Category: Snippets

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. Pictured above is world travel adventurer Karl Bushby. — First up, in The New York Times: After 28 Years Walking Across the Globe, He’s Almost Home. A brief excerpt: “Earlier this month, he swam across the English Channel, arriving in his home country after spending half his life away. His trek began in southern …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Ukraine carries out first ever aerial drone evacuation of a wounded soldier from the frontline. JWR’s Comment:  Drone medevac may soon become the norm for all but the most severe trauma cases. o  o  o A practical essay by our friend Patrice Lewis: The power of repurposing. o  o  o

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — This video illustrates the effect of panic buying: Italy Stripped of Food, Fuel in 4 Days as Diesel Protests Block Deliveries. o  o  o 10 Practical Lessons for Concealed Carriers From the Zimmerman Trial. o  o  o US appeals court invalidates federal $9 billion telecom subsidy fund.

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Ukraine’s surprise robot offensive exposes a vulnerability in Putin’s war machine. o  o  o American Lasers Now Destroying Iranian Weapons and Infrastructure. o  o  o

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like.  JWR’s Comments: It is easy to forget just how blessed I am to live in a place where I have a view of the Milky Way so often. I commend my readers: Find yourself a dark patch, …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader S.J. sent this important antibiotics dosing update: “Mr. Rawles, I came across an interesting trend in internal medicine recently, regarding the standard course and duration of antibiotic therapy.  For years I have recommended to people to stash away in their medical preps an old copy of the Sanford Antimicrobial guide, as …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — US House of Representatives votes to require AM radio in all new cars. From an X post: “Joint statement from Chairman @SenTedCruz and @SenMarkey on the House passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act: “This vote sends a clear message to car manufacturers that AM Radio is a lifeline that …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Space Force picks Texas as US home for trinational DARC space radar network. (The photo above shows a DARC reflector being assembled in Australia. DARC is a US/UK/Australia trilateral partnership. Photo by Mike Kortum of Four Sea Group Inc., courtesy of U.S. Space Force.) o  o  o Tom Knighton, at Bearing Arms: …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — US Army declares ’42 is the new 35′ but millennials are outraged as enlistment age changed. JWR’s Comments: For someone who is in a stable civilian career that allows time off for annual training, enlisting (or seeking a commission) in the National Guard or Army Reserve represents a way to secure “double …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader Dale R. mentioned this news: Army Armaments Center Unveils New Ammo Packaging System.  From the Army news release: “Blending lightweight polymers with a rugged steel shell, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center’s new SixPAC system marks a groundbreaking leap in small-caliber ammunition packaging, one intended to reshape how soldiers …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — From our friend Anthony (“Armed Scholar”): Huge Decision Finds ATF Frames/Receivers Rule Unconstitutional & Permanently Blocks Restrictions! — Over at Bearing Arms: New Jersey’s War on 3D Printed Guns Heads to SCOTUS. (A hat tip to D.S.V. for the link.) — A reminder on two upcoming gun shows:  I will have four tables …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — In The Los Angeles Times: How Colorado became the unlikely epicenter of American yak ranching. JWR’s Comments:  In the 1990s, we raised ultra-wooly black Tibetan yaks at our ranch near Orofino, Idaho. In 1997, we brought them with us on our temporary move back to California, and the next year we sold …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — In The WSJ: A Vote on Leaving Canada Is the Gamble of a Lifetime for Alberta’s Leader. The article begins: “Danielle Smith, the premier of this rugged oil-rich province, is regarded as a maverick with a reputation for taking political risks. Now she is embarking on perhaps the biggest gamble of them …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — SurvivalBlog reader C.B. forwarded this news link: American Red Cross declares national blood crisis as type O supply drops to dangerous levels. Here is an excerpt: “The Red Cross is now limiting distributions of type O blood to hospitals, as the nation’s largest single provider of blood products now has less than …

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — A video from NotaRubicon: Abbree AR-8118 GMRS Radio Review.  JWR’s Comment:  I suggest that readers buy several of them, before they get import banned or re-designed to be band-locked, by FCC diktat. o  o  o A fantastic CMP Announcement:  M14 rifles will be released for civilian sale! (Presumably with the full auto …