Collectivist puke's hit piece on the Three Percent.

Profiles on the Right: Three Percenters

Xi’s new model army

Xi Jinping reforms China’s armed forces—to his own advantage

The last campaign.

"The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose." - James Baldwin

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Or close the wall up with our English dead."

-- Henry V, by William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene I.

It is my intention, after we are able to fix up the house for Rosey and I finish outstanding writing projects, to wage one last campaign against the totalitarians of a certain northern state using what I hope will be a spectacular example of armed civil disobedience. To this end, I need to (1.) restock the magazine larder with "freedom fighter grade" mags only; (2.) to recruit volunteers who are willing to publicly receive them; and (3.) line up others, including county sheriffs who are already on the record as opposing the Intolerable Act passed in their state in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, who are willing to provide escort and security for the operation. To make this work, we will need hundreds of magazines and a hundred or so volunteers.

Whether or not this is doable depends almost entirely upon you, dear readers. It ought to happen sometime no later than late March while I still have the strength to carry it through. If all this seems a little vague, the plan is certainly crystal clear in my mind and folks who are aware of the politics in the various states up east and who are familiar with promises previously made ought to be able to figure out which state I am talking about. My intention is to reach out and grab the tit of the sitting pompous totalitarian governor and publicly twist it for all it's worth. The media plan for this is already arranged. Whether the media will have anything to cover depends entirely upon how many brave and generous readers are willing to help.

So, how about it? Are you willing to march with me in defiance of tyranny one last time? If this sounds like something you are willing to help with, drop me an email and we'll get the ball rolling. One thing I can guarantee -- we'll make a statement of armed civil disobedience worthy of free Americans.

Those Boats Iran Seized Are Fast, Mean, and Crucial to the U.S. Navy

Everything you need to know about the ​Riverine Command Boats, which rep the U.S. Navy in shallow water​.

Captain Moroni needs a working radio. Plus, what passes for a media plan in Oregon:

"That Night I Spent with Ammon Bundy’s Armed Militia."

Payne worried aloud about the F.B.I. and what it might do next. Law enforcements’ inactivity, he suggested, was something of an insidious maneuver. According to Payne, the F.B.I. had already planted a crazy man to camp out at the front gate and get on-camera and make the militia look bad. . . The radios were “soup.” Part of the problem, Payne said, was that people were taking them but not recharging them. For now, there wasn’t a functional radio in the tower, which seemed pretty important. Payne said it didn’t really matter. Moroni could just yell—everyone below would hear him.

CNN trolling for useful militia idiots, again. Still.

Received this email:

 To: GeorgeMason1776
Sent: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 11:48 am
Subject: CNN Militia Episode

Dear Mr. Vanderboegh,

I hope you're doing well. I read about your work for the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment Constitutional Militia, and was hoping I could speak with you. I am a producer for a series called This is Life with Lisa Ling, which airs on CNN and is currently in its third season. The show consists of hour-long documentary films about communities, issues, and subcultures that people may not know much about, or may have a superficial understanding of. We pride ourselves in telling eye-opening stories from the perspective of the people at the heart of our topic.

We are exploring the possibility of producing an hour about citizen militias: who the real people are who participate, what their hopes and concerns are, and what it’s like on the inside. We would hope to follow one to two active organizations through a significant multi-day event, whether it be a training bootcamp, border patrol, or similar excursion. I would love to talk to you this week about your organization and see whether it might be a good match for us to film together.

Would you be available this afternoon, tomorrow, or Monday to discuss this possibility on the phone? You can reach me at REDACTED. . .

All the best,

To which I responded:

Sorry.  I'm no longer a militia commander and even if I were, I wouldn't let CNN (more to the point any CNN EDITORS and PRODUCERS -- a generally dishonest lot of collectivist hacks in my experience) within ten miles of any field training exercise or operation.  Been there done that and have the scars of third degree burns from the experience.  If you want propaganda filler, go to the Southern Preposterous Lie Center.  They don't know shit from shinola about the realities of the militia movement, but that's never stopped them in the past, nor has their dangerous dishonesty (internalized by the secret political police of DHS - and pointed out by numerous intellectually honest liberals) EVER been noticed by CNN.  Such mutual and symbiotic onanism is apparently right up your company's alley.  Enjoy the sterile experience, but don't expect the rest of us to be willing, witless stooges in our own enemy's propaganda.

 

Mike Vanderboegh

Upcoming gun shows I'll have tables at.

Outdoor Expo Gun & Knife Show: Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 February 27 2016. (Note: the deadline for the cheaper rate on booths is in February, not January.)

Alabama Gun Collectors Association show, 19 & 20 March 2016.

"U.S. attorney general to 'institutionalize' Obama gun laws."

"Effort to make immigration orders permanent also underway."

