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I'm one of those guys who carries a pocket knife every day. Since high school, I've had a knife in my pocket. Back when we were living on the farm, it was necessary for cutting baling twine and opening feed bags. I still open the occasional feed bag, for the cats or the dog, but today my knife is more often used to open Amazon boxes.
The knife I have carried for the past 15 years was getting worn. The spring had broken out of the bolster and opening it was sometimes an iffy proposition. It was time for a new knife, so I went to Amazon because I knew what I wanted.
A Case Sod Buster. It's a good knife with nice steel, easy to sharpen. The handle is as smooth as a lightly used car of soap, no sharp edges to damage the pocket. At this stage of my life, it is the perfect gentleman's pocket knife. Nothing fancy, nothing outrageous, just a simple bit of steel to open bags and boxes. The price is right, too, at about $35.00.
It's a great design, it's been in production for over 50 years, and there is a reason for that.
Death toll in Austria school shooting rises to 11 after victim dies in hospital [More] Licensing: Check … Registration: Check… You know, what the antis call “relaxed gun ownership laws“… [Via Jess]
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Ohio House Bill 331 and Ohio Senate Bill 214 propose revisions to the Ohio Revised Code, eliminating suppressors and mufflers from the definition of dangerous ordnance and removing language that mandates suppressor registration under the NFA. [More] I guess it doesn’t hurt to build redundancy into a system. I’m just the type who thinks “shall … Continue reading "Hush, Hush"
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We hold that § 5-133(b)(2) is, in substance, a law prohibiting the possession of firearms by felons and, as such, is consistent with the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. [More] Then they should have no problem coming up with an upheld parallel from the time of ratification. Either that or they’re just robed … Continue reading "At Least Their Consistency is Inconsistent"
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Crack down on Mexican cartels after missing musicians found burned near Mexican border… Federal agencies gathered in South Texas to address the alarming issue of firearms from the United States ending up in the hands of Mexican cartels. [More] Not sure what the connection is, but I can’t help notice Democrats who want OUR guns … Continue reading "Down in Mexico Where the Peppers Grow"
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Blue States Sue ATF and National Association for Gun Rights – 16 Anti-gun Attorneys General seek to block agreement to return Illegally seized triggers [More] It will be interesting to see if competitor rice bowl groups put their historic hostility to NAGR to the side and support them in this. Get yours while supplies last! … Continue reading "Democrats Triggered"
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Lie to a Cop, Go to Jail. Lie FROM a Cop? Totally Legal? [Watch] Why talk to them in the first place? [Via Jess]
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), joined by New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate (NJFOS), have filed a lawsuit in district court challenging New Jersey’s ban on adults under the age of 21 from purchasing, owning or carrying handguns and handgun ammunition. [More] Y’know, if Bondi’s 2A Task Force included gun owner representation, they’d be able to … Continue reading "An Age-Old Question"
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The Exigency for Stricter Gun Control Legislation in the United States of America: Why the Constitution’s Second Amendment Provision for the “Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms” is Obsolete in our Contemporary Society [More] I trust no one here is surprised…? [Via Alan Chwick]
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We just talked about No Kings. Remember another mob action against rulers that ended up with more than royalty in tumbrels? We’re literally seeing the two revolutions colliding. Like the man said, all political is local. See? That’s my hometown. It’ll be right after the farmer’s market. I wonder if it’ll attract anyone more frightful … Continue reading "Attend a Regicide Rally Near You!"
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Smith doesn’t expect a win at this stage. With a panel of judges appointed by Reagan, Trump, and Biden—but leaning against gun rights—he predicts the court may rule against plaintiffs either on standing or the merits. But that just sets the stage for a bigger battle ahead—potentially at the Supreme Court. [More] Oh, well then, … Continue reading "Train of Thought"
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“Every job is going to change pretty radically, and I think many of them in the next year,” Hyams said, explaining that empathy will be a sought-after skill alongside “having a curiosity and an openness and maybe even a veracity to learn new things.” [More] And if we’re talking about a sociopathic workforce that is … Continue reading "You Have Their Assurance"
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Former L.A. sheriff’s deputy, nephew arrested in 14-year-old girl’s kidnapping [More] There’s uncles and there’s “funny uncles”…
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I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome [sic] doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it … Continue reading "Casus Belli"
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The big match has been over for two weeks, and I'm just about done putting stuff away. It doesn't matter how closely you plan or organize, when the math is over and the trailer is being loaded, at some point, you're just throwing stuff in boxes.
