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“Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.” – James Russell Lowell The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, a brief examination of Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer. National Guard Use for LA Protests Ruled Illegal The Associated Press reports: Trump’s use of National Guard during … The post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

Certain observers would say that I have an unhealthy obsession with punctuality. The fact that those observers are my children does not necessarily mean that they are correct. Children have been known to misunderstand their parents. They may even rebel against their upbringing by arriving at events exactly on time rather than 30 minutes early. Thus, the world spirals into decay. In any case, accurate time keeping is as a balm to my soul. If civilization collapses and chaos ensues, I want to know exactly what time it is when everything goes down. In June of 2023, SurvivalBlog published my … The post Timex Expedition Field Post Solar Watch, by Thomas Christianson appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

On this day in 1618, the “Rodi” avalanche destroyed the town of Plurs, Switzerland (now Piuro, Italy, pictured) at the base of Monte Conto, killing 1,500 residents. — September 4, 1862 is the fateful day that General Lee invaded the North with 50,000 troops. — Today’s feature piece is a product review that was authored by SurvivalBlog staffer Tom Christianson. — We are in great need of entries for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest.  Round 120 ends on September 30th, so get … The post Preparedness Notes for Thursday — September 4, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

President Trump on Wednesday said that Hamas could end the war in Gaza if they “IMMEDIATELY give back all 20 hostages.” But Hamas has repeatedly offered to return all remaining hostages and did so again this week. Surely President Trump knows this. Israel has rejected those hostage exchanges because it would require them to leave the Gaza Strip — something they refuse to do. Meanwhile, a recently leaked document outlines a Trump-approved plan to transform a depopulated Gaza into a high-tech, AI-powered hub dubbed the “GREAT Trust” — essentially a Riviera-style development project to revitalize the region’s economy. It is a vision for “a US-led multilateral custodianship” lasting a decade or longer and leading to “a reformed Palestinian self-governance after Gaza is “demilitarized and de-radicalised.” In other words: while Trump touts hostage returns as the single path to peace, his administration also quietly floated a plan that treats Gaza as a blank canvas for elite development — one that requires de facto control over the territory and sidelines any meaningful political negotiation. The post Hostages or High-Rises? Trump’s Contradictory Gaza Strategy appeared first on Redacted.

Flattery does seem to go far with President Trump, so you can’t blame Pfizer for suggesting that the President receive a Nobel Peace Prize for Operation Warp Speed that brought the world the Covid vaccines during the first Trump administration. On Monday, President Trump said that he wanted an investigation into the operation and suggested that Pfizer was not transparent about the vaccine’s data. Duh! In response, Pfizer released this statement saying this: “Under President Trump’s leadership, American innovation led the world, helping prevent economic collapse and saving more than 14 million lives globally. Operation Warp Speed restored consumer confidence, saved over $1 trillion in health care costs due to reductions in serious illness and avoidance of hospitalizations, and rapidly scaled up domestic production. This American leadership also delivered a new platform that may drive significant innovation in cancer research. Such an accomplishment would typically be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, given its significant impact.” But this is not the answer the public deserves. People deserve real answers to real questions: Why wasn’t the vaccine ever tested for transmission before it was rolled out? Why were side effects downplayed, dismissed, or ignored? Why was it approved for healthy children and young adults, who faced minimal risk from the virus but maximum risk from side effects? Why have subsequent vaccines not been trialed? And why were voices of caution silenced, ridiculed, or censored in the name of “science”? The Nobel Prize is not accountability. What the world needs now is truth and transparency — not more press releases designed to flatter presidents and protect profits. The post Pfizer Floats Trump for Nobel While Dodging Vaccine Questions appeared first on Redacted.

A storm of outrage is growing in Canada after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ordered the killing of nearly 400 ostriches at a farm in Edgewood, British Columbia. The shocking twist? The birds are healthy. A handful of ostriches tested positive for avian influenza earlier this year, but the rest of the flock shows no sign of illness. Still, under CFIA’s rigid “stamping-out” policy, all of them must be killed to prevent any chance of the virus spreading or mutating. And now the clock is ticking — their execution date is just days away, with farmers and activists scrambling to save them. Why Critics Are Furious Not sick, but sentenced: Activists, lawyers, and scientists say the ostriches may hold natural resistance and valuable antibodies that could inform future disease prevention. Killing them means destroying that genetic stock without study. Alternatives ignored: Animal welfare groups argue Canada could quarantine, research, or relocate the birds rather than impose blanket extermination. International voices step in: Figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz have urged Canada to spare the flock. Dr. Oz even offered to relocate them to his Florida ranch. Still, the CFIA insists mass culling protects trade and public health. Opponents say it’s a case of bureaucratic overreach — one that wipes out an entire herd of rare animals for optics, not science. Even some local landfills have refused to accept ostrich carcasses, adding to the protest momentum. Canada’s decision pits public health policy against common sense compassion. The ostriches aren’t sick. Killing them may shield officials from risk on paper, but it also destroys an opportunity to learn something vital about resilience to avian flu. The post Public Outcry as Canada Orders Mass Slaughter of Healthy Ostriches appeared first on Redacted.

California, Oregon, and Washington just launched a “West Coast Health Alliance” — basically a liberal state mini-CDC that will issue its own health recommendations outside the federal system. They claim it’s about “upholding scientific integrity” because the CDC has “lost credibility” under Trump. But let’s not forget: these are the same states that enforced some of the harshest COVID policies in the nation — years of school closures, job-killing mandates and even playgrounds wrapped in yellow tape. None of it was ever backed by real science. Even Dr. Fauci admitted the six-foot rule “just appeared,” and current FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has said infection-acquired immunity was always real but ignored to promote vaccines. Now those same governors want to be the new guardians of “science”? What they’re really building is another bureaucracy — one that could pressure insurers to cover unproven drugs and vaccines. On paper, insurers don’t have to follow them. But with tens of millions of residents, these states represent huge markets. If insurers bow to political pressure, state-level science could become a de facto national standard — driving up premiums for everyone. Meanwhile, in Florida, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced that he will end all vaccine mandates, not just for Covid, as well as run a state-level MAHA board to ensure that the CDC’s own recommendations are properly implemented there. Dr. Ladapo has been one of the few willing to speak honestly about the science from the very beginning. He opposed lockdowns and mask mandates, and he was among the first to warn about vaccine risks, particularly for young men. For that honesty, he was hounded out of UCLA in California — punished for actually trusting the science. And now here’s the contrast: West Coast governors are inventing new clown bureaucracies to rubber-stamp pharma, while Florida is demanding accountability and transparency from the very institutions that lost the public’s trust in the first place. And Gavin Newsom’s sudden concern about “political games” at the CDC? Spare us. He said nothing when the CDC censored speech, misrepresented trials, or when the FDA tried to bury data for 75 years. Bottom line: the same politicians who wrecked livelihoods during COVID now want even more control over your health. Why trust their “science” this time, when states like Florida are showing there was always another way? The post Newsom’s Health Alliance: More Politics, Less Science appeared first on Redacted.

by James Howard Kunstler, All News Pipeline: We are living in what I call the 3rd Arc of American history, a period as consequential as the American Revolution and the U.S. Civil War.” —Gen. Michael Flynn Yellowed leaves were already dropping here in August with the lack of rain and tomatoes won’t turn red when the […]