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Irma and Other Prepper News
08 Friday Sep 2017
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Pick Your Governor Wisely: The Guns of Crisis
07 Thursday Sep 2017
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This is a speculative post, really beyond the control of anyone one person. Yet, it is still interesting.
I read the other day, and saw some social media hysteria about, the emergency order out of the U.S. VI that the National Guard seize private guns and ammo. A small-scale but a serious issue. All of this a reaction to Hurricane Irma.
U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp signed an emergency order allowing the seizure of private guns, ammunition, explosives and property the National Guard may need to respond to Hurricane Irma.
Mapp signed the order Monday in preparation for Hurricane Irma. The order allows the Adjutant General of the Virgin Islands to seize private property they believe necessary to protect the islands, subject to approval by the territory’s Justice Department.
Just because they can (or could) doesn’t mean they will (or did). I’ve yet to hear or read of any actual confiscations. And confiscation is nothing new. Hitler did it. Mao did it. The New Orleans police did it. It happens. Hide some of your armory. Or, just don’t open the door. That should stop 99% of the thefts – people, cops and soldiers included, are lazy.
Anyway, I also read about Gov. Greg Abbott’s reaction to Hurricane Harvey. (No link, sorry). Abbott called up his entire NG contingent. Additionally, he also called out the Texas State Guard, this being the official state militia (of Second Amendment fame).
Both outfits are professional military units. The difference is that the NG is at the dual disposal of the state – or the federal empire. The State militia is solely at the beck and call of Austin.
Texas has a proud militia history, owing its existence to the same. When the current Guard of reconstituted in the 1950’s (?) it rapidly outnumbered the federally obligated NG by over 50%. Texans want their own protection, without D.C. strings.
I do not know the current enrollment of the TX Guard but they are very well-regulated and organized. These are the real citizen soldiers or America – actually protecting their own. Every American state has a branch, though many are not as defined as that of TX.
Just remember, in times of crisis, your state will either generally fall into one of two camps: seize your guns when they might be needed, or: call on you and your guns when needed. Which would you prefer?
Texas DOD.
No Changes Whatsoever
06 Wednesday Sep 2017
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America, changes, Christians, demographics, immigration, whites
We’ve come a long way since 1790. Sometime between then and now, some lies were told. Here’s one from Ted “Chappaquiddick” Kennedy:
“First, our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same…
Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset… Contrary to the charges in some quarters, [the bill] will not inundate America with immigrants from any one country or area, or the most populated and deprived nations of Africa and Asia…
In the final analysis, the ethnic pattern of immigration under the proposed measure is not expected to change as sharply as the critics seem to think… The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs.”
-Tipsy Teddy on the Immigration Act of 1965.
Only it hasn’t worked out as promised (and what from government does?). White Christian Americans, 80% of population in 1970 and nearly 90% in 1950, are now a minority (43%). But hey, like Ted said, “It’s just water under the bridge, Mary Jo.”
Diver examines the wreck of the Posterity*.
*This being the same “Posterity” from the Preamble of the Constitution, the “British Brethren” of the Declaration of Independence. And it wasn’t all Ted’s fault; he is just quote-worthy.
**And even now’s there’s DACA and the GOP Jellyfish. Shades of ’86 amnesty fall? Or, is that the curtain?
“Here Comes the Flying Cars …
05 Tuesday Sep 2017
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That was an actual Drudge headline. See:
This story is a little different than the usual flying car hype job in that a German startup did really get a prototype off the ground.
Lilium/YouTube.
2.6 Million viewers – not bad. And I am impressed that the thing flew. However, that does not equate to being able to purchase and fly one for personal transportation. Not yet.
Neither the Times story nor the company placed the usual time frame on delivery. That’s usually anywhere between “later this year” and “never.” Remember, I’ve been following these things for over 25 years.
300 KPH (186 MPH) ain’t bad. A 300 Km range is. And I’d like to see the prototype operate with passengers. Could it?
I’ve said before, “I’ll believe it when I fly it.” I stand by that. And I really do want to believe.
So, let’s go, Lilium, or whomever. Wheels up!
A Storm Brews in Asia?
04 Monday Sep 2017
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Harvey was too much. Irma is coming. Now, there may be a different kind of disaster in North Korea. How about H-bombs on 10,000 km-capable ICBMs?
For some reason I can’t bring myself to worry about this that much. D.C. is still radically more dangerous to Americans that Pyongyang. Still, if a renewed war gets rolling now, the outcome may be surprising and extremely unpleasant.
I do wish all of the pols and commentators would can the “make some glass” BS. That time has passed. Or, at least, who would like to pick the U.S. city(s) to run through the glass factory?
NK still has but a drop in the nuclear bucket. But it’s a drop you’d rather not spill.
