DHS to use LIDAR for surveillance

LIDAR is a cool technology.  It allows an large area to be mapped in extreme detail.


LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) uses laser as a mapping tool

It now seems that DHS is looking at using 4 contractors to to do “aerial remote sensing services" to the tune of $50M.


From Govt. Security News.

The chosen vendors will be asked to collect aerial imagery using digital cameras in what are known as “vertical” or “oblique” renditions to support emergency and non-emergency incidents nationwide.

It also seems that the FBO link for the solicitation is broken and the "error has been logged".


Here is a link to a art contest using LIDAR.


Check out the details this shit can see.



According to Infowars

LIDAR spy technology, which uses ultraviolet, visible, or near infrared light to track objects or people from the sky, has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan to track insurgents. The US military has praised the technology for its proficiency in providing “battlefield surveillance” and being able to easily locate enemy combatants due to it being “especially useful at seeing through foliage.” LIDAR can be deployed using both manned and unmanned aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force “has already deployed an unknown number of LIDAR aircraft to map all of Afghanistan,” reports MSNBC, with the 3-D laser mapping technology also being adapted to work aboard U.S. Special Forces helicopters such as the Blackhawk or Chinook to help hunt insurgents.

According to Raytheon, one of the companies that develops LIDAR, the technology is adept at tracking “people in crowded environments for safety and security,” because unlike traditional surveillance methods, LIDAR is honed to measure characteristics of individuals and keep them tracked within a “grid cell” so they cannot evade detection.

So there you have it.  DHS wants to use this to hunt those pesky domestic terrorist bugs and pop a can of RAID on them.

Prepping on the Cheap

Patricia, at Rural Revolution, has a good post on cheap prepping.


Stop by your local grocery store (Walmart) or bakery and see if they have any plastic buckets (food grade) to get rid of.

The beauty of bakery buckets

 Back in our naïve days of preparing for Y2K, Don and I bit the bullet and bought 24 five-gallon buckets with screw-on gasketed lids. These have been superb buckets and we still use them, but they were expensive. Bakery buckets are a far better deal.

Bakery buckets are quite literally a prepper’s best friend. For the last couple of years, I’ve made it a policy to stop at our local grocery store’s bakery department and inquire about buckets. Sometimes there aren’t any available (others beat me to them), sometimes there’s only one or two, and sometimes I hit the jackpot.

 

Anti-carjacking device...

Blue posted on a great product for CCW in a vehicle.

I just ordered one.

Gum Creek Customs

Here is a video showing how it attaches in the vehicle.

Busting Bubbles

 
Bubbles can't last forever.  

They float around on the air and hit some grass & pop.  

They get blown like the above pic and pop.  

Balloons filled with He float up-up & away, but only go so high before they pop


Sovereign Man offers up this info on bubbles.

But is that all a bubble is– simply meteoric growth, seemingly with no end in sight? If so, let’s examine some other ‘bubbles’ in our society.

1) Number of people renouncing US citizenship: Four years of exponential growth. [Source: Bloomberg / IRS]

2008: 146
2009: 742
2010: 1534
2011: 2048 (estimate)

2) Number of Facebook users: Eight years of viral growth. [Source: Facebook]

August 26, 2008: 100 million
April 8, 2009: 200 million
September 15, 2009: 300 million
February 5, 2010: 400 million
July 21, 2010: 500 million
January 5, 2011: 600 million
May 30, 2011: 700 million
September 22, 2011: 800 million
February 4, 2012: 845 million

3) Number of Americans on Foodstamps: A disturbing, tragic long-term growth trend. [Source: USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]

2007: 26.3 million
2008: 28.2 million
2009: 33.5 million
2010: 40.3 million
2011: 44.7 million

4) Number of FBI/NICS background checks to obtain a firearm in the United States: Eight years of consistent growth.  And baby, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. [Source: FBI]

2004: 8.69 million
2005: 8.95 million
2006: 10.04 million
2007: 11.18 million
2008: 12.70 million
2009: 14.03 million
2010: 14.41 million
2011: 16.45 million

5) Number of requests the US government made for Google user data: 4 straight reporting periods of astounding growth. [Source: Google]
6-months ending 12/31/2009: 3,580
6-months ending 6/30/2010:  4,287
6-months ending 12/31/2010: 4,601
6-months ending 6/30/2011:  5,950

