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This Week in History: On September 15, 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara, (Sekigahara Kassen Byōbu『関ヶ原合戦屏風』) marked the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. — September 15, 1774: Cossack pretender to the Russian throne Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev was captured. — On September 16, 1620 the Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World. — September 17,1776: The fortress Presidio of San Francisco was founded in New Spain to gain a foothold in Alta California and secure the San Francisco Bay for Spain. — And on September 18, 1851, the first edition of The …
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We finally did it. We crossed 40 trillion dollars ($40,000,000,000,000) in national public debt on August 18, 2026. Congratulations to all the people who said we could get there if our politicians were just a little more irresponsible, foolish, short-sighted, careless, feckless, and every other way to describe our national march toward the cliff. We did it at even a faster pace than anticipated. Now, we can get to 80 trillion even faster. Forward, March over the Cliff into the Economic Collapse, Fellow Americans! As you are reading this, the United States has already crossed a critical milestone: The United …
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The Mingo Ultimate Firewood Marker enables someone who is processing firewood to buck logs into rounds of remarkably uniform length. It does this by placing a spot of inverting marking spray at precise intervals onto a log that is being prepared for bucking. This precision is especially helpful for those who heat with smaller wood stoves. The fireboxes of smaller stoves have less margin for error than the fireboxes of larger stoves. A piece of cordwood even one inch too long can make it impossible to shut the door on the firebox of a smaller stove. Variations of the Marker …
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Today’s graphic is a map that shows relatively what US states would look like at New Jersey’s population density. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. — If any SurvivalBlog readers have personally taken or otherwise hold the copyright to a particularly nice landscape photo or other photo of particular interest to preppers that is in a wide horizontal format (to match our blog template) then please send it in as an e-mail attachment, and I will consider posting it as a Graphic of the Week, or as a Top Note photo. I can …
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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 Vacation Homes in the Contiguous United States. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. Economics & Investing Links of Interest The next financial crash: a scenario AI debt could spark a chain reaction. Copper Hits All-Time-High As Physical Economy Reprices Scarcity. The recent increases in copper and nickel have brought the melt value of a current U.S. 5-cent piece nickel (still composed of 75% copper and 25% nickel) …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, the horrendous driver’s license data breach. Data Breach Compromised 150 Million Driver’s Licenses TechCrunch reports: ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s …
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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. — Space Force picks Texas as US home for trinational DARC space radar network. (The photo above shows a DARC reflector being assembled in Australia. DARC is a US/UK/Australia trilateral partnership. Photo by Mike Kortum of Four Sea Group Inc., courtesy of U.S. Space Force.) o o o Tom Knighton, at Bearing Arms: …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. REDOUBT NEWS LINKS Yet another great Gravity Knight flying video, with some awesome scenery: Landing at Flying B Ranch Idaho – Badlands Traveler. Now, that is a truly remote ranch — with micro-hydro power! Oh, and at the four-minute mark, take note of the Quest Kodiak STOL plane parked alongside the river side of the grass strip. Those are manufactured in Sandpoint, Idaho. And the classic trail-dragger seen …
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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: Taxation is Theft Even When Thieves Wear Stinking Badges 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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“When I speak of home, I speak of the place where—in default of a better—those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy’s tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding.” – Charles Dickens
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Today I got the Pedersoli Mississippi Rifle back to the range and tried a few different loads. All groups were 5 shots, fired at 50 yards from a bench rest, using 70 grains of Goex FFg black powder.
I first tried pre-patched .526 ball with tied-on .010 patches lubed with October Country's Bumbling Bear Grease. These were intended to copy the balls loaded in cartridges for the US Army back in the 19th Century.
I loaded these with the "tail" facing up. Even though I used a thinner patch than during my first range trip, I needed to use my short starter.
Unfortunately they didn't work for me. While easy to load for up to 5 shots, accuracy was terrible. Based on the target it looked like at least one impacted the target with the patch still wrapped around the ball, but with the "tail" off-center.
The bullseye is 5.5" in diameter.
