III: Sons of Liberty Magazine

The response for the magazine concept has been very positive, I'm pleased to say.

Holly and I have considerable experience publishing magazines and newspapers, so let me set some expectations for you. First, print is a dying medium, though for certain niche communities (guns/hunting/politics among them) it still has some life.

The primary purpose of the magazine in its opening phase is to serve as an introduction to potential allies. We'll include stories and essays about the III, prepping, a few gun reviews relevant to SHTF, an overview of our political platform, and an invitation to NRA and Tea Party folks to consider standing with us.

I'd like to get a few advertisers to help offset expenses - printing a quality magazine is not cheap. The first issue will serve for at least 3 months (unless it is a raging success) and will have relatively few pages. Every additional page increases production costs big time. We'll write content that does not have an expiration date, or will become dated after the election.

While on the gun show tour we'll hand out copies as our introduction to the wider gun/Tea community.

I'll be reaching out to many of you to submit content, an essay on a topic you are familiar with and eager to write.

If you have a business that would benefit by reaching the gun show crowd, or you are a good salesman and can sell ad space to such advertisers, go for it! If we can break even regarding costs, it will be a success.

Feel free to submit thoughts, ideas, whatever.

If I could have only one rifle...

...it would be the Steyr SSG 08 in .308 - the perfect Scout Rifle, if you ask me. I even asked the 'smiths at Steyr and they will install a 16" barrel if requested.

Don't get me wrong: I am a traditionalist when it comes to firearms. I like steel and wood.

But, damn if that SSG 08 ain't pretty, aggressive and functional as well.

This pic is from Oleg, here.

Kerodin
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The damage done by hyperbole...

You all know that my position regarding violence is that it is not yet time.

For this reason you will not find me writing such silliness as "I'll take 100 heads" or "I'll die before I live under tyranny". Obviously, we already live under tyranny.

Yet across our blogs we see this stuff all the time. "If you try to take our guns we will kill you". "Better to die on your feet in freedom than living on your knees as a slave".

As for the guy who said he'd kill LEO for trying to take his gun, we all saw the truth and how that one worked out. And believe it or not, he still spews the same bullshit. As for the latter statement, we are already living as slaves, and noone is taking heads, noone is disappearing Bad People, noone is hunting LEO.

I would caution Patriots to talk softly and carry a big stick. When one makes threats to do X or Y, and then fails to do X or Y when challenged, we all suffer by association with a blowhard.

If you draw a line in the sand with articulated responses if that line is crossed, back up your threats, or do not make the threats in the first place.

Please.

Kerodin
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III 527 Update

I am fond of Benjamin Franklin and always in awe of his intellect and ability to accomplish seemingly impossible goals. I rank his creation of Impeachment as one of the most civilized advancements of Governance in the history of Man. In these days of our counter-revolution, it is Franklin and Jefferson, Henry, Madison and Sam Adams I seek to emulate. I know I can never hope to stand even in their shadows, though I will try until it is time to emulate another of my heroes: John Parker.

I thank every single one of you who have supported the 527 with your donations, with your purchasing of IIIGear, and your moral support. Because of you we have grown our numbers modestly and reached a small number of people who did not know we existed. Because of you, we have been able to secure dealerships with Condor, KA-BAR, Cold Steel, US Palm, and a few other gear suppliers. When you purchase this gear through IIIGear.com you support the III, because the few dollars left over from every sale is used to help grow our community.

Right now we have nearly enough inventory and incidentals to set up a professional presence at gun shows, where we hope to meet many of our natural allies, as well as III Patriots who live in each area.

When you look at the top of this blog you see pages dedicated to ideas I hope to pursue in an effort to grow our community even more. Unfortunately, real life and lack of funds contribute to slow progress, but we do advance on every front each month, even if it is only in a small way. We'll get them all done, but to do it faster, we need more support. For more support, we need more people in our ranks.

