Category: Odds ‘n Sods

We have come full circle: GLOBAL COOLING: Decade long ice age predicted as sun ‘hibernates’ Those who were around in the 70s will understand. Sent in by KFF. o o o From GJM: Good, solid, short article about rail; it’s not Erwin Rommel, but there’s nothing stupid in all of it. The author’s point about graffiti highlights something about which I should have reflected but haven’t: wherever one observes it, a probably-young person of no particularly high fitness level or seriousness of intent, utilizing quantities of energy associated with mere whim, has successfully traversed: thus, hard men with seriousness of …

I just noticed that KeepShooting.com (one of our advertisers) has a sale on for Swedish Army surplus M90 Winter Parkas, in olive drab. You will have to do your homework on getting the right size, with the metric sizing, but what a bargain! They also have many other items on sale. (See their Sale Page.) – JWR o o o Safecastle, one of our other advertisers has a blowout sale on the Montague folding bike underway. o o o Reader S.F. sent in this link to a Nova special on the CyberWar Threat. While the entire episode is worth mentioning, …

SurvivalBlog reader RC21 sent this link to a Reuters investigative report that looks at radio stations in the U.S. held by companies connected to the Chinese government. Examples of the Chinese point of view, what we used to call propaganda, is being broadcast in America. o o o From across the pond, SurvivalBlog reader A.P. sent in this link. It seems that anyone who’s ever been on a camping holiday can now be labelled a “Survivalist”. Gorseinon man with ‘apocalyptic’ vision of world ending jailed for possessing illegal weapons o o o Sent in by P.S.: Faced with a local …

SurvivalBlog reader D.S. sent in this link showing some disturbing links between the pharmaceutical industry and known issues that get swept under the rug: The Pharmaceutical Empire is Evil o o o Reader T.P. sent in the link to this video showing the death of the Liberal Arts in our modern universities. A UCLA degree in English Literature mandates courses in alternative lifestyles but has no required class on Shakespeare– one of the greatest English authors? o o o The cable television series The Man in the High Castle will be available November 20, 2015 on Amazon.com. (Free for Amazon …

TAP – delete – Enter ….WHAT Second Amendment? A noble sounding concept that will ultimately allow select elites to literally edit their ONLY AVAILABLE ORIGINAL SOURCE document’s troublesome prose with a few quick keystrokes. Orwell’s legal document memory hole just went all-digital. From SurvivalBlog reader T.P. o o o The leaders in George Orwell’s 1984 would be proud: UK Police ‘to be given powers to view everyone’s entire internet history’ – T.P. o o o 77 years ago this week Orson Welles struck terror into the hearts of Americans listening to his live radio broadcast with the classic War of …

Remember that illegal NSA spy program that Snowden blew the whistle on? Well, now the court says it’s legal for NSA to spy on you because Congress says it’s OK. Sent in by B.B. o o o SurvivalBlog reader K.C. sent in a video link on how to make your own solar panels. Depending on the cells you can pick up, this may be the option you need to get off-grid. o o o Bay County, Florida Sheriff Frank McKeithen is blasting a “secret ballot” vote on Florida open carry. Imagine that! Elected officials voting in secret so you don’t …

From Frank (of Frank and Fern): Animated Refugee Map Very interesting to see where they are coming from and where they are going. It would be very interesting to have one like it of this country. It might surprise a few folks. o o o Speaking of immigrants: SurvivalBlog reader B.B. sent in this link showing Immigrants FLOODING Into US At Rate Of 3 LAs Per Year o o o Reader JFJ also sent in a link to American Thinker that gives us 13 reasons why we should not admit Muslim ‘refugees’. o o o Do you wonder why so …

I stumbled upon this interesting video from Latvia that illustrates just how long a well-prepared buried cache can remain intact: WW2 Unbelievable airtight container find. My favorite item was the explosive lump of fake coal. (Designed to blow up steam locomotives.) Cool. As Slim Pickens would say: “Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas, with all that stuff!” – JWR o o o Hobby Lobby dared to push back on Obamacare, and Obama will make them pay: Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby Boss for Illicit Artifacts. Sent in by T.P. o o o We normally don’t say …

