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Belle and I were talking late yesterday afternoon and she asked me how I was going to cook the Thanksgiving turkey. That question gave me one bit of information. I was going to cook the Thanksgiving turkey. She had already delegated that task. I told her that I had not decided whether to smoke, roast or fry the bird. She allowed that she really liked the way I fry turkeys.
Well, okay. Now I have two bits of information. First, I am on the hook to cook the bird. Second, I am frying it. That is leadership. She delegated the bird by asking one question, then professing a preference. Well done! I have my orders, now it is time to complete the implied tasks
This morning I dragged out my turkey cookers and fired them up successfully. They both work fine. Now I need to dig out the pot and give it a good scrubbing. Thence to the store, buy peanut oil and seasonings. Find the injector, and break down some boxes for when I take the turkey out of the oil and let it drip.
Today is the 12th. Thanksgiving is the 26th. That is two weeks. My pot will handle a 12-pound bird. Do I need one, or two? How many guests are we expecting? I will make discrete inquiries.
An argument broke out between the two before the man attempted to grab the woman’s gun. Shots were then fired during the struggle, leaving the woman and Lancaster injured.
Both were transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
Lancaster was discharged from the hospital and transported to the Oklahoma County Jail, where he faces charges of domestic assault and battery, first-degree burglary, and assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
“The 24-year-old male broke into the home,” said WPD Senior Public Information Officer Andrew Ford. “After gaining entry, there was an exchange of gunfire between the juveniles in that home and that 24-year-old male.”
Investigators also believe that the 15-year-old, 16-year-old and 24-year-old know each other and that the shooting was isolated.
By Dave Workman Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, selected by House Republicans as their Minority Leader for the upcoming 120th Congress starting in January, will bring a strong history of Second Amendment support to the job, according to his record on Capitol Hill. He’s already receiving kudos from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep […]
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Read this short article. Police officer dies after backpack explodes at scene of Spain shooting An active shooter who was additionally armed with an improvised bomb killed an officer and a police dog and also wounded two more people in Spain today. If you’ve taken one of my bomb classes, you know […]
Veterans Day. Yippee. Originally Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of the Great War, it morphed over the years as a time to celebrate living veterans. Not to be confused with Memorial Day, which celebrates deceased veterans.
As for myself, I intend to celebrate Veterans Day by staying on my own acre, tending to daily chores.
I am watching the news, and it seems that the newly elected Democrats in Congress want to follow an agenda of retribution rather than the agenda of affordability that they ran on. Retribution is a poor political motive because the pendulum tends to swing and those in the majority inevitably find themselves in the minority. What goes around, comes around. I simply believe that the next year will be interesting.
As for myself, I intend to purchase a rifle suppressor fairly quickly. The window of opportunity has presented itself and may soon close under the new political landscape. Reasonable people may reach the same conclusion. I may not speak of this again, as silence may help me avoid a tragic boating accident in coming years.
Y'all have a happy Veterans Day.
My daughter is a professor of social work. She is beginning to record podcasts that you may find interesting, especially if you have no idea what social workers do (which is actually a lot of things).
I originally posted this over a decade ago, but it bears repeating again.
This isn't unique - the same dynamic has long been in play certainly in the Anglosphere, and other nations as well (c.f. Switzerland). This has resulted in the Military being seen as high status, and commanding broad respect through society.
It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given us
Freedom of the Press.
It's the soldier, not the poet, who has given us
Freedom of Speech.
It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the
Freedom to Demonstrate.
It's the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the
Right to a Fair Trial.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and
whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who gives the protestor the right he abuses by burning the flag.- Father Dennis O'Brien, USMC
And so in the United States, today is the celebration of Veteran's Day. The rest of the Anglosphere (and other places) hold today as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, recalling the Millions slaughtered in the Great War which ended 95 years ago today. America does not need a Remembrance Day, as we have our own Memorial Day holiday (an outgrowth of the American War of Southern Independence a half century earlier than the War To End All Wars).
As a result, there's less sadness here. On these shores, today is a day for the living, not for the dead. We see signs at small restaurants saying "Veterans Eat Free", which would be difficult for those asleep in Flanders' Fields.
But even here it's worth a moment's reflection on the War where Europe committed suicide, when a whole generation was butchered and damned. And how they nearly took us with her, then and again 20 years later. It's rarely the politicians who caused the problem who bleed.
