Category: Odds ‘n Sods

It’s important to remember that the voting upset experienced on November 8th really isn’t about a “mandate” being given to Donald Trump or even about supporting him as a candidate. The bottom line is that the upset was about “status quo” versus “cleaning house”, the establishment versus the outside. Sending an outsider to Washington has often been crudely compared to sending a young tender virgin to clean up a whorehouse. We should be praying that Trump can follow through with cleaning up the cesspool. – HJL o o o Along those lines comes this article from Tyler Durden at Zero …

24 Percent of Eligible Voters Voted for Trump o o o How to Install a Hidden Door/Bookshelf o o o Parents Of Dead Pizza Hut Robber Are Mad That Their Son’s Victims Had A Gun. “…they don’t think defending the employees at the restaurant with a gun from an armed robber was just.” – DSV o o o Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,977,000 – H.L. o o o Three states OK stricter gun laws in Election Day referenda – DSV

Cool Secret Door Into House o o o There are a lot of concepts here with applicability to bug-out vehicles: Dan Travels – Stealth Van Masterpiece Some other great ideas on bugout van conversions can be seen HERE. o o o I heard from GunMag Warehouse that in the past 10 days their volume of sales has quintupled. They are now SOLD OUT of many types of magazines. But they mentioned that they still have a decent supply of standard Gen 2 black PMAGs for AR-15 available. Stock up! o o o How a small N.J. town ended up near …

At Risk Is Nothing Less Than the Right Ever to Resist Again – B.B. o o o Inside Adam Savage’s Cave: The Bourne Identity Burn Bag JWR’s Comment: If other preppers had the “prop guy” level of obsession about their REAL go bags, then they’d be very nicely equipped. o o o Election Chaos Fears Have Preppers Stockpiling Survival Food – C.J. o o o An interesting map to help you determine the potential energy independence of your location (or target likelihood) – J.M. o o o Las Vegas PD Continues To Use Faulty $2 Drug Field Tests Because Convictions …

It’s Rigged=> FBI Director Comey Clears Hillary a Second Time – B.B. o o o Can One Shoot A Fleeing Robber? – DSV o o o France to collect personal data of 60 million with controversial database – G.G. HJL’s Comment: In an effort to crack down on identity theft, France tries to create a giant database where everyone’s identity information can be stored, because a bad person would never think to hack that database. o o o Wanna see my drone collection? The Skywall drone capture launcher NETS those pesky drones…. right out of the sky. (Video 3:30) – …

Military Leader: Iran Sending Elite Fighters Into U.S., Europe – L.R. o o o DC City Council Votes to Allow Physician-Assisted Suicide – DSV o o o The Rise Of Mandatory Vaccinations Means The End Of Medical Freedom – H.L. o o o Civil War II – Fourth Turning Intensifying (Part I) – B.B. o o o From Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: King County using customer grocery store data to target pet owners, send licensing notices – We don’t spy on you. We contract that out so it’s not Big Brother.

From Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: This man did almost everything wrong. o o o For the Glockaholics among us: New Glock to “carbine” conversion kit – the Micro Roni. From Israeli firearms manufacturer CAA Tactical. Can be used on the Gen 3 and 4 models 17 and 19. – No FFL required (But not available in the peoples republic of Kalifornia) – D.W. o o o From Breitbart: One new Immigrant for Every two U.S. Births in 2015 – B.B. o o o Truancy crackdown ‘Operation Round Up’ hunts homeschoolers – H.L. o o o In the Nevada …

Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity – A Pentagon Video JWR’s Comment: The dystopian predictions are based on some solid demographic trends. Urbanization will surely continue. The choice for survivalists is clear: Avoid urban areas! – JWR o o o At The Charles Carroll Society page: Support local producers, produce for yourself and then others – a homesteading theory o o o I just noticed that KeepShooting.com now has British Army Arctic Woodland (DPM pattern) Trousers back in stockBritish Army Arctic Woodland (DPM pattern) Trousers for less than $20 a pair. o o o Pirate Party Surge Falls Short as …

Video: Hicock45 test shoots, describes and field strips the TNW Aero Survival Rifle. This is a straight-blowback AR variant that uses Glock magazines. It is available chambered in .45 ACP, 9mm, .40 S&W, 10MM, and .357 SIG. Though I’m not a fan of pistol caliber carbines, the TNW looks quite well machined and finished. However, as you can see from the video, the ergonomics of the undersize grip are so-so, and the feeding reliability appears to be highly dependent on having fully-seated magazines. – JWR o o o New social media tools empower citizen journalism. SurvivalBlog readers are strongly encouraged …

Do magazine springs lose power when loaded for years? o o o Among the more than 31,000 Wikileaked John Podesta e-mails, there is this gem, that shows the purely putrid perfidy of the Clinton camp. I think that is now time Mr. Podesta’s surname to become a noun. In honor of Washington DC’s new daily ritual, I’d like to coin a new word: Podestian. I define it as: “Clever political scheming, marked by back-biting, with nefarious ends.” – JWR o o o The AMMRON group is promoting an upcoming MARS interoperability “Very Bad Day” test. o o o Over at …

Three competing theories on why the FBI re-opened the Hillary e-mail server investigation o o o Is this to be  believed?  Wildlife populations plunge almost 60 percent since 1970: WWF o o o How Long Will Your Church Survive Under a Clinton Presidency? o o o Video: Pastor Chuck Baldwin Preaches on Romans Chapter 13

Reader Paula in Nebraska suggested this useful article over at the Homestead Moma blog: Ways To Take Care Of Your Animals If SHTF. – JWR o o o Over at Prepper Journal‘s archives: How to Camouflage Paint Your AR-15 o o o This sounds like something out of a novel: Christian Homeland The Answer To Islamic State Violence? Christians In The Middle East Demand Sovereign Nation o o o Video: How Many Magazines Do You Need? (Pre-Gun Ban Prepping) o o o I’ve heard that the supply of Rawles XL Voyager knives is just about depleted at the manufacturer, Cold …

Several readers sent this: Miami treehouse grandma Shawnee Chasser keeps up fight for home. JWR’s Comments:  This illustrates the essential problem in the very nature of government:  This is an age when someone must apply for a “license” or a “permit”,  or make themselves subject to a “building code” and “inspections” to live our everyday lives. This is an age of legislated tyranny. In 21st Century America, we have too-willingly abandoned our essential freedom to live our lives unhindered. Most people don’t stop to think that a government-issued license or permit is: “permission to do something that would otherwise be …

On a recent road trip through Ontario, Canada, I noticed a surprising number of houses equipped with photovoltaic (PV) power panels–both roof-mounted and ground rack-mounted. I suspect that these these PV systems were nearly all both:  A.) Grid-tied, and B.) Partly paid for by generous incentives. One of these incentives is called the Feed-in-tariff (FIT), wherein a grid-tied renewable energy producer is paid a premium for excess power fed back to the grid, for a limited number of years. For small producers (under 10 kW) the available term is 20 years for PV, and 40 years for hydro power. – …