The first few days after the shoot was spent sorting boxes. Extension cords in one box, Cat5 cable into another. S-hooks back into another box. Untangling the Caat5 cable and coiling them neatly. You get the idea. Putting stuff away, storing things, then begin the process of putting together the home range.
Inventory. I'm about out of primers. We go through a lot of shotshell primers in this silly game we play and I'm down to about 4000 in stock. So, it's time to call the vendor and order 20K, which is my standard order. I buy for the club and re-sell to the members at cost.
I can remember a time, not so long ago, that I could get primers shipped to my door for $20/1000. It's not like that anymore, although it has come down considerably from the $80/1000 that it was during the Covid debacle.
The sun was setting, leaving wisps of lavender ribbons across the sky; clouds moving up the mountains, strands through which I could see the last phase of the moon. The bobber moved slightly, a fish, or the wind? I had seen one huge fin slicing the surface of the water, it was either a big carp or Nessie. I was tempted to jerk the line, but I waited. This is what patience is all about, being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than yanking the line to see what's at the other end. Patience is good. I've been going full tilt for so long that it's time.
I learned to fish, up here on the Gray's river, within eyesight of an old wooden covered bridge that's still here today. The waders and equipment are still stored in Dad's garage if the urge to go out on the water, arises. Steelhead fishing isn't for the impatient, or the truly hungry, for we would come home without a fish more times than with.
I've had more than one female friend say" "Aren't you bored?"
I've fished both saltwater and freshwater salmon, the freshwater moving in from the oceans of their life into the rivers to spawn. There's nothing like it, that fixed spot in space when you think maybe you've snagged a rock on the bottom and suddenly the whole bottom begins to move and shake and you've got a freight train on your line. While your vision is clouded with bacon wrapped salmon and the hickory smell of the smoker firing up, your muscle memory is having a boxing tournament with a fish as big as a 3 year old, jumping out of the water, dancing on his tail like a washed out celebrity, then diving back into the water.
The male salmon is, as they say, all show and no roe, cocky and overambitious, The female, though, not inclined to bite, when she does will lay in with a heavy and placid stubbornness that begs you to start something. Like arguing with any female of strength and persuasion you had either be prepared for a long drawn out test of will or simply get out the scissors, cut the line and admit THAT was a mistake
Bored? Never.
As dusk settles in, I wonder about the lapse of time, the evening seeming like a mere moment, time like a season in which I grew like flowers in the night. Philosophers talk about contemplation and the forsaking of work and out here I realize what they meant. The day advances as the light comes into it, it's morning, and now it's evening, and nothing memorable is done. My days are not minced into deadlines of a ticking clock or the perusal of things no longer breathing. Let mornings be lazy, afternoons pass by in long walks or a flip of a fishing pole and if the day becomes wasted in the warm rapture of a sunset as nature sings its song in my ear - what's the harm?
I thought back to fly fishing in Montana, watching the fly fisherman standing, rod in hand, in the rushing water. His movement the languid strokes of a lover, making the most beautiful movements, a ballet of line and wind and hook. A ritual of the chase, the cast like a tease to the unsuspecting trout, content in their world, until he pulled them into his. As the trout took the bait, the man would smile, that quick knowing smile, and pull with a quick flick of his fingers and hands, like light strokes on a keyboard, touching yet pulling, desire planted, hook in place. Then after reeling the trout in, he ever so gently pulled the hook from the mouth of the trout, gently cradling her in his hand, a tender goodbye. Without a sound, just a quick unemotional tickle of her belly, he released her back downstream. He never looked back.
Catch and Release.
