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As usual carpets demonstrate too many interior designers did way too much acid long ago.
I need a way to hold the lens in a weird PVC part that slides over the end of the 2" tube.
But I also need to make sure it is held securely against the front. So I cut a piece of 2" tube about 3/4" long. I will slit this so it locks the lens in position and screws hold it in the weird fitting. The internal lens holder and external tube need holes that are exactly 120 degrees apart so...
This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Country music can tend to the sentimental, and all the best Christmas music does too. The marriage of these combine beautifully. If you're not a fan of the sentimental, you might want to pass this by. But if you're like me, then enjoy.
Cheers!
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Licenses Delayed, Rights Denied is a scholarly article informing readers of the means six outlier states use to deny ordinary citizens their rights to keep and bear arms. The article is another excellent example of scholarship by Mark Smith, member of the Supreme Court Bar, distinguished Second Amendment scholar and host of the Four Boxes Diner on Youtube. He is also a contributor at AmmoLand.com. The article has been published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: Per Curiam, Fall of 2025, No. 23. The six states which are actively working to undermine the Bruen methodology are described as California, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. The article also shows specific examples in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and other jurisdictions. The complete title is: Licenses Delayed Rights Denied: How Contgemporary Firearm Carry Licensing Regimes Continue to Violate the Second Amendment
Mark Smith documents five sets of methods used to make the process of obtaining a permit to carry burdensome. They include:
1. Staffing bottlenecks and restricted office hours - Hours of availability to apply can be restricted to a few hours a week, and/or they may only be processed by a small number of individuals. These hours are often during the normal work week, requireing an applicant to take time off to complete an application. A federal lawsuit revealed the Boston Police department requires an appointment to have fingerprints taken. The department often takes months to schedule an appointment.
2. Supplementary Documents - Requirements for letters from employers, character references, or authorization to search all public and private records takes considerable time and effort. Such requirements are not authorized by the Bruen decision.
3. Lengthy and Expensive Firearms Training and Proficiency Requirement - Mark documents requirements which cost hundreds of dollars and extensive time to complete. Access to training in urban areas is often limited by class size and availability.
4. Unpublished or Hidden Requirements - Jurisdictions sometimes use requirements which are not listed in statute or on websites. These requirements are surprises to applicants. They amount to unconstitutional subjective tests which are difficult to overcome. In Hawaii, an applicant was denied a permit because police investigated a complaint. This was was equated to a prosecution, even though no charges were filed.
5. Short License Renewal Times and Burdensome Renewal Processes - Some jurisdictions require similar processes for renewal as for the initial application. Permits are required to be renewed every two or three years.
Together, these processes are used to prevent ordinary citizens from legally exercising the rights protected by the Second Amendment. In California, Mark documents applicants commonly have to wait 18-22 months for a decision. In New York City, after the Bruen decision, the vast majority of thousands of applicants remained without a decision over a year later.
Licenses Delayed, Rights Denied demonstrates the time allowed to process a carry permit in six states is seven times longer than the time allowed to process voter registration.
Mark Smith suggests a way to align incentives so that state bureaucracies have reasons to process applications quickly. He suggests states be required to issue a temporary permit on the date of application, which will become permanent in a number of days, if the state does not show the applicant is disqualified.
Licenses Delayed, Rights Denied is a well crafted, well researched article. It is worthwhile reading for Second Amendment activists, scholars, and lawyers involved in Second Amendment cases.
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Meanwhile, the woman’s husband walked out of their home armed, saw Maxwell “manipulating” the passenger-side door of their neighbor’s Volvo, and confronted him, according to the police arrest report.
“Hey, are you OK? Are you from here? What’s going on,” the man told Maxwell, according to the arrest report.
Maxwell allegedly walked to the driver’s side door and “attempted to manipulate it” before saying, “You should get out of here. You should go away,” according to the police arrest report.
Maxwell allegedly “brandished a revolver, pointed it at the vehicle, and fired one shot” before also firing in the direction of the woman’s husband, who “demanded” that Maxwell “put the gun down,” according to the police report.
Duke said there was a shootout between the suspect and the woman’s husband, who works in law enforcement.
“The guy shot at him,” Duke said. “He shot back, and the uniformed police showed up right away, like within a couple of minutes.”
