Year: 2015

This is what each Patriot should be striving towards ….becoming more self reliant in every way possible.

Natural News – by Mike Adams

Here at Natural News, we’re declaring 2015 to be the “Year of Self-Reliance.”

This is a year in which we’re going to be focused on bringing you the news and practical skills that help you become more self-reliant, prepared for the unexpected and more independent from all the systems that we now take for granted: food, water, medicine, finances, community safety and more.   Continue reading “Natural News declares 2015 the “Year of Self-Reliance””

The New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

A bill filed late last month in Missouri would step into the breach left by a federal government unwilling to restrain the unconstitutional surveillance of Americans.

The bill, HB 264, or the Missouri Fourth Amendment Protection Act, was filed by state representative Keith Frederick and would not only offer support to the effort of sister states to shut down the NSA’s facilities (such as the mammoth data center in Utah), but would mandate that counties, cities, and towns in the Show Me State:   Continue reading “Missouri Bill Bans Use of Local Resources for NSA Surveillance”

Sparks 31

To properly generate a One-Time Pad (OTP), you need a source of random numbers. There are electronic random number generators, but the cheapest way to generate randomness is to “roll the bones” as Geddy Lee and Neal Peart would say.

For our purposes, the easiest way to do this is by using 10-sided dice. They are also known as “D10” dice. Those of you who used to play Dungeons and Dragons, or some other role-playing game, or board-type wargame in the 1980s know what I’m talking about (and still probably have a bag of assorted dice packed away somewhere). For the rest of you, a 10-sided die looks like this:   Continue reading “One-Time Pad (OTP) Generation and Use”

Today I was out of coffee and went down to my local grocer to get the good stuff. As it turned out, they no longer carry the brand I normally buy from them. As I perused the selection of seemingly endless blends of organic, yummy, wake the hell up, what does my eyes land on but this (see pic attached). Grin & Bear It coffee.

Of course it made me smile and think of my wonderful trenches family and none other than Susan of the GrinNBarret sort(I know it is different spelling). I tossed it into my basket and off to the check out I went.

I should add that it is actually pretty good. Even without Jameson Irish Whiskey.

I thought I’d share the pic.

Cheers!

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AOL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Little Jimmy Dickens, a diminutive singer-songwriter known for his sense of humor and as the oldest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He was 94.

Dickens died Friday at a Nashville-area hospital of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day, Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said.   Continue reading “Little Jimmy Dickens, oldest Opry member, dies at 94”

IJ Reveiw – by Jennifer VanLaar

If you have been battling a case of the flu over the last few weeks, this week’s data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that you’re definitely not alone.

The CDC warned that this flu season could be a bad one. Erin Burns of the CDC told USA Today:   Continue reading “Severe Flu Epidemic Follows U.S. Into the New Year”

NPR – by Michaeleen Doucleff

Most of us will remember 2014 as the year Ebola came to the U.S. But another virus made its debut in the Western Hemisphere. And unlike Ebola, it’s not leaving anytime soon.

The virus is called chikungunya: You pronounce it a bit like “chicken-goon-ya.”   Continue reading “Painful Virus Sweeps Central America, Gains A Toehold In U.S.”

My Fox 8 – by Joe Borlik

CONWAY, S.C. — A South Carolina man accused of rape has been brutally beaten by the victim’s boyfriend.

MyrtleBeachOnline.com reported that 52-year-old William Mattson was charged with criminal sexual conduct early Thursday morning after police were called to a home in Conway.   Continue reading “Rape suspect brutally beaten by victim’s boyfriend”

Concealed Nation – by Maureen

Happy New Year to all! How does it sound to start the year off with stricter gun laws? At least this will be the case for Californians.

So here’s what California has planned: the current state law allow gun shop owners to convert a semiautomatic handgun – not on the state’s approved roster – to fire single-shot only through the use of a magazine plug and extended barrel. But back in July of this year, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Assembly Bill 1964. This law will ban the sale of single-shot handguns that can be changed into semi-automatics.   Continue reading “New Year, New Gun Laws”

The Telegraph – by John Ficenec

Continue reading “Ten warning signs of a market crash in 2015”

The Washington Post – by Brian Fung

Federal regulators looking to place restrictions on Internet providers will introduce and vote on new proposed net neutrality rules in February, Federal Communications Commission officials said Friday.

President Obama’s top telecom regulator, Tom Wheeler, told fellow FCC commissioners before the Christmas holiday that he intends to circulate a draft proposal internally next month with an eye toward approving the measure weeks later, said one official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agency’s deliberations are ongoing. The rules are meant to keep broadband providers such as Verizon and Comcast from speeding up or slowing down some Web sites compared to others.   Continue reading “Get ready: The FCC says it will vote on net neutrality in February”

Breitbart – by DANIEL NUSSBAUM

Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro on Thursday urged New Yorkers and others across the nation to donate to a New York Daily News fund for the families of the two slain NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.

“At times like these, New Yorkers know what to do,” De Niro told the Daily News. “Thank you for joining me in contributing to the Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos families.”   Continue reading “De Niro Urges Donations to Slain NYPD Officers: ‘They’ve Done Their Duty, and Now It’s Time to Do Ours’”