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Month: December 2020

Wednesday Weirdness
Wednesday Weirdness

Wednesday Weirdness

Welcome to Wednesday Weirdness. This may or may not be an every Wednesday post, depending on how much weirdness I run into while cruising the…

December 30, 2020February 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

  The Shire Horse Elephant in an Extensive Landscape, James Ward Reader Jed is bailing me out again, this time on a day where my…

December 29, 2020February 15, 2021
What I’m thinking about
Modern Life Skills Situational Awareness

What I’m thinking about

Warning: Debbie Downer time to a great extent. One thing I’ve done for many years is thinking while I’m work on/at something. Whether it’s yard…

December 28, 2020February 15, 2021
Sunday Reading
Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading

You would think that, with Christmas and all the goings on that surround the holiday, that there would be no time for reading. Wrong-a-rini. Orders…

December 27, 2020February 15, 2021
Christmas in the time of Wuflu: An AAR
It's The Holidays! Things That Put A Smile On Your Face

Christmas in the time of Wuflu: An AAR

Due to some Covid Cowards in the family, we reorganized Christmas a bit this year. To save Daughter & SIL one stop on Christmas Day,…

December 26, 2020November 29, 2021
Merry Christmas
It's The Holidays!

Merry Christmas

From our home to yours, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. By the time this posts we’ve already celebrated with our kids and…

December 25, 2020November 29, 2021
Santa Claus is coming to town
Uncategorized

Santa Claus is coming to town

 I wouldn’t want to be on the naughty list.

December 24, 2020February 15, 2021
Winning the argument
Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

Winning the argument

( Via Bayou Renaissance Man) How to start taking back our country. It will not be fun (for some people) or pleasant (for some people).…

December 23, 2020February 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

St. Martin Canal, Alfred Sisley, 1870 Impressionist landscape artist Alfred Sisley was born in France in 1839 to wealthy British parents. In 1862 he began…

December 22, 2020February 15, 2021
Sunday Reading
Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading

Would you be uninterested if I told you my reading for the week was ham radio manuals? I figured so. Enjoy your Sunday.

December 20, 2020February 15, 2021
Be of good cheer
Rants

Be of good cheer

Seriously, I mean that. Be of good cheer. I’m sure some of you want to know why you should be. After all, with the election…

December 17, 2020February 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

Nerissa, John William Godward, 1906 I am a sucker for this sort of thing-I admit it. There is a terrible kink in my makeup that…

December 15, 2020February 15, 2021
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 35: Busy, busy, busy
Ham Radio Life in the time of Wuflu Wuflu

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 35: Busy, busy, busy

Bonus points if you get the cultural reference I’ve been going at what passes for wide open this week. 20 years ago this would have…

December 12, 2020April 12, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

Sappho, Alphonse Osbert, 1888 Alphonse Osbert (1857-1939) was a French Symbolist painter. Sappho is in his signature style of “ghostlike Muses in mysterious landscapes bathed…

December 8, 2020February 15, 2021
“I just did my job.”
History

“I just did my job.”

Just like many thousands of others at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he just did his job. And made history in the process.  

December 7, 2020February 15, 2021
Concerned about EMP?
Prepping

Concerned about EMP?

With all that’s going on in our own country, it’s easy to let it slip our minds that there are foreign enemies in addition to…

December 7, 2020February 15, 2021
Sunday Reading
Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading

It’s been another hectic week, but I did make some time for reading. Not much, but some. April Fool by J.L. Curtis, known in blogging…

December 6, 2020February 15, 2021
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 34: This just in
Life in the time of Wuflu She blinded me with Science! Situational Awareness Wuflu

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 34: This just in

So, two things today, in order of occurance. Thing One: Today was “Haul Trash to the Dump Day”. I know, it takes so little to…

December 3, 2020April 12, 2021
Here’s a viewpoint to consider
Mr. Spock's Raised Eyebrow

Here’s a viewpoint to consider

Are we victims of a false dichotomv? I’ve used the Left/Right paradigm for most of my life, but it’s starting to look like it’s mostly…

December 3, 2020February 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

  Under the Wave off Kanagowa, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830 Also know as The Great Wave off Kanagowa or simply The Great Wave Katsushika Hokusai,…

December 1, 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
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Prepping

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

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  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
  • LA Police Gear
  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
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  • Old Coleman Parts
  • SD Bullion
  • SOG Knives
  • Streamlight
  • Texas Precious Metals
  • UW Gear
  • Vermont Country Store

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
  • Gun Laws
  • 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
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  • 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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