Sept 26 & 30th

September 26th - Liberty Potluck in our AO: Email H if you'd like details.

Sept 30: NC PatCon at Brock's place - details here.

Lights Out

Thank the Gods that RevWarIII will not be fought by - or in - the blogosphere.

Godspeed, Sparks 31.

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Sparks31 Upcoming Classes

There are ways to determine the truth and get accurate information.

I’m the guy who can teach you.

And the class is this month.

Or would you rather stay caught up in the NET and the WEB?

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MVT Rifleman Challenge II Reports

Full classes.

Training Standards.

Professionalism.

Report I: here

Report II: here

Report III: here

Outstanding to all.

Already looking forward to Rifleman Challenge III - are you up to the standard?

More Goodness from T.L.

Here.

Patriot Canteen

Help the guys get the Patriot Canteen operational - here.

By the numbers - 1.8:1

A nation filled with 318,000,000 people is managed, day-to-day, by just over 7% of their Countrymen.  That 7% represents all those people who take taxpayer dollars while officially working for .Gov to ensure the mechanism of government grinds forward, enforcing the laws, regulations, rules and diktats of a much smaller subset of people.

Of 318,000,000 people, roughly .6% carry badges and firearms, and have the powers of arrest, to be the enforcement arm of the 7%.  The LEO number is misleading in that of those .6% most are bureaucratic in nature.

A very tiny subset of all Americans has managed to work across generations to impose their will on 318,000,000 Countrymen - with fewer than 1 million willing to point a weapon at you.

Look around you.  Of the 7% who work for .Gov - how many are morally entitled to the paychecks they earn?. Now factor this into your matrix: Of that 7%, how many go to work every single day and in the course of their 'job description', take an act that in some way infringes your Natural Rights and helps destroy our economy or corrupt our children?

As a whole, the American population lost about 2% during the Civil War.

7% - it's just a number.

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Kim Davis

Can someone please point me to the bloggers who took point for the III to establish a contingent of at least a few III Patriots at the Kim Davis vigils and rallies in Kentucky?

I know I probably just missed it because I took a few days away from the blogs, knowing everything in the III world was in such capable and proactive hands, but I can't seem to find much.

Curious, that...

The weekend behind, and upcoming goodness...

Holly and I want to say thank you to our friends who visited over the weekend, with their beautiful boys.  Our local Tribe is growing, with the sort of people you want near you in both good times and bad.

Local, local, local, folks.  

September Liberty Potluck: We look forward to seeing those of you who plan to attend the event September 26th here in the AO.  

**Special Request**  Tactical and/or Hunting Coats - what is the Brand/Design you currently use, or want to use?  Any design mods you can suggest that you'd like to have built into a 3-season coat?  We need some input for one of our Tribe who is starting her own shop.

Personally, I have a few ideas about a solid Combat Smock...

Come & Get Some...

Yapfest Dec 5/6: here

MVT Rifleman Challenge II AAR: here

MVT September Class Opportunities: here

Sparks31 Comms Training: here

Kit Lange: The Concept of Innocent Until Proven Guilty in the Patriot Movement

UPDATE: Pete's perspective.

The man defines gravitas.

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Here's the piece.

An outstanding bit of counsel we should ALL seek to emulate more often.

Today's Face of Tyranny in America

Kim Davis - put in jail for refusing to marry homosexuals in Kentucky

So,

What do we do as the III?

Story.

Opera non verba has multiple meanings - including 'Watch what they do, ignore what they say..."

Communist Party takes star role in China's war parade - here

U.S. Shadowing Russian Ship in Atlantic Near Nuclear Submarine Areas - here

Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea off Alaska - here

Nothing to see here.  Move along, Citizen.  The Russians still move their troops by trains! The Chinese have no plans outside their current borders!  Golitsyn was a plant!

Fact: You need more bullets.  Team BearDragon may never set boots on US soil - but they sure would like to watch us burn to the ground.  And, they have more than a few agents inside our wire helping start fires...

These guys are not afraid to work...

Sparks in Alabama, here.

Max AAR, here.

Patriot Canteen Project, here.  Throw these guys a few bucks - acta non verba.

