Just Pondering-Updated w/ comments

OtL has an update to his post from some one who saw it go down.  I have some words to say, but will hold my tongue, as they would be construed as threats against LEO.  But I will say Santa is making a list & checking it twice.

Lancaster Citizen at 1:21 PM January 22, 2012
I see the comments…but on this one I was there. This dude just finished coming into my buddy’s store, bought a few items, talked with us, he was very peaceful. Now you could tell he had a drug problem, but this guy was wearing a t-shirt, and sweat pants….those flimsy kind with the drawstring in the front, there is no way those would manage to hold a gun much less anything else….He was on a kids BMX bike. So as far as the thug comment…this dude was not one. and the shots rang out, police were there in less then 30 seconds after that…and i mean alot of them. They could have handled this so many different ways, but like always….they decided to shoot…and they shot ALOT of times…dude couldn’t have been bigger than 5’9, and maybe 150 pounds….and the so called “suspect”….he was a witness…and we seen with our own eyes…they threatned to kill him too…I would have ran too. But these cops will walk…go home to there families…and this dude went home in a bag. SMH.

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On to Liberty has a post up on a man murdered by LEO for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk.

Curtis @ Battliefield USA has a similar story from his area.

 In the past year we have saw more of these stories.  At some point the some citizens are going to stand up and say enough is enough.  We have seen few people stand up and fight back.  But, I'm talking about "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" thing on a large scale.

The fuse is lit,  it's anybodies guess as to how long it takes to burn down.

Just somethings to ponder on a Sunday afternoon

Reminders

The writing on the wall

More & more folks are seeing the writing on the wall.  Most of these are new comers and they are worried.

via Down Range

I did not think much more about it till I visited a good size gun shop here last Saturday. I was shocked, the parking lot was full and inside the store you could hardly find a spot at the counter (and like I said this is a large gun shop).
The store had 3 telephones on speed dial trying to get background checks done, the phones were on speaker so I could hear them. The applications were stacked up because of the wait. I heard an employee saying they had not seen this much activity before, apparently it was over the entire country.

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III% T-Shirt-update II

1/21/12-  T-Shirt came in yesterday.  A full 6 days ahead of their stated delivery date.

The shirt is 100% cotton & seams are double stitched.  The graphics are spot on.  It looks just like the pics below from the site.  Sam-Thanks for the Hi-res pic for the back.

The only bitch I have is the tag says mad in Hati.




So if you like them.  Head to III% Blog and pick one up and check out the other gear.

1/13/12

Here is the link to the design if you want to buy one.  Plus the shipping was free.

http://www.customink.com/designs/iiiper/kkc0-000n-26ps/hotlink?pc=HL-46120&cm_mmc=hotlink-_-2-_-Body_txt-_-button1

It's easy to go in and change up the color of the print & color/style of the shirt.  You know for the ladies & chilluns.

I was surprised just how easy the design process was.  Opens up many possibilities.

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The shirt has been ordered and due to arrive on Jan 26.  I'll put up a post on the quality of it when it gets here.

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I threw this together on a T-Shirt site.

Below the shirt is pricing.  Cost drops considerably with more items bought.

I am gonna pick up one irregardless of the cost.  Let me know what you think or if any changes to make it better.

1	$28.55 each	$28.55 total
10	$18.77 each	$187.70 total
25	$11.92 each	$298.00 total
100	$8.13 each	$813.00 total

David & Goliath-UPDATE

1/22/12-The oldest came home yesterday and showed us picture she took of the test in the "geography" class.  She held fast and did not answer the questions on islam.

• What are the 5 pillars of islam?
• What is the difference between sunni & shia sects?
• What place do muslims go to once in their life?
• What is this called?

If these type religious questions are taking place, they a far above the minimum requirement from the state.  Why doesn't Christianity get equal billing?  You know the answer.

Resist, fight, do anything. But do not sit quietly.

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We felt like David back in the Old Testament when he came face to face with Goliath.  This past week my wife and I have been locked in combat with the local school district.

My oldest daughter, who is a freshman, was doing some homework last weekend and she asked me what the 5 pillars of islam were.  That's right.  This was for her AP Geography class along with 4 other questions regarding islam.  No questions like this for Christianity.