This was the outdoors. Splashes of daylight that recharged what you came here with. This was our outdoors. Unidentifiable sounds in the darkness that made you hold your breath at the bottom of your sleeping bag. A good book read with a dying flashlight, shadows dancing on the wall of a small canvas tent, and the musty smell of freedom and adventure. A quiet prayer to my God over a meal garnered by my own hand and cooked over a campfire. A time when growth may not be on the surface but may be internal, and the weekend quietly drifts by in the warm embrace of the woods. But even in the woods, any good day must end.
As the last of the daylight seeped out of the sky, I thought back to work, but only briefly, for my mind now is rippled, not storm-tossed. These small ripples of water raised by the evening's wind are the only hint of turmoil in the calm. As the day pulled out of the sky, taking the wind with it, I cast one last time out into the still center of the water. There, utter and complete stillness, holding my breath, because even inhaling and exhaling was like a cacophony. The animals of the day were hunkering down for rest, and the night creatures not quite yet stirring, there was no breeze, no recognition of air even; it was the sound of nothing and everything. It felt like all my life past and present was contained in one space, and I was not just casting into it, I was part of it. Where for just a brief moment in the universe, the clock stopped ticking, and the world hushed.
This was my catch. Some nights in the woods, where I was able to pull the barb of civilization from my lips and swim rapidly to where the wild called to me. Where my heart is always at home. - Brigid
The Grim Reaper has been having a field day lately with my fellow gun writers and doing his damnedest to turn this blog into an obituary column. We learned this week of the death of Wiley Clapp. I knew the man and liked him, and greatly respected his work. He experienced intense combat in Vietnam […]"He allegedly held one family member at gunpoint and forced another to enter the home to retrieve someone, threatening to shoot the hostage in the head if the demands were not met," the Sumter County Sheriff's Office wrote.
According to detectives, Kirchner said, "I've already killed two people — I'll kill some more."
That's when a family member came out of the house with a firearm, reportedly prompting Kirchner to get into his car and leave.
Around 4 p.m. the same day, Nicholas Kirchner was located and arrested by the Taliaferro County Sheriff's Office in Georgia.
Adamiak still has 17 years left in prison, most of which is for his inert RPGs. By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Were it not for the additional charges and prison time he received for possessing two inert rocket launchers, Patrick “Tate” Adamiak would likely be a free man. “More than likely, I would […]
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On June 10, 1190, during the Third Crusade, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowned while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey), while leading an army to Jerusalem. — On June 10, 1967, the Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than …
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Intro Note: In the interest of operational security, some details are missing or slightly altered, without obscuring the learning points we experienced. The Hurricane’s First Approach Our family is very familiar with southeastern USA hurricanes from living in a “hurricane state” for many years. Somewhat inland, we generally have high winds but not significant structural damage. Usually, there are many, many trees/limbs down, causing havoc with roads and power systems. As usual, the US Weather Service and the news media hyped Hurricane Helene to the max, threatening the usual utter destruction. We have learned to look at the National Weather …
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This weekly column features news stories and event announcements 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. We also mention companies located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, news about a recent swarm of earthquakes near Stanley, Idaho. (See the Idaho section. The photo above was taken by Avalanche Lily, just outside of Stanley.) Idaho Stanley earthquake swarm brings more than 100 quakes, and it’s not over. o o o Small plane crashes …
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“Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1788
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Unable to refute reality, what’s a gun prohibitionist to do but try and confuse the issue? [More] So what if the Founders never envisioned the “boyfriend loophole”? If you can have a “living Constitution,” why not a “living Second Amendment.”
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The establishment press is reporting in unison about a new study which allegedly shows that restrictive gun control laws can make a difference in reducing firearm-related deaths “among children and teens.” Like previous research, the claim about guns being a leading cause of death among young people is couched to cover an age group of […]
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Texas sheriff won’t be charged after leaving gun in Covington Wendy’s bathroom… Shortly after the sheriff left the restroom, a 15-year-old went in, found the unsecured weapon, and fired it when handling it. [More] So he hasn’t really “owned it fully,” has he? I wonder if you or I would.
