Month: January 2015

Shooting Illustrated – by Matthew Allen

What, in a gunfight, matters the most?

In the age of the long opinions and short experience in such matters, we live among among experts far and wide. Some will assure you that it is a proper-caliber pistol, or grade-A ammunition, or still the front sight, which is the rock the church is built upon. Undoubtedly some will claim all is for naught if the holster isn’t worth a damn. Most of us will concede to one degree or another that training outweighs much of this. The mantra of “You will not rise to the occasion, you’ll fall to the level of your training.” is certainly solid and true. There are exceptions of course. People can and will surprise you, but don’t hang onto hope.   Continue reading “Face Your Fear”

Guerrillamerica – by Samuel Culper III

In the Fall issue of Forward Observer Magazine, I had the great opportunity to interview Matthew Bracken, a former Navy SEAL and prolific author (I know you’ve heard of him), about the future of conflict in America.  A potential scenario he talked about was the “dirty civil war”, where a group of well-meaning Americans goes rogue by doing something really stupid (like indiscriminately killing cops or other officials, for instance).  That event or those actions start a chain reaction of copy cats and reprisals, things get really dirty, really fast, and our nation descends into chaos; one side too uncoordinated and unskilled to make any appreciable gains, and the other too brutal in their pursuit, resulting in too much collateral damage to take control of the situation and gain the support of the populace… thus the inability by both sides to end the conflict.   Continue reading “Local Stability in a “Dirty Civil War””

WJLA 7 News – by Roz Plater, Stephen Tschida

WASHINGTON (WJLA/NewsChannel 8) – One woman died, two passengers were critically hurt and dozens more were injured after heavy smoke filled a Metro train and the tunnel at L’Enfant Plaza station, authorities said Monday evening.

Hundreds of people were evacuated about 3:30 p.m. as thick smoke filled the rail tunnel at one of the busiest Metro locations in the city. The source of the smoke remained unknown Monday night and the closed station was being ventilated. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was taking over the investigation into exactly what happened.   Continue reading “1 dead, 2 critical as hundreds evacuated from L’Enfant Plaza Metro station and train due to heavy smoke”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

Leaked internal training documents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reveal Border Patrol agents are now receiving guidelines instructing them that the vast majority of illegal immigrants in the U.S. are off limits to federal agents and are substantially immune to detention and deportation. A trusted federal agent in the CBP provided exclusive copies of the documents to Breitbart Texas and also agreed to an interview on the condition of anonymity.

According to the source, these training documents were required training for U.S. Border Patrol agents and each agent was required to sign their name to confirm receiving the training.   Continue reading “Catch and Release 2.0 — Leaks Highlight Teardown of Immigration Enforcement”

I don’t get it. TLC for a Coyote, while they shoot us and our pets.

The Weather Channel – by Zain Haidar

You’ve heard of The Wolf of Wall Street, but what about The Coyote of Riverside Park?

This weekend, NYPD officers took to upper Manhattan in freezing cold temperatures to capture a coyote on the loose, the Associated Press reports.    Continue reading “New York Police Capture Coyote in Manhattan’s Riverside Park”

Green Med Info – by Sayer Ji

A new report claims that millions of lives have been saved in the past two decades due to ‘early detection’ of cancer and improved treatment, but is it true?

In what can only be described as the latest cancer industry propaganda push, mainstream news outlets are declaring triumphantly “More than 1.5 million cancer deaths averted in last two decades” (CBS),  “Cancer death tolls fall, millions saved” (ABC), and “A 22 Percent Drop in Cancer Mortality Saved 1.5 Million People.” (Science World Report).   Continue reading “A Dire Warning: The Cancer Industry Owns The Media And Your Mind”

CNBC

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney Co. said will close about 40 stores this year and cut about 2,250 jobs. Most of the stores will close by April 4, the Plano, Texas-based department store operator said Thursday.

Here is a list of the location of the announced store closings:   Continue reading “A list of stores that JC Penney plans to close”

The New American – by Michael Tennant

Food shortages in formerly prosperous Venezuela — a direct and predictable result of the country’s descent into socialism — have become so severe that the government has put the country’s “food distribution under military protection,” Bloomberg reported January 9.

Inflation, rigged foreign-exchange rates, and price controls, along with outright government takeovers of some stores, have caused supplies of basic necessities to dry up. Venezuelans have been forced to go from store to store and stand in long lines — “some stretching for blocks,” according to Bloomberg — in hopes of getting even small amounts of some foods and household products, many of which are being rationed.   Continue reading “Venezuelan Military Occupies Stores; Customers Seize Scarce Groceries”

Huffington Post

“One of the reasons I started my website is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. We women need to know that we don’t have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing us—that there is always time to start a new dream. This week’s story is about about Troy Ball, a mother with two special needs sons who found a way to support her family – by starting a business that brought an uncommon product to market.”—Marlo, MarloThomas.com

It was as if young Frankenstein met Old MacDonald—with a touch of Austin Powers thrown in for good measure.
Tucked away in a small barn in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Troy Ball and her friend John McEntire were like a pair of mad scientists—mixing, boiling, adding ingredients, then taking them out again— trying to achieve just the right formula for their precious concoction. “It was all undercover,” says Troy. “But it was also really exciting. I mean, we’d hear somebody pulling up the gravel road, and we’d close the barn doors.”   Continue reading “Mom Of Special Needs Sons Supports Her Family By Bringing This Rare Product To Market”

Press TV

French President Francois Hollande did not want Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take part in the mass unity rally held in protest at recent killings in Paris, Israeli media say.

According to Israel’s Channel 2, Hollande sent a message to Netanyahu, asking him not to participate in the unity march as he believed the Israeli premier’s presence there would be “divisive.”   Continue reading “Hollande asked Netanyahu not to join Paris rally: Reports”

Daily Mail

Extra Jewish security patrol cars and police were out in force in North-West London yesterday following the kosher store siege in Paris.

The cars look very similar to police vehicles and bear the security group’s name ‘Shomrim’ – Hebrew for ‘guards’ – along the sides and back.

The Orthodox organisation, which works closely with the Metropolitan Police, tweeted: ‘Following events in Paris we will have on extra patrols throughout NW London over Shabbos [ the Jewish sabbath].’    Continue reading “Jewish patrol cars out in force in London amid fears of copycat attack in wake of kosher store siege in Paris”

Guns America Digest – by PAUL HELINSKI

If you think about it, communication with the outside world is going to become really important in the weeks and months after a system collapse or major disaster. You may have food and water for months, but you don’t have it for years. And as I explained in my article on seeds, growing your own food just isn’t that easy. But as several commenters pointed out on the first radio article in this series, there is a strong argument to maintain radio silence. Any experienced radio operator can triangulate your position as soon as you press the send key, and in any survival situation, and you can bet that there will be hostiles out there listening for where they can steal some supplies. Radio silence has to be weighed against the benefits of reaching out to the world outside.   Continue reading “Prepping 101: Radio Silence! – The Mobile Survival HAM Backpack”