Quote from: Biggie Smiles on February 15, 2026, 11:24:09 PMI ain't eating no fucking squirrel by the way

fuck that

You don't know what you're missing.  Squirrel is quite tasty.  Especially fat ones like the ones in my yard that have been feasting on walnuts for years.

And they're easy to cook too.  You just skin and gut them, drive a stick through its ass and out the gullet (assuming you've decapitated it while skinning it) and roast it over a nice and cheery hardwood fire.  You'll know when it's done because your mouth will start watering from the smell.  A pinch of salt and you're good to go.

Quote from: formosan on February 15, 2026, 01:37:59 PMI agree Garraty_47.....the same people repeating the same insults is tedious to read..

Politics has become repetitive too.....I'm not saying I'm not affected by issues....it's the predictable partisan side of politics that I avoid.....I feel you  do that too.

you mean you are not piqued with interest to see whatever it is that X will post next after he goes on one of his drooling, pants wetting tirades that usually consist about two dozen stupid emojis in rapid succession? 

and during one of those few and far between times he does manage to muster up enough brain power to complete a whole sentence or two it's usually to screech about Dove using "words" to convey human thought.

How dare she, I know.

I ain't eating no fucking squirrel by the way

fuck that

Quote from: Reggie Essent on February 15, 2026, 11:00:50 PM  Dude!  Now that's taking hoping for the best and planning for the worst to a whole new level.

I've always kept a stock of water, ammo and emergency MREs in my basement since I moved up on this hill almost 30 years ago, and I keep my pantry well stocked with non-perishables for the Zombie Apocalypse.  The spring down by the pond is just a bonus, and just the squirrels in my trees would feed me for weeks, not to mention the Canadian Geese and ducks that frequent my pond.

Like I said, I should be OK.

Yeah... I ain't fucking around. For me it started with hurricane prepping as here in Florida we get lots of those

but being on the front lines of the cyber security world and seeing what's going on -- stuff I can disclose publicly and stuff I can't - I'm convinced something very bad is close at hand

One thing I can say is that during this latest government sponsored seminar the major concerns centered around full grid down for a longer timeframe than usual. Much longer.. as in weeks, possibly months. And of course, with major power outages come supply chain catastrophes which could last several months longer.

Forget about just in time supply chain 

and the main drivers causing the concern were three factors

Insider threat - They are VERY worried that key areas of our infrastructure have been infiltrated by people who have hostile intent to the US  and are specifically targeting the grid and/or our delicate supply chain


Overuse of an aging grid - AI and Electric vehicles  -- major strain on the grid. All those recent cloud outages you were told were related to DNS? Bullshit. DNS is nothing more than a human friendly name to ip address mapping system.  DNS re-propagates in 30 seconds or less  if you know what the fuck you are doing and have your TTLs setup correctly. There is NO UNIVERSE where DNS could have caused such massive outages worldwide across ALL THREE Major cloud providers.

Dns was the cover story. The real problem was the massive over consumption of electricity used to power all those GPUs -- get a nice hot day this summer and I'm pretty sure we'll have another set of rolling and sustained outages 


And last but not least = A cyber attack  - Now anyone who is anyone in this field knows that critical infrastructure is supposed to be air gaped for this very reason. But we all know what happened to Iran's air gaped nuclear program don't we? Couple this with the insider threat and you have a serious problem on your hands.

oh, and did I neglect to mention that some of the biggest supply chain logistics companies are having a sudden and intensified interest in Disaster Scenario planning, table top exercise and penetration tests? I got 2 new engagements just this past month.

wonder why.

My lady used to think I was going nuts until I showed her the data. Now SHE's out there with the mylar bags and oxygen absorbers too 

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on February 15, 2026, 10:16:41 PMI built my own rain water catchment system using a quick swap out on my existing gutters that will fill a 55 gallon drum

terracotta pots, gravel, sand and activated charcoal for water purification. 1000s of water purification tabs. About 25 pounds of pool shock because it is powdered chlorine that lasts for decades to clean the water. Clear jugs (x 10) for rain water to collect UV rays

I have backups to the backups

at 300 ft garden hose with a special filtration fitting I built that I put in the lake once shit hits the fan. Connected to a car battery with a DC pump that has it's own dedicated solar panel / inverter -   painted black to absorb sunlight and is purposely coiled about 100 of the feet.

hot water for bathing with no electricity anyone?

And the list goes on and on. Food ammo (lots of ammo) guns.. swords... all kinds of shit.

I'm even considering making some body armor.

You read about people "bugging out" during a shit hit the fan situation.

I'm bugging in... and my house is a well stocked fortress. If after 2 years shit is still toast then I'm fucked... but at that point shit aint never coming back and do I want to be around anyway?

    Dude!  Now that's taking hoping for the best and planning for the worst to a whole new level.

I've always kept a stock of water, ammo and emergency MREs in my basement since I moved up on this hill almost 30 years ago, and I keep my pantry well stocked with non-perishables for the Zombie Apocalypse.  The spring down by the pond is just a bonus, and just the squirrels in my trees would feed me for weeks, not to mention the Canadian Geese and ducks that frequent my pond.

Like I said, I should be OK.

Rubio steps into Munich spotlight as Trump leans on him to carry Vance's populist message abroad

Marco Rubio attends Munich Security Conference following Vice President JD Vance's controversial 2025 speech that stunned European leaders and criticized democratic values.

Source: Rubio steps into Munich spotlight as Trump leans on him to carry Vance's populist message abroad

I built my own rain water catchment system using a quick swap out on my existing gutters that will fill a 55 gallon drum

terracotta pots, gravel, sand and activated charcoal for water purification. 1000s of water purification tabs. About 25 pounds of pool shock because it is powdered chlorine that lasts for decades to clean the water. Clear jugs (x 10) for rain water to collect UV rays

I have backups to the backups

at 300 ft garden hose with a special filtration fitting I built that I put in the lake once shit hits the fan. Connected to a car battery with a DC pump that has it's own dedicated solar panel / inverter -   painted black to absorb sunlight and is purposely coiled about 100 of the feet.

hot water for bathing with no electricity anyone?

And the list goes on and on. Food ammo (lots of ammo) guns.. swords... all kinds of shit.

I'm even considering making some body armor.

You read about people "bugging out" during a shit hit the fan situation.

I'm bugging in... and my house is a well stocked fortress. If after 2 years shit is still toast then I'm fucked... but at that point shit aint never coming back and do I want to be around anyway?

Quote from: Blazor on February 15, 2026, 09:45:30 PMOh yeah, they hardcore, I thought I did good, but they put me to shame lol. I always knew Frood, Biggie, and Lokmar are pretty prepared.

Im mostly good. Creek on the property and filtration. Since my surgery, I've already gone through 6 weeks of food supplies, still could live for another 2 months with what I got lol. I can hunt, but the main thing I keep forgetting to get is SEEDS!!!!

I even stock spare parts, tires, oil, oil filters  and transmission fluid for my cars and spare parts for my well and sump pumps. Got three bicycles ....

I even stock old school DVD players and hundreds of DVDs.. playing cards, board games.. etc

down to the spices bro... the shit no one thinks about about until they are making bland rice and beans every day and wish they were dead instead 

Making a pot of venison chili beans tonight 

Quote from: Herman on February 05, 2026, 09:19:24 PMYour governor is a piece of shit.

You don't have to tell me 

Virginia is cooked, Dems have full control. Its not the state's fault, when you look at us, we are 90% Red, we are just spread out, and Dems have a stranglehold on the cities, but the worst is up by D.C., they work in D.C. but live in Northern Virginia.