Author: Paraclete

Defensive Training Group

It’s been about 6 years since I wrote this under my since retired ‘nom de guerre’, and a very good friend of mine at Western Rifle Shooter’s Association asked me if I’d mind updating it.  This is a good base plan for folks you might know just waking up to the fact that things are spinning faster in the vortex than ever before, and this might be the best chance for them to get themselves in gear.  Feel free to add or take away as your situation and local area conditions may require.

You may be thinking, “WORST case??  What could POSSIBLY get any worse than this?? There’s nothing I can do.  Things being the way they are, it’s basically over…all we can do is wait for the hammer to fall.”  Well, for one thing, that’s just not true!  Many folks just like you don’t agree with or believe that perspective in the slightest!  There’s a lot you can do!  And, if this plan helps get you thinking of what you can do instead of what you can’t do, we all might just benefit from youraction!  In fact, if enough folks begin to think about what they can do, we just might avert the “worst case” and many more of us may live through these ‘interesting times’!  So, while you’re reading this, keep that thought in mind, ok?   Continue reading “DTG’s Updated 10 Week Plan to Prepare for the Worst Case Scenario for Beginners”

The New American – by William F. Jasper

Just in case you missed it, the kleptocrats who populate the United Nations have big “climate justice” plans for you. On February 13, as you were preparing for a Valentine’s Day date with your sweetheart or getting ready for the Presidents’ Day weekend, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Geneva, Switzerland, released its long-awaited “negotiation text.” That is the agreement that will take center stage in Paris at the UN’s global climate summit of world leaders during November and December.   Continue reading “From 1750 AD? UN Calculates 300-year “Climate Debt” for United States”

The New American – by Jack Kenny

Appearing before the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Wednesday, undeclared presidential candidate Jeb Bush (shown) acknowledged “there were mistakes made in Iraq” and insisted he is his “own man,” but otherwise gave no indication he would depart from the practice of intervening militarily around the globe to “enforce peaceful stability” in far-off lands.

“I love my father and my brother,” the former Florida governor said of Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush and George W. Bush during the question and answer session that followed his prepared remarks. “I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make. But I am my own man — and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences.”   Continue reading “Jeb Offers More Bush World Chaos”

Patriot or Traitor

Bernard “Bernie” Sanders is a United States Senator from Vermont, and self-described socialists.

Every committed socialists needs a plan. Karl Marx had one, and so did Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. Add to that group socialist senator Bernie Sanders, who is considering running for president (as a Democrat) and has already announced a 12-point plan at the Huffington Post. He writes:   Continue reading “Bernard “Bernie” Sanders is a traitor.”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

Recall that I told you “that Rock River Arms, Knights Armament, LaRue Tactical and Daniel Defense isn’t the Colt produced under milspec for the Army and Marine Corps (these are all superior to the Colt M-16 and M-4)?”  And recall that John Jay and I have both discussed Milspec and what it does (and doesn’t) mean?  And at Western Rifle Shooter’s Association I have had this discussion in even more detail.

While some features of some AR-15s (that don’t match Milspec) are positive, like the Wylde chamber which is highly acclaimed), some not so much. For example, RRA uses red Loctite on the Castle Nut, a feature many guys who do their own build don’t like much. Continue reading “Marines To Get Rifle Makeovers”

BuzzFeed – by Max Andeev and Max Seddon

LOGVINOVE, Ukraine — When Russian-backed rebels went on the offensive in east Ukraine a month ago, the focal point of the clashes quickly switched to Debaltseve, a strategically key rail junction linking their two unsanctioned states. For weeks, Ukraine’s government denied rebel claims to have the town surrounded, even as artillery fire prompted most civilians to flee, killed hundreds, and destroyed the town beyond recognition.   Continue reading “Horrific Images Capture The Sheer Brutality Of War In Ukraine”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

David Codrea:

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted a proposed rule changeFriday removing a previous exemption and banning the manufacture, import and sale of “5.56 mm (.223) SS109 and M855 ‘green tip’ ammunition containing a steel core,” saying it now considers it to be “non-sporting” handgun ammunition capable of penetrating protective vests worn by law enforcement officers. This latest development, ceding to law enforcement lobby interests, is prompted by the development of handguns capable of firing the cited ammunition. Continue reading “ATF Proposes New Rules On ‘Green Tip’ Ammunition Ban”

Investor’s Business Daily

The alarmists keep telling us their concern about global warming is all about man’s stewardship of the environment. But we know that’s not true. A United Nations official has now confirmed this.

