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It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace. [More] Everything I’ve heard about him says he was a good man who was … Continue reading "RIP"
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He answered the Ohio Gun Owners survey: A colleague noted whose they did not: OGO removed the comment. I did try to give Putsch the benefit of the doubt: Unfortunately, he didn’t answer any of our questions. Realizing that political campaigns can be all consuming, Firearms News will issue an update if he does. That … Continue reading "Casey at the Bat"
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Illegal immigrants from Africa, India and China are voting in US elections — here’s how they’re doing it [More] As much as proving this is widespread would bolster the arguments I make, I’m still waiting for that Kraken to show up. That it hasn’t doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Infer what you like about the … Continue reading "Adventures in Baselessness"
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Canadians need permission to bring pepper spray to a gunfight [More] Of course they do. [Via bondmen]
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Yeah, I know, it's not till tomorrow, historically. But, according to Google, the vernal equinox is today. Regardless, here in sub-tropical Louisiana, it's been spring for a week or so. The oaks are budding, along with the pecan trees. It's spring.
I took the time this morning to put a couple of screws in an outdoor gate. That should last another 20 years, barring hurricanes. I also changed the pool pump over from winter to summer mode. Cleaned filters, gave everything a good backwash.
Last night, Belle without prompting, flipped the hall thermostat from heat to cool. We're in that time of year where the heat may be on in the morning, but the AC is on at night. I have noticed that the neighbors are starting to mow grass, but they are fanatics. They hail from suburbia, where a manicured lawn is a source of pride. I'm still a country boy, where grass is something that the cattle eat.
I know that my friends up North are still in the grip of winter, but down here, summer is just around the corner. We down here still have a pre-Easter cool snap to get through, but after that, summer will come on with a vengeance.
This is not surprising, but it is pretty interesting, especially the guy in Dubai where Google Maps puts him in the middle of the straight. The discussion about why the Iranians probably have not mined the straight is also pretty interesting.
Greenwald: 9/11-Like Mass Casualty Attacks Could Trigger Permanent Emergency Measures [More] What’s the worst that could happen? [Via bondmen]
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19 Million Americans Have Seriously Thought About Shooting Someone, National Survey Suggests [More] Outside of playing cowboy as a child, I don’t recall even fantasizing, let alone seriously considering. Even during my DGU, I hoped things would go no further. So, what are we talking here about with homicides, like two-tenths of one percent of … Continue reading "Survey SAYS…"
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March For Our Lives Backs Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users [More] That’s just what they’ll admit to for now. Don’t doubt they’re also for gun bans for alcohol drinkers. And for gun owners. They’re not the young, hip kids their professional PR flacks paint them out to be– they’re humorless, blue-nosed prohibitionists, biddies, and … Continue reading "Pick Your Poison"
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simple words marked a plaintive plea
The text incised on darkened wood
with trembling hand as best I could
But in so writing tears would fall
for the bark's surface was far too small
Still my hand etched away in vain
with faith that it would be seen again
hope that these small woundings of a stem
might speak to someone who passed by them
I hope they see past the mark or stain
to small etched cuts of the heart that remains
Brigid
Short words are easy. It's the long strings of words that can break us, or make us. In the middle of a presentation today I had a blank moment and what came to me was "I lost my train of thought".
Where did that expression come from? Though we use it for everything from absentmindedness to excusing our disjointed ramblings by its loss, it was elaborated four hundred years ago by Thomas Hobbes in a somewhat different meaning:
By Consequence, or train of thoughts,
When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever,
My personal lumbering boxcars of thought, speeding on through this railway station we call the Internet, is fueled by very early mornings, and a couple of cups of coffee, needed to get me moving as my days often start well before sun has risen.
Train of thought. The term just doesn't seem to fit our new age, when abundant discourse is sent forth in the click of a mouse, words and and ideas flirting between computer terminals in nanoseconds, with voluminous paragraphs abbreviated to simple text messages. In an age where entire freight cars of words are reduced to tiny particles of matter, the term "train of thought" seems to be a disappearing trail of smoke in our vocabulary. Sonnets and poetry reduced to . ;-) and "luv ya" in our rush to our next appointment. People spend hours each day texting and twittering without as much as a spoken word to someone they care about. If Hobbes were given a blackberry instead of a quill, would he have written Leviathan?
