Author: Paraclete

The Firearms Blog

Since I got into machine guns one of the most unusual things I have noticed is that an astounding amount of people who shoot most commonly available submachine guns will get ready, anchor their feet into the ground, cock the bolt to the rear, and then look at me confused and say “it won’t cock” or “the bolt won’t close”. I used to simply say “oh, it fires from an open bolt,” but that typically led to more confusion, even among people you would assume would be familiar with that type of action (including military folk and police officers). Hell, I have been to competitions where the range officer was insistent upon me walking around the range with the gun’s bolt open in the ready to fire position, even though I explained how the bolt closed with no mag in it is correct and that to render the gun completely safe I would have to remove the magazine and walk the bolt forward. Nowadays instead of explaining how an open bolt gun works I just say “it’s fine, just pull the trigger” and people will shrug it off and dump a magazine.   Continue reading ““Open Bolt” Explained: A Tale of Two Uzis”

Views from Liberty Hollow – by Historian

I’ve posted here previously that I think that the present regime is illegitimate;  I’ve also made no bones about the illegitimacy of the FedGov goons in personal conversations.  I thought that it was reasonably evident that this was so, especially when even the hard left has started criticizing the Obamessiah. But the other day, somebody said, ( I paraphrase somewhat for the sake of clarifying a rather emotional exchange)  “Historian, I understand that you do not agree with the policies and actions of the present administration.  I do not agree with most of what those bozos are doing now  myself, and I admit I voted for the guy in ’08.  But you have to go a long way from policy disagreement to  being illegitimate.  How can you possibly say that the present government is not legitimate?”   Continue reading “Progressive Illegitimacy, Part 1”

Gordon Anderson

1. Be vigilant, people will seek to use the government for selfish ends.
2. Avoid overgrown military establishments; they are hostile to liberty.
3. Prevent all obstructions to the execution of the laws.
4. Control bureaucracies; make sure they all work together.
5. Avoid political parties; they will cause divisive factions and unscrupulous men will use them to undermine the government.
Continue reading “20 Unheeded Warnings in Washington’s Farewell Address”

Charles Carol Society

For those of you who have been waiting, please go ahead and order your copies today. Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own. This paperback book is a guide to the selection, use, and care of tools. It is already also available as an e-book and audiobook. The paperbacks are packaged in cases of 16 copies by the publisher, for those who want to order in bulk.

JWR’s newest nonfiction book should be a winner.  I buy these in paper back since that works when the grid is down.   Continue reading “Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

It is easy to misinterpret the signals of our economy from afar when we see people driving cars everywhere and we tend to think that our economy as not being that bad. However, the fact remains that 40 years ago Americans owned those cars that we see them driving. Today, we are renting them as 40% of us are leasing our vehicles. As we drive up and down our neighborhoods, we see people living in houses and we lie to ourselves and use this as a  false barometer to convince ourselves that everything is OK. However, many of these homes we see people living in, have lost all of their equity. Continue reading “The Four Things You Can Count On Following the Collapse of the Dollar”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

When it comes to emergency medicine for preppers, everybody is already aware of the extraordinary usefulness of things like nano silver, fish antibiotics and off-the-shelf antiseptics such as povidone iodine.

Here, I’ve decided to reveal five little-known emergency medicine items you probably never thought about acquiring for your preps. These are all lifesaving items that most people may not even realize are medicine in the first place.   Continue reading “Top five emergency first aid items you probably didn’t even realize were medicine”

Last Resistance – by Michael Minkoff

Timothy DeFoggi, a former head of cyber-security for the increasingly misnamed Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ), has been sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for accessing and soliciting child pornography and conspiring to act out his fantasies of child rape and murder:

“Using the same technological expertise he employed as Acting Director of Cyber Security at HHS, DeFoggi attempted to sexually exploit children and traffic in child pornography through an anonymous computer network of child predators,” Assistant Attorney General Caldwell said in a statement. . . . Continue reading “Former HHS Official Sentenced for Child Pornography”

N6CC – by Tim

UPDATED 7/26/14

A simple kit for temporary, lightweight, wire tactical antenna systems is essential for any field Ops.  No “Rocket Science” here, just proven, simple, efficient systems that work very well in a field environment.

Here’s my kit as it fits in a standard US Military M-1956 “Butt Pack”. I have used the types of parts and techniques in this kit for decades and it supports almost any kind of field radio installation from HF through 6 and 2 meters.   Continue reading “Portable Field Antenna Kit”

N6CC – by Tim

“Never do anything to attract enemy fire – It annoys those around you”
Murphys Laws of Combat.

UPDATED 2/1/13 This section will deal with various means to covertly operate radio systems while going unobserved. Any number of situations may call for these measures but the antenna system must still work! Like many of us, I live in an “antenna challenged” neighborhood but I was fortunately able to get mine “grandfathered” in when I first moved here since the original CC&R/HOA documents did not outright prohibit them at the time. However I keep them very low profile to keep the neighbors happy anyway.   Continue reading “Stealthy / Covert Antennas”

NY4G – by Ariel Jacala

Having been a QRP operator and having started my amateur radio career from among the ranks of QRP operators, you will be able to instantly tell my bias for antennas.  From the standpoint of economics, you will get the most signal strength for your dollar by investing in antenna systems (when you can) as opposed to investing in power.  There are many folks who are limited in the ability to put up effective antennas by Homeowners Association (HOA) restrictions.  There is a move afoot in Congress called the Parity Act, HR-4969 , that will allow radio amateurs to legally fight the HOA’s.  However, this bill has not been signed into law, as of the time of this writing. Back to the subject of antennas, a little knowledge about antenna theory will go a long way towards improving your signal up to 18 dB or 3S units.   Continue reading “Power or Antennas – When Less is More?”

The New American – by Alex Newman

Despite the troubles in her country, “Elizabeth,” as she became known, was an otherwise happy 13-year-old girl living in the Ivory Coast. Then the United Nations’ “peacekeeping” troops arrived in her town wearing their bright blue helmets — ostensibly to “keep the peace.” Rather than protecting the villagers, however, the UN forces kidnapped and brutally gang-raped young Elizabeth.   Continue reading “United Nations Exploits Pseudo-“Human Rights” to Attack U.S.”

The Independent Institute – by Vicki Alger

Last year wasn’t a good year for Common Core, and the myth-makers are already hard at work publishing some new spin, but first let’s review what we’ve learned over the past five years. Common Core national standards are:

• Costly (here, here, and here)
• Weak (here and here)
• Intrusive (here)
• Politicized (here)
• Anything but “voluntary” (here, here, here, here, here, andhere)
• Unconstitutional (here, here, here, here, and here)

Continue reading “Common Core Boosters Trying to Scare States into Keeping National Standards”

Candidate for Weasel Wednesday

Patriot or Traitor

Michael J. “Mike” Rogers, a Republican Congressman from Michigan, is a traitor and outright liar. One of many examples of this is his claim the NSA is not listening to phone calls.

On Sunday’s (June 16, 2013) “State of the Union” on CNN, Mike Rogers as head of the House Intelligence Committee, insisted that although there have been allegations made to contrary, the National Security Agency isn’t listening in on Americans’ personal communications.   Continue reading “Michael J. “Mike” Rogers is a Traitor”

Cryptogon

Here’s an excerpt from an email to my sister:

As for us being weird by American standards: We’re weird by NZ standards too. For example, we go to almost no birthday parties for other children because people are drinking Pepsi and eating baked atrocities with sprinkles on top. MSG sausages, etc.

One of Owen’s friends had her birthday party and Becky decided to try to go. Continue reading “Sugar as a Source of Disease”