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Cities with the Lowest Crime Rates (2025) [More] Now do one with neighborhoods.

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I was not expecting this:

Germany's infosec office (BSI) is sounding the alarm after finding that 92 percent of the nation's Exchange boxes are still running out-of-support software, a fortnight after Microsoft axed versions 2016 and 2019.

While the end of Windows 10 updates occupied most of the headlines, Microsoft's support for Exchange and a bunch of other 2016 and 2019-branded products ended on October 14, as scheduled a year earlier.

Alternate title: 90% of German firms fail their SOC 2 audit.  Look, this isn't landing a man on the moon, and you had a whole year.  You just couldn't be bothered.

Was ist los? 

Anyone considering stealing groceries better listen carefully. Watch until the end because the last thing he says is spot on! [More] I dunno. Seems if he ever follows through he’s created evidence that can be used against him in both criminal and civil proceedings. That and having to rack the slide… Bravado may feel good … Continue reading "Listen Carefully"

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“I mean, I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say,” Curtis said… [More] How many points were those? What did you hear him say? What was your disagreement? Homina…Homina… But why would I say that about someone who “fully supports the Second Amendment“…? “I am vocal about common-sense gun safety … Continue reading "Not Just a Celebrity Opinion, a NEPO-Celebrity Opinion!"

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 I awoke this morning to another Optimum service outage. I called it in and got the familiar robot. Optimum knows that there is a service outage in my neighborhood and are working diligently to restore service.

I especially like the part in their spiel when they tell me that I can go online for more information.  How, exactly, and I supposed to go online when the internet is down? That is a question that no one has been able to answer.  Just a dumb-ass robot answering the phones. Telling me what I already know.  

Optimum still sucks.

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It seems to happen frequently — though never intentionally — that I end up pairing cigars and libations with color-coordinated labeling. One recent example was the Calumet Farm 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey alongside the L’Atelier LAT56 cigar. I didn’t even notice the matching aesthetics until I was taking the requisite Instagram photo.

In truth, the choice had nothing to do with appearances. Both had simply been sitting around far too long without the attention they deserved. I smoked one of the LAT56s shortly after picking them up in August of last year, and the bourbon bottle had been gathering dust since mid-2023.

The Calumet Farm bourbon was one I purchased on a trip a few years ago and enjoyed before it eventually migrated to the back of the shelf. Pulling it out again reminded me how pleasant it is. Bottled at 100 proof, this 10-year-old bourbon offers a well-balanced mix of vanilla, caramel, and butterscotch as its core flavors. A mild spice with hints of honey and fruit sweetness rounds out the sip. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable “classic” bourbon profile.

The L’Atelier LAT56, a creation of Pete Johnson of Tatuaje fame, is a hefty 6 ½ x 56 cigar that somehow feels even larger in hand. This limited-production stick features an Ecuadorian Sancti Spiritus wrapper — a hybrid of Criollo and Pelo de Oro — over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The smooth roll and gold band give it an understated elegance.

The cigar opens with a mix of pepper and nutty cocoa and maintains that flavor balance consistently throughout the smoke. It’s a solid medium-bodied cigar with a steady burn and satisfying smoke output. 

The pairing of the LAT56 and the Calumet Farm bourbon proved to be an unexpectedly delightful match. By the end of the nearly two-hour session, I decided both deserved a spot closer to the front of my stash so they wouldn’t be forgotten again anytime soon.

Cheers!

Antifa Under Siege – It’s About Time! … Federal Action … Congressional Initiatives … Attacks … Funding … Other Findings [More] FAFO. And in the end, it turns out they’re all useful idiots for power-crazed moneyed interests who would put them in the lime pit if they ever “succeeded.”

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 David by Bernini, public domain 

One of the most famous bible stories is the story of David as a young man, who slew Goliath, a gigantic Philistine warrior, champion of the Philistine army. The story is much debated. Was David known to Saul, the king before David killed Goliath? How old was David when he killed Goliath? Did someone else kill Goliath, and David was later given credit for it?

The most common assumption is that David killed Goliath and he used a sling and stone to triumph over the giant. Estimates of his age vary from 13 to 28. He is described as both a boy and a man, as "a youth" and as "a mighty man of valor, a man of war".

