Odds ‘n Sods:

My thanks to everyone who has helped Orange Jeep Dad in the aftermath of the fire that destroyed his home. Please continue to pray for him and his family, and do what you can to help.

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Prepper Recon Podcast: TEOTWAWKI Communications with John Jacob Schmidt of Radio Free Redoubt

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Several readers have mentioned this exemplar of pudge and braggadaccio: So-called “prepper” fail: “We’re going to take what you’ve got and there’s nothing you can do”. His attitude closely resembles the despicable looter mentality that was cleverly illustrated in an October, 2009 SurvivalBlog gedanken post: Retreat Security: I Am Your Worst Nightmare, by Jeff T. By the way, the text of that copyrighted post was pirated by New America Now into the now notorious Monsters of Anarchy video, in 2011. That small minority gives all preparedness-minded individuals a bad name.

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W.D.F. suggested this from Chuck Baldwin: Our Friends Are Killing Us