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Metcalf wants to know what is really going on in Antarctica. That is, what’s really going on in Antarctica.Here you go, Mr. Metcalf. I'm sure the fat stacks you make as an NFL player will cover a stateroom.
“I think it’s another world,” Metcalf says.
What do you mean, “another world”?
“I think there is another civilization inside of Earth.”
[SNIP]
“You can go to Alaska. You could go to the North Pole,” Metcalf says. “But why not Antarctica? Why can’t you just book a trip to Antarctica?”
There's a whole city in Argentina where one of the main sectors of its economy is people flying in to board cruise ships for Antarctica. Look! A whole Wikipedia article on "Antarctic gateway cities"! This information takes ten seconds to find.
How come these "Just asking questions, doing my own research" people never actually ask any questions or do any research? (Or at least any that doesn't confirm their biases.)
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The badges say "SS396" but I think the grille, fenders, and taillights say "1971". I'm not a hundred percent because my Nova-fu is admittedly pretty weak. Obviously this Chevy pocket muscle car is far from stock.
Basadar Lawya St. Phard, 27, was shot and transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police. He was later pronounced dead. The individual detained following the shooting was treated at the scene for minor injuries and was taken to the Detective Division for questioning. RPD also consulted the Wake County District Attorney’s Office, and the individual was released without charges.
On 09/07/2026 at approximately 1900 hours Officers began investigating a domestic disturbance. During the course of the investigation it was learned the suspect involved in the domestic disturbance was firing shots into an apartment complex. Officers responded to the area and located the suspect. When confronted the suspect did not follow commands and was uncooperative. Officers took up a position of advantage. While doing so, and giving commands for the suspect to drop the gun, a single gunshot was heard. Officers approached the suspect and discovered she was suffering from a gunshot wound. No officers discharged their firearms. Medical personnel attempted life saving measures but were unsuccessful. Due to the circumstances involved the CSPD Homicide Unit responded. Any future updates will come from the PIO.
This Week in History On September 8, 1664, the Dutch surrendered their colony of New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, to 300 English soldiers. Following the capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, to honor the Duke of York, who had organized the mission. — September 9, 1000: Battle of Svolder, Baltic Sea: King Olaf on board the Long Serpent was defeated in one of the greatest naval battles of the Viking Age. He leapt to his death, overboard. — September 10, 1919: Treaty of Saint-Germain. Austria ended its incorporation with Germany. But its independence was short-lived. In the …
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Introductory Disclaimer: I am not an attorney, and the following is not legal advice. I am just a reasonably knowledgeable individual. Be sure to consult an attorney licensed in your state before making any changes to you gun collection! – JWR A pair of consolidated court cases were recently appealed and a very strong and favorable Permanent Injunction was issued, nullifying a large portion of the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, but only for the plaintiffs and for those in a “Protected Class” linking them to the plaintiffs. On August 5, 2026, a federal district court for the Northern …
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Editor’s Note: The following recipe for Survival Cookies is from fellow preparedness blogger Patrice Lewis. It was first published with many photos in her Rural Revolution blog. We highly recommend bookmarking her blog. – JWR When I put up the recent post on making strawberry preserves, a reader asked why I canned it up in quart jars instead of pints. Short answer: Just about the only thing we use strawberry preserves for is as a filling for so-called “survival cookies.” Back in our old home, these incredibly delicious filled oatmeal sandwich cookies made the rounds among our group of homeschooling …
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Today’s graphic is a map showing U.S. Census blocks with no residents. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) JWR’s Comment: A French journalist once referred to the Rawles Ranch as being in “Une Zone Depopulee Totalment.” Since we are surrounded by National Forest, he was just about right. 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 …
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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 map showing US Counties by GDP per capita [2022]. JWR’s Comment: This illustrates the disproportionate economic contribution of oil, natural gas, and mining, in lightly-populated regions. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest $500 a Month Gone: Social Security Hits the Cliff in 2032 — and Congress Already Knows. Diesel Just Hit Its Highest Price in American History, AAA Data Shows — Topping …
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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, Finland readies itself for possible attacks. Finland Holds a Large Civil Defense Exercise AP reporter Emma Burrows: Finland runs Europe’s biggest civil defense exercise since the end of …
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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. — US Army declares ’42 is the new 35′ but millennials are outraged as enlistment age changed. JWR’s Comments: For someone who is in a stable civilian career that allows time off for annual training, enlisting (or seeking a commission) in the National Guard or Army Reserve represents a way to secure “double …
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REDOUBT NEWS LINKS 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. Washington Attorney Bill Kirk: The Untold Consequence of Assault Weapon Bans. Montana FWP encourages caution after Columbia Falls bear attack. Emergency rescue planned for 499 wild horses in Oregon as water sources vanish. Two interesting backcountry flying videos: Soldier Bar 85U Idaho – Badlands Traveler, and, Cabin Creek Idaho in a Badlands Traveler Bushplane. Kennewick Police looking for third suspect in deadly shooting. Indian Relay …
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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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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: I Think We Can All Agree That The Pilot Did Not Choose… A Prime Landing Location 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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“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” – Milton Friedman
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Advancements in AI may soon allow humans to talk with animals, but some groups claim the research could be violating the animals’ right to privacy.
Machine learning models are paving the way to catalogue and even mimic the sounds animals make to communicate with each other, with researchers touting the technology as a way to better understand the world of animals.