In every generation, there are people who are born who have a natural aptitude with one or another sort of weapons. People with an aptitude often hone this ability though practice, training, or both. David appears to have been a "natural" with the sling. He had plenty of time to practice while he was watching over his father's sheep. The evidence of his proficiency is from KJV bible, I Samuel:

³⁴ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

³⁵ And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

³⁶ Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

Even a nine foot tall giant would be as vulnerable to a sling as an European brown bear, or a lion. Killing a bear and a lion with a sling (and probably a dagger or knife) would make David well known for his proficiency. It is not impossible to kill a bear or a lion with a sling, or at least to knock them out long enough to finish them off with another weapon such as a knife or short sword.

The bear which existed in Israel at the time of David would have been the European brown bear, essentially the same animal as the grizzly bear in North America. Not all grizzly bears are the same size. There are large males, smaller females, and sub-adults which are smaller yet. The most common to come in conflict with humans tend to be young males which have not established their own territory yet. It seems more likely the bear which David killed was under 300 lbs than over 500 lbs. Similarly, a lion could easily be 150 lbs instead of 300. The important thing with a slung stone would be to hit the animal on the head, at the right spot to knock it out or to stun it.  Pitchers who are good at throwing 5 ounce baseballs can hit speeds of 130 to 150 fps. Slings magnify the speed of the throw. Some modern users of the sling hit close to 200 fps and over 130 foot lbs of energy.  It is enough to knock out a bear. A Canadian man, Jesse Mengler, knocked out and probably killed a black bear in British Columbia, with a thrown rock, in 2010.

From the biblical text, it is clear Goliath underestimated the smaller David, who was not wearing any armor. His overconfidence contributed to his defeat. It is not difficult for this correspondent to believe Goliath turned his attention away from David at a critical moment. David closed the distance to optimum sling range and let fly with the deadly shot. Goliath was struck in the forehead with enough force to partly embed the stone. He fell unconscious to the ground.  David then used Goliath's sword to make certain he was dead. To show both armies he had triumphed, David cut off Goliath's head and held it up for them to see.

For most of history, slings have been used as military weapons. They were used by the Aztecs in opposition to the Conquistadors in the Conquest of Mexico. Steel armor and firearms made slings obsolete as military weapons.

In Barnett v. Raoul, Judge McGlynn references the David and Goliath story to illustrate the need for effective projectile arms for self defense. Judge McGlynn stated David had no choice but to use a projectile weapon in combat against the giant Goliath who outclassed David in sheer size and body strength.

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CHARLESTON — Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an Oct. 26 attempted burglary at a downtown home, which was thwarted by residents who shot one of the men and stabbed the other, police say.

Shortly before noon on Oct. 26, Charleston police responded to a home on S. Enston Avenue. The residents reported that two men had broken into the home and attempted to rob them, according to information released by the police department.

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Savannah Police determined that 46-year-old Keith King was shot in apparent self-defense after an altercation with a woman who was living at the home. King was charged with simple assault and criminal trespass.

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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 7:30 a.m., deputies were called to the 300 block of Industrial Street for a report of two people who shot at each other with guns.

KCSO said deputies spoke to a man involved in the shooting, and it is believed the exchange of gunfire happened during an interrupted burglary.

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October 29, 1929: Stocks crashed on Wall Street. This became known as “Black Tuesday”. This event triggered the Great Depression. — October 29, 1840: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew the first number – #158 – in the first peacetime military draft in US history. — October 29th is the birthday of fighter pilot Vermont Garrison, an American who fought in three wars – WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was born in 1915 and died on February 14th, 1994, in Mountain Home, Idaho. — Please pray for the residents of Jamaica and Bermuda enduring Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. — …

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A while back, while reading one of my daily economics blogs, I read an article on the top 25 things to have on hand in case the SHTF tomorrow. It was quickly apparent the author was an armchair prepper at best. Many of the non-negotiable items were overlooked, some items would be good for wilderness survival but not post-SHTF survival, and others were common everyday things we already own such as warm socks. Some of the items were unnecessary gadgets. Out of curiosity I did a search for other top-10 lists. The ones I found had the same issues. The …

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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader C.B. recommended the Pure-Gas.org website. It has a list of gas stations that sell ethanol-free gasoline. JWR’s Comment: This is the correct variety of gas to use for extended storage. Of course, add some PRI-G or Sta-bil. Do not expect any ethanol blend to store well. o  o  o Something published …

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“Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.” – Norman Schwarzkopf

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10/27/25 KTVB:

 BOISE, Idaho — Nearly 100 cows hoofed it into Boise's Northend neighborhood early Friday morning, turning city streets into an impromptu cattle drive. 