Log trains passed behind my house when I was a child. Passed down through the forested hills where we romped, grew up, fell in love and carved our names on trees. As they traveled down those hills towards the timber mills at night, their path would cut shadows across our neighborhood. I remember as a small child how the sound would intensify as my Dad would read to me at bedtime, as shadows would slide over the wall above my bed, over the model boats and planes and trains my brother and I played with. And with the shadow came one of the first sounds of my memory, the mournful wail of a train, competing with my Dad for sound, so he would speak louder and more clearly, forcefully driving each word outward, the phrases connected and intact and uninterrupted and in that moment I discovered my love for words. And for trains.
In daytime we'd ride our bikes along the tracks, looking for diesel smoke in cold air, throbbing engines, hoping for a quick glimpse. The yard at the timber mill had more than one track running into it, and as two trains would arrive, you'd hold your breath in fear of a collision, only to have one veer off and stop, while a long line of cars safely passed. I think of the missing man formation, in which a squadron of fighter planes performs a low pass, one separating and flying off to the heavens. A ballet of mighty machinery.
I'd memorize the names on the cars going by, forming the words in my mouth while smelling the fresh smell of wood going into the paper mill. So many cars, so many words. Each leaving a memory, branding my thoughts with its impression, burning into my head with the sunlight streaming through the slats. Carrying it's load of mighty trees fallen to make paper for which the words will one day affix themselves. Paper clean and bare with promise.Behind my house, a new train, miles of unexplored tracks to walk, tracks crossing across the landscape of this new life, when viewed from the air, almost forming letters, writing of new adventures. A poem composed of ancient ties and abandoned depots, a sad lament to the forgotten forms of old trains, to lost thoughts and the art of speaking in deep clear sentences, now reduced to emoticons and abbreviated texts. How do you reduce your feelings to 3 or four letters, and quick clips of syllables that mean so little? Words sent through space, silently with no weight.
My Dad hasn't read to me at night in decades but until his death at 101, he regularly sent me letters, real letters, though his household had email and a cell phone. The letters were written in clear, flowing script that belied his years and in which he talked with steady and unflinching repose, of watching all his friends pass on, of navigating life in a body that aged long before his mind. He wriote of the family and of his days of laughter and prayer, words of humor, of inspiration, of compelling faith. Sheets of paper that for years have charted a course for me through adulthood. Sheets that lie carefully tended, fragrant and dry in a drawer, where I will treasure them now that he's gone, abiding strength still radiating from his descriptions of love and loss, the papers having a weight to them of his life. A weight that will keep me anchored.
How do you do that with a text message, how do you convey such feelings of family in a smiley? How do you explain what it feels to live, to breathe, to love, to fly, in a twitter message? For those thoughts make up boxcar after boxcar of the steady motion of thought, sturdy boxes of space and time, their spaces containing the heavy load of lust and longing, pride, fear and desire. A train barrelling forward in steady progressions as moving clouds fly overhead and shafts of sunlight peer through sliding cars, into their depth. As others transmit through satellites and space, I watch the landscape from the viewpoint of the train. Structures of iron lace, the suddenness of buildings, clouds of morning mist all crossing my line of sight, my muscles straining with the curves through corn shrouded fields, moving with the train, thundering through empty fields of past loss into meadows washed with light. I rush into the rain as the cars gain speed, waters cleansing the windows on which I look out on life. I hurl words into the darkness of an upcoming tunnel and wait for their echo back.