At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not to save the world from ecological calamity but to destroy capitalism.   Continue reading “U.N. Official Reveals Real Reason Behind Warming Scare”

Guns America – by PAUL HELINSKI

Digital Crosshairs
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Yukon 1.5 x 42 NVRS Riflescope
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C74GM8/

This article is something of a shootout between my favorite (and cheap at $400) night vision scope and an interesting new digital night vision product that was made from a converted IR CCTV camera. Continue reading “Prepping 101: Cheap Night Vision Riflescopes”

WeaponsMan

In 1959, a General Motors executive boasted that there were so many options available to buyers of the 1959 Chevrolet, that it was theoretically possible for no two of the hundreds of thousands of Chevies delivered that year to be alike. (In fact, many popular configurations were made in vast quantity, and many theoretical combinations of options made no practical sense and were never built). It’s quite a difference from today, when you have red, white, black, silver, and Option Package A or Option Package B. The new way of doing things substitutes soulless modern efficiency for funky 20th-Century soul.   Continue reading “Customizing your Carbine: Pro and Con”

And so the valor and righteousness of the South’s cause will once again rise to the occasion. Liberty, Freedom, and Rebellion against the Tyranny of our oppressors will be ushered forth by men and women with the very same qualities of those who came before us. Although the South with drew in defeat, it wasn’t due to the aggressors values or positions held. The South’s defeat was due to overwhelming numbers, and that only.

In the coming days, weeks and months, the entire Republic will rise to the very same occasion as did the Southern states, so long ago. The cause for Freedom, the right to live and conduct one’s affairs as our founders intended, will be the unifying cry that will heard throughout our land.   Continue reading “The Greatness of North Carolina’s General Robert F. Hoke”

The New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

In her best George III imitation, Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) is coming for your ammunition.

Esty’s proposed legislation caps magazine capacity at 10 rounds.

“Think of the damage that someone could do in the U.S. Capitol with 30 rounds,” insisted Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a vocal proponent of the bill.   Continue reading “Over 100 Congressmen Want 10-Round Cap on Ammo Magazine Capacity”

NRA-ILA

In a move clearly intended by the Obama Administration to suppress the acquisition, ownership and use of AR-15s and other .223 caliber general purpose rifles, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives unexpectedly announced today that it intends to ban commonplace M855 ball ammunition as “armor piercing ammunition.” The decision continues Obama’s use of his executive authority to impose gun control restrictions and bypass Congress.   Continue reading “BATFE To Ban Common AR-15 Ammo”

“Physical revolution requires a methodology of adaptivity and courage. Fear has no place in the mind of a freedom fighter,…”

Response –

Those who’re willing to fight, and die if need be, must be prepared to win. The only way this can come about is “to not be afraid to die.”

When one’s eternal destiny is secure, one can never loose their lives. Those who’re are afraid of dying will never be up to the tasks at hand.   Continue reading “The Patriots’ Response”

Alt-Market – b y Brandon Smith

Our era is a strange one when considering how social attitudes have developed in such a contrary fashion to the rest of history. I think that our forefathers would look upon our current culture with bewilderment when confronted with the fact that our generation has all but abandoned the option of physical rebellion as a tool for social change. Even among the most enslaved of nations and peoples, the idea of revolution has been held in regard as an entirely moral and principled affair involving every individual, no matter their age or economic station. Today, however, that which we call “revolution” has been delegated mostly to college-age intellectuals and has been so watered down and whitewashed with politically correct restrictions that the concept is hardly recognizable.   Continue reading “Understanding The Fear Of Self-Defense And Revolution”