EP019 GunBlog VarietyCast

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 19

• Blue Collar Prepping - Fitness Preparation

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Cuba

• AlArma - The Perfect Christmas Movie

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Updating is not enough

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Common Sense Gun Safety Reforms”

Blue Collar Prepping - Fitness Preparation

• The Couch-to-5K ® Running Plan - http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/

• Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.guyhoffman.c25k

• iDevice - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/couch-to-5k/id448474423

Felons Behaving Badly

• 'He's got a gun:' Army vet surprises robbers with shotgun - http://www.hpe.com/news/x1736888916/Vet-surprises-robbers-with-shotgun

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0898532&searchLastName=Lackey&searchFirstName=Patrick&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Cuba

• Russia to reopen spy base in Cuba as relations with US continue to sourhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/russia-reopening-spy-base-cuba-us-relations-sour

• History of embargo against Cuba - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba

• Fact Check: Is Cuba a Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/19/fact-check-ted-cruz-cuba-terrorism/20638993/

Strange laws

• California Speed Trap Law - http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=40001-41000&file=40800-40808

AlArma - The Perfect Christmas Movie

• Why is “Die Hard” the perfect Christmas movie - http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2014/12/25/why-is-die-hard-the-perfect-christmas-movie/

• Die Hard - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/

• 3 Godfathers - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040064/

Fun With Headlines

• Mother says baby who could hardly breathe was turned away from urgent care clinic - http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Mother-says-baby-who-could-hardly-breathe-was-turned-away-from-urgent-care-clinic-286437441.html#ixzz3MotvuEr2

Tech Tips with The Barron - Updating is not enough

• 12 million home and business routers vulnerable to critical hijacking hack - http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/12/12-million-home-and-business-routers-vulnerable-to-critical-hijacking-hack/

• Blaster (computer worm) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_%28computer_worm%29

• HTTPS Everywhere - https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

• Is the Internet on Fire? - https://istheinternetonfire.com/

Christmas for Adam and Sean

• My silencer dealer - http://ncsilencer.com/

• Surefire Combatlight - http://amzn.to/13Avmmt

• Sheepskin Trooper hats - http://www.sickafus.com/sheepskin/sheepskin-headwear-gloves-mittens/TRBL.html

• Striplula http://goo.gl/Oagrkp

• Maglula Benchloader - http://youtu.be/JylIzCWRnz0

• Bluetooth Shower Speaker http://goo.gl/eqqe4h

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Common Sense Gun Safety Reforms”

• Common sense gun safety reforms needed after Sandy Hook - http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/12/15/common-sense-gun-safety-reforms-needed-after-sandy-hook/

• So much for the claim that “Nine out of 10 Americans support [expanded] background checks” - http://crimepreventionresearchcenter.org/2014/11/so-much-for-the-claim-that-nine-out-of-10-americans-support-expanded-background-checks/

• Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality - http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/02/17/bloomberg-latest-stats-on-school-gun-violence-ignore-reality/

• Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware - http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/

Stuff that grinds my gears

• So why all the Ferguson hoopla? - http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/198882/