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When officers arrived at the scene, they found that two males had been taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle.
During the investigation, officers learned that one of the males allegedly shot the other one, who then returned fire, hitting the alleged shooter.
Both had non-life-threatening injuries.
Via a wikiwander, I ran across this fabulously strange classical music tip o' the hat to the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. No joke.
Bohuslav Martinů was a Czech composer who like many others fled to the United States to escape the Nazis. While there, he wrote this in tribute to what was America's finest fighter-bomber and the role it played to free his people.
- Why did they used to dye pistachios red?
- The internet is full of sick fucks.
- FBI warns of crooks posing as feds.
November 9, 1330: The Battle of Posada. Wallachian voievode Basarab I defeated the Hungarian army (led by Charles I of Hungary) in an ambush. The 1855 imagining of the Battle of Posada above was by József Molnár. It is titled Dezső sacrifices himself protecting Charles Robert. — After several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on November 9, 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans from the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. — Today is the anniversary of …
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This article is an update and expansion to a brief but important piece that I wrote for SurvivalBlog back in 2007. – JWR Plentiful fresh drinking water for drinking, cooking, washing, and gardening is the most critical resource for all societies. The vast majority of the residents of First World countries are dependent on grid power to supply their water. When the grid goes down for more than a few days, water towers will soon be drained and huge numbers of people will be forced to draw water from open sources. Thankfully, there are streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds in …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Zohran “The Commie” Mamdani Has Just Been Named Florida Real Estate Salesman Of The Year News Links: More New Yorkers? More redistricting? Election results to ripple through Florida. A news report from 2023: The ‘Great Sort’ draws transplants pushing Florida to the right, experts say. Fortune: Escape from New York: Impending election of a democratic socialist mayor has the wealthy fleeing to the suburbs. Will Staten Island finally secede if NYC elects Mamdani? Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble …
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“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give …
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The map in the last post shows all but two of our camping stops. I made that with Mapquest and they have a limit of 26 (A-Z) stops on any planning map. So there's a couple of stops in the long straight stretches that I took out so I could show the main loop.
Two of the stops are to visit family, although we did stay in a campground at one of them.
This is the second long trip we have made. Two years ago we made a trip of similar distance and time. That was on different roads with different destinations. The planning for this trip was deliberately structured to take us to new locations. For example, this trip went to the Michigan UP and out across the northern states. The previous trip included Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Some of the upcoming posts will likely be from the first trip as well.
Our route was roughly planned and the parks were picked months in advance. We went out in August, when parks are busy, and had to make our reservations through Labor Day at a minimum. Later in the trip we were in more remote areas, with parks mostly empty, and we were free to roam. We carried a paper atlas in addition to having the internet. Looking at the larger map of a state gives a perspective that a set of directions in a phone or GPS lacks. We went out to see something of America, to not try to rush anywhere, and to explore as deeply as possible the places we happened to choose.
Wherever you go, however long you stay on the road, you only see a minuscule fraction of the country. For every road you take, there are hundreds you do not. For every town you stop in, there are thousands you drive past. For every park you choose to camp in, there are dozens you didn't visit. If you pick a trail to hike or ride, the rest of the park remains unexplored. When you are in a town, if you pick an old diner for lunch, you didn't visit every other restaurant you might have chosen.
We ate out rarely, it was scarcely any harder to cook in the campsites than it is at home. The camper has a microwave/convection oven, a two burner stove, a small fridge and a sink. In addition, I have a Coleman stove to cook outside with and there are always grills available.
America has an amazing state park system. Every park we visited was a gem.
My next post is going to start in the middle of the trip, in the middle of the country. It was while we were exploring the nearby town on our first trip that I began paying attention to how much of America is still out there. It's going to start with a little place called "Mom and Pop's Burger Stop".
"A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman road network, from 190,000 to 300,000 kilometers (118,000 to 186,000 miles) – with the major hubs located far from Rome itself."
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The shooting happened after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the corner of 18th and Huntingdon streets in North Philadelphia.
Moments earlier, surveillance footage obtained by Action News showed a man and woman arguing near the 2600 block of Bouvier Street. Police believe they were fighting over a parking spot. It escalated quickly into a shootout, which moved up the block. The man eventually fired towards the corner store.