Thanks to all who served, including Grandpa, Dad, Uncle Dick, nephew Daniel, The Queen Of The World's son, our Son-In-Law, and last but by no means least our very own ASM826. The citizens - of whom you were once part and to which you returned - are grateful indeed that this nation does not fear its own Armed Forces.
Cheers!
- For Veteran's Day, Sean M. Smith's book Rank Absurdity: An Irreverent Military Memoir is on sale.
- It's the hundredth birthday of the U.S. highway system.
- The Great Blue Norther of 1911 saw many midwestern cities set record highs and lows on the same day.
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Billy Waugh sits down with RECOIL for an on-camera interview. We get the scoop from HALO jumps with MACV-SOG to hunting bin Laden with the CIA"You guys are indoctrinating the youth with homosexual and transsexual ideas. This furry stuff is not for children," said Lang, gesturing at attendees and a pair of greeters who happened to be wearing full-body cat costumes. "These people are sexualizing children! They're inviting children in. Look at this. This is sexualization of children ... what are you guys doing here? These people here, they dress up in these outfits, and they have sex with each other in these orgies every single weekend. Now they're inviting the children to come to their furry convention!"Golf clap.
"This is a convention for cats," said one of the staff.
By Dave Workman Democrats who will soon control more state legislatures and governors’ offices are wasting no time shifting away from campaign rhetoric about affordability, health care, equal rights and the economy, and going right back to their anti-gun-rights agenda, a national grassroots gun rights organization is warning. Fox News is reporting how Democrats, who […]
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Today Belle's sister came over with her husband and we went to lunch. We took them to a Mongolian Grill in town and had a nice lunch. We were in my Honda Odyssey.
My Odyssey is a 2020 model. It has more bells, whistles and gee-gaws than any vehicle needs. We got through with lunch and headed for the vehicle. Climbed aboard, the ladies in the middle row seats. They pressed the buttons to close the sliding doors. The doors closed halfway and stopped. I got a waring light on the dashboard and then everything went dark. Deader than Het.
We tried jumping it with a jump-pack and with jumper cables. Two deputies from a sister parish tried to help to no avail. Luckily, Grandson Zach was at home, so we called him to come pick up his grandmother while I assessed the situation. He took his grandma and his aunt home, then returned with tools. We snatched the battery, went to a parts house, paid the toll and installed the new battery.
I'm home now, poorer, but I have a ne battery in the Odyssey, so I should be good for this winter. I bought that vehicle in April 2020 and this is the first battery I put in it.
Once the new battery was installed and the car started, I did have to go through some opening ceremonies. For example, it wanted to know if I wanted miles per hour or kilometers per hour. I opted for mph, because that is consistent with my experience. One thing that I did learn is that when the battery dies, nothing, absolutely nothing n the car works. Not the sliding doors, not the tailgate. Those locks are electric. You can't put the vehicle in neutral, the transmission is electric.
That's how I spent my Tuesday afternoon. How was y'all's?
Low quality camera, creepy, and unpopular. But at least Meta glasses are easy to use?
One of my favorite stops on YouTube is Nelson Ford’s The Gunsmith series. As a collector of old Colts and Smith & Wessons, I never tire of his “inside baseball” education on the inner workings of classic handguns. He’s done videos where he talks about getting trigger pulls on 1911-style semiautomatics down into the three-pound […]Border wall construction in the Big Bend region can move forward again after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily lifted a lower-court order that had halted the project while a lawsuit plays out.
In an 8-1 decision issued Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume border construction in the Big Bend region while the legal challenge continues.
The justices said the administration is likely to succeed in its argument that the lower court did not have the authority to hear the particular claim at issue.
Whatever legitimate environmental concerns might be the pretense for this suit, it should be apparent to all that this is rally a TDS symptom. For all the Democrat hollering, the new Congress is not going to stop the wall.
An investigation showed the incident began when a group of boys, including the victim, “ding-dong ditched” at the home of a person known to them. Evidence indicates that when the boys returned to the home, Darin Young, who lived at the residence, chased after them and fired a gun, striking the 15-year-old.
The other boys were not injured and drove the victim to the hospital. Residents of the home also called police.
But also, being an annoying kid is not without its very high risks. I hope these kids will not do this sort of prank again. Pranks involving phone calls are also annoying, but no one gets shot.
The man who killed six people and wounded 15 others in a suspected far-right terror attack in the Polish city of Kraków, has died, police said early Monday.
Michał Oksiński, passed away at 4:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET), authorities said. He had been in critical condition since the attack and had undergone several operations.
