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This Week in History: On September 1, 1255, Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) was founded by Teutonic Knights. It was named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II. Pictured is Kaliningrad’s Brandenburg Gate. (Public domain photo by Jan Pešula.) — The 1859 Carrington Event — the largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history began on this day. Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson made the first observation of a large solar flare. — On September 2, 1666, the Great Fire of London began at 2 am in Pudding Lane. An estimated 80% of London was destroyed. — And on September 4, 1950: …
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In the 1980s, a funny, popular pseudo-AI computer program “Eliza” was a college joke magnet. A few beers, and then dialed into a dialup Bulletin Board System (BBS) and ask all kinds of suggestive questions, just to see what “Eliza” said. So, as a Coder, we expanded the Data File, many times over… and Eliza’s answers got more verbose and direct, like Grandma suddenly butting into your life! That was about the start of the AI revolution, for me. It was cool, funny, and a half-life of 30 minutes over a dialup system. Querying a Data file, database of “information” …
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“The Bull” Rifle Rest by MTM Case-Gard provides a light, stable, sturdy, and inexpensive base for zeroing firearms and testing ammo. It is easy to assemble and easy to adjust to fit a wide variety of firearms. Over the course of six months of testing, I used the Bull with break-barrel air rifles, semi-automatic rimfire rifles, bolt-action centerfire rifles, semi-automatic centerfire rifles, muzzleloading rifles, and lever-action centerfire rifles. It adjusted well to provide a stable and sturdy rest for every firearm with which I used it. I have used other rests that have had difficulty accommodating rifles that use 30-round …
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Today’s graphic is a ,map that shoes the courses of the 7,000 tributary rivers that feed into the Mississippi. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. — If any SurvivalBlog readers have personally taken or otherwise hold the copyright to a particularly nice landscape photo or other photo of particular interest to preppers that is in a wide horizontal format (to match our blog template) then please send it in as an e-mail attachment, and I will consider posting it as a Graphic of the Week, or as a Top Note photo. I can of …
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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. Here is an interesting map: Average daily long-haul truck traffic across US highways. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest Bessent’s Former Mentor Druckenmiller Slams Treasury Bond Buyback Plan. Nvidia Has Become a Banker to the AI Boom, Putting It on Dangerous Ground. US Tungsten Scrap Export Ban Takes Effect As Global Supply Crisis Deepens. Hub Moolman: Silver and the Dow: What is Happening? From the market analyst who …
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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 the emphasis is on China’s latest military technology developments. China’s New Hypersonic Glide Missile At The Telegraph: China’s new hypersonic missile puts US on notice. Here is a …
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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader Dale R. mentioned this news: Army Armaments Center Unveils New Ammo Packaging System. From the Army news release: “Blending lightweight polymers with a rugged steel shell, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center’s new SixPAC system marks a groundbreaking leap in small-caliber ammunition packaging, one intended to reshape how soldiers …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. REDOUBT NEWS LINKS Help Wanted: Idaho Ranch Jobs. ‘All the nation hates me’; Man accused of starting Old Trails fire in Spokane competent to stand trial. Another Ambition Strikes video: Our Abandoned Mansion Is a Complete Disaster. (This one includes a brief crossover with Andy from Expedition Rove.) Spokane Public Schools launches 149 new buses with seatbelts. Buford, Wyoming, Population Reduced To None. Idaho angler catches record 44-inch …
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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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JWR’s latest meme, based on a suggestion by SurvivalBlog staff member Thomas Christianson: Meme Text: A lesson in past tense versus present tense: The Biden-era “Woke” agenda was Crazy Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is Crazy Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.
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“Many Americans who say that we should learn from other people, especially Europeans, mean that we should imitate what they did. That may make those who talk this way feel superior to other Americans. But let us never forget that the most disastrous ideologies of the 20th century — Communism, Fascism and Nazism — all originated in Europe. So did both World Wars. More recently, Europe has been belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import millions of people from cultures that despise Western values, and which often promote hatred toward Western people.” – Thomas Sowell
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CANCON Las Vegas 2026 tickets are on sale now and VIP tickets are coming JULY 4th!By Dave Workman An estimated 88 million American adults own approximately 461 million firearms, with handguns being the most popular (208 million), while there are some 40 million AR-15 type rifles and another 20 million “similarly styled rifles” in private ownership, according to a new report on the “second wave of the National Firearms Survey. […]
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On the last day of August, we are watching the tropics. There is a blob of unsettled weather just south of New Orleans that everyone is expecting to become tropical storm Edouard. For whatever that is worth. it is expected to organize, gain strength and come ashore somewhere near the Louisiana/Texas line. Maybe closer to Beaumont. who knows.
They are also watching the remnants of Dolly. It has been a slow season for tropical storms, and I am okay with that.
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Police said the offender entered a home in the 900 block of North Lavergne Avenue at approximately 3:16 a.m. August 28, 2026.