I recovered one of these patches, about 25 - 30 yards downrange, which is much further that untied patches travel.
I may try pre-patched balls again but use thread instead of hemp twine, to increase the chance the patches separate from the balls.
My second target was .526 balls in a .010 patch but seated normally. Accuracy was better although not great.
My final target was .520 balls in .018 patch. These seated very easily but still required the short starter, and the accuracy was on par with .526 + .010 combination.
For my last 2 shots of the day I loaded .520 balls in .018 patches and shot them offhand at an ~18" steel gong, both of which were hits.
Load development will continue.
Kerrville, Tex. (1973)
02/06/1973: Wife returned from work to find her husband, a justice of the peace shot to death. When police went to inform his son, they found the son and daughter-in-law also shot to death. Police were reluctant to suggest a motive, but another local justice of the peace described this as a “grudge killing.”
Category: family non-resident
Suicide: no
Cause: unknown
Weapon: firearm[1]
[1] "Triple Murder In Texas Kills Judge, Couple," [Eau Claire, Wisc] Leader-Telegram, Feb. 06, 1973, 7.
I could find no other coverage about this obscure rural justice of the peace or his murder. A rather complex novel is waiting to be written about these three lives ended prematurely. Mafia? Philandering judge? Inherited oil well stolen in legal proceedings? It could be anything. There is a saying from Judaic thought that:
Therefore the man was created singly, to teach that he who destroys one soul of a human being, the Scripture considers him as if he should destroy a whole world, and him who saves one soul of Israel, the Scripture considers him as if he should save a whole world.
Trace back all the lives touched by this J.P., his son, daughter-in-law and their orphaned daughters. There is a universe of human living, suffering, joy, and meaning there.
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Ubiquitous Flock cameras have provoked outrage on both sides of the American political spectrum, as witness the following: The Intercept News from the States AP News DeFlock Enough from me: what’s you readers’ take on the Flock camera issue?Quote of the Day The principle that heat spontaneously flows from higher temperatures to lower temperatures is a cornerstone of classical thermodynamics. While this principle holds true for macroscopic systems at equilibrium, here we show that, when a quantum system … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Something weird with Orcas started around 6 years ago in the Straight of Gibraltar: Orca pods started ramming sailing boats. Hundreds of boats have been attacked, so many that there is a Wikipedia page about the situation.
Well it seems that yachtsmen have started returning fire:
I dunno - a pellet gun is maybe not my first choice. But since this is Europe, it may be the best option they have.
Investigators said the 39-year-old went to the residence to confront another man about an alleged debt. Police said the resident, a 47-year-old Kerrville man, met him at the door, and the 39-year-old is accused of brandishing a knife during the confrontation. Police said the resident shot him.
Police said the resident is cooperating with detectives and has been interviewed. Based on preliminary information, detectives believe the resident acted in self-defense, police said.
Cheers!
But after spending a couple late summer days on a range in the bottomlands near the Wabash where the swampass is so bad you’ve nearly got beads of sweat trickling down your ass crack, I’m a believer.
“After the shooting, the victim was alert and walking and did not appear to have life-threatening injuries when he was transported by EMS to a local hospital,” the city said in a release.
The police department said it believes the juvenile was targeted and that there is no indication of a public threat.
The juvenile reportedly fired shots back at the suspect, police said.
Officers were initially dispatched to the 900 block of 47th Place North following a report of a burglary in progress. While officers were responding, the call was upgraded to a report of shots fired and a person wounded.
When officers arrived, they found Hamilton suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue transported him to UAB Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Someone asked recently about Cowboy Fast Draw shooting, what is the degree of angle that the muzzle has to fall in to hit the target. We know several things and the rest of it is just basic trigonometry.
Width of the base (target) is 17.1875 inches
Distance to target is 180 inches (15 feet).
So, it's a matter of doing the trig, or using a suitable calculator. By plugging in values, we learn that the apex angle of such a triangle is 5.47 degrees.
And now we know, mathematically. The muzzle of the revolver has to be within an arc of 5.47 degrees to hit the target.
