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"Piers Morgan accident leads to hip replacement, fractured femur: 'I blame Donald Trump'"
An X post where anti-ICE activists buy salt at Target and then return it to ask Target to stop letting ICE arrest Target employees.
1. What is Target going to do? Call out its SWAT team? Launch air strikes on DHS HQ?
2. How does this injure Target, other than wasting time of their Customer Service workers?
As leftist agit-prop, it may get the Theater Kids high marks, but what realistically does it do? It does not get anyone killed or protect the child rapists that Minnesota government is trying to protect. Hey, at least they are not threatening the lives of government workers. I guess that is a win.
Besides, don't they know that you buy salt to melt ice? Probably not. Their illegal alien staff do that job.
The sheriff said the situation is so convoluted that they are still trying to determine who are the victims and who are the suspects.
The scene on the 3600 block of Avenue R was marked by police tape and dozens of yellow placards, each indicating a bullet fired during the incident.
"This was a full-blown shootout here in broad daylight," said St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro.
Sheriff Del Toro said two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old used a messaging app to arrange a gun purchase from three other individuals.
"A little concerning considering the fact you have people of this age group dealing with firearms, illegal firearms transactions," he said.
A 31-year-old man was in an alley when a 36-year-old man approached, attempted to rob him, then fired shots at him, according to a desk officer at the LAPD’s Operations Center. The two men got into a fight and the would-be victim wrestled the gun away from the assailant and fired a shot that struck him, the officer said.
Paramedics took the suspect to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
HPD said an investigation, led by the Major Crimes Unit, found Linder and Ziegler were involved in a fight. Evidence shows Ziegler was armed and made a threat with his gun, according to the department. Linder, who also had a gun, fired his weapon and hit Zeigler.
HPD told News 19 that Linder also hit a vehicle in the parking lot, injuring a man inside. That man was driven to the hospital after the shooting. Police said he was taken inside for treatment, and his injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.
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An experimental all‑female nightclub concept made headlines [citation needed] this week after industry insiders revealed it shut its doors shortly after its first official night, with organizers blaming a complete lack of bottle purchases as the main reason for the abrupt closure. The venue [what was the venue's name?], marketed as a space dedicated exclusively to women and designed to create a safer, inclusive nightlife environment, opened with much fanfare in a major city [which city?] — but according to reports circulating on social platforms and nightlife forums [citation needed], the night ended without a single champagne or bottle service sale, a revenue stream most clubs rely on to stay afloat.Two seconds of work with a search engine will show that this whole thing originated out of whole cloth as an Instagram post from a viral content mill back in September, and has been embroidered upon, had more clickbait buzzwords added, and been relaunched at social media grifter Lauren Chen's* FB page and has been repeated uncritically in social media from there.
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On January 21, 1789, the first American novel, “The Power of Sympathy” by William Hill Brown was published by Isaiah Thomas. — January 21, 1974: The price of gold hit a record $161.31, and silver hit $3.97 per Troy ounce, in London. — A USB Archive Stick Update: At last count, we had just 62 of the standard waterproof 2005-2025 SurvivalBlog archive USB sticks still available to order. And all of the sticks in the limited edition keepsake tins sold out in the first two weeks of January. The mailings of both types should begin on Friday. They will be mailed …
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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) C45 INSTALLED UNDER PCB (LEFT) IC1 SOCKET PINS IDENTIFIED (RIGHT) There will be many other such steps in this process, so I’m now going to fast forward to pages 9 through 14 after completing all the installation of parts in those pages and report on the tests that are part of the process up to that point. (NOTE: the top of page 12 indicates that if you don’t have the audio generator and the oscilloscope to skip to part 1B) I chose to do the tests and report my findings for the …
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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. — At Instructables: A Simple Trash Can Faraday Cage. o o o A useful article that was originally posted in 2016 and updated in 2024: Proper underground propane tank installation. o o o Why Does So Much of America Look the Same Now? (A hat tip to D.S.V. for the link.) o o …
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“I grew up on a ranch in Walla Walla, Washington. Except for one lawyer, I don’t remember anyone in my family being anything else but ranchers.” – Adam West
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We're at SHOT Show 2026 all week and this is just the first day! Take a look at the best and most interesting we found on the show floor.My younger son came in for a visit today. He'll be here for a week. Belle and I picked him up at the airport and his brothers met us at the shop.
Stories were told, lies were explored. At some point the conversation turned to optics. I happened to have a rifle in the rack with an old Bushnell scope. It will be upgraded tomorrow. the boys took that scope off the rifle and began to disassemble it, exploring the mysteries of the internals of common optics.
