I've heard a lot of people complaining that the younger generations are too lazy or too soft to work the trades. Apparently they're all going to college and getting degrees for office jobs and the trades are suffering for it.
Well, who is to blame for that? The elders blame us, but they're the ones to blame.
They went around naming their boys Kayden and Aiden and Bryson. They named their boys Tristan and Brayden and Brayson. What did you expect? You thought a boy with a name like Kasen was going to become a welder? Or an electrician?
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
My report on the riots in Minneapolis
Last night I watched hours of riot livestreams via Periscope and a leftist independent news source called "Unicorn Riot". These livestreams will usually involve some leftist commentary, or none at all, but they provide the absolute best views of what is happening at ground level. Lots of stuff seen clear as day that will not be reported by the likes of CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Daily Wire, or any of the other mainstream sources. Either they choose not to tell you, or they simply don't have the ability to really go inside. When I say "inside", I mean inside the burning 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis, or inside the mail truck being driven through the front doors of Target, or inside the secondary school where people are inside hammering holes in the walls. Here are some things I heard and saw during these streams:
-Lots of graffiti saying "beware the new world order" and "no church in the wild".
-Unicorn Riot had dozens of people coming up to speak to the camera. Most had messages of violently attacking white people and white owned businesses. Threatening to enter the suburbs and attack white homes. One guy saying they were going to "choke out" someone he mentioned by name, though I didn't catch the name he mentioned. Many mentioned this riot and the level of anger being "different".
-Graffiti was labeling many businesses as "minority owned". Those businesses were not on fire and I didn't see anyone entering them.
-Police Precinct 3 was totally wrecked. Lots of livestream time spent inside the building on different floors. People telling the camera that they had seen police load up in vehicles and left the location under assault by thrown objects. Inside I saw many people taking riot gear, breaking glass, doors and walls. Fires were set in many rooms and then went out under the fire extinguishing system, but then we restarted afterward. Inches of water on the floor. Semi-auto gunfire started up in the building and most people ran. After the camera left the building I could see thick black smoke pouring from the second floor. For the rest of most of the different streams I saw I could make out a large amount of semi-auto gunfire.
-Most rioters are black, but some are white. The whites who were interviewed positioned themselves as what I would describe pejoratively as "pets" of the black social justice warriors (SJW). Well, I saw one pet wear out his welcome among his black "friends", and he had a pipe taken to the side of his head. He hit the ground and I didn't see him moving again.
-Crowds were saying one man was shot and killed nearby. Another one was heard screaming inside a burning liquor store. Many people saying on camera someone had burned to death inside.
-I saw at least four mail trucks get flipped over and torched, and another was driven into Target and was trying to do donuts inside the store.
-Lots of molotovs being thrown around. Some are well made and some are not. I suspect they'll learn. I also wonder when they will figure out that a pile of tires will burn thick, black smoke and take forever to go out.
-Fair number of black females out there as well. Mostly running their mouths and recording on their phones more than anything.
-Some guys out there guarding businesses with rifles. Posing for pics as well, it seems. Long on courage and short on tactical planning. They should be on the roof spotting targets instead of standing in the wide open with rifles. We already know the rioters have semi-auto weapons and were shooting at people last night. If you're going to be serious about this, do it right.
I see people talking about whether they support the riots or not, political opinions all around. It doesn't matter what your opinion is. The right question is, what are you going to do about it when it comes to your town? Do you have better planning than the guys guarding those businesses? Do you have an escape and evasion plan for when you have to shoot someone? Or for when a flash-mob appears out of nowhere?
-Lots of graffiti saying "beware the new world order" and "no church in the wild".
-Unicorn Riot had dozens of people coming up to speak to the camera. Most had messages of violently attacking white people and white owned businesses. Threatening to enter the suburbs and attack white homes. One guy saying they were going to "choke out" someone he mentioned by name, though I didn't catch the name he mentioned. Many mentioned this riot and the level of anger being "different".
-Graffiti was labeling many businesses as "minority owned". Those businesses were not on fire and I didn't see anyone entering them.
-Police Precinct 3 was totally wrecked. Lots of livestream time spent inside the building on different floors. People telling the camera that they had seen police load up in vehicles and left the location under assault by thrown objects. Inside I saw many people taking riot gear, breaking glass, doors and walls. Fires were set in many rooms and then went out under the fire extinguishing system, but then we restarted afterward. Inches of water on the floor. Semi-auto gunfire started up in the building and most people ran. After the camera left the building I could see thick black smoke pouring from the second floor. For the rest of most of the different streams I saw I could make out a large amount of semi-auto gunfire.
-Most rioters are black, but some are white. The whites who were interviewed positioned themselves as what I would describe pejoratively as "pets" of the black social justice warriors (SJW). Well, I saw one pet wear out his welcome among his black "friends", and he had a pipe taken to the side of his head. He hit the ground and I didn't see him moving again.
-Crowds were saying one man was shot and killed nearby. Another one was heard screaming inside a burning liquor store. Many people saying on camera someone had burned to death inside.
-I saw at least four mail trucks get flipped over and torched, and another was driven into Target and was trying to do donuts inside the store.
