There is an old line about somebody who has nothing left has nothing left to lose. The idea being that someone who is pushed and pushed, punished and penalized, stripped of everything they care about and loses it all finally becomes extremely dangerous and willing to do whatever it takes to fight back and take on their oppressor. While there is som...
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As discussed in the previous two Standing Tall articles on gunfighting and the article on realistic firearms training, the aftermath of any violent confrontation can be as stressful as the confrontation itself. Most gunfights are over very fast, seconds in fact, but the aftermath to include investigations, court cases and civil liability issues can...
The internet world of prepping is peppered with people dreaming of or living out their plan of surviving in a remote, isolated location sitting on top of a mountain of stored goods and looking to take care of any situation that comes their way on their own or with just a couple of other people. Then there are the lone wolves who plan to hide out in...
To further our discussion of the world of surveillance and counter measures, we need to establish some standard terminology. Different practitioners around the country and around the world maintain their own definitions for different bits of the business but, for the sake of consistency here, let us use the following: Intelligence - useful informat...
Across the span of recorded history more humans have died of disease, and especially epidemic and pandemic disease, than any other single cause, war included. We've recently seen the damage done worldwide not by a respiratory virus, but by the misguided response of governments. COVID will no more go away than will the ineffectual meddling of co-opt...
In Part 2 of this series, we proposed a recommitment to the concept of State rights and State sovereignty as delineated in the U.S. Constitution, and especially in its Tenth Amendment. Here we will explore one powerful option that would support that goal. One way available to States generally, and to Wyoming in particular, to reduce dependence on t...
Bottom line up front, it is the aggressor that determines when a fight is over, not the defender. When the aggressor stops fighting either by choice or involuntarily, the defender can stop defending. You cannot count upon your power of persuasion convincing someone who has already decided to kill you to give up, you must make him. Whether it is pol...
The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse – Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death – are a powerful, evocative image out of the Book of Revelations. While the image is chillingly applicable to the present day, our arguments in this series are not theological but practical and historical in their basis. We need to understand their underlying causes while we s...
A little while ago we saw a black flag with a skull on it, boldly proclaiming that: "Your liberties aren't dying, they are being killed by people with names and addresses" Not incorrect even if it is a little sinister. We would never advocate tracking down such enemies for the purpose of anything illegal. On the other hand, though, the lunat...
There are some stark prospects facing us in 2022, accelerated by the war in Ukraine, but they have been on the horizon for some time. We may find a way to avert them, but they will not be banished, and will be back soon enough. We need to understand the fundamentals to have a chance of mitigating their inevitable impact, and in the worst case, to p...
Self-reliance is the foundation for action at every level, in the crisis we face. It would be good to have a realistic, actionable plan and preparations for every contingency that we and our families may encounter. But as Will Rogers said, "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future." We can't anticipate all eventualities, or prepar...
What Can Be Done (Part 2): States' Rights Under the Constitution and Court Precedent Part 1 of this series discussed the unlikelihood of addressing the current crisis through electoral means at the federal level. Instead, we need to turn to one of the fundamental concepts of the Founding Fathers: federalism. The United States was formed as a union ...
As of this writing in early May 2022, seldom does a week pass without news of yet another federal rule, regulation, program, action, or decision challenging our freedoms – in violation of the Constitutional separation of powers and the 10th Amendment's explicit limitation on the power of the federal government. How, within the law, to resist this a...
We can absolutely live without the garbage that is social media, Big Tech woke policies and many other aspects of the internet. But we do glean a great deal of value from instructional YouTube videos, the wisdom in technical forums and the wealth of PDF manuals and e-books that are readily available. Lots of important knowledge that becomes even mo...
Before acquiescing to the angry activists of climate change pseudo-science, and the anti-American Left who disdain their own nation because it is better off than some others, we should step back and take a look at our energy needs and resources and rational approaches to their management. At the heart of the climate change cult – the worship ...
The world of prepping loves lists. Lists of stuff. Spreadsheets of things you have stored, things to buy, things to rotate out of stocks. There is no doubt that making lists of things to do and things to acquire are extremely useful, if not essential. Getting a handle on everything that the subject encompasses is important: a well prioritized list ...
There are many truly great quotes from Sun Tzu's Art of War and we might explore a chunk of them in a future article. To comprehensively defeat the Left, we must all become warriors who understand strategy and tactics: we must know warfare in all its forms and be good at it. Wisdom from Master Sun will help that cause. But for now, he rightly tells...
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has. --Proverbs 21:20 If you ever knew anyone who lived during the Great Depression (1929-c.1938) you probably would have found them reluctant to throw anything away. Hoarders, by modern standards. But, having lived through times of sustained shortages in g...
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has never been a guarantor of the rights of law-abiding Americans; but its most recent actions are some of the worst in its history. We've all heard the jokes. ATF should be a convenience store, not a government agency. Hide your dog if they come knocking on your door. Insult them by ...
Understanding the art of surveillance – both detecting it and performing it when necessary – is importance to our continued well-being. Physical surveillance, the art and science of following people around, logging their activities and catching them in some interesting act is an important subject for any member of a political resistance in a police...