Many of you contribute to those efforts every day. I know many of you are constantly talking to people and trying to help people waken. David at NCRenegade has begun working to blend the III with disgruntles members of the real Tea Party, an effort that will take considerable time and effort, but holds great potential. PatComs and local work by many of you doesn't get the recognition it deserves, but don't think it goes unnoticed.

As Holly and I were considering the hand-out material we need for the gun show tour, from business cards to bookmarks, to information sheets about the III, the Buy a Gun Day, a list of our community websites, et cetera, we decided it may be more beneficial to put together a small magazine to put all of our messages into one format. That's why I added the poll on the right. I'm glad to see so many of you chose the same title as did I: Sons of Liberty Magazine. I think Sons of Liberty will reach a larger group of people who won't need to ask "What is that?" as they would with a title like "III Percent Patriots", et cetera.

I've already started building our first issue (you'll remember that one of Mrs. Kerodin's small businesses is a boutique Publishing House). I intend to keep the content to the basics: Who is the III, our goals, and a few general gun columns, SHTF columns, prepping, Go Bags, et cetera.

If any of you own businesses that would like to reach the gun show audience, consider buying a page of advertising to help offset the printing costs. We'll be giving copies away at every stop on our gun show tour. I think it is a great way to help the III go "mainstream" to a degree, while pulling the gun community toward us a bit.

We've pushed the magazine ahead of other projects, such as the SHTF Book and the Poster simply because we'll get far more allies with a magazine when we hit the shows. We'll roll out the poster, the book, and other projects in an order that makes sense. But make no mistake, none of those projects are sitting still. We are moving forward with the Pioneer Project quietly, and we are working on securing a few prototype III Firearms for our manufacturing project. We'll fill you in publicly when there is news to share.

So, thank you all. Buy III Gear. Help us grow our numbers. Fly patches and stickers to build morale and cohesion.

We are the only group of people on Planet Earth who advocate for genuine Liberty.

If we fail, Liberty will die.

Kerodin
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Hard Tea: This matters...

I hope everyone is paying attention to NCRenegade - there is movement which I support completely to try to merge real Tea Party folks with III folks into a Hard Tea demo.

Think about it, read David's suggestions, and throw in our support if you can.

Here's David's place.

Kerodin
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IIIGear: Condor & More...

I am expecting orders from Condor, Cold Steel and KA-BAR this week, so if you have anything outstanding (except shirts/hoodies) they'll be going out soon.

And I already have to place another order with KA-BAR and Condor, so if you want anything, get your order in soon.

I hope you are all passing out cards and stickers when engaging folks...and remember we have new patches.

I'm proud to announce that you folks have been so supportive that we are now able to keep at least 1 of each item we offer in stock and ready to send, cutting down on delays. We aren't where we'd like to be, but we are getting closer!

More later.

Kerodin
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Iran: October Surprise

Watching McLaughlin Group on Sunday, Pat Buchanan had an interesting prediction at the end of the show: Before the November elections there would be some sort of intense clash with Iran. He did not specify bullets or some sort of big diplomatic confrontation, but his point was clear: The President's election campaign would benefit.

We shall see.

Kerodin
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President Obama: "He doesn't understand how..."

In the wake of decision after decision and statement after statement, the latest being 'If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.', there is always a chorus of people claiming "The President simply doesn't understand how X works..."

He does understand how X works, folks.

And he understands how to break X.

Every decision he has taken since becoming President has been deliberately taken to crash America.

It really is that simple.

Here's the latest in a long line of people who refuse to speak the truth about what is happening.

Kerodin
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Please consider the polls (2 of them) at right --->

Life can change, or end, any second of any day...

You already know that a grown man can cover 30 feet in 3 seconds or fewer, because we've talked about it before.

How fast can you clear leather and double-tap center-mass? What if you are sitting and have an SOB holster. How fast can you deploy your blade? What if you don't recognize it is an attack for 2 seconds? What if he's only 15 feet away...

A Girl and Her Gun links to this piece.

Yes, Virginia, it can happen to you.

What are you doing to prepare to defend yourself?

