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Month: July 2020

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 20: Intermission
Life in the time of Wuflu Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits Wuflu

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 20: Intermission

I haven’t been posting much that is directly about the Wuflu follies, because it has pretty much been more of the same things I’ve published.…

July 31, 2020April 12, 2021
Activity at the Woodpile Report
Public Service Announcements

Activity at the Woodpile Report

There has been some activity at the Woodpile Report. It confirms what we have heard elsewhere.

July 28, 2020February 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops Grounds, John Constable, 1825 English painter John Constable was a 19th century landscape painter who worked in the Romantic tradition,…

July 28, 2020February 15, 2021
Hooking up
Ham Radio

Hooking up

Sorry about the black blobs, but OPSEC. No, that kind of hooking up. Y’all got some dirty minds. I mean hooking up the ham radios.…

July 27, 2020February 15, 2021
She blinded me with Science! Teh Awesome

I was going to post about ham radio today

But Old NFO had something much better for me to steal.

July 25, 2020February 15, 2021
Revising history correctly
She blinded me with Science!

Revising history correctly

It seems that man has been on the North American continent far longer than has been believed. That’s interesting as is, but I think the…

July 24, 2020February 15, 2021
Yum, froglegs
Teh Awesome

Yum, froglegs

No, not those frog legs, but Intellectual Froglegs, the output of Joe Dan Gorman’s everlasting desire to skewer the left. If you haven’t seen his…

July 23, 2020February 15, 2021
Why am I in this handbasket? Why is the wind in my face getting faster?
Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits

Why am I in this handbasket? Why is the wind in my face getting faster?

I’m on a self-imposed news diet-I’m deliberately not reading the news, outside of the weather and a very basic, quick scan of certain aggregator sites.…

July 22, 2020February 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889. I’m generally not a fan of the Impressionists or Post-Impressionists. Vincent Van Gogh is one of the…

July 21, 2020February 15, 2021
YouTube follies
Rants

YouTube follies

Selected because he looks like he could work for YouTube Despite an dislike for all things Alphabet (the parent of Google, YouTube, etc.) it seems…

July 19, 2020February 15, 2021
Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 6
Ham Radio

Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 6

Cushcraft A6270-13S. The little round white guy is a broadcast TV antenna. It’s a bit embarrassing that my last post was on this subject was…

July 16, 2020February 15, 2021
Tuesday is now “Fine Art Tuesday”
Fine Art Tuesday

Tuesday is now “Fine Art Tuesday”

Albert Bierstadt, “Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California”, 1868 I think most who stop by here know of the death of Remus, proprietor of The…

July 15, 2020February 15, 2021
How I spent Saturday evening
Ham Radio

How I spent Saturday evening

While the new ham shack isn’t feature complete and won’t be for some time yet, it is running at somewhat reduced capacity-but reduced is good…

July 15, 2020February 15, 2021
Not what I was hoping for
Requiescat in pace

Not what I was hoping for

(Via the Email List That Must Not Be Named) It’s being reported that Remus, writer of The Woodpile Report, has left us. As noted in…

July 13, 2020February 15, 2021
Driving tips
5 Minute Prepping Modern Life Skills Teh Awesome

Driving tips

Over at Bayou Renaissance Man, there is a comment that deserves to win the Internet for the day. Scroll down to “Unidentified Victim”‘s comment of…

July 11, 2020February 15, 2021
I’ve got something…maybe?
Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits

I’ve got something…maybe?