36-year-old Christopher Allen was shot in DeLand this week after allegedly forcing his way into the home of his ex-girlfriend. He was injured after the woman's ex-husband, who still resides with her, shot him according to police.
The shooting occurred Monday morning in the 100 block of Voorhis Avenue, the DeLand Police Department said. The call came in around 8:15 am. Allen is said to have knocked on the woman's back door, with her opening it thinking it may have been a delivery. Then, Allen allegedly pulled a gun on her and forced his way inside.
The woman's ex-husband is said to have responded with his own firearm, demanding that Allen lower his. When Allen reportedly refused, the ex-husband fired one round into his chest. Allen is then said to have fled into a nearby wooded area, where he was located by police officers.
A southeast Houston homeowner was injured early Tuesday after two men tried to break into his house. A brief gunfight followed, leaving one suspect wounded and the other fleeing. The homeowner drove himself to Houston Fire Department Station 23, where he received help and was later taken to a hospital in stable condition. Police later found the injured suspect nearby.
According to police, the shooting occurred around 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, when officers were dispatched to the Summerset Apartments for a reported suspicious incident. While responding, officers heard gunshots nearby and quickly located two adult men outside one of the apartment units.
Rodriguez was found with fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Marlow had also been shot and was transported to a local hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition and expected to recover.
Detectives say the incident began when Rodriguez exited his apartment to start a vehicle and was confronted by Marlow, who was yelling and claiming he was searching for his girlfriend.
Marlow then left the area, and Rodriguez went back inside his apartment.
A short time later, when Rodriguez stepped outside again, Marlow had returned. Investigators say the two became involved in a violent confrontation. Evidence indicates Rodriguez, who was armed with a handgun, shot Marlow while attempting to defend himself.
Police say Marlow then forcefully took the handgun from Rodriguez and shot him, killing him.
On December 6, 1884, an aluminum capstone was set atop the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.. (In the 1880s, aluminum was still rare and considered precious.) At 555 feet, this made it the tallest man-made structure in the world, overtaking Cologne Cathedral. — December 6, 1534: Quito, Ecuador, was founded by Spanish colonists on the ruins of an Incan city. — And on December 6, 1917, the French munitions cargo ship SS Mont Blanc collided with Norwegian SS Imo in the harbor of Halifax, Canada. The resulting explosion killed at least 1,700 and injured more than 9,000 people. This event …
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Modern western culture is an absolute anomaly in the history of human civilization. If one studies the principles and doctrines of nearly every other society and empire around the world, you will not find one that allows mass immigration of foreigners with contrary ideologies. You will not find one that allows foreigners to migrate without strict assimilation and loyalty. From the Arab states, to China, South Korea, and Japan (until recently), to India and beyond, every culture maintains a sense of cultural supremacy. There is an absolute expectation that newcomers will adapt to political policies, belief systems, social norms, etc. …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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“Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but …
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The Jim Hamm Nature Area in Longmont Colorado is a twenty-four acre park, nature preserve, and bird sanctuary. There's a fourteen acre pond that attracts migratory birds and views of the mountains that comprise the Front Range. Jim Hamm's grandfather farmed the land and Jim grew up spending time there.
Jim Hamm was commissioned as an officer in the Air Force and deployed to Vietnam as a F-4 Phantom pilot. On March 14th, 1968, his aircraft was making close air support passes in support of a helicopter evacuation when he was hit and shot down. His body was not recovered and he is still MIA.
The family donated the land in his honor and in honor of all the local men that served in Vietnam. In addition to the nature walks and habitat, there is a memorial, as well as two picnic shelters. The county school system uses the park for field trips. The VFW and the American Legion use the park on Veteran's and Memorial Day.
Gunpowder shortage leads Lexington ammo manufacturer to close, lay off workers [More] Here’s AAC’s statement. Me, I’m always suspicious that there’s more we’re not being told. [Via Wynn A]
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A young lady, daughter of a friend, wrote asking for advice on writing her first book. She had lots of journals, snippets of ideas, and didn't know if that would be enough to "make her a real writer". She said she had a blog, but "no one reads those; blogging is dead."
I had to tell her that anyone in this day and age who still writes in an old journal is indeed a writer. And that blogging was indeed not dead.
