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Have you ever heard of “The Interview”?

No, not the bad Hollywood movie.  The interview I’m talking about it the interview that a criminal may give you shortly before attacking.  The Interview…

September 16, 2015February 15, 2021
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Well, if it’s true, I got took

Because a while back I bought some FireClean to try.  Still sitting on the bench, waiting for a suitably cruddy gun.  Maybe I should try…

September 16, 2015February 15, 2021
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Hoist on their own petard

(Via the Drudge Report) There’s a lot that can be said for this Wall Street Journal op-ed.  I’m going to go with just a couple.…

September 15, 2015February 15, 2021
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How about some good news?

Dave Markowitz notes a paper from scholar Dr. John Lott, “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States”, which is just chock full of concealed…

September 13, 2015February 15, 2021
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I shall not be donning the sackcloth and ashes this year

I’m not joining the national catharsis this year, and I doubt I will from here on out.  The tragedy that claimed the lives of 3000+…

September 11, 2015February 15, 2021
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An exercise in tab clearing

Whenever I think I’m going to get a little breathing space, I’m proven wrong.  The Higher Education Institution IT Department will be running at half…

September 7, 2015February 15, 2021
I’m sorry
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I’m sorry

(Via the Drudge Report) Actually, I’m not, not even a little.  I’m enjoying the show way too much. Today, it’s time for Peggy Noonan, once-upon-a-time…

August 29, 2015February 15, 2021
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“They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them.”

(Via the Drudge Report) Man, if that isn’t the money quote from an article, I’ve never seen one.  Let’s have an instant replay: “They don’t…

August 28, 2015February 15, 2021
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Yeah, about those disruptive forces

It seems that Drudge has a lot of articles talking about this very thing on this fine Sunday morning: Trump as the warrior male:  Paleo…

August 23, 2015February 15, 2021
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Disruptive influences

Sorry for the lack of posting–you work in “higher education” and the start of fall semester is a killer.  At least we now have all…

August 22, 2015February 15, 2021
Book Review:  Makeshift Workshop Skills and More Makeshift Workshop Skills
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Book Review: Makeshift Workshop Skills and More Makeshift Workshop Skills

We’re going for a two-fer this time.  This pair of books may or may not merit a place on your preparedness bookshelf. We’ll discuss them…

August 10, 2015February 15, 2021
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The media was finally successful

In their quest to gin up another warped individual determined to win his 15 minutes of fame,the media finally found a taker today in Tennessee.…

August 6, 2015February 15, 2021
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Why Johnny can’t read

(Via The Smallest Minority) Why can’t Johnny read–or write, or carry on an intelligent conversation, or build a proper English sentence?  Hell, why can’t Johnny…

August 2, 2015February 15, 2021
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Not Star Trek

(Via the View From the Porch) Mr. Spock is not thelast Vulcan.

July 29, 2015February 15, 2021
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Bugging out–the eternal question

Bug out.  Shelter in place.  Bug in.  Preemptive bug out.  It’s an argument that has went on in prepping circles almost as long as 9mm…

July 26, 2015February 15, 2021
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Because we’d rather have dead recruiters than be publicly embarassed

The Pentagon asked Friday that individuals not stand guard at the military recruiting offices in the wake of the deadly Chattanooga terror attack. I happily…

July 25, 2015February 15, 2021
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Damn…doesn’t it suck when J. Edgar Hoover is right?

(Via Frugal Squirrels) Some testimony from J. Edgar Hoover before a House committee on racial unrest in America in 1967 has an unexpected echo in…

July 25, 2015February 15, 2021
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You think that you’re a survivor?

(Via Frugal Squirrels) While his methods are at odds with those favored by most of us, Christopher Thomas Knight did what many would say was impossible–he…

July 15, 2015February 15, 2021
Still pissed
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Still pissed

Now a bunch of the local Perpetually Offended would like to remove a monument to the men who fought for the Confederacy.  No, it’s not…

July 9, 2015February 15, 2021
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A Presidential question

Not to mention any names in particular, but just throwing something out there for you to consider.  The last umpteen presidents we’ve had have never…

July 9, 2015February 15, 2021
Self Defense

You know, I always liked Lynn Russell

Back when CNN was actually a news channel (yes, I am that old), I always enjoyed watching Lynn Russell deliver the news.  She had a…

July 9, 2015February 15, 2021
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“It’s the great conundrum of the South.”

(Via the Drudge Report) Indeed it is.  And those who weren’t born here, who didn’t grow up here and haven’t lived here all their lives…

July 8, 2015February 15, 2021
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Empirical Evidence

(News story links via the Drudge Report) Over the years, those of us in the survivialism/prepping community have long debated what an economic collapse would…

July 5, 2015February 15, 2021
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Smart fellow

As Greece spirals into the pit, not every Greek is caught up in protesting in the streets.  Some of them have figured out that no…

July 3, 2015February 15, 2021
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I won’t be reconstructed…

Yes, I’m still pissed.  I’m going to stay pissed as long as these self-righteous twits want to be the arbiters of what can and cannot…

July 3, 2015February 15, 2021
I am sick and tired of people who want to banish my heritage
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I am sick and tired of people who want to banish my heritage

Ya’ll can go to hell.  This crap is out of hand and I’m more than tired of it.  Keep you hands off my history, my…

July 1, 2015February 15, 2021
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Thinking ahead

Looking for something else, I ran across these on Amazon.  Cheap enough, and it couldn’t hurt to have a few handy against need. National Mfg.…

June 20, 2015February 15, 2021
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The US Government would appreciate it if you took a little more care in expressing yourself on the Internet

(Via Ars Technica) Because they apparently can’t tell a hyperbole from a true threat.  At least Popehat says so. I’m just waiting for the lights…

June 10, 2015February 15, 2021
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Attention North Carolina Drivers

The Commandant of the NC Highway Patrol has apparently been ordered to boost state revenue.  This time, it’s going to be at the expense of…

June 9, 2015February 15, 2021
D-Day + 71 years
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D-Day + 71 years

I wan’t going to post anything this year.  It wound up being a shitty week, and besides, I figure that it’s all been said before.…

June 6, 2015February 15, 2021

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