Train of thought rushing on. Life viewed as a passing landscape in which I live in the midst yet best write about it only as it has passed my window, a memory behind me trailing in the smoke of the engine. I don't have a Smart Phone. I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to do a "Tik Tok" video. Only on rare occassion do I text. I journal and I blog. I blog for me, to release words that need to come out at the end of the day. The stories may be too long to catch the interest of the masses looking for quick, short entertainment, of which there is plenty among the white noise of the Internet. My communications outside of here as well are lengthy strings of words, heartfelt messages splayed out on paper, their sincerity driving their movement, under my pen, the words stringing out behind me. Sometimes I hit send, somethings they just stay, hesitant to go beyond the confines of my longing.
But the words will always will be my own, the track they follow a mystery until that next bend is rounded. Words composed of past journeys on ancient rails, washed clean by wind and rain, and tempered by time. A story written to the mournful sound of a train whistle echoing through abandoned dreams and ancient memories, waiting for the echo of my words.
How the Trace found these three, no one knows! [More] Through the law offices of Dewey, Cheatham and Howe…?
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A cashless society means fully digital. Cash won’t exist. Banks will have full control of every single dollar in your accounts. Every transaction will be recorded. You will control nothing. [More] We ain’t seen nothin’ yet. So, anyway, should I get this mark on the head or the hand…?
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Nearly half of households headed by immigrants, those legally and illegally living in the United States, are on one or more forms of welfare, a Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) analysis of Census Bureau data reveals. [More] There I go being a loser bigot again. Then we get into the whole taxation without representation/representation without … Continue reading "Yearning to Breathe Free Stuff"
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The gun used in the terror attack on Old Dominion University was an untraceable Glock 44, a .22 caliber handgun which uses 10 round magazines. The Glock 44 was untraceable for two common reasons. First, the gun was stolen. This breaks any chain of custody. A trace only goes to the first retail purchaser. When a gun is stolen, there is no link from the legal purchaser to the thief. From apnews.com:
The man charged Friday, Kenya Chapman, told federal agents in an interview that he stole the gun from a car in Newport News, Virginia, about a year before the shooting and recently sold it to Jalloh, according to an affidavit filed in court. Chapman said he met Jalloh at work and that Jalloh told him he needed the gun for protection as a delivery driver, the affidavit says.
The second reason the Glock 44 was untraceable was the serial number was partly obliterated. From unionbulletin.com:
Jalloh was still on supervised release from a 2017 prison sentence — and barred from carrying firearms — when he barged into an Army ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning.
He was carrying a loaded Glock 44 .22-caliber pistol with a partially obliterated serial number, according to the newly filed court documents in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.
When the serial number of a firearm is obliterated or altered, it becomes difficult if not impossible to trace. There are other common reasons why the firearms tracing system is almost never used to solve crimes of violence. The most common reason gun traces are not useful for solving violent crimes is they are seldom found at the scene of the crime. When guns are found at the scene of a violent crime, they are often found with the person who used them, as happened in this case. When the person who used the firearm is already known, a trace does nothing to solve the crime.
Another common reason firearms become untraceable is the age of the firearm. Once a firearm is more than ten years old tracing becomes difficult. Guns are sold, change hands through estates, are given, traded, and stolen, as was the case with the Glock 44 in this case. There are hundreds of millions of firearms in the United States which are more than 10 years old. There are hundreds of millions of firearms in the United States which are untraceable. In 1987, almost thirty years ago, there were 198 million private firearms in the United States.
The investigators in the Old Dominion Islamic terrorist attack did not find the person who sold the Glock 44 to the terrorist through the tracing system. They found him through analysis of the terrorist's telephone records. It has become harder and harder to do anything without leaving an electronic trail which can be unwound. The entire firearms tracing system is obsolete and cost ineffective.
Analysis: Even systems which require complete registration for the legal ownership of firearms are seldom helpful in solving violent crimes. Canada has required all handguns to be registered since 1934. In 1995, Canadian officials could not identify a single instance where handgun registration helped to solve a crime. Registration systems are even more expensive and intrusive than the failed gun "tracing" system in the United States.
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Update, Victim Nicholas Cruz, father of two, whose wife is pregnant, has died.
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After the shooting inside the clinic, the GBI said Michels exited the building while armed with a handgun.
