It's not survival gear, it's silly jackoff "art" and it's not news for nerds and it doesn't fucking matter.
Want to survive? Arm your mind, arm yourself (with a legal concealed weapon) and have a serious bugout bag and serious clothing (including BROKEN IN combat or hiking boots).
"Homeless people get robbed if they have anything valuable or as useful as a sleeping bag."
The first tool to "wear" when you start moving away from a disaster is your legal concealed firearm (which you have PRACTICED with and are proficient in handling).
Bug out defense can be advanced:
One vet I know has a short-but-legal AR-15 with a folding buttstock (not retracting, folding) that fits nicely in a standard small backpack. Of course he has a pistol handy because CHUDs won't give you time to free your rifle, but its main duty is feral hogs and dogs where its ability to fit under a truck seat is handy.
The other thing to do is make sure you don't stand out as a target. For example, a small shelter could be useful for concealment just-off-highway when doing a long march away from the disaster area.
No need for anything special though. At least four pairs of good socks, broken-in hiking boots, and a poncho should do for temperate weather.
Nobody but geeks gives a flying fuck about the Windows monopoly, and most people wouldn't care if Ballmer filled the crawlspace under his home with dead Cub Scouts.
What they DO care about is not having to shitcan the time and effort they invested learning to use previous versions of Windows because MSFT decided that change = progress.
I install Classic Shell on every new PC my friends hand me for decrappification. They are Very Happy.
Frequently, they were shit, as were many of the "Mom and Pop" stores Walmart blew away.
Want customers? Try service!
There is a medium-sized hardware store where I live whose owner WELCOMED the Lowes (huge chain hardware store) across the street and WELCOMED Walmart behind his location.
I've been shopping there since 1985 because the service is superb, the staff are friendly and helpful, and the selection is tailored to what both DIYers and pros actually use.
Wally's Hardware thrives under the bigger footprints of two competitors, not to mention competing with other larger local hardware franchises.
"Exactly. This is the new reality. What we used to call "working class" is being re-defined as "middle class", and the new American Dream is "just getting by." "
That's the pre-WWII American Dream too. That lovely postwar boom and its lovely consequences finally petered out and the rest of the world figured out how to compete.
"People who always assume they lie are much easier to manipulate than those who continually think critically."
The delectability of imagined special insight is what drives uncritical paranoia. It's like religion, where the believer feels "safer" because they don't have to think to believe they know what is happening.
It may not be the cheapest, but Ebay is very convenient for customers doing comparison shopping between new and used items. The combination of vendors and the wide variety of photos of different and similar items facilitate comparison.
Our troops are paid to fight for corporate America, and are volunteers. The benefit package is excellent and your individual odds of being a casualty are tiny.
I had no illusions about that while serving. After the Cold War ended, it's been all "Smedley Butler" so get used to it.
BTW my hatred for Islam stems from exposure under "friendly" circumstances pre-9/11. If Islam had a collective throat, and my hands were on it, there would be no Muslim problem. Religion is degenerate and the more primitive the religion the more degenerate its followers.
Anyone who can prove their Sky Fairie exists will see me kneel and kiss his/her/its Noodly Appendage. Failing proof, there is no reason to respect Superstition, or to respect people who allow themselves to believe Superstiton.
With lights-out manufacturing, robotic assembly, and other advanced manufacturing processes China will eventuall lose the advantage of cheap meatbots because meatbots won't be needed.
That's why Foxconn is investing in robots.
It will still cost money to SHIP Chinese products. Ships burn oil, lots of it, as do the trucks which bring ISO containers to those ships. People forget the long and complex supply chain which isn't easy to shrink.
When I deployed to KSA and visited Bahrain the causeway was packed with partiers coming and going from Saudi and the bars were packed.
While religion there is a tool, it's ALWAYS a tool. Superstition is toxic because it it a lie which exalts humans over each other and endorses preying on "sinners", who can be anybody (note what happened to the Knights Templar when their destruction became convenient).
"And if you're convicted in your late teens for, say, smoking pot, your life is pretty much ruined forever, thanks to the eternal stain that won't let you get an education or a decent job, therefore making sure you remain in poverty ad aeternum."
Rant much?
In most places "smoking" (simple possession, an oz or less) is a misdemeanor, and while I support the complete legalization of cannabis I also note that a misdemeanor like that won't stop you from getting either an education or a decent job, just "some" jobs and "some" educational funding under certain circumstances. (Yes, I've filled out a recent FAFSA application.)
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UAS use over ocean or ice where a "locally manned" airframe loss would kill the crew before rescue make sense.
"These vehicles have similar fuel constraints so no gains in longer survey times and I'd rather have a human eye looking for me, not a camera."
Modern vision systems work much better than the Mark 1 eyeball and can do so at night. You can hang those on "directly piloted" aircraft but then you need another crewman.
