Category: Odds ‘n Sods

I noticed that our SurvivalRealty.com spinoff site (operated by my #1 Son) now has more than 160 listings. Be sure to check out the many new ones, including one in the historic “living ghost town” of Warren, Idaho. – JWR o o o 3-3 is Threeper Day: Celebrate It. – B.B. o o o The Death Of Shop Class And America’s Skilled Workforce. – T.P. o o o I am continually amazed at the utter stupidity of some: Allowing blood donations from gay men could help save over a million lives in U.S. . – T.P. o o o DNC’s …

Sandy Hook Advisory Commission calls for tighter regulation of homeschooling of “children with significant emotional, social or behavioral problems” – G.P. o o o What the Global Status Quo Optimizes: Protecting Elites and the Clerisy Class That Serves Them. – JFJ o o o This article takes an alarmist stance on the spread of Ebola. Many of the links are based upon shaky and incorrect evidence. However, the article underscores how fragile the current economy is and identifies many issues that could be a problem in any pandemic situation. Read it with a grain of salt and know that the …

One cost of war: U.S. blowing up its own Humvees. – RBS o o o How Gun Control Made England The ‘Most Violent Country In Europe’. – JBG o o o The Number One Threat to the US Above Terrorism. – T.P. o o o Illegal children brought into the country apparently brought this virus in: Virus probed in paralysis cases in 9 Colorado kids – P.M. o o o Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace. – T.P. The first reports about this violent act avoided the issue that it was related to Islam, even though it was readily apparent. I …

Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General. JWR’s Comments: Only National Pravda Radio (NPR) could couch Holder’s departure in such glowing terms and avoid any specific mention of the many impeachable scandals that the man got himself into, including the Fast and Furious gunrunning plot. Holder should be serving a long stretch in a federal pen, rather than collecting a federal retirement check. o o o Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car – T.P. o o o 11-Year-Old Girl Saves Mother’s Life By Shooting Violent Intruder Multiple Times. – J.W. o o o For Gun Shop Owners, …

The Burning Platform blog recently posted a cogent letter clipping about U.S. intervention in Syria (from what appears to be Navy Times), titled Clear As Mud. o o o Seattle mandates residents separate food waste from trash or pay $1 fine – T.P. o o o Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates o o o Apparently there really are zombies (other than those found at *Mart on Black Friday): Liberia: Dead Ebola Patients Resurrect?. It is stories like this that make me really question the level of medical care available in some …

North has nuke missiles: source. – G.P. o o o LE squeals about more secure smartphones. – T.P. o o o America — poised for collapse. – B.B. o o o Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections. – H.D. o o o Willing Demons . – B.B.

For those who prefer to read novels in Spanish, my second novel, Survivors (“Supervivientes“) is now available in trade paperback and and ebook for Kindle readers. And of course Patriots (“Patriotas“) is also available in Spanish. – JWR o o o New lab incidents fuel fear, safety concerns in Congress. – G.P. o o o iPhone ATM PIN code hack- HOW TO PREVENT. – T.P. Hugh Adds: Careful with this video … I got sucked into this guy’s YouTube channel and spent nearly an hour watching his videos before I realized I was off on a tangent. Very enjoyable. o …

Some food for thought: The Once & Future Christendom o o o Many people are scratching their heads over President Obama’s insistence that we use the United Nations term of ISIL for the Islamic State of evil thugs and murderers. ISIL purportedly stands loosely for the Islamic State In Iraq and the Levant, with the Levant being a neo-colonial term originating with Britain and France several hundred years ago, when they divided up the Middle East, based on profits from exploitation. According to Wikipedia, the term Levant is only occasionally employed to refer to modern events, peoples, states, or parts …

Mob Violence, Terrorists, & Fears of Tyranny: Are You Arming & Armoring Up? – T.P. o o o News Montville, N.J. Plan Would Allow Searches Without Warrants For Underage Drinking. – T.J. o o o And Then They Came For The Bolt-Actions. – B.B. o o o NBC: Survive Home Invasion By Cooperating With Invaders, ‘Treat Them Like Royalty’ – T.P. It’s absolutely astonishing in this day and age that any reporter would suggest such poor advice that will likely get you killed. Cooperating with a home invasion thug may have been exactly what Jull Su did and look where …

This interview with Russian hardliner Federov (a Deputy of the State Duma) is most revealing on several levels, especially vis-a-vis the dollar-tied Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Clearly, the great game continues: The Purge is coming. Evgeny Fedorov Federov covers a lot of ground in this interview, perhaps tipping his hand more than he intended. A transcript can be found online. Parenthetically, if Federov’s prediction is correct, then look for an announcement of the nationalization (or perhaps a “dissolution” or “reorganization”) of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the issue of a gold-baked ruble as the catalyzing …

Ol’ Remus at WoodpileReport.com noted: “In the dull light of the woods, crisp new cammies are easier to spot than the somewhat faded cammies typical of military surplus. And Flecktarn may be slightly less visible than Woodland.” JWR Adds: But be careful not to buy any camouflage uniforms that have ever been starched, since that makes them reflective to infrared (IR.) And likewise, it is best to launder your field clothing with a mild detergent such as Woolite, since using a detergent with any “whitening” or “brightening” will make you stand out quite noticeably to users of FLIRs and night …

SurvivalBlog reader K.A. sent us a link to a video of some pro-Russian irregulars of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR/DNR) skirmishing in the village of Vergunka near Luhans’ka, Ukraine. (Note: Please ignore the lewd pictures and links at the LiveLeak website. Sorry, but I could not find another video aggregation site with the same video clip.) This video provides a great case study on how NOT to operate as a small guerilla unit: Pitiful noise discipline (plenty of “smoking and joking”); marginal command and control; suicidally poor dispersion of patrol members (at many times they were bunched so close together …

Video: TSA demands to rescreen a man AFTER he he flew from Minneapolis, MN and landed safely in Denver, Colorado.. – J.C. o o o NATO Chief Warns Moscow: No More Stealth Invasions. – Pat Cascio o o o The Great Unraveling. – P.M. I’m going to have to agree with some of the commenters on this opinion piece. While it may seem that society has begun to completely unravel, I tend to think it is because the leaders that we have put in place are so small minded and completely out of their depth. I truly believe that with …

Keeping Your Powder Dry—How to Store Ammunition Using a FoodSaver. – R.F. JWR Adds: Please note that ammunition should only be stored under a LIGHT vacuum! A strong vacuum can unseat bullets from cartridge cases. You can still use the FoodSaver bags, just seal them without the vacuum. o o o Chief Eden: APD is ‘stuck’ with some officers. – T.P. o o o Blackwater-type Mercenaries Drop from Unmarked Helicopters to Raid Legal Marijuana Gardens in California. – RBS o o o 5 Reasons to Expect Police Brutality to Get Worse Before it Gets Better. – G.R. o o o …