Outside,
he encountered responding police officers and an armed civilian. An
exchange of gunfire followed between Michels, officers, and the
civilian.
Michels was hit during that exchange and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Principles of Personal Defense You all know how much I like free books. The Jeff Cooper foundation recently made this excellent work from the Colonel a free download on their site (near the bottom […]
On March 20, 1800, Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta reported his invention of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London. — March 20th is also the birthday of Mel Tappan. (Born 1933, died 1980.) His perennially popular survivalist books Survival Guns and Tappan on Survival have a well-deserved following. I designated March 20th National Survivalism Day, in his honor. It is also apropos that National Survivalism Day falls in March–one of the months that both Northern Europeans and Native Americans refer to as The Starving Season–when stored food runs low, …
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(Continued from Part 1.) Principle #1: You Are a Microbe Farmer Do you want to sustainably grow healthy, nutritious, produce? Congratulations . You are now a microbe farmer! The first principle of biodynamic gardening is you are no longer growing plants, you are raising trillions upon trillions of microbes. If you can create an environment that supports a healthy soil ecosystem full of bacteria, fungi, and other soil organisms then ANY plants adapted to that environment will thrive. The Bionutrient Food Association (BFA) spent 3 years surveying nutrient quality across 21 crops. They compared the soil samples with the crops …
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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. Today, a map of global oil chokepoints. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest How (And When) Gold Could Reach $10,000. Financial Tsunami Coming Because of Programmable Money – Catherine Austin Fitts Video: Billionaires Want Us Homeless. I received an e-mail on Wednesday from a reader who was befuddled by the bifurcation of precious metals and oil prices. He asked why silver and gold dropped …
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“I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don’t believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers.” – Ted Cruz
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This, from my buddy Termite, who is in the oil industry and (unless I am mistaken) is currently riding an oil rig somewhere in the Gulf.
WTI crude is $95, Louisiana light crude is $98. Western Canadian is $89. Mexican Basket is $92. Meanwhile, Brent is $108, Dubai is $135, DME Oman is $153. https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2034035587464761706/photo/1 This article is very interesting. https://gcaptain.com/the-hormuz-hypothesis-what-if-the-u-s-navy-isnt-in-a-hurry-to-reopen-the-strait/
Yeah, if you follow the links, you will learn that the Strait of Hormuz is a vital lifeline in the global oil market. When you have a rogue, terroristic regime causing havoc with global shipping, it makes sense that prices are going to fluctuate wildly.
Many of you don't remember the oil crunch of the late 1970s. We here in the US had high prices, rationing, gas lines, and severe shortages. That was Iran, too. At that time the United States was not energy independent. We actually relied on Mid East oil for our daily driving.
It could be a whole lot worse, but if we get the Iran problam solved, it could get a lot better.
How Will the Results of the Governor’s Race Affect Gun Owners? [More] Or should gun owners push for Putsch?
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Presuming your senator isn’t a complete waste of time…. I got this link from an email so I don’t know if it will work for anyone else. I couldn’t find a generic page at GOA’s website. If you have a better one, post it in a comment.
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Patel: Make it Easier to Denaturalize Those Who Want to Harm America [More] What a racist, right? [Via Michael G]
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Armor-Piercing Ammo Metal Up 557% As China Chokes Supply, War Demand Surges [More] Hey, decisions have consequences: The United States finds itself in a precarious position regarding tungsten supply, having ceased all domestic mine production since 2015 when the last operating facility shuttered its operations. A question in Latin comes to mind. [Via bondmen]
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Voter ID Has Massive Public Support: Why Is Congress Standing In The Way? [More] Perhaps Prof. Quigley can shed some light. [Via bondmen]
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A State Department employee went on a terrifying stabbing spree during a road rage incident, leaving one woman dead, three seriously injured, and killing his own dog before being fatally shot by a responding trooper. [More] They’re awful quiet on why he was a ticking time bomb ready to go off. Forgive me if that … Continue reading "A Diplomatic Solution"
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John Cornyn compared January 6 to 9/11, and called attendees “white supremacists, domestic terrorists, insurrectionists, rioters, seditionists, anarchists.” [More] Hey, John, there’s still time to do a 180 to fawn and curry favor with Trump to whore for his endorsement like you did on your filibuster reversal. A question comes to mind. [Via bondmen]
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Outing a psychiatry professor as anti-gun [More] So the gunquacks are promulgating a hoplophobe’s delusional political rantings as settled science? And “trusted” professional journals are basically propaganda rags? This is my shocked face.
