Vikings Used a Gross Survival Firestarter. Here’s How to Make It You have to admire the practicality and ruggedness of our European ancestors: All they needed was some fungus and some boiled piss and they had FIRE! Don’t discount this article! When you understand the chemistry involved it is ingenius!
Category: Historical Study
The German Art of Bunker Building – WW2 Special
Western Hunter-Gatherer facial reconstructions and media manipulation [Short post]
The Battle of the Black Sea
The above video is excerpts from a documentary called The Battle of the Black Sea with fellow Texan and former D-Boy Paul Howe. This is the REAL story of Black Hawk Down told from the perspective of one of the men that was there.
Rooted in the Soil
Rooted in the Soil “Which is why the royal personage who was entombed in Plas Gogerddan in Ceredigion in Wales is so important because just like the ship burial of his ‘significant other’ overlooking the River Deben near Woodbridge in Suffolk, he, like his ancestors, are rooted in the soil of these islands and are…
Finland Winter/Continuation War Movie Recommendations
Since my post on The Winter War I got to thinking about a couple of movies that are definitely worth watching on the subject of Finland’s fight against Communism and true independence in the 20th Century. FYI: As is the case with finding QUALITY movies lately, both of these are foreign productions made out…
Lessons in Community: Preparedness is a Group Activity
SAFETY IN NUMBERS: PREPAREDNESS IS A GROUP ACTIVITY Lone Wolves get eaten. Enhance your preparedness by establishing a squad of like-minded individuals with common-core goals. Think LOCAL, LOCAL LOCAL! Because when the fecal impaction that is FUSA hits the oscillating device, that is all that is going to matter.
Know Your History: Russian Invasion of Finland, The Winter War 1939-1940
H/T VikingLife Blog Never under estimate a people that want to defend their culture and homeland. Holding out for three months against the might of the Soviet War Machine is not bad. Of course you cannot discuss the Winter War without discussing The White Death, Simo Hayha. Simo Hayha is proof that cultivating…
Know Your WW2 Weapons: The Suppressed OSS M3 Grease Gun with a Trigger Booby Trap
The Suppressed OSS M3 Grease Gun with a Trigger Booby Trap I always liked the Grease Gun ever since I saw one in action watching The Dirty Dozen with Lee Marvin and Charlie Bronson with my Dad when I was a kid.
When Men Were Men: Wisdom from a By-Gone Era
This is a collection of short videos of interviews with various Combat Veterans from past wars and conflicts. Take some time and listen to them, you’ll be Amazed at How Much the World and the Military has Changed for the WORSE. Below the First video click on “Read the Full Conversation on Twitter” to watch…