Well isn’t this special.  So after mandating that his employees take the shot, and then denying it in writing later when the gun community panned his decision, apparently now they’re on a tear to find the one who leaked the memo to the gun community.

The CFO is at the tip of the spear on the hunt.  He’s angry.  Furthermore, those who do not take the shot will have no access to their sick time.  This is punishment for not taking the shot.

So this has almost become unrecoverable for Steve Hornady.  It may be able to be salvaged.  Let’s assume for a moment that Steve isn’t the one doing this, that he is being led by his CFO and/or his HR department.

The immediate solution is to make an example of his CFO and HR department by firing them in front of the employees.  Forthwith unemployed, no returns, no questions asked, no discussion necessary.  Do it.  Fire them all.

Then write a letter to the gun community and beg for forgiveness and explain that you’re not just concerned about money, that you’re committed to liberty and that this message falls right in line with your production of ammunition for lovers of liberty.  Then get in front of your employees and beg for their forgiveness.  Explain that you surrounded yourself with awful people, and that mistake won’t happen again – ever.

Now let’s assume that this is all coming from Steve.  In that case, there is no recovery.  It’s a fait accompli.

This will be a link dump.

ZeroHedge: Something really strange is happening in hospitals all over America.

As for my contact in the medical community, this is mostly massive hemorrhaging.

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination in Vitro.

Remember, the vaccine forces your RNA to tell your DNA to create trillions of the spike.

U.S. Army Doctor Says In One Day She Had To Ground 3 Out Of 3 Pilots For Vaccine Injury.

Of course, at that point she was told to shut up.

Covid Jabs Are Likely Life Shortening.

Vaccines Suppress DNA Repair Mechanisms In Your Cells.

And related.

NIH Admits Fauci Lied About Funding Wuhan Gain of Function Experiments.

But of course he did.  You already knew that, more than a year ago, assuming you’ve been reading TCJ.

Readers are free to add to this link dump.

Aesop posted.  And then posted a second round.

Just a word about Krazy Glue.  Aesop took that to be in regards to treating blisters, and maybe I should have from the original post, but didn’t.

My second son is a violinist, and if he can’t use his fingertips he can’t make a living.  I’ve seen awful cuts on his fingers before because he is also a builder, works on cars, and goes hiking and backpacking.

I’ve seen him glue together cuts before and get right back in the game, no muss, no fuss, functioning body parts, no pain, and no infection.

Of course, there are caveats.  The cut MUST be disinfected.  A friend of mine (MD) prefers something with silver in it.  Ken also writes that the bleeding must be stopped first, or almost so, and he’s right.

In my opinion, including glue in a field med kit is a stroke of genius.  If you gash your heel or hand while hiking (yes I have done both of those before), you’re in trouble, especially with foot injuries, and in danger not only of termination of ability to move, but infection as well.

Of course, WiscoDave also writes that there is a huge difference between a trauma kit and med kit (and perhaps even field med kit).  I understand this as well, and may have the need for multiple kits to meet my needs.

I would consider the difference between an IFAK/Blowout kit and a boo-boo kit.

Gauze pads, Vaseline, ibuprofen, blister care, etc are all things that should, in my opinion, be carried we’ll separated from any initial trauma items.

The idea of sorting through “stuff” to find an Israeli bandage, celox or tourniquet doesn’t appeal to me.

Then again, without a functioning medical system, how survivable is a sucking chest wound or a bicep injury such as at Kenosha? Die fast or die slow?

Also this.

Super glue is great stuff.

So is this

https://www.amazon.com/3M-Durapore-Surgical-Tape-Box/dp/B0007KO1Q2

Same as this, but this is precut

https://www.amazon.com/Frog-Tape-PHOKUS-Research-Pack/dp/B06XP2W1SH

These are great for holding closed, then applying glue to larger cuts

https://www.amazon.com/3M-Steri-Strip-Skin-Closures/dp/B00BMU6CWW

These are also neat to have for chest wounds

https://www.amazon.com/North-American-Rescue-Hyfin-Chest/dp/B00KQS2NGK

I purchased a “whole bunch” of bandages from Israeli First Aid.

