A satisfying evening last night for the Zero…. put the lovely six cases of recent-manufacture MRE’s away (while calculating in my head what it does to my how-long-could-I-feed-myself timeline), set up my USMC Combat Tent and checked it for condition, and then sat around and stroked the FAL a while. Also straightened up the bunker a bit. I really, really, need to get more/better shelving down there and since I have the tools and lumber at the moment theres really no reason for me NOT to do it. Interestingly, what I dont have at the moment is the time. I have company visiting tomorrow so this evening will be full of household stuff.
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WalMart, particularly SuperWalmarts, are rapidly replacing CostCo as my first choice for bulk preparedness purchases. They simpy have a much larger selection that the typical CostCo. More importantly, they sell a far, far, broader selection of food items. And while lotsa guns & ammo are nice to have, a well-stocked pantry is even better.
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Once in a blue moon I listen to Coast To Coast AM on the radio…you know, getting my fill of alien conspiracies, trilateral conspiracies, impending asteroids-collision theories and that sort of thing. But, once you sift through all that stuff you sometimes find a nugget or two of info. One such nugget was someone explaining that Al-Qaeda really hasnt pulled anything off in the US since September 11, 2001 and that if they dont manage to pull off another attack soon theyre going to have lost whatever credibility (such as it is) that they have. Thus, the speaker was postulating that Al-Qaeda needs to do some kind of attack in the US to show that Bush didnt cripple them. The most spoken about times? Right before the election and also inaugural day. Hmm..I dunno..the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays would seem like a pretty good opportunity – lotsa travellers in one place, security stretched thin, etc, etc.
Notes From The Bunker
When are we gonna get a taste-test report on a selection of the new MRE’s 😉
coast-to-coast AM
….the most interesting thing on the radio at 1AM. Unless you are listening to a police scanner in a decent-sized city.
Re: coast-to-coast AM
Or in my case being *on* said scanner in a decent sized city bordered on both sides by huge ass cities. Talk about interesting.
It would be a radical departure from their usual methods for Al-Qaeda to trigger an attack on a culturally significant day.
Worldwide, they just haven’t seemed to care what other relevance the day might have when timing their attacks.
Like the military, instead of planning for “important” dates, they seem to plan for when they are ready to go.
I would think of an attack on a “special” day as a sign that their organization has been severely damaged and undergone a radical leadership change.
an attack?
only might see one if kerry might look to be the winner. which nation did you think trained these bastards in the first place? wake up world! Wildflower
Worldwide, they just haven’t seemed to care what other relevance the day might have when timing their attacks.
Except, of course, for that whole Spanish bombing thing before their elections, right?
Yes, that’s why I specified “culturally significant” but didn’t mention “politically significant,” and why I mentioned that timing attacks to take place on meaningful days might reveal a change in leadership. (I will add it may also signify a change in organizational structure.)
I wasn’t saying that such attacks are not going to occur, I was making a thumbnail analysis of what such attacks might tell us about the organization today.