The 24-year-old was shot by police during Saturday’s midday rampage in Main Market Square, the historic center and major tourist destination in Poland’s second-largest city.
Four women and two men were killed in the shooting. Three of the women and one of the men were Polish, authorities said. A British man and an Austrian woman were among the dead, they said....
The bodies of Oksiński’s sister, mother and father were found at the family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 90 miles northeast of Kraków, authorities said.
I would be very surprised if there is not some mental illness history there.
Long-term a lot. Short-term, the fascist wing appears to remain in charge of the Democratic Party. They will allow capitalism, in a regulated form, to keep generating wealth to keep the elite getting richer and distributing corrupt wealth to their less rich agents through AID and Medicare/Medicaid frauds. One of these days the kleptocrat gerontocracy will die and the DSA will end in charge. Then the fertilizer will really hit the fan. Or perhaps by then, the millionaires' children that are the DA will have learned that doing fascism: "We care for the people!" while feeding at the trough is safer, than following their present pretenses. Of course, both wings are dangerous to our liberties and our children.
This Week in History: On November 8, 1602, the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, founded by Thomas Bodley, formally opened. — November 8,1967: Silver hit a record $1.95 per Troy ounce in London. By then, nearly all of the 90% silver coins had been pulled out of circulation by the citizenry in the United States, but some 40% silver half dollars were still being minted and in circulation. But circulating alongside silver-flashed copper tokens, most of those 40% silver coins were snapped up, on sight, and tucked away at home. — November 9, 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte pulled off a coup …
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Editor’s Introductory Note: This article was based on research done for Episode 84 of the Stakeholder Prepping Podcast. In the prepper community, we spend an inordinate amount of time discussing calibers, water filtration, and the caloric density of freeze-dried beef. But there is a glaring hole in the standard survival curriculum: the psychology of the trade. When the grid goes dark and the global financial system becomes a historical footnote, the dollar doesn’t just lose value; it becomes fancy kindling. In The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI), your most valuable asset isn’t your stockpile; it’s your …
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The Charter Arms Pathfinder II is a rugged, eight-shot revolver chambered in .22LR. It has a stainless steel barrel and an anodized aluminum frame. It runs reliably on inexpensive bulk .22LR ammo that many semi-autos find difficult to feed consistently, and is reasonably accurate. Like many handguns chambered in .22LR, it is also a lot of fun to shoot. The single action trigger is a delight, while the double action trigger is a little heavier than I could wish. The compact rubber grip feels just a little too small in my hands (I wear gloves sized large to extra large). …
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Today’s graphic is a map showing the 11 megaregions of the United States. Notably almost absent is the lightly-populated American Redoubt. (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. …
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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 Alaska’s Population Distribution. Mainly due to transportation limitations and climate, the majority of the state’s population lives inside city limits in just four metropolitan areas! “Rural” Alaskans are clearly a minority. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest Billionaire Wall Street pessimists are predicting an epic stock market crash will wipe out 80% of your 401(k). Bloomberg: Anatomy of a Selloff: …
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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, age verification for smartphones. Age Verification in Apple IOS 27.2 Using Camera Reader D.S.V. sent this news: iPhone Dystopia: Age Verification Baked Into IOS 27.2 Using Camera. Here …
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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. — Video from former CIA Officer Jason Hanson: Four Things I’m Doing Immediately After This Election. JWR’s Comment: I find it interesting that he pointed out the importance of owning some Pre-1899 guns. o o o Mark in Florida suggested this video: Counter Drone Technology Has Come to Deer Hunting and Landowners Are …
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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 It is the Winchester 1873: Idaho voters nominate lever-action rifle ‘that Won the West’ to be state’s official gun. In Bend, Oregon: Silver Rail Elementary to open Nov. 12; community engagement sessions planned this week. NOAA’s 30-Day Precipitation Forecast. ‘Get The Boys!’: Sheridan Family Scrambles To Escape As Flames Consume Home. Idaho Falls man arrested after allegedly fighting officers. Spangle shooter killed family members; victims …
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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: AOC: I Went Shopping For A SUV. But I Knew The Salesman Was Lying When He Said The Words “Cargo Space'”. There Is No Way It Could Fly, And Certainly Not Into Space! 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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“The best camouflage pattern is called, ‘Sit down and be quiet!’ Your grandpa hunted deer in a red plaid coat. Think about that for a second.” – Noted archery hunter and bow maker Fred Bear (1902-1988)
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