Kerodin
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Sighted while traveling in Virginia...

From LT at NCRenegade: I concur that it is coming soon - driving down I-95 this weekend (7/14), I saw over a dozen Stryker vehicles, guns mounted, standing overwatch on the highway in Virginia...six were positioned in echelon on the grass at a Weigh-station, several in the median about 10 miles further south, and one on the exit ramp where we stopped to get gas. They all had their .50s racked and pointed at the road. This is totally unprecedented.

(When I was active, we were always required to stow our guns before leaving post...no armaments visible on public roadways, EVER.)

This is but the latest case where the military is being deployed on US soil as a precursory PSYOP - they are de-sensitizing the public to the sight of widespread military force, big time.

Anyone else seeing this sort of thing?

Kerodin
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Preps for the lass in your life...

In your preps of bullets and beans and such, have you taken care of your women who you will expect to take care of you? Miss Violet has a post up about spinning fiber into yarn. And while that is an important skill to have and to be able to pass down, I hope most of you have invested in preps that will make the lives of your gals easier.

Have you bought bolts of cammie cloth, and other general fabrics? Patterns? A sewing machine and the tools she'll need to keep you menfolk in something other than tattered rags? Have you bought her the kitchen appliances that will make her life easier when making bread or grinding coffee? Have you bought dozens of pairs of garden gloves? Mosquito netting? Deoderant? (Not so much for her to use, but to protect her from your 1-shower-each-week-insurgent-routine).

Have you even asked her to sit down and make a list of the things she will need to fulfill her role as caretaker and nurturer? Have you bought a few rolls of ribbon for the young girls who will need to feel pretty once in a while? Have you a box of teddy bears for the youngsters? Why should your Matriarch have to spin wool, pick cotton and hand sew a teddy bear for a whiney 3 year old, when you can buy them for $4 right now? Do you have a playpen tucked away? Do you have a few pieces of art that she likes? Do you have baby supplies packed for the day they will be needed? Yes, there will be He'in & She'in in your Tribe at some point, with the resulting bundle of feed me, clothe me, burp me, change me.

Remember, girls are different than boys. If you want your women to avoid going hardcore batshit on you, remember that they are hard-wired to seek security and routine, pretty things (not necessarily expensive) that make them feel feminine, and most of all they are programmed to take care of you and the young'ns. She needs to build home & hearth, not simply rough it with no sense of Self for her and her family. She needs to feel some sense of control in her life with a light at the end of the tunnel. Help her do those things and you'll have a partner instead of 110 pounds of HE ready to turn your homestead into a crater.

Think ahead. Think of every person in your Tribe, and every task you will ask them to complete. Then, add to your preps the tools that are available today to make their lives easier.

Here's Miss Violet's piece.

Kerodin
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It is time for some Hard Tea...Now!

Where real Tea Party Americans meet III Patriots: Hard Tea.

This is a call to consider advocating a new message among ourselves and your Tea Party associates. Let's pull them away from the R's and help them find their voices once again.

Read David's piece, here.

Kerodin
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Government considers using eminent domain power to confiscate mortgages...

When Rule of Law is mocked, and becomes but the whim of lawmakers, what is your obligation to remain lawful?

What Right have you to use of force in response to laws that merely affect the economy? Do not unjust laws that affect the economy do injury to you, even if indirectly?

Of course.

In a land where the Rule of Law is mocked, where men subjugate their fellow men by unjust laws and threats of violence, the time has come to go hard.

In California, one of the largest economies on planet Earth, those in power refuse to cease in their injuries to their fellow Californians. They are in deficit spending, and just signed off on a new $68 Billion dollar rail deal. How long before Bad People assert the premise that the rest of the country must send money to Californians to prevent their suffering?

Cancer must be eradicated to the very last dysfunctional cell.

Here's the story.

Kerodin
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Welcome to our Tribe! Here is a spoon, your job is to go find landmines!

CA linked to LF about who may be rudely suprised if they show up at Tribe HQ when SHTF.