On November 8, 1880, French actress Sarah Bernhardt made her US debut at New York’s Booth Theater. — November 8th was the birthday of the late actor/director/producer Norman Lloyd. He was born November 8, 1914. His most recent film role was in 2015. He passed away on May 21, 2021 at the remarkable age of age of 106. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, …
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In July 2025, Kentucky Sustainable Living held their annual Homesteading & Preparedness Festival. (If you happen to live in the area, I highly recommend attending!) On the first day, while wandering “vendor row”, the wife and I met and spoke with Scott Willey of Paladin Tower Tactics. Among the stuff on his table, the flyer for his Church Security 1 class really caught my eye. It is an eight-hour long class that is intended to prepare the student “for the Gunfight, the Legal Fight, and the Spiritual Fight.” Prior to this, I had never had any professional firearms training other …
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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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“And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. …
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By Dave Workman Seattle’s KIRO Eyewitness News appears determined to show the failure of Washington state’s restrictive gun control laws, either unintentionally or by design, but over the past few days, the local CBS News affiliate has reported three different cases which undermine arguments by anti-rights Democrats that tough gun laws will keep guns out […]
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We have just returned from a two month, seven thousand mile, road trip across America.
We traveled on two lane roads as much as possible, avoiding interstates, and made a point of stopping and exploring small towns and cities along with the parks we were camping in. Our transportation was a mid-size pickup pulling an eighteen foot mini RV.
We stayed in state parks almost every place we stopped. Our routine was to travel no more than three hundred miles at a time and to stay at least two nights at every park. This gave us time to stop when something seemed interesting and a full day to unhook the camper and go exploring the local area.
We went looking and what we found was that America is still there.
This is the first in a series of posts on our adventure.
For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A more honest political mailer would have simply admitted “Democrats would rather see you dead than armed.” [More] Funny, how all the lies Democrats rely on are old, long-since exposed ones,
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The City CONCEDED its ordinance violates state law.Memphis admitted that every line of its handgun-carry ban, vehicle-storage rule, so-called “assault rifle” ban, and red-flag scheme is 100% illegal under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1314. (Order pp. 3, 9–11) The Judge called the ordinance “DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.” The Chancellor wrote that “The Ordinance and those … Continue reading "What, No Payback?"
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MASKS OFF: Top Virginia Dem Depicts Jay Jones Assaulting Opponent, Lashes Out At ‘Snitch’ [More] She’s like to put two bullets in his brain with her illegally carried gun. But first she’s gotta make sure he can’t shoot back. [Via Michael G]
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Dem voters embrace fringe — from socialists to pro-assassination nuts [More] The fact that they do, and that they’re impervious to the truth and hate anyone who states it, is the greatest danger facing the Republic, right after Profiles in Apathy. [Via bondmen]
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Husband watched as house cleaner was shot and killed trying to enter Whitestown home [More] While the details are unclear, it sounds like the residents were following Joe Biden’s advice, which is a clear violation of the rules. [Via bondmen]
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NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will become a National Anti-gun Force [More] I hope he does. Because so far, their most successful weapon has been to call citizen disarmament “commonsense gun safety,” and someone who wants to ban them all neutralizes another lie. Maddeningly, there’s one other in-your-face position the gun groups still aren’t ready (are … Continue reading "The Silver Lining"
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Washington’s Very Dismissive Response to Your Constitutional Rights [Watch] Arrogance can have a funny way of catching up with people. [Via Jess]
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The headline in the Babylon Bee from yesterday.
Mamdani Moves Mayor's Office Under Children's Hospital
That is funny right there. The boy is a Hamas supporter.
In other news, I was talking with my son last night, and he told me about a new product for guys like me who carry revolvers daily. Revo-Mag. It's a way to carry a reload in your pocket that is not as bulky as a speedloader. Supposedly faster than a speed strip. Interesting.
The weather-weenies are telling us to expect some weather in advance of this cold from, but for the life of me, I'm not seeing it. At least locally, there is not much rain in the forecast. Odd, that.
He got the “guns are not the only armament” part right, but the others are just to get us to a gun. But don’t take my word for it, comrades. It’d be awful tough to round people up and herd them over to the box car or lime pit if all you had was a … Continue reading "Look On Their Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair"
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I support commonsense gun laws that are compatible with the traditions and rights granted to bear firearms, including universal background checks [More] Just listen to him. That and the raised right hand is a dead giveaway.
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CANCON A Fully Suppressed RECOIL Range Day! We're moving to an all new location this November for a weekend of cans, guns, and fun!Boston police now required to wear nametags under new contract extension [More] Boston Democrats, you just missed a golden opportunity, but it’s not too late. Require preferred pronouns on the name tags! C’mon, police defunders: You know eroding community respect is part of the plan! [Via Edmund M]
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Neo-Nazi Martyn Gilleard has been found guilty of making bombs for a far-right terrorist campaign, after having previously admitted downloading thousands of images of child sexual abuse. [More] That there are Gorn among us is all the more reason the rest of us need gunpowder. And a point of order about “far-right” Nazis… And I … Continue reading "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot"
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ICE officer BRUTALLY ASSAULTED during arrest of pedophile Salvadoran criminal illegal alien. [More] Democrats cheer. [Via Michael G]
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This is the last stop for Ballot Measure 114 on a state level. Given the makeup and history of the Oregon courts, it would be wise to not be too optimistic about the outcome. As usual, we hope we are wrong on this issue. And, keep in mind, that, irrespective of the outcome, the Oregon … Continue reading "What Other Rights Can States Ignore?"