We blew a gasket.  My wife told her not to answer the questions and she sent a scathing letter to the "coach" teacher.  Tuesday she came home and said that basically he mocked us said and we were stupid for this.  Oh, and the questions would be in the new "EOC" tests.  These are the new finals for kids in Texas so they can go to the next grade.

Next she sent out a prayer request/info email to our contacts.  Some were teachers that agreed with us.  The next day I spoke with the principal,  who agreed with me that it was wrong.  But what could she do...It was on the state curriculum.  Pass the buck...My hands are tied....Sorry, nothing I can do....yada.....yada....yada.

Below is the state says the school must teach.

17 (B)
describe major world religions, including animism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism, and their spatial distribution; Supporting Standard

Yesterday I went with my wife to the district WMA meeting (Baptist Womens Missionary Auxiliary).  There she put it out for a prayer request.  Those ladies literally gasped when she said that "our" schools were teaching islam, but not Christianity.

By the time we made it home, there was a call from a local very influential family matriarch.  she had already heard about it from the WMA ladies and wanted to find out directly from my wife.  She was fired up about this.  One of her immediate family is a school board member and didn't know about this.

One of her closing comments was "we'll see about this".

After this I decided to contact my state rep just to see how this battle could go.  I spoke to the office manager in Dayton.  she was shocked and we discussed some of this.  She was concerned and after speaking to the rep would get back in touch with me.  Her comments were we are a very conservative district and this is BS.

So as the day dawns, we will see what new battle presents it self.  But we will not back down on this.

Christians, patriots, you know who you are; we must not give concessions anymore.  We have did this for many years.  NO MORE.  we must stand for what we believe in.  Fight for our Rights from the God.  Not let our children be corrupted by the scum that roams the halls of education and indoctrinates them.

One seed.  One person.  Water it and it will grow.

Rock'n & Roll"n

Bumped

If you want III Gear then here is where you need to go!

Sam is throwing out ideas & info like a 240B eating a belt.

If you need some extra $$$, then read on his offer here.  The sky is the limit and so is your imagination.  Get Some.

Bill is working on a project that will knock your socks off here.  This will be a good one.  PATCOM has started a wildfire and the winds are a blow'n.

Libertas inaestimabilis res est

Sexy things that make you smile all night

TSD Combat Systems has a line of AK variants that look real nice.

But just like a good wife, she will cost you up front, but the returns are priceless.

Here's the link

TSD Combat Systems produces the pinnacle of the Kalashnikov series. By integrating the best of both eastern design and western shooting methods, we bring you the most accurate and modern Kalashnikov without any loss of reliability. We do this by beginning with brand new unfired Saiga rifles that are cherry picked by our staff. You will not see any crooked barrels or canted sights, nor will you hear the typical builder excuses of why its an AK and its alright for it to not be excellent. Our rifles are in fact excellent or we do not sell them.

The Year I Accidentally Grew Wheat

Read the comical story of one man's journey from seed to loaf.

Think you could do it from scratch.  It opened my eyes.  Time to re-look at some equip, preps and rethink some processes.

You might have the same thoughts as I did with this.

via Survuval

I'd like to share a recent adventure in practical survival skills that I stumbled upon by accident. Luckily for me this was not a disaster that forced this, but instead the natural friction that occurs between man and wife. In the course of a year I grew a crop of wheat, harvested, processed, and made a loaf of bread. The adventure was that I did not start out to do any of those things! In the course of this learning experience I found out that things “everyone knows” are not, in fact, easy to find out.

“we got drunk one night and someone made a bet.”

Innovation at it's best.

The drunk bet with the follow through.  They made a AR platform 50 cal muzzleloader.  LOL.  That's right.

Yep, you read that right. As if Tactical Bacon wasn’t zany enough CMMG is making a 50 caliber muzzleloading AR-15. The main charge and projectile are loaded down the front of this 20 inch barrel, but the user needs to place a primed 5.56 case (no powder, just the primer) in the chamber to light the thing off. The gun uses a standard AR-15 bolt and bolt carrier but the gas system is inoperable, meaning you need to manually cycle the action. Ammunition is stored inside the single shot sled-like magazine block. When asked why they made such a thing, the rep replied “we got drunk one night and someone made a bet.”

