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The Privilege Of Not Caring

Posted: May 17, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Nice rant.
When I heard you talk in the interview you linked to a while back-I would have placed your accent as Eastern European,then again,the only thing I had to go on as far as Portuguese is the large community of commercial fishermen around New Bedford Mass who are originally Portuguese,but after multiple generations-the accent is “Americanized”

Sarah A. Hoyt's avatarAccording To Hoyt

So, recently I’ve been getting really tired of the word “privilege” mostly because it’s being twisted to mean things it never meant.

I’d even be more or less okay with the idea that “white privilege” is not having to define yourself according to a race/ethnicity stereotypes.  It’s a stupid idea, but it’s at least understandable how people got there.

They got there through a total lack of empathy, is how they got there.  They assume that the pressures put on them to fit the pictures in people’s heads only exist because they tan an interesting color, have female parts or whatever.

This is a stunning lack of empathy because in fact, the pictures in people’s heads are there because they’re human and the subject they are examining must fall into a pattern of heuristics that allows them to make a quick decision.

In other words, particularly when evaluating other humans…

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Economic Collapse Scenario- My Best Guess

Posted: May 17, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Capitalist Eric's avatarCapitalist Eric

There are plenty of prepper websites, books and discussion forums out there, all of them discussing SHTF/WROL survival.  Some of them, such as the forum at http://www.shtfschool.com, are very good.  And naturally, nearly all of them try to make a few bucks here and there, via advertising, selling books, knives, survivalist gear, “zombie” gear, and so on..  Great.  More power to them, in my not-so-humble opinion…  God help me, if I ever go mall-ninja-survivalist.

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Today’s thoughts actually revolve around something that was asked of me to make, a sort of common-Joe’s view of what will happen should the Trans Pacific Partnership “trade” deal pass.  The truth is that nobody can do that, since the full details are held in strict secrecy (making me conclude that it’s NOT good for America, Americans or our wallets).   The TPP- like NAFTA and CAFTA- will result in the same thing:

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Any questions?

Oh,  some details are…

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Looks like  good rules to live by to me…

http://www.dethguild.com/twenty-rules-to-live-by-as-america-goes-to-hell/

May 4, 2015 2:03PM

We Should Be Wary of Federal Body Camera Funds

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $20 million police body camera pilot funding scheme to assist law enforcement agencies in developing body camera programs. In the wake of the killings of Michael Brown, Walter Scott, and Freddie Gray there has been renewed debate on police accountability. Unsurprisingly, body cameras feature heavily in this debate. Yet, despite the benefits of police body cameras, we ought to be wary of federal top-down body camera funding programs, which have been supported across the political spectrum.

The $20 million program is part of a three-year $75 million police body camera initiative, which was announced by the Obama administration shortly after the news that Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, would not be indicted. It is undoubtedly the case that if Wilson had been wearing a body camera that there would be fewer questions about the events leading up to and including his killing of Brown. And, while there are questions about the extent to which police body cameras prompt some “civilizing effect” on police, the footage certainly provides welcome additional evidence in investigations relating to police misconduct, thereby improving transparency and accountability.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton agrees that body cameras improve transparency and accountability. In a speech on criminal justice last week she said that she wants to extend President Obama’s body camera funding program: “We should make sure every police department in the country has body cameras to record interactions between officers on patrol and suspects.” Clinton did not provide any details about her proposed body camera program, but it certainly sounds like it would be more expensive that Obama’s.

On the other side of the political spectrum a more detailed police body camera proposal emerged. In March, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) co-sponsored a body camera bill with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) that would establish a federal pilot funding program for police body cameras. I wrote last month about some of the worrying aspects of the bill, such as the requirement that the entities requesting body camera funding publish privacy policies “in accordance with the open records laws, if any, of the State.” This means that Paul and Schatz’s bill could provide financial assistance to departments that are not subject to policies conducive to improved law enforcement transparency and accountability.

Given that law enforcement agencies can propose bad body camera policies and that body cameras can impose a fiscal burden on states it is not hard to see why federal funding for police body cameras might be appealing. But it is important to keep in mind that while the DOJ does require that “a strong BWC policy framework” be in place before body cameras are purchased through the recently announced program, what constitutes a “strong BWC policy framework” is not made clear. The DOJ document which outlines eligibility for the grants does state that law enforcement agencies will have to develop or build on a policy which includes the “Implementation of appropriate privacy policies that at a minimum addresses BWC program issues involving legal liabilities of release of information, civil rights, domestic violence, juveniles, and victims’ groups.” However, the document includes few specific details about what policies will have to include in order to be deemed to have addressed these issues.

There are numerous policy concerns associated with police body cameras that must be adequately addressed if they are to improve transparency and accountability. A good body camera policy will outline (among other things) when a police body camera must be on, what footage can be requested, how much of that footage can be released to the public, how long the footage is stored, what the punishment will be when officers fail to turn their cameras on, what information will be redacted from footage when it is released, and whether police will be able to view footage before speaking to investigators.

It might be the case that the Bureau of Justice Assistance, which will administer the grants, will require the best police body camera policies so far proposed. But the fact that implementation of “appropriate privacy policies” is a condition for funding means that some law enforcement agencies may adopt privacy policies in order to receive funding rather than because they provide the best privacy protections.

If the DOJ is going to take part in the ongoing debate on police body camera policy it shouldn’t provide a financial incentive for the adoption of its policies. When discussing the best policies for a relatively new technology such as body cameras we ought to consider suggestions from a variety of sources, but none of these suggestions should be accompanied by financial assistance, which could adversely influence the consideration of policy.