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- Some people have more of a right to privacy than others.
- Firefly animated series in development.
- Is Rationalism a religion?
U.S. Military Unveils “Drone Killer” Rifle Cartridges[More] Let me guess: Standing army only, and the militia of the whole people need not apply…? You’d think a “single issue” Second Amendment organization would have something to say about that. Related UPDATE For some reason the link I embedded now says page can’t be found, but I … Continue reading "You Can Look But Don’t Touch"
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Florida Sheriffs Call for ‘Path to Citizenship’ for Illegal Migrants with Jobs [More] So Grady Judd agrees with Hillary? Maybe he’ll take my challenge… We could always ask… [Via Andy M]
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A must-see watch with a great story behind it! Take a look at the Praesidus Pacific Campaign Commemorative!On Tuesday, California agreed to a settlement with the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and other plaintiffs, and will pay over $1.3 million to cover the plaintiffs’ attorney fees.
The settlement arose from a lawsuit that was filed against California’s Marketing Firearms to Minors Law, which crossed into First Amendment territory by banning firearm advertisements.
Breitbart News quoted Ninth Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee’s September 2023 majority opinion against the law, where he wrote “…that [the Marketing Firearms to Minors Law] does not directly and materially advance California’s substantial interests in reducing gun violence and the unlawful use of firearms by minors. There was no evidence in the record that a minor in California has ever unlawfully bought a gun, let alone because of an ad.”
I am pretty sure Judge Lee meant ever unlawfully bought a gun throuigh licensed dealers. I have no doubt that many have done so from other gang members. This is a big win for my friend Don Kilmer who pursued this absurd case for a number of years.
In a larger sense than just guns: the idea that advertising sells people stuff they do not already want is absurd. If advertising can create demand, explain the failures of the 1950s Edsel, the IBM PCJr,, and New Coke. At most advertising influences choice: do you want our over-sugared breakfast cereal?
I am sorry for California taxpayers, but there are consequences to electing idiots.
In Georgia, Senate Bill 651 has passed the Senate 30 to 23 on March 6, 2026 and has been sent to the House. The bill amends the current statutes about the justification of the use of force and immunity from civil liabililty: From legiscan.com, Here is the summary:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse in defenses to criminal prosecutions, so as to provide for an additional justification for use of force in defense of self or others; to amend Code Section 51-11-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to no duty to retreat and immunity in certain instances of threat or use of force, so as to extend immunity from civil liability in justified use of force cases to legal representatives and heirs of the person against whom force was used; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
The changes happen mostly in Section 2 of the 16-3-24.2, which relates to immunity from prosecution and exceptions. Section 2 of Code Section :
"16-3-24.2.
(a) A person who uses threats or force in accordance with Code Section 16-3-20, 16-3-21,76, 16-3-23, 16-3-23.1, 16-3-24, or 17-4-20 shall be immune from criminal prosecution therefor unless in the use of deadly force, such person utilizes a weapon the carrying or possession of which is unlawful by such person under Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of this title.
Unlawful weapons are defined in the law and include sawed off shotguns and rifles and National Firearms Act weapons, including silencers if they are not legally possessed under federal law. Georgia is a Constitutional Carry state, but there are people who are not allowed to carry certain weapons. They include children and felons. The changes are in paragraphs (b) and (c):
(b) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures to investigate the use of threats or force in instances set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section; provided, however, that such agency shall not arrest a person for using or threatening to use force unless a probable cause determination has been made that such force used or threatened was unlawful.