I really like CMMG products.  They have quality items at reasonable prices.
 

Converting .303 British to .410 Shells

Great tip from Down Range.  Check out his other posts.  Tons of good info.

I like to tinker and experiment with guns and ammo. I have reloaded my own cartridges for many years am always thinking of ways to do it more efficient and save money. This would be especially helpful in a survival situation. I was recently thinking of reloading shotgun shells using the all brass cases, these would be preferable because they would last longer than plastic shells.

I was on line looking at 12 gauge brass hulls and also saw 410 hulls for sale. They both ran about $25 for a box of 25, not too bad so I started looking at loads for 410 shells and ran across a link where 410 shells could be made from 303 British ammo. I decided making my own shells would be better that paying for them so I scrounged around and found an empty 303 cartridge and decided to experiment.

 FROM THIS:

TO THIS:

A Slice of .....

The folks who have the Pioneer Living Survival site are selling their cabin.  If I had the money and was a little close, I would consider it.  Below are the details.  Photo's  HERE....HERE....HERE

It is in SE Oklahoma. It is 760 sq feet with a big under cover side area. It is on 6 ac and also has a 16' x 21' green house frame and a 200' shed/tack house. It has a well and power but it is a primitive cabin for $25,000. If interested contact Milandred at pioneerliving dot net

All that for $25k.  This would be a great weekend home to improve on or leave it & use as a get-a-way place.

OUTDOOR OVEN

Those Damned Yankee's

 Damned Yankee's

The yankee's are invading again.

 

via SNN

An SNN reader from occupied-Florida sent in the below note and pictures, demonstrating the way in which Yankees have colonised his local area (sadly, they are no longer confined to urban centres but are ‘developing’ out into the country). Notice how they have named this fully Yankee neighbourhood ‘Bull Run’ (the Southern name for that battle was Manassas - Southerners named the battles after the nearest town while Yankees named it after the nearest river).  And they put the names of their imperialist leaders such as the war criminal William Tecumseh Sherman and the drunken invader and hopelessly corrupt Ulysses S Grant.

January 18, 1943

If only.....

Remember that.

Today in 1943 the Nazi's rolled into the Jewish ghetto's of Warsaw.  They shot 600 and arrested 5,500.  Then the ZOB & ZZW resistance groups began their work on the traitors.

Don't be the sheeple and go blindly.

Messages

There is a message other than the obvious here.  But I still like the shirt.

Skull & Crossbones

Does anyone have a cool scull & crossbones images.  Preferably hi-res.  Working on an idea for some image branding for us.

Either send me a email at the right side or comment with the link.

Thanks

Rich

Texas City girl wards off burglars with dad's gun

Compliments of Your Crazy Uncle

Another happy ending...compliments of a gun

via The Daily News

A 15-year-old-girl turned the tables on a pair of intruders early Saturday afternoon.

At 12:52 p.m., Texas City police received a call from the girl saying there was somebody trying to get into her house in the 7300 block of Meadowlark.

“She was home by herself in the bathroom and when she called — she was hysterical,” police Capt. Brian Goetschius said.

The teen said she heard the front door jiggle and when she looked out, she saw two men standing there, Goetschius said.

The girl called her father, her aunt and the police. Then she got her father’s handgun and went outside, Goetschius said.

One of the men had gone into the garage and was attempting to steal a pickup. The girl did not know where the other one was.

She confronted the man in the garage and he ran away, heading east on Meadowlark. He was followed by his accomplice, who had been inside, searching the house, Goetschius said.

“It had been ransacked,” the captain said.

LSW brings up a good point.  Watch for the fallout & screeching of how dare the parents have a gun that a teen has access to.

I was listening to the so called conservative talk show host saying it might not be a good idea for a teen to use a firearm to defend herself at home. To me, she done right and never should feel ashamed about brandishing a handgun in self defense to protect her home.

Shhh...Don't Wake the Baby

It comes standard with a 12.5" barrel, but a 18" is optional.   I want one!!!!