-Lots of molotovs being thrown around. Some are well made and some are not. I suspect they'll learn. I also wonder when they will figure out that a pile of tires will burn thick, black smoke and take forever to go out.
-Fair number of black females out there as well. Mostly running their mouths and recording on their phones more than anything.
-Some guys out there guarding businesses with rifles. Posing for pics as well, it seems. Long on courage and short on tactical planning. They should be on the roof spotting targets instead of standing in the wide open with rifles. We already know the rioters have semi-auto weapons and were shooting at people last night. If you're going to be serious about this, do it right.
I see people talking about whether they support the riots or not, political opinions all around. It doesn't matter what your opinion is. The right question is, what are you going to do about it when it comes to your town? Do you have better planning than the guys guarding those businesses? Do you have an escape and evasion plan for when you have to shoot someone? Or for when a flash-mob appears out of nowhere?
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Why Covid 19 is great!
The vast majority of people who are at risk for covid 19 are the elderly and those were underlying serious health issues.
This accounts for 1-2 percent of the world population that will perish from this though stats are being inflated or underdone based on perspective and agenda.
First let me say that I do feel that we should care for the sick and the elderly and do all we can to bring them comfort, safety and do all we can to increase their health and lifespan......but!
Why are the healthy and the young required to destroy their businesses, file for unemployment, lock them selves in their homes and sacrifice all that is dear to them for an indefinite, undetermined amount of time?
There are ways we can all make efforts to protect these vulnerable people without being forced to shut down our economy and alter our lives to these unreasonable levels.
Why does the burden not fall on the sick and elderly and fall on all of society in this collectivist authoritarian manner?
If the elderly and sick wish to extended their life spans they should purchase medical grade papr's and respirators and wear them all the time.
With this level of shutdown and drastic measures I do not think it is unreasonable to request that the sick and elderly wear medical grade bio hazmat suits.
With all of the subsidies the government has doled out we could have afforded to distribute this kind of material to the at risk demographics of America.
They can self quarantine.
If an individual feels they are at risk and death terrifies them to this extreme level then why not move yourself into hermitage?
Move off into remote areas and lock your doors.
Wear masks and gloves if it makes you feel better and cut off connection with your friends, community and family.
If this is what you want then by all means do it.
This is America and you are welcome to freedom to live any way you want.
But why is your life so damn important?
If you have serious underlying health issues then lets address the majority of people suffering from those issues.
Most people who are at risk are overweight and many are morbidly obese.
Many are suffering from diabetic issues brought on from their own poor diets and habits.
many are habitual smokers who have continued to destroy their lungs throughout the years.
Others are drug addicts and people who have destroyed their health with alcoholism.
These are people who never exercise and eat foods they should not eat.
These are people who have diets composed primarily of junk food.
These are people who invest their money into vice rather than health and the future.
These are people who would most likely survive this virus without a hitch if they actually gave a damn about their lives but now why is it this travesty if they are to die from this virus?
These are people for whom the sands of time are running extremely low as it is and now I am expected to stop the world for people who are shortening their life span daily from all fault of their own?
Why is it so terrible that instead of meeting their end 1-10 years from now they bite the dust a few months from now?
This virus should motivate this demographic and all of us as a whole to take care of our health.
This should motivate us to live better lives and be strong and get stronger or else.
This virus should push us all to be the best we can be and take personal responsibility for our lives and build physical and mental strength.
In the case of the elderly of course they should be protected and cared for but nursing homes are nests of covid 19.
I understand that there are people who have no other option than a nursing home type facility when their minds and health fail but far too many people are leaving their families in these facilities when it is not necessary.
Find safe quarters for your elderly family members and if they are so frail that something like covid 19 can kill them then they should be living out their final days in quarantine as it is.
But can we ask ourselves why is it so important for the elderly and for those of us who are young why is it so important to live a lifespan that surpasses 75?
I know 70 something year olds and 80 something year olds who live very productive lives and I am sure there are people who are near centurion age that are productive and living great lives but they are not the norm.
A large number of people being sustained with modern technology and medicine are not living productive or healthy lives when they surpass 80 years old.
a great deal are lonely, suffering and in constant pain mentally and physically.
Why is it so imperative that they live another 1-10 years?
The reason as far as I can tell is constant fear of death.
I have faced down death more than once in my life.
I like most anyone have a fear of death and the will to survive but I accept that I will at some point die.
I have been living the most productive and full life I can live and have on various occasions volunteered to work in operate in extremely dangerous areas.
I worked in Northern Iraq in regions where ISIS was active only 9-10 kilometers in any given direction.
I worked with old and young men who were fighting to keep ISIS away from their communities and accepted that they very well could die at any moment.
Many I met had been shot and others were missing toes from frost bite from long patrols in the snowy mountains of Kurdistan.
They accepted that death could reach them at any time. Not to mention TB and various diseases abound in the region.
I accepted that I could lose my life but that there were things greater than just me.
I know soldiers from the USA and various regions of Africa who have faced death daily and few want to die but all accept it as a fate that we all must meet.
But in the USA it seems the average American is paralyzed by it.