The herd thundered through the intersection of Bogus Basin and Cartwright roads just after 1 a.m., making a beeline for downtown, an udder disaster.

Boise Police Department officers and dispatch worked to track down the owner while residents reported cattle sightings across multiple blocks. The wayward cows were spotted at 18th and Sherman streets, 18th and Eastman streets, 15th and Harrison streets and on Dewey Avenue....

The situation reached a head when many of the animals congregated in an alley between 18th and 19th streets near Hill Road. Officers managed to corral the herd with the owner's help, who arrived with a trailer to transport the animals.

Attkisson originally broke the story about the Fast and Furious scandal, and Dodson was the man who came forward 16 years ago to expose that debacle. [More] Bullshit. What’s with “it now appears”? And they know better. Related UPDATES Even Google, which has a history of suppressing my stuff, can’t deny it: Yeah, but that’s … Continue reading "Et Tu, CCRKBA?"

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COWARDLY, @ChicagosMayor. When asked about an illegal alien who grabbed a woman, bashed her head into a sidewalk, knocked her unconscious, and raped her, his only response was “Let’s move on.” [More] What if your assailant won’t let you move on? That’s some commitment to promoting peace there, impeding the ability of victims to fight … Continue reading "Moving On with Brandon"

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Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog gathers a variety of sources to report on Chinese efforts to reverse engineer high-end chip lithography machines.

Semiconductors are hard. Not only do you have to exactly machine the thousands of painstakingly precise parts in the equipment itself, you need to possess the deep institutional knowledge necessary necessary to tweak the thousands of differing process parameters for different types of chips. Steppers, the lithography machines that actually project the patterns necessary to make each layer of the chip, are at the very top of the mountain in terms of technological complexity, and ASML dominates the stepper market. If it was easy to build steppers, Applied Materials, LAM, or Tokyo Electron would have come out with their own steppers long ago, and they haven’t.

But China would love to get their hands on that technology, which is why they tried to disassemble and backward engineering an ASML DUV stepper and ended up ruining it in the process.

A Chinese firm reportedly has sought technical support from ASML, the world’s largest chipmaking equipment supplier, after it failed to reassemble a deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machine following an internal teardown for alleged reverse engineering.

Indian Illegal Alien Charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon After Stabbing Minor Teens on Flight From Chicago to Germany [More] So, basically they’re admitting government is security theater. [Via Michael G]

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 I hear from readers of friends with 3/4 million rounds.  My first thought was: The income that could be realized on that much invested capital is pretty impressive. Assuming this averages $0.50 per round (.223 and .308 are not cheap), this is $375,000.  Invested in an effectively risk-free Idaho municipal bond, this means forgoing $1800 per month in untaxed income.  This would allow you to buy 1000 rounds a month from just the interest.

My second thought: how will you use it?  The only TEOTWAWKI scenarios where really large quantities make sense are thermonuclear war and invasion by extraterrestials.  Even then, how much will you need for hunting, self-defense, or barter before you die of some illness or confrontation with a better fighter?  If you are 30, and live to 70 (a long life in a TEOTWAWKI scenario), this is 18,000 rounds per year.  Your guns will cease working reliably or accurately about ten years into this disaster at that rate of consumption.  

In the  thermonuclear war scenario especially, this is silly.  Our society would rebuild, I think, within about ten years.  A far poorer society than now, but with much of the most destructive elements of our society gone in the initial flashes.  (Are there any Poison Ivy League schools not in big cities?)

Other scenarios: 

Collapse of civil order with Blue mobs burning out Blue cities: this will be self-limiting.  Even with a Blue national government assisting, these mobs will not last long outside Blue cities.  Demand for blue hair dye and septum jewelery will collapse as well.