What do you bring to the table is the general premise. If you are worth more than your burden to the Tribe, you may get to stay.

Babylon weighs-in as well. In a hard world that will be filled with Hard Things, he considers "useful" to potentially include people who may be utilized to help identify OpFor Sniper Nests by walking in the middle of the street. I call them Useful Idiots. Yes, they do have a place in a hard world.

Are you hard enough and smart enough to use people as expendable commodities in the game of Life or Not-Life?

CA's link is here.

LF is here.

Babylon is here.

I am.

Kerodin
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Deadly Tulpas will not get our work done

Please remember, Patriots: The speeches of Patrick Henry and the writings of Jefferson, and the clever charm of Franklin did not stop a single British Soldier or Politician from imposing tyranny upon the Colonies.

The tyranny ended when John Parker starting killing the Tyrants.

The speeches and writings gave John Parker and the rest of the original III the courage to stand and be counted.

Polygonal Battlespace.

Kerodin
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Laying the Ground...

When they take your business, your pantry of food, your car, and then your children, you will be told why.

It is not yours.

Here is the talking point, direct from the President's mouth:

There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

Convert your assets into things that can't be easily found and confiscated, and into things that will be highly liquid in really tough times.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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You can't see the Singularity...

...with the naked eye. You must look for clues circling the Black Hole to reach the conclusion that what you are seeing is, in fact, a Black Hole.

Holly and I have encountered this effect during our legal case against ServiceMagic. We can't see into the minds of the other side, and we are not lawyers, so the "truth" of their actions and intent is hidden within the Black Hole, and we are left to decipher reality as best as we can by studying the Event Horizon and the actions upon those things we can see.

When you look at the deeds and actions taken by the Administration it should be obvious even to an objective observer that every action taken has had a detrimental effect on the ideal of America, and the ability of America to function mechanically.

True Believers of the Left will argue that the actions of the Administration are Good Faith acts based on ideologic ideals, in an effort to make America stronger.

True Believers of America and Liberty must conclude that every action being taken is a deliberate effort to weaken and ultimately destroy America.

I stand with the latter. One need not be a political animal to recognize when deliberate harm is being inflicted by policy.

GrayBeard has an excellent piece identifying just a few of the deliberate acts that can only be interpreted accurately through the eyes of a person who is willing to see an Enemy of Liberty at work.

Here is the piece.

Kerodin
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Changing the World

Gene Roddenberry changed our world. How many boys used James T. Kirk as an influence in their youth? Flip phones. Video phones. I give the credit to Roddenberry.

JK Rowling has helped spur the imagination of tens of millions.

John M. Browning. I need not list a single of his world-changing contributions to you.

Most moral people do not seek to change the world, however. They may hope to create something that has a positive impact on the world, as a byproduct, with the primary goal of making money. I have no problem with anyone pursuing true Capitalism.

I have found it is almost universally Evil people who want to change the world politically. Those who have had the most success include names we all know: Stalin. Marx. Mao. Pol Pot. FDR. Lincoln. This is a long list.

The list of names who have sought to bring Liberty to life in the world is much shorter. Most of us today are too humble to seek to change the world. Changing America would be enough for most of us. But in pursuit of our personal Liberty we can bring a broader Liberty to life, if we are lucky, determined, and serious.

I think there is no shame in stating this goal: I want to change America. I want to be part of a group of Americans who kill tyranny and unleash genuine Liberty.

Stating that goal will not be enough. But owning the intent is essential. By owning it, you are making it known that you understand people will oppose you, and that opposition must fall.

It will not be enough to secure Liberty for only yourself, though that is the starting point. We must work together to ensure a state of genuine Liberty is handed to our sons, daughters, nieces and nephews.

It is their responsibility to protect it and pass it on.

It is our responsibility to give them the chance...and time is growing short.

I do want to change America. I want genuine Liberty in my lifetime.

Think about it.

Kerodin
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A day at the beach in Tel Aviv

Click here to see a young woman who understands life.

Kerodin
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