I believe all life has worth and value but cowardice and living a life of terror is no existence that I want to take part in.
We should all take measures to protect ourselves and all other people.
If you have a cold wearing a mask is a great idea.
The Japanese have been practicing that for ages and it is a good custom but attacking people who are healthy for not wearing your costume of conformity and fear is not something I wish to be apart of.
Take your shoes off before you enter a home, wash your hands and use hand sanitizer if you want but for the love of god lets end the hysteria.
I lived in Haiti surrounded by malaria, dengue and I myself suffered a horrible bought of typhoid.
I did not lock myself away from the world while living in Haiti nor did the rest of the populace.
If our ancestors hid themselves away in fear then we would have never reached any accomplishment as a race, in fact we would have surely perished due to mass cowardice.
Enough is enough time to get back to living and if you don't want to then die.
Be strong, get stronger because the world is a tough place.
America and the west has been coddled too long.
Time to toughen up or else you wont make it.
We have now seen the true cowardice of the common man in the west and its time we see cowards build strength or perish.
We can and should continue to protect all people but we need to stop cultivating weakness and cowardice.
This is an opportunity to build strength and courage and if you refuse to then go hide and self quarantine from the world.
I however refuse to live in a state of hysteria.
This accounts for 1-2 percent of the world population that will perish from this though stats are being inflated or underdone based on perspective and agenda.
First let me say that I do feel that we should care for the sick and the elderly and do all we can to bring them comfort, safety and do all we can to increase their health and lifespan......but!
Why are the healthy and the young required to destroy their businesses, file for unemployment, lock them selves in their homes and sacrifice all that is dear to them for an indefinite, undetermined amount of time?
There are ways we can all make efforts to protect these vulnerable people without being forced to shut down our economy and alter our lives to these unreasonable levels.
Why does the burden not fall on the sick and elderly and fall on all of society in this collectivist authoritarian manner?
If the elderly and sick wish to extended their life spans they should purchase medical grade papr's and respirators and wear them all the time.
With this level of shutdown and drastic measures I do not think it is unreasonable to request that the sick and elderly wear medical grade bio hazmat suits.
With all of the subsidies the government has doled out we could have afforded to distribute this kind of material to the at risk demographics of America.
They can self quarantine.
If an individual feels they are at risk and death terrifies them to this extreme level then why not move yourself into hermitage?
Move off into remote areas and lock your doors.
Wear masks and gloves if it makes you feel better and cut off connection with your friends, community and family.
If this is what you want then by all means do it.
This is America and you are welcome to freedom to live any way you want.
But why is your life so damn important?
If you have serious underlying health issues then lets address the majority of people suffering from those issues.
Most people who are at risk are overweight and many are morbidly obese.
Many are suffering from diabetic issues brought on from their own poor diets and habits.
many are habitual smokers who have continued to destroy their lungs throughout the years.
Others are drug addicts and people who have destroyed their health with alcoholism.
These are people who never exercise and eat foods they should not eat.
These are people who have diets composed primarily of junk food.
These are people who invest their money into vice rather than health and the future.
These are people who would most likely survive this virus without a hitch if they actually gave a damn about their lives but now why is it this travesty if they are to die from this virus?
These are people for whom the sands of time are running extremely low as it is and now I am expected to stop the world for people who are shortening their life span daily from all fault of their own?
Why is it so terrible that instead of meeting their end 1-10 years from now they bite the dust a few months from now?
This virus should motivate this demographic and all of us as a whole to take care of our health.
This should motivate us to live better lives and be strong and get stronger or else.
This virus should push us all to be the best we can be and take personal responsibility for our lives and build physical and mental strength.
In the case of the elderly of course they should be protected and cared for but nursing homes are nests of covid 19.
I understand that there are people who have no other option than a nursing home type facility when their minds and health fail but far too many people are leaving their families in these facilities when it is not necessary.
Find safe quarters for your elderly family members and if they are so frail that something like covid 19 can kill them then they should be living out their final days in quarantine as it is.
But can we ask ourselves why is it so important for the elderly and for those of us who are young why is it so important to live a lifespan that surpasses 75?
I know 70 something year olds and 80 something year olds who live very productive lives and I am sure there are people who are near centurion age that are productive and living great lives but they are not the norm.
A large number of people being sustained with modern technology and medicine are not living productive or healthy lives when they surpass 80 years old.
a great deal are lonely, suffering and in constant pain mentally and physically.
Why is it so imperative that they live another 1-10 years?
The reason as far as I can tell is constant fear of death.
I have faced down death more than once in my life.
I like most anyone have a fear of death and the will to survive but I accept that I will at some point die.
I have been living the most productive and full life I can live and have on various occasions volunteered to work in operate in extremely dangerous areas.
I worked in Northern Iraq in regions where ISIS was active only 9-10 kilometers in any given direction.
I worked with old and young men who were fighting to keep ISIS away from their communities and accepted that they very well could die at any moment.
Many I met had been shot and others were missing toes from frost bite from long patrols in the snowy mountains of Kurdistan.
They accepted that death could reach them at any time. Not to mention TB and various diseases abound in the region.
I accepted that I could lose my life but that there were things greater than just me.
