EP087 GunBlog VarietyCast

• Blue Collar Prepping - Why Our Brains Reward Failure

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Panama - a National Security Threat?

• Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Doing a 180

• Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard - Batteries Part 2

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - The Antis Get Themselves a Podcast

• Our Sponsor - http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/variety

Blue Collar Prepping - Why Our Brains Reward Failure

• Dopamine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine
• Serotonin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin
• Oxytocin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin
• Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why - http://amzn.to/22AKc4n

Felons Behaving Badly

• Man charged with murder after ĥshooting alleged assailant armed with a pipe - http://www.guns.com/2016/04/13/man-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-alleged-assailant-armed-with-a-pipe/
• Taylorsville man charged in fatal shooting - http://www.statesville.com/news/taylorsville-man-charged-in-fatal-shooting/article_bb99a91e-00e1-11e6-8471-5fa21679160d.html
• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0533315&searchLastName=Clary&searchFirstName=Jason&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1
• Victim - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0583341&searchLastName=Harold&searchFirstName=Travis&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Panama - a National Security Threat?

• Panama papers - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35918844
• Why Panama remains a money laundering haven - http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/why-panama-remains-a-money-laundering-haven
• National Money Laundering Risk Assessment - https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/terrorist-illicit-finance/Documents/National%20Money%20Laundering%20Risk%20Assessment%20%E2%80%93%2006-12-2015.pdf
• Panama withdrawn from money laundering grey list - http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/panama-off-money-laundering-gray-list
• Panama moves against illicit finance - http://www.euromoney.com/Article/3494326/Central-America-Panama-moves-against-illicit-finance.html

Plug of the Week

• Anker AstroE7 - http://amzn.to/1MxuO6P

Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Doing a 180

Fun With Headlines - Texas nurses quitting jobs for more money at McDonald’s

• Texas nurses supersizing salaries for more money at McDonald’s - http://kxan.com/2016/04/08/texas-nurses-qutting-jobs-for-more-money-at-mcdonalds/
• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Salary(United States) - http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Certified_Nurse_Assistant_(CNA)/Hourly_Rate
• What is a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)? - http://nursingassistantguides.com/what-is-a-certified-nursing-assistant-cna/#daily

Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard - Batteries Part 2

• Smart multi-chemistry charger - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00466LEMC?keywords=smart%20charger&qid=1451257175&ref_=sr_1_32&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-32
• Battery University on Lithium polymer batteries - http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/the_li_polymer_battery_substance_or_hype
• Excellent RC users guide to LiPo batteries - http://www.rogershobbycenter.com/lipoguide
• NiCad or NiMH memory effect - http://www.batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/memory_myth_or_fact
• Charge capacity comparison - http://www.powerstream.com/AA-tests.htm
• PowerStream NiMH batteries - http://www.powerstream.com/b.htm
• PowerStream NiMH battery tests - http://www.powerstream.com/AA-tests.htm#nimh
• Just for fun: a circuit to count the electrons coming out of or going into a battery - http://www.linear.com/product/LTC4150

The J Block - Big 3 East Spring Media Event

• Big East Training Center’s Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/Big3East/
• Big 3 East Media Group Blog - http://big3eastmedia.blogspot.com/
• Hill & Mac Gunworks StG 44 - https://www.hmgunworks.com/products/firearms/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - The Antis Get Themselves a Podcast

• Loaded Conversations: http://www.loadedconvos.com/index.php/2016/02/01/episode-one-who-am-i/
• Most Heavily Armed Towns in Massachusetts: http://m.wcvb.com/news/16005106
• Gun Envy, Columbus Ohio: http://www.gunenvy.com/