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Author: ncscout
Agumentum ad Hominem a Fortiori
The concept of the cult of personality has always been a fascinating one to me. Whether it's Jim Jones convincing followers to drink the Communist cool aid or your favorite firearms instructor convincing you this next course is gonna make you that badass you've always wanted to be because this time, of course, as opposed …
Cognitive Infiltration, Take II
A good while back my friend Mike Bishop (who no longer blogs for various reasons) wrote a very well-informed piece called 'cognitive infiltration' laying out the means that various detractors and moles infiltrate political opposition outlets and seek to erode the message by any and all means possible. The term itself was created by Sociology …
Curing Old Cast Iron
A couple of free pieces of cast iron, a little love with fine grit sand paper, a good hot washing and bathing in Coconut Oil on a very hot grill...better than new. Cast Iron- the ONLY kitchen cookery you'll need for generations.
Fiedler’s NVIS Handbook
1996 - Fiedler - Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Communication [book] - WorldRadio Books-2 An absolute must-have for your tech collection, this Handbook is generally regarded as one of the best of its kind.
0241 Sends the Following Update:
From 0241Tactical. As many of you know we are a small veteran owned company providing 100% made in the USA gear to our customers. Thanks to everyone who ordered our Tactical Operator’s Pullover Jacket! Typically, we have a 3-4 week delay from order to shipping. Why the delay? 0241Tactical has several thousand yards of fabric …
0241 Sends-
Due to overwhelming demand, the order page for the Operator's Pullovers will temporarily be taken down on 2 MAY so that he can get caught up on all your orders! This is only temporary. Sean tells me that he estimates everything will be caught up by 1 JUNE and to tops will be orderable again. …
The 102nd Anniversary
And the reformed Ottoman will do it again, given the chance. We know this. And we don't forget. My Grandmother never let us forget.
A Sign of the Times- South Africa Cancels 2,100 Amateur Radio Licenses
I was talking with some like-minded friends at a local Hamfest recently, drifting conversations between topics as is the standard when catching up. We started talking about Hams in Venezuela, what can be implied by what they don't say, Cuba and the new restrictions the government has placed on its amateurs, and finally, just a …
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0241 Tactical Operator’s Pullover Jacket
During WWII the German Army maintained several interesting ideas concerning Light Infantry and Mountain Troops that were a natural evolution of the WWI 'storm' or shock troop tactic, which itself in many ways an outgrowth of the small unit thinking, many of which were rooted in European hunting traditions- one of which being the hooded …