Category: Odds ‘n Sods

Mother dies in jail while being punished for kids missing school – H.L. Can somebody please explain to me why a mother was in jail for her children’s truancy? o o o Postal Service Explores Sensors, Data Collection Via ‘Vehicles, Mailboxes, Machines, Letter Carriers’ – G.P. o o o Is this what our republic has succumbed to– vulgar 6th graders being encouraged by their parents? This is sickening and the fruit of a depraved and fallen culture–a society that has abandoned God. Josh Orlian: 12-Year-Old Standup Comedian Gets Naughty on AGT Stage – America’s Got Talent 2014 – R.G. o …

Video Surfaces of Texas Police Executing Handcuffed Prisoner – T.P. Texas police execute a handcuffed man and the grand jury refused to indict the officer. The D.A. didn’t want the video released “to protect the rights of the victim”, but I suspect the real reason was to protect the police officer. Once again, mental illness mixed with police brutality is essentially a death sentence with no consequences for the offending officer. Warning: the video is extremely graphic! Surveillance Video of the incident. o o o Another example of expressing a first amendment right violated: Parma resident ticketed for sign warning …

Why ISIS Won’t Stop With Iraq – J.S. o o o A stark warning for today’s Christians in light of ISIS: Trapped in Hitler’s Hell – RBS o o o Is Obama Allowing Illegals to Cross Our Southern Border an Encouragement of Domestic Attacks to Facilitate a Government Takeover? – B.B. o o o South Dakota has Raked in $100 Million in Homeland Security Grants Despite No Known Terrorist Threats…Ever – T.R. o o o The Freeze Dry Guy(along with all of our advertisers who sell Mountain House foods) are still having some fantastic sales. This is a slow season …

So much for buying your son a birthday or graduation present. Once again, a law designed to punish law abiding citizens is validated, or you can look at this as a law to make criminals out of law abiding citizens for simply following the time-honored tradition of buying your relative a gift. Supreme Court Rules on ‘Straw Purchaser’ Law. – RBS. o o o From Pat Cascio: This is what the past three presidents have unilaterally declared as “A religion of peace”. Warning: This video is extremely graphic! Muslims Force Christian To Convert To Islam, Then Brutally Behead Him Also, …

We posted the original article on the “sneaky” changing of SCOTUS opinions without notification. It now appears that someone has programmed an alarm for it. Clever piece of code exposes hidden changes to Supreme Court opinions. – G.P. o o o 5 Native American Survival Medicines Secretly Made At Home. – H.L. o o o Confiscation and Rebellion. – B.B. Obama praises the Australian gun laws without mentioning that a linchpin of the whole concept is the mandatory confiscation. o o o Obama Facilitates The Rise Of The Caliphate. – B.B. o o o Text and Video: Video from ISIS …

Securing Your Six: Teacher’s Edition. – Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog Editor At Large. o o o Iraq’s Vulnerable Christians Further Imperiled by Jihadist Advance – P.M. o o o NASA and NOAA agree: Solar Max has arrived, but this “mini Max” is not like any other solar maximum of the Space Age. Solar Mini-Max . – A.D. o o o Liar, liar! 12 major problems with Hillary’s Benghazi chapter. – H.L. o o o Video: Husband and wife shoot gunmen who try to enter their St. Louis home, killing 1, police say . Text with two-minute video. – T.P.

Criminal Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Indefinite Detention Case. – H.L. Even the perception of “Liberty and Justice for all” has now been shredded. o o o A study on mob mentality and subsequent loss of personal morals: Your friends really DO make you behave badly: Researchers warn being in a group leads to ‘mob rule’ and causes people lose touch with their moral beliefs. – R.D. Also, the first season of this TV program has 13 British men left on a deserted island for four weeks with just the clothes on their back, three knives, and three machetes. o …

