Category: Odds ‘n Sods

JWR notes that Season 2 of The Man in The High Castle should be available on Amazon video, today—December 16th, 2016. (Free for folks with an Amazon Prime subscription.) o o o Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information o o o Police reports show odd behavior in Boise Airport air traffic control tower – RBS o o o Politicizing Children – DC-Area Marching Bands Opt To Sit Out Trump’s Inaugural Parade – D.S. o o o Reclaiming the Bill of Rights – B.B. o o o EPA Drowning in Lawsuits from Animas River Spill – T.Z.

Montie Gear is having a 35% off Scratch and Dent Special. They’ve accumulated a few X-Rests that have some minor aesthetic issues. o o o 99 Dallas cops have quit in last 10 weeks – DSV o o o Congressman Serving Time Over Federal Corruption Charges – W.C. o o o German police say they “don’t yet know” They are baffled as to motive: Germany: 50 Christian Statues Smashed, Decapitated in Countryside – D.S. o o o More Doctors Confessing To Intentionally Diagnosing Healthy People With Cancer To Make Money – DSV o o o Scorpion – Russian Ammunition Belt …

Don’t forget Safecastle’s sale on Lindon Farms’ 25-year freeze dried foods. It ends Thursday, December 15 and you can save up to 50% on a great variety of fruits, veggies, and entrees. o o o Former intelligence officer on the bogus Russian hack o o o Tillerson’s Assault on Scouting – D.S. o o o Two soda bottle water distillation – G.P. o o o No Peace In Mind – B.B. o o o After the recent series of letters on making your own firestarters, Reader Okie Ranch Wife wrote in to remind readers of her old letter: Do-It-Yourself Campfire …

Here We Go=> Republican Leaders to Oppose Trump Tax Cuts – D.S. o o o House Republicans establish congressional Second Amendment Caucus – DSV o o o Christians in China being targeted and killed for organ harvesting – RBS o o o Your First HF Station – P.S. o o o “We Are Watching The Long Game To Total Censorship Play Out” – B.B.

Mapping The Top States For Resettling Refugees In 2016 – K.T. o o o Involuntary tracking for citizens with disabilities – Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices – G.P. o o o Getting In Bed With The Government o o o Where did the billions of dollars in donations to Haiti go? The Shelters That Clinton Built – T.J. o o o Europe’s 2 Largest Land Armies Tiptoe to Edge of War – W.C.

Naked Capitalism Threatens Lawsuit Against Washington Post Over “Fake News” Story; Obama Starts Russia Witch Hunt o o o Betsy DeVos at Trump Michigan Rally: Time to ‘Finally Put an End to Federal Common Core’ – H.L. o o o Nationalism vs Globalism – B.B. o o o Orange Coast College Student Threatened With Expulsion After Recording Professor’s Anti-Trump Tirade – C.S. o o o Augmented reality app lets you scan people’s FACES and reveal everything about them

Reader J.R. reports that he tried to sign up with Simbi (mentioned yesterday) and was informed that a social media account was required as proof of identity (to avoid “fake” accounts). If you don’t have a social media presence, they require your full legal name, zip code or address, and a “selfie” of you holding a government issued ID. Given this level of privacy intrusion and the questionable value of the data for the stated reasons, SurvivalBlog cannot recommend Simbi to its readers. (See this legal brief filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in regards to the …

The folks at Cold Steel just mentioned that they now have less than 100 of the limited Edition Rawles XL Voyager knives left in stock. After those have sold, your only chance to get one will be from second-party vendors, or on the used market. The law of supply and demand is inescapable, so buy yours while they are still reasonably priced. – JWR o o o Authorities charge two teens in Gatlinburg wildfires – W.C. o o o Swedish developers have come up with a handy solution to those who wish to completely remove themselves from the web. – …

This property in Panama’s prepper expat country deserves special mention: Turn Key Prepper Paradise Ranch. (It is one of more than 250 listings over at SurvivalRealty.com.) o o o Keep Shooting has just received a shipment of authentic USGI TCOP Tents for $229.95. These tents are what replaced the old two-man shelter half and are really fantastic tents. o o o Concealed gun permits surge over 15 million, fight on for more – B.B. o o o Alexa, Cortana, Siri and Google Home Record What You Say.What Happens to Your Data? I pray we, as a humanity, will use these …

Lloyd’s of London warns of devastating $2.6 trillion solar storm – RBS o o o How To Grow A Lemon Tree From Seed No Matter Where You Live – DSV o o o My Unhappy Life as a Climate Heretic – P.M. (Note: May require an account/login to view) o o o Reader M.P. writes in: “Tom’s Hardware just published an article about an attempt by the Canadian government to impose the “Snooper Charter” style of government surveillance on Canadian ISPs, VPN service providers, etc. Time for Canadians to speak up and fight Bill C-51! We in the US need …

¡Viva La Revolución! Jeep Carrying Fidel Castro Ashes Breaks Down Mid-Funeral – W.C. o o o Forced Psychiatric Treatments Expanded under Fast Track Bill Before Senate – DSV o o o Muslims Rally in Jakarta, Demanding Christian Governor Be Punished for Blasphemy – D.S. o o o Mizzou Students Urged to Cancel Social Events as Mumps Spread – W.C. o o o Dakota Pipeline Opponents Speak with Forked Tongue – P.M.

From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at large: Antique cannon repurposed in Syria o o o Houston homeowner brutally beaten by fake UPS driver & 3 other youths with pistols – T.P. o o o Earthquakes sequence animation for the last 15 years – J.H. o o o Yes, this is a real police recruitment ad…At a minimum, it is inappropriate and in bad taste: Inside FWPD – T.P. (It’s on Facebook, but you do not need a facebook account to see it.) o o o This forgotten WWI antiseptic could be the key to fighting antibiotic resistance …

The Propaganda About Russian Propaganda o o o Video: Secret Compartment Furniture. Here is a link directly to their web site: SecretCompartmentFurniture.com o o o Fred on Everything: Gun Control: Hawglegs and Hawgwash – T.J. o o o Uber can now track passengers’ locations after they are dropped off – DSV o o o An earthquake worse than the ‘Big One’? Shattered New Zealand city shows danger of Seattle’s fault. Note that they’re still using shipping containers to prop things up. There are a series of pictures in the article. – P.S.

Obama Regime Stiff-Arms Lawmakers Questioning Secret Refugee Deal – D.S. o o o The Burning Platform: Time to Say Goodbye… – No, they are not closing their doors. – B.B. o o o Sweeping Legislative Attack On Gun Clubs, Ranges & Everyone Who Uses Them Threatens A Wide Swath – G.W. o o o Land of the Free, Home of the 33,000 Violent Street Gangs – B.B. o o o Liberal tells Megyn Kelly that the cop who shot the Ohio State attacker ‘rushed to judgment’ – This is what we are up against. – P.M.

Ohio State Official DEFENDS Terrorist… FB Post Will Make You Physically Ill – W.C. o o o Starting Today, Feds Can Hack Millions Of Devices With One Warrant – H.K. o o o An article found in Emergency Management magazine– a publication mainly for city/county/state/federal emergency managers: Prepper Movement, While Not Mainstream, no Longer Just for Doomsday Outliers – T.H. o o o Video: Springfield Armory M1A Socom 16 meets the X-Products 50 round .308 drum! – W.C. o o o Italy: The Next Stop on Populism’s Global March