Day: June 8, 2013


Gun Trusts — Preserving Firearm Ownership Into The 21st Century, by Attorney Terry E. Hogwood

Introduction There are two questions that every gun owner will be asked to address in the near future: 1. Do you own and store firearms in your home? 2. Do you want your children and their children to inherit your firearms without undergoing a background check? Question 1 is taken from a random selection of medical portal entrance questionnaire forms. The question appears on the form along with questions about swimming pools, drugs, alcohol etc and asks if each identified potential risk is present in the patient’s household. It is not a random question for philosophical consideration. It has recently …


Letter Re: Loose Lips: No Need to Pump Some Folks for Information

James Wesley, A few days ago I called a local businessman about doing some work on our water well pump.  I also asked him his advice about the possibility of later installing a manual water pump along with the electric pump.  He then began to tell me that he was at that very moment installing a manual pump for another person.  His words though were “for one of these preppers.”  He said, “I guess he’s worried about a zombie attack or something.”  This short interaction made me think about a few things that I would like to pass on. 1.  …


Letter Re: GPS Jamming is Illegal in Most Jurisdictions

James, Please let your readers know that GPS jammers are illegal to own, operate, and market in the United States. Here is a link to the FCC consumer alert on GPS jammers. While I can understand that someone could make the personal decision that their personal privacy justifies blocking GPS tracking, please be aware that these GPS jammers are very effective and can jam an area up to a mile in diameter. There was well-publicized incident of a personal GPS jammer that shut down the aircraft landing aid at the Newark, New Jersey airport. And there are documented cases of …


Economics and Investing:

At Seeking Alpha: Why the Dow Could Hit 20,000 in Three Years Mac Slavo: We Have Blown the Largest Bubble in the History of Mankind G.G. flagged this: Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end Surprise! Your Bitcoins May Be Taxable Income to the IRS Items from The Economatrix: Peter Schiff: Fed’s Advisory Council Admits We’re Screwed UCLA Economist Forecast Paints Dismal Picture of Economic Recovery Retailers’ Sales Rise in May, Spending Stays Moderate Remember The Sequester?  It’s Finally Dinging The Economy


Odds ‘n Sods:

There is lots of news about these revelations: NSA taps in to user data of Facebook, Google and others, secret files reveal and NSA Is Seizing Millions of Verizon Phone Records and Clapper denied NSA surveillance before Senate panel in March testimony. As I’ve mentioned before: Never consider anything you say on the phone or anything that you do on the Internet is “private.”    o o o Reader Joe K. suggested this new e-book: Locusts on the Horizon, authored by the Plan B Writers Alliance. It also comes highly recommended by Greg Ellifritz of  Active Response Training. It is …