Financial collapse: Like the thermonuclear war scenario, this will correct within ten years as we revert to a subsistence agrarian society.  Ammunition will remain valuable even in the aftermath of recovery as capital to build ammunition plants and supply chains are likely to not be on the top of anyone's priority list.

Earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters short of planet-killer asteroids again will be short-term collapses.

Why, then, do people stockpile wealth-destroying quantities of ammunition?  

1. Slippery slope beliefs about security. "I need 5000 rounds to deal with Blue city rioting spreading to civilization.  I feel secure.  Maybe 10,000 rounds will make me feel more secure.  If I have 100,000 rounds, I will be immune!"

2. Failure to appreciate the destruction to wealth that results from investing too much capital in objects with no return on investment.  As much as I like my Cadillac, if I was not fairly rich, it would make no sense to own it.  As it is, because I am making payments and the capital that buying it cash would have lost a greater than 17% annual growth, it is really not any substantial loss of ROI.  Buying a $25,000 car would have been cheaper, but what is the point of being rich if you cannot indulge yourself?

3. A lack of faith that God provides even in such little things as decent fellow humans.  As my blog points out at the top: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." -- Rom. 8:28  Before becoming a Christian, I often worried a lot about the future.  My experiences since then have given me strong confidence that I have little to fear.

Trans teen Trinity Shockley admits to plotting Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Indiana high school [More] Trinity? Nor Duality? And why a high school? Why not, say, a police station? Out in “a maximum of 12.5 years,” eh? And they’ll still let her/him call herself/himself “Jamie” and can say with certainty she’ll/he’ll be safe and … Continue reading "Unholy Trinity"

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Mamdani Admits He Wasn’t Talking About His Aunt Who Feared for Safety After 9/11 – The woman was his father’s cousin. [More] His father? You mean the Islamo-Marxist subversive ingrate who hates the people who took him in and justifies terrorism? How has his naturalization oath of allegiance not been exposed as fraud? [Via Michael G]

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New NY law requires police to take guns when responding to domestic violence calls [More] So… take the guns first, due process later…? [Via Jess]

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Dem Officials are Incentivizing Anti-ICE Violence – This is what an insurrection looks like. [More] There ought to be some delegated provision in the Constitution to “suppress Insurrections”… but what? [Via bondmen]

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Down The ‘Racist’ Rabbit Hole – Why Are So Many Arrested Minorities Booked As ‘White’? [More] Well, there is this lie they’ve gotta maintain… [Via bondmen]

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“We respect the Second Amendment and want people to know their rights and adhere to the law,” Chief Troche said. [More] That’s why you gear up for war when citizens know their rights better than you do, Chief? And with Sarasota leaning Republican, how is it the commission is dominated by Democrats?

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Remember when the RCMP broke into homes of a neighborhood and stole firearms from them, while the owners had evacuated due to flooding? [More] And: CBRPS has a cattle coral drive-through set up for licensed owners to turn in their guns for the grab. You don’t get out, you just roll up and officers come … Continue reading "O Canada"

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In a filing in the DC Court of Appeals last month in a criminal matter, the United States moved to vacate the appellant’s conviction under D.C. Code § 7-2506.01(b) for possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, because “[i]t is the United States’s position that § 7-2506.01(b) is unconstitutional.” The DOJ also says they … Continue reading "Mag Dump"

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Britain’s not Doing Okay [Watch] Tommy Lee…? [Via Jess] Related UPDATE 3x people, including a child, were stabbed this morning in the Uxbridge area of London; one of the victims has died. Locals have reportedly ID’d the killer as a Afghan illegal migrant who lives in a West Drayton hotel in London… [More] Nope. Still don’t … Continue reading "Meanwhile, Across the Pond…"

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OK, that post title is more than a bit inflammatory, but who on earth would want to use something like this?

Several new AI browsers, including OpenAI's Atlas, offer the ability to take actions on the user's behalf, such as opening web pages or even shopping. But these added capabilities create new attack vectors, particularly prompt injection.

Prompt injection occurs when something causes text that the user didn't write to become commands for an AI bot. Direct prompt injection happens when unwanted text gets entered at the point of prompt input, while indirect injection happens when content, such as a web page or PDF that the bot has been asked to summarize, contains hidden commands that AI then follows as if the user had entered them.