But “one risk that is currently not taken into account in research ethics is the concern that we might be violating the privacy of animals by collecting data on their vocalizations and movements,” according to researchers in an article published in Springer Nature.
AI can make mistakes. Imagine those mistakes:
From the cloned mammoth: "We want a land acknowledgment."Don't eat me.
I love becoming one with your body.
Faster, faster, more stirrups.
FotB Tom Lindsay has a very interesting blog: The Whiskey Trail which is all about, well, cocktailblogging. He has a very fun series of posts on the James Bond drinks (with recipes) and even includes Kina Lillet blanc in the martini. 10/10.
As an Old Fashioned admirer, I really quite like his New Fashioned. Clever, that.
Highly recommended.
Man being attacked by four pit bull dogs
Video in public domain from wikimedia.org
William English has published a new, comprehensive, detailed survey on firearms ownership and defensive firearms use in the United States. This new academic paper is 75 pages long. It details the care with which the survey was accomplished. In this new survey, questions were included about using firearms in defense against animals. The survey shows 8.4% of defensive firearms use were directed against animals.
Several examples of verbatim responses about defensive firearms use directed against animals are included in Appendix H. These were specifically taken from responses where the respondents were asked:
“Have you ever been in a situation (including any referenced in earlier responses) in which it would have been useful for defensive purposes to have a firearm with a magazine capacity in excess of 10 rounds? If so, please briefly describe that situation.”
There were 2,386 individuals who answered positively. most of those are reported as giving a description of the situation. The paper quotes 33 responses to illustrate what was reported to them. Of the 33 responses, 7 involved defenses against animals, somewhat higher than mentioned in the overall survey. Here are a three from the paper:
• Going hunting a cougar came up on me and I fired 15 shots for it to go away
• When a dog with rabies was attacking my livestock and would not go down even after several shots and reloading
• We had an aggressive bear come onto our property and was going after animals. had a Glock 9mm had to use 2 clips
As a researcher and writer who has devoted considerable time to detailing the usefulness of handguns in defense against bears, it was gratifying to see William English include animal defenses as a significant, if not large, portion of the defensive use of firearms. One of the more common defense against animals which this correspondent has observed in media reports is defense against aggressive and often feral dogs. This correspondent has had several close calls with aggressive dogs. On one occasion, a Glock 17 was drawn, but fortunately, was not required to be fired.
Dogs are much more aggressive when acting as a pack. Attacking animals tend to be very sensitive to how confident the potential "prey" acts. The availability of a firearm increases the confidence of the person who has it, thus decreasing the chances of attack. The more confident the person with the firearm is in their ability to use it, the less likely they will have to use it.
At the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy asked counsel if the right to keep and bear arms:
“had nothing to do with the concern of the remote settler to defend
himself and his family against hostile Indian tribes and outlaws, wolves
and bears and grizzlies and things like that?”
The survey by William English definitively shows defense against animal attack is not a dead letter. The estimate of 2.2 million defensive uses of firearms per year. This is a conservative number in the survey. 8.4% of those would be about 180 thousand defensive uses against animals in the United States every year. Criminal uses of firearms where the person was victimizes were about 1.8 per thousand since 2008. Defensive use of firearms against animals are about .54 per thousand, or nearly a third as many. Defensive uses of firearms in total are about 6.4 per thousand or 3.5 times as many as successful victimizations.
The stories which reach the headlines are when people are injured or killed. Bear attacks where people are injured make headlines. Attacks by rabid skunks, coyotes, foxes or bobcats in rural areas may make local news. The common successful defenses, when no person has been injured, seldom make the news.
Analysis: Cartridge firearms make humans the top level predator on the planet. Nothing else comes close. When animals prey on humans where cartridge firearms are common, the animals are quickly killed. The defensive use of firearms against attacking animals is not controversial. Many people in urban centers are unaware such defenses occur on a regular basis. The well designed and executed survey done by William English goes a long way to provide information to those ignorant of the phenomena.
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Gun Watch
Around 9:15 p.m., a 40-year-old man was inside his home in the 1000 block of Lamar Street when a man he knew knocked on the door and forced his way inside, according to a preliminary police report.
The intruder pointed a handgun at the 40-year-old man, who tried to take the weapon. The gun went off during the struggle, police said. Another man inside the home, whom police also identified as a suspect, opened fire.
The intruder yelled that he had been shot and ran from the home. Responding officers found him dead with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The shooting was reported at about 7:30 a.m. She was initially listed in critical condition after being taken to the hospital, but the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office later said she was stable.
Deputies said another woman involved in the shooting was taken into custody and questioned. After speaking with her, investigators determined the shooting was justified as self-defense, and she was released without charges.
I just read the article linked below. It discusses some heat casualties at a high school following a bomb threat evacuation. Please take two minutes to read the article before you move on to my commentary. 21 students hospitalized, 3 critical, after standing in heat during bomb threat evacuation For those of you who […]Three Kimber K6s revolvers. Three handloads. Two distances. Five-shot groups. And a chronograph. This test started with what sounded like a fairly simple question: If we put a 2-inch, 3-inch and 4-inch Kimber K6s on the firing line, does the longer barrel actually produce better accuracy? Most shooters would probably put their money on the […]
The post Kimber K6s 2-Inch vs 3-Inch vs 4-Inch: Does Barrel Length Really Matter? first appeared on Day At The Range.Guess what governor proposed this bill to give a second chance to first time drug offenders?
Yes, Gov. Ronald Reagan.
