Category: Odds ‘n Sods

All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You – B.B. o o o The Clinton Body Count Mounts – DSV o o o Several readers sent in this link about the ATF changing the rules on nitrocellulose storage as a backdoor attempt to regulate firearms. The NRA-ILA had this update on the issue: ATF Delays Any Changes to Nitrocellulose Regulation o o o An indicator of things to come: Ultra-violent gangs thrive in chaotic Venezuela despite crackdown – P.S. o o o Reichstag Rubicon: Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections – GJM

The Meltdown of Christianity o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: How Far Will a 12 Gauge Shotgun Kill? o o o Best Practices for Dealing with Wounds in a Survival Situation – DSV o o o A Green Beret’s Guide to Improvised Home Defense Strategies – DSV o o o Yet another reason to avoid social media: Facebook recommended that this psychiatrist’s patients friend each other (The interesting thing is this site asks you to “like” them on Facebook as you read the article.)

Massive security breach hits popular web browser’s password manager – DSV o o o How To Disappear Completely – The Great Vanishing Act – G.L. o o o Hundreds of Aussies sign up for terror survival training. Isn’t the idea to NOT get yourself to be a hostage? So much for being in condition yellow and above! – A.S. o o o Video: MSNBC Host – The Borg Queen wanna-be. Your Kids Belong to the Collective o o o Controversy Erupts After NFL Quarterback Converts To Islam and Refuses To Stand for National Anthem… – W.C.

Grotesquely Incompetent Judge Won’t Suspend Mandatory Vaccination – DSV o o o The American Redoubt makes the Washington Post: A fortress Against Fear – M.S. o o o American Electorate Loses As Partisan Media Coverage Of Candidate Health Turns Outright Bizarre o o o Gun ownership rises to 44% of all home – GJM o o o Restoring Your Soil: Advice by an Old School Soil to Health Expert – DSV

Wranglerstar: DJI Phantom 4 Drone vs Angry Cow! One of our favorite Vloggers uses a drone to herd cows. – T.J. o o o Won 6 Olympic metals but shunned by media – W.C. o o o SurvivalBlog reader K.C sent in this link to Nat Geo Maps. Are you looking for a standard quad 7.5 minute map? Here is your chance. They are already formatted to print out on US Letter. o o o Off grid living in Central Oregon!The latest ad on our sister site SurvivalRealty.com o o o Louisiana Officials Demand That Self-reliant Locals Stop Surviving The …

Turkey’s Exhausting Zigzagging between East and West o o o Imposing Liberty – Excerpt: “Charity is rightfully the Christian way and should remain there. It should be important to us as believers, it should be our driving force, but it should never be put in the hands of bureaucrats.” – B.B. o o o Improving Global Food Security with a Device That Sweats – G.G. o o o Australian man caught up in Italy earthquake describes lucky escape – A.S. o o o Proportional Response: Understanding Self-Defense Statutes. How many of our concealed-carry compatriots have force alternatives besides their sidearm? …

Chicago’s detective force dwindles as murder rate soars – S.L. o o o A $67,000 Home Robbery Exposes $500 Billion Problem in Argentina – G.S. o o o EpiPen price quintuples in US, but CEO pay goes up much more o o o Baltimore cops using private company’s aerial cameras to conduct secret surveillance – B.B. o o o How To Survive With Nothing But “Primitive Technology” – H.L.

Where are the BOB bags? Italy earthquake: 159 dead, many missing as magnitude-6.2 tremor wipes out towns – A.S. o o o Venezuela Will “Purge” All State Workers Who Sign Maduro Recall Petition – H.L. o o o Here’s a video that shows you just never know when TSHTF. Stop for gas, end up in the middle of a gunfight, and get wounded. It’s a crazy world already, and society hasn’t even “collapsed”! The terrifying moment a woman bystander is caught in the crossfire of terrifying machine gun shootout at Atlanta gas station – T.P. o o o The American …

The Pentagon Takes Aim at Bomb-Carrying Consumer Drones o o o ‘They’ll kill for it’: Ramen has become the black-market currency in American prisons. Alternative currencies are fascinating. Chocolate, cigarettes, silk stockings and now Ramen noodles. Who knows maybe some smart debt bound college student will find his niche on campus and pay off their student loans. – RBS o o o Something Has Gone Wrong – B.B. o o o Situational awareness is becoming more important, including some form of legal EDC. Knife attack in Virginia – P.S. o o o Bingo hall raid turns up ‘doomsdayish’ cache of …

Lets bring in more muslims, Boy, 8, dies in Swedish hand grenade blast. o o o Container Full Of Assault Rifles And Grenade Launchers Headed To USA, Seized In Spain – G.P. o o o From reader A.S. – This was posted some years ago (Australian, but easily adapted for anyone) timely to repost again, its in a PDF format. Very worthwhile to keep in the current circumstances around the world: The food Lifeboat o o o An example of when sheltering in place just isn’t a possibility: Mysterious gas leak forces 200 people to evacuate San Diego neighborhood. Is …

From the Dave Hodges podcast – The Common Sense Show: How to Live Off the Land When You’re On the Run- CSS Health Reporter, Katy Whelan – Sent in by H.L. o o o If Our Mayors Are THIS Corrupt, What Is The Rest Of The Population Like Behind Closed Doors? It isn’t just the politicians in Washington D.C. that are deeply corrupt. – G.B. o o o Video: Driving Through Detroit at Night. Detroit used to be one of the most prosperous cities in America. (Warning: This video contains very offensive material!) – B.B. o o o Thousands of …

US judge orders Clinton to answer queries o o o Is Civil Unrest Coming to Suburbia? Rest Assured, the Media Will Lie About It. Some very good advice. Remember what Willie Sutton, bank robber, said decades ago when asked why he robbed banks? “That is where the money is.” The burbs have food, money, et cetera. – H.L. o o o Louisiana Underwater: Life After Another Huge Flood o o o You use what you have, but this is definitely not recommended: Alaska Outfitter Defends Fishermen from Raging Grizzly with 9mm Pistol – B.P. o o o Pesticide-resistant whitefly could …

Comedian Steven Crowder Looks to Debunk ‘Common Sense’ Gun Control in Undercover Video – A humorous look at a serious subject. What is scary is that Crowder constantly reminds you that these are the people voting for the next president. – DSV o o o Which Items Will Disappear First During A Major National Emergency? “We can get some clues about which items will disappear first during a major national emergency by taking a look at where such a scenario is already playing out. One recent survey found that over 80 percent of all basic foodstuffs are currently unavailable in …

Free Private Cities: The Future Of Governance Is Private o o o MassPrivateI: Snapchat, Big Brother, credit card companies etc., are using facial recognition o o o Inmates made defective combat helmets for U.S. troops — and no one was prosecuted. You might want to check your helmet to see if it is from the affected lots. – V.H. o o o Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets – DSV o o o Obama Mandates End of Single Sex Bathroom – W.C.

Claire Wolfe recommended this insightful essay by Vin Suprynowicz: ‘Tolerance’ sounds great. But is there no limit to what we can wisely ‘tolerate’? o o o Authorities believe frat boy found eating victim’s face may have been on “zombie” drug. Are you prepared for more of this as society crumbles around you? o o o SurvivalBlog Reader RBS wrote in about yesterday’s Top Note: I have heard it said that in the Klondike Rush an egg was worth its weight in gold. One can only imagine that transaction taking place. Here is an interesting side note to history that is …