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- The state of the air war over Ukraine, four years on...
- The Rise of American Bushido
- Meta, belatedly and ineffectively, gets worried about creepers using its pervert glasses.
My daily check with the National Hurricane Center shows no cyclone activity is forecast for the next seven days. I also check with Mr. Weatherman who gives us a more detailed view of the tropics. Lots of rain, bt nothing to get worried about.
In yesterday's post, I talked about my AC units being mounted high in the wall. Robert asked why they are mounted so high? That was a design choice. I wanted them higher than a person's head, so that no one would knock their noggin walking down the side of the building. Those units are also high enough off the ground to avoid vehicle or mower impacts. Yeah, it's a pain in the butt when we have to change out a unit, but the rest of the time, they are basically out of harm's way.
This morning, Belle told me that she was hungry for catfish, and I happened to have a box of filets in the freezer. Some are thawing mow and we'll have fried catfish for lunch. I saw some little shrimp in the freezer, too. They are destined for hot oil as well.
At 12:57 a.m., a 27-year-old victim of an unspecified gender was in a residence in the 2000 block of North Pulaski Road with a known offender. A quarrel turned physical when the second person pulled a gun. The victim tried to disarm the person with the gun, and the gun fired. The victim was shot in the right finger.
"What is X Money? The new service on X basically provides banking and financial services for paying X Premium and Premium+ subscribers right within the app. X Money includes peer-to-peer payments and money transfers within the X platform, as well as a deposit account. Users will also receive "the X card," a physical Visa debit card for ATM withdrawals and in-person transactions."Now you'll be able to pay for your Grok-generated revenge porn without even leaving the app!
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project A Sunday story published by Gannett’s USA Today seems to defy the newspaper’s blatant and longstanding anti-gun editorial stance—at least at first. “What the Supreme Court’s test for gun rules could mean for AR-15s this year,” was written by Maureen Groppe, a reporter who covers the U.S. Supreme […]
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This Week in History: On July 28, 1851, the first-ever photograph of a total solar eclipse was captured on a daguerreotype by Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia. — On or about July 28, 1586, English astronomer and mathematician Thomas Harriot introduced potatoes to England on his return from Roanoke Island, in modern-day North Carolina. (The date is disputed.) — July 29, 238: The Roman Senate and Praetorian Guard proclaimed 13-year-old Gordian III as Emperor. He was the youngest-ever emperor of a united Rome. — July 29, 1609: Samuel de Champlain shot and killed two …
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Author’s Introductory Note: Please remember all of my writings are a Gedankenexperiment, not a form of advice, but an extended thought experiment. I can safely conclude that the Republic has likely fallen just before its 250th Birthday. My ancestors were founders of the original Republic and I am one of the small percentage of Heritage Americans left with 97.5 percent of people who reside in the United States having no original colonial Patriot blood flowing in their veins. I do not make this pronouncement lightly or gleefully, but solemnly as my family has for generations warned against the dangers of …
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The following recipe for Maggie’s Buttery Rice is from SurvivalBlog reader S.D.. Ingredients 1/8 to 1/3 cup chopped onion (depending on your taste) 3 tbsp (1/2 of a stick) butter 1 c rice 14.5 oz chicken broth Directions Saute onion in butter until clear. Add dry rice and saute for about a minute. Add chicken broth and bring pan to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is cooked. SERVING Serve this hot. STORAGE This stores refrigerated for just 48 hours. After that, any leftovers go to the chicken flock. — Do you have a well-tested recipe that …
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Today’s graphic (courtesy of Reddit) is a road map of Canada, posted by “Rosemarry_40”. Note the vast wilderness areas that are entirely roadless. Also note that the only sizable road grid with right-angle junctions can be seen in the agricultural region of Alberta. By the way, I found the comments to the original Reddit post quite informative. – JWR (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 …
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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. Economics & Investing Links of Interest The resumption of hostilities with Iran boosted crude oil prices to above $100 per barrel and triggered a rebound in precious metals prices last week. Take note that the silver-to-gold price ratio shot up to 70-to-1. So this is a good juncture for ratio trading out of gold and into physical silver, to better balance your portfolio. For most middle-class investors I now recommend a precious metals portfolio of 8% gold, …