🚨Report: North Carolina Democrats have withdrawn support for State House candidate Shelly Headen after she called for violence against Republicans and compared herself to Jesus Christ
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) September 11, 2026
She said: “I think our only hope is an attack on US soil, preferably Alabama, Louisiana where the stupid people live.” pic.twitter.com/gj79PH3IPa
It gets worse when read in full. Fortunately, North Carolina has nothing in common with Alabama and Louisiana.
9/11/26 College Fix article about a law professor who claims
“care and accountability circles work better” than prison for those who have committed rape or other sex crimes...
More interesting:
Spade has been teaching at Seattle University, a private Catholic institution, since 2008, and has published numerous articles and books on transgender culture and abolition. Two years ago, the professor gave the talk “No Prisons, No Borders, No Cops, No State?” at New York University Law School’s Annual Rose Sheinberg Lecture. [emphasis added]
“No Prisons, No Borders, No Cops, No State?” Yes, anarchy leads to lynchings and private vengeance without the limiting protection of a judicial system. He also left out "No lawyers, no law schiool professors." Without prisons and cops, what purpose does a lawyer and therefore law professor serve?
"Is the Pope Catholic?" needs updating.
Rigby v. Jennings (D.Del. 2026). Delaware banned ghost manufacture, assembly, possession, sale, and digital instructions for making them. Digital instruction ban constitutional although I notice the ban seems pretty narrowly focused:
And that may very well be because § 1463(c)(2) is framed in functional terms, i.e., it is limited to computer files or code “that may be used to program a 3 dimensional printer to manufacture or produce a firearm, firearm receiver or major component of a firearm.”
That seems to not prohibit gCode for operating a CNC mill.
With that, the Possession Ban concerns “Arms,” and because it prohibits keeping arms and applies to all members of the political community, it is presumptively unconstitutional at Bruen’s first step. Wolford, 146 S. Ct. 2043-44.
Distribution ban:
The problem there is that the Distribution Ban does not regulate self manufacturing firearms and Plaintiffs have offered no evidence that any of these regulations limit their access to the items and materials necessary to self-manufacture firearms; all they provided was attorney argument. See Rigby, 630 F. Supp. 3d at 614 (“Attorney argument is not evidence.”). The Distribution Ban passes under Bruen’s first step.
Manufacturing and Assembly ban:
But prohibiting possession of firearms that are currently lawfully owned or future manufacturing and assembly of the same does place restrictions on keeping and bearing firearms. So the Possession and Manufacturing and Assembly Bans fail at Bruen’s first step.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man has been charged with assault and burglary, and his alleged accomplice was shot and killed by the victim, police said.
It happened at a Frayser apartment complex on Madewell around 4:40 a.m. Tuesday.
When authorities arrived at the scene, they located a Devonta Johnson suffering from a gunshot wound, MPD said.
A shooting in a Florida parking lot several weeks ago sparked considerable debate in the armed citizen community. Our friend who on the internet goes by Colion Noir explains, here: Dr. Todd Grande weighs in here: The prosecutor’s office has announced that since they cannot prove she acted wrongly, she will not be charged.What’s y’all’s […]
It was a mental game I'd play at the turn of the century. My porch in Natchitoches Parish had a good view of the sky and I'd look at the contrails crossing the sky. Southwest to est northeast? Probably the Houston - Atlanta route. Southeast to Northwest, probably New Orleans to Dallas. It was just a mental game, wondering where all those people were going.
On the afternoon of 9/11 I went back to work, doing a night shift before a couple of days off. Getting off work on Wednesday morning, I stopped by Wal Mart to buy an American flag, but they were sold out. I headed home, ready for a nap, and when I got out of the truck, I looked up at the sky. Nothing. No contrails at all. The FAA had closed all the airspace on the United States.
Growing up in central Louisiana, there was always something in the sky. Commercial air, military traffic, general aviation. Even little crop dusters buzzing around. For the first time in my life I was looking at a sky without aviation. It was decidedly odd, and quiet.