Good luck with that.

"Case dismissed." Kerodin's campaign of solicitation of state violence to attack his enemies vanishes in a puff of bovinistic excremetalism, leaving only a foul odor of lies told to no effect.

"Methinks thou bullshit too much – The Kerodin v Lane debacle."

Praxis: The booby-trapped AK mag.

Nasty little beggar courtesy of the wars of the break-up of the former Yugoslavia.

More evidence of the 4th Generation Warfare principle of "weaponizing an idea."

"Florida Militia Leader Says Group Would Be Ready for a 'Call to Arms.'"

The Florida Constitutional Guard, he said, "has joined with the 3 up movement" — also known as the "Three Percenters," whose stated mission is "to give our members the capabilities and resources necessary to execute Military Strategies to defend against foreign and domestic enemies." They are so named because supposedly, during the American Revolution, only 3 percent of colonists actually fought in battle.

The disinformation/blackmail machine rolls on.

"Democrats mine Pentagon files for dirt on rivals."

David Codrea: "Original Fast and Furious Source Says ATF Still Squandering Resources, Padding Numbers."

“So, the moral of the story and others like Fast and Furious, if you need some numbers to justify something, just go out and create your own criminals and crimes,” 1desertrat concluded. “Hold a press conference and convince everyone how you are making the community safer.”

One for the ages: Herschel's Dictum.

“There aren’t too many human interaction problems that can’t be fixed with a .45 ACP 230-grain fat-boy.”

See also the following from HS --

Mother Jones On “High-Caliber Rifles”

What Those Sailors Captured By Iran Should Have Done

Islamic Migration And Taharrush

Jackson, Wyoming Town Council Belligerence Towards Gun Rights

Must be scared of something. GOP elitist Brooks attacks Cruz.

"The Brutalism of Ted Cruz."

See also: "Establishment tribes beat drums against Ted Cruz."

The establishmentarian drumbeat against Cruz has involved but a whiff of argument on policy, and a few twisted or out of context attributions. But it has consisted mostly of attacks on the man’s character. Fox News led the way with characterizations ranging from flip-flopper to “servile.” Britt Hume, heretofore its resident adult, said that Cruz had “difficulty shaking hands with the truth.” The point in print, in the blogosphere, as well as on TV is: he’s not one of us, not of our kind, and hence unsuited for responsible office. This very vehemence ensures the attacks’ success. For sure, Cruz ain’t no part of the establishment. Whether that convinces voters to vote against Cruz or for him is another matter. What follows here is an overview of the written attacks, which reveal more about the attackers than they do about the target thereof.

And here's the money quote --

In sum, establishment attacks on Ted Cruz have next to nothing to do with Ted Cruz, or with the coherence or verisimilitude of the words used. They are desperate attempts to tell the American people that the “ins” are entitled to be in, and that the “outs” should butt out.

LATER: But read "David Brooks Loses It on Ted Cruz."

New York Times columnist David Brooks poses as a moderate who never stoops to being crabbily doctrinaire. He is the very model of a PBS/NPR "conservative" -- defining conservatism in a very 1950s way, as wearing dreary gray suits and liking Ike and Dick Nixon. Go along, and get along with the liberal elites. But as conservatives know all too well, people who pose as "moderates" -- politically and rhetorically -- have a way of losing their sweetly temperate nature when conservatives seriously challenge the liberal order of things. David Brooks is clearly not a moderate or temperate man when it comes to Ted Cruz. Just the thought of this man triggers a spontaneous combustion.

From Oath Keepers -- "Historic”Militia” Moment: Pacific Patriot Network (Including Oath Keepers) Calls On FBI."

"Their purpose there in Harney County is to help open a line of dialogue and to serve as a buffer to prevent another Waco incident. This is a righteous mission, if done right, and we stand in full support of it. However, at this time we are not doing a national call out for other Oath Keepers members to go there. The local Oregon guys, along with the very capable leaders of Idaho III%, appear to have this mission covered (of being a buffer and facilitating dialogue), and less is more when it comes to keeping things deescalated, as is the stated wish of everyone involved, including Ammon Bundy."

Netanyahu, IDF high command tout new German-made submarine

Netanyahu said there was an “ironclad law” in the Middle East, that weak countries have difficulty surviving, but a strong country “is a able to repel its threats and ensure its security and future.” The new submarine is Israel's fifth Dolphin-class submarine. Israel's submarines are reportedly armed with nuclear missiles that – if the reports are accurate – would give the country a strategic second strike capability. The INS Rahav is the most expensive weaponry ever purchased by Israel, and is considered a “force multiplier” that will allow Israel to cope with the regional threats.