Picked this up for the home

https://store.doomandbloom.net/ultimate-family-medical-survival-bag-grab-n-go/

Also.

https://solatac.com/

Yes, I forgot to mention Steri Strips.

Again, I understand that I will have to have a trauma kit and a field med kit, maybe another for taking backpacking, another for the truck, another for the home, etc.  This all runs into some money, yes?

Reader Jeremy writes with this.

Here is what I carry with me:

http://www.dethguild.com/zombie_info/edc-gear-on-person.php

Here is the bag I take when I am plunking around in town and at work:

http://www.dethguild.com/zombie_info/edc-bag-every-day-carry.php

Here is the go-bag in my jeep:

http://www.dethguild.com/zombie_info/bob-bug-out-bag.php

Here is my actual bug-out bag:

http://www.dethguild.com/zombie_info/inch-bag-im-never-comming-home.php

Here is a Duty-belt rig to go along with my BoB:

http://www.dethguild.com/zombie_info/db-kit-duty-belt.php

Here are some first-aid kits I’ve set up:

http://www.dethguild.com/zombie_info/first-aid-kits.php

As for suggestions, I’d get a Tick-key.  They’re pretty handy for removing the devils, and take up almost zero space.  You saw the importance of moleskin already.  Four feet of duck-tape folded on itself in a 2×2 square, a heavy-duty Hefty Outdoor Garbage Bag and about 4 feet of heavy-duty aluminum foil, folded into a small square add nearly zero weight and have a million possible uses.

For knives, the best ban for you buck is a Becker.

https://www.knivesandtools.com/en/pt/-ka-bar-becker-combat-utility-bk7.htm

This comes courtesy of TTAG.

After listening to all of this, I think most of it is right.  Roberts will seek to do the thing that pisses off the fewest people, Kavanaugh seems to be solid on this, and Barrett might be the one who makes or breaks this.

Roberts and Barrett seem to be most concerned about “sensitive” places, and will likely try to circumscribe the RKBA that way.  They seem to be attempting to let just a little liberty seep out without angering the nobility ensconced inside the beltway.

I’ve usually got a firearm nearby, but how close is close enough?

A California woman currently battling cancer has described the terror she felt after being attacked by a bear she found roaming around her kitchen early one morning.

According to Fox 11, Laurel-Rose Von Hoffman-Curzi, 66, from Orinda, suffered a deep laceration to her face which required stitches as well as other puncture wounds, cuts and bruises after being mauled by a bear at her holiday home in North Lake Tahoe last weekend.

Von Hoffmann-Curzi said she had traveled to the property to isolate while she continues to fight stage 4 lymphoma. She was alerted to the presence of someone inside the property after being woken up by loud noises coming from the kitchen at approximately 6 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Upon investigating the noise, she came face to face with a large bear which was skulking around the kitchen refrigerator. What happened next is something of a blur.

“He must have come straight at me,” Von Hoffmann-Curzi told the news outlet. “I have only a vision of the paw. It was dark and then I’m getting torn up.”

She recalled that she was “bleeding and scared and screaming” during the ordeal but still found a way to fight back against the bear, throwing a quilt at the animal and screaming at it.

Though this initially failed to deter the animal, the bear eventually left her house after it saw her husband and son.

Von Hoffman-Curzi was treated in hospital for her injuries and believes she is lucky to be alive following the attack. “I should be dead the way the bear swiped at my face,” she said.

[ … ]

“Anything that has a strong odor to it is really the number one thing that attracts bears to people’s properties,” he told Fox 11.

That explanation certainly tallies with another recent bear-based home invasion, which was reported in California earlier this week. John Holden shared shocking video footage of a small bear eating food off his kitchen counter.