(c) A claim of immunity pursuant to this Code section may be made during arraignment or as a pretrial motion. When a prima-facie claim of immunity has been raised, such claim shall only be overcome by clear and convincing evidence."
The claim of immunity is a bit like Florida law. If self defense is claimed, charges may only be brought if there is probably cause to believe the use of force was unlawful. A claim of self defense can only be overcome by "clear and convincing evidence".
If a person is justified in threatening or using force or deadly force under Georgia law, they have no duty to retreat and they shall not be held liable in civil actions. The bill adds this immunity to legal representatives and heirs of such persons:
"has no duty to retreat from the use of such force and shall not be held liable to the person against whom the use of force was justified, to any legal representative or heir of such person, or to any person acting as an accomplice or assistant to such person in any civil action brought as a result of the threat or use of such force."
This correspondent is not a lawyer. The explanation of the bill and the law above comes from a plain reading of the bill and the law. It is not legal advice, and should not be relied on as legal advice.
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UPDATE, 3/16/26, 4 p.m.: Following the investigation and multiple witnesses interviews the New Iberia shooting that occurred earlier today, police said the individual was shot in self-defense.
All parties involved have been identified but no names have been released. The investigation is ongoing.
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press OPINION: No one who truly values their Second Amendment rights should be worried that University of Michigan psychiatry professor Brian M. Hicks, PhD, is gaining fame and making money by passing off anti-gun propaganda as legitimate research, right? After all, it’s a free […]
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On March 19, 1882, the first stone was laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí. A 55-foot cap piece cross was finally set in place on February, 20, 2026. The light through the cathedral’s stained glass windows can be dramatic on sunny afternoons. — And on March 19, 1918, the US adopted the Standard Time Act of 1918, also known as the Calder Act, a federal law that implemented standard time (and daylight saving time). It defined five time zones for the United States. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for …
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Many articles in SurvivalBlog discuss reaching the point of a new normal after TEOTWAWKI when society starts to rebuild and little communities pull together. However, the majority of articles focus on getting through the event itself and not how you are going to live beyond the event. To be successful in the post-TEOTWAWKI economy you will need to have the means to produce. Without petroleum-powered combines, chemical fertilizers, centralized distribution systems, and confined animal feeding operations the food system will fall apart. It’s all powered by (relatively) cheap fuel and transport. Your food sources will be mostly reduced to whatever …
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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, venomous Blue Dragon Sea Slugs. Do Not Touch: Blue Dragon Sea Slugs Venomous ‘blue dragons’ washing up on South Texas beaches during spring break. Granny Jailed for 6 …
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“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.” – Thomas Jefferson
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"The space agency said the meteor was first detected at 8:57 a.m. off Lake Erie near Lorain. It traveled more than 34 miles through the atmosphere before breaking up, with some fragments falling to the ground."
Admittedly, 7 tons is pretty small but because KE=1/2mv**2 and anything hitting our atmosphere is moving at 25,000 mph, the energy is truly frighteningly stupendous.
On the plus side, look for burned rocks in your back yard. If they are magnetic, even better. These are valuable if authenticated. If you think you hit pay rock, call your nearest university geology department. They want to check it for residual radiation and they can tell you if you got lucky.
Talking with a lady at the grocers this weekend, she mentioned that she had hummingbirds on her feeders. I came home and hanged a feeder. on Saturday.
This morning I saw the first one, a little green buzzer taking advantage of the free sugar water. Winter might not yet be over, but the first hummingbird has arrived on my acre and I'm glad to see it.
By Dave Workman A federal district court judge in Texas has ruled that an injunction issued last fall against enforcement of a ban on firearms carry on post office property applies to all current and future members of the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition. The September ruling by U.S. District Judge Reed […]
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The 10/22 is one of the greatest firearms ever made, period. Making it better is a hard job, but with some outside-the-box thinking, the 11/22 is here!As tensions rose, a person outside the bar reportedly fired “two warning shots”, which ricocheted off the ground, striking two people, according to the Charleston Police Department.
One person was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and another person refused treatment.