Remington Delivers Last Batch Of 12,657 M4 Carbine Rifles To Philippine Army

Presently, most Philippine soldiers are still using the 1960s-era M16 rifle. The new M4 is "lighter but more powerful" than the M16. "That is a world-class rifle and our troops are proud to have this kind of weapon,” said Hao of the M4s.

Symbiosis: Feeding their master who feeds them.

Political Payback? ATF Agents Donate Big to Obama.

Campaign finance records reveal that ATF agents and Department of Justice employees have contributed a stunning $1.8 million to Obama’s campaigns, the Democrat party, and other candidates.

Starting to get the schedule together for the work weekend/Threeper barbeque.

There is a story I first heard of in a Jerry Pournelle novel. A thief named Nasrudin was caught by the Caliph's men in the act of stealing royal property and sentenced to die along with a similarly misfortunate miscreant of the streets of Baghdad. Hauled before the Caliph, he was asked by the Royal Presence: "Is there any reason at all why I shouldn't have your head off right now?" Nasrudin replied: "Oh, mighty Caliph, may you live forever! But before you pass sentence you should know that I, the mullah Nasrudin, am the greatest teacher in your land, and it would surely be a waste to kill such a great teacher. So skilled am I that I could even teach your favorite horse to sing, were I given a year to work on it." The Caliph was amused by this boast, and replied: "Very well then, you move into the stable immediately, and if the horse isn't singing a year from now, we'll execute you very unpleasantly, more so than merely chopping off your head."

Nasrudin was escorted out by the palace guard, with the other thief beside him. Nasrudin was going to live in the stable. His fellow thief, Hamid, was headed straight for the executioner. Before they parted, Hamid blurted out, "You know you can't teach that horse to sing, no matter how long you try." Nasrudin smiled and replied "Truly you are right as things usually go. But I have a year now that I didn't have before. And a lot of things can happen in a year. The king might die. The horse might die. I might die. And, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn how to sing."

Looks like the first chance for everyone will be the first weekend in February -- the 5th, 6th and 7th. There will be some preliminary stuff that has to be done and I've got some volunteer offers from local friends and readers to do specific tasks like, dismantling the hulk of the above ground pool and hauling it and other easy to reach trash off to the dump. They will schedule those tasks as they can between now and 5 February. The jungle (and the lower deck) will remain to be removed and there are a small host of specific smaller tasks that will remain to be done (from malfunctioning electrical circuits within the house to tearing out the front shrubbery so that they can no longer be a pathway for heavy rain that periodically soaks the basement to cleaning the front gutters to tearing off the back gutters and preparing the back wall on the second floor where the rotting deck connects, etc., etc. etc.

I am ashamed at how much I let slide over the years. To the extent that we are able to do these things depends upon the volunteer labor (I can barely lift twenty pounds these days) that y'all will provide and the funds that you have donated in response to David Codrea's appeals such as this one this morning:"A Few Words of Clarification on the Vanderboegh Fundraiser." Rosey got a loan from her 401K to pay for a desperately needed new roof, but we were worried that it wouldn't be enough. Thanks to you, we no longer worry about that.

In addition to the generous donations, I have been getting volumes of wonderful thank you notes from many, many people and frankly I have wept at the sincerity of them. I never understood just how many folks my written and spoken words had touched over the years. Some of them make epitaphs to be immensely proud of.

For example, one long-time reader wrote, "You can pass over to the other side and rest secure in the knowledge that you taught us how to fight on every battlefield." It left me speechless and weeping. So too did this note from an ATF whistleblower who himself has been through fires hotter than any I have ever experienced:

Mike,

I know you are struggling with your health. My prayers are for your health, comfort and peace. I wanted to take a moment of your time to say thank you. You helped change things for my life. You have made my life better. You have helped me find some peace. You believed in me when everything inside you probably told you not to. You have stood up for good and right and change and justice and truth when many simply can’t and don’t, some just won’t. You have displayed courage and resiliency that is admired by all who know you. You have educated and informed people with a patriot’s heart. Your spirit for a strong and fair America shines through. Your will to keep moving forward, keep pressing, when everything and everyone stood in your way has impacted many, many lives. Many of those you may not know. You have made America a better place. I hope that you and your family are immensely proud of that. You have done what very few ever could have. You’ve made a difference. I wanted to make sure I communicated that. Your work has not been unnoticed or unappreciated. Thank you. I consider it my honor being able to call you my friend.

It is a strange comfort to hear words about yourself in living obituaries -- words that are usually reserved for the service after you are gone when you won't be able to hear them. It is humbling and moving beyond belief. This doesn't mean that I'm giving up on the struggle, far from it. Indeed, it makes me want to hang on and continue fighting until I disappear beneath the waves with flags flying and all guns blazing. Six months is a long time and there's always the possibility of the power of prayer-inspired miracles. And there's always the possibility that the horse may learn how to sing.