I look at the collection of my journals, gathered over the years. Just a few short years that stretched into twenty. So much can happen in that time. I started this blog in 2008. 2,289 posts ago. So much has happened in that time.
A well-tended grave, in a military cemetery surrounded by flags. One wooden box, bearing in cold air a warmth that can't be replaced, a well-loved dog toy resting on its lid. Two other small boxes on each side of it, one with a collar on top, another with a well-chewed yellow tennis ball. Some dried flowers from a wedding bouquet, placed between the leaves of a book of poetry.
On each page are short, simple words that do not begin to carry the weight or the sharpness of their past. But with time, those short flurries of words became long tales that are born from a soul that's an irrepressible retailer of words, a shopkeeper of phrase, an enabler of intent.
Book #1 was born out of a few blog posts and lots of journal entries that became chapters, then another, and another. It was born out of an internationally known author's belief that I was an author at heart and her encouragement to find my writer's voice. As I realized I am a writer and my world has too many words to be otherwise.
I sit here now, no music playing, no noise---just the soft breathing of a rescue dog and my thoughts, words almost imperceptible to the senses, hanging in the air to be plucked by my fingers and laid upon this wooden desk. This computer is my accomplice, guarding me with its quiet accord, bearing with me the seclusion, the mystery. I should get up and do some chores before it gets dark, but while the words are still within reach, I am imprisoned by the very freedom of my hands.
I think of the classic writers - would Jane Austin have been a hit on Pinterest? Would Hemingway have been popular on Instagram? How many Twitters to win a Pulitzer Prize? Probably not, but I bet they had journals, too.
Creativity can be short bursts of color, forms, and words.
But not in the world that I like to live in.
Because I am a writer and I have too many words.
I am the run-on sentence. I am the "too many commas". I can't take a morning standing out among broken trees, red and blue lights flashing as words pass over the forest floor like the sound of big guns, and make it a quip. I can't look out upon the hills, the top of one wreathed in billowing smoke, as around me there are shouts and hollers, ringing out like war cries, yet spoken in hushed tones so as not to disturb the dead, and express it with a hashtag.
For words are my truth, immense, and they are my voice.
Those words are strings of thoughts that you would have to travel far ahead not to hear, before you outrun the reach of a voice. You can turn off your modem, but the words still exist. For they are my words, and though confined to a virtual reality, they are words that exist, in my head and my heart, their tone from the stillness and gloom of a life with a past where my words were my one truth in each passing day.
You can choose to turn away or turn off and not read. You can give me a 1-star review because the "author of this (biography) just talks about herself" (yes, seriously), but it doesn't mean I won't write. For I am a writer, and that is what we do, sharing the nature of that internal silence that follows us down into the depths of our soul and brings up a bucket from a well---one brimming with words that spill over, to quench the thirsty hearts of whispering men
I am a writer---that solitary person who stood in the corner of the schoolyard and just looked on at the popular kids. But I always had the words, even when I was too solitary to say them. The first journal was a way to capture in words,
I'm a writer, and there are so many words.
It is what it is, a way to capture in words on a screen instead of a page, pages that can be held close in or telegraphed to the world. It can be whimsy, it can be fun, it can be as disturbed as the mind behind it, or as calm as someone one can stare at in wonder, words that reach out like a consoling whisper. It can be as intimate as a kiss or as impersonal as the wind.
It can simply be a piece of bacon and a smile.
Blogging is not dead.
It is alive when the muse fails, and the hands stay still in the air with honest idiocy of objective, which made their fruitlessness both profound and poignant. It is alive when the fingers dance over the keyboard in a frenzy, grappling with ghosts in one final act of common courage.
It is alive when the keyboard is silent, and the house is still, and the one you treasure more than anything on earth looks up from the smartphone that you will never own and says, "I love what you just wrote".
It is alive because here my voice has no word count; it can be black-and-white or filled with color. It will be stories of battles fought and won, of great mysteries, and simple pleasures. It will be warnings that the younger self will not grasp until the older self breathes its last. It will be joys and sad caresses, tender words laid out upon the tongue like a wafer, a benediction, a blessing, a self-communion of one formed of two hands. If you do not read, I will still write, as I do not write, so you can claim some part of me. But if you come out from beneath that place---that conception of existence we hide under like a tortoise in his shell and listen---the words will draw breath, even after I am gone.