According to the Charleston Police Department, the suspect who fired the shots was cooperative and stayed on scene to talk with detectives, claiming that the warning shots were fired in self-defense.
The Charleston Police Department is still investigating the incident, and no one has been charged at this time.
3/17/26 New York Times tells a story that suggests his decision is a bit more complex and sad than some have portrayed it:
In his resignation letter on Tuesday, Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, criticized the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. But he also mentioned his “beloved wife,” a Navy linguist who was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in January 2019.
Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent was 35.
Chief Kent was assigned to Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66, a Navy unit that supports the National Security Agency and military special operations forces. She was supporting the latter at the time of her death....
On Jan. 16, 2019, Chief Kent was meeting with a source at a restaurant in Manbij, Syria, when a suicide bomber killed her and three other Americans.
Chief Kent was posthumously promoted to senior chief.
“She should have been out of Syria because Trump gave the order to get those guys out of there,” Mr. Kent said on the “Shawn Ryan Show” podcast. “And then you have the administrative state dragging their heels and desperately trying to keep us in these conflicts.”
In his resignation letter, Mr. Kent cited what he said was Israel’s influence over the Trump administration’s policies. Some lawmakers called Mr. Kent’s remarks on Israel antisemitic, and critics mentioned his support for conspiracy theories.
Mr. Kent wrote that he “cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” adding, “I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.”
The desire to avoid a ground war is completely understandable. Trump seems to share that view.
UPDATE: Breitbart is reporting:
Former director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joe Kent is reportedly being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for “allegedly leaking classified information.”
Shelby Talcott, a White House Correspondent for Semafor, reported that according to “three sources,” Kent, who resigned from his position on Tuesday, is being investigated by the FBI. The alleged investigation “pre-dates his departure.”
I found this on X:
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But this is also concerning:
EXCLUSIVE BREAKING: FACEBOOK RESTRICTS ORBÁN POSTS WEEKS BEFORE HUNGARY’S ELECTION As Hungary heads toward a crucial April election, Facebook is reportedly restricting posts from the country’s Prime Minister. The move followed a call by an opposition party (Tisza Party) member, a former Meta employee, urging supporters to mass-report his content. Meanwhile, Tisza leader Péter Magyar has disproportionately high engagement figures, outperforming global figures, despite operating in a much smaller, language-limited country Péter also used a personal “professional mode” profile rather than a political page, contrary to Meta’s long-standing guidelines, potentially bypassing limits on political content. Questions are also emerging around how Meta moderates political content in Hungary. A regional Meta official has publicly shared positions aligned with mainstream European narratives, including pro-Ukraine messaging and content seen as anti-government in Hungary. If Hungary’s largest social platform keeps restricting Orbán’s content while opposition accounts seem inflated before the election, serious questions arise about free speech and democratic integrity. This requires an urgent investigation. I’ve seen political interference by social media companies in other countries, and I really hope this is not happening in Hungary.
Others have responded that this oversimplifies what Facebook is doing and that this is in part the consequence of new rules about political ads:
The claim of Facebook specifically restricting Orbán's personal posts lacks clear confirmation in recent reports. Instead, Meta suspended several pro-government Hungarian news pages (e.g., county newspapers) in late February 2026, weeks before the April 12 election, sparking interference accusations. Péter Magyar's Tisza Party leads polls and draws massive crowds, with high organic engagement on Facebook likely from genuine momentum against Orbán's long rule, not proven inflation. Meta's EU political ad ban (since Oct 2025) affects both sides; Fidesz circumvents via loopholes and grassroots "digital fighters." Bias concerns exist on all platforms, but evidence points more to broader moderation (including pro-Orbán outlets) than targeted censorship of Orbán alone. Urgent scrutiny of Big Tech in elections is fair democracy demands transparency from all players.
At least part of why Péter Magyar is a thorn in Orbán's side is a scandal involving child sexual abuse:
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has yet to comment on the resignation of two of the most prominent politicians of the Fidesz party – President Katalin Novak and former justice minister Judit Varga – as he continues to maintain a low profile amid the biggest scandal rocking his government since taking office in 2010.