This is unbelievably bad.  How bad?  This bad: 

Last week, researchers at Brave browser published a report detailing indirect prompt injection vulns they found in the Comet and Fellou browsers. For Comet, the testers added instructions as unreadable text inside an image on a web page, and for Fellou they simply wrote the instructions into the text of a web page.

When the browsers were asked to summarize these pages – something a user might do – they followed the instructions by opening Gmail, grabbing the subject line of the user's most recent email message, and then appending that data as the query string of another URL to a website that the researchers controlled. If the website were run by crims, they'd be able to collect user data with it.

Surely they must be exaggerating, I hear you say.  Nope - the author of the post at El Reg recreated the exploit his very own self, simply by creating a web page with the commands hidden in it.  FYI, that's 1996 technology right there.

Now look, I may be an old crabby security geezer (no comments, Glen Filthie!) but the problem of sanitizing user input is a really old one.  So old that it was old when XKCD did it's classic "Bobby Tables" cartoon:

My opinion about anything regarding AI is that the hype is so fierce that the people developing the applications don't really focus much on security, because security is hard and it would slow down the release cadence.  And so exploits that wouldn't have surprised anyone back in 2010 keep popping up.

Le sigh.  Once again, security isn't an afterthought, it wasn't thought of at all.  My recommendation is not to touch these turkeys with a 100' pole.

29-year-old anarchist arrested for alleged $45K hit on Pam Bondi: FBI [More] Damn “greatest threat“… [Via Jess]

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Two fatal bear attacks occurred in Akansas in 2025. The first attack occurred on September 3, 2025, near the Mulberry Mountain area of north west Arkansas. The second attack happened on October 1st or 2nd, near the Sam's Throne campground near Mount Judea. The two attacks happened in or on the edge of the Ozark National Forest, about 45 miles apart.

The last fatal bear attack recorded in Arkansas occurred in 1892, as reported from the May 10 edition of the Arkansas Democrat. From aktimes.com:

 Mountain Home, Ark., May 10 — Mrs. Mary Carter, a widow, with a small family of children, is a raving maniac, as the result of a raid upon her little cabin by a half-starved black bear, in which two of her children lost their lives and one [was] half devoured before assistance arrived. Her five children were playing in the yard while the mother was engaged in scrubbing. Suddenly the screams of the children startled her. She saw an enormous bear strike down her oldest boy, who had bravely attempted to defend the children in his charge. The beast seized the baby and ran rapidly away. The animal tore the little one to pieces before the mother’s eyes and escaped to the forest.

Black bears were reduced to a small remnant by 1927.  The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission prohibited bear hunting in that year. An active program of reintroducing black bears was but into effect from 1956 to 1968. in  No bear hunting season was allowed until 1980.

The first fatal bear attack in 2025 in Arkansas was covered on AmmoLand.

A 72-year-old man, Vernon Patton, was working on a gravel road with his tractor when a 70-pound juvenile male black bear attacked him. The attack happened on September 3, 2025, in the Mulberry Mountain area of Arkansas.  The attack occurred near Highway 23, just south of the Mulberry Mountain lodge. Vernon’s son came by to check on him. The son saw his father being attacked and drove off the bear by throwing rocks at it.

This is the smallest black bear to successfully kill a human in a predatory attack, of which this correspondent is aware.

The second fatal bear attack in Arkansas occurred on October 1st or Second near Sam's Throne campground. The campground is about 45 miles to the north east of the location of the Mulberry Mountain attack. The victim of the attack at the Sam's throne campground appears to have been sleeping on a cot, in the open, when the attack occurred. The Newton County Sherriff, Glenn Wheeler released several updates on the incident.  The bear in the Sam's Throne incident has been describes as male black bear about 150 to 170 lbs. Pictures of the suspected bear were sent by the victim, Max Thomas, 60, of Springfield Missouri, to his family, before the attack occurred. Max was dragged about 40 yards into the woods.

Searches on the Internet indicate a Max Thomas of the correct age was a successful businessman, husband and father. He was married to the now widowed Mrs. Thomas for 35 years.

