Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Regarding Politics and the narrowing of the presidential candidate pool: We are doomed, yea.

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Tornadoes in the southeast the other day. On the one hand, a tornado is, I suppose, something of a surprise event in that you dont get a few days notice about it like a hurricane. On the other hand if you live somewhere that tornadoes occur every year how can you ever really be surprised? I was perusing the usual forums seeing if there were any posts from people who had been through the tornadoes but havent found much yet. I always find these after action reports interesting and informative. Learning from someone else’s unfortunate experience is always a better choice than learning from your own.

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Went to a gun show today. Small show, even by Montana standards. I saw exactly one AR-15, no AKs, FALs, or similar guns. Maybe it was the size of the show. Maybe it was people deciding to hold onto their stuff until they see how the near future turns out. Who can say? It just reinforces my belief that my stocking up on certain goodies is not a waste of resources. Buy it now while you can. If nothing happens you wont regret your purchases and if something does happen you’ll really be glad you acted.

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One thing I did encounter at the local gun show was one of the new Magpul brand AR magazines. Seemed like a well-thought out product. Historically, I’ve never been a fan of plastic AR mags. The Thermolds and Orlites seemed hit-or-miss in terms of reliability, the Ramline ‘combo mag’ sucked immensely (remember those? Supposed to work in an AR, AR180 or Mini14 interchangeably. You were lucky if it worked in any one of those), and various other ones didnt seem to work as good as the genuine article. One exception, I have been pleased with the Eagle brand clear plastic mags…although they dont have a last shot holdopen. Their Mini14 mags, by the way, were the best aftermarket mag for the Ruger, in my opinion. Hey, speaking of Ruger…they are apparently shipping their Mini’s with factory 20-rd mags these days. Apparently some policy changes have finally occurred since Bill’s demise.

Anyway, the Magpul product looks good and I may pick one up to try out. If I do, I’ll letcha know what I think.

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Peak oil, 2012, global drought, global warming, Election Day 2008….pick your poison.