Odds ‘n Sods:

From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large:

Despite what you’ve heard about the fearsome IS fighters in sweeping victories, this video footage obtained by VICE News shows that they are often in disarray.

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Cartels Help Terrorists in Mexico Get to U.S. to Explore Targets; ISIS Militant Shaykh Mahmood Omar Khabir Among Them – Sent in by B.B.

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Fridges go off as Venezuela power-rationing hits – It was only a matter of time before this started. Are your preps ready for that here? Can you do without your fridge (or freezer)? – L.G.

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Reader T.P. sent in a link to an excerpt of a documentary on drones surviving nuclear blasts. Jump to the 2:55 point and watch the horizontal stabilizer get hit by the atomic bomb’s shockwave. Lockheed built a VERY STRONG airplane. Also, please note, the vintage vacuum tube avionics and drone servo controls all remained working – at point blank range in a live nuclear blast – enough to allow the return of the unmanned F-80s back to attempt landings. EMP damage? Not enough to down these remotely piloted jets. No I-chips, no solid state = minimal EMP damage. Got tubes?

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More than 700,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy – Despite what the vocal minority wants you to believe, the overwhelming majority don’t agree with the policy that allows perverts in the bathroom with your daughter. – DSV

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North Korea’s Nuclear Missile Threat: Very Bad News – Sent in from P.M.