From the same site that had the analysis of the Mexican battle yesterday. They seem to be an information aggregator and publisher - sort of a Wikileaks that uses legal methods. Don't care for all they have posted - home addresses of various folks, but they do have some interesting documents and articles. Worth keeping an eye on
Never thought I would see the day that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Patrick Henry, etc., would be classified as extremists. Goes to show that the current radical government is no different than the government our fore fathers fought against.
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Happened a long time ago TW. It was not Fred but in one of the comments, I believe it was .com but I could be wrong.
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PI is very similar to wikileaks yet not as brazen. It has documents you usually see across your desk now and again - but after the fact. Lots of good LEO information there. Site is run by a Moslem, yet a seemingly quaint feller. It is a daily check for me, if for nothing else pictures of mexican mayhem and other greek or recent violence. Cryptome is also a good check to have.
#8
I downloaded the 120 page report. Will have to take a look at it later. Napolitano, I think, issued a report some time back that discussed the possible threat of returning vets, militias groups, etc. Seldom is their concern with radical left wingers such as the environmental whacko who wired himself up and whose inspiration was AlGore.
#10
As a person who lives off-grid in the desert and focuses much of his time and effort of self-sufficiency, I must ask: what, exactly, is a survivalist? Doesn't my use of solar and wind make me, you know, Green or something? Or is that just a useful word for politicians? (No need to answer that.)
Or does rejecting much of the de facto social contract of the 21st Century by being able to get along for a while without the rest of society make one by definition "extreme." It's how much of America lived until a hundred or so years ago. It's what made us strong, in fact.
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Or does rejecting much of the de facto social contract of the 21st Century by being able to get along for a while without the rest of society make one by definition "extreme."
No, it's just profiling. I imagine you're quite different from Ted Kaczynski, just as the Old Order Amish are. Principles matter, but require more than a brief glance. The devil's in the details.
#12
If the economy continues like this, Napolitano will have to add "jobists" too.
Al
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I imagine you're quite different from Ted Kaczynski
Quite. I'm a technophile, not a technophobe. I've always thought that mad old Teddy K rather missed the point, actually: technology when properly applied makes Man better able to live harmoniously with nature, rather than the opposite. In all of his rantings I'm not even sure that he understood what "technology" was. Flint arrowhead? Technology. Log cabin? Technology. Wicker basket? Technology.
In any case (and back to the point), one more reason to distrust the Obama administration, even with your logical reassurances, AH.
#14
"As a person who lives off-grid in the desert and focuses much of his time and effort of self-sufficiency"
I have to ask, SM - if you're off the grid, where do you get the power (possibly from a generator?) and internet connection for your computer?
No offense meant - I'm really curious.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
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Why doesn't Holder just come out and say it...As far as he and Zero are concerned, the people are the enemy.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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No offense taken. My family and I are very proud of what we have accomplished out here, given the limitations of time, money, and the frankly steep learning curve involved. I have a fairly large battery bank that feeds into an inverter. Four different solar arrays feet into the battery bank (one big, three small), as do three small but effective windmills. I also have two propane generators (primary and backup) fed by a 350-gallon tank linked to the system through an off-the-shelf auto battery charger.
The system is very simple: 12/120, with everything on the ranch ideally running off of no more than 30 amps (a standard home is built for 100). On a good day like today solar and wind handle everything. On a cloudy, still day (and for a few hours at night) we run the generators.
Propane runs our refrigerator, stove, water heater, and central heating for two buildings (though we also have and use wood burning stoves). I rather like propane in spite of the cost. It's reasonably safe, doesn't go bad, and I can go months between refills. Gives us some "breathing room" if times get hard too.
Our water is gravity fed to the ranch from a spring I have an easement to. We have a septic system that runs into two leech fields for waste. Water is tight - in the desert, water is always tight - but by using a series of timers and hundreds of yards of drip feed lines I manage to water an ever-expanding number of shade trees, a (still young) fruit orchard, a garden, and a greenhouse.
We get both our Internet and television via satellite. Excellent quality on the TV, OK-ish for the Internet. Phone service is a problem since the Feds forced the cell phone companies to shut off analog, effectively cutting off something like 500,000 rural Americans. But I'm working on building my own repeater on the far side of the valley so I can get digital signal.
Having cut wood and hauled coal as a youngster for my grandparents' wood/coal stoves (and cleaned out the ashes), I can tell you that I hope I never have to do it again - it sucks. I do partially heat my house in the fall/winter with a kerosene heater - I usually put it in the room I'm going to be working in (office or studio, or occasionally living room when I have a few hours to read) and keep the oil heater thermostat down fairly low. (And NO, I don't run the kerosene heater when I'm asleep, in the shower, or out of the house. I used to be a firefighter and have seen first-hand what unattended kerosene heaters can lead to.)
Good for you and your family. Most of us are frankly too lazy or too "unhandy" (me) to do what you do. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
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SM gets it.
I would like to have the cash to live off of the grid like that but I will have to settle with my eurovan, my tent, and a duffelbag full of rice for this crises.
No way or time to make my bag of cash at this point. My countrymen ruined my opportunity - afterall, they got theirs.
vote on, yet you better all vote more wise from here on out.
