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Year: 2016

Move over, Putin
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Move over, Putin

Because baby, I am *big* in Russia.  The last week: I’d just like to know why the actual eff I am. (Edit, 6/14/2016:  Had to…

June 12, 2016February 15, 2021
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How long can you be self sufficient?

Oh sure, you’re a member of the He-Men Survivalist Club and you’re ready for anything.  You’ve got food piled up to the rafters, med kits…

June 10, 2016February 15, 2021
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Gear

Gear is not the most important thing you can have, but a certain amount of gear is a necessary thing.  Think of it like this–showing…

June 7, 2016February 15, 2021
This day of days
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This day of days

We remember these men, many of them boys when the day started, who waded through the surf, who scaled bluffs, who killed and were killed,…

June 5, 2016February 15, 2021
“Earn it.”
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“Earn it.”

Sorry to interrupt your Memorial Day holiday with some brutal truth, but you need to ask yourself a question:  “Have I earned it?” Sure, it’s…

May 27, 2016February 15, 2021
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A different sort of survival

Here’s a different sort of survival story than we usually talk about around here.  A family on the ocean, anchored in less than 20 feet…

May 18, 2016February 15, 2021
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An observation on the Book of Facelessness

Excuse me while I rant a bit.  I’m a little irritated right now. I thought I might waste a bit of my life trolling Facebook…

May 7, 2016February 15, 2021
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The Argo Adventurer

I can remember seeing the ads  in magazines for as long as I can remember reading magazines.  A 6 or 8 wheel amphibious buggy that…

May 4, 2016February 15, 2021
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Time to steal some content

Because, when you get down to it, that’s what I’m doing.  Fortunately, the good folks on my blogroll don’t mind, and they are always a…

May 1, 2016February 15, 2021
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Eye protection for the birthday boy

I’m running up on yet another birthday.  (Yes, I’m at the age where they have ceased being fun.)  As has long been my custom, I…

April 30, 2016February 15, 2021
Computers

Time for some tech support

Time for a little pro bono tech support for my readers.  In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, Microsoft wants you to upgrade to…

April 16, 2016February 15, 2021
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I think I’ll appropriate this content

And to double my evil, I’m doing it twice–once from Jerry Pournelle, who mentioned it at Chaos Manor, and once from the author, Bill Whittle.…

April 16, 2016February 15, 2021
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The dreadful truth at the heart of Trump’s message on paying for American troops on foreign soil

There probably should have been one of those Joker meme’s for it–“Someone says something outrageous and no one bats an eye, Donald Trump says American…

April 13, 2016February 15, 2021
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That shoe’s just a bit tight, isn’t it?

It may not be big news outside of North Carolina, but we’re having a bit of an imbroglio here over two groups of politicians who…

April 7, 2016February 15, 2021
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A little something to consider

The weather here in Piedmont North Carolina has been rather odd for the last several months.  We’ve had a warm winter that was wetter than…

April 6, 2016February 15, 2021
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Changes on the left

While the political left never really changes, the left side of the blog is changing.  I am going to slowly be reorganizing the various links…

March 27, 2016February 15, 2021
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About this long dry spell

No, I haven’t decided to call it quits.  Actually, I sort of decided to have a life for a while.  This coincided with an early…

March 22, 2016February 15, 2021
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Freedom marches on

It’s hard to know exactly how to process this sort of news.  On one hand, at a national level we have politicians who are, as…

March 6, 2016February 15, 2021
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It’s not the “Grand Old Party”

(Via the Drudge Report) It’s the Grumpy and Ossified Party. Mitt Romney is just the latest in a string of people the Masters of the…

March 5, 2016February 15, 2021
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And we are so-o-o much safer

Because the TSA has protected us from the danger of evil fetish shoes. In an alternate reality somewhere, the Founders have been cloned and are…

March 2, 2016February 15, 2021
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Suggested reading

Those you who have been reading the blog for a while know that I occasionally bring you an article from John Mauldin.  John is one…

February 23, 2016February 15, 2021
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An argument from someone I trust on why I should actually vote for for a given Presidential candidate

It’s no secret that I don’t really give a damn about this election’s crop of candidates for President of the United States.  The only reason…

February 15, 2016February 15, 2021
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Stopping teh Stupid

(As seen on Facebook–and right now they’re pissing me off, so no link love for you, Zuckerschmuck) Self-defense is not as hard as we’re making…

February 14, 2016February 15, 2021
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This will not be good

US Supreme Court Justice Scalia has died.  Please join me In a prayer for him and his family. Looking ahead, we as gun owners, partisans…

February 14, 2016February 15, 2021
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Limping along

John Mauldin is one of the most interesting economics writers today, if for no other reason than he knows all the other interesting economics writers.…

February 13, 2016February 15, 2021
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Prepping isn’t just about emergencies and disasters

Have you ever considered that?  As someone who has seen more sunrises than I have left to see, one thing that I have considered more…

February 7, 2016February 15, 2021
But hey, I’m big in Russia
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But hey, I’m big in Russia

Perusing the stats, I come across this: Seriously?  Russian visitors, if you would be so kind–what in the world has directed your attention to my…

February 6, 2016February 15, 2021
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Question of the day: Are “gun free zones” popular with wannabe mass murderers?

(Via the FoxNews) Well, it’s such a difficult question to answer…wait, I know!  Let’s ask a wannabe mass murderer! The man had wanted to shoot…

February 6, 2016February 15, 2021
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Why do politicians make such poor decisions?

In answering that question, Glenn Reynolds hits it out of the park.  Then he tracks it down and beats it to death with a clue…

February 5, 2016February 15, 2021
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You don’t really need to sleep tonight, do you?

Money.  If you really think about it, money is the ultimate tool.  If you have money, you can obtain pretty much anything else you need.…

February 2, 2016February 15, 2021

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