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Able, Differently Abled, Disabled by David Bock

Able, Differently Abled, Disabled by David Bock

I’m a regular contributor to Blue Collar Prepping, and over the years many posts have addressed things such as Bug Out bags (BOB), Get Home Bags (GHB), and the like. Several articles have also addressed physical limitations and pain management.

One thing that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention lately is actual disabilities and self-perception.

This was driven home to me recently when my doctor advised me to file for disability. I’m only ...

Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike

*First an announcement: A year or so ago, a fan asked if I’d let him set up my blog with AI reading and put it on youtube. The idea being that this way people could listen to it while cleaning or driving or whatever. Since cleaning (or unpacking and setup) only happen around here when listening to audio books, many of whom yes, I’ve heard before, I couldn’t tell him there wasn’t a market. Also he has some financial need he hopes this will help with if he gets enough subscribers.

I’m not whol...

The Memes Are Lit and Don’t Need Help!

This Is Not The End

This is not the end. This is not the end of the beginning, much less the beginning of the end.

I have two questions: First, was that verdict so unexpected? That’s kind of like everyone being surprised by fraud in 2020 after the Potemkin campaign of Joe the Zombie. If the fraud weren’t baked in, they’d have nominated someone else. And in this case, if the verdict weren’t a foregone conclusion, they’d have tried to make the trial more plausible.

Second: are you buying the leftist narrati...

Neo Wishful Thinking

Some weeks ago on twitter, I ran into the fascinating, mildly horrifying phenomenon of “neo feudalists” which like “Democratic Socialism” means institutionalized oppression, but with sprinkles and fun confetti. Yes, I’m being dismissive. Brutally and bluntly dismissive, just as I’m dismissive of the idea that us becoming monarchists would fix everything that hails us and be much much better than what we have.

I am mildly horrified that these strains of so called “thought” occur at all. Th...

The Problem With Monarchy and Democracy – By Francis Turner

The Problem With Monarchy and Democracy – By Francis Turner

Winston Churchill had, I think it is fair to say, mixed feelings about democracy. In addition to the quote above he also said that the best argument against democracy was a five minute chat with the average voter. This no doubt explains why he considered democracy to be the least bad as opposed to being actively good.

Anyway, I don’t recall a Churchill writing where he explained why democracy is least bad so I’m going to expla...

It’s Not Some Grand Plan

So, let’s talk conspiracy theories…

Largely what we’re facing is not a conspiracy, but a prospiracy. Yes, there are conspiracies within it, before you start screaming. We all know about journolist. That one was easy. Look, it’s a highly incestuous field, where people can only get jobs by toeing the political line. Trust me on this, I have friends who are journalists. Any hint of being on the right, and you’re doing the weekly articles with the shopper ads in Podunka Kentucky. Or you do yo...

In Flander’s Fields

It’s now over 100 years since WWI.

We still haven’t digested it.

Some people think that the trauma of WWI is what set the West on the road to insanity. I used to think so, but it’s not that simple.

The path was laid. The war happened because the world was already saturated with hubris and progressivism, and partly the war happened because the idea of world-spanning empires that transcended nationality.

Oh, it was newspapers, and trains, and fast ships. It was conceiving of a w...

These Memes Are Made For Posting

What Comes After

Twenty ears ago, my mother and nephew visited us for a month, from mid-June to mid-July. As you know this is the time of flags out everywhere, even in neighborhoods you’d not expect a lot of them. This amazed the Portuguese contingent, filling them with culture shock.

Portugal flies its flag like most European countries, at various governmental institutions, maybe some large companies. Unless, of course, there is a soccer championship going on, and then you see it everywhere, but as a t...