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“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
- Luke 2:14
U.S. gas prices gall to lowest point since 2021
Cross country winter storm to dump snow and rain during Thanksgiving travel weekend
Software glitch linked to solar flares prompts Airbus recall, interrupts travel
Trump declares air space over Venezuela closed to airliners amid tensions with Maduro
Preparedness Notes for Saturday — November 29, 2025
Following several national debt defaults (in 1557, 1575, and 1596), on November 29, 1596, King Philip II of Spain ordered the devaluation of the country’s silver coinage. This included the famed Spanish Ocho Reales de Plata (“Pieces of Eight”) silver coin. By the 1630s, most coin mintings had 20 to 30% less silver than previously required. This debasement, combined with their sovereign debt, eventually led to the decline of the Spanish empire. — On November 29, 1890, the first US Army – US Navy football game was played, at West Point. The score: Navy 24, Army 0. — Today is …
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Update: Charity, Civility, Community, and Hope
JWR’s Introductory Note: This is an update to an article that I wrote for SurvivalBlog in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — Whilst pondering the various possibilities for the future, it is easy to get caught up in the minutiae of radio frequencies, milligram dosages, microns of filtration, calibers, and calories per ounce. (You’ll read plenty of those details in SurvivalBlog. But in doing so. we can easily lose sight of bigger, far more …
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Editors’ Prepping Progress
To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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The Editors’ Quote Of The Day:
“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” – Psalm 100 (KJV)
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What is Elon Musk’s ‘Communist Utopia?’
Why Does Sen. Sanders Want to Toss Consumers to Loan Sharks?
After the Republic, Redux
Mullin: Biden Left Behind Afghan Allies, Brought in People Who Weren't Allies
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Will Cain Show,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that there should be a close examination of Afghans in the U.S. and stated that the Biden administration was more concerned with numbers, and
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CNN's Perez: Some Afghans 'Bought Backgrounds from Brokers', 'There's Been a Struggle' to Ensure Vetting Was Right
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez stated that while Afghans from the unit that the suspected shooter of two members of the National Guard were vetted, “there’s been a struggle, too, to try
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November 29th – 2025 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day 314
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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Saturday November 29th – Open Thread
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 Still Hour – Part 8
Stillwater – December 1, 2025 “I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. ” ~ Ps 104:33, 34 “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;” […]
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