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Recipe: Foil Wrapped Garlic Steak & Potato

JR August 5, 2017 8 Comments
Note: My wife introduced me to this recipe after seeing it over at Lecremedelacrumb.com. This oven or grill steak and potato recipe offers up some savory flavors and can …
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Random Thoughts

Saturday’s – “What on your mind?”

JR August 4, 2017 12 Comments
Here is a place to share things you’ve been thinking about lately. What kind of things? Recent accomplishments in preparedness. Projects being worked on. Thoughts on world events. Recent …
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Random Thoughts

From the Desk of John Rourke – August 4th, 2017

JR August 3, 2017 10 Comments
  It’s interesting that nowadays prepping is far more accepted than prior to 2008/2012 time frames. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ 45 degree AR sights: A question was asked …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – August 3rd, 2017

JR August 2, 2017 11 Comments
  I swear I can feel Fall in the air. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ So I like the way my Condor T&T EDC kit came out. Riding in …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – August 2nd, 2017

JR August 1, 2017 14 Comments
Took off Monday and Tuesday from work to get a few things done. As usual failed to complete as many projects as desired. My youngest and I did pick up …
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Preparedness

Poison Ivy, Oak, and Others

JR August 1, 2017 5 Comments
Note: This post was originally published over at DoomandBloom.net. It has been republished here with permission.   Whether you’re outdoors due to a major disaster or just on a …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – August 1st, 2017

JR August 1, 2017 9 Comments
SITE UPDATE: I’m working on a schedule of what will be posted when. The goal is to be more consistent with content. An example would be posting a review …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 31st, 2017

JR July 31, 2017 1 Comment
  Fantastic weather this past weekend. Cool mornings and mid to low 80’s during the day. Saturday took a trip down the river in our kayaks with some friends. …
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Current Events

Saturday’s – “What on your mind?”

JR July 28, 2017 7 Comments
Here is a place to share things you’ve been thinking about lately. What kind of things? Recent accomplishments in preparedness. Projects being worked on. Thoughts on world events. Recent …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 28th, 2017

JR July 28, 2017 10 Comments
  John McCain has proven once again he has gone to the dark side with his vote against repealing ObamaCare. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ REMINDER: You can join …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 27th, 2017

JR July 26, 2017 15 Comments
  There is an effort underway for California to secede from the Union. The movement is in its infancy. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Here is an interesting and informative …
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VIDEO: Solar Power for Beginners

JR July 26, 2017 7 Comments
I’ve dabbled a bit into solar and love it. When it comes to time efficiency not much beats a solar system of any size that works all day long for …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 26th, 2017

JR July 25, 2017 4 Comments
  Time is flying by. Well over half the year is gone. I cannot begin to imagine what will happen the rest of the year(or next 5 years for …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 25th, 2017

JR July 24, 2017 9 Comments
  This heat has really kicked into high gear. Newer cucumber plants are taking it while squash is begging for mercy. Wifey is tired of all the tomato’s and given …
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Freedom Ordnance FX-9 from Classic Firearms

JR July 24, 2017 10 Comments
Pistol caliber carbines are becoming more and more popular in the firearms market. Back in the 90’s I had a Marlin Camp 9 and that 16″ barrel certainly added …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 24th, 2017

JR July 23, 2017 3 Comments
  This will be a short one as Internet access is sketchy. Severe storms have rolled through the area causing power outages throughout the area. One positive is the …
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Preppers Need to Know Their Limitations

JR July 23, 2017 19 Comments
I was asked recently what my opinion was of SouthernPrepper1’s recent video titled – “Prepper’s will die….No tactics are better than bad tactics“. In the video, SP1 discusses a …
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Random Thoughts

Saturday’s – “What’s on your mind?”

JR July 22, 2017 22 Comments
Here is a place to share things you’ve been thinking about lately. What kind of things? Recent accomplishments in preparedness. Projects being worked on. Thoughts on world events. Recent …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 21, 2017

JR July 20, 2017 16 Comments
  The American Patriot….. DON’T MESS WITH US!!!! We believe in the Constitution. We respect what the Founding Fathers started and the sacrifices they made. We believe this country …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 20th, 2017

JR July 19, 2017 5 Comments
  Thoughts on Emergency Funds: In modern society today there is a large percentile of the population that live paycheck to paycheck. I’ve been there and to put it …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 19th, 2017

JR July 18, 2017 5 Comments
  One of my favorite movies of all time – Red Dawn. I’m talking the original one. What simple times we had back in the early 80’s. Wanted to …
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Guns & Stuff

VIDEO: How to Build an AR-15

JR July 18, 2017 2 Comments
It used to be very cost effective to build your own AR-15. With the aggressive pricing today, complete factory produced AR’s can be had so cheap there is little …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 18th, 2017

JR July 17, 2017 9 Comments
  There are few certainties in life and even fewer in predicting the intricacies of conditions post-SHTF. I often see people flat out state that when the SHTF “gold …
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VIDEO: Fighting Fires with SouthernPrepper1

JR July 17, 2017 6 Comments
  YouTube favorite SouthernPrepper1 has a really good video series on firefighting. I rarely see prepper’s discuss firefighting. You can imagine that fending off potential marauders who may use …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 17th, 2017

JR July 16, 2017 8 Comments
While these memes and videos are pretty funny it is a serious concern when the media is so slanted to one side that they not only drive public opinion …
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Preparedness

Protein For Preppers: Canning Chicken

JR July 16, 2017 11 Comments
Canning meat is an area of preparedness that I have zero experience with. One of the members of the 1776PatriotUSA Facebook Group just started a YouTube channel. Her first …
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Current Events

Saturday’s – “What’s on your mind?”

JR July 14, 2017 25 Comments
Here is a place to share things you’ve been thinking about lately. What kind of things? Recent accomplishments in preparedness. Projects being worked on. Thoughts on world events. Recent …
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Random Thoughts

From the Desk of John Rourke – July 14th, 2017

JR July 13, 2017 9 Comments
  I’ve been approached by vendors wanting me to push their products. Sure. I don’t have a problem with that IF their products are any good AND they send …
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Rourke’s Recommendations

JR July 13, 2017 3 Comments
  Every couple weeks or so I recommend a few things such as movies, books, and an assortment of gear – all kinds of stuff. Some of these are related to …
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From the Desk of John Rourke – July 13th, 2017

JR July 13, 2017 6 Comments
  It’s been a little while since I have promoted Emergency Essentials. The reason is simple – they haven’t had great sales. For the month of July, things look …
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