Blogging is not dead.
It breathes as long as I do. Whether you read or even comment,
I'm a writer, and there are so many words.- Brigid
RECOIL 14 Days of Christmas 2025 – Day 5 Kershaw Knives CLICK HERE TO ENTER12/3/25 Department of Justice:
The CEO of a Fresno-based home health care company was arrested at San Francisco International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Nigeria. He is charged in a criminal complaint alleging that he fraudulently obtained more than $7 million in payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs for services that were never actually rendered, including care purportedly rendered to veterans weeks after they had died, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
“Apologize” for what? Starting to see why they want the guns?
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Looking for a Christmas present? How about one of my books to educate and elucidate rather than obfuscate with politically correct, progressive and ubiquitous woke chaff— and help support my timeline at the same time! Thanks friend! 😎 https://haciendapublishing.com/store/ [More] I second the motion. https://www.ammoland.com/…/america-guns-and-freedom…/ and https://www.firearmsnews.com/…/tale-of-two…/519505
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tapped a convicted felon who served seven years for a string of armed robberies targeting New York City taxi drivers to advise him on the “criminal legal system.” [More] To be renamed the Bureau of Artificial Constructs… Are we clear? [Via Michael G]
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Gun Sales Surge in Virginia Ahead of Democrat Takeover [More] I really don’t give a f_. Is it paranoid to wonder if that was part of the plan…? [Via Michael G]
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During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen, providing perhaps the first indication of a possible motive for the bombs placed near the DNC and RNC headquarters, people briefed on the matter said....
The bureau believes the man compiled bomb-making supplies for months before leaving the viable explosive devices outside of the political offices.[emphasis added]
So was this BLM activist preparing bombs before the stolen election? Or did he just come up with this excuse in the hopes of getting in on the J6 pardons?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump praised the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for their courage as they signed onto a deal on Thursday aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo and opening the region’s critical mineral reserves to the U.S. government and American companies.
The moment offered Trump — who has repeatedly and with a measure of exaggeration boasted of brokering peace in some of the world’s most entrenched conflicts — another chance to tout himself as a dealmaker extraordinaire on the global stage and make the case that he’s deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. The U.S. leader hasn’t been shy about his desire to receive the honor.
Instapundit.com observes correctly that the journalists "slammed Trump in about every third sentence of their report." I wonder if any of these journalists ever wonder why they need to be attacking Trump for following Jesus' suggestion, "Blessed are the peacemakers."
I fel healthier than at any time since 2014.
Illinois Police Department REHIRES Illegal Alien Who Overstayed Visa [More] Empowered to disarm Americans… Who needs blue helmets? [Via bondmen]
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A former Florissant police officer appeared in federal court on Tuesday and admitted unlawfully searching the cell phones of women for nude photos during traffic stops. [More] That he actually found some shows how sheltered my life is. Then again, handing their phone over is a pretty good indicator of judgment. [Via bondmen]
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Monster with Dozens of Prior Arrests Punches Elderly Man, Shoves Him onto Train Tracks in Chicago [More] Every picture tells a story. [Via bondmen]
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MILITARY COUP? Sen. Mark Warner Says He Hopes Military ‘May Save Us’ From Trump Presidency [More] It’s just a continuation of a narrative, where they say just enough to get to the edge of things without crossing the line, but everybody knows what they mean. [Via bondmen]
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Andy McCabe Says It’s Unlikely the J6 Pipe Bomber Case Was Ignored, It Was Just a Tough Case to Crack [More] And if we can’t trust Andrew McCabe talking to the media, who can we trust? [Via Michael G]
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Where’s My EMP Rifle? Why Tomorrow’s Anti-Robot Weapons Are Already Protected by the 2nd Amendment [More] Bull$h!+. [More]
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It's cloudy and cold in central Louisiana this morning. Not a s cold as way up north, but for us, cold enough. In response to the weather, I needed something heart and robust, so I decided to make a poot of taco soup.
Taci Soup
Why does anyone need a gun that accurate? Hey, the grabbers have actually argued that. [Via Jess]
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‘Mormon Wives’ is clashing with core LDS values and America is eating it up [More] “…overwhelmingly female, making up 77% of the audience…” I’d bet overwhelmingly white. The same demographic that watches The View. And votes for citizen disarmament. Realists get it.