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The backstory is here, and has much, much more.
And the next time some mouth-breathing gun banner asks you why you need a 30 round magazine, tell them that the Rooftop Koreans had not just 30 round magazines, but (legal) full auto. The LA Riot was in 1992, only six years after the super-sketchy Hughes Amendment, approved by voice vote rather than roll call.
She continued: “And the biggest fear is if you look at the economy, A.I. is going to replace jobs from all kinds of sectors. And if A.I. replaces these jobs and states are not able to regulate and make laws to protect their citizens … we’re going to see poverty on a level we’ve never … Continue reading "Out of Work"
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SuecureIt's latest little lock box -- the perfect fit for your needs? The USMC uses it in embassies, so we wanted to get our hands on it.The left’s impending ‘Color Revolution’ [More] Grammar question: Is it “All I see is red,” or “All I see are Reds“?
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RI House passes controversial assault weapons ban [More] By this douche bag. Gee, I wonder what emboldened them to try this now. [Via Jess]
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“No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action to reject authoritarianism — and show the world what democracy really looks like.” [More] For some reason they remind me of another group that overthrew a monarch. They’re obviously well funded. And … Continue reading "Who Needs Kings When You Can Have Chairmen?"
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A former Lubbock County Detention Center officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to buy a controlled substance. Taylor Millett was arrested in September of 2022 after she was caught buying fentanyl from an undercover officer with intent to distribute it to inmates inside the jail. [More] If you’re ever arrested for exercising your Second Amendment-promised … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Distributive Enough"
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The genesis of the B&T USW was a two and a half hour car ride home from a youth hockey game, when Karl Brugger and a friend were thinking about how to improve police effectiveness [...]
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On April 24, 2024, Gary R. Sanchez filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Rob Bonta as representing the State of California. The suit alleges California banned firearms suppressors in violation of the Second Amendment. Sanchez acted as his own attorney in the case. The district judge granted AG Bonta's motion to dismiss the case, finding suppressors were not covered by the Second Amendment, because they were "only" accessories, not "arms".
Sanchez appealed the case to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 6, 2024. The Ninth Circuit has historically been one of the circuits most openly defying Supreme Court rulings on the Second Amendment. The California Rifle and Pistol Association asked Michel & Associates, as well as Cooper & Kirk, to offer assistance to Gary Sanchez. Mr. Sanchez has accepted the offer and the Ninth Circuit has agreed to accept both Michel &Associates and Cooper & Kirk as representing Sanchez in this case.
As of April 10, 2025, both parties have filed Replacement Opening and Replacement Answering Briefs from the Plaintiff-Appellant (Sanchez) and the Appellee (AG Bonta's office) in the case. The arguments have become predictable.
Sanchez argues silencers are arms covered by the Second Amendment as accessories which make firearms more useful for self defense, training, and for general safety of firearms users and others. They are in common use, the standard put forward in Heller, McDonald, and Bruen. From the brief:
Firearm suppressors—which reduce but do not eliminate the noise emitted from a firearm—support the safe and effective use of a firearm and are commonly used for lawful purposes in the United States. They are legal to possess in the vast majority of states, and millions are possessed by law-abiding Americans for lawful purposes, including to prevent irreversible hearing damage from firearm use in training, self-defense, and hunting. Indeed, the Federal Government has described suppressors as the only truly effective means of preventing hearing damage while using a firearm. The hearing protection of a firearm outfitted with a suppressor serves critical self-defense functions, ensuring that an individual defending self, family, and home can prevent the temporary deafness or disorientation caused by a firearm blast. This allows an individual exercising the constitutional right to self-defense to hear an intruder and communicate effectively with family members and the authorities. Suppressors also facilitate training with firearms by reducing the sound of firearms and therefore protecting the hearing of everyone in a training facility.