I know soldiers from the USA and various regions of Africa who have faced death daily and few want to die but all accept it as a fate that we all must meet.
But in the USA it seems the average American is paralyzed by it.
I believe all life has worth and value but cowardice and living a life of terror is no existence that I want to take part in.
We should all take measures to protect ourselves and all other people.
If you have a cold wearing a mask is a great idea.
The Japanese have been practicing that for ages and it is a good custom but attacking people who are healthy for not wearing your costume of conformity and fear is not something I wish to be apart of.
Take your shoes off before you enter a home, wash your hands and use hand sanitizer if you want but for the love of god lets end the hysteria.
I lived in Haiti surrounded by malaria, dengue and I myself suffered a horrible bought of typhoid.
I did not lock myself away from the world while living in Haiti nor did the rest of the populace.
If our ancestors hid themselves away in fear then we would have never reached any accomplishment as a race, in fact we would have surely perished due to mass cowardice.
Enough is enough time to get back to living and if you don't want to then die.
Be strong, get stronger because the world is a tough place.
America and the west has been coddled too long.
Time to toughen up or else you wont make it.
We have now seen the true cowardice of the common man in the west and its time we see cowards build strength or perish.
We can and should continue to protect all people but we need to stop cultivating weakness and cowardice.
This is an opportunity to build strength and courage and if you refuse to then go hide and self quarantine from the world.
I however refuse to live in a state of hysteria.
Friday, May 1, 2020
My dystopian dream.
The reason that dystopian novels and movies appeal to the masses is because the contrast to our real life situation is so jarring and foreign, yet simultaneously feels familiar and close, so possible and just around the corner if we make some unknown future wrong turn. We can see tiny pieces of that fictional dystopian society around us, hence the familiarity, even if it's a safe and amusing familiarity we can deal with. We feel like those small annoyances, like the droning television screens imbedded in gas pumps around the county, are insignificant enough for now. We feel like we can still turn that situation around before it progresses too far past simple aesthetics.
The problem with this thinking is demonstrated by the oft-cited the adage about boiling a frog. A dystopian society is a slow burn, not a quick turn. We are always looking for that quick turn, and in the meantime we have completely missed the boil that seems to be rolling at this point.
I had a dream last night. I was standing at a gas pump hearing that damned Orwellian "telescreen". It's not looking back at us quite yet, but then again, all you have to do is look up, left and then right to see three cameras pointed right at you. So what is the difference? Back to my dream. Half listening to the news or some other blather, I look up and notice a big red-colored billboard. It has a close-up of a young tan woman wearing a mask over her nose and mouth. The message in plain black script says "Do the right thing, stay home!"
I woke up this morning and was thinking about that dream, and told my wife. She noted that the billboard is real. In town about thirty minutes south of us there is a BP gas station with a billboard across the street that is exactly like the one in my dream, except that the script says "Be a hero, stay home." They haven't put the exclamation point on the billboards, yet.
I went to Walmart the other day for the first time in a couple months. I had not seen the new process there. Now there is a path to walk through, a minder is standing there counting the people going in while someone else counts the people leaving. Again, look up, left and then right to see three sets of cameras staring at you. The floor inside has some suspiciously permanent-looking decals that tell you which direction to walk through the aisles. Walking opposite of them garners some glares that are amusing until the fourth or fifth time. Most people are wearing masks, of course. Maybe it's time for me to wear one just so the cameras above me and to my left and right can work for their money. The Walmart here has telescreens too, advertising the Chinese-made product that is directly next to them.
I spoke with an ER physician where I work the other day. As grounded and discerning as anyone I know, this physician suspects there is something going on behind the scenes, because our "leaders" in science and government are telling us all things that simply don't make any sense based on the teaching we all received in school, clinicals and experience we've all had in our fields over the years. I agree. The people giving us the senseless information have never had our best interests in mind anyway, and have been caught lying every time someone bothered to give their words even a cursory examination.
My ER doc had been watching a video by Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi. They had done some very thorough statistical research and posted an hour-long video detailing their findings. The video had about five million views on YouTube and our doc had just about finished watching the video when it was removed by YouTube. It seems that any statements or information that contradict what government-approved sources are saying are subject to being banned and removed. It doesn't matter if it's a personal post on Facebook from a layman or a well-researched statistical analysis posted to YouTube by experienced, front-line physicians like Dr. Erickson and Dr. Massihi. Only government-approved science is valid. I feel like I've seen this before in the climate debate. Do a search on Google and see the full pages of results "debunking" the video. Or just hit this link to see the full video at Bitchute.
The other day a man was arrested out at the beach. Apparently he was violating the social isolation edicts that society has put in place. He was paddle-boarding in the ocean, alone. Five deputies arrived and put him in handcuffs and took him away. This is what we asked for.