#19
It's a work-intensive lifestyle, but anyone with sufficient motivation can do it, regardless of their background, age, or even physical ability. You learn how to do stuff, often through trial and error, and then you get good (or at least competent) at it. I know a fair number of women in their 60s and 70s who live the same way we do - and I know of a men and women in their 80s and 90s who also do.
I knew a paraplegic who lived alone on a ranch like mine. He had huge number of ropes hung all over his place, and would "strong arm" his way around his ranch, barn, and grounds to do his work. Eventually he had to move to assisted living as he got older and his condition worsened, but he did it for years.
The toughest "survivalist" I know is my neighbor, who for the sake of argument we will call Big R. He's black, from Brooklyn (compete with the accent), in his 60's, and loves taking care of Mustangs, John Wayne, and the Second Amendment in equal measure.
We're a funny, eccentric bunch. All sorts of different kinds of people are attracted to living this way.
#20
newc: buy some cheap land somewhere remote where there aren't a lot of people, you like the ones that are there, and where there aren't a lot of rules (in practice if not on paper). Then pack up your family and walk away. I did. You can too.
#21
even with your logical reassurances, AH. I wasn't intending to be reassuring. The DoJ is starting to work for the other side, and it goes without saying that their Extremism Guide excludes jihadis and their wannabes in the name of PC.
Unindicted co-conspirator, Muslim Brotherhood proxy, Hamas-funder CAIR is, once again, resorting to bullying and intimidating to impose their Islamic supremacist agenda on America.
CAIR is demanding that television stations broadcast their propaganda commercial for free.
The CAIR press release.
Action: Ask Local TV Stations to Air Muslim 9/11 First Responder PSAs Public service announcements challenge growing Islamophobia in American society.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/2/10) -- CAIR is asking American Muslims and others interested in promoting understanding and unity to help distribute a new series of public service announcements (PSA) designed to challenge the growing Islamophobia in American society.
CAIR is distributing these PSAs nationwide at press conferences, by sending them directly to major TV networks and news programs, via satellite feed, and through a free, broadcast-quality download at www.thenewsmarket.com/CAIR.
Please help us reach every TV market by arranging to have your local stations air them. Stations will run PSAs for free as a public service. Communities could also buy air time to run the PSAs as paid advertisements.
"We've gotten a tremendous amount of positive feedback on these PSAs," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. "Help our fellow Americans see the true face of Islam."
Of all of Islam's perverted misdeeds during my lifetime, Beslan is the one the one that tops them all IMO. I don't have the link, but it was revealed that some of those poor kids were raped before the slaughter.
Shamil Basayev should always be remembered as one of the nastiest monsters ever to walk the earth.
If there is a hell, he's in it.
#5
If they allow it on TV then the media will be bound to show a counter PSA. I'm sure someone could thread 30 seconds of muzzie hate and flag burning to be shown right after. Go ahead and allow it.
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
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#6
Pan; how does a re-run of the film "fitna" sound?
#1
Want a great insight into the small and tawdry mind of the Huffpo leftist?
They find the need to put in place an echo-chamber automatic validation system in their comment section. People can essentially stroke another poster simply by pressing a button to indicate agreement, and the number of times a reader does this is tallied and posted along with the comment. At the same time, there is no place for people who disagree to voice their disapproval.
Worse, they refer to those who agree with any particular comment as "fans".
"Fans."
The dysfunction of that is pretty lurid, and on many levels.
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#2
And people wonder why I don't like cats or leftists.
#3
Huh, I thought HuffPo just did movie reviews anymore...should stick to movies, cannot make the distinction between net and gross profit the article is worthless.
I do like the sprockets, "Yarrrgh! I'm a level 2 boat captain!"
#5
Obama, or more passionately "H" blew up his own presidency. Besides, with the left lunatics, there is never enough oppression and misery. sae la vie.
#6
OK, OpEd and should be approached as such and is a gem for understanding..when author throws numbers like "They (BP) made $33 bln last year so why can't they come up with $20 bln?" I cannot tell it it is wine or drool dripping off of the goblet. It is interesting watching the die hards attempt to wrap their ego around whether Obama is incompetent or in cahoots with the enemies of their own storyline...like watching the movie Truman but without as much wit or suspense.
#7
The liberals have spent the last four months pointedly not noticing that the Obama Administration has spent the time since the spill protecting BP from the consequences of their errors by limiting drilling for _everyone_, because it fit in with their long-running fantasies of making sure the only gas Americans could buy would come from Judenfrei countries, and of wrecking whatever small fraction of economic sovereignity the US has left.
#8
"And people wonder why I don't like cats or leftists."
I don't see why you don't like cats, msicellaneous. It's in their very nature to be indifferent to your suffering. It's part of their charm.
It's in the leftists' nature, too. The problem with them is they physically resemble humans, so, unlike cats, most people expect them to act human - hence the problem.
I ridicule leftists rather than hate them. Try it sometime - it's very liberating. ;-p
(And I love cats because they're, well, cats.)
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
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Funny how you can bash, bash, bash a President for going golfing and then when your guy is President the people notice when he golfs alot. They notice without constant harping and have a very negative opinion of the fact.
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