Bonta argues silencers are not arms, are not useful for self defense, are not commonly used for self defense, but are particularly dangerous. From the brief:
Silencers are neither bearable “Arms” nor integral components that are necessary for the operation of a firearm. They have no intrinsic self-defense purpose or utility in the case of confrontation. The district court’s dismissal fits squarely within a uniform consensus of the federal courts that silencers are not presumptively protected by the text of the Second Amendment. Indeed, this Court recently observed as much, noting that “a silencer” is an “optional accessor[y]” that “may be attached to a firearm without necessarily falling within the scope of the text of the Second Amendment.”
The brief for the State of California attempts to redefine what Heller, McDonald and Bruen have already established as the framework for determining if an arm is presumptively covered by the text of the Second Amendment. They seek to change the standard from "in common use for lawful purposes" to "commonly used for ordinary self-defense". Under this newly created "standard" the plaintiff (Sanchez) would need to prove an arm is commonly used in self-defense by police reports, a nearly impossible standard. The gambit is to define the Second Amendment out of significance.
The State of California has a difficult task in proving both that silencers are not useful for self-defense, are not arms, are not in common use, but are also exceedingly dangerous. The Court of appeals for the Ninth Circuit has been willing to contradict itself, the rule of law, and to defy the Supreme Court in order to prevent enforcement of a vigorous Second Amendment in California.
The Trump department of Justice has recently filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit, USA v Peterson, declaring silencers are arms protected by the Second Amendment.
Analysis:
The two briefs represent two different visions of reality. The State of California vision is the government is the source of all that is good, and the government should be all powerful. There should not be any limitation to government power. Most people cannot make good decisions, so weapons in the hands of the people are a significant danger. In short, in the hands of ordinary people, guns are bad.
The plaintiff, Sanchez, represents the vision of a limited government bound by the limits of the Constitution and dependent on the consent of the people for its existence. Guns in the hands of the people are a positive good to act as a limit on governmental abuse of power. More power in the hands of more people is a positive good.
This case may result in a circuit split on whether silencers are arms protected by the Second Amendment.
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Detectives with DPD’s Criminal Investigation Division responded to investigate. According to court documents, the victim reported that a coworker, believed to be 22-year-old Jamison Gladney, “snuck up on him” and hit him on his face while he was sitting in his vehicle at work.
The victim said he “presented his pistol” at Gladney after being hit, but that Gladney “disarmed him of the pistol and shot him,” court records say. Gladney then fled the scene after the shooting, the victim told police. The victim was then taken from Decatur Fire Station 2 and taken to Huntsville Hospital by Decatur-Morgan EMS to be treated for an “apparent penetrating gunshot wound,” after the victim said he had physical injury to the groin area.
I see that the migrants are rioting, for whatever reason. I doubt that they are rioting for the reason advertised. Some riot out of misplaced anger, others just show up to watch the spectacle. Either ay, it's dumb. Like a child throwing a tantrum.
If the mayor of Los Angeles had used half the energy she uses to protect migrants and used it instead on fire prevention, Los Angles might not have burned to the ground last year. The governor o that great state is useless.
Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about migrants. I'm a grandson of migrants, like most of the nation. I know current, first-generation migrants who did it right. I have lots of admiration for those who did it right and absolutely no sympathy for those who snuck in illegally, or who rushed the border under Biden.
I'm really tired of hearing about the plight of the poor migrant. I didn't ask them to come here. If they don't like it, they can go home. If they are here illegally, they should be sent home. Either as a family, or alone. I care not. Sympathy falls in the dictionary between shit and syphilis..
The incident was confirmed through multiple witness interviews and surveillance footage from various angles.
Detectives said the incident happened when a 19-year-old approached a group of young men with a gun in his hand and was subsequently shot in the face by one of the teens.
The 17-year-old alleged shooter is charged with possession of a firearm by a minor and carrying a concealed weapon, authorities said.
The victim's brother, also 17, allegedly hid the 19-year-old’s gun in a wooded area. He faces charges of firearm possession by a minor, tampering with evidence, and probation violation.