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They’re coming for the voter rolls. The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department (DOJ) has already sued Oregon and California for trying to hide their voter rolls from the feds. This week, they added Washington to their list, making it a clean sweep of the West Coast, Messed Coast™ states. [More] Yeah, but so … Continue reading "Adventures in Baselessness"
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MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has repeatedly insisted that she will not allow the U.S. military to fight drug cartels inside her nation’s borders.
“It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said last month after President Trump yet again threatened such an operation. “We don’t want intervention by any foreign government.”
But while Sheinbaum passionately defends her nation’s sovereignty, recent polls and interviews from across Mexico show that a significant number of people here in fact welcome more American involvement in their country’s battle against organized crime — including having U.S. boots on the ground.
Slightly more than half of Mexicans surveyed by polling firm Mitofsky said they believe “U.S. authorities should enter Mexican territory to fight organized crime and arrest its leaders.” A third of respondents to a poll by El Financerio newspaper said they support the deployment of the U.S. military to Mexico to combat cartels.
The reason is obvious. Many Mexicans believe their military lacks the capacity to do the job, likely because cartel wealth and intimidation has compromised so much of the Mexican government.
I really cannot blame Mexicans for this. Mexico is a poor country. The prospect of a million dollar bribe there is likely equivalent to $10 million here. I would like to think most of our officials would not be swayed by a bribe but $10 million for most Americans is an unimaginable amount of luxury.
The intimidation factor may matter more. Organized crime has always benefited from being able to threaten family and friends. In a nation where very few people may lawfully possess arms and police are as likely as not on the cartel payroll, what is your alternative?
Yesterday’s show:
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Alleged Pipe Bomber’s Family Sued Trump DHS Over Illegal Immigration, Asked Biden DOJ To Address Racism [More] Figures he’s “white” (and if you can’t believe Jake Tapper and CNN, who can you believe?)… The there’s this: Been saying that for some time, but haven’t been able to get the “gun groups” to admit it. Figures “The … Continue reading "Enemies Mine"
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It’s always enlightening to see how someone else interprets your work. Here is an excellent article by my friend and graduate, Mike Wood, an astute analyst of gunfights and survival strategies. Thanks to another good friend, Greg Ellifretz, for bringing it to my attention.The post “Forged in Snow” Launch Ends Tonight: Livestream Announcement! first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A homeowner shot a burglar during a home invasion in Susquehanna Township Sunday night, according to police.
Officers with the Susquehanna Township Police Department were called to the home, located in the 4300 block of Mountainview Road, around 10:50 p.m. after receiving reports a suspect was shot during a burglary.
Once on scene, officers provided life-saving care to the suspect, who was identified as Anthony Deimler, 34, of Harrisburg.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Old Ways Real talk from Shane about shotguns in low light. How To Setup A Defensive Shotgun While we are on the topic of shotguns, I will bring this article to […]By Dave Workman For more than 50 years, the Second Amendment Foundation has been literally fighting in the trenches to defend and restore the constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms, and in the past few years, with several court victories to its credit, growing industry support for the foundation’s efforts underscore the importance of SAF’s continuing work. […]
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On December 5th, 771, Charlemagne became the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. Geneticists have estimated that the majority of modern Europeans and Americans of European descent are distantly related to Charlemagne, who fathered 18 children. — And on December 5th, 1964, the first Medal of Honor awarded to a serviceman for action in Vietnam was presented to Captain Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York. Captain Donlon and his Special Forces team were manning Camp Nam Dong, a mountain outpost near the borders of Laos and North Vietnam. — Today’s feature piece is a …
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My goal in the essay is to use a well-known historical precedent to illustrate the U.S. Federal government’s untenable indebtedness predicament. Spain, 1500-1590 In 1500, the New World had just recently been discovered, and Spain had just recently forced the Moorish invaders from the Iberian Peninsula. Expanding their army, expanding their navy, and the lengthy campaign to kick out the Moors had been expensive for the Spanish crown. They also needed to maintain a large army to keep the Islamic North Africans from returning. There were also the expenses of building and supplying a large fleet of ships, in the …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. This week, a FRED graph showing the M2 Money Supply, provided by the St. Louis Federal Reserve. JWR’s Comment: With such a dramatic expansion in the number of U.S. Dollars in circulation, there is no doubt why inflation is so pernicious, and why commodities are enjoying secular bull markets. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. Economics & Investing Links of Interest Silver was shining brightly again this week, as the Silver Shorts have nearly surrendered, following the …
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“Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.” – Terry Pratchett
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11 stages of IDPA in Southern Arizona! This was the 2025 Arizona State IDPA Championship. I’ll be joining up with Armed American Radio’s Mark Walters at 4 pm Eastern. You can listen/watch/find a station near you at the AAR website.
