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From Michael Krieger at libertyblitzkrieg.com:

Cannataci says we are dealing with a world even worse that anything Orwell could have foreseen. “It’s worse,” he said. “Because if you look at CCTV alone, at least Winston was able to go out in the countryside and go under a tree and expect there wouldn’t be any screen, as it was called. Whereas today there are many parts of the English countryside where there are more cameras than George Orwell could ever have imagined. So the situation in some cases is far worse already.

– UN Privacy chief, Joseph Cannataci

The UN special rapporteur on privacy, Joseph Cannataci, pulls no punches when it comes to privacy. It’s hard to disagree with what he has to say.

From the Guardian:

The first UN privacy chief has said the world needs a Geneva convention style law for the internet to safeguard data and combat the threat of massive clandestine digital surveillance.

From SLL Here

Via Field & Stream

Plant food plots long enough, and eventually you’ll have one go belly-up on you.  The rain doesn’t fall, the sun doesn’t shine, or for some other reason the stuff just doesn’t grow well enough to reach its potential.

Earlier this summer, my hunting buddy Alan and I planted a soybean plot that we hoped would attract deer during Minnesota’s December archery and muzzleloader seasons. We got the beans in plenty early, but then we got busy—and, well, we flat-out forgot to spray them with herbicide at the appropriate time. By the time we discovered our mistake, grasses and weeds had overrun the plot. The beans were there, but they weren’t going to produce much forage without immediate help.

We hit the plot immediately with Roundup, and then took another look 10 days later. Some of the beans recovered nicely, but nearly half the plot was not mature enough to produce a good pod, and there were plenty of bare patches where grass and weeds had simply out-competed the beans.
So we were in a kind of limbo-land. We could plow under the plot and start over, but that would kill the beans that were doing fine. With any potential killing frosts several weeks away, we ultimately decided that supplementing a food plot with additional seed was the way to go.

Video @ Field & Stream Here

A Waco attorney named Hamilton Lindley filed a lawsuit late last Thursday against Twin Peaks Restaurants and the owners of the Twin Peaks franchise in Waco for injuries and distress caused during the Twin Peaks Massacre last May 17. The plaintiffs, who are only identified as Texas residents M.K.H. and C.R.H., are seeking “monetary relief between $500,000 and $1 million.”

The suit cites as “facts:”

Facts

“In defiance of repeated law enforcement warnings, Twin Peaks invited rival biker gangs to its Waco restaurant on May 17, 2015. Predictably, these rival gangs—fueled by Twin Peaks’ alcohol—began fighting. Nine people were killed and more than 18 were injured as a result of the gross negligence of Defendants. Police recovered more than 300 weapons from the scene, including more than 100 pistols and an AK-47.”

Read the whole thing @ The Aging Rebel

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle — the HMMWV, or Humvee — is a stalwart of the battleground. If you asked someone to draw a military truck, they’d almost certainly draw this classic machine, which is almost older than a millennial (1984!) and gained such a pop culture following at one point that civilians started buying them. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in particular, is famous for his undying love of the “Hummer.”

But seriously, they’re old. The US military has been keen on retiring Humvees for some time, and it has finally awarded the $6.7 billion contract to replace them to Wisconsin-based truck maker Oshkosh, which expects to make about 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) over the course of the deal. The JLTVs, which will come in multiple two- and four-seat configurations, aren’t just better armored and generally more capable trucks than the ones they’re replacing — they also look extraordinarily mean. (I’ve seen them in person, and I can attest that the meanness is real.)

The big selling point for the JLTV is what Oshkosh calls the “Core1080 Crew Protection System,” which includes mine resistance, IED detection, and a lot of bolt-on armor. It’s not just about defense, though: optional turret and missile launch units put bite behind the bark. A suspension that can be raised and lowered electronically makes it easier to transport JLTVs to wherever they’re needed, but out in the field, it’s got 20 inches of wheel travel for insane off-road capability. Oh, and Oshkosh claims it’s 70 percent faster than the best tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) in the market currently.

The Humvee was tame enough to make it to dealerships, but this thing? I’m skeptical we’ll ever see a red JLTV cruising down the highway, unless Arnold wants to prove me wrong.

Lots of pics Here

Well said-I agree 100%-the goal is supposed to be to help people get training,to learn things they need to know,but don’t know,so all of us are better off during any long term SHTF situation.
There are a whole lot of very important skills other than being a “professional soldier”that are important to all of our communities/tribes.
Those who provide training,and do a good job of it are the ones who get repeat customers-their work speaks for itself.
Their students recommends the classes to others.
That’s what matters.