Padre, that’ll be 6 Jeff Coopers
“Flock backs priest accused of pointing gun at Cowboys fan in Giants country” reads the FoxNews headline. Urk? It seems that Rev. Kevin Carter, pastor of…
“You can’t go out and round up all the alienated angry young men.”
Yes, we’ve had another spree killer in another unarmed victim zone. Here we all go again. As much as I hate to admit it, President…
Bugging out: A real life case study (of a sort)
As we used to say in the Army, “No shit, there I was…” And still am, sitting in an RV, a little less than 100…
Just curious
I was looking at the blog stats–what is it with my post on the Savage 6D that is so continually fascinating to visitors? That post…
Pay attention
The death of Command Sergeant Major Michael Heintz as a result of a misfire of his gun at a private range in South Carolina is a…
Federal Bureau of Inquisition?
(Via the Drudge Report) While I normally shun the Infowars site as a bit far on the woo-woo side of things for my taste, this…
Got spare parts?
(Via Say Uncle) So, the balloon has went up. It makes no difference what balloon it is, it’s up. You, the prepared prepping survivalist, have…
Have you ever heard of “The Interview”?
No, not the bad Hollywood movie. The interview I’m talking about it the interview that a criminal may give you shortly before attacking. The Interview…
Well, if it’s true, I got took
Because a while back I bought some FireClean to try. Still sitting on the bench, waiting for a suitably cruddy gun. Maybe I should try…
Hoist on their own petard
(Via the Drudge Report) There’s a lot that can be said for this Wall Street Journal op-ed. I’m going to go with just a couple.…
How about some good news?
Dave Markowitz notes a paper from scholar Dr. John Lott, “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States”, which is just chock full of concealed…
I shall not be donning the sackcloth and ashes this year
I’m not joining the national catharsis this year, and I doubt I will from here on out. The tragedy that claimed the lives of 3000+…
An exercise in tab clearing
Whenever I think I’m going to get a little breathing space, I’m proven wrong. The Higher Education Institution IT Department will be running at half…
I’m sorry
(Via the Drudge Report) Actually, I’m not, not even a little. I’m enjoying the show way too much. Today, it’s time for Peggy Noonan, once-upon-a-time…
“They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them.”
(Via the Drudge Report) Man, if that isn’t the money quote from an article, I’ve never seen one. Let’s have an instant replay: “They don’t…
Yeah, about those disruptive forces
It seems that Drudge has a lot of articles talking about this very thing on this fine Sunday morning: Trump as the warrior male: Paleo…
Disruptive influences
Sorry for the lack of posting–you work in “higher education” and the start of fall semester is a killer. At least we now have all…
Book Review: Makeshift Workshop Skills and More Makeshift Workshop Skills
We’re going for a two-fer this time. This pair of books may or may not merit a place on your preparedness bookshelf. We’ll discuss them…
The media was finally successful
In their quest to gin up another warped individual determined to win his 15 minutes of fame,the media finally found a taker today in Tennessee.…
Why Johnny can’t read
(Via The Smallest Minority) Why can’t Johnny read–or write, or carry on an intelligent conversation, or build a proper English sentence? Hell, why can’t Johnny…
Bugging out–the eternal question
Bug out. Shelter in place. Bug in. Preemptive bug out. It’s an argument that has went on in prepping circles almost as long as 9mm…
Because we’d rather have dead recruiters than be publicly embarassed
The Pentagon asked Friday that individuals not stand guard at the military recruiting offices in the wake of the deadly Chattanooga terror attack. I happily…
Damn…doesn’t it suck when J. Edgar Hoover is right?
(Via Frugal Squirrels) Some testimony from J. Edgar Hoover before a House committee on racial unrest in America in 1967 has an unexpected echo in…
You think that you’re a survivor?
(Via Frugal Squirrels) While his methods are at odds with those favored by most of us, Christopher Thomas Knight did what many would say was impossible–he…
Still pissed
Now a bunch of the local Perpetually Offended would like to remove a monument to the men who fought for the Confederacy. No, it’s not…
A Presidential question
Not to mention any names in particular, but just throwing something out there for you to consider. The last umpteen presidents we’ve had have never…
You know, I always liked Lynn Russell
Back when CNN was actually a news channel (yes, I am that old), I always enjoyed watching Lynn Russell deliver the news. She had a…
“It’s the great conundrum of the South.”
(Via the Drudge Report) Indeed it is. And those who weren’t born here, who didn’t grow up here and haven’t lived here all their lives…
Empirical Evidence
(News story links via the Drudge Report) Over the years, those of us in the survivialism/prepping community have long debated what an economic collapse would…