On June 9, 1732, a royal charter for Georgia was granted to British military officer and philanthropist James Oglethorpe. — Today is the birthday of Jean Alexandre Francois LeMat (1824–1883). He is best known for the percussion cap revolver that bears his name. This clever revolver design has a cylinder that rotates around a 20-gauge shotgun barrel. — On June 9, 1940 Norway surrendered to the invading German army, during World War II. The citizenry was then quickly disarmed by the Nazis, so resistance was limited. (The invaders had access to the Norwegian police gun registration lists.) To limit reprisals …
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Testing for lead, free chlorine, total alkalinity, MPS, iron, nitrite, pH, bromine, fluoride, total chlorine, hardness, cyanuric acid, copper, nitrate, QUAT/QAC, carbonate and coliform/e. Coli bacteria, the Liberty Gold Standard Complete Water Test Kit gives a pretty good overview of the quality of a water source using a simple testing process. Costing $27.99 at the time of this writing at the Liberty Gold Standard website, the kit contains 140 test strips and three bacteria culture kits. For a quick, easy, and inexpensive preliminary assessment of a drinking water source, the kit seems to provide a good solution. (Note: I am …
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The following recipe for Grandma’s Cinnamon French Toast is from SurvivalBlog reader Ellen H. She says: “For some variety, you can substitute the cinnamon with allspice, or nutmeg, or cardamom, or some pumpkin pie spice.” Ingredients An unsliced loaf of bread. I use white bread or brioche, and slice it about 1″ thick. Pre-sliced sandwich bread is too thin for proper French Toast! 5 large eggs. Heavy cream. (Whole milk will also suffice, but cream is best.) Cinnamon, to taste. Sugar, to taste. Vanilla, to taste. Maple syrup, for topping. Directions Slice the bread. Slice into 3/4- to 1-inch slices. …
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Today’s graphic: A map showing the highest natural elevation in each county in the United States. (Graphic courtesy of Peakbagger.com, via Reddit.) 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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“La mejor salsa del mundo es el hambre.” (The best sauce in the world is hunger.) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), ‘Don Quixote’ (1605) Part 2, Chapter 5
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Based on what's going on in Los Angeles now, it looks like Summer of Love 2: Electric Boogaloo may be kicking off. Ten things you should do if you live in or near a city controlled by Democrats:
- Make sure you're armed for self defense.
- Check and replenish your fire extinguishers.
- Check and replenish your first aid kits.
- Keep all vehicles gassed up.
- If you've been putting off vehicle maintenance, do it ASAP.
- If you've been putting off medical or dental procedures, do them ASAP.
- Have sufficient water, food, and other household supplies on hand in case you need to hunker down.
- If you don't have a get home bag / sustainment bag in your vehicle, build one and put it there.
- Keep cell phones charged.
- Do an area study. See Mike Shelby's (@grayzoneintel) book, The Area Intelligence Handbook. This will help you identify potential threats and resources in your area.
The Trump administration has reconsidered what state and territory firearms permits qualify as substitutes for National Instant background Check system checks, or more generally for Brady Law checks, when purchasing a firearm. Two more states, Michigan and Alabama, have been added to the current list. As of present, 29 states and Puerto Rico have permits which qualify. Not all permits in a particular state may qualify. In Alabama, both the Concealed Carry Permit and the Lifetime Concealed Carry Permit qualify. In Michigan, both the Permit to Purchase, Carry, Possess or Transport a handgun and the license to conceal carry qualify.
Missouri has five types of carry permits. The Lifetime Concealed Carry Permit, The Extended Concealed Carry Permit and the Concealed Carry Permit all qualify. The Provisional Lifetime Concealed Carry Permit, The Provisional Extended Concealed Carry Permit, and the Provisional Concealed Carry Permit do not qualify.
None of the California permits qualify. Surprisingly, both Hawaii permits qualify.
Here is a list of states where no permits qualify. Some of these states are surprising.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington State.
Vermont does not issue a permit, but has Constitutional Carry.
These non-state territories and the District of Columbia do not have permits which qualify:
American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands.
