Nevada updates, via WRSA

http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/witness-to-history/

http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/lessons-learned-from-bundyranch/

WRSA's coverage and congregating of info on the Bundy Ranch Standoff has been most excellent.

Keep up the great work, Pete. And thank you for it, sir.

One foot in the ether

I just finished reading The Great Shark Hunt by that wonderful mad man, Hunter S. Thompson. This prompted a little research to fill in some blanks on the man and his story. I found a few interesting facts that I'd like to share.

1. He began his professional writing career only a couple hours drive from my hometown, working as sports editor for Eglin Airforce Base's The Command Courier.
2. He stole elk antlers from Ernest Hemingway's cabin while doing research for a story on his suicide.
3. "In 1970, Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, as part of a group of citizens running for local offices on the "Freak Power" ticket. The platform included promoting the decriminalization of drugs (for personal use only, not trafficking, as he disapproved of profiteering), tearing up the streets and turning them into grassy pedestrian malls, banning any building so tall as to obscure the view of the mountains, and renaming Aspen "Fat City" to deter investors. Thompson, having shaved his head, referred to the Republican candidate as "my long-haired opponent", as he wore a crew cut."-- from the Wikipedia article
4. He planned his funeral himself and it proceeded according to his wishes; it was funded by his friend, Johnny Depp, and climaxed in his ashes being shot from a canon placed on top a tower with a picture of a double thumbed fist holding a peyote button(he used this graphic in his run for mayor) while Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine played.

The man had a wild, crazy, and surrealistic life. His writing is hilarious even while he highlighted many aspects to be critical of in American culture.

I would have loved to have had a chance to party and play with firearms with him.....maybe we can at the big party in the sky.

Good questions

This is the kind of stuff that would be nice to find out. As much as we should be exploring outer space we should be doing so with our inner ones. But a number of those avenues are blocked with different forms of prohibitions.

It's almost like those who live at our expense are afraid that if we come to find truth we may realize how unnecessary they are.

Certainly can't let that become common knowledge. 

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/04/10-questions-about-the-pineal-gland-that-add-to-the-mystery-of-spirituality-2936592.html

Nevada

So for today, a two-for. Seems fair, as I have been slacking on the posting lately.

Firstly, a little Railroad Earth. This song has been stuck in my head lately and might make some good background music for the further reading. If not, it is at least about a place in Nevada. So dig on some Elko.

Second, it seems that there is a flat out show down shaping up at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada. Perfect time for a militia muster. More info on that in the following links as they explain far better than I can. Something to pay attention to for sure.

WRSA link fest

Timebomb

Follow up on "Black Hats"

The other day I posted  an article on NSA surveillance techniques and some new revelations on their capabilities. I said I would do some research and get back on some ways to possibly secure you data.  I sadly haven't had much time to research but, I will throw up some links for you to check on some tools and techniques that can help.

Epic.org

Prism Break

And here is Borepatch's primer on data security and steganography.  That blog post is most excellent, as is much of his content. Recommended.

It's probably best you figure this out for yourself depending on your hardware, software, and current updates on what has been compromised or not. More and more folks are adopting these techniques and encouraging others to as well, so help can likely be found in your close circle of friends. If not be the first and share the knowledge.

American Life