Starvin Larry

“The Range-R card is one of those things that I never expected would have taken off the way it did – over 800 sold thus far in three versions – and there’s no doubt in my mind that if people speak with their wallets, the people have spoken in volumes in this case.

When I saw it the first time it immediately reminded me of the old PSO Soviet scope rangefinders. Put the feet on the horizontal line and wherever the head comes up to, that’s the distance to the target. The Soviet methodology of fielding Snipers was quite a bit different from the American methodology. Rather than treating them as isolated assets they were viewed in what we’d come to call Designated Marksmen, or a native asset to the larger Infantry Squad. Extended range snap shots were more critical than mathematical ranging and pinpoint shot placement. Their training program was reflective of this, based around the experiences of the Eastern Front of WWII and Stalingrad in particular. With limited ammo and resources they created riflemen and their equipment was reflective of this effective methodology”

More @

https://brushbeater.org/2023/07/06/the-all-new-brushbeater-range-r-card/

“This is true despite claims to the contrary by some on both the left and right.
ILYA SOMIN | 7.4.2023 10:00 AM





The connection between individual liberty and the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be obvious. After all, the most famous passage in the Declaration states that all men have the rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” and that “to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men.” But, in recent years, it has become common in some circles on both right and left to argue that the Declaration and the American Revolution were really about collective self-determination by a community.

For right-wing nationalists, this position enables them to assimilate the American experience to standard nationalist narratives under which governments exist primarily to advance the interests of a specific racial, ethnic, or cultural group. For left-wing critics of the Declaration and Revolution, such as legal scholar Kermit Roosevelt (see also here), it allows them to highlight the slavery and racial inequality of early America and claim that our real Founding did not come until the abolition of slavery during and after the Civil War (if even then).

Such attempts to reinterpret the Revolution as being about collective rights is off-base. As already noted, the Declaration emphasizes that the protection of individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is the main purpose of government. That’s about as far from communitarian collectivism as you can get! To the extent collective self-determination matters, it is only in so far as it helps protect individual liberty and happiness.

Moreover, the Declaration does not claim that ethnic, racial, cultural or any other kinds of groups have any inherent collective rights to self-determination. Rather, it indicates the secession and revolution are justified only when the “Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends” (referring to the previously mentioned individual rights). And even then, overthrowing the government is only defensible in response to “a long train of abuses and usurpations.” Complaints about “light and transient” causes —or mere belief that a new government would fit the society’s character better—are not enough.”

Read more @

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence-promotes-individual-liberty-more-than-collective-self-determination/

“Every American knows what Independence Day is. Alongside Christmas and Thanksgiving, it’s one of the few holidays that hasn’t fallen prey to having to be celebrated on the closest Monday, rather than the actual day it falls on. However, less known is the history of the Fourth of July as a holiday. How did the celebrations emerge and what is the history of this, America’s birthday?

Few know that the 13 Colonies actually legally separated from the mother country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, on July 2nd, not July 4th. This was the day that the Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence. After voting in favor of independence, the Congress then turned toward the actual drafting of the resolution, which we known today as the Declaration of Independence. It was on July 4th that Congress approved the resolution.

For his part, John Adams believed that July 2nd would be the day to be celebrated throughout the ages in the United States. While his prediction was two days off, his prediction of how the day would be celebrated is pretty close to the mark:

“It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

Read more @ Ammo.com …

https://ammo.com/articles/independence-day-forgotten-history-americas-4th-of-july

“Is competitive shooting a good or bad idea for armed defenders? This has been a recurring topic that’s piqued my interest quite a bit throughout this year. One that’s been discussed both at length and in passing by several folks I hold in very high regard. The opinions and positions expressed are more varied than I could have imagined. I found myself nodding my head in agreement with some of them on one end of the spectrum and cocking my head in disbelief on the other. The common factor here has been me listening intently while processing the information in an attempt to understand it without bias in order to get the most out of it.

Here is the thing. I enjoy competitive shooting. At the same time, I’m deeply interested in armed self defense. I’ve been on a constant mission to become better at both. As of writing, I hold a very strong opinion that competitive shooting sports provide a lot of value to armed defenders and firmly believe it is something they should be actively participating in. I’ll explain why I hold that belief while also looking at some of the arguments against it because I think there is some value in them. Let’s dive right in.”

https://unclezo.com/2023/01/07/competitive-shooting-for-armed-defenders/

“The illusion of enlightened government by learned experts and neutral institutions is fading as the total state demolishes the civil liberties that were thought to be the bedrock of liberal democracy. A regime that pretended to serve as a secular arbiter in the past has now revealed its true nature as a theocratic oligarchy operated by the managerial class which pushes an increasingly radical progressive doctrine into the minds and hearts of the populace at every turn. The question quickly becomes: How do we weather this storm and emerge on the other side?”

https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/p/the-only-way-out-is-through?publication_id=926798&isFreemail=true

“Here is the complete filing for the case. I do not presume to know how much money two human lives are worth. I do know that monetary payouts without penalties for the guilty parties are not what justice is about. In this case, the taxpayers and the insurance companies will have to pay for “justice”. This is not the first time that the conduct of county employees have been cause for raiding the pockets of the county’s taxpayers.

I believe I speak for a large number of Cherokee County, NC taxpayers when I say the people should not be accountable for government employees’ actions.”

https://ncrenegade.com/another-kick-in-the-teeth-for-cherokee-county-nc-taxpayers/

“It turns out that Theodore Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, was a volunteer in mind-control experiments sponsored by the CIA at Harvard in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Michael Mello, author of the recently published book, “The United States of America vs. Theodore John Kaczynski,” notes that at some point in his Harvard years–1958 to 1962–Kaczynski agreed to be the subject of “a psychological experiment.” Mello identifies the chief researcher for these only as a lieutenant colonel in World War II, working for the CIA’s predecessor organization, the Office of Strategic Services. In fact, the man experimenting on the young Kaczynski was Dr. Henry Murray, who died in 1988.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/12/the-unabomber-the-cia-and-lsd/

“This is the message of the American government: “We are going to lie to you, deny the truth wherever it presents itself and you are going to believe the lies, shout the lies with all your breath or you are going to be punished.”

How can such a system remain? Why should the people accept this dictate of a rabble so thoroughly distanced from reality? Is it just the threat of punishment by the police, the military? I don’t believe that.

There must be some agreement among the people, in their souls, that they are wrong and they should be punished. Whether that is from decades of brainwashing, of TV and movies depicting the average American as backward and flawed, I cannot know, but I don’t have it. I have nothing in my soul that cries out for punishment from my government. I hold every injustice with increasing intemperate hostility, every single one.”

https://tldavis.substack.com/p/societal-break?publication_id=700076&isFreemail=true

“A new paper highlights the urgency for research and open discourse to address the escalating number of detransitioners.”

https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/when-healthcare-hurts-iatrogenic?publication_id=225618&isFreemail=true