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CBS didn't like this soundtrack, and predicted that the show A Charlie Brown Christmas would be a flop. It was wildly popular, and the soundtrack won a Grammy. For obvious reasons.
RECOIL 14 Days of Christmas 2025 – Day 4 Leupold Optics CLICK HERE TO ENTERThis week, we're going through Mon's succession and on Wednesday we got news that a very dear friend of mine had died. A close friend, the shot with us and would come over occasionally just to hang out in the club house. He loved Belle's red beans and her dumplings. When she cooked those, he got an invite and he would come eat lunch with us.
His sons report that he went to bed on Tuesday night and failed to wake up on Wednesday. Just like that. Gone.
He led a full life. He was a mechanic, a tinkerer and an entrepreneur. He left a thriving business in his sons hands, and by all accounts, it's doing fine. He started to back-out of the business a couple of years ago and the kids were doing well with it.
In his early days he worked a stint in Antarctica as a maintenance guy. He had photo evidence that he once peed on a penguin. The penguin was curious and wandered in too close. He commented that may be the only penguin that had ever felt warm water.
We're going to miss him.
New Illinois Law Going Into Effect January 1st Will Make Illegal Aliens Eligible for Student Financial Aid [More] And then there’s this. Like I said, watch this. [Via Michael G]
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FBI Arrests Suspect in January 6 Pipe Bomb Case [More] If it turns out he is an alphabet agency asset, how much truth do you think will come out? [Via Michael G] UPDATES
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Wannabe Influencer Sparks Outrage by Handing Out Machetes and Booze to Homeless in Austin and New Orleans [More] Hey, if they can’t be trusted with either, what are they doing out? [Via bondmen]
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Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […]We had an incident in our neighborhood yesterday which seems like it was a couple who were either casing my neighbor, or trying the old "distract the victim with a pretty girl" method of robbery.
Note that my neighborhood is not a high-crime area. There is a fair amount of property crime in our township but it's concentrated at a shopping mall about 1.5 - 2 miles away. Violent crime is rare.
My neighbor called me this morning to give me a heads up on the following.
At about 3:30 PM my neighbor came home from work to find his driveway blocked by an SUV, probably a black Honda Ridgeline. As he pulled up he beeped his horn and they moved forward so he could pull into his driveway.
As my neighbor got out of his truck a woman got out of the Honda. He immediately felt something off but was carrying concealed. He asked if he could help her.
She replied by asking if he wanted to sell his truck, which is a 20-year old Toyota Tacoma 4x2, not exactly something in high demand. This raised further red flags in his mind. After a little more questioning and stuttered replies, she got back in her vehicle and then drove off.
Before she drove off my neighbor was able to see through the Honda's darkly tinted windows that there was someone else inside, who tried to lower himself to avoid being seen.
Neighbor called the police. An officer was nearby and was over in about a minute to take a statement. He agreed that they were casing the house or looking to distract my neighbor while the second person in the Honda tried to get into the house.
I have a Ring Doorbell at my front door and a Ring Stick Up camera that covers my driveway and the street in front of my neighbor. They did capture the Honda on video. However, the video from my driveway camera was not able to resolve its license plate due to distance.
My neighbor has been looking into getting security cameras and more external lighting. This incident got him to stop procrastinating and he is now going to move forward. I'm probably going to augment my exterior security stuff as well.
I put together a list of the cameras and exterior solar lighting I have so my neighbor has a starting point for his own system. It's in a Google Sheet which I've shared from my G Drive, here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CS6mvUdXwghgEi8iP9QDSePdnUr_TxGVmWE9EUWO6RQ/edit?usp=sharing
Edit: Another neighbor captured some better quality video. Looks like it may be a late model Toyota Tundra.
