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Entries from July 2008

Ranger Man’s Political Philosophy: Left, Right, or Totally WHACKED!?

July 19th, 2008 · 13 Comments

Read this comment from my last post:
Hey RM, I had just ordered you one of those DeWalt AR-15s as a birthday present and then I read your post bagging on my Goonies-type booby trap and so . . . . I canceled the order.
To really drive you nuts, I contributed the cash I would […]

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Tags: Miscellaneous

How to Store Dried Beans for 143 Years

July 17th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Yeah right (storing beans), while that information might be useful, writing such a post would excite me about as much as . . . well it wouldn’t excite me at all. Describing the intricacies of corrugated cardboard would be more exciting. The truth is, I don’t have a specific topic for today’s post, just a […]

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Tags: Miscellaneous

Beirut “Buns and Guns” Restaurant is Now Open

July 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments

It’s finally open, for all you SHTF warriors that are making your annual vacation trip to Beirut, Lebanon . . . . errrr . . . . anyone reading this ever been to Lebanon?
In any case - “Buns and Guns” is a restaurant now making the news rounds, deep into Hezbollah land. It’s a theme […]

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Tags: Food for Survival · Miscellaneous

New DeWalt AR-15 Nail Gun on the Market

July 16th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Just when you thought home improvement projects couldn’t get any more fun, introducing the new DeWalt AR-15 nail gun.

It can drive a 6-D nail threw a 2 X 4 at 200 yards. This makes construction a real breeze. You can sit in your lawn chair, and build a fence. Just get the wife and kids, […]

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Tags: AR-15

The Buckmaster - SHTF Survival Knife on Roids

July 14th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Question: How is a SHTF Samurai supposed to play Rambo without a beefy ass survival knife?
Answer: He (or she) isn’t.
My Buckmaster story:
When I was a kid, it must’ve been like 1985 or so, I went with my father to an Army Navy store in Bar Harbor, Maine (side note to tourists: visit Bar Harbor, spend […]

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Tags: Equipment

Controversial new New Yorker Cover Hits the Stands

July 13th, 2008 · 27 Comments

Holy Barack Obama is a terrorist! At least, that’s the way he and his wife appear on the latest cover of the New Yorker magazine. This thing is causing an uproar. Check it:

The New Yorker is, of course, saying the cover is satire, a play on how the right wing is seeking to portray him. […]

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Tags: SHTF News