That was interesting, and we concluded that young Philippine grills are better qualified to disassemble cheap scopes than middle aged rednecks from Louisiana. They probably have specialty tools. At one point, a pipe wrench was used in the disassembly, probably not something we would find in a technical manual. This was redneck gun-smiffing of the worst kind. No alcohol was involved in this evolution.
For the record, the reticle was found in the second focal plane.
We'll go get a new scope tomorrow and see how the rifle shoot. It's a push-feed Winchester Model 70 in 257 Roberts. More to follow.
By Dave Workman The U.S. Supreme Court could be a few months away from handing a major defeat to gun control proponents by striking down Hawaii’s restrictive law which bans firearms carry on private property open to the public. Reports flashing across the media note such a ruling would also be a crushing blow to […]
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I was battling with some code to make my circle pocket program do sort of a revere pocket--clearing an annulus around the center column. It is embarrassing how much capacity I have lost these last ten years. I asked both ChatGPT and CoPilot to rewrite the annulus clearing section. Neither got it right but CoPilot managed to create an incomprehensible piece of C, although not quite to a level suitable for the International Obfuscated C Contest. (Are you old enough to remember those?)
Grok got it right first time!
By Dave Workman A restrictive Washington gun control bill introduced in 2025 and still very much alive during this year’s 60-day session of the State Legislature in Olympia is reportedly moving, and could create major headaches for gun owners, the president of Washington Gun Law is warning in a new video. Senate Bill 5098 passed […]
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This is a fascinating conversation.
This is SO not like the NASA interviews when I was a kid.
NEW from Weatherby comes a new rifle and a new cartridge! We go hunting for Arizona Elk with the Weatherby CAPRA in 25 RPM!
Twenty-plus years ago in the pages of Backwoods Home magazine I wrote a series of “refresher” articles on the safe and efficient handling of rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Safety is always worth reviewing. Here’s the one on handguns.Homicide at 7400 Hunnicut Road
On January 17, 2026, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting call in the 7400 block of Hunnicut Road. The preliminary investigation determined that a man, later identified as 30-year-old Anthony Turner, pointed a gun at a man, who then shot Turner. Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the scene, where Turner died. The motives and circumstances surrounding this incident are still under investigation. At this time, a Grand Jury Referral will be made in this case. This investigation is ongoing and documented under case numbers 008397-2026 and 008546-2026.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Detective C. Fehrenbach #11089 at (214) 671-3671 or cody.fehrenbach@dallaspolice.gov.
The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. at a vacant home on Nine Foot Road, outside of Newport.
Deputies say a man was legally conducting business at the property when he was confronted by Blevins, who was apparently squatting at the home.
After a verbal dispute, deputies say the squatter fired multiple shots at the victim.
The victim made his way back to his vehicle, deputies say, and got his own gun and returned fire in self-defense.
On January 20, 1801, John Marshall was appointed as the Supreme Court’s first Chief Justice. — January 20, 1921: The Republic of Turkey was declared from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire. — On January 20, 1981, 52 American hostages were released by the Iranian government, following 444 days of captivity, to be reunited with their families. Not coincidentally, Ronald Reagan was sworn in is President, the same day. — Today is also the birthday of Congressman Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794.) — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The …
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Disclaimer: I bought this kit and built it for the purpose of sharing the knowledge and skills you may obtain from the kit if you choose to build one. Elenco has not sponsored this activity and did not contribute financially to this effort. I want to point out up front that this is not just a project build kit, it is a full-blown course in radio theory, electronics education, and a fun opportunity to build your skill set. The “Builders Manual” is in reality a course in electronic theory, assembly, and testing. It has much to learn so this is …
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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. I heard about a company that makes clever detachable magazine conversions for Ruger American rifles, as well as their own AK-family rifles and handguns: Occam Defense Solutions in Moscow, Idaho. Video: Pros and Cons of Living in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Former Spokane Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich announces bid for governor … in Wyoming. JWR’s Comments: I consider Knezovich an absolute snake in the grass. He clearly loathes both the …
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“I love long-range rifle shooting. I like anything that deals with precision. I also find that with archery. On my ranch, I have my own range with 3-D targets of animals and hay bales from different distances.” – The Late Paul Walker
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Just for giggles, let's take a look at the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
That is fairly broad and well stated.