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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 billionaire private jet flight tracker. A Billionaire Jet Flight Tracker to Warn of Possible Disasters Jerome wrote to mention this at Business Insider: I vibe-coded a billionaire …
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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. — A video from NotaRubicon: Abbree AR-8118 GMRS Radio Review. JWR’s Comment: I suggest that readers buy several of them, before they get import banned or re-designed to be band-locked, by FCC diktat. o o o A fantastic CMP Announcement: M14 rifles will be released for civilian sale! (Presumably with the full auto …
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REDOUBT NEWS LINKS 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. National Park Service won’t kill grizzly that fatally attacked Glacier hiker. JWR’s Comment: The classic liberal “He was just misunderstood” felony legal defense now seems to be applied to bears. Hundreds evacuate from fires burning on the Warm Springs reservation. In Idaho: Eagle goes back to the drawing board for shooting ordinance. Kootenai County data breach exposes residents’ sensitive information. International fugitive wanted was captured in …
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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: You Could Make A Pencil With Erasers at Both Ends But What Would Be The Point? 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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“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” – Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
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Here’s a great piece by Mark Chesnut at TTAG: Professor John Lott’s realistic take on national concealed carry reciprocity.Pensacola Police Department officials have provided more information regarding a shooting Friday morning.
According to police, the shot was fired in self-defense.
Detectives are working to determine how the shooting began and whether or not charges will be filed.
Police said he was ejected from one portion of the club and then pushed past employees to enter a restricted area. The security guard, described as a man in his early 60s, “engaged in a physical altercation” with him, according to TPD.
The man repeatedly struck the security guard, who then fatally shot him. No arrests have been reported in connection to the shooting.
The Overnighter
- 1.5 oz Rye Whiskey
- .75 oz 22.5 ml Campari
- 1 oz Dry Vermouth
- .25 oz Bénédictine
- Orange wheel for garnish
Combine the liquid ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until well chilled. Strain over a large ice cube into a rocks glass and garnish with the orange wheel. Some recipes call for a smoked orange wheel, which would undoubtedly add another layer of complexity.
I built my shop during the winter of 2017-18. Before I even poured the slab, I found two air conditioners on sale at Lowe's. Big, 18,000 BTU units that I stored until construction began. When the contractor asked me about cooling, I took out those two AC units and told him to frame around them. He did and that set the physical size of the cooling for the sop. Luckily, the units I bought originally were fairly large.
Last year, one of those units died a gurgling death. I shopped around and found a unit that I could stab into the same hole. Very convenient. We were able to slide the old one out, do a little measuring and decided that the new unit, case and all, would fit in the available hole. Slid that sumbitch in and plugged it to the outlet.
Yesterday, the second original AC unit died. Something came loose and we thought it was going to jump out the wall. We have shut it down. In just a few minutes I am headed to the lumber yard and find another AC unit. The interweb shows that they have the same unit I bought last year, which I know will fit The challenge is that I mounted those units high, 6.5 feet off the ground. I'm going to need a couple of stout fellows to help me lift that thing into the hole.
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A beloved California art gallery manager who was writing an illustrated children's book has been stabbed to death in broad daylight.
Rachell Summers, 73, was stabbed 11 times outside Capitola Mall in Santa Cruz County on Monday in what investigators have called a random act of violence.
Tyler Leibelt, 19, has been charged with murder while lying in wait and using a deadly weapon, court records show. He has not entered a plea. ...
Leibelt ran up to Summers outside the mall and stabbed her from behind, the court document said.
Summers was 'stabbed multiple times in her back, defensive stab wounds to her forearms, and stab wounds to her center chest, more than 11 total,' prosecutors alleged in the filing.
The 19-year-old ran into the mall, leaving a trail of the grandmother's blood behind him. Prosecutors say he also discarded a knife....
