by Survival Blog | Dec 22, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 3.) Shifting Definitions The person who controls the definitions of words, controls the thoughts of the people. Orwell knew this well as he crafted his dystopian novel, “1984”. In that story, the ruling “Party” used “Newspeak” to control language...
by Survival Blog | Dec 21, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
It is always gratifying to reach the winter solstice, each year. The knowledge that the days will be getting longer is a relief! — On this day in 1898, having recently discovered polonium, future Nobel Prize winners Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the radioactive...
by Survival Blog | Dec 21, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 2.) Denial is a form of selective information. If you can’t succeed in limiting the information that a brainwashing subject takes in, at the very least you can deny that the information they have received is true. Now many politicians and agencies...
by Survival Blog | Dec 20, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
On December 20th, 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, because of a terrorist bombing; in 2003 the government of Libya accepted responsibility for the explosion and in 2004 agreed to compensate the families of the victims. Pictured is the...
by Survival Blog | Dec 20, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 1.) FEAR We are hard-wired to avoid things that ignite fear. This is a central aspect of reward/punishment conditioning that is central to the way humans learn about and adapt to our surroundings. The adrenaline-induced panic that we experience in...
by Survival Blog | Dec 19, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
On December 19, 1777, during the War of Independence, General George Washington led 11,000 regulars to take up winter quarters at Valley Forge on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Philadelphia. — December 19, 1915, French singer and...
by Survival Blog | Dec 19, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
A recent headline read: “Corporate Executive Pays to Deprogram Daughter After Freshman Year”. Years ago, the process of deprogramming might have been reserved for a prisoner of war (POW), or a victim of a cult. Not anymore. A normal adolescent attending any one of the...
by Survival Blog | Dec 18, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
On this day in 1865, by proclamation of the U.S. Secretary of State, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing slavery, officially entered into force, having been ratified by the requisite states on December 6. As a footnote, the slaves in Texas only...
by Survival Blog | Dec 18, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
Looking more like a work of art than a highly functional firearm, the Uberti 1866 Yellowboy Short Rifle in .45 Colt is an elegant combination of both art and function. With a distinctive brass receiver, a 20-inch octagonal barrel, walnut furniture, a tubular magazine...
by Survival Blog | Dec 17, 2023 | SurvivalBlog.com
On December 17, 1862 the Battle of Antietam (aka the Battle of Sharpsburg) was fought. It was the bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded, or missing in the first battle on Union soil. — December 17th, 1905, was the birthday of Simo Häyhä, who...
