Prepping has never been more expensive, especially when it comes to stockpiling food. Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are pushing up the price of energy, droughts and heat waves are killing crops, and data centers are making water more and more scarce. All of this means that food is going to keep getting more expensive. Fortunately, you can still get a lot of emergency food for a reasonable price if you’re willing to search and to buy things in bulk. You’ll also need to be willing to eat some of the basics: rice, beans, pasta, and so forth, but…
In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need prisons. We wouldn’t even need laws. People would understand what they should and should not do, and everything would be grand. We don’t live in that world, though. We live in this one, and so some people deserve to go to prison for a long time. When they don’t, we often find that the bad actors don’t stop trying to victimize other people.That’s what happened in one home in Rochester, NY. The bad guy decided to keep victimizing people. The armed citizen decided otherwise.A Rochester, New York, homeowner…
Marriage isn’t easy. And the military can make it even harder. Some military marriages can withstand the strain. Others can’t and end in divorce. Mine was one of those marriages that didn’t make it. After a 13-year marriage, I divorced my then-active duty husband following the one-year legal separation required by the state. More than a decade later, I still live in an area with a dense military population, and many of the military spouse friends I had before my divorce are still my friends now that I’m no longer one myself. So with this perspective, what have I learned…
The Firearms Policy Coalition is an interesting organization. On one hand, they do amazing work challenging gun laws, even allegedly having a special printer just for printing them out. It’s fantastic, even if it’s not entirely true. I honestly don’t care, because the work is what matters, not the marketing. They’re also the group most likely to tell an anti-gunner to perform anatomically improbable sexual acts upon their own person, and do it in style.I like that.I also like the press release they put out recently.Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that its legal team…
A U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led him to leave the country. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, on Friday pardoned Sae Joon Park, a 57-year-old who was born in South Korea and had lived in the U.S. since he was 7, erasing two convictions he had in the state. She also pardoned five other individuals in the state. “Today, I am granting clemency to six individuals who have displayed positive changes in their lives and will dedicate themselves to bettering their communities—they earned their second chance…
Graphite is a powerful commercial spyware product capable of entering a smartphone without its owner clicking a link, opening an attachment or knowingly downloading anything. Developed by Paragon Solutions, the technology has been connected to surveillance targeting journalists and immigration activists in Europe. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also holds a $2 million contract with Paragon, raising questions about how American authorities may use the technology. How Graphite Secretly Compromises Phones Graphite belongs to the same category of commercial surveillance technology as Pegasus, the better-known spyware developed by NSO Group. Both are classified as mercenary spyware, meaning private companies develop…
The gun debate is one of those things where both sides are trying to take advantage. I’d call it a game if the stakes weren’t so high. Both sides make arguments, and the other side tries to punch holes in them. This is reasonable and natural, even if I don’t like how the other side carries out their part.Still, fair is fair, I suppose, and free speech means they have a right to say idiotic things. That’s just how it has to be.But it doesn’t mean I leave the level of stupidity I encountered on…
Take the guesswork out of progressing toward your fitness goal, and start measuring and reporting. According to Pearson’s Law: “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement increases.” If you want to see results, you cannot rely on hard work and luck alone; you must consider all the factors that affect your progress. For fitness, health and weight management goals, this means programming, intensity, consistency, recovery and nutritional intake. Yes, for best results, measuring calories “in” and calories “out” will be a major part of the data. The Danger of Just…
An extended power outage at a military installation can quickly become a readiness problem. That risk has led the Pentagon to examine whether small nuclear reactors can provide dependable electricity directly on bases. NANO Nuclear Energy is exploring that possibility through an Air Force feasibility study of its proposed KRONOS reactor at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington and, separately, is working with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on a proposed research reactor now under federal review. A microreactor is a nuclear reactor designed to be built largely in a factory and transported to its destination. The designs vary, but they…
Ty Pinkins grew up in the Mississippi Delta, in poverty and with a young mother. He found purpose and structure in the U.S. military that has shaped his life and led to various pursuits, including his current campaign to represent his home state in the United States Senate. Pinkins, who served 21 years in uniform, is running as an independent candidate—one of a handful of veterans running this election cycle without an ‘R’ or ‘D’ behind their names. It will be an uphill battle, however, considering that Mississippi has long been a Republican stranglehold. The last Democrat in Mississippi to…
A seventh suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of Marine Corps veteran Michael Garcia. Garcia, 41, was killed in crossfire during an alleged multi-generational drug feud which took place in April in Houston, Texas. Police arrested six people at the time in connection with the death and identified Byron “BB” Dubose, 24, as a suspect earlier this year, circulating his photo on April 30. Police arrested out-of-state fugitive Byron Dubose, 24, a week ago in connection with the murder. He was arrested in Houston by U.S. Marshals and Harris County law enforcement, according to the New Orleans…
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Marines who already wear a wedding ring can now add a college or commissioning-source class ring. Training and Education Command made the change effective immediately in Marine Administrative Message (MARADMIN) 402/26 released Aug. 28. It rewrites the rings paragraph in Marine Corps Order (MCO) 1020.34H, the same order behind the Uniform App launched in June. The old rule already allowed one inconspicuous ring per hand. Wedding and engagement rings on the same finger counted as one. A class ring stacked with a wedding band did not. A Marine who wears only a class ring was already inside the regulation if…
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A federal rule that has made it easier for Gulf War veterans to receive VA disability benefits is set to expire at the end of the year, giving those who may qualify a narrowing window to act. Under the rule, veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater can be granted disability compensation for a range of chronic conditions without having to prove what caused them. Known as a presumption of service connection, it is scheduled to expire on Dec. 31, 2026, unless the Department of Veterans Affairs extends it again. The stakes fall on veterans whose qualifying conditions have…
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