Leibelt told police that 'he purchased two knives so that he could hold one in each hand as he was killing someone,' the court filing says.
He gestured stabbing with both of his hands during the interview with investigators.
Investigators have found nothing to suggest that Leibelt knew Summers before he targeted her in the deadly attack. It is also unclear why he chose her as his victim.
Leibelt told police that he had been suffering from 'homicidal fantasies for awhile' and claimed he had 'previously disclosed these fantasies but he 'kept getting let out' of custody,' according to the filing.
Prosecutors noted that a gun violence restraining order was issued against the alleged killer in November last year.
He allegedly told sheriff's deputies during that incident that he 'expressed a desire to cause a mass casualty event,' the court document said.
He also allegedly 'wrote a goodbye letter expressing a desire to kill as many people as possible.' [emphasis added]
Gun violence restraining orders make us so safe--from gun violence. Those other methods for murdering people are so much nicer.
Released from custody. Police should have requested an involuntary commitment order until California Welfare and Institutions Code sec. 5250.
Same Platform. Same Powder. Same Barrel Length. No Excuses. If you’ve spent any time on firearm forums or social media, you’ve seen the debate. Which is the better medium-range cartridge: the legendary 7.62×39 Russian or the modern .300 Blackout? For this test, I wanted to remove as many variables as possible and let the data […]
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Just to review.
Today's lesson will focus on the second rule and the problem I have with appendix carry. A holstered firearm in the front of your strong side leg is commonly referred to a "appendix carry". I have always thought it broke the four rules. The muzzle of your firearm, depending on if you are seated, crouched, or standing, will variously be pointed at things you do not want to destroy.
When another rule is broken, as in the case documented by the shooter below, that bullet is going to find your tender flesh in life altering ways.
Appendix carry. Just say no.
1. LGBTWTF making a spectacle of themselves.
2. Muslim immigrants.
BERLIN (AP) — A van ramming and stabbing near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and many others injured is believed to have been an Islamic extremist terror attack, Germany’s interior minister said Sunday.
The suspect in Saturday night’s attack remains at large. Authorities issued a wanted notice and warned people against approaching Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, saying that he may be armed and dangerous.
Authorities said he is believed to have injured several people with a van in a park near the Pride festival’s closing party. Several people were also apparently stabbed.
One I find annoying. The other is a public safety problem. I do hope Queers for Palestine sees this in their newsfeed.
Following an initial investigation, the Foley Police Department has confirmed the incident on Ghost Horse Drive stemmed from a domestic dispute between family members. During the disturbance, 35-year-old Aaron Steed was fatally shot by his 60-year-old father. At this time, we believe the father was acting in defense of himself and other family members present.
I mentioned a few weeks back that the seats in my CT5 were too painful for my wife to sit in for even short periods. (Her 2022 Hyundai Tucson Limited is only slightly longer until pain becomes unbearable.) The rather stiff bolsters cause her great pain. After many experiments ordering and returning cushions to Amazon, we found one that she can comfortably both ride and drive with.
Amazon.com: C CUSHION LAB Patented Pressure Relief Seat Cushion for Long Sitting Hours on Office/Home Chair, Car, Wheelchair - Extra-Dense Memory Foam for Hip, Tailbone, Coccyx, Sciatica - Light Grey : Office Products
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022). The girlfriend who dragged me off to watch 200 Motels whispered in my confused ear part-way through, "It makes more sense if you take acid first." No, thank you. This movie might be similarly enhanced by LSD. Or perhaps permanent insanity lies that way. It was visually stunning. There is a almost incomprehensible plot involving travel between different universes. Amazing kung fu sequences, too. You will never watch Ratatouille (2007) the same way again.
A movie that I just watched and very much enjoyed was The Sheep Detectives (2026). If you liked Babe (1995), and Chicken Run (2000), you will like this. Not giving away much: shepherd reads murder mysteries to his flock in the evenings. After his murder, his flock uses what they have learned to find the killer.