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7 July 2009
Apparently, security at federal buildings sucks; I already suspected this, as I’ve seen people bring in items that simply should not be allowed into a ’secure’ building.
The issue is, of course, it isn’t secure; it is only meant to appear secure. You already have a portion of the population walking around the metal detectors and ‘badging in’; these would be the gun-toting IRS and FBI agents. How hard is it to fake an ID badge?
I imagine the lines at the door will be longer and slower Wednesday as the cops try to be extra bad-ass.
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19 February 2009
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7 February 2009
Joe’s page on “when to resist” points to a couple pages that are no longer available; I’ve taken the liberty of copying them from archive.org, cleaning them up, and reposting them. They are:
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28 October 2008
Because they have our best interests at heart (well, close to heart). At least, stuffing cash in your bra close to heart.
State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson was arrested this morning following an 18-month, “painstaking” undercover investigation, during which she was allegedly caught on tape stuffing a cash bribe into her bra and taking payoffs to push through a Roxbury nightclub liquor license, according to a complaint.
In other news, age and sex are a disability when it comes to gun purchases in Delaware.
Delaware State Police stopped Alvina Vansickle from purchasing a .22-caliber pistol for self-defense because she was too old and a woman, said Superintendent Col. Thomas MacLeish.
The outrage that followed led to the revelation that Delaware State Police had been keeping lists of gun buyers for years; state law requires them to destroy these records after 60 days.
Color me shocked – well, no, don’t. There is so much wrong here I have nothing more to say.
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25 October 2008
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30 September 2008
don’t ebay the evidence.
LONDON — A second-hand camera sold on eBay by a top MI6 agent held secret records used in the fight against Al Qaeda terrorists. Names, snaps, fingerprints and suspects’ academic records were found in the memory of the digital device.
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The man walked into Hemel Hempstead Police Station to report the matter, but cops initially treated it as a joke.
Yet within days Special Branch, the team of specialist anti-terror officers based in every county force, descended on his humble terraced home.
They took away the camera and the family’s PC and spent £1,000 replacing them.
Officers banned the shocked family from talking to the media.
That last bit obviously worked about as well as the first bit.
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20 September 2008
Unintentionally true headline: “London charity stunt harks back to days of ‘freemen’“:
Being a freeman of the City of London used to mean strolling around with your sword unsheathed, getting as drunk as you liked and driving your sheep across London Bridge for free.
But while the first two privileges have long since lapsed, on Friday the city’s freemen reasserted their sheep-driving rights before a crowd of bemused onlookers.
Remember: carrying live steel and an escort when drunk are privileges; herding sheep is a right.
Some privileges apparently deserve to remain in abeyance. As for carrying an unsheathed sword in a city unnerved by a spate of stabbings, Craig advised freemen against it.
“Oh God no!” he exclaimed. “With all this knife crime, that would be terrible.”
From Great Britain.
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12 September 2008
On Joe’s suggestion, I read Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper. If you’re interested in the mechanics of war fighting vis-a-vis the sniper, the book is interesting. A lot is made in the first few pages about the unflinching look at a side of killing people blah blah blah; I suspect anyone that Takes Life Seriously has thought enough about the process that none of the verbiage is shocking or disturbing in the least.
I realize that some points bear repeating; when every person interviewed makes the same point, perhaps some editing could be employed to cut down on page count. A nice executive summary at the front would have been nice; I’ll give you two of mine:
For the sniper:
- Surviving training to become a sniper is harder than being a sniper.
- Most engagements are at close range with M4 or M16s.
- Forget one shot one kill; try for two shots, one kill.
- Snipers are misused by every branch of the military.
For those managing snipers:
- Snipers are misused by every branch of the military; don’t be “that guy”.
Enjoy; I did.
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18 August 2008
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20 July 2008
Some time ago I picked up Outside the Wire (2007 trilogy and Call Sign Vengeance). While I appreciate the effort that goes into documentary efforts, I had to force myself to sit through all four programs. The largest weakness in the movies is that if you’ve read Yon and Totten and Blackfive, these videos are review. If you get your news via CNN or Fox, they may be worthwhile; however, the chance that someone that does focus on mainstream news sources is going to pick up these DVDs is slim.
One reason to purchase the videos is the author’s attempt to out-earn Redacted; apparently, he’s 2/3 of the way to Redacted’s domestic box office. If this appeals to you, by all means buy all of the copies you can afford. One other reason to make the purchase is to support the filmmaker’s future efforts; for that alone, I feel OK about the buy.
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