PA Supreme Court Reaffirms Appellate Decision on Mail Voters Getting a Do-Over With Provisional Ballots

Top O' the BriefingHappy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Kelembra insisted that her Ayahuasca "journeys" convinced her that there was high purpose in her desire to create nothing but…

“It tells me it’s a high priority. And the reason they have the First Amendment is because, you know, the countries people came from, if you spoke your mind, you’d be imprisoned or killed. That’s why you have it. That’s really important. And then the right to bear arms is also really important. That’s there to protect, you know… The Second Amendment is there to protect the First Amendment. As soon as the government can disarm the people, they can do anything they want. And we’ve seen this in one country after another. They take the guns away from the … 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, we look at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA an Even Bigger Disaster Than the Storms Themselves At American Thinker: FEMA an Even Bigger Disaster Than the … The post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

(Continued from Part 1.) Five days prior to landfall Sunday it was time to check the gas in all vehicles and 5-gallon jugs. I had 15 gallons of ethanol free gas for equipment, and I needed to fill up three empty jugs of regular gas for vehicle and farm truck use. I also filled up my truck and my wife’s SUV. This was Sunday before the storm and before panic fuel buying began. My tractor and generator run on diesel. On Sunday I assessed that there was 70 gallons of diesel on hand and that would be enough for getting … The post Hurricane Milton After Action Review – Part 2, by Soyez Ferme appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

October 24, 1836: The earliest American patent for a phosphorus friction match by Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts. Originally, these matches were made quite large — essentially a small torch. In England phosphorus matches were called “Congreves” after Sir William Congreve. But they went by the name loco foco in the United States. The Loco Focos became the name of a radical Democrat faction in the U.S. Congress. They earned that name because they brought some of the newly-invented loco foco matches with them to one of their meetings after hearing that their adversaries had plotted to disrupt the … The post Preparedness Notes for Thursday — October 24, 2024 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

Arno van Kessel and Peter Stassen are two Dutch attorneys who have worked together on several notable cases, particularly those related to the covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath.  One of those covid […]

by Leo Hohmann, Leo’s Newsletter: Democrat operative James Carville is the latest to say that, if Trump wins, Americans need to ‘take up arms’ against the government. It is truly mind blowing how certain elements of our society are ramping up the vitriol ahead of this election. There is apparently nothing to which they won’t […]

Before they became farmers, Lore Apesteguy was working at an arts center in Strasbourg, France, giving tours of exhibitions, and her partner, Alexandre Chevalier, an engineering graduate, was unhappily employed at a large corporate company. In 2019, they decided to make a radical change and left France to learn about permaculture farming for a year in northern Colombia. On their return, the pair contacted various farms to volunteer and continue their development, but they struggled to find jobs or apprenticeships. That is, until one day, when they discovered an initiative in the southwest of France that is helping young people become the country’s next generation of farmers via low-risk, small-scale and closely-supported projects — and thereby helping create ultra-local networks of organic, seasonal and low-carbon produce for city-dwellers. Apesteguy and Chevalier are renting out a two-hectare plot. Credit: Peter Yeung The so-called “Green Belt” project, which began in the French municipality of Pau, rents out modest, two-hectare plots of farmland near the city that are already prepared and equipped at an affordable rate for fledgling farmers. “The Green Belt corresponded perfectly to our needs,” says Apesteguy, 30. She and Chevalier, 28, have run their farm in Rontignon on the outskirts of Pau since February 2022. “It’s very difficult to find farming land here. And even then we would have needed a bank loan, which we would have almost certainly been refused.” Prospective farmers, who must submit detailed proposals for their farm projects, are connected with city markets and local restaurants for sales as well as a subscription service that allows deliveries of food crates to consumers. Through the process, technical advisers working for the Green Belt provide mentoring and technical support on the latest methods, such as robotic systems, new crop species and irrigation optimization. More than 40 different types of fruit and vegetables are grown at Cultivate! Credit: Peter Yeung During the summer agricultural peak in July, Apesteguy and Chevalier’s farm, known as Cultivate!, is a picture of fertility. More than 40 different types of fruit and vegetables are grown on the site, a wedge of land in the shadow of the Pyrenees Mountains, including bok choy, fennel, leeks, turnips, beetroot, basil, sweet potato, cucumber and watermelon. By choice, all their work is done by hand, i.e. without the aid of machines, to maximize flavor and minimize emissions,  and largely follows permaculture methods such as reusing garden waste as fertilizer. “We like that it’s small scale,” says Apesteguy, her hands still muddy from potting seedlings. Crushed by negative news? Sign up for the Reasons to be Cheerful newsletter. [contact-form-7] The pair were drawn to farming for environmental reasons — and for the benefits of working in nature every day. “It’s really cool that this is my office,” adds Apesteguy. The Green Belt efforts began after authorities in Pau realized that their local food system could collapse amid a looming crisis of mass farmer retirements. In 2019, a survey carried out by the municipality revealed that as many as 70 percent of farmers in the region were due to retire or close their farms within the next decade.

In his spy novel Red Sparrow, ex-CIA agent Jason Matthews sheds light on a real-life school in the former Soviet Union that trained female agents in sexpionage, teaching them how to seduce targets during intelligence operations. At southeast Moscow’s State School #4, students learned a wide range of skills directly and indirectly related to setting […] The post 10 Intriguing Things about Former Soviet Sexpionage Schools appeared first on Listverse.