6) US federal government budget outlays: a never-ending growth trend of out-of-control spending. [Source: CBO, OMB]

2000 budget: $1.9 trillion
2001 budget: $2.0 trillion
2002 budget: $2.2 trillion
2003 budget: $2.2 trillion
2004 budget: $2.3 trillion
2005 budget: $2.4 trillion
2006 budget: $2.7 trillion
2007 budget: $2.8 trillion
2008 budget: $2.9 trillion
2009 budget: $3.1 trillion
2010 budget: $3.6 trillion
2011 budget: $3.8 trillion

7) And last but not least, US monetary base as of January 1st each year [Source: St. Louis Fed]

2001: $  616.7 billion
2002: $  673.7 billion
2003: $  719.6 billion
2004: $  756.8 billion
2005: $  793.8 billion
2006: $  825.2 billion
2007: $  843.5 billion
2008: $  851.4 billion
2009: $1,730.2 billion
2010: $2,010.1 billion
2011: $2,057.1 billion
2012: $2,647.7 billion

Ultimately, a bubble isn’t something whose price keeps going up. It’s something that is steadily expanding, supported by nothing but hot air.

Grand Theft Alien

WTF!!!

On average an illegal immigrant family gets $1800 of my tax money for filing a return on  a stolen SSN.

That is HORSE SHIT.

There are an estimated 11 million of these trespassers that are here in 2011.

via yahoo

Republicans are looking to deny child tax credits to illegal immigrants — refund checks averaging $1,800 a family — in an effort that has roused anger among Hispanics and some Democratic lawmakers.

The proposal, which would require people who claim the federal credit to have Social Security numbers to prove they're legal workers, is being offered as a way to help pay for extending the Social Security tax cut for most American wage-earners. It would trim federal spending by about $10 billion over a decade.

TSA: Help Wanted ad

via Natural News

Like Gunshots

 How many of us have walked out on a lake or stream in winter and had the ice start cracking?

The sphincter factor jumps exponentially.

The ice is cracking in the .mil arena.

Folks are gonna start getting off the ice soon.  They know it's a matter of time before it opens up.



LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS

I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners.

What I saw bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground.  

Instead, I witnessed the absence of success on virtually every level.

FM 3-13 Inform & Influence Activities-Final

Got CPX Foxtrot?

You might want to think about it.

3-12. Military deception involves actions executed to deliberately mislead adversary military, paramilitary, 90 or violent extremist organization decisionmakers.

Below is the link to get the pdf version.

Do you understand?

U.S. Army FM 3-13 Inform and Influence Activities Draft Manual

 

 

Who Am I ????????

Where am I NOT a criminal, a wanted "Domestic Terrorist", an enemy of the State?

Anywhere I go, I will be targeted by a tyrannical regime of thugs who wear badges.

Airport Service Providers	General Aviation	Mass Transportation
Beauty/Drug Suppliers	General Public	Military Surplus
Bulk Fuel Distributors	Hobby Shops	Peroxide Explosives
Construction Sites	Home Improvement	Recognizing Sleepers
Dive/Boat Shops	Hotels/Motels	Rental Cars
Electronics Stores	Internet Cafes	Rental Properties
Farm Supply Stores	Shopping Malls	Rental Trucks
Financial Institutions	Martial Arts/Paintball	Storage Facilities
		Tattoo Shops

We live in a society where you are encouraged & rewarded to snitch on your own family, friends & neighbors.

They want us to go along, follow orders, be a good sheeple. 

I can not do this.  

I am not wired that way .

I will resist in any way possible.

WHO AM I ????

I AM A PATRIOT

Banditos

It now appears that the banksters who have helped bleed this country dry of any sort of wealth have decided to up the ante.

Well if they don't want our hard earned cash...Fuck em!

If anyone who had BoA accounts, pull your $$$.  Hell, maybe they will give you a nice little, shiny card to spend.  Not the worthless greenbacks that have God on them.

Maybe it's time to go Merlin on them and try some alchemy.

via FNC & Activist Post

Telephone operator, female, recorded, The number you have reached is not in service, this is a recording, human voice speaking

The EDC Song

Some funny crap for your Saturday.