Turns out, a bunch of Somali backers invaded a white church in Minnesota on Sunday, protesting and raising hell. Nobody got hurt, but it disrupted the service. Don Lemon, the disgraced CNN guy was there with a camera crew, supporting the disrupters. So, what we have is a collision of free speech and free exercise of religion. It's a good question where the boundaries lie.
You can see Don interviewing the pastor here.
Interestingly though, there is this thing called the FACE Act, a Clinton-era law that makes it illegal to
"intentionally injuring, intimidating, or interfering with, or attempting to injure, intimidate, or interfere, any person by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship."
Oops. Don and all those protesters may be in violation of federal law. We note that journalism is also protected under the First Amendment, and this should further complicate an already complicated legal exercise.
We mixed things up this year and are bringing you a roundup from Staccato's Range Day before SHOT 2026!By Dave Workman Oral arguments will be heard Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging Hawaii’s concealed carry law which requires permission from the owners of private property open to the public before a legally-armed citizen can enter. The case is known as Wolford v. Lopez, and the outcome—probably not to be […]
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Those of us who grew up in the 20th century knew what a fifth of whiskey was. One fifth of a US gallon. A US gallon holds 128 ounces, so a fifth was 28.6 ounces. Nowadays we buy our hooch on the metric system, and a 750 ml bottle, we still call a fifth, but that holds only 25.36 ounces.
A jigger of whiskey was commonly known to be 1.5 ounces. One of the legends ascribed to the game of golf was that the course standard of 18 holes was based on the fifth of whiskey. If a gentleman limited himself to one jigger per hole, he could finish the course with fifth, retaining a wee bit to toast the course after the game.
Lately I have seen some of the online whiskey gurus saying that they didn't know why a 750 ml bottle is sometimes called a fifth. Now, the education is complete.
You are welcome.
Yesterday, January 18, this correspondent was driving on the way to Las Vegas for the Shot Show, 2026. In Nevada, on highway 95, contrails showed a remarkable cross or X in the sky. The cross was very close to the section of Highway 95 dedicated to US veterans from WWII on up.
This correspondent served in the Cold War, so it was nice to see the sign.
I will be at the Shot Show this week, so blog articles may be a little spotty.
Today will be Industry Day at the Range. It appears the weather will be cool, with relatively mild temperatures.
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Deputies say it happened Friday around 5 p.m. in the 600 block of Fowler Road.
Investigators say an intruder broke into the home and got into a struggle with the homeowner.
During the incident, deputies say the homeowner retrieved a gun and shot the intruder.
The homeowner armed himself after finding an intruder inside his home. The intruder pointed a shotgun at the homeowner, who then shot and injured the suspect before calling 911, according to police.
Redlands police officers arrived at the residence to find a blood trail that led them to the backyard, where they located the wounded intruder. Police recovered both weapons at the scene.
The suspected intruder was identified as 52-year-old Daniel Torres Carrion. He was arrested and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
On January 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a transcontinental flight record of 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. — January 19, 1810: On “Cold Friday”, the temperature at Portsmouth, New Hampshire dropped from 54°F to minus 12°F in one day, and many people were reported frozen to death. — This is also the birthday of the late Carla Emery (born 1939, died October 11, 2005). She is well known in self-sufficiency circles as the author of The Encyclopedia of Country Living. — There were two large solar flares yesterday (Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.) One of them was a category …
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The EZARC ARC-Edge Reciprocating Pruning Blade is designed to make a Sawzall or similar reciprocating-blade-saw into a pruning tool. The 15-inch, chrome-vanadium-steel blade has an aggressive tooth design optimized for pruning with five teeth per inch. A shorter 12-inch version is also available. I tested the 15-inch version. Based on my testing, I would suspect that the shorter 12-inch version would work better than the 15-inch version. The extra length of blade that extends beyond the object being cut tends to whip violently to the left and right as the blade moves backward and forward. This creates extra friction, vibration, …
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The following delicious recipe for Smothered Chicken is from The New Butterick Cook Book, copyright 1924, now in the public domain. That is just one of the dozens of bonus books included in the 2005-2025 20th Anniversary Edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick that is now available to order. Ingredients 2 small chickens or 1 large one 2 or more tablespoons butter Salt and Pepper Flour Directions Take off the neck and split the chicken down the back, wiping it with a damp towel. Season inside and out with salt and pepper, and dredge on all sides with …
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Today’s graphic: Countries from which the U.S. resident visa applications will be paused, starting January 21, 2026. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) News Link: Visa processing from 75 countries will be paused, citing the Donald Trump administration’s desire to “end the abuse of America’s immigration system by those who would extract wealth from the American people.” The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.