Edit 2: We got a better quality pic and ran that through ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Both IDed the truck as a third-gen Toyota Tundra.
Velasco was taken into custody and booked into the Ada County Jail. Further investigation led officers to a Boise hotel room linked to the case, where they found approximately 12,785 grams of methamphetamine and 101 grams of fentanyl powder. Both substances tested presumptive positive.
"This seizure represents a major disruption to the flow of dangerous drugs into our community," said Boise Police Lt. Terry Weir. "The amount of fentanyl recovered in this case is enough to kill over 500 people. Our officers see firsthand how methamphetamine and fentanyl contribute to overdoses, and this case highlights the importance of proactive policing and strong investigative work."
A slew of new supply is still making its way through the multifamily housing market. That, coupled with weakening demand, especially from the youngest workers, is pushing vacancies up and rents down.
The national median rent for apartments fell 1% in November from October, and now stands at $1,367, according to Apartment List. It was the fourth consecutive month-over-month decline. Apartment rents are down 1.1% from November 2024 and have fallen 5.2% from their 2022 peak.
"Earlier this year, it appeared that annual growth was on track to flip positive for the first time since mid-2023; however, that rebound stalled out and reversed course during a particularly slow summer," according to Apartment List researchers.
After hitting a record high for this index, which dates back to 2017, in October, the national multifamily vacancy rate remained at 7.2% in November.
The historic surge in multifamily construction over the past few years is now pulling back, but a good supply of new units is still coming online at a time of much weaker demand.
The stack of articles about dropping rental rates around the country here is good news everywhere.
The attorney pursuing my illegitimate half-brother's inheritance informs me that the full probate process is not required because he has been dead more than two years. Something called Summary Administration will satisfy Florida's Unclaimed Property Office.
In the winter of 2014, an adult female wolf was found, dead, in northern Minnesota, on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation. When the necropsy was performed, the cause of death was determined to be from a single wound from an ordinary pellet gun. Described as "low powered", the pellet was almost certainly either .177 or .22 caliber. While this incident occurred in 2014, this correspondent only learned of it this year. Ordinary pellet guns have been powerful enough to kill humans and even a black bear.
The wolf was a lone female which had been driven out of the pack on Isle Royale. It had a radio collar as part of the Isle Royale study. Researchers said the wolf had almost been killed, twice, in fights with another female wolf, presumably, to keep her out of the pack. During the winter, ice had allowed the wolf to reach the mainland, 18 miles from Isle Royale.
It was suspected the wolf was shot not far from where it was found on the Indian Reservation. Investigators speculated the shot was intended to drive the wolf away, rather than to kill it. The pellet entered between two ribs and punctured an artery, leading to death. The Isle Royal pack was on the edge of extinction, with only 8 members left in 2014. It was reduced to one animal by 2019. The moose population was also down, as it had nearly eliminated aspen on the island, subsisting on the far less nutritious balsam pine.
The wolf probably weighed about 70 lbs. Wolves are not particularly hard to kill. A .22 rimfire in the same area would have easily penetrated wolf ribs if the bullet encountered them, causing serious bleeding in the thoracic cavity. Death usually occurs within minutes. A penetration of the abdominal cavity usually leads to death withing days from sepsis.
Wolf skulls are easily penetrated by a typical .22 long rifle bullet at ordinary velocities. Wolves are not hard to kill if a hunter can put a bullet into them. Wolves learn rapidly, and become very difficult to see when they are hunted. They learn what people are dangerous, and who is not. They learn men are much more dangerous than women and children.
This excellent video of an interview with Greg Jones, who became a professional wolf hunter in Idaho, is a treasure of information about wolf behavior and the results of the introduction of grey wolves into Idaho. When wolves are hunted and/or trapped, they quickly learn techniques to avoid hunters and to avoid traps. They remember the scent of individual hunters and associate it with their techniques.
For defense against wolves who do not fear humans, almost any firearm will work. A pistol is easiest to carry. Wolves seldom press the attack against humans if members of the pack are wounded or killed. If the wolves have been hunted, a gunshot will likely scare them off. The key to defense is the willingness to shoot the wolf. Any wolf which is not afraid of people should be killed. This is how the wolves learn to respect people, and to avoid them. When a member of a pack is killed, the rest of the pack learns from the event. Even if none are near the event, they will find the remains and associate the scent of humans with the death of the wolf.