Bear populations and bear attacks have been increasing over the last several decades in North America, Asia, and Europe. There is good documentation in Japan, Europe, and North America. It is more difficult to find documentation for the area covered by the former Soviet Union and China.

Bear attack numbers have been increasing. They are not common. There are usually less than four fatal bear attacks per year in North America. Japan has more fatal bear attacks on average than does the United States. Japan has had seven fatal attacks so far in 2025. The United States has had three fatal bear attacks in 2025. Canada did not record any fatal bear attacks in 2025 so far.

The populations of both humans and bears are increasing. Bears have received more protection by governments than ever before in history. Bears learn to avoid humans by learning humans are dangerous to be near. The less bears fear humans, the more likely bears are to attack humans.

According to police, 18-year-old Allen Montelongo was driving a vehicle and shot at a group standing in the roadway outside the party, striking a 16-year-old boy.

Someone from the group fired back at Montelongo, causing him to crash into a fence down the road, where he was pronounced dead.

The 16-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, but is expected to survive.

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That dispute led to one driver chasing the other to the area of the Star Way residence. Two separate vehicle accidents are suspected to be associated with this incident are being investigated. One crash was reported as a hit and run accident on Biltmore Street, and the second crash was reported at the Star Way address, just one block away from the first crash scene. No injuries were reported.

This investigation has centered on the motive of the shooting victim, who has no known affiliation or connection to the Star Way residence.

The residents of the home and female who shot the man did not know the victim of the shooting when he forced his way into their home. No other injuries were reported.

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project No one is issued a Glock when they move to Florida, unfortunately. Florida’s state gun laws are good, but not that good, at least not yet. The Gunshine State only recently legalized open carry, which was decades overdue. However, it was never passed by our state lawmakers and […]

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By Dave Workman The Guardian is reporting that the Trump administration is this year cutting off government grants for so-called “gun violence prevention” programs to certain non-profit groups which the grants were reportedly built around. While the news agency didn’t specifically say so, there have been concerns within the Second Amendment community that public funds were being […]

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On October 28, 1628, after a long siege, the Huguenot bulwark at La Rochelle surrendered to Catholic prelate Cardinal Richelieu. A large diaspora of Huguenots (French Calvinist Reformed Protestants) began soon after. They became known as Europe’s first refugees. Facing severe persecution in France and Wallonia, Huguenots arrived in South Africa as early as 1671. By 1692, more than 200 French Huguenots had settled at the Cape of Good Hope. More than 700 Huguenot refugees arrived in Virginia in 1690s. With their wide diaspora, Huguenot surnames are now fairly common in England, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the United States, and …

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The Knife The Kershaw Leek 1660 OL is an outstanding knife for everyday carry (EDC). It has a shaving-sharp, three-inch, hollow-ground, drop-point blade made out of 14C28N stainless steel with a four-inch, anodized-aluminum handle. The spine of the blade is 0.09 inches thick at its widest point. The assisted opening mechanism accelerates the blade decisively into engagement with the liner lock with a satisfying snap when the flipper is activated. A tip lock secures the blade whenever it is important to ensure against accidental opening. The knife is made in the USA, and was on sale for $99.99 at the …

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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, reports of a helicopter crash in eastern Montana that was national news. (See the Montana section.) Idaho Shoshone County sheriff resigns after off-duty crash. JWR’s Comment:  Something tells me that we haven’t yet been told the whole story about her car crash. o  o  o …

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“When I was studying at Purdue, we learned our thermodynamics from an antique steam engine. When I went back in 1964, I found the laboratories packed with the most modern equipment for the study of thermodynamics, some of which had been built by the students themselves.” – Astronaut “Gus” Grissom

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I get loaded up with news tips and what I find myself over the weekend, so on Mondays, I have more posts than will fit on the page (and still have it load without errors and timeouts). So if you want to see what the day’s early visitors read and you may have missed, scroll … Continue reading "But Wait! There’s More!"