The child sexual abuse scandal is threatening the very foundations of the regime, Political Capital wrote in a note.In a nutshell, the story goes back to April 2023 when Novak gave pardons to two dozen people, including convicted terrorist Gyogy Budahazy, an influential figure of the far-right and now aligned with the parliamentary party Our Homeland. Novak also pardoned Endre Konya, the deputy director of a children’s home in Bicske, central Hungary, who used blackmail to force young boys to withdraw their testimony against the director, who had abused them sexually for years.
The Dutroux scandal exposed some worrisome problems with the Belgian law enforcement agencies.
The power of really big companies to affect elections is worrying. While a defeat of Orbán would also be a defeat for Russia, I think Facebook power is also worrisome.
Remember, Han didn’t just shoot first, Han shot only.
Greedo got burned down without even getting a shot off.
On March 18, 1850, Henry Wells & William Fargo formed American Express, in Buffalo, New York. — March 18, 1911: North Dakota enacted a hail insurance law. — And on March 18,1925: The Great Tri-State Tornado, a monstrous F5 (over 300 MPH) tornado roared 219 miles across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana. It killed 695, injured over 2000, and destroyed 15,000 homes. — Today’s feature article is a timely piece from the SurvivalBlog archives. — We need of entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since …
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Editor’s Introductory Note: The following is a re-post of a 2007 SurvivalBlog article. Given the recent spike in gasoline and diesel fuel prices, I thought that is was apropos to re-post a few articles related to fuel from SurvivalBlog’s early days. — The world runs on petroleum. Imagine a post-apocalyptic period when the local gas station is closed, and has been for two years. How will you carry out your daily activities? Generate electricity? Pump water? Plow your garden, or fields? All of these can be done by hand, and have been for thousands of years. Modern life has given …
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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. — U.S. Army Reveals New Chevy Silverado-Based Infantry Squad Vehicle – Heavy Next-Gen Hybrid. JWR’s Comments: They say that history doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes. This reminds me of the U.S. Army’s Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV) procurement in the 1980s. That was basically a diesel-engine Chevy K5 Blazer with CARC camouflage …
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Awoke to a light frost this morning, and Belle decided that she had some hamburger meat she needed to cook and today was perhaps her last chance to make chili this season, so she made a big pot of chili. That works for me. What we didn't eat today, we'll recycle tomorrow as Frito Pie. It won't go to waste.
I'm finishing up reloading ammo for Texas State next week. Yeah, I know, I should have done this in November, but procrastination is a virtue. I started a couple of weeks ago needing to reload roughly 7000 rounds, and today I'm within 700 rounds of being finished. I'll be done by the weekend, even if my schedule in interrupted by some sort of catastrophe. Here lately, I careen from one catastrophe to another. Who know what tomorrow might bring.
For example, last week I took the dawg to a groomer. He's a little Lhasa Apso, named Benji. I swear, that dawg is a reprobate. I have owned good dogs, and he is not one of them. So, this dawg is at the groomer, the same groomer he's had for four years, and she calls me. The dawg is having seizures. Belle goes into a six-foot hover and we go get the dawg. The groomer tells Belle that the dawg had three seizures. He's half groomed.
A half-groomed Lhasa is a pitiful sight, but Belle snatches him up and heads to the veterinarian. Roughly $300 later, we find out that the dawg is an epileptic. He has to take medicine twice a day. I have to administer it to him. He'll growl at Belle, but he knows better than to growl at me.
I love dogs, I really do. I have had dogs my entire life. But I will not tolerate a dog who thinks that he is the Alpha on my property. Every dog understands that there are rules in the pack, and I am the Alpha. I will give scratches and treats and regular kibble, but I do not tolerate growling or snapping.
At any rate, I have a dawg who is an epilep, and I have to give him medicine twice a day. Belle loves him, but I think he's a reprobate. I guess he and I are okay, because I'm a bit of a reprobate myself.
That's what I'm dealing with right now.