Toss a bunch out on their ear
And the rest (mostly) get religion. After a series of election losses for ARRL incumbents, plus the (in appearance, at least) hasty departure of a…
There will be no civil war – until there is
(Via the Woodpile Report) Matt Bracken is all sunshine and puppies in this piece for American Partisan. I had a hard time pulling a money…
You’re kidding me
As the gun control debate continues to rage, a survey released this month by the Department of Justice (DOJ) showed that armed criminals’ primary source…
Could it actually be this “simple”?
(Via the Drudge Report) Anew treatment consisting of using electromagnetism to induce currents in the brain seems to be a promising treatment for PTSD. After…
Food storage in one easy lesson
(Via the Woodpile Report) If you’re new to prepping, allow me to tell you something: Food is the single most important thing you can store.…
An interesting diatribe on the NRA and our current situation in the District of Criminals
(Via Says Uncle) Let’s see how many “This is the hill I’m dying on!” comments I can get from the “Not a single inch!” and…
Never again?
(Inspired via a link from the Drudge Report) Much has been written of man’s inhumanity to man during the Second World War. Historians have attempted…
Yep
In the Woodpile Report #560, Ol’ Remus opines “Guys went hunting in their work clothes, with maybe a vest for ammo and sundries. In cold…
In a week when David (Attention) Hogg was admitted to Harvard
The adults in Florida come to the conclusion that education personnel who volunteer and are trained should be armed in schools. This, ladies and gentlemen,…
Staying away in droves
(Via Breitbart) It seems that New Jersey residents are failing to turn in their standard capacity magazines, preferring instead to become felons. Given the success…
The rest of the story
About 6 weeks ago I posted about the most difficult duty any pet owner has-when is it time to let go and send one on.…
As if there isn’t enough to worry about
Of course, that’s if one is inclined to worrying. I do my best to not worry. I think the time is better spent getting a…
Hellbent but Heaven bound?
(Via the Woodpile Report) As a former motorcyclist (as opposed to a biker, who would say that I rode a rice burner and therefore wasn’t…
You can’t judge a book by its cover
(Via The Tactical Wire) Advice to cops on dealing with armed citizens.
Nailed it
(Via the Woodpile Report) I’ll admit that I like Larry Corriea’s Monster Hunter series a lot, and his take on The Gun Thing even more,…
Are you OK? Are you alright? HELP, MEDIC!
Aesop at the Raconteur Report has put up what I believe will be the most important thing I’ve read this month-medical kit advice from someone…
In other news, water is wet
A UC Davis study examining the first ten years after California adopted universal background checks shows that those checks did not reduce homicides. Not that…
A new improved tourniquet
(Via SurvivalBlog) It looks like there is another tourniquet out there that hopes to dethrone the CAT. I can’t say if it’s a superior product…
Water, water, not here, not there, not anywhere
On SurvivalBlog there is an excellent article about the world nearly ending for Cape Town, South Africa. Drought, coupled with the general African inability to…
You got your knife on you?
(Via Kim DuToit) As the son of West “By God” Virginia hillbillies, this sounds so familiar I could be sitting there on the stool beside…
Facing down Hell
(Via the Drudge Report) “I’m not a survivalist, I’m a survivor.” Even in the People’s Republic of California there are hearty individuals-and those who support…
A Happy Thanksgiving to you
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris – ‘The First Thanksgiving’ I like to wish everyone who happens by a Happy Thanksgiving. Even in what I think of…
The hardest part of being a pet owner
I’m a cat person; have been for 35-ish years. I seem to have a knack for getting most of mine to some seriously ripe old…
Veterans Day
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice was declared, ending active fighting in WW I. For some families,…
Time to clean up the browser tabs. Again.
This is a bad habit of mine-collecting a bunch of browser tabs that I want to make note of on the blog and then never…
If you’re going to bug out, bug out early
Some California residents are learning a lesson that we in the preparedness community have know for a long time–If you’re going to evacuate, you have…
Who-wee, it’s Fall, ya’ll
It’s 5 weeks or so since I heralded the arrival of what was going to pass for Fall, at least for a while. That weather,…
Like winter, Christmas is coming
One of the local papers linked this. Enjoy.
Always a class act
Audrey Hepburn was a class act, even before she was an actress.