Adult female resident confronted the intruder, and a brief physical altercation followed.
Firearm discharged during the struggle, striking the offender in his left arm. Police did not say who fired the weapon.
Cheers!
An Anaheim woman pleaded guilty Thursday to submitting more than $2.2 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for hospice care for patients who were not terminally ill, federal prosecutors announced.
Lynn Galbraith, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
Galbraith was the co-owner and operator of Garden Grove-based Azure Hospice Care Inc. from September 2019 until July 2022, when she became its sole owner. She remained the owner until February 2024.
During that time, prosecutors said Galbraith knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for hospice services provided to patients who did not have a terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less, as required to qualify for the benefit.
According to her plea agreement, Galbraith either knew the patients did not qualify for hospice care or knew there were insufficient medical records to support diagnoses and prognoses that would make them eligible.
Prosecutors said she also did not routinely coordinate with patients’ primary care physicians about their purported conditions or terminal prognoses.
In one example cited by federal officials, Galbraith submitted a $6,600 Medicare claim in October 2022 for hospice services provided to a patient despite knowing there was insufficient medical documentation to establish that the person was eligible for hospice care.
Can we balance the budget. Sure "A million here, a million there, after a while it adds up to real money." And put off the inevitable bankruptcy of Medicare.
4/16/26 U.S. Attorney's press release:
SAN DIEGO – Former teacher Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that she conspired with others to launder millions of dollars of health care fraud proceeds.
In total, Valenzuela admitted that she and her co-conspirators billed Medicare nearly $51 million for bogus prescriptions and were paid approximately $20 million, ultimately laundering at least $14 million dollars of Medicare proceeds and paying $3.7 million in unlawful kickbacks.
On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. The core mission of the Fraud Division is to zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal or fraudulently misuse taxpayer dollars. Department of Justice efforts to combat fraud support President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs
According to her plea agreement, Valenzuela and co-conspirators owned and operated multiple durable medical equipment (DME) companies, which sold orthotics – including back, wrist, and knee braces – to Medicare beneficiaries.
Valenzuela admitted that in operating the DME companies, she and co-conspirators paid unlawful kickback payments to sham marketing companies who provided bogus prescriptions for DME. The prescriptions were signed by physicians who had no legitimate doctor-patient relationship with the beneficiary; had not conducted a legitimate medical evaluation of the beneficiary; and had not impartially determined that the beneficiary actually needed the DME.
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I was taking first semester American History at Sonoma State University. Another student asked a question that degenerated into an anti-capitalist diatribe. At the break, I approached him: "Is your Dad a banker or a CEO?"
"Banker. How did you know?"
Two NYC Democratic Socialists of America leaders have been caught living the ultimate capitalist dream, with one quietly collecting millions in real estate flips and another nesting in a sleek $500,000 Brooklyn apartment, The Post has learned.
Labor Coordinator Olivia Gonzalez Killingsworth sold a luxe Upper West Side triplex in a brownstone building for $2.4 million on Sept. 12, 2022, according to public records.
The “huge, versatile” two-bedroom, three-bathroom triplex just a block away from Central Park boasts sweeping 10-foot-high ceilings overlooking a fireplace, marble shower stalls, bay windows with a view of the gorgeous Callery Pear blossoms that line the street.
“Once again we’re finding out why DSA actually stands for Daddy’s Savings Account. Selling a multimillion-dollar Manhattan Triplex to go play pretend bohemian with your rich comrades in Brooklyn is a luxury working-class New Yorkers will never have,” said NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Queens)....
Also plotting to seize the means of production from the comfort of her fully owned one-bedroom apartment is DSA Steering Committee chair Julie Swoope, who has a half-million-dollar pad in Brooklyn.
The $510,000 one-bedroom co-op located blocks away from Prospect Park boasts of high ceilings, skyline views and great closet space, per its Streeteasy profile.
It was purchased in 2021, according to public records....
Swoope’s mother, Gail Cunningham Swoope, was an artist who traveled for three years on her “live-aboard sailboat” and was a member of the New Smyrna Beach Boat and Ski Club, according to her obituary.
Both apartments are over $100,000 above the average home price in the United States, which is $387,400, according to 2026 US Census and Department of Housing and Urban Development data.
Nearly 70% of NYC residents are renters, leaving the two socialists woefully out of step with the needs of the working-class people they claim to represent, critics said.
The two women join NYC DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo as part of Gotham’s socialist landed gentry.
Gustavo, who was booted from the electricians union after ghosting his employer, was gifted a $1.5 million Bed-Stuy townhouse by his telecommunications millionaire father.
The revelations about the Yale-educated sculptor have rattled the secretive organization and his days may be numbered, the source close to the organization told The Post.
Those of us who grew up poor are unsurprised.
