The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 31

• Blue Collar Prepping - Springing Forward, Prepper Style

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Venezuelan Sanctions

• AlArma - Secuestro Express

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Bitrot and Backups

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Brady Campaign/Funny or Die: CrimAdvisor

Blue Collar Prepping - Springing Forward, Prepper Style

• Survival Coffee (60 servings, lasts 25 years): http://tinyurl.com/oay9zea

• Spring Forward, Fall Back, Prep up: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/03/shtfriday-spring-forward-fall-back-prep.html

• EVEN MOAR COFFEE (350 servings, 25 years, includes French Press): http://tinyurl.com/nl9pfz7

Felons Behaving Badly

• Police: Mooresville Shooting Suspect Still at Large - http://www.crimeincharlotte.com/police-mooresville-shooting-suspect-still-at-large/#.VQtz_NLF9cM

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1085972&searchLastName=Davis&searchFirstName=Tevin&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Venezuelan Sanctions

• Why is the United States sanctioning Venezuela? http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/12/why-is-the-united-states-sanctioning-venezuela-2/

• Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro given Power to Rule by Decree: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/16/venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-given-power-to-rule-by-decree

• Venezuela's Maduro says U.S. sanctions seek to topple his government: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/10/us-usa-venezuela-maduro-idUSKBN0M605320150310

• Venezuela Sounds Alarm after Obama Invokes International Emergency Act: http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/11261

• Fact Sheet: Venezuela Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/09/fact-sheet-venezuela-executive-order

Strange laws - NC Alligator laws

• § 106-763.1. Propagation and production of American alligators - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_106/gs_106-763.1.html

AlArma - Secuestro Express

• Kidnap and murder on the bloody streets of Caracas.http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/16/kidnap-and-murder-on-the-bloody-streets-of-caracas-if-the-families-dont-pay-up-we-eliminate-that-person/

Fun With Headlines

• Maine teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize in Dubai

• http://www.wsmv.com/story/28524217/maine-teacher-wins-1-million-global-teacher-prize-in-dubai

Tech Tips with The Barron - Bitrot and Backups

• A Warehouse Fire of Digital Memories - http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/google-forgotten-century-digital-files-bit-rot/385500/

• Apollo 11 missing tapes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes

Mandatory Voting

• Obama floats making voting mandatory, calling it 'potentially transformative' - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/19/obama-floats-making-voting-mandatory-calling-it-potentially-transformative/

• Obama retreats from mandatory voting push amid backlash - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/19/obama-retreats-push-mandatory-voting-amid-b/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Brady Campaign/Funny or Die: CrimAdvisor

• Funny Or Die PSA: Comedians Try To Act Gangsta, Mock Pro-Gun States - http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/03/12/funny-or-die-psa-comedians-try-to-act-gangsta-mock-pro-gun-states/

• ATF California Trace Data 2013 - https://www.atf.gov/sites/default/files/assets/statistics/tracedata-2012/2012-trace-data-california.pdf

Stuff that grinds my gears

• JIBO - http://www.jibo.com/