Category: Odds ‘n Sods

Large Cities All Over America Are Degenerating Into Gang-Infested War Zones. Meanwhile we read this madness: Connecticut Democrat state senator Edward Meyer pushed for Barney Fife Law. That eastern Nanny State idiocy is balanced by this news story from Texas: HPD: Witnesses shoot robbery suspect. Be sure to watch the video. Kudos to the vigilante Texas dog, too.    o o o Safecastle has announced a big “The Food Abides” sale. Check out their selection and prices. Included in this sale are: Yoder’s meats, a dairy variety pack and cases of bacon, cheese, butter and ghee.    o o o …

Steve H. wrote to report: Now they’re coming for our wood burning stoves: Reduction in Air Pollution from Wood Stoves Associated With Significantly Reduced Risk of Death    o o o File under Preposterous Pedantry: Make guns smart. While you are at it “Jeremy”, why don’t you petition Microsoft to add a sanity checker to supplement their existing spell checker so that their software can’t be used to create crazy editorials. (OBTW, I always thought is was priceless that Microsoft Word’s spell checker thought “Schumer” was a typo, and suggested “Schemer” as the correction. Touché.)    o o o Egg …

Backwoods Home magazine is having a two day free ebook and emagazine giveaway on January 10th and 11th, 2013.    o o o H.L. sent: Teachers In Ohio, Texas Flock To Free Gun Training Classes    o o o L.C. sent this: How to make strike anywhere matches    o o o Reminder: Blog readers in Florida should plan to attend the Life Changes Be Ready Preparedness Expo and Gun Expo on Saturday January 19, 2013. I will be a guest speaker, via teleseminar. The event will be held at the Volusia County Fair and Expo Center in DeLand, Florida. …

Blog readers in Florida should plan to attend the Life Changes Be Ready Preparedness Expo and Gun Expo on Saturday January 19, 2013. I will be a guest speaker, via teleseminar. The event will be held at the Volusia County Fair and Expo Center in DeLand, Florida.    o o o Randy K. came across a series of YouTube videos by a young woman who made a comprehensive switch to a homesteading lifestyle. Randy describes it as “…quite lively and entertaining. Unlike some of the run-of-the-mill stuff out there, she makes these videos personal and shares little bits of herself …

Kevin S. recommended the very informative (link-heavy) web site of ham radio operator Ron Herring (W7HD.)    o o o Kevin also mentioned this from the Family Research Council: Hunger, Plenty, and Population    o o o Peter Ferrara of Forbes sums it up well: ‘Assault Weapon’ Is Just A PR Stunt Meant To Fool The Gullible. (Thanks to J.B.G. for the link.)    o o o F.G. suggested this video: Sight In Your Rifle in Two Shots

Some fascinating demographics: This Map Shows Where Everyone Is Moving To And From In America. It is surprising to see an outflow from Wyoming. I suspect that some of that is oil and gas industry folks moving up to the Bakken Boom Towns. (Thanks to Bart S. for the link.)    o o o Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large) spotted this: Buttstock Bashfest: GearScout finds out just how far tough talk goes    o o o Reality Check: Fast and Furious Operation Was Really About U.S. Supporting the Sinaloa Drug Cartel? (Thanks to B.B. for the link.)    …

Some good news from Canada: Matt Gurney: Ian Thomson acquitted after shooting at his attackers. BTW, donations to help Ian Thomson recoup his huge legal expenses can be sent to: Ed Burlew, In Trust 16 John Street Thornhill, Ontario L3T 1X8 (or phone: 1-888-gun-loss) Barrister Ed Burlew’s bona fides can be found here.    o o o Though nearly all of the dealers in the country seem to be sold out, Bob at Ready Made Resources wrote to tell me that they have three DPMS AR-15s still on hand: Two TAC2s and one Recon. These are not listed at their …

All of the major firearms industry vendors are gearing up for SHOT Show, 2013. It will be held January 15-18 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. A lot of our friends and associates will be there. For example, Mil-Comm lubricants will have a booth there (Booth # 4227) and Italian Gun Grease will be sharing a booth with Hero Guns (Booth #3727.) They will also have their own booth at the SHOT Show Media Day at the Range, which will be on Monday, January 14, 2013 at the Boulder Pistol & Rifle Range, Boulder City, …

Warning! Rep. DeGette’s magazine ban bill may come up for a vote as a “compromise” in just the next few days. DeGette is talking about momentum behind this bill, that now has umpteen co-sponsors. Please contact your congresscritters TODAY and demand that this bill and other civilian disarmament bills be stopped!    o o o Cool Tools had a pointer to this book: Hawke’s Special Forces Survival Handbook.    o o o Wayne B. wrote to mention that he enjoys reading Pastor Bret McAtee’s blog, Iron Ink. Wayne says: “It is not for the faint of heart.”    o o …

H.L. liked this: The Freest Place in the World. JWR’s Comment: Don’t assume that economic freedom equates to full liberties in all other aspects of life. Argentina is a MerCoSur (Mercado Común del Sur) treaty signatory, and hence (like all the others) they are gradually clamping down firearms ownership under a “harmonization” accord. (Harmonization is statist-speak for: “Let’s equally oppress all of our subjects, to the lowest common denominator.”) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela are full MerCoSur members, and Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are associate members. Just as with gun rights, I suspect that banking privacy will …

‘Black swan’ predictions for 2013 include solar storm    o o o Gun Grabbers Call For Re-Education Programs In Public Schools    o o o A reminder that Italian Gun Grease (all American-made products, but their chemist is Italian–so they thought it would be a catchy name), has some very good products for long term storage of pistols, rifles, and those now precious spare magazines. They are offering a special 25% discount for SurvivalBlog readers. Enter the coupon code RAWLES25 when you check out. Full disclosure: They offered me a 10% “piece of the action” for mentioning their products, but …

B.B. sent this great essay: Gun Control Tramples On The Certain Virtues Of A Heavily Armed Citizenry    o o o Light bulb ban on horizon. And speaking of legislation: New Year Welcomes Oddball State Laws. And the shackles have tightened even more in California: Open carry of long guns has been banned. (Are you ready to vote with your feet, Californians? Or are you going to wait until they put all gun owners on a par with child molestors?)    o o o OSOM suggested: Avoiding The Ethanol Blues    o o o Jim P. mentioned this book review: …

The news is full of sad tales like this: Fearful of ban, frenzied buyers swarm gun stores. And this: Shelves empty of AR-15s. And it is not just a shortage of AR-15s and magazines: Nation running out of ammo. And survey the crowd at the Las Vegas gun show! (Thanks to B.B. for the link.)    o o o J.B.G. sent: California gun sales jump; gun injuries, deaths fall    o o o Steve W. recommended the latest from Selco: 10 Rules for Trading in Long Term Survival Scenarios    o o o Facebook bans Gandhi quote as part of …

First Detailed National Map of Land-Cover Vegetation in U.S. (Thanks to Timothy B. for the link.)    o o o Sale ends December 31st! Ready Made Resources has extended their special pricing on genuine full mil-spec AN/PVS-14 Gen 3+ night vision scopes. They are offering these “grade A” autogated scopes with a free Picatinny rail weapons mount, free shutter eyepiece and free shipping. As usual, these include a head mount and carry case. These have a five year warranty and free annual maintenance for five years. Normally $3,895, these are on sale for $2,795 with free shipping. FWIW, I recently …