It's coming out now that the majority of people who carry the virus develop zero symptoms throughout the course of the illness. This would make the rational person think that means the virus is much less dangerous than we previously thought, and the mortality rate for the virus would end up being much lower than we thought. Maybe less than 2%, rather than the 4% from before. But the government-approved sources are not going in that direction. Now rather than relaxing a bit, we are being asked to further isolate, even from healthy people. "Be a hero, stay home." Be suspicious of everyone around you and avoid them. Call your local commissar is you suspect your neighbor is violating social distancing. Don't go to church (unless it's a mosque). Happily accept that $1,200 and shut up, don't worry about what it's doing to the economy. The federal debt is up by about a trillion dollars just in the last four weeks. Don't worry about that though.
What's clear is that the people in power have taken this opportunity to tighten their grip on their zones of control. The governor of New Mexico has sealed off the roads leading into a town of 70,000 people. The governor of Michigan doesn't want her citizens to grow gardens. The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi has declared open carry to be illegal. The Agricultural Commissioner in Florida has refused to accept concealed carry permit applications online and has slowed the process for mail-in applications.
It's easy too find violations of the first, second, fourth and tenth amendments happening all over the nation due to this outbreak of a virus that appears to possibly have less than a 2% mortality rate. Pair that with obviously bad information coming from the government-approved scientific sources, and my ER doc here said that there must be something going on behind the scenes we aren't being told about. Again, I agree.
We've been taking small steps toward it, but 2020 appears to have been one giant leap in the direction of a dystopian society. It's past time to be standing on your own. Collect your own water, grow your own food, own the roof over your head, arm yourself, get your communications gear up, homeschool your kids, get your medical training, make sure your transportation is in working order and have your intelligence collection element running.
What we've been preparing for is upon us now.
The problem with this thinking is demonstrated by the oft-cited the adage about boiling a frog. A dystopian society is a slow burn, not a quick turn. We are always looking for that quick turn, and in the meantime we have completely missed the boil that seems to be rolling at this point.
I had a dream last night. I was standing at a gas pump hearing that damned Orwellian "telescreen". It's not looking back at us quite yet, but then again, all you have to do is look up, left and then right to see three cameras pointed right at you. So what is the difference? Back to my dream. Half listening to the news or some other blather, I look up and notice a big red-colored billboard. It has a close-up of a young tan woman wearing a mask over her nose and mouth. The message in plain black script says "Do the right thing, stay home!"
I woke up this morning and was thinking about that dream, and told my wife. She noted that the billboard is real. In town about thirty minutes south of us there is a BP gas station with a billboard across the street that is exactly like the one in my dream, except that the script says "Be a hero, stay home." They haven't put the exclamation point on the billboards, yet.
I went to Walmart the other day for the first time in a couple months. I had not seen the new process there. Now there is a path to walk through, a minder is standing there counting the people going in while someone else counts the people leaving. Again, look up, left and then right to see three sets of cameras staring at you. The floor inside has some suspiciously permanent-looking decals that tell you which direction to walk through the aisles. Walking opposite of them garners some glares that are amusing until the fourth or fifth time. Most people are wearing masks, of course. Maybe it's time for me to wear one just so the cameras above me and to my left and right can work for their money. The Walmart here has telescreens too, advertising the Chinese-made product that is directly next to them.
I spoke with an ER physician where I work the other day. As grounded and discerning as anyone I know, this physician suspects there is something going on behind the scenes, because our "leaders" in science and government are telling us all things that simply don't make any sense based on the teaching we all received in school, clinicals and experience we've all had in our fields over the years. I agree. The people giving us the senseless information have never had our best interests in mind anyway, and have been caught lying every time someone bothered to give their words even a cursory examination.
My ER doc had been watching a video by Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi. They had done some very thorough statistical research and posted an hour-long video detailing their findings. The video had about five million views on YouTube and our doc had just about finished watching the video when it was removed by YouTube. It seems that any statements or information that contradict what government-approved sources are saying are subject to being banned and removed. It doesn't matter if it's a personal post on Facebook from a layman or a well-researched statistical analysis posted to YouTube by experienced, front-line physicians like Dr. Erickson and Dr. Massihi. Only government-approved science is valid. I feel like I've seen this before in the climate debate. Do a search on Google and see the full pages of results "debunking" the video. Or just hit this link to see the full video at Bitchute.
The other day a man was arrested out at the beach. Apparently he was violating the social isolation edicts that society has put in place. He was paddle-boarding in the ocean, alone. Five deputies arrived and put him in handcuffs and took him away. This is what we asked for.
It's coming out now that the majority of people who carry the virus develop zero symptoms throughout the course of the illness. This would make the rational person think that means the virus is much less dangerous than we previously thought, and the mortality rate for the virus would end up being much lower than we thought. Maybe less than 2%, rather than the 4% from before. But the government-approved sources are not going in that direction. Now rather than relaxing a bit, we are being asked to further isolate, even from healthy people. "Be a hero, stay home." Be suspicious of everyone around you and avoid them. Call your local commissar is you suspect your neighbor is violating social distancing. Don't go to church (unless it's a mosque). Happily accept that $1,200 and shut up, don't worry about what it's doing to the economy. The federal debt is up by about a trillion dollars just in the last four weeks. Don't worry about that though.
What's clear is that the people in power have taken this opportunity to tighten their grip on their zones of control. The governor of New Mexico has sealed off the roads leading into a town of 70,000 people. The governor of Michigan doesn't want her citizens to grow gardens. The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi has declared open carry to be illegal. The Agricultural Commissioner in Florida has refused to accept concealed carry permit applications online and has slowed the process for mail-in applications.
