Skip to content
Header Image

The Freeholder

Standing Athwart History Flipping The Bird

  • Contact The Freeholder

Category: Crystal Ball Gazing

Be rationally optimistic
Crystal Ball Gazing

Be rationally optimistic

If we can avoid blowing ourselves up or killing ourselves with some loathsome new vaccine disease, it’s possible we may just get those flying automobiles…

November 19, 2024November 18, 2024
Predictions for 2024
Crystal Ball Gazing

Predictions for 2024

Perhaps the fifth try is the winner. Seriously, this is (at least) my fifth try at writing this. I get interrupted to help with the…

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024
So how did I do?
Crystal Ball Gazing

So how did I do?

NOTE, 1/8/2024: I had to make a big edit, as I left the entire quotation of the “War” predictions out of the original. Mea culpa.…

January 1, 2024January 8, 2024
Something wicked this way comes. And darn soon.
Crystal Ball Gazing

Something wicked this way comes. And darn soon.

(I’ve been trying and failing to complete this post for nearly three weeks. While it’s no closer to “finished” than it was on Day One,…

May 4, 2023May 6, 2023
Destination: Where?
Crystal Ball Gazing

Destination: Where?

Thursday, I had to head over to the Nearby Small City for a chiropractor appointment and a Walmart run. The drive over for the most…

April 9, 2023April 12, 2023
Do I have a win this quickly?
Crystal Ball Gazing I need some new conspiracy theories because all of my old ones are coming true

Do I have a win this quickly?

In my January 1 predictions for the coming year, I had the following Don’t be surprised to see some damn Leftist propose a “BTU Tax”…

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
Predictions for 2023
Crystal Ball Gazing

Predictions for 2023

If 2022 was a dumpster fire, 2023 is setting up to be a real shit show, but for now, the process of collapse is still…

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023
Closing the circle for 2022
Crystal Ball Gazing

Closing the circle for 2022

One of the things about making very non-specific predictions is that you can declare yourself right and get away with it. 🙂 This day in…

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022
Wee-e-e!
Crystal Ball Gazing Mr. Spock's Raised Eyebrow Uncomfortable Thoughts

Wee-e-e!

For those of you who may think this post is all gloom and doom, I commend you to James Howard Kunstler’s 2022 predictions. I pray…

January 2, 2022January 1, 2022
Predictions for 2022
Crystal Ball Gazing

Predictions for 2022

I’m sure your remember this gem. I fully expect it to be recycled for 2022. Except 2022 may just throw the beer in 2021’s face…

December 31, 2021December 31, 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
  • SurvivalBlog

Gear

  • 511 Tactical
  • Apmex
  • Blue Force Gear
  • Cool Tools
  • Dark Angel Medical
  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
  • LA Police Gear
  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
  • Limitless Gear
  • Mountainside Medical Equipment
  • 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
  • Gun Talk TV
  • 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
  • The Firearms Coalition
  • 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
  • Handgun Combatives
  • I.C.E. Training
  • The Patriot Nurse
  • Pistol Training.com
  • Practical Firearms Training
  • 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)

Copyright © 2025 The Freeholder | Dazzling Blog by Ascendoor | Powered by WordPress.