Category Archives: TEOTWAWKI

Very Cool Stuff: A dad and IRLP (that’s Ham Radio lingo) and panning for gold

Posted on 28 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As some of you know, I have been studying for my Ham Radio license.  I am squared away with the Technician’s License material and could do that exam at any time, but right now life is really – excuse the … Continue reading →

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“A successful EMP would send the United States spiraling back to the 18th century”

Posted on 12 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Foundry:
U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP
Bryan KimbellMay 12, 2012
An article recently published by the Los Angeles Times discusses how solar storms pose a grave threat to Earth. Mike Hapgood, a space weather scientist in England, says that the … Continue reading →

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The Euro… dark days ahead

Posted on 11 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was living in Rome when the Euro was introduced. I cursed the day, the Euro, and the inflation it caused, knowing well that it would bring nothing good.
Not long ago I read that Spain may be quietly printing their … Continue reading →

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One of these days… QUAERITUR…

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The 11 year cycle of magnetic forces within the Sun is producing more and larger conditions for solar flares and coronal mass ejections, blasts of charged particles that rocket away from the Sun at millions of miles per hour.
From Spaceweather:
SOLAR … Continue reading →

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I did a very cool thing! And a cameo appearance.

Posted on 3 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I did a very cool thing. The International Space Station was to pass reasonably close to my position, though it would be pretty low on the horizon. I hooked up my handheld radio to an external antenna (a Buddistick) tuned … Continue reading →

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Pres. Obama undermining free-speech.

Posted on 27 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pres. Obama is undermining not just the freedom of religion clause of the 1st Amendment but also free-speech.
Under a new law which Obama signed anyone protected by the Secret Service may request that there be no protests near them.  The … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family And Freedom Before It’s Too Late

Posted on 24 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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We are in a world-wide crisis that encompasses every sphere of our lives.  There is an economic, moral, religious and intellectual decline that threatens to bring down our respective countries.  We are deep within a … Continue reading →

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Of things Lyrid, Saturnine, Solar and TEOTWAWKI

Posted on 16 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Spaceweather comes, first, benign news and, then, news that one of these days is going to precede TEOTWAWKI:
LYRID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is approaching the debris field of ancient Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to … Continue reading →

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When the Global Killer Asteroid arrives, let’s do better than the Great Successor!

Posted on 12 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

How are we going to get Bruce Willis up to 2011 AG5, that killer asteroid that’s heading our way?!?
Don’t ask North Korea’s Great Successor Kim Jong-un!
Whatever their next act is, Ladies and Gents, it’ll be a blast too.
I think I’ll watch … Continue reading →

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Vatican opposes UN promotion of unnatural “marriage”

Posted on 9 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The UN is trying to create a new category of human rights. We have been across this ground before (HERE and HERE).
That right, pushed by the UN, is freedom from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender. Ostensibly, … Continue reading →

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