To see exactly which permits qualify and which do not, examine the Brady Permit Chart at the ATF website. The ATF lists limitations on the substitutions of these permits for a Brady Law (NICS) system check. From the ATF:
Prior to transferring a firearm utilizing the exception in § 922(t)(3)(A), an FFL must ensure the following:
- the permit is valid and unexpired;
- the permit was issued not more than five years earlier by the state in which the transfer is to take place;
- the laws of the state provide that such permit
was to be issued only after the state conducted a background check in
accordance with the Brady law.Please note: Permits issued more than five years before the date of transfer may not be used, even if those permits remain valid and unexpired under state law.
This correspondent routinely uses the Arizona permit for transfers from an FFL. The licensee of the FFL used gives a discount for use of the permit because it reduces paperwork and time for the dealer.
Analysis:
The use of state permits for a Brady Law or NICS check (Some Brady Checks are done under state authority) is a good step in the right direction. Noted researcher John Lott notes many NICS checks are false positives which wrongly deprive innocent people of the right, protected by the Second Amendment, of purchasing firearms. The waiting periods in some states, such as California, are being challenged in the courts as an infringement on rights protected by the Second Amendment. There is at least one challenge against the federal prohibition on purchasing handguns across state lines, even if both states would approve the purchase. The NICS system needs a serious overhaul. It is designed to deny purchases. It uses broad criteria. Much better commercial systems are in place which allow quicker, more positive identifications. The biggest problem with NICS is it is a solution in search of a problem. There is very little indication the NICS system is anywhere near cost effect. It costs dealers and citizens millions of hours of lost time each year. It costs a minimum of tens of millions of dollars to operate. There is no reason to believe it has any significant effect on crime rates. The premise: "Guns are Bad", has not been demonstrated to be true. Eliminating the NICS system will take Congressional action.
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On June 8th, 1779, Admiral Horatio Nelson and Captain Thomas Hardy onboard HMS Foudroyant set sail against the Spanish fleet. — On June 8th, 1776, Canadian Governor Sir Guy Carleton defeated American Patriot forces under John Sullivan. After taking heavy losses and the loss of General Richard Montgomery at Quebec, the Patriots were pursued by Governor Carleton. Halfway between Quebec and Montreal, at the Trois-Rivieres, the Patriots turned to fight. The Redcoats and German mercenaries killed 25, wounded 140, and captured 236, but Carleton allowed the rest of the 2,500-man force to complete their retreat. This battle changed the priorities …
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“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, …
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Lawyers I worked with persuaded courts that California had to issue to non-residents. Not as good as reciprocity, and the costs are substantial, but if you regularly travel there, it might make sense. Here is a pretty comprehensive training course in Riverside.
Less than two hours from LAX.
I have a string that I copy from newspapers.com headers of this format:
Telegraph-Forum
Fri, Apr 21, 1967 ·Page 13
I wanted to convert this into:
Telegraph-Forum, Apr. 21, 1967, 13.
#If VBA7 Then
Private Declare PtrSafe Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As LongPtr) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Long) As LongPtr
Private Declare PtrSafe Function IsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GlobalLock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As LongPtr) As LongPtr
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GlobalUnlock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As LongPtr) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GlobalSize Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As LongPtr) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
(ByVal Destination As LongPtr, ByVal Source As LongPtr, ByVal Length As Long)
#End If
Const CF_UNICODETEXT As Integer = 13
Function GetClipboardText() As String
Dim hClipMemory As LongPtr
