U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Rwandan President Paul Kagame during a peace agreement signing ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at the Donald J. Trump Institute…

JWR’s Introductory Note: This is an update to an article that I wrote for SurvivalBlog back in June, 2008. It includes an adenda from my first wife Linda (“The Memsahib”), who passed away in 2009. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — I often stress that a key to survival is not what you have, but rather what you know. (See my Precepts of Rawlesian Survivalist Philosophy web page.) In part, I wrote: Skills Beat Gadgets and … The post Update: Budget Preparedness–Survival Isn’t About Stuff, It is About Skills appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

On this day in 1941 — also a Sunday — Japanese bombers launched a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, precipitating the entry of the United States into World War II. On the same day, Adolf Hitler issued his Night and Fog (“Nacht und Nebel”) Decree, a secret order for the arrest and execution of “persons endangering German security.” — On December 7, 1972, American astronaut Eugene Andrew Cernan commanded the last crewed flight to the Moon, effectively ending the Apollo program. — On Dec. 7, 1787, Delaware became … The post Preparedness Notes for Sunday — December 7, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

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by Ken Macon, Reclaim The Net: The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls. Alaska is advancing plans for a far-reaching redesign of its myAlaska digital identity system, one that would weave “Agentic Artificial Intelligence” and digital payment functions into a unified platform capable of […]

As a general rule of thumb, if you're someone who runs a business, it's never a good idea to alienate your core constituency. From running a sports team, to running a tech company, to running -- oh yes -- a Chick-fil-A, that simple business philosophy can save you a lot of trouble....

There's something seriously wrong with a foster system when the overseeing government turns over children to lesbian couples who abuse, neglect, and torture them. It's proof of yet another failure in government trying to dictate family life, a domain that should instead by centered around the church and Christian values....

Democrats in Congress called for the military to openly defy the orders of the commander-in-chief, but did President Donald Trump actually call for their deaths in response? Last month, Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Pennsylvania Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Chris Deluzio, and...

If the Democrats had their way -- that is, before reality intervened sometime in the early summer of 2024 -- Joe Biden would still be the president of the United States, the most exigent job in the free world. Where's Joe now? Does he even know? Granted, former presidents do...