It's easy too find violations of the first, second, fourth and tenth amendments happening all over the nation due to this outbreak of a virus that appears to possibly have less than a 2% mortality rate. Pair that with obviously bad information coming from the government-approved scientific sources, and my ER doc here said that there must be something going on behind the scenes we aren't being told about. Again, I agree.
We've been taking small steps toward it, but 2020 appears to have been one giant leap in the direction of a dystopian society. It's past time to be standing on your own. Collect your own water, grow your own food, own the roof over your head, arm yourself, get your communications gear up, homeschool your kids, get your medical training, make sure your transportation is in working order and have your intelligence collection element running.
What we've been preparing for is upon us now.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
My thoughts on China, for the record.
I want to be on record here, so everyone knows. China is a communist, totalitarian police state with an abysmal record on human rights. The government there is nothing but a lying, thieving bunch of murderers running a country full of immoral people. Everything they ever created or invented was actually just stolen from someone else. Mainly from the US.
Consider me to be extremely “anti-China”. Yes, that includes the Chinese people themselves.
Consider me to be extremely “anti-China”. Yes, that includes the Chinese people themselves.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
My current thoughts on COVID-19 and mass quarantines
I've been continuing to do a lot of research, talking with friends and coworkers in the medical field, discussing papers and articles with my ER physicians, and taking care of patients myself over the last few months of the big COVID pandemic. We've all learned and unlearned, and relearned, many different things about what's going on and how serious it is. Obviously we all (I mean you all too) have observed governments around the world doing what governments do best (actually, they're not that great at this either), and that is exerting their power to restrict freedom of movement of healthy, law abiding people.
I wanted to share some thoughts and ideas with you all in the midst of all of this.
Some studies have come about suggesting that only about 6% of the total number of COVID cases have been successfully detected worldwide. Some others have suggested that less than 2% of total cases in the US have been detected. At face value, this seems quite alarming, but discussing with some of the physicians here, we agree that this could possibly mean two things:
Side note on that: I saw a true statement on Gab. Restricting the movement of sick people is called a quarantine, but restricting the movement of healthy people is called house arrest.
Not everyone is locked down right now. There are pockets of dissent and resistance, and many of us are not even living in a state where the orders are being enforced. In my area, most businesses are still open in some capacity and road traffic seems only minimally reduced. We haven't been hit hard with the virus but our ICU went from four cases last week to eleven cases as of this moment. Ten of them are on a ventilator.
I was at a meat market, a gun store (looking for some of these) and a hardware store yesterday and all of them seemed to have close to their average foot traffic. Life must go on. Based my most recent research and discussions with my docs here, I am starting to believe that these house arrest orders have little justification. When logic is applied to my own situation, the orders do not hold up.
I'll pose the question to you: The government has botched almost everything they've touched. This is not an indictment of Trump, it's an indictment of a bloated government machine. They've been caught lying to us at every turn, changing their orders and recommendations based on a litany of reasons, which include convenience and political expediency, rather than medical science. They've shown a propensity for using emergencies and disasters (as determined by their own "experts", naturally) to consolidate their powers and authority and choke off liberties. Officials at all levels demonstrate a gross disdain for my kind, that being traditional, white, Christians, and have attacked us in various ways. They have proven that they do not have our best interests in mind.
Specifically keeping that last paragraph in mind, using logic, can anyone tell me why I should ever trust these people and do as they tell me to do in any situation?
As far as my current situation, our pantry is well stocked for now and our rain barrels are holding. The garden is growing and the freezer is packed out. I have steady work in our ER so the bills will remain paid and the savings will keeping building slowly. We are blessed to be in this situation while only a couple states away, some other Americans are living in a totally different reality. It is amazing to know that my lifestyle has changed minimally, while in New York, mass graves are being dug. I thank God to be where we are and pray daily for others. We've been keeping track of our possible exposures and I've been extra careful with preventing myself from getting sick at work. I'm confident that my family would all test negative at this time.
With all of the above said, I'm not specifically advising you to break laws or go out and try to get yourself some COVID-19. I'm just trying to stir some thought, and give my ideas that these quarantines and house arrest orders (that is what they are) might not be advisable, might not be necessary, might not be moral, might not even be legal. Don't forget that crashing the economy can kill even more people than any virus if it goes on long enough. Think on that decide for yourself what to do about it. Just remember that their are some authorities and officials out there who will never let a good crisis go to waste...
I wanted to share some thoughts and ideas with you all in the midst of all of this.
Some studies have come about suggesting that only about 6% of the total number of COVID cases have been successfully detected worldwide. Some others have suggested that less than 2% of total cases in the US have been detected. At face value, this seems quite alarming, but discussing with some of the physicians here, we agree that this could possibly mean two things:
- COVID might be more contagious than we previously thought.
- COVID might be less dangerous than we previously thought.
Side note on that: I saw a true statement on Gab. Restricting the movement of sick people is called a quarantine, but restricting the movement of healthy people is called house arrest.