I’ve grown increasingly less enamored with social media. In years past, I would often share pictures and accounts of my travels and the classes I teach on Facebook. I’m spending less and less time on that platform these days. I’ve never had an Instagram account. I rarely use LinkedIn. I stopped posting my articles […]Governor Jeff Landry and Elon Musk made the announcement this week, Elon and SpaceX are going to build a launch facility near Pecan Island, LA. There are lots of good reasons to build a spaceport on the coast and Musk chose Pecan Island as the place he wanted to build.
Termite sent me this graphic, which deserves wide distribution.
We wish Musk and SpaceX good things and we hope that Louisiana serves his needs and the needs of the broader community for years to come.
In the first Dayattherange suppressor accuracy test, my Air Force buddy DM took seven rimfire suppressors, the Vudoo 360 carbon-fiber rifle and Lapua Midas+ to the range to answer what sounded like a simple question: Can a suppressor actually make a precision rimfire rifle more accurate? That first test gave us some interesting answers—but it […]
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- "How were those 'Freedom Fuel' stations selling gas so cheaply?" you ask. Well, you may wanna sit down for this one.
- A petri dish of human brain cells is in hell. Sort of.
- One of the last great stop-motion animation SFX houses is closing its doors. Check out all the great memorabilia from '70s-'90s sci-fi and fantasy movies in the photos at this link!
Police said a group came to a towing company in the area looking for a vehicle that had been repossessed.
The department said two people went inside to speak with the owner when an altercation began and one of the people searching for the vehicle, later identified as Darius Jones, pulled out a weapon.
Officers said the business owner pulled out a weapon of his own to defend himself and shots were exchanged between the two.
It's rare that we see an honest-to-goodness saint these days. It's even rarer to see one in the entertainment industry. Dolly Parton was one.
Her father never learned to read, growing up in Depression era eastern Tennessee, but she always said that he was really intelligent and always wondered what he could have done if he had had access to books. So she started her Imagination Library 31 years ago.
The charity has given away a third of a billion children's books. I don't think that I've seen anyone in my lifetime (celebrity or not) that has had this big a positive influence world wide.
As I said, a saint.
Her enormous success as an entertainer allowed her to do this. Here is a quick recap of just how enormous that success was. Note that the numbers are low because I took them from a 16 year old post, so she was even bigger than this:
- She was called the "Iron Butterfly" for her tough business negotiation, having turned down Elvis' (Elvis!) request to cover I will Always Love You. He wanted too much money - half of all royalties in perpetuity. She said no.
- She was Entertainer of the Year - one of only seven women who have ever been given this award.
- 45 Grammy nominations, 7 awards (she wuz robbed). Two Academy Award nominations.
- Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year. Country Music Hall of Fame, and Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
- A 2003 tribute album to her featured covers of her songs by Melissa Etheridge, Allison Kraus, Shania Twain, Norah Jones, and Sinead O'Connor. Yowzer.
- American Idol had a "Dolly Parton" night where everyone had to perform one of her 6000 (!) songs.
Yet she said that the greatest honor she's received is a bronze statue
on the Courthouse lawn in her hometown. She was more properly called Dr.
Dolly Parton - she received an honorary degree for her decades of work
to increase literacy. Eastern Tennessee had a real problem with that
when she was born in 1946.
Through it all, she's kept her sense of humor. Famous (or infamous) for
her showy outfits and huge wigs (among - ahem - other things), she has
been known to say "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." When Dolly was originally on the UK TV's Graham Norton Show, Graham was wearing quite a loud suit, for which he apologized. Without batting an eye, Dolly said Don't you worry yourself, my aunt had a sofa just like it. It was instant chemistry, and Norton and Parton became great friends, to the point where he recorded a duet of Islands In The Stream with her at her theme park, Dollywood.
Unusually for an entertainment celebrity, she was married to her husband, Carl Dean, for almost 60 years until his death. When asked if she was going to remarry, she demurred, saying I don’t think I’ll ever be married but once. I think Carl’s waiting for me on the other side, and if I turned up at the pearly gates with somebody else, he wouldn’t like that! He’d be saying, ‘Who’s that little [bleep]? You leave him outside the gates and if the Lord wants him in here, you get on in here with me!
Needless to say, The Queen Of The World and I are huge Dolly Parton fans. There's a real sense of loss in her passing, that we shall not see her like again. But our loss is Heaven's gain. Like I said, a saint.
So long, Dolly. Thanks for making the World a better place.
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The shooting remains under investigation. Preliminary investigation indicates that the two men met up for the sale of a firearm. The 22-year-old then pulled a gun and attempted to rob the 20-year-old, and the two shot each other.
Police said their investigation has been consistent with the shooter's account of what happened. Cuts on Conley's arm were consistent with cuts from reaching through the door glass.
The shooter heard Conley trying to enter and repeatedly told her to leave. He also warned her that he was armed, police said.
Leesburg police said Conley continued attempting to gain entry, at which point he fired a handgun through the door, breaking the window. That's when she reached through the broken window in an attempt to open the door from inside.
The homeowner fired a second time, striking Conley and killing her, police said.