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By Dave Workman A newly-released study by the University of Colorado, Boulder includes some startling revelations, including the fact that 42 percent of respondents think gun control laws are unconstitutional, and 32 percent think permits should not be required to carry funs in public. The study was published in the journal Social Science Quarterly. It also […]

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5 shot near Howard University homecoming week; 2 people in custody [More] Where do these guys think they are? Lincoln University? Now see what happens when evil racist rightwing extremist fascist white supremacist greatest threat Nazis arm themselves on campus and are “disrespected”… [Via bondmen]

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Media Outlet Affiliated With Radical Dearborn Preacher Calls on Muslims to Celebrate and Repeat Charlie Kirk’s Assassination [More] Looks like they’re not interested in constructive feedback… [Via bondmen]

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 If you are a shooter, you need a cleaning rod. Yes, there are other ways to clean a barrel, but a cleaning rod is indispensable to your bench.  Yes, I like Hoppes Bre Snakes, and yes, I use them. But, for a deep cleaning, nothing beats a good rod and a brush.

I realized last night that I had no clue where my .22 caliber rod had gotten off to. I know exactly where my rod for medium bores is hanging, but the .22 rod seems to have grown feet and wandered off. I'm a big fan of Dewey rods, so I went to my favorite retailer and ordered one.  It will get here in a few days, and in the meantime, I need to pull my bench away from the wall and screw a clip to the back of it so that the rod will have a home.

Dewey rods are a little more expensive, but they are really nice.

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At the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Salt Lake City, in 2025, a number of people were openly carrying sidearms. They were uniformly willing to have pictures taken of the sidearms being carried. The sequence of images is about the sequence in which they were encountered at the Conference. There were probably people who were open carrying who this correspondent did not encounter.

The predominant type of handguns were variations of the popular 1911 style handguns. The handgun in the outside the waistband leather holster with a thumb break retention system was the first one encountered.

The 1911 style with CCDL on the grip is believed to be a representative of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League.  Connecticut banned open carry in 2023. Some CCDL members at the Gun Rights Policy Conference were open carrying because they legally could do so in Utah. As is often the case, the main purpose of the open carry at GRPC was to make a political statement. Self defense was a secondary purpose. There were few places where violent crime was less likely than at a Gun Rights Policy Conference in Salt Lake City.

As the attendees from Connecticut are not allowed to open carry in their home state, it is not surprising their carry gear may be more appropriate for concealed carry. The 1911 type handgun in an inside the waistband holster is a good example.

A particularly rare example is the Freedom Arms mini-revolver in an original Freedom Arms belt buckle/holster. Freedom Arms no longer makes the mini-revolvers. They command high prices. The number of Freedom Arms original belt buckle/holster manufactured was never very high. They are difficult to find and command prices bolstered by their rarity. Most people do not see them as real firearms. In a sense, that makes them a form of "concealed in plain sight".

The ubiquitous Glock semi-automatic pistol was represented by what appears to be a Glock 17 in an outside the waistband holster. It is unclear if the holster uses a paddle or belt loops.

 The pistol below is unidentified. The slide appears rather "Glockish". Polymer framed pistols have become common, with many variations.

Several people mentioned the open carry of a standard sized revolver in an outside the waistband belt rig with a thumb break retention system. The revolver appears to be a Smith & Wesson. I did not ask the owner to unholster the handgun. Removing a handgun from a holster in the crowded conditions of the Gun Rights Policy Conference would breach etiquette.

This correspondent believes considerably more people were carrying concealed at the GRPC in Salt Lake City than were carrying openly.

Great strides have been made in the restoration of rights protected by the Second Amendment. When concealed carry was banned for most people in most states, open carry was legal for most people in most states. Most people did not do so because propaganda against the carry of firearms created a stigma. It was common for those who did not want people to have the right to carry arms to call police and complain, thinking it had to be illegal to openly carry even when it was not.

This correspondent has had the opportunity to educate police on at least six occasions in three states while openly carrying holstered handguns. Open carry is strong, symbolic, protected political speech. It sends a message: The power of the state is limited. The Second Amendment means something. The people have the right to bear arms. Those who pushed back against infringement of Second Amendment rights by openly carrying firearms did so at some risk. Some were illegally arrested. Some had to endure long court cases to prevail. This correspondent believes one of the most effective purpose of open carry is education for political purposes. Open carry normalizes the carry of weapons. 

