Glock May Be Discontinuing .40 S&W, .357 SIG, and .45 GAP SIG Pistols.

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Glock May Be Discontinuing .40 S&W, .357 SIG, and .45 GAP Pistols

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Three Decades Wiped from Life Expectancy of Covid-Vaxxed.

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Randy in S.C. mentioned this article: We moved to a farm in rural Maine because we thought homesteading would save us money. It didn’t. Randy’s Comment: “This is exactly what my parents discovered, in the 1970s.”

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The latest video from our favorite sailboat vlogging Finns, now wintering in Greenland: Our Boat Froze In, So Now We Ride This.

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The recent article on TEOTWAWKI lighting elicited some comments. L.M. wrote:

“We full-time live-aboard our Expedition Vehicle. Zero typical RV connections, we boondock exclusively… a perpetual pre-SHTF form of post-SHTF practicing.

2003, we engineered our rig with the least possible things to go wrong.

Our focus was ‘primitive’.

We generally hit the sack around sundown. Never saw any benefits to association with that carnsnarggled late-night crowd.

Equipment: For lights, we use Black & Decker 20VDC tool battery-operated square-base flashlights. Some of our batteries are factory-marked 2012, and they are still going strong. A full battery probably lasts at least four hours, but we never tested their duration. We might need a focused localized light for maybe a couple minutes, but then, once again, we embrace the night.

We have five near the entry plus two each side of the bed. We have a couple of them in each truck plus an inverter and charger with spare batteries.

During all that time, only one battery failed. I acquired new cells from our local-owned family-operated electronics shop, and re-built it in ten minutes (six of those minutes were spent warming the soldering iron…)

Would I acquire them again? You betcha!”

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And on the same topic, Tractorguy wrote:

“I was surprised to see no mention of kerosene mantle lamps in St. Funogas’ discussion of “Post-SHTF Lighting”. Kerosene mantle lamps, the best known of which is the Aladdin lamp, were a common fixture in American homes in the first half of the 20th century before high-line electrification, and are commonly used by the Amish today. They have a cylindrical wick that heats a conical mantle. They are much more efficient than a conventional “hurricane” lamp, and produce a whiter, brighter light than a non-mantle lamp. They have no noticeable smell and are a great source of heat too. I have several, both at my home and at my BOL. A table model in the middle of your kitchen table for eating, and a floor model next to the couch for relaxing and reading will go a long way toward meeting your lighting needs. Their downside is fragility, because they have a delicate mantle in them. You are not going to want to carry these around. You will still want a conventional wicked lantern like a Dietz for portable lighting, especially for outside. For stationary use, however, the Aladdin lamp is much better.”

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Reader 3AD Scout wrote us:

“I’ve been thinking about the trade war with China and I can’t shake my gut feeling that this trade war is a prelude to something more sinister. I have done a lot of research about the U.S. defense production act and other mechanisms/laws that have been put in place over the years, mainly after each war we fought. Go back to pre-World War One and Two. The U.S. was very isolationist, at least the public and many of the politicians. The powers that be knew that war was inevitable and also knew the U.S. was not ready for war. Trying to get Congress to pass legislation to get the U.S. prepared for war was difficult, hence why we have the Defense Production Act. Know the President has authority and resources to quickly spin things up without Congressional approval. So the President has the authority but that doesn’t mean that he/we have the manufacturing means. We also know that the global trade and global supply chains are not conducive to a war-fighting machine. So how does the U.S. re-shape its economy today to prepare for war? Enter the trade war. The last steel mill built in the U.S. was in 1964, now we have one being built by Hyundai. We see a huge effort to have the newest microchips manufactured here in the U.S. A trade war with China will see some re-shoring of manufacturing but not the vast majority. I suspect we will see a lot of the manufacturing move from China to India. Just makes sense considering that India has a huge labor pool and cheap labor too. The populations of China and India are roughly the same. When shooting wars start we know that global shipping gets targeted, just as Germany targeted ships carrying American arms and munitions to Europe’s wars. Would China dare target ships/goods from India to the U.S.? India is a historic adversary of China and is also nuclear-armed. That becomes a huge problem for China to have to navigate. We basically make India a de facto ally. I also find it interesting that our current VP is married to a person of Indian heritage. So my thought is that this “trade war” is really a prelude war.”