I and others have commented on the near impossibility of commenting on current events. There are two reasons for this: Things move so fast that…

July 10, 2020February 15, 2021
What I did on my summer vacation
Ham Radio Health I'm stupid like that sometimes Wuflu

What I did on my summer vacation

Trust me when I say the picture on the left has no bearing to what I’ve been up to the last 10 days. But it’s…

July 8, 2020February 15, 2021

Blogroll

  • 357 Magnum
  • Bayou Renaissance Man
  • Eaton Rapids Joe
  • Eric Peters Autos
  • In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT
  • Nobody Asked Me
  • Notes From The Bunker
  • Raconteur Report
  • Random Acts of Gibberish
  • Splendid Isolation
  • The Burning Platform
  • The Silicon Graybeard
  • The Ultimate Answer To Kings
  • traditionalRIGHT
  • Western Rifle Shooters
  • Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise

Prepping

  • Blue Collar Prepping
  • Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy
  • Prepping 2.0
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Gear

  • 511 Tactical
  • Apmex
  • Blue Force Gear
  • Cool Tools
  • Dark Angel Medical
  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
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  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
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  • Mountainside Medical Equipment
  • Old Coleman Parts
  • SD Bullion
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  • Streamlight
  • Texas Precious Metals
  • UW Gear
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Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
  • Calculated Risk
  • Captain Capitalism
  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Mises Institute
  • Of Two Minds
  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
  • Variant Perception

Guns

  • AIM Surplus
  • American Suppressor Association
  • Ammo For Sale
  • Ammo Man
  • Ammo To Go
  • AmmoSeek
  • Ammo.com
  • Ammo Land
  • Ammunition Store
  • Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
  • Ballistics By The Inch
  • Bulk Ammo
  • CDNN Sports
  • Crimson Trace
  • Crow Shooting Supply
  • Dillon Precision
  • EEzox
  • EOTech
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • Grass Roots North Carolina
  • Gun Facts
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  • Gun news Daily
  • Gun Talk Radio
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  • Gun Watch
  • GunBlast!
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Guns.com
  • Handgunlaw.us
  • Hornady
  • Joe Bob Outfitters
  • Lee Precision
  • Lucky Gunner
  • Midsouth Shooters Supply
  • Natchez Shooters Supply
  • National Rifle Association
  • National Shooting Sports Federation
  • North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association
  • Of Arms and the Law
  • Powder Valley
  • RCBS
  • Redding Reloading
  • Second Amendment Foundation
  • Silencer Shop
  • Suddarth Optical Repair
  • Target Sports
  • The Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • The Firearm Blog
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  • The Gun Feed
  • The Law of Self Defense
  • The Lost Target
  • The Shooters’s Bar
  • The Tactical Professor
  • Where To Shoot
  • Wideners
  • WikiArms

Training

  • Active Response Training
  • Defensive Concepts North Carolina
  • Gunsite
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  • Rangemaster
  • Shootrite Firearms Academy
  • Southeastern Defensive Firearms Academy
  • Teach Yourself to Shoot Better

Ham Radio

  • Alinco
  • Alpha Antenna
  • American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • Amateur Radio Newsline
  • AMSAT North America
  • DXMaps
  • CQ Magazine
  • CQ Magazine Newsroom
  • BITX Transceivers
  • Eagle Antennas
  • DX Commander Antennas
  • Eham
  • Elecraft
  • EQSL
  • FlexRadio
  • Ham Radio Answers
  • HamSCI
  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
  • Icom
  • ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
  • IPS Solar Flare Alerts
  • Kenwood
  • Logbook of the World
  • MFJ Enterprises
  • NC QSO Party
  • QRZ
  • Radio Society of Great Britain
  • RT Systems
  • Short Wave Listening
  • Ultimax Antennas
  • VOACAP
  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
  • Legal Insurrection
  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
  • AlertsUSA
  • American Partisan
  • Downdetector
  • FlightAware
  • Forward Observer
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Marine Traffic
  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
  • Project Gutenburg
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  • The Watchers
  • Threat Journal
  • Waterwatch
  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
  • CheapRVLiving
  • Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • Corporal’s Corner
  • Cowboy Kent Rollins
  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
  • Lucky Gunner Ammo
  • Paul Shinn
  • Project Farm
  • Rob Braxman Tech
  • S2 Underground
  • Steve’s Small Engine Saloon
  • Tier 1 Citizen
  • The Gray Bearded Green Beret
  • The Hillbilly Kitchen
  • The History Guy
  • The Wolfe Pit
  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
  • The Automatic Earth
  • Ecosophia
  • James Howard Kunstler

Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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