Wolves will almost always become known before they attack in earnest. They are testing the new human prey to determine if it is dangerous. This is the best time to shoot wolves to drive them off. The prominent wildlife biologist Valerius Geist described the process in detail.
In the case of the female wolf killed with a pellet gun in northern Minnesota, the wolf came from Isle Royal, with little human habitation in winter. Fixed human houses were likely a new phenomena to the wolf.
Wolves multiply to fill up available habitat. The female wolf was driven from shrinking habitat on Isle Royal. Wolves in the lower 48 are rapidly filling up available habitat and destroying game populations in the process. People who have to live with wolves soon realize they are bad neighbors. The re-introduction of wolves in the lower 48 will be recorded as one of the worst game management debacles in the history of game management.
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It is unclear if the victim fired her defensive handgun.
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Through the investigation, police said they learned that a woman had been playing the "game-of-chance" machines inside when three armed suspects entered the store and tried to rob it.
According to investigators, the woman was shot after she tried to defend herself by drawing a legally concealed firearm.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found the woman with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers gave her first aid until EMS arrived and took her to a Pittsburgh-area hospital. She is in stable condition, police said.
San Antonio Police said Eric Juarez was shot in the chest after he was caught in the act of breaking into a vehicle. He then jumped into the stolen vehicle and drove off before officers located him shortly after.
Juarez was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation is ongoing.
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press Based upon her writing skills, it would probably take former ATF official Marianna Mitchem 15 or 20 minutes just to tell someone that they’re on fire. Mitchem really likes her words, and it shows, according to a long, wordy story she recently co-wrote […]
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December 4, 1812: Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, patented a horse-drawn mower. — December 4th is the birthday of Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, (born 1912). He was an AVG “Flying Tiger” volunteer pilot for the Chinese Nationalist government, WWII Marine Corps aviator, and Medal of Honor recipient. (He died January 11, 1988.) A proto-Redoubter, Pappy Boyington was born in Couer d’Alene, Idaho and was raised in Spokane, Washington. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This …
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When it all hits the fan and the grid is gone for whatever reason, be it EMP, all out nuclear exchange, a hurricane, or possibly a tornado, snow knocking down trees, or as we say up here in the interior of Alaska the four reasons power goes out: it’s either too hot, too cold, too wet, or the dawgs pee on the phone pole, and when that happens, we are now all equally being given a ride back in time … a time of no lights to just switch on, no medical life sustaining devices, and now it’s “game-on”, folks. …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, we look at developments in naval Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs)–so-called “Kamikaze Drone Boats”. Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drone Boats Hit Russian Tankers Ukraine Releases Footage Of Kamikaze Drone Boats …
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“There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.” – William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I mentioned a couple days ago. When I searched on amazon for "balcony "plug and play" solar" I got matches that look interesting. A long-time concern that I have had about PV systems as civil defense is EMP damage. If you bought one of these and put in a Faraday cage, you would have a post-apocalyptic power solution that you could be pretty sure will work.
“The average squatter,” says James Jacobs, “has no melee experience.”
No familiarity with katana swords or other bladed weaponry. No training in kendo, iaido, or other martial arts.
If anyone knows the typical combat background of a squatter, a person living in a home illegally, it’s Jacobs. He runs a company called ASAP Squatter Removal, offering do-it-himself eviction services to property owners throughout the Bay Area.
Say a homeowner or bank or landlord discovers somebody occupying their property without authorization. They could call the police, though officers might not come. Police tend to shy away from tenancy disputes, leaving them to the civil courts. The property owner could go ahead and file an eviction lawsuit, but that can drag on for months.
Or they can call Jacobs.
For a fee, Jacobs will surveil the place and force out the people inside of it using a complex concoction of homespun arms and militarized tactics.
This is not a new problem. I knew someone in San Jose in the 1980s who had a problem with squatters who took over his cabin in Sana Cruz. The police were no help.
I suppose if the owner was not actually using it for himself or as a rental and the squatter was not actively damaging the property, I can see how progressives might persuade themselves that homeless squatters are just doing social justice. But squatters seldom treat such homes well.
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