Not everyone is locked down right now. There are pockets of dissent and resistance, and many of us are not even living in a state where the orders are being enforced. In my area, most businesses are still open in some capacity and road traffic seems only minimally reduced. We haven't been hit hard with the virus but our ICU went from four cases last week to eleven cases as of this moment. Ten of them are on a ventilator.
I was at a meat market, a gun store (looking for some of these) and a hardware store yesterday and all of them seemed to have close to their average foot traffic. Life must go on. Based my most recent research and discussions with my docs here, I am starting to believe that these house arrest orders have little justification. When logic is applied to my own situation, the orders do not hold up.
I'll pose the question to you: The government has botched almost everything they've touched. This is not an indictment of Trump, it's an indictment of a bloated government machine. They've been caught lying to us at every turn, changing their orders and recommendations based on a litany of reasons, which include convenience and political expediency, rather than medical science. They've shown a propensity for using emergencies and disasters (as determined by their own "experts", naturally) to consolidate their powers and authority and choke off liberties. Officials at all levels demonstrate a gross disdain for my kind, that being traditional, white, Christians, and have attacked us in various ways. They have proven that they do not have our best interests in mind.
Specifically keeping that last paragraph in mind, using logic, can anyone tell me why I should ever trust these people and do as they tell me to do in any situation?
As far as my current situation, our pantry is well stocked for now and our rain barrels are holding. The garden is growing and the freezer is packed out. I have steady work in our ER so the bills will remain paid and the savings will keeping building slowly. We are blessed to be in this situation while only a couple states away, some other Americans are living in a totally different reality. It is amazing to know that my lifestyle has changed minimally, while in New York, mass graves are being dug. I thank God to be where we are and pray daily for others. We've been keeping track of our possible exposures and I've been extra careful with preventing myself from getting sick at work. I'm confident that my family would all test negative at this time.
With all of the above said, I'm not specifically advising you to break laws or go out and try to get yourself some COVID-19. I'm just trying to stir some thought, and give my ideas that these quarantines and house arrest orders (that is what they are) might not be advisable, might not be necessary, might not be moral, might not even be legal. Don't forget that crashing the economy can kill even more people than any virus if it goes on long enough. Think on that decide for yourself what to do about it. Just remember that their are some authorities and officials out there who will never let a good crisis go to waste...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The end of things as we know it.
Posted at American Partisan by Hawkeye.
COVID-19 is not going to wipe out all of humanity. But the world is not going back to the way it was. I do not know what it will look like, but I do know that it will not look like this.
This is the nature of a "black swan" event. You've read about those before, and now you're in one.
COVID-19 is not going to wipe out all of humanity. But the world is not going back to the way it was. I do not know what it will look like, but I do know that it will not look like this.
This is the nature of a "black swan" event. You've read about those before, and now you're in one.
Becker BK-2 review, part of my survival knife set.
I've been carrying the Becker BK-2 as my primary bush-crafting knife for at least the last five years. It remains a part of my get-home-bag setup but I remove it often for bush-craft outings and camping trips. While it may be heavy to some (weighs in at about a pound), I find this to be an asset. The durability and usefulness of this brute of a knife lend itself well to many applications. While there is no jack-of-all-trades knife out there that can do it all, this one seems to check off more than it's fair share of boxes.
Firstly, I'll get into the complaints I see from most people about the BK-2. The weight is the first one. Like I said, it weighs a pound, so for people doing long distance thru-hikes and trying to shed ounces by selecting the lightest shoes or that ultralight backpack, this wouldn't be the knife to bring along. However, on outings and camping trips where weight is at least a little less of a factor, this knife can adequately replace other tools. The knife has served as a hammer and a chopping implement for me in addition to it's primary use as a knife, enabling me to leave the hammer and/or hatchet at home.
The second most common complaint I hear is about the scales. The scales are very smooth, this is true. Personally, I have not had any problems with mine, and this may be due to the fact that I've often been wearing gloves when I've used it. In any case, there are textured aftermarket scales that attach easily, or you can re-texture the factory scales yourself. There are two sturdy pins holding them onto the tang.
No more common complaints stand out to me. So speaking of the tang, it is a full-tang knife. I love this, because this is obviously going to give you the strongest tool. No worries about breaking the knife off the handle. The tang protrudes out at the bottom of the knife giving you a nice blunt edge to use as a cracking device or hammer.
The BK-2 is made from 1095 Cro Van steel, which is supposedly known to be on the brittle side of things if the blade is very thin. This knife, however, is NOT thin, and the 1095 suits it well. 1095 is great steel for a thick knife, and this one comes in at a quarter inch in thickness. Overall length is 10.75 inches, and the blade is 5.25 inches of that.
It has a black, nicely textured drop point blade. Mine has some use on it, and I've been impressed by how it holds the edge through chopping small trees and batoning through wood for a fire. Mine came with the polymer sheath, which holds the knife tightly with no movement no matter which way it's turned, but still allows quite an easy draw thanks to a nice thumb ramp to press off of. Looking around online these days the BK-2 can be had on Amazon for $85.
