The much-awaited memo composed by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee was released Friday. TheMemo (Click to read it) The memo, declassified …
Why the Earth’s magnetic poles could be about to swap places – and how it would affect us
By Phil Livermore, University of Leeds and Jon Mound, University of Leeds, United Kingdom The Earth’s magnetic field surrounds our …
5 mistakes newbies make when conceal carrying
Nervous about using a public restroom? Scared you’ll leave your weapon somewhere accidentally? Don’t know what clothes to wear? Chill …
Why Saying ‘Let Me Know if There’s Anything I Can Do to Help’ is Not Actually Helpful
“Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help you.” In our society, it’s practically required to say …
Fix Yourself
Want to make the world a better place? Start by bettering yourself. Best-selling author and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson explains …
Buying your first firearm? Read this before you shop.
If you’re shopping for your first firearm these days, you have lots of company. One of the more telling signs …
Start a fire with a paperclip and car battery
‘It’s simple to start a fire by connecting a standard paperclip to a car jump starting battery pack and …
Making a flint and steel from a Nicholson file
David West loves his Nicholson cross-hatched file. As he says, you can pick one of these up for about a …
Are Flying Cars Coming to the Skies?
Since the very first science fiction hit the shelves, the world has fantasized about flying objects. For nearly a century, …
The Post Office: Doing All the Wrong Things in All the Wrong Ways
Government is awful at doing…just about everything. In no small part because of the rigid, unyielding dictates of human nature. …
Oops, python kills owner in love squeeze
Dan Brando, a 31-year-old snake owner died of asphyxiation last year at his home in Church Crookham, Hampshire, reports the Daily …
Packing light tip from Lawton
Lawton is one of my favorite people in the world. He’s a potter, chef, bow master and maker, carpenter, crack …
Comedian robbed at gunpoint changes mind on CC
Comedian Tim Young was robbed at gunpoint in Washington, DC, on January 17 and he emerged from the incident determined …
Log Cabin guy shows us how to use a saw.
It’s the middle of a Canadian winter. The bears are hibernating and the deer have moved to their winter deer …
Looking hot! Would you let them do this to you?
After gel, cream and wax, the latest craze in hair styling is here, and it’s a candle! In India, this …
Primitive Culture: How to Cook an Egg in a Potato (Purple Yam, actually!)
A great guide from Cambodia on cooking in a fire pit. Here he bakes eggs in a hard potato-like yam. …
Off-grid cabin from scratch. And an ancient Japanese wood treatment.
Here’s another self-reliance proponent building a cabin off-grid. He’s very talented and brings his roofing experience to bear on his …
Can a $88 fix make your car driverless?
Famous or being the first hacker to jailbreak the iPhone at 17, tech-genius George Hotz is taking on Waymo, Tesla, …
The Streisand Effect and Cody Wilson’s 3-D Printed Gun
Conservation gadflies, Gabrielle Adelman and her husband Ken, took to their Robinson R-44 helicopter, she pilot, he photographer, and snapped …
Latest propaganda (dumba$$) video from ISIS – Destroying Washington
ISIS has released a new propaganda video depicting a full-scale invasion of Washington DC (and, oddly, London.) It’s been cobbled …
Bill Clinton’s shocking dereliction of duty recalled
On January 17th, Buzz Patterson wrote this Facebook post. It is a truly shocking recollection that more people should hear …
Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger
A week or so ago I covered the amazing bio-agricultural chemist, Norman Borlaug, and how he saved India from staving …
You Can Thank American Indians for American Gun Culture
Europeans may have brought the guns, but Native Americans definitely brought the arms culture. It is widely agreed that …
California Has the Highest Poverty Rate in America. Why?
Can you guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the U.S.? Many people would say Mississippi. That’s how …
1st ever ocean surf rescue from a drone
Watch this. A drone detects swimmers in trouble and its operator drops them a flotation device. According to news.com.au two …
Do ticks die in winter?
According to Terminex, the answer to that question is, No. Ticks survive the winter in a variety of ways, but do …
Step-by-Step Guide: How to grow flax and make linen
Linen is such a hardwearing fabric. But it tends to be expensive. After watching this, you’ll understand why! Thank goodness …
A visit from the Leech – some ancient cures that still work today
There’s a book in the British Library called Bald’s Leechbook. It’s an Old English leatherbound, medical textbook, encouraged under King Alfred’s …
Fish antibiotics for when the SHTF
A few days ago I made the suggestion that fish/aquarium antibiotics would work in a desperate situation. This doctor talks …