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“In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I haven't really been following it, but I have been noticing this whole Greenland kerfuffle.
President Trump seems to think that it is strategically important, Denmark owns it, and President Trump is making noise about buying it.
It seems that a NATO military contingent has gone to recon it.
Thirty-seven (37) is barely an overstrength platoon.
My mother left column one from bottom.
I saw this mentioned at Instapundit. It is somewhat old news. 5/18/22 Boston.com:
Scientists at Harvard and MIT are part of an international team of researchers who found that artificial intelligence programs can determine someone’s race with over 90% accuracy from just their X-rays.
The problem is that no one knows how the AI programs do it.
“When my graduate students showed me some of the results that were in this paper, I actually thought it must be a mistake,” Marzyeh Ghassemi, an MIT assistant professor and coauthor of the paper analyzing the subject, told The Boston Globe. “I honestly thought my students were crazy when they told me.”
The researchers wrote in the study that many studies have shown that AI diagnostic systems seem to be using race in their considerations for diagnosis and treatment, to the detriment of patient health.
In the paper, they gave an example in which an AI program that examined chest X-rays was more likely to miss signs of illness in Black and female patients.
Thus, the aim of the study, which was published Wednesday in the medical journal The Lancet Digital Health, was to determine the degree to which AI systems can detect race from medical imaging, and to find out more about how these AI systems are detecting race.
To do this, the research team trained AI systems for the study using standard data sets of X-rays and CT scans of different parts of the body.
Each image was labeled with the person’s self-reported race, but contained no obvious racial markers, such as hair texture or skin color, or medical racial trends, such as BMI or bone density. The team then fed the AI systems images without race labelling.
The researchers found that the AI systems were somehow able to determine the race of the person who the images were taken from with over 90% accuracy. The AI systems were even able to detect race from medical images regardless of what part of the body the image was of.
Now if this is actually making decisions to the patient's detriment, this is a problem. But that the AI was 90% of the time correectly guessing patient race is unsurprising. From American Journal of Human Genetics (Dec. 29. 2004):
We have analyzed genetic data for 326 microsatellite markers that were typed uniformly in a large multiethnic population-based sample of individuals as part of a study of the genetics of hypertension (Family Blood Pressure Program). Subjects identified themselves as belonging to one of four major racial/ethnic groups (white, African American, East Asian, and Hispanic) and were recruited from 15 different geographic locales within the United States and Taiwan. Genetic cluster analysis of the microsatellite markers produced four major clusters, which showed near-perfect correspondence with the four self-reported race/ethnicity categories. Of 3,636 subjects of varying race/ethnicity, only 5 (0.14%) showed genetic cluster membership different from their self-identified race/ethnicity.
This should be no surprise. What we identify as race is not terribly subtle. It would be startling indeed if skin color, lip shape, hair and eye color. etc. that is plainly visible by sight had no genetic origin.
Part of the problem driving the current insanity is that after the Holocaust what had been a legitimate line of scientific inquiry became hopelessly intertwined with German Rassenkunde (racial science). That decent people would choose to distance themselves from all that makes perfect sense.
But forensic anthropology is a science. You can look at a skeleton and determine with some certainty what sex this person was; it is not something uncertain or dependent on how you feel you should be regarded.
Metric and morphological techniques employed by forensic anthropologists for determination of race are reviewed. Included are several studies which examine cranial morphological techniques such as presence of the oval window of the inner ear, which occurs more frequently in Whites than in Native Americans; or the shape of the alveolar region which distinguishes between Asian, African, and North American Indian groups. A table of common cranial morphologic traits is presented. Metric techniques have also been used to determine race from the skull. Regression equations derived from measurements of the cranial base indicate a 70-90% accuracy for classifying Blacks and Whites, while multivariate discriminant functions for discriminating Blacks, Whites, and Native Americans correctly classify 82.6% of the males and 88.1% of the females. FORDISC, a computer program developed at the University of Tennessee, is another metric technique reviewed that not only distinguishes Whites, Blacks, and Native Americans but also male Hispanics, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Platycnemia, femoral curvature and other morphological attributes of the post-cranial skeleton may be used in support of a racial determination; however, several investigators have turned to post-cranial elements not only to use in support of cranial findings but for use when cranial information is not available. As a result, several discriminant functions from measurements of the pelvis, femur, tibia or combinations of these elements have been developed. Accuracy for these techniques varies from 57% to 95%, depending on the sample and technique used.