Once Constitutional Carry is achieved in a state, the number of people openly carrying seems to fall off. The political purpose was achieved. This correspondent has often openly carried at Gun Rights Policy Conferences. This year was different. Utah has Constitutional Carry.

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Deputies responded around 7:00 a.m. on October 23, 2025, to a home in the 14000 block of Osage Road following reports of a shooting.

Investigators determined that the suspect, identified as Todd Johnson, attempted to forcibly enter the residence when one of the occupants fired a weapon, striking him, according to a written statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

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On October 27, 1553, Condemned as a heretic, Spanish-born physician and Christian church reformer Michael Servetus was burned at the stake, just outside Geneva. — October 27, 1702: British troops plundered St Augustine, Florida. — October 27th 1858: The birthday of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. He died January 6, 1919. — Some great news! There are new owners of the famed Harvest Guard company — makers of reusable canning lids. The company is now owned by the same folks who own and operate USA Berkey Filters.  They are generously providing a new prize that was just added to the First …

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(Continued from Part 7. This concludes the article.) 4 – How Much Food Can We Afford To Share With Others? Now, let’s consider the controversial topic of sharing our limited food resources with a neighborhood group. Think of this option like investing money in start-up companies, high risk for the chance at high rewards but in this case the money is our food and the companies are people that need some of our food to have the strength to work on survival projects with us. I will do my best to outline facts and calculations that will help us to …

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The following two-day recipe for Barley and Pork Hocks is from SurvivalBlog reader Richard T. Equipment: A small cast iron pot, a soup pot, and a rectangular glass cake pan (or a similar pan). Ingredients Two fresh pork hocks ½ cup of  barley grain ½ cup of white vinegar Cayenne or hot pepper flakes (to taste) Pepper (to taste) Salt (to taste) Directions Day one: Simmer a couple of fresh pork hocks in ½” of water in a lidded cast iron pot for half a day until the meat can be separated from the bones. Refrigerate overnight. (The extracted bones …

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Today’s graphic:  USDA Plant Hardiness Growing Zone Chart. (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University (OSU) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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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“When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life.” – Norman Rockwell

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It turns out that USA made .008" carbide end mills are not expensive.  I am thinking of cutting a 5.5" quarter circle for the part that holds the polar axis housing.  It needs markings for latitude.  (The polar axis points to the North Celestial Pole and thus needs adjustment for your latitude.)  I would need ideally one degree divisions.  

Because of how I need to hold this part when turning a sheet of 6" x 6" into a quarter circle, I will be cutting a 5.5" x 5.5" part.  This will give me a 4.31" hemisemicircumference.  For 90 one degree divisions, those would be .0479" apart.  The ten degree markers will be longer and marked with degrees.  (There is a font library in linuxCNC.)  The 5 degree lines will be shorter and the one degree markers shorter still.  The .0120" end mill should allow clear spaces between degree markers.   

These are very thin, and brittle cutting tools.  I will be cutting in .0001" cuts (probably to .002" deep) at probably .5 inches/minute until I am sure this is safe.  (Yes, I will buy two.)

Once cut, I will use the finest brush that I can to fill in with phosphorescent paint.  Then to remove overspray, I will run a flycutter across the surface .001" deep, leaving a painted set of lines.

UPDATE: This US made .005" diameter carbide  endmill is reasonably priced.

 Movers will not move ammo.  (Guns, yes.)  PODS will not allow ammo to ship in their units.  Since we do not plan to drive to Tennessee, I am figuring out the UPS shipping cost and selling any ammunition in excess of forseeable needs.  The TEOTWAWKI scenario will likely have substantial warning with which to buy ammo; the Auschwitz scenario will have substantial warning.  Democrats control both houses and the White House does not happen overnight.

In one sense, much of this absurd quantity was built around the Auschwitz scenario but arming other, less wealthy Resistance fighters.

But how did I end up with 4000+ rounds of 5.45 NATO? And 1000+ rounds of 7.62 NATO?  I was too tired to count boxes of .380.  (I have less 9mm than I would prefer.  Once moved, I will try and swap some of my excess .45ACP for 9mm.)  The 2300 rounds of .22LR is obvious: cheap, takes up no space.

If you are local, and want ammunition at the current mail order bulk price, contact me.  Better you take this weight off my hands and not pay retail prices.