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Situational Awareness – An Introduction (1,335)
Don’t Be ‘That Prepper Guy’ (879)
Fan of the Ammo Can – Top 10 Uses (634)
Prepping with Garage Sales (562)
Top 10 Preparedness Uses of Mineral Oil (505)
Top 10 Initial Steps to Preparation (492)
OCOKA – A Key Survival Acronym (486)
Prepper SALUTE Report – An Observation and Reporting Tool (330)- Difference Between .223 Caliber & 5.56mm (317)
- Best Prepper Caliber? (316)
Jefferson’s Top 10 Commandments for Living (312)
Physical Security and the Forms of Protection (274)
Andrew J. Jackson
Truman on Truth – Today’s Quote
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
President Harry S. Truman
Snake Eater – How to Field Dress a Snake
Snake Eater is a slang term for a tough guy, or a special operations soldier. It probably derives it’s origin from a practical exercise of the skill we’re going to be talking about today undertaken by trainees of the U.S. Army’s Jungle Warfare Training Center. Light Infantry and Special Operations graduates of ‘Jungle School’ had a reputation…and they earned it. Today’s lesson on how to field dress a snake is taken directly from the U.S. Army Ranger Handbook, SH 21-76 and is for informational purposes only. Don’t try this at home, or abroad!
CAUTION
Take extreme care in securing snakes–the bite of some poisonous snakes can be fatal. Even after a snake’s head is cut off, its reflex action can cause it to bite, injecting poison. The best time to capture snakes is in the early morning or late evening when temperatures are low and they move slow. Kill or use a long stick to pin down its head and capture it. To pick up a snake, place the index finger on the top rear of its head with your thumb and middle finger on either side of the head behind the jaws. Keep your index finger on top of snake’s head to prevent it from turning inside its skin and biting you.
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Speaking of Delusions – Today’s Quote
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.
Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed (1886)
Victims of Government – Today’s Quote
The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy estimates that it costs Americans $1.75 trillion to comply with federal regulations each year. To put $1.75 trillion into perspective, that amount is larger than all but eight economies in the world. It also means that over 10% of the U.S. economy is spent on trying to satisfy rules issued by Washington bureaucrats. That doesn’t even include federal, state, and local taxes.
This heavy regulatory burden diverts resources from innovation to compliance, discourages business investment, and chills job creation. It is no accident that as Washington adds new regulations, more and more Americans are unemployed and underemployed.
…Elected leaders need to carefully consider the costs and negative unintended consequences of unnecessary federal regulations. They need to remember that real people must comply with these regulations and that making them overly burdensome stifles American growth. This blog features just some of the victims of government.
Senator Ron Johnson’s Victims of Government Blog
Family is Everything – Today’s Quote
Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.
Triumph of Waste and Destruction – Today’s Quote
All that is necessary for the triumph of waste and destruction is for good men and women to attempt to do good through the power and authority of government.
Browne on Government Help – Today’s Quote
The government is good at one thing…it knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, ‘See, if it weren’t for the government you wouldn’t be able to walk’.
OCOKA – A Key Survival Acronym
Every infantryman and Army leader knows the acronym OCOKA, pronounced OH-coke-A. It’s a mnemonic that helps soldiers survive on the battlefield and dominate the enemy by evaluating their terrain. OCOKA is also a key survival acronym for preppers and survivalists. You should use OCOKA to evaluate the terrain around your workplace and home (and your retreat if you have one) but you should also use it to evaluate temporary locations or positions you occupy even for a few minutes if you live or are operating in a degraded security environment. Today’s article will introduce some concepts that we will return to in more detail in future articles.
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Rubio On Culture of Intimidation – Today’s Quote
So in the span of four days, [there were] three major revelations about the use of government power to intimidate those who are doing things that the government doesn’t like. These are the tactics of the third world. These are the tactics of places that don’t have the freedoms and the independence that we have here in this country. And it is shocking to Americans that this would come to light in the way that it has. I would submit to you, however, that none of this is new. That what we see emerging here is a pattern, a culture, a culture of intimidation, of hardball politics that we saw both on the campaign trail and now through the apparatus of government.
Senator Marco Rubio via Rubio On Obama’s “Scandalous” Behavior: “These Are The Tactics Of The Third World” | RealClearPolitics.
Prepography Glossary Updated
If you haven’t checked out Prepography’s Glossary lately, take a look. It’s a continual work in progress with a great deal recently added on chemical weapon terms, terms used to describe toxins and the medical terms used in describing and treating chemical injuries. These terms will come in handy with an upcoming article series.
Drudge’s Warning – Today’s Quote
Warning to reporters and sources: Assume all your communications are being monitored. Time to move back to the parking garage.
Matt Drudge
Water or WARter – Today’s Quote
Water is the essence of life. But drinkable, fresh water is at a premium. Rising populations, poor water use and shortages in key areas are all major factors.
NATO Review Magazine via Water or WARter Video?
The World Owes You Nothing – Today’s Quote
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Happy Mother’s Day – Today’s Quote
If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!
Tools of Tyranny – The IRS
If we don’t want a future U.S. government to become tyrannical we must work every day to limit the creation of government powers, laws, regulations and departments with the potential to be used as tools of tyranny. The tax collector has been an unfortunate but necessary fixture in society for thousands of years and will continue to be so. The power to tax is necessary (but certainly not at the levels we’ve chosen the past few years) but is also ripe for abuse and is definitely a potential tool of tyranny. Let’s not forget that one of the rallying cries that created our nation was tax related… “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”
I must admit that when the cries of unfair treatment from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by conservative nonprofits was raised during the election I discounted them as oversensitivity encouraged by election year politics but as it turns out there was preferential treatment for non-profits which espoused views similar to President Obama’s. It seems that organizations ‘friendly’ to the incumbent President weren’t selected for additional scrutiny but organizations with ‘patriot’ or ‘tea party’ in the title were.
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Ashe on Preparation – Today’s Quote
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Arthur Ashe
King on Love – Today’s Quote
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Prepping with Garage Sales
It’s that time of year again when people turn their yards and garages into second hand stores for a day or a weekend. I hate looking at other people’s junk but I love some of the deals I get when I’m Prepping with Garage Sales.
In our neck of the woods garage sales generally start at about 8 a.m. on Thursdays and many of the towns and subdivisions set aside just one weekend a year or one weekend a month for garage sales. I don’t tend to do a lot of research ahead of times but the local paper and Craigslist will give you a good set of marching orders. I tend to stop at garage sales that are along my way as I’m driving except for the city garage sales which are worth going out of your way for.
Ovid on Luck – Today’s Quote
Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it there will be fish.
Rawles on Knives and Bayonets – Today’s Quote
If your rifle has bayonet lug, then buy a bayonet for it. A bayonet can also be a useful knife, but a knife is not also a bayonet.