"It still requires a pilot even if the pilot is sitting in an office."
That pilot can work longer hours and stay alert more easily. He's less likely to spatially disorient etc. He can take a shit without undue disruption of control.
Sure. There are zero good cultures in the ME, so pitting one variety of Muslim against the other is the most efficient way to (help) maintain the divisions and schismatic violence which they love so well and practiced long before tasty oil made it necessary to deal with them.
We must have energy, cheap energy, and since much of that energy comes from our cultural enemies the situation requires careful, amoral manipulation.
When dealing with beasts, choose the most useful. The Wahabis are brutal and nasty, but they need a military edge against their Persian enemies who are also infected with the same superstition. As long as they are enemies, at least one side needs the EUSian oil consumers as clients.
"Lately there has also been a lot of sympathy expressed for people who committed suicide after being bullied, gay-bashed, or slut-shamed. "
I think that if someone is going to kill themselves over bad things others have done to them, their time might be better spent killing their enemies instead, or first.
I have no enemies I know of, and lead a peaceful life. If I were so distressed by the actions of someone else that I was going to check out, I'd make damn sure they were deader than a pickled herring so they couldn't damage anyone else. If you are going to mort yourself anyway, why not make the world a bit cleaner first?
US auto production, both "foreign" and "domestic" global brands, is massive. We even export BMWs to China.
Efficiency means we don't need a vast number of workers to do that.
The rest of the world figured out how to MAKE THINGS, and the decades-long post-WWII boom (WWII was the best thing to happen to the US in the last century) finally petered out.
Now we must compete, and in many cases the US competes effectively.
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Religion doesn't approve of competition, which is why religious countries tend to have very harsh penalties for drug use.
Welcome to the United States of Saudi Arabia.
It's not survival gear, it's silly jackoff "art" and it's not news for nerds and it doesn't fucking matter.
Want to survive? Arm your mind, arm yourself (with a legal concealed weapon) and have a serious bugout bag and serious clothing (including BROKEN IN combat or hiking boots).
Got a particularly good link?
"Homeless people get robbed if they have anything valuable or as useful as a sleeping bag."
The first tool to "wear" when you start moving away from a disaster is your legal concealed firearm (which you have PRACTICED with and are proficient in handling).
Bug out defense can be advanced:
One vet I know has a short-but-legal AR-15 with a folding buttstock (not retracting, folding) that fits nicely in a standard small backpack. Of course he has a pistol handy because CHUDs won't give you time to free your rifle, but its main duty is feral hogs and dogs where its ability to fit under a truck seat is handy.
The other thing to do is make sure you don't stand out as a target. For example, a small shelter could be useful for concealment just-off-highway when doing a long march away from the disaster area.
No need for anything special though. At least four pairs of good socks, broken-in hiking boots, and a poncho should do for temperate weather.
"But not above the rule of law."
Laws are mere words on paper.
Application is everything.
" I wonder how long before foreign companies start ring-fencing America as just too expensive and corrupt to operate in."
That's hilarious. The world has always been corrupt, so the competitve solution is more effective corruption.
They also like their shit to work, like not to be bombarded with popups and malware, and did I mention they like their shit to work?
Millions of PCs have likely been replaced due to malware and "Winrot".
LOTN (Linux On The Notebook) has arrived. It snuck in by the back door and it does the job.
Nobody but geeks gives a flying fuck about the Windows monopoly, and most people wouldn't care if Ballmer filled the crawlspace under his home with dead Cub Scouts.
What they DO care about is not having to shitcan the time and effort they invested learning to use previous versions of Windows because MSFT decided that change = progress.
I install Classic Shell on every new PC my friends hand me for decrappification. They are Very Happy.
Frequently, they were shit, as were many of the "Mom and Pop" stores Walmart blew away.
Want customers? Try service!
There is a medium-sized hardware store where I live whose owner WELCOMED the Lowes (huge chain hardware store) across the street and WELCOMED Walmart behind his location.
I've been shopping there since 1985 because the service is superb, the staff are friendly and helpful, and the selection is tailored to what both DIYers and pros actually use.
Wally's Hardware thrives under the bigger footprints of two competitors, not to mention competing with other larger local hardware franchises.
"Exactly. This is the new reality. What we used to call "working class" is being re-defined as "middle class", and the new American Dream is "just getting by." "
That's the pre-WWII American Dream too. That lovely postwar boom and its lovely consequences finally petered out and the rest of the world figured out how to compete.
"People who always assume they lie are much easier to manipulate than those who continually think critically."
The delectability of imagined special insight is what drives uncritical paranoia. It's like religion, where the believer feels "safer" because they don't have to think to believe they know what is happening.
Exposure!
It may not be the cheapest, but Ebay is very convenient for customers doing comparison shopping between new and used items. The combination of vendors and the wide variety of photos of different and similar items facilitate comparison.
