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First “Quote Of The Year” For 2016

Posted: December 29, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

John W. Whitehead's avatarJohn W. Whitehead, Constitutional Attorney

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”—George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. 1

In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again until he not only gains some insight into his life but changes his priorities.

Battlefield_Cover_300Similarly, as I illustrate in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, we in the emerging American police state find ourselves reliving the same set of circumstances over and over again—egregious surveillance, strip searches, police shootings of unarmed citizens, government spying, the criminalization of lawful activities, war-mongering, etc.—although with far fewer moments of comic hilarity.

What remains to be seen is whether 2016 will bring more of the same or whether “we the people” will wake up from our somnambulant states. Indeed, when it comes to…

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Good advice to follow…

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The fascinating part about this argument is that it is true, and the founders themselves would be absolutely horrified by the level of restriction we have placed on arms. A common Progressive argument is that the right to bear arms only applied to an “organized militia.” This is made without the understanding that every able-bodied man of military age was considered, de facto, a part of the militia. Another common argument is that the right only applied to “muskets” or other period firearms. Semi-automatics, revolvers, repeaters, etc… were not envisioned, they say.

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Support the Hammonds – Convoy, Rally, March & Protest

Posted: December 28, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized
Saturday January 2nd 2016 – Burns Oregon
COME & SEND A MESSAGE THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE HAMMONDS WILL NOT STAND AS A PRECEDENT
Convoy – 10am –Those wanting to travel together will rendezvous at Wilco in Bend on hwy 20 (Wilco, 2717 NE Hwy 20, Bend, OR 97701) Patriot Convoy from Bend to Burns
Rally – 12 pm – Meet at the Safeway in Burns. (Safeway, 246 W. Monroe St., Burns, OR 97720) arrive around 12:00pm. Bring flags, flowers, banners and homemade signs.
March – Right after rally – We’ll march from Safeway, north on past the Sheriffs/County offices, head east to downtown main street (Broadway) and stop by the Hammond’s home, drop off flowers in front of their home.
Protest – During the march – Bring coins (pennies, nickles & dimes), as we march past the Sheriff & County building we will flip thousands of coins on the walkways, sending the message to County leaders that they have failed to do their duty in protecting the people of Harney County from the federal government and instead have sold the people out.
 Contact your friends and groups to plan a sign-making event in your respective areas between now and the 2nd of January. We should have a good turn out, support our neighbors, and rally once again. We will be calling media outlets to let them know that Americans will be gathering in Burns to support the ranchers that are being treated like terrorists.  Contact your friends and groups to plan a sign-making event in your respective areas between now and the 2nd of January. We should have a good turn out, support our neighbors, and rally once again. We will be calling media outlets to let them know that Americans will be gathering in Burns to support the ranchers that are being treated like terrorists. 

The Hammond Case: A Travesty of Justice

Posted: December 28, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

When news of the case hit the news, the entire .gov inc. case reeked of .gov inc. abuse of power from day one.
Burning off fields has been used for hundreds of years,it increases the health of the soil,and the new growth is healthier than if the dead grasses were left on the fields.

Upgrading a CNC milling machine Part 1

Posted: December 28, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

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Think of the possibilities,this isn’t all that difficult. Tabletop milling machines are available for a reasonable cost,and are easily upgraded.

 

Compact CNC machines have been around for a long time and there are affordable and often well built units available to buy from surplus suppliers and via auction. Provided a machine is of good quality and has not been abused the hardware will likely work for many years to come.

Though the mechanical side may be serviceable it can be a different story when it comes to the software; the machines may not come with their original control computers, if they do this may not boot or may be missing the security ‘dongle’ for the control software. In addition there have been numerous improvements in motor drive technology in recent years.

We have a Denford Novamill 3-axis mill that came with a rusty old computer that did not boot up. From initial inspection the mill itself looked promising, leaving us with the challenge of connecting a new computer with new software to run the machine.

In this first post we will determine how our machine is wired and bring it up to date with new stepper motor drive electronics, and with a brand new embedded control computer.

Note that CNC machine control cabinets often have dangerous voltages present so care must be taken when working on them.

Out with the old

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Inside the control box

Fortunately for us, Denford provide plenty of documentation for their old machines, facilitating modification and repair. They also have an active forum where people discuss their machines and changes they have made. This was incredibly useful when researching updates for the Novamill.

The original control board was removed as it is designed to work with the original, proprietary software via an RS232 connection. This sits on top of a larger board with the electronics to drive the stepper motors. Whilst it would be possible to interface with the old driver board, it was instead replaced with modern higher performance driver modules, the Geckodrive G201X.

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The original control board

Next it was determined that the control PC was to be replaced with a much more compact solution: a BeagleBone Black and Probotix breakout board. This will allow use of LinuxCNC, an open source machine control software. It also has the added benefit that the control computer can be placed inside the cabinet.

Fitting the stepper drivers

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HR 4269; a Response

Posted: December 27, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Well said,much more polite than I would have been

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To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

To all concerned with this Bill,

I write not to ask of you to somehow decide upon infringement of my God-given rights; that consent is given only between myself and the Lord. You seek power which you do not possess, Lordship over man which cannot be granted only through consent of the governed.

Allow me to clarify- Government is based upon social contract. Laws are obeyed of convenience, and at such time as to become overbearing or cumbersome, recourse must be taken to ensure that freedom for us and our progeny.

Laws which infringe upon personal Liberties are, without exception, guised as reactions to some sort of crisis- which according to the authors, would prevent such atrocities. In every case, without exception, nothing is prevented aside from the stifling…

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