Tag Archives: questions

The Common Cold

Posted on 01/30/2020 by leftwingsurvivalist

Or, in this case, maybe a not-so-common one. It’s really hard to tell, without running some very specific tests (and probably a DNA analysis). What, that thing I went through a couple of weeks ago?  No. I’m not certain what … Continue reading →

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When Things Get Cold

Posted on 12/05/2019 by leftwingsurvivalist

As promised, I’m going to go very briefly over things to think about as cold weather arrives again… I recently had the opportunity to “camp out” at an SCA event. I use “camping” advisedly, because most of us were in … Continue reading →

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When You Get Sick

Posted on 10/24/2019 by leftwingsurvivalist

Okay, a relatively quick one this week, because I’m out of town. (Not unexpectedly, but… well, it sort of snuck up on me.) This will be a little train-of-thought-ish, and springs from an idea I read about a couple of … Continue reading →

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It Could Happen

Posted on 06/06/2019 by leftwingsurvivalist

On my commute to and from work, I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts lately. (My drive is about 45 minutes one-way with good traffic, and has been up to 3 hours with bad.) I listen to casts on … Continue reading →

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Miscellany

Posted on 04/25/2019 by leftwingsurvivalist

Once again, I’ve been too busy to plan out a nice, meaty, solid post for you all…  So here’s a handful of smaller ones, smashed together. The Report The Special Counsel’s report has been out for a bit now. That’s … Continue reading →

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A Few Realities

Posted on 02/14/2019 by leftwingsurvivalist

No, I’m not talking about the dichotomy between the world most rational people live in, and the one inhabited by the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  (Although those are certainly two vastly different realities.) What I’m referring to would … Continue reading →

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Planning for Success

Posted on 01/17/2019 by leftwingsurvivalist

One of the things that strikes me on a near daily basis is the average person’s lack of a plan. Not only for prepping purposes, but for most parts of their daily life. They don’t plan what they’re going to … Continue reading →

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Back at it

Posted on 12/06/2018 by leftwingsurvivalist

Real World update: 7.2 magnitude earthquake, just outside Anchorage. As I keep saying, don’t prep for the “End of the World;” rather, prep for what could happen where you are. Anchorage, unfortunately, gets hit in lots of ways. They’ve got … Continue reading →

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Not By Yourself

Posted on 10/25/2018 by leftwingsurvivalist

Well, crunch time is almost here–we’re under two weeks to the mid-terms. This is it, folks! My next post will be after we’ve determined if we want to keep going with this marvelous experiment of ours (Democracy), or if we … Continue reading →

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Ancestral Hard Times

Posted on 10/11/2018 by leftwingsurvivalist

I was trolling about the internet the other day, as I’m wont to do, and stumbled across and interesting site: Next Preppers. Their stock-in-trade seems to be list posts, of the “X items that will help you survive the apocalypse” … Continue reading →

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