Eric Peters on Avoiding Harvey-Flooded Autos
04 Monday Sep 2017
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They’re coming – and not around Texas. In a few months many of these doomed cars will start appearing at used car lots nationwide. Harvey has destroyed an estimated 500,000 cars in Houston alone and damaged maybe a million more.
On a positive side note, these cars will have to be replaced. Harvey may, just may, save the automotive industry or, at least, prolong its decline for perhaps a season or a year.
Peters has the lowdown on sedans-turned-submarines and how to avoid owning one:
The cars – many of them brand-new – are declared total losses and the dealership gets compensated by the insurance company. The cars ought to be recycled at this point – or parted out (some parts are still perfectly usable). But because it is not hard – for the expert crooked car seller – to pull out the carpet, dry the obvious things, clean the car up and then (critical) efface any mention of “salvage” or “flood damage” from the car’s title/vehicle history report – and then sell the seemingly near-new/low-miles car far, far away from the source of its swim, he does exactly that.
And this is a ride you do not want to take.
Don’t buy one unless you’re starting a reef. EP Autos.
Buyer beware!
A Good Time to Make Use of National Unity?
02 Saturday Sep 2017
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America, crisis, Hurricane Harvey, Pat Buchanan, Texas, unity
Like 9/11, Hurricane Harvey brought us together.
In awe at the destruction 50 inches of rain did to East Texas and our fourth-largest city and in admiration as cable television showed countless hours of Texans humanely and heroically rescuing and aiding fellow Texans in the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
On display this week was America at her best.
Yet the destruction will not soon be repaired. Nearly a third of Harris County, home to 4.5 million people, was flooded. Beaumont and Port Arthur were swamped with 2 feet of rain and put underwater.
Estimates of the initial cost to the Treasury are north of $100 billion, with some saying the down payment alone will be closer to $200 billion. In inflation-adjusted dollars, the cost of Harvey will exceed that of the Marshall Plan, which rebuilt Europe after World War II.
Though the country has appeared united since the storm hit, it is not likely to remain so. …
No, it won’t last. In fact, as one team of overweight, low-IQ felons after another take the field today, the Harvey effect begins to fade. After tomorrow’s Day of Prayer (which will surely gripe some in and of itself) the unity may be over.
As for tending to our own house – there’s still a fortune for some to make meddling overseas, the consequences be damned.
Still, it has been nice, this week, to see so many come together. It’s sad that it takes a disaster to do it.
WCPO.
Make of this What You Will Thursday: SPLC Wants to Remove Schools, Roads, and Military Bases
31 Thursday Aug 2017
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That’s what their form editorial letter says in conjunction with their map. All part of the effort to get rid of all things Confederate – in public – in public for now… Have a look. (This has nothing, that I know of, to do with that other story about the SPLC hurrying to get cash overseas as fast as possible).
So much could be made of this yet I remain so tired. And I still owe you the tale of the bugs and such.
Maybe they’re right. Maybe the following just wasn’t enough: actually winning the Civil War; the 13th Amendment; the 14th Amendment; the KKK Act; the end of Jim Crow; Brown; the Civil Rights Act; integration; affirmative action; the death of Robert Byrd (KKK, WV); and the two terms of Hussein Obama. Maybe all that’s needed is yanking down a few schools, roads, army bases, (presumably) CSA graves and, of course, the public monuments.
On the subject of just removal, we could start with that monument to Marx on Washington Avenue in Montgomery.
Someone’s YouTube.
Harvey Brings out the Best and the Worst
28 Monday Aug 2017
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Any disaster will feature some low-down opportunistic looters:
Acevedo also said officers are focused on protecting the city from looters as floodwater recede.
“We’ve already arrested a handful of looters. We’ve made it real clear to our community we’re going to do whatever it takes to protect their homes and their businesses,” Acevedo said. “And when people come from the outside to Houston, Texas, know we’re going to be out in the city, we’re not going to rest as a police department or law enforcement community until people restore their lives.”
But for every thief and thug, there’s still a real man in America: enter the Cajun Navy:
One year after the Cajun Navy fleet deployed to pluck stranded families from the flood waters that overwhelmed southeast Louisiana, the volunteer rescuers have mobilized again to help in the Houston area after heavy flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.
A second wave of volunteers with the group gathered in Baton Rouge on Monday to head to the Houston area to provide additional support.
Twitter.
Never underestimate good guys with jon boats.
Hulk Smash: Lou to the Rescue
24 Thursday Aug 2017
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I recently pondered commenting on a few stories about laziness and obesity in China and the UK. Apparently it’s getting bad there and elsewhere. But nowhere is like the USA. We’re number 1! We’re number 1!
70%+ of Americans are either overweight or obese. Call me crazy but I’d rather we not rank in the top ten there.
Maybe Lou Ferrigno can help. The President is probably about to appoint The Hulk to head the President’s Council on Fitness.
Daily Mail.
Big Lou to the rescue.
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