Category: Aggregated

“If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.”―Lenny Bruce If you buy into the version of Christianity Lite peddled by evangelical leaders such as Franklin Graham, who recently advised Americans to do as the Bible says and “submit to your leaders and those in authority,” then staying alive in the American police state depends largely on your ability to comply, submit, obey orders, respect authority and generally do whatever a cop tells you to do. If, however, you’re one of those who prefers to model … Continue reading →

Few Americans seem to comprehend what is unfolding in the Middle East – with the latest conflict involving Saudi airstrikes against the Houthi rebels who now control Yemen’s capital of Sanaa. In this swirl of regional wars, it’s often not clear where the U.S. government stands and how American interests are affected. The reason for the confusion is simple: Many key pundits who get to explain what’s going on from the op-ed pages of the major U.S. newspapers and from the TV talk shows prefer that the American people don’t fully grasp what’s happening. Otherwise, the people might realize the dangers … Continue reading →

NOT TO DETRACT FROM the raw horror and tragic-ness of the Germanwings disaster, but the crash has spawned a sideshow of ill-informed and just plain aggravating conversations, across the whole spectrum of the media, that somebody needs to address. Whether it’s on the human factors side of things (i.e. pilots and mental health), or on the technical part of flying, much of the talk is misleading. As if air travel weren’t misunderstood enough already; certain pundits and correspondents out there are making it worse. For starters, the crash has touched off a good deal of talk about automation and a … Continue reading →

Planning your spring outdoor adventure? Try these skills and projects, even if it’s in your backyard. In fact, your backyard may be the best place to start your journey to outdoor self-reliance. Burn Stuff (Combustion) Flint and Steel Fire from One Stick Bow Drill Friction Fire Practice Making Feather Sticks (short video) Practice in wet conditions. If it ain’t raining, you ain’t training… Cut Stuff (Cutting Tool)  Ax Safety and Firewood Processing 4 Basic Ax Skills Splitting Long Logs with an Ax Axes and Kids Shelter Stuff (Cover) Four W’s – what to look for when selecting a campsite Make Your Own … Continue reading →

The news of the arrest of two government agents, Carl M. Force and  Shaun W. Bridges, involved in the Silk Road case, signals just how corrupt the Silk Road investigation was. This come directly from the Department of Justice press release:  In one such transaction, Force allegedly sold information about the government’s investigation to the target of the investigation. Note well what Ross Ulbricht’s attorney stated in his opening remarks during the trial of Ross:  And at the end — I will get to the middle as well, but at the end he was lured back by those operators to … Continue reading →