McMillan has developed a rifle they call the C5, or Concealable Subsonic / Supersonic Suppressed Sniper System. It’s a rifle that breaks down into a 23.5 inch long package for easy transport in a backpack or briefcase, yet still is accurate out to 800 meters with a .75 MoA guarantee. But that’s not all

Cowboy Tactical

Getting geared up for aliens & zombies.

I'm undecided about it.

via TTAG

Mercs War on Drugs

BBC (Spanish edition) via Activist Post has a article on how U.S. Department of Defense Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office (CNTPO) has transferred the war on drugs (WoD) to those PMC's.

CNTPO issued "no bid" contracts to PMC for operations in countries that the US wages the WoD.

The "no bid" contracts, issued under the Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office's $15 billion dollar budget, are described as "non-specific" and are said to be "juicy" for the private contractors. The Pentagon says "the details of each cost in very general contracts do not go through bidding processes."

Not only that, but there is no Congressional oversight to keep them in check as the subcommittee's claim that the ops are secret and not public info.

But this move is not without risk, as private mercenaries have known to operate outside of national and international laws.  "Here we go into a vague area where the rules of engagement are not clear and there is almost zero accountability to the public or the electorate," said Bagley.

The Pentagon maintains that it's perfectly legal, and mercenaries must follow strict parameters. However, Bagley points out that "few members of the Oversight Committees of the Senate and the House are aware, but they are required to keep secret, so all this flies under the radar."

Based on a 2009 DoDIG report , CONTPO has a history of letting these PMC's off their leash to do what they want.

The contracting officer (CO) is the one who holds the check book.  They are the ones who are warranted and are legally authorized to obligate, financially, the Govt.  Read the report to see the details of the below.

SMDC contracting officers and the contracting officer’s representatives (CORs) did not
properly manage the 35 task orders reviewed, valued at $98.8 million. Specifically, the
contracting officers did not do the following:
 Maintain complete contracting files or require all parties involved to sign memoranda of agreements.

 Properly use firm-fixed-price contract line items for 28 task orders valued at $32.5 million for de facto cost-type contracts.

 Properly use firm-fixed-price contract line items in 10 task orders for $16.1 million to buy commercial items; instead they used cost-plus-fixed-fee contract line items and could waste about $439,000.

 Properly exercise options for four task orders.

 Properly identify or manage Government-furnished property by requiring accountability for an undeterminable quantity of Government property including personal locator beacons, night-vision goggles, and encryption equipment.

 Obtain a Theater Business Clearance before contract award for six task orders
from the Joint Contracting Command for Iraq/Afghanistan in Afghanistan.

When I worked for the Govt, ot was in the realm of Govt. property (GP).  Govt. Furnished property (GFP) must be tracked, accounted for, inventoried, marked as GP, etc. Especially sensitive equip.  The below is from Page 16 of the report.

The contracting officers also did not properly manage the Government-furnished property provided to contractors.  Specifically, the contracting officers either did not maintain any property records or they did not maintain complete property records for CNTPO property in the contract files. The property included personal locator beacons, night-vision goggles, and encryption equipment.

 Those who were in the service, what would your CO do if you lost one of those equipment?  You would get UCMJ'd & lose the $$$ of the acquisition cost.

As a bonus, why do they need encrypt gear?  NV?  There is commercial gear available for them to use.  No need to use GP.

There is a ton more in the IG report.  But it's from 2009 and the problems more than likely have not been fixed.

These mercenaries are allowed to wage war in countries, that Big Brother doesn't want to appear that they have invaded due to political fallout, with no form or fashion of oversight/accountablility from the command that issued the contracts or from Congress.

This should give us a clear picture of times to come CONUS.  But they will be worse.

Defense Against the Psychopath

 

This pdf read lays out what to look for in a psychopath and how to counter them.

They must have used our lusterless leader as a case study.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it.
H.L. Mencken

The Key Characteristics of a Psychopath

1. Lack of empathy
2. Lack of remorse
3. Superficiality
4. Grandoisity
5. Irresponsibility
6. Impulsive Behavior
7. Poor behavior control
8. Lacking goals
9. Compulsive lying
10. Manipulative
11. Anti-social behavior