Have you noticed the growing potholes in the roads lately? It’s not your imagination. Reader G.P. sent this in: To save money, states give up on repairing some rural roads o o o From GJM: Eat ALL Your Dining-Out Meals In Red-State Restaurants, and Let Blue-State Disarmed Communist Serf Restaurants Serve “From Each Cook and Server According To Abilities, To Each Patron According To His Needs”, and bring a gun! Help improve probity and courtesy among those with Blue-State habits! Freedom-embracing Indiana Restaurant Gives 25% Discount To All Gun-Packing CCW Patrons! (Editor’s warning: NSA/DHS Facebook account required to view the …

If any SurvivalBlog reader has an e-mail address for the videoblogger “DEMCAD” (Reggie), please let me know. (I lost his address, in a hard drive crash.) Thanks, – JWR o o o SurvivalBlog reader G.P. sent in this link to the Florida Sheriffs Sovereign Citizen Training for Law Enforcement video that contains all-encompassing, inflammatory statements like these: “They will ask ‘What is the reason you are stopping me?’ “ “Their objective is to confuse you, You don’t know their level of commitment, but they are providing you with disinformation in order to distract you to the point where they can …

Little did we know…Overstock holds 3 months of food and $10 million in gold to ensure their employees are taken care of in the coming financial collapse. Sent in by G.G. o o o From SurvivalBlog reader GJM: Guns in the hands of law-abiding American citizens—unthinkable mayhem: “very bad” Guns in the hands of Syrian terrorists like ISIL, who want to kill American citizens, put there by the same Emperor who wants to take them from American citizens, paid for by wealth stolen from American citizens—safe, controlled, intelligent: “very good” hmm, Einsteinian Insanity o o o RBS sent in a …

SurvivalBlog reader T.P. sent in a link to some nearly unbelievable footage of a Slovenian police helicopter filming Croatian police officers directing thousands of migrants to Slovenia across the green border and the Sotla River. JWR’s Comment: This Golden Horde actually looks white. (FLIRs typically show heat as white.) o o o Another reason to abandon Facebook: A picture of you from Facebook could be a part of this facial recognition database – as if you didn’t need one already. Sent in by D.S. o o o Bill Whittle again on how Hillary Clinton’s lawlessness gets ignored: Got Law?, sent …

SurvivalBlog reader T.P. sent in this link about Los Angeles considering a billion dollar “toilet to tap” water program. Hey, the astronauts do it; what could possibly go wrong? Ummmm, lets see… Typhoid, Cryptosporidium, Hepatitis A, Giardia, Leptospirosis (yikes!), Taeniasis, HPV, Rotavirus, Norwalk, Dysentery, Poliomyelitis… Have they forgotten that astronauts are screened for these things and are healthy? See Wikipedia for Waterborne diseases. o o o Mexico is getting hammered by Hurricane Patricia. It’s a category 5 storm with 200mph winds being recorded upon landfall. Keep them in your prayers today. Thanks to T.P. for the NOAA link. Reader JBG …

The nightmare continues: Is Ebola Emerging Once Again in Sierra Leone? (Reuters) Sent in by T.A. o o o Hmm, ever get the feeling that someone knows something you don’t? Job listing in Idaho: Ebola Coordinator. Sent in by GJM o o o When Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for merely showing up, I thought the world had lost its collective mind. How could it possibly sink any lower in the scale of honor? I had to ask!Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe awarded ‘China’s Nobel peace prize’ Sent in by T.P. (For those who don’t remember, Mugabe was/is known for …

SurvivalBlog reader T.P. sent in an excellent article on The Men Who Won The Battle Of King’s Mountain (Captains Journal) The article is well worth the read and asks the question “Do such men exist today?” Thought provoking. o o o Reader K wonders about the motto “To Protect and Serve” when it is found that the NYPD is using mobile X rays on unknown targets. (The Atlantic) o o o A concealed handgun license is no longer needed in Maine (USA Carry)- Sent in by D.S. o o o The Rutherford Institute has an article showing that if you …