On February 9th, 1540: The first recorded horse race meeting in England was held at Roodee Fields in Chester. Horse races are still regularly held there. — February 9th, 1555:  My 17th great-grandfather, Dr. Rowland Taylor (born 6 October 1510) was burned alive at the stake during the Marian Persecutions, for professing that Bible scripture is inerrant. He died singing hymns. His martyrdom is described in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. – JWR — February 9th is the birthday of gun writer Major George Charles Nonte Jr. (Born 1926, died June 30, 1978.) — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another …

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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) In Part 1, I presented an overview of the Super Safety and why it was chosen. Now, I will move on to describing some details on installation and function checking. This will cover the modifications to install a Super Safety on only a standard 5.56mm AR-15. The MP5 and AR9 models of the Super Safety are very popular but do require extra parts as well as some other considerations. A successful 5.56 install will help you get used to what you’re dealing with, since it is by far the most straightforward. Parts …

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The following recipe for Sauerkraut is from SurvivalBlog reader Mrs. Alaska. She writes: “You can ferment any vegetables, but perhaps the best known is cabbage. This is easy to do, and worthwhile. It will last for months in a refrigerator (or cool space). Fermented vegetables of any kind (like kimchi) benefit our gut biome, digestion, and immune system. Note 1: you will need more cabbage than you expect, because salting it will diminish the volume. Note 2: Different types of cabbage will impact the final volume and crunchiness. So use what you have for a first batch, and then try …

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Today’s graphic: A map showing all of the agricultural land in the world. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.

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“It’s paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.” – Andy Rooney

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Trump on Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘One of the Worst Ever’ President Donald Trump on Sunday gave his review of Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Spanish language-only Super Bowl halftime show, and as usual, he did not mince words. ‘Absolutely Terrible’: “The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, ever,” he […]

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread. Posted in […]

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […]

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The Turning Point USA All-American Halftime show kicked off Sunday night to millions of fans who streamed the patriotic event online, an alternative to Bad Bunny's Spanish-only Super Bowl 60 intermission that ended with the Puerto Rican pop star making a politically charged immigration message.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took a calculated risk only three months after her October 2025 election victory when she dissolved the Japanese Parliament and called for a snap election. The high-stakes gamble paid off, with Japanese voters handing her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a big super-majority Sunday. Takaichi said in a January press […]

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Leftist protesters gathered outside Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where the NFL’s Super Bowl LX was being played, to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Video footage posted to X by TMZ showed a huge crowd of protesters

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Many fans took to social media to bash the NFL's Halftime Show featuring rapper Bad Bunny for being in Spanish and even for being "boring."

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