If Trump doesn’t win in November...

Everyone is going to turn on the right wing, including the right wing itself. If Trump loses, older right wingers will turn on the younger ones and blame them from not voting hard enough. The younger right wingers will blame the older ones for not giving them a choice worth voting for. In many ways, both of them will be correct. The younger ones will absolutely be correct. The older ones will be mathematically correct in saying that not enough younger ones voted, if nothing else.

And the left will get away with their plans, like they always do.

Guest Post from American Partisan on how to Purify Water.

Behind shelter, the ability to obtain water and make it potable is the greatest immediate survival need*. In this guest article from American Partisan, you can learn ways to do just this.

*To me, the hierarchy of survival needs is dictated by my own version of the "rule of threes". I like to say that one can survive only three hours exposed to harsh elements without shelter. Obviously this doesn't apply to most areas of the US, or even the world, but in the worst locations, or in most locations at their worst seasons, it can easily happen. You can survive only about three days or so without water. You see where this is going. You'll get by for about three weeks without a food source, or so the conventional wisdom says. This is quite variable depending on your condition and activity, and access to shelter and water. My own theory to keep this going is that you can maybe get by for about three months without any kind of security considerations. Of course this is dependent on you location and about a hundred other factors, but keeping with my modified rule of threes, it's easy to remember these four survival needs as the "primary needs".

"Secondary survival needs" in my book need to be built up after the primaries are addressed. The secondary needs allow you to go on the offensive and take action in your AO, rather than the primaries which allow you to survive and defend.

These secondary needs are medical (skills and supplies), information (intelligence gathering, SIGINT, HUMINT), communications (two-way radio between people in your group, ham and CB for longer ranges or comms between other groups, phones, etc.) and transportation (anything from automobiles to horses and bikes).

Is a mask (or lack thereof) the uniform of your enemy?

Originally posted by The Gray Man at American Partisan.

The new phenomenon in American and Western society now is that everyone is wearing masks to prevent catching the COVID-19 virus. It's the latest and greatest way to identify who your enemies are, who you should hate and revile. Get caught in public without one and, God forbid, have your picture posted on Facebook or Twitter and you're in for an onslaught of hate and insults. For those unlucky enough to live in a really progressive location, your badged friends may even be called to write you a fine for it.

But what effect does wearing a cloth mask or a basic medical-type mask actually have? Let's ask one of the few medical publications that are still at least moderately non-politicized (for now), the New England Journal of Medicine in this article:

"We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic."

Oh, I see.

Now it's worth mentioning that the masks they're talking about are not the N95 type. Those can keep you safe from infection, under the assumption that the mask is the right size for you and has been fitted properly and that you're trained or knowledgeable in putting them on and taking them off properly. And no, it's not as simple as it sounds.

Regardless, the vast majority of people are not wearing properly fitted and donned N95 masks. Most are wearing non-sealing cloth masks or basic paper medical masks which offer no protection for the wearer at all, and like the NEJM states, is really only effective in making the wearer feel better about themselves and, here's the real key, worse about those who aren't following suit.

IF you have symptoms, the theory is that wearing a mask like this can keep you from spreading it to others, but even that is not totally effective. If you have symptoms, stay at home until you heal up. If you think you've been exposed to the virus, quarantine from people for ten days (notice I didn't say you have to lock yourself inside your room and avoid the outdoors). Masks are not having nearly the effect the powers in charge say they are. It's in my own professional opinion as an emergency room RN (who is now seeing a massive increase of COVID in my area) that masks are primarily pushed by those in charge because of their use as a dividing tool. Everything in the media today is designed to divide people against each other. A mask (or lack thereof) is a visual indicator of who your enemies are.

Is it any surprise that the media is saying that evil right wingers are less likely to wear a mask?

RIP Remus

We lost a giant.

Remus lost his wife to cancer in March, and apparently he was diagnosed himself less than a month ago. His words will surely be missed.

Facebook and google are full Orwellian as of now

Quick statement and update.
Google and Facebook have covered up all BLM and antifa violence.
It is nearly impossible to search for videos and media on antifa and BLM violence.
Google white racists attack black people or anything akin to that and you will see endless media.
Look up blm and antifa attack motorists or white people or innocent people and you will see nothing except articles like white people attack peaceful blm supporters or "Are far right wing elements responsible for the violence at blm rallies?"
There will be no media to turn to in the near future
Time is running out and the publics perception of reality will be skewed beyond reason as it already is for numerous people.
Time is not on our side.

Happy Independence Day.

Have a good day thinking of what America once was, and hoping for what it could be if we decide to get out from behind our keyboards and take action.

It’s an uphill battle, and no one is on our side. Get ready.

September and November.

September is when weather starts to cool down in most of the country, but I expect things in other aspects to heat up significantly.

Then in November things are going to get real, real interesting.

Think about what’s gone on so far in the first half of 2020, and then remember that we still have what is likely to be the most contentious election in history. Think last one was bad? That was when the left was happily moving along with all the confidence in the world they’d win. This time it’s life and death to them. Their life and your death.

Don’t let it shock you if Trump doesn’t appear on your ballot at all in November. Just saying.

New England Journal of Medicine on wearing masks in public.

If you’re not medically trained and/or not working in a healthcare setting, just read the second paragraph. That’s the money quote. For medical personnel, the rest is mostly common sense and basic knowledge, and will be pretty boring to laymen.

Bonus points if that second paragraph confirmed your previous suspicions.

If it’s a new revelation to you... Welcome to the party, pal.