reader D.S. informs us that some went further afield: Billionaire gun grabbers get their way. It may be time for that split in some states. JWR’s Comment: I have no doubt that this referendum banning private party sales of guns did not get a majority of votes in lightly-populated eastern Washington. This is just one more reason for Washington to be partititioned at the summit of the Cascades. The western and eastern …

An example of government control by criminalizing the common: New York City Pays $7,500 To Falsely Arrested Knife Owner. – G.P. o o o Video – Black Dart is the United States’ Answer to Drones: War Games o o o Interesting view of the “Mad Max” war in Syria: The Dreaded GoPro Tanks. – G.S. o o o Frank Serpico speaks out on the out-of-control police state. – G.L. o o o Swedish Police Release Extensive Report Detailing Control Of 55 ‘No-Go Zones’ By Muslim Criminal Gangs. – P.M.

Over at The Daily Sheeple: When the SHTF, These Cheap Items Will be Worth Their Weight in Gold. – H.L. o o o ?FBI director wants access to encrypted Apple, Google user data, demands law ‘fix’. – RBS o o o Some interesting advice and discussion for those under the Virginia Circuit Court: Reboot Your iPhone Before Being Detained by Police to Disable Touch ID – RLH o o o Water is always of concern when making alternative plans: These Maps of California’s Water Shortage Are Terrifying. – T.P. o o o Refusing to Vote for ‘the Lesser of Two …

S.W. Florida Bomb Shelter, interesting look back. – JRN It may be a look back, but it still sounds interesting to me for future use… o o o By way of Infowars.com: Bundy Family Treated as Terror Suspects by TSA o o o Sipsey Street Irregulars: There will be raids. – B.B. o o o More reasons to home school: Allah in the Classroom — the ABC’s of Forced Conversion. – B.B. o o o ‘Entire villages disappeared’: Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone ‘underreported’ – K.D.

An interesting look at Ebola: Math Just Is. – K.H. o o o SurvivalBlog’s Field Gear Editor, Scot Eire, is curious if any readers have had a time-keeping device like this Dipleidoscope. If you are aware of this product or a similar product, shoot us an email. o o o What a surprise: State of Maine Document Reports Kaci Hickoxâs Roommate in Africa Developed Ebola. – T.P. o o o Another reason I don’t use smart phones: Somebody’s Already Using Verizon’s ID to Track Users. – G.G. o o o For those following the Sharyl Attkisson ordeal, a video has …