Holden came home to discover his house in disarray with the bear caught polishing off the remains of a bucket of KFC he had left on the work surface. He was in no doubt as to the cause of the break-in, surmising that the smell of the fried chicken was evidently too tempting for the bear to resist.

According to Bearwise, bears are attracted to “anything that smells” and |it doesn’t even need to smell good.”

“Garbage, compost piles, dirty diapers, pizza boxes, empty beverage cans…to a hungry black bear, it all smells like something good to eat,” they warn.

I don’t think I would ever respond to noises in my home without a firearm, but based on the second report, entering and leaving the premises also creates a justification to carry.

You all know that Zinc is one of the necessary daily drills for being healthy, including an effective treatment for Covid.  Here is a recent study that indicates it’s good for other things too.

Many people pop a zinc supplement at the first sign of a cold, and there’s new evidence supporting the habit.

Australian researchers found that the supplements appear to help shorten respiratory tract infections, such as colds, flu, sinusitis and pneumonia.

Many over-the-counter cold and cough remedies offer only “marginal benefits,” the researchers noted, making “zinc a viable ‘natural’ alternative for the self-management of non-specific [respiratory tract infections].”

The study was led by Jennifer Hunter, associate professor at the NICM Health Research Institute at Western Sydney University in Penrith, New South Wales. Her team published the findings Tuesday in the BMJ Open.

According to Hunter’s team, zinc as a nutrient has gained attention from researchers because it’s known to play an important role in immunity, inflammation, tissue injury, blood pressure and in tissue responses to any lack of oxygen.

To learn more about zinc’s potential, the investigators reviewed more than two dozen clinical trials that included more than 5,400 adults.

All were published in 17 English and Chinese research databases up to August 2020. None of them specifically examined the use of zinc for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19.

Lozenges were the most common form of zinc intake, followed by nasal sprays and gels, the research team said. Doses varied substantially, depending on the formulation and whether zinc was used for prevention or treatment.

[ … ]

Dr. Len Horovitz is a pulmonologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He wasn’t involved in the new study, but agreed that “most clinical evidence supports the use of zinc supplement for prevention and treatment of colds, some inflammatory processes, and respiratory infections.”

“The usual recommendation is 25 mg of zinc daily,” Horovitz said, but he cautioned that “it is unclear exactly what dose is best.”

Queueing in three … two … one …

The CDC announces that they’ve reversed course and decided that Zinc should be avoided and even removed from your daily diet.

No, this isn’t the Babylon Bee, at least not yet.

Seen at David’s WoG.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), and Jennifer Wexton, (D-Va.) introduced The Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act, H.R. 5764, in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate as S. 3117. The legislation is troublesome because the politicians authoring it pitch it as a means to detect and prevent those who might be planning to commit an atrocity or terror attack.

They don’t really believe they can predict the future.  They just want more control of the average American.  Anyone who is a serious threat to the status quo will know how to control their intel and counterintel.

We’ve discussed over my blegs before, things like Quik Clot, gauze, bandages, tourniquets, aspirin, etc.  But this article makes some interesting points and I’m glad I read it before outfitting mine.

• Moleskin
• Blister Foam
• Orthopedic Felt
• Duct Tape
• Surgical Tape
• Krazy Glue
• Small Scissors
• Alcohol Wipes 
• Gel Toe Sleves
• Scalpel, Pin, or Needle (for popping a blister)
• Ibuprofen

This is for blisters.  He also deals with frostbite, deep cuts and burns, all of which are common in the bush.

But I think his point is that an injury such as deep blistering can be debilitating and can prevent effective movement.  I’ve seen some awful blistering before.  In the book “Awol on the Appalachian Trail,” the author deals with blisters so severe that they required a doctor’s attention to press and drain puss, followed by several weeks of recovery.

Needless to say, he didn’t move those few weeks.  All he did was bed rest and heal.

Anyway, for what it’s worth.  Feel free to fill in the details of other things you would put in your med kit.

Not for precision shooting – for hunting.

I think I agree with one of the comments.  His final bullet was probably due to shooting slightly uphill.