A few odds and ends of catching up. First - Eric Raymond posted this a while back, but looks at the moral justification of Kyle going out in times of civil unrest [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8752] as not only "not wrong", but a duty. > That is, all males of military age who are or intend to become citizens of the United States are under federal statute the “unorganized militia”, and have the duty of the militia to defend the Constitution of the United States against enemies foreign and domestic…
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It's been a while, and I've accumilated a few odds and ends that don't call for a full post. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hate is bad. So we are told. Of course, the same people will gladly tell us that "White Lives Don't Matter [http://archive.is/ME10Q]". I know, I know, they'll tell you that it's not "white lives" as in "the lives of white people," but instead "white lives" as in "lives lived as if you were white" -…
It's time for some lighter fare. For those into wargaming with minis, I'm a huge fan of the simplicity of Crossfire. Another system that can be cheap to start in, but I haven't had a chance to try the rules out, is Combat Storm - a set of rules for using little green and tan plastic army men [https://combatstorm.com]. > Introducing COMBAT STORM, the definitive wargame that uses your own collection of plastic army men as game pieces and a large playing area such as a large table or living-roo…
Life has been conspiring to inspire me, and a few more posts are getting prepped. In the meantime, here are a few more bits that don't deserve a long treatment. First, Men of the West [https://www.menofthewest.net] has picked up some of [https://www.menofthewest.net/?p=25657] my posts [https://www.menofthewest.net/?p=25638], and will do so in the future when my articles fit their needs. It's a site I've regularly kept an eye on as they cover a broad range of subjects from the practical [https:…
I was talking to a friend this weekend, and one observation that both of us madee in our way is how often we stop delving into a topic, teacher, etc., because we find that through little or no fault of their own, they are no longer worth the time. Before you drag the knives out and look for places to bury the body; again, it's not their fault, it's me. I spent over a decade in the Navy as a nuke operator. One of the biggest reasons I got out though had everything to do with…