With new hack, cellphone can get data out of computers o o o The NSA Claims It Is “Too Big to Comply” With A Court Order. – H.L. o o o Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog Editor At Large, sent in this list of links for AK builds: Get a spare set of firing pins, extractors, or fcg parts for your AK! You never know when those will wear out. You should always have a spare set on hand. They also have a fresh supply of AK parts kits. Lastly, they are now offering a complete set of AK build jigs for …

Introducing The Latest Tactic For Governments To Raise Cash – H.L. “‘Creativity’ isn’t usually a word associated with ‘government’. Words like stodgy, bureaucratic, and incompetent are typically more appropriate.” o o o Unmanned aerial vehicles are flying to the farm. – T.J. o o o What are my rights at various “checkpoints”? – B.B. o o o D-Day Anniversary: The Ghost Town of Oradour-sur-Glane, Scene of a Nazi Massacre. – T.P. o o o Dad: NJ threatens to take away son after pencil-twirling incident. – T.P.

US ‘mountain man’ Troy James Knapp jailed in Utah. – T.P. For those who are not familiar with the story, this news article is about a “survivalist” that preyed upon those with remote cabins in Utah. He has finally been sentenced, but his 1-15 years for each burglary will run concurrently. o o o Video: DHS in Kalispell, Montana – Weapons and Rapid Response teams on the ground with an unknown purpose. o o o Arms Windfall for Insurgents as Iraq City Falls. – G.P. o o o The Miller Dilemma . – B.B. o o o Another Heavily Publicized …

Metal Studs Treat The Homeless ‘Like Animals’ – T.P. o o o Treasury Department Employee Firing Rate Is 4th Lowest Among Federal Agencies – PLC o o o Turing Test breakthrough as super-computer becomes first to convince us it’s human . – T.P. There will be those who see this as an advancement towards a “skynet” type system, but the real fear is more down to earth. Can this program accelerate the duping of real humans in online fraud? What happens when the state of the art voice synthesis is combined with this? This may raise the bar on identity …

Cops In Texas Seize Millions By ‘Policing for Profit’. – B.B. o o o Hendersonville hiker markets self-designed pack – G.G. o o o Glock Distributor and Two Glock Executives Indicted on Million+ Dollar Bribery and Fraud Charges – JBG o o o Mexico’s vigilante movement has a strong U.S. connection o o o Just because you’ve been making cheese that way for 5000 years doesn’t mean it’s safe. FDA Rules No Wooden Boards in Cheese Aging – Mike Williamson, SurvivaBlog Editor At Large.

Payday Lenders Sue Regulators Over Operation Choke Point – G.G. o o o Some great ideas to lighten the load… of a bug out bag? 13 Clever Camping Hacks to Make the Outdoors More Fun – R.J. o o o I’m using this as an excuse for all those times I ate dirt as a kid. Seriously, in the day and age where even the grocery store supplies disinfectant wipes at the door, is it any wonder that we have no immunity? Newborns Exposed to Dirt, Dander and Germs May Have Lower Allergy and Asthma Risk – H.L. o o …

In the UK You Can Now Only Buy Heirloom Seeds if You Are Part of a Private Members Club. – H.L. Article quote: “The way we are being pushed and squeezed by regulations that govern every facet of our life, we will soon only be able to defecate when our allotted time slot comes around.” o o o What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades. – D.S o o o Holder to Create ‘Homegrown’ Terrorism Task Force – G.B. o o o Just Another Anonymous Victim of the Economic Recovery. – H.L. o o o Yet again, another reason why I like …

On this anniversary of D-Day, SurvivalBlog reader C.T. sent in this link to an interesting article comparing the Normandy beaches in 1944 to 70 years later. D-Day Landing Sites Then and Now o o o Dr. Ben Carson: Obamacare More Damaging Than 9/11 – H.L. o o o SurvivalBlog reader R.B. in Washington state writes in: Now Washington state is seeing detainment of motorists for roadside “surveys”. The online news video was edited from what actually was broadcast. One broadcast version has the same reporter saying (paraphrased) that a reluctance to participate in the survey might be an indicator of …