I don't use work PCs for anything but that. If I want personal connectivity I can pay for it.
Jobs which do not use computers don't pay for me to surf on their time, either.
A computer is like any other tool, for example a milling machine or a welder. If I want to borrow one of those for a bit, I ASK the shop owner.
Our troops are paid to fight for corporate America, and are volunteers. The benefit package is excellent and your individual odds of being a casualty are tiny.
I had no illusions about that while serving. After the Cold War ended, it's been all "Smedley Butler" so get used to it.
BTW my hatred for Islam stems from exposure under "friendly" circumstances pre-9/11. If Islam had a collective throat, and my hands were on it, there would be no Muslim problem. Religion is degenerate and the more primitive the religion the more degenerate its followers.
Anyone who can prove their Sky Fairie exists will see me kneel and kiss his/her/its Noodly Appendage. Failing proof, there is no reason to respect Superstition, or to respect people who allow themselves to believe Superstiton.
There are many million Wahabis. There are very few WBCers.
Try to bullshit someone else.
"Who is the puppeteer?"
Corporate Jesus.
"Why don't Americans do something about it?"
Corporate Jesus has not so directed.
King Philip confiscated their property and had many tortured and burnt at the stake, the religious pretexts being the excuse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar
With lights-out manufacturing, robotic assembly, and other advanced manufacturing processes China will eventuall lose the advantage of cheap meatbots because meatbots won't be needed.
That's why Foxconn is investing in robots.
It will still cost money to SHIP Chinese products. Ships burn oil, lots of it, as do the trucks which bring ISO containers to those ships. People forget the long and complex supply chain which isn't easy to shrink.
When I deployed to KSA and visited Bahrain the causeway was packed with partiers coming and going from Saudi and the bars were packed.
While religion there is a tool, it's ALWAYS a tool. Superstition is toxic because it it a lie which exalts humans over each other and endorses preying on "sinners", who can be anybody (note what happened to the Knights Templar when their destruction became convenient).
"And if you're convicted in your late teens for, say, smoking pot, your life is pretty much ruined forever, thanks to the eternal stain that won't let you get an education or a decent job, therefore making sure you remain in poverty ad aeternum."
Rant much?
In most places "smoking" (simple possession, an oz or less) is a misdemeanor, and while I support the complete legalization of cannabis I also note that a misdemeanor like that won't stop you from getting either an education or a decent job, just "some" jobs and "some" educational funding under certain circumstances. (Yes, I've filled out a recent FAFSA application.)
UAS use over ocean or ice where a "locally manned" airframe loss would kill the crew before rescue make sense.
"These vehicles have similar fuel constraints so no gains in longer survey times and I'd rather have a human eye looking for me, not a camera."
Modern vision systems work much better than the Mark 1 eyeball and can do so at night. You can hang those on "directly piloted" aircraft but then you need another crewman.
"It still requires a pilot even if the pilot is sitting in an office."
That pilot can work longer hours and stay alert more easily. He's less likely to spatially disorient etc. He can take a shit without undue disruption of control.
Sure. There are zero good cultures in the ME, so pitting one variety of Muslim against the other is the most efficient way to (help) maintain the divisions and schismatic violence which they love so well and practiced long before tasty oil made it necessary to deal with them.
We must have energy, cheap energy, and since much of that energy comes from our cultural enemies the situation requires careful, amoral manipulation.
When dealing with beasts, choose the most useful. The Wahabis are brutal and nasty, but they need a military edge against their Persian enemies who are also infected with the same superstition. As long as they are enemies, at least one side needs the EUSian oil consumers as clients.
"Lately there has also been a lot of sympathy expressed for people who committed suicide after being bullied, gay-bashed, or slut-shamed. "
I think that if someone is going to kill themselves over bad things others have done to them, their time might be better spent killing their enemies instead, or first.
I have no enemies I know of, and lead a peaceful life. If I were so distressed by the actions of someone else that I was going to check out, I'd make damn sure they were deader than a pickled herring so they couldn't damage anyone else. If you are going to mort yourself anyway, why not make the world a bit cleaner first?
" killing offspring is directly opposed to the core of evolutionary theory,"
Lions are a famous example of killing competing offspring.
Resources are limited, so killing competitors works and is what to do.
US auto production, both "foreign" and "domestic" global brands, is massive. We even export BMWs to China.
Efficiency means we don't need a vast number of workers to do that.
The rest of the world figured out how to MAKE THINGS, and the decades-long post-WWII boom (WWII was the best thing to happen to the US in the last century) finally petered out.
Now we must compete, and in many cases the US competes effectively.
Have some Lincoln:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/12/13/for-the-63rd-straight-year-at-least-this-remarkabl/
Have some Hypertherm:
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120617/NEWS02/706189908