“Turns out a warming climate could boost the medicinal and psychoactive properties of plants including cannabis.”

This means that all the leftover hippies in Northern Commiefornia should be happy about  “global warming” and higher CO2 levels booting the potency of the weed they’re growing all over N. Commifornia-they should be ecstatic about this news and stop protesting about everything,and just relax and smoke their higher potency weed.

Request From Doc Grouch At Hogwart’s

Posted: May 14, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Three From Aesop

Posted: May 14, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Of Wolves, Bears, and Birds

Posted: May 12, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

On a scrabble board the word regret will only yield you seven measly points, but in real life regret can come with an enormous price tag. In 1991 when my phone rang in my Indiana dorm room the voice on the other end of the line was a reporter from my local hometown newspaper, the Jackson Hole Guide back in Wyoming. The gal wanted to know about a report that I had seen a wolf at the top of Togwotee pass late one snowing blizzard of night while I was home for Christmas break. At that time, the wolves had technically not been reintroduced to Yellowstone, but reports about wolf sightings had been circulating around the area and I’m sure the reporter thought I was just some snot nosed college kid who wouldn’t know the difference between a wolf and a bulldog. The dead air on the other end of the line was nearly deafening when I explained to her that I had grown up with wolves at my grandfather’s house down near Wilson where he had a compound with about a dozen of the Canadian beasts under captivity. What I saw that night in my headlights was without a doubt a big Canadian Gray wolf with an orange radio collar around its neck, no question about it. Most of the people who read the article doubted my account of the sighting, and that’s okay. At the time I just laughed it off and went back to proving some ridiculous thermodynamic law.

Those were different times. They were, let’s call it BWR, “Before Wolf Reintroduction.” There was a lot of apathy in the hunting community during that period. Some hunters and outdoorsman thought wolf introduction might even be a good idea, and some vehemently despised even the mere thought of the idea. I found myself in the later category of course, but calculus and trigonometry dominated my spare time at that point in time in my life. I think we can almost all agree, that we should have done more; more as hunters and outdoorsman to try and push our politicians to stop the largest wildlife genocide in over 100 years. To think that we now have an entire generation of hunters now living among us that has never set eyes on the type of elk and moose herds that we enjoyed during our childhood is very sad. We should have done more, stood together, spoke up as a unified front against what was about to happen. We now know all to well, that our politicians and even our state and local officials don’t always have our best interests in mind when it comes to sound wildlife management. They say they do in speeches, press conferences and newspaper articles, but when push comes to shove, the federal government always seems to get what it wants.

Read the rest @ http://www.eastmans.com/blog/of-wolves-bears-and-birds

Then go here…

http://www.biggameforever.org/

And sign the petition to stop the sage grouse from getting endangered species act protection-if this happens-it will make the spotted owl clusterfuck seem like it was nothing-it’s that bad- for more info on the subject go here…

http://gamegetterii.blogspot.com/2015/05/walden-says-sage-grouse-listing-would.html

And here…

http://www.biggameforever.org/2015/05/endangered-species-listing-for-sage-grouse-could-affect-wyomings-economy/

Sign the petition-the animals “rights” whackos,combined with the enviro-nazis,and organized groups like NRDC,Earth First,Earthjustice,HSUS,Sierra Club,and the rest of the usual suspects want to control ALL hunting in a multi-state area.

This would devastate many local economies in S.D.,N.D., Wyoming, Montana,eastern Washington and Oregon,Idaho,parts of Colorado,Commieforinia,Utah…

If these douchenozzles get ESA protections for sage grouse-those of us who are big game hunters will be screwed blued and tattooed-or worse.

Stand up,speak out-because if we don’t there’s gonna be millions of acres of public land closed to ALL hunting-fishermen will get fucked over out of the deal as well-so go to the Big Game Forever link,sign the petition,write.e-mail,phone and fax your congresscritter-We-as in every one of us who values hunting-and wants to continue to hunt deer,elk,antelope and moose-speak up-say something-do something-put a stop to this horsepucky before it’s too late-at least send an e-mail and call-even if you get some young kid who’s fresh out of the leftist indoctrination camps that our public schools have become-TALK to them,get your point across-let them know WHY it’s an issue-why it’s wrong to abuse the ESA in order to help the enviro-nazis and animal “rights” “extremists” do this.

At the bare minimum-sign the petition @

http://cqrcengage.com/biggameforever/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=95214

Let’s stop these people before it’s too late,and they get all hunting on public lands banned by abusing the endangered species act.

Community Comms Part Two: Primitive Social Media

Posted: May 12, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Pay attention-go back and read Part I if not up to speed.

dialtoneblog's avatarcommunication tradecraft

20150510_224730So now we are over the whole “CB radio is useless” thing and everyone wants to know what’s next. Well, we have acquired a cheap CB and we have acquired a power source : https://dialtoneblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/grid-down-power-up/

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Plants encouraged as CO2 levels reach 400 ppm

Posted: May 10, 2015 by gamegetterII in Uncategorized

Outstanding !
Rivals anything the Sierra Club,NRDC,Earthfirst,Earthjustice,Greenpeace,or any of the other environmental zealots have come up with-too bad it doesn’t fit their agenda.

This must be spread far&wide,reprinted in the NY Times, HUffPo and WaPO !

Lawsuits must be filed to stop the efforts to reduce CO2 levels so we can save the plants!
Protests must be organized !
Parade floats made
Posters and signage printed up
Catchy slogans must be thought up
More experiments must be done to show that low CO2 levels harm plants
Pictures of dying plants must be taken
A polar bear on an ice floe equivalent must be thought of
The possibilities are endless…