Dim lpClipMemory As LongPtr
Dim size As Long
Dim clipText As String
If IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_UNICODETEXT) = 0 Then Exit Function
If OpenClipboard(0&) = 0 Then Exit Function
hClipMemory = GetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT)
If hClipMemory <> 0 Then
lpClipMemory = GlobalLock(hClipMemory)
If lpClipMemory <> 0 Then
size = GlobalSize(hClipMemory)
clipText = Space$(size \ 2) ' each Unicode character is 2 bytes
CopyMemory ByVal StrPtr(clipText), ByVal lpClipMemory, size
GlobalUnlock hClipMemory
End If
End If
CloseClipboard
GetClipboardText = clipText
End Function
Sub FormatCitationFromClipboard_API()
Dim raw As String
Dim cleaned As String
Dim title As String, dateLine As String
Dim regex As Object, matches As Object
Dim month As String, dayNum As String, year As String, pageNum As String
Dim formattedText As String
Dim splitPos As Long
Dim rngPaste As Range, rngTitle As Range
Dim insertStart As Long
raw = GetClipboardText()
If Trim(raw) = "" Then
MsgBox "Clipboard is empty or not text.", vbExclamation
Exit Sub
End If
' Normalize separators: replace line breaks and bullets with a unified separator
cleaned = Replace(raw, vbCrLf, " • ")
cleaned = Replace(cleaned, vbLf, " • ")
cleaned = Replace(cleaned, vbCr, " • ")
cleaned = Replace(cleaned, Chr(11), " • ") ' Word's weird line break
cleaned = Replace(cleaned, "·", "•") ' Replace middle dot with bullet if needed
' Now try to split on bullet separator
splitPos = InStr(cleaned, "•")
If splitPos = 0 Then
MsgBox "Clipboard contents must contain a title and a date line separated by a bullet or line break." & vbCrLf & "Text: " & raw, vbExclamation
Exit Sub
End If
title = Trim(Left(cleaned, splitPos - 1))
dateLine = Trim(Mid(cleaned, splitPos + 1))
' Normalize odd characters in dateLine
dateLine = Replace(dateLine, ChrW(160), " ") ' non-breaking space
dateLine = Replace(dateLine, ChrW(183), " ") ' middle dot
dateLine = Replace(dateLine, "·", " ")
dateLine = Replace(dateLine, "•", " ")
dateLine = Trim(dateLine)
' Create regex object
Set regex = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
With regex
.Pattern = "([A-Za-z]{3}),?\s+([A-Za-z]{3})\s+(\d{1,2}),?\s+(\d{4})\s+Page\s+(\d+)"
.IgnoreCase = True
.Global = False
End With
If Not regex.Test(dateLine) Then
MsgBox "Could not parse the date line: " & dateLine, vbExclamation
Exit Sub
End If
Set matches = regex.Execute(dateLine)(0)
month = matches.SubMatches(1)
dayNum = matches.SubMatches(2)
year = matches.SubMatches(3)
pageNum = matches.SubMatches(4)
' Insert and style the text
Set rngPaste = Selection.Range
insertStart = rngPaste.Start
rngPaste.Text = title & ", " & month & ", " & dayNum & ", " & year & ", " & pageNum & "."
' Recreate the title range within the same StoryRange
Set rngTitle = rngPaste.Duplicate
rngTitle.Start = insertStart
rngTitle.End = insertStart + Len(title)
rngTitle.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("newspaperTitle2")
' Optional debug
' rngTitle.Select
' MsgBox "Styled: " & rngTitle.Text
End Sub
Awesome. It takes about six seconds off each incident. My curiosity got the better of me:
Q. Do you know how many kilowatt-hours this session has used?
A. GPT-4 Energy Estimates (as of 2024–2025)
Inference energy per token (i.e., words generated or processed): ~0.00002–0.0001 kilowatt-hours per 1000 tokens (estimates vary widely by hardware and implementation).
Your session looks fairly long — let's estimate 30,000–50,000 tokens total (input + output), roughly equivalent to ~20–30 pages of dense conversation.
🧮 Estimated Server-Side Energy Use (GPT)
Estimate RangeValueTokens processed ~40,000 tokens
Energy per 1000 tokens (kWh) ~0.00002 to 0.0001 kWh
Total energy (server-side) ~0.0008 to 0.004 kWh
"Immigration rights advocates said conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center downtown had become overcrowded, with 200 people packed into a facility built to hold only 100."
Solution is obvious. Verify their immigration status, load them into vans, drive to Tijuana.
The usual leftists are commenting about how fascist and ignorant supporters of the laws are, while a vast sea of supporters of ICE are making it clear that, yes, we voted for this. If progressives wanted immigration law reform, they have a number of sessions of Congress where Democrats controlled both houses and the White House. They did nothing.
They really do not want a situation with lawful immigration after background checks ot they would have passed this into law.