This 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.
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A Second Carrier Group Steaming Toward the Med. JWR’s Comments: If you look at U.S. military history, you can see that we’ve primarily been a naval power. And many of the key turning points in our major wars have been on naval/maritime incidents, namely:
- Spanish-American War: The sinking of the Maine.
- World War 1: The sinking of the Lusitania.
- World War 2: The sinking of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Letye Gulf (the largest naval battle in history), and the Normandy landings.
- Korean War: The Inchon landing.
- Vietnam War: The Tonkin Gulf (U.S.S. Maddox) and U.S.S. Pueblo incidents.
Four of those events shifted public opinion and drew us into large-scale conflicts.
Also, take note of the tragic U.S.S. Liberty incident, off the coast of Israel, during the 1967 Six-Day War. The relatively “calm” waters of the Eastern Mediterranean can be very dangerous, during times of war.
Please pray for peace and for the safety of our sailors and other servicemen. Using them as sacrificial chess pieces in global politics would be unconscionable.
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Woman killed in explosion at Hornady plant west of Grand Island.
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Oh, and speaking of ammunition: Lake City Ammo Plant Cancels All Commercial Contracts. JWR’s Comments: I hope that you’ve already stacked yours, deep. If not, then get what you need on order, ASAP!
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Some bad news: As of October 17th, 2023, the Supreme court has vacated the district court injunctions in theVanDerStok v. Garland case. This means that the ATF can go back to enforcing their contrived “frame or receiver” rule.
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Reader C.B. sent this: Project compiles 200 years of conflict data.
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Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in ancient 14,300-year-old tree rings. An excerpt:
“The tree trunks, which are subfossils—remains whose fossilization process is not complete—were sliced into tiny single tree-rings. Analysis of these individual rings identified an unprecedented spike in radiocarbon levels occurring precisely 14,300 years ago. By comparing this radiocarbon spike with measurements of beryllium, a chemical element found in Greenland ice cores, the team proposes that the spike was caused by a massive solar storm that would have ejected huge volumes of energetic particles into Earth’s atmosphere.”
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Video from Guns & Gadgets about pending legislation in the state of New York: NICS Checks For 3D Printers?
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The Army is planning for a conflict with China—including shoring up blood supply.
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In the UK: Labour Party to Make ‘Misgendering’ a Crime in Britain with Up Two Years in Prison: Report.
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‘Freak of nature’ tree is the find of a lifetime for forest explorer.
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News from Colorado in The Western Journal: Deadly Train Derailment Closes Busy Interstate in Both Directions ‘For the Foreseeable Future’. (A hat tip to D.S.V. for the link.)
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I’ve already mentioned this once in the blog: Israel Loosens Strict Gun Control Laws To Arm ‘As Many Citizens As Possible’.
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And, finally, H.L. sent us this: What Does Strong El Niño Mean For Winter Activity Across US?
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