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Man with violent criminal history on parole allegedly stabs teen to death: officials – Delano Middleton previously stabbed woman at U-Haul store, served 2 years in prison [More] Chronic and habitual orcs like this give me a new appreciation for the Code of Hammurabi. But I’d settle for this.
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Joe was a pleasure to work with when I worked for the city and he was head of the water department. He’s one of the most honest, intelligent and hardworking people I know. He obviously won by a landslide, and I pray the city gives him their full support. This petty action by Kobach makes … Continue reading "How Petty Can You Get?"
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“Because, I mean, I really believe that immigrants are our treasure and our strength, and they’re what make this country what it is,” Lakshmi added. [More] Spoken like a UN “Goodwill Ambassador” born in India and let into this country who wants to make us less like America and more like the $#!+hole she left. … Continue reading "(Inter)National Treasure"
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Hawaii Sensitive Places Defense Fund… The fact the State of Hawaii hired these big shots is proof they are scared we can win. Please donate what you can. [More] I trust readers here need no introduction to Alan Beck…? Here’s just one way costs accumulate. And this is what the state can afford to bolster … Continue reading "In the Spirit of Aloha"
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This coming year the .30-06 Springfield cartridge will be 120 years old. Here’s a piece I wrote about it in 2006 for Backwoods Home magazine.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Basic Weapon Mounted Flashlight Use The author’s description of “umbrella” or “baseboard” lighting is how I utilize my light if I am searching with a long gun. Unlike the author, I still prefer to […]On November 7, 1811, the Battle of Tippecanoe: General William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation. — November 7, 1837: In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot dead by a pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time. — November 7th is the anniversary of the death of actor Steve McQueen (born March 24, 1930, died November 7, 1980). The many well-publicized exploits in his tempestuous life and his enduring persona are well known. However, the end of his life is actually the most noteworthy part …
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Whenever you delve into the modern history of internal national conflict you’re bound to come across post-crisis accounts from people who said “We never saw it coming…” or “The violence hit us from nowhere…” Generally speaking, these were the people who weren’t paying attention and they just happened to survive by sheer luck. I think of this dynamic a lot these days. I see a large contingent of American society (perhaps 25% of the population) which has been radicalized or brainwashed beyond all reason or repair. These people (leftists) operate deep within a protective bubble of propaganda and zealotry; they …
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A Special Editor’s Note: This weekly item replaces the Economics & Investing For Preppers news column. Because so many news outlets have put their content behind paywalls, it became increasingly difficult to assemble that column. In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we will feature photos, charts, graphs, video links, or occasional news items of interest to preppers. Today’s selection is data from the U.S. Treasury Department, showing that the U.S. National Debt now exceeds $38 Trillion Dollars. See: Debt Dashboard. The image below is click-expandable: Other Links of Interest Household debt hits record $18.6T as delinquencies remain elevated. …
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“Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.” – John Locke
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"AVi8 Air Capital and Pan American Global Holdings, which owns the intellectual property rights to the Pan Am brand, have begun the certification process with the FAA. AVi8 announced they have completed a business plan for the brand’s revival efforts."
PanAm was one of the first international airlines, originally serving across the Western Hemisphere. They expanded into ocean-crossing service with seamless that could, and did, land on water. If you watched Raiders of the Lost Ark, you have some sense of the romance of travel in an era where transatlantic travel took most of a day and a very few could afford it.
If you watched 2001: A Space Odyssey, you doubtless recall service is aboard PanAm. In the 1960s, the prospect that PanAm would be an interplanetary service provider was both natural and expected.
PanAm went under when Libya blew up PanAm 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 which i remember. To see a storied pioneer destroyed by this was very sad. If they come back from the grave, I will be thrilled.
The 2025 Patriot Awards at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville, New York, will honor national heroes. Melania Trump will be named ‘Patriot of the Year,’ and Erika Kirk will receive the inaugural ‘Charlie Kirk Legacy Award.’ Hosted by Sean Hannity, the Patriot Awards will stream live on FOX Nation at 8 … Continue reading "The Patriot Act"
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At What Point Does Overthrow of a Tyrannical Government Become the Next Generation's Responsibility?
The Nov. 2025 issue of Firearms News, with my article, “Ohio County Fair ‘No Guns” Signs are Unacceptable Insults to Armed Patrons,” is now available at diverse and inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic. Or you could just save yourself a trip and plenty of money off the cover price by subscribing…
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