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00:00:05 Speaker 1: There are three hundred billion strikes of lightning in the atmosphere of planet Earth each year, equaling one hundred strikes of lightning…

September 29th, 1668, the English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers of France arrived at Nemiscau River aboard the Nonsuch. This was the genesis of the Hudson Bay Company. The company soon developed wealth and influence that rivaled nation-states. In June of 2025, (357 years later), the company declared bankruptcy.  — September 29th, 1881, was the birthday of economist Ludwig von Mises. (He died October 10, 1973.) — September 29th,1915: The first transcontinental radio telephone message is sent by the U.S. Navy radio station at Arlington, Virginia, to the naval radio station at Mare Island, San…

Cartridge shortages are periodic and have a variety of catalysts. A few of the reasons include armed conflicts thousands of miles away, heightened defense procurement to discourage them, raw material shortages, rumors and more. Hoarding and gouging are common byproducts that amplify the pain. Thankfully we are not experiencing one right now, although their frequency and challenges haven’t escaped the notice of Tampa, Fla.-based D&M Holding Company. The firm specializes in design and manufacture of ammunition and energetics equipment and turnkey factories for customers worldwide to support the defense and sporting markets. D&M Holding was established in 2018 by Dan…

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: What Does Donny Osmond Call Marie? Osmosis Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.   Read the full article here

Editor’s Introductory Note:  This guest article was written by our friend and fellow blogger, Patrice Lewis. Her entertaining and informative Rural Revolution blog has been published several times a week since 2009. We highly recommend bookmarking it. – JWR — Last year, we bred Maggie, our Jersey heifer, to a neighbor’s young Angus bull.   It was a convenient arrangement, and little Stormy was the product of that breeding.   But our neighbors no longer have that little bull, so we were trying to figure out how to get Maggie bred this year. After some discussion, we decided to use…