F.R. highlighted a post over at The Sipsey Street Irregulars blog that has a link to a PDF from a 1960s military journal, article, titled “Organized Looting.” Here is the Sipsey Street editor’s comment: “This article by Leo Heiman, a veteran of the Rossokovsy Brigade of Russian Partisans, from Military Review, February 1965 discusses some of the uncomfortable logistics issues guerrillas must face. Read it, consider which of its lessons apply to you and redouble your caching efforts.” JWR Adds: FWIW, the same thing went on in communist revolutions worldwide, throughput the 20th Century, and may explain why so many of them have failed: Citizens don’t enjoy seeing their property toted away for some amorphous “cause.”
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Man Arrested After Weapons, Map of U.S. Military Facility Seized From N.J. Motel Room. (Thanks to Word for the link. Word’s comment: “Gee, you don’t suppose the guy is a Muslim, do ya?”
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Trent H. sent me a news story that describes how the 2010 US Census is beginning in the hinterboonies of Alaska.
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Reader F.G. spotted this news article: California inmate release plan begins. Here is a quote from the article: “The state’s controversial plan to reduce its prison population by 6,500 inmates over the next year begins today, with victims and law enforcement groups once again warning it will increase crime.”