Finally! Wisconsin may soon adopt nondiscretionary concealed carry permits. (Thanks to Phil T. for the link.)
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W.J. sent us some more good legislative news, from Pennsylvania: Deadly force expansion passes Pennsylvania Senate.
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Reader K.K. mentioned the WWII irregular scout unit Castner’s Cutthroats in Alaska. K.K. notes: “They lived off the land, and out of a backpack when deployed.” Readers should refer to Wikipedia as a starting point for researching the unit’s modus operandi.
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More than 30 readers sent me the link to a recent hatchet piece by leftist journalist Nick Geranios (a Spokane, Washington stringer for the AP wire service): Extremists finding fertile ground in Northwest US. Geranios, who loves quoting biased sources like the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) had previously done his best to muddy the reputation of the preparedness community in several other articles. One of these was titled: Americans turning to survivalists for advice (published in December, 2008.) To besmirch the reputation of the entire Inland Northwest region, Geranios repeatedly dredges up the ghosts of the Aryan Nations, who were successfully sued and run out of Idaho 11 years ago. The actions of that long-defunct handful of neo-Nazis is still be used by leftists to mischaracterize not just Idaho but the entire Inland Northwest. Also note how Geranios none-too-subtly libels Pastor Chuck Baldwin (former presidential candidate for the Constitution Party) by including him in a list of “well-known figures in the anti-government movement”. He lists Baldwin right alongside absolute lunatic fringe anti-semites, racists, and neo-Nazis. Please don’t take Nick Geranios and this sort of activist journalism seriously.
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SurvivalBlog’s correspondent The Werewolf sent some news about flex fuel truck developments in Brazil: Iveco Trakker Bi-fuel Ethanol-Diesel for Brazil