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1. “The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has published yet another smear article about me…was published on January 3, 2019” and “(We suffered a hacker attack on Sunday, January 6th.)”

   Coincidence?

   1. I also had a hell of a virus/spam barrage the 6th and 7th. I would encourage everyone to do a “machine health assessment” ASAP for good measure. SPLC….sounds like Some People Losing Control if you ask me.

2. ALTHOUGH THIS COMMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS O&S IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED .. WHY DO YOU NOT CONSIDER FARM ORGINIZATIONS LIKE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA (FFA) OR 4-H AS PART OF SURVIVAL AS I WAS TAUGHT AG IN 1946 – 1950 AND LEARNED MANY THONGS LIKE CAPONIZING WITH OUT USING DRUGS BUT BY MANUALY CAPONIZING YOUNF FRIERS FOR USING
   AS A FOOD SOURCE ? FAA & 4-H ARE STILL VALID ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT FARMING TECHNIQUES AND FARM LIFE

3. Regarding the topic of gun ownership in Europe and people being willing to face prosecution in order to defend themselves, I can personally attest to the fact that more gun owners here in CA are carrying without a permit, since permits are impossible to get (especially in LA County with our new Democrat Sheriff Villanueva who openly opposes permits and working with ICE agents). I personally know LEOs – most of whom are church attending Christians – who have informed me they perfectly understand the concept of Constitutional carry and would look the other way for *non* offenses such as having a magazine with more than 10 rounds, or an AR with a ‘scary’ accessory, or even carrying concealed if the person is an otherwise law-abiding citizen. They prefer to leave such quibbling to a District DA so they can avoid the hassle of arresting a good person for a non-issue, and all the paperwork that comes with it.

   Yesterday’s inauguration of our new Gov. Newsom brought with it his announcement that he’ll reconsider proposed gun control legislation that his predecessor Jerry Brown vetoed. It’s reached the point where freedom-loving Californians must decide if we should continue fighting for our rights, or recognizing that the ship is truly sinking and cannot be saved within our lifetime.

   I myself do not carry concealed here, as the legal consequences for nearly all firearm offenses result in loss of firearm rights and ownership (usually for 10-year or lifetime bans), but I follow the details of the law very closely to ensure I have a firearm close by at all times. 🙂

4. The buzz in the Hallicrafters S-38 receiver is most likely a result of failing electrolytic capacitors in the power supply section. These components tend to (literally) dry out as they age. Although exact physical replacements are no longer available, it is practical to replace the failing capacitors with modern units of the appropriate specifications. There are a large number of tube equipment restoration videos on You Tube. For example videos by D-lab Electronics, Mr Carlson’s Lab, among many others.

5. https://www.scarymommy.com/aap-statement-toys-electronics/?fbclid=IwAR1CZp40T0_LUx75vlOlg2Fz2tcR5ERPk5hRql60k7iNb0OP-jqn1dQ0CXU

   This is completely random, not in response to anything in the original post. I just thought it was very good information for folks raising their kids on a farm in a traditional mindset. I think that preppers probably “get” this mentality, of creating pathways in a kid’s brain to know how to build and explore the world from a practical mindset. I found this article interesting to gain an understanding of why so many of my generation don’t understand the natural world and how to build things and create things and recycle things. It has always been a puzzle as to how and why so many don’t have those skills and don’t know how to learn them. Now I do. It’s because as a little kid, we played with blocks and tinker toys and Lincoln logs and legos. And we always wanted another and another set so we could build bigger and better. That was creating pathways in our brains of how things work.

6. Jim , please look into setting up a special fund to link to for legal assistance for this . I would be proud to donate what I can to help you combat this and eat away at SPLC’s bank accounts . I believe this would be right and help to put them under eventually . I am sure a lot of others would be willing to help the cause also , just make it easy , as American’s are generally trained to be lazy , LOL . God Bless you and your family this year .

7. we are on our third day without power near the coast here and might be another day or two before it’s repaired. My kids asked me this morning “why are you always so prepared?”. Well I should have had a generator already but we just bought a house and money is tight. I’ll have one for the next outage. We’re doing fine with wood burning stove, candles, led lanterns, and our stockpile of emergency food. Thermal motion sensors are all battery powered.

8. “What this chart is really showing us is that street crime and hooliganism in Germany is now so bad that everyday citizens are willing to face prosecution, to arm themselves.”

   Not true, really not true.

   The second largest Club Sport in Germany after Soccer is target Shooting.
   Schützenvereine have a Tradition here that is much older than the 13 colonies

   A carry permit is hard to come by but an owning Permit for Sport including Hunting isn´t.

   The stereotype ownership crime, is a collector who collects moder Military weapons including tanks.

9. “What this chart is really showing us is that street crime and hooliganism in Germany is now so bad that everyday citizens are willing to face prosecution, to arm themselves.”

   German resident here. The German city I live in is much safer than the American town I used to call home. This is a very safe country.

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