The BK-2 is one of four knives that I personally choose from for my purposes over the last several years. It's my primary bush-craft knife, usually paired with a Swiss Army Knife "Camper" model for the smaller tasks, like taking scales off of a pan fish. On a few occasions I have switched the Becker out for a classic US Army-stamped Ka-Bar (Olean NY) that I used in Afghanistan when I'm feeling old fashioned. My daily carry pocket knife is a spring assisted Gerber Covert folder I purchased at Camp Casey in Korea in 2011.
Tell us about your knife choice for outings and for everyday carry.
Firstly, I'll get into the complaints I see from most people about the BK-2. The weight is the first one. Like I said, it weighs a pound, so for people doing long distance thru-hikes and trying to shed ounces by selecting the lightest shoes or that ultralight backpack, this wouldn't be the knife to bring along. However, on outings and camping trips where weight is at least a little less of a factor, this knife can adequately replace other tools. The knife has served as a hammer and a chopping implement for me in addition to it's primary use as a knife, enabling me to leave the hammer and/or hatchet at home.
The second most common complaint I hear is about the scales. The scales are very smooth, this is true. Personally, I have not had any problems with mine, and this may be due to the fact that I've often been wearing gloves when I've used it. In any case, there are textured aftermarket scales that attach easily, or you can re-texture the factory scales yourself. There are two sturdy pins holding them onto the tang.
No more common complaints stand out to me. So speaking of the tang, it is a full-tang knife. I love this, because this is obviously going to give you the strongest tool. No worries about breaking the knife off the handle. The tang protrudes out at the bottom of the knife giving you a nice blunt edge to use as a cracking device or hammer.
The BK-2 is made from 1095 Cro Van steel, which is supposedly known to be on the brittle side of things if the blade is very thin. This knife, however, is NOT thin, and the 1095 suits it well. 1095 is great steel for a thick knife, and this one comes in at a quarter inch in thickness. Overall length is 10.75 inches, and the blade is 5.25 inches of that.
It has a black, nicely textured drop point blade. Mine has some use on it, and I've been impressed by how it holds the edge through chopping small trees and batoning through wood for a fire. Mine came with the polymer sheath, which holds the knife tightly with no movement no matter which way it's turned, but still allows quite an easy draw thanks to a nice thumb ramp to press off of. Looking around online these days the BK-2 can be had on Amazon for $85.
The BK-2 is one of four knives that I personally choose from for my purposes over the last several years. It's my primary bush-craft knife, usually paired with a Swiss Army Knife "Camper" model for the smaller tasks, like taking scales off of a pan fish. On a few occasions I have switched the Becker out for a classic US Army-stamped Ka-Bar (Olean NY) that I used in Afghanistan when I'm feeling old fashioned. My daily carry pocket knife is a spring assisted Gerber Covert folder I purchased at Camp Casey in Korea in 2011.
Tell us about your knife choice for outings and for everyday carry.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Corona virus is not the major threat
I regret that I have not contributed to this forum for a very long time.
Now that I am working as a EMT and have been very busy with work in South Africa I have not had the time to write and publish as often as I would like.
Currently this Corona Virus is no worse than any other flu pandemic that we have dealt with in the past.
It has risks and threat to unhealthy demographics as well as the elderly and infants.
The vast majority of children and adults are safe.
The real threat is the reaction from the private sector, government and the general population.
I can tell you in the EMS and medical side of things we are worried.
We are not worried so much about the virus we are worried about the red tape and hinderance this is causing in treating people and the strain it is putting on response.
We are required to take units out of service for long periods of time from exposures.
If first responders or medical staff have a slight cough or your temp goes over 98 fahrenheit you most likely will be taken out of work and will not be able to return until you are cleared for the virus.
This is a serious strain and hinderance to first response and medical treatment.
I am worried about the majority of our private sector being shut down for weeks and possibly months.
I am certain we will all pull through this but not without difficulty.
This is what we all have been preparing for and this is why we are all on this forum.
God, Guns, Beans and Bandaids is what we need and a plan.
I trust you all have been trained, informed and educated to deal with the possible challenges ahead and gray man has done much on this forum to aid us all in the future challenges.
Take care of yourselves and each other. - Islands
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Over 100,000 views.
Sometime over the past couple of weeks this blog surpassed the 100,000 view mark, and I’m thankful for everyone who has taken the time to stop by.
Recently our traffic has dropped, however. It’s actually dropped by about half, and it seems it was pretty sudden. I admit that there has been a lack of posting recently due to my increased workload in school, but half seems to be a big drop. Whether that explains it, or if we’ve been bitten by something more, ahem, nefarious... Remains to be seen.
Rest assured I’m not going anywhere and posting will not cease. As always, feel free to contact me. All anyone on our side is going to have is each other when the fun begins.
Recently our traffic has dropped, however. It’s actually dropped by about half, and it seems it was pretty sudden. I admit that there has been a lack of posting recently due to my increased workload in school, but half seems to be a big drop. Whether that explains it, or if we’ve been bitten by something more, ahem, nefarious... Remains to be seen.
Rest assured I’m not going anywhere and posting will not cease. As always, feel free to contact me. All anyone on our side is going to have is each other when the fun begins.
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