The only way the III prevails is less yap, more work.

III Arms Update

CNC Machine - or a very expensive Dremel engraver
 if you are afraid of it or don't know how to use it.

The picture at right is a CNC machine.

Firearms manufacturers (true gunsmiths) use the CNC machine to take a piece of blank steel like this and turn it into a 1911 frame, like below.  












The gunsmith then uses the CNC to mill (cut from steel) your slide.  These are the primary components of the 1911 build.  They represent the heart and soul of the 1911.

A parts assembler, however, does not use his CNC to actually build firearms.  To a parts assembler, the CNC is nothing more than a very expensive engraving machine - a Dremel that costs $25k.

A parts assembler ignores the CNC and buys a frame and slide set from a real gun manufacturer - such as STI, for instance.  He then assembles the parts into a firearm.  He may even be a decent painter.  Proof?  If you own a III Arms (WV) 1911, look at your frame and see if it is an STI frame or a III Arms frame.

When we discussed launching III Arms on this blog, we discussed hiring a real gunsmith who would build firearms.  Sadly, I made a mistake and we ended up with a parts assembly guy who could do a decent paint job.  We all agreed that III Arms would be the first of several business venture to use profits for the Citadel.  Mea culpa.

However, III Arms has survived my initial personnel mistake.  The first 1911 from one of several new professional gunsmiths arrives in about 6 weeks.  It will NOT have 'STI' stamped on the frame.  In the next week or so Holly will also announce a new facet of III Arms that will be noted as a milestone in the 2A world.  Holly has put together a brilliant twist to build III Arms into more than merely a firearms manufacturer.

III Arms is still standing, and stronger than ever.

Acta non verba.

**For III Patriots who purchased a III Arms (WV) 1911 and rec'd an STI frame/slide, I take the position that you did not receive what you were promised.  In due course Holly intends to announce a buy-back or trade-in for those of you who want to own a genuine III Arms 1911 - as you were promised.

‘Joe’s Armed Gang’ -OR- ‘It’s about the TRAINING, Duh!’

Max has it, here.

III Society Elections Announcements

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The Society is up and running, and strong.  My task is done.  I will hand it off to another leadership team to continue the progress.

Since no member of the current Board or Administrative Team earns a salary, it will be up to the new team to amend the bylaws for a salary, if you so desire.

Financials: HK meets with the auditing accountant this week.  She'll publish the audit once he's done, as promised.

Acta non Verba: III Comms

In many ways old-school tech and tradecraft will prove to be the best course of action for Liberty Forces.  A whisper in an ear can't be Googled and NSA's and Fusion Centered resulting in a SWAT'ing.  There are times and methods where electronic Comms will be acceptable risks.  There will be many more times when your HAM is the preferred Comms vehicle.

You Comms guys know far more than do I regarding the advantages and vulnerabilities of radio when it comes to tactical and strategic Comms.  I know enough that I found an expert within the III (He was at PatCon) to help us build a modern equivalent of an old-school 'Black Box' that will help reduce the vulnerability of your people who must use radio from time to time - whether gunnin' & runnin' or Strategic Services Ops from your asset in City Hall who needs to send up an emergency balloon about a warrant she just saw pass across her desk about your local CUTT.

This Comms widget has already been financed, is well into the R&D and build/test phase, and is on a timeline that tentatively has first units in the hands of end-user Patriots by November 1.  Retail price-point will be under $400/unit, with further discounts for Teams.

This unit will interface with your existing HAM system.  It will provide you the ability to encrypt and burst your messages.  That means you are able to crack the mic for mere seconds, then get off the X. It has a built-in Morse translator (and teaching function).  It has the ability to tie into a small LCD screen for the field (and field agent), and even a keyboard for data entry.  It has a small footprint.  It is to be seriously ruggedized.  Add OTP, brevity codes and other tradecraft, and you have serious Comms capabilities.

As with all III projects with which I am affiliated, a new firm has been established (III Comms, LLC), III Experts assembled, and other III Experts will T&E the system.

The first unit is as described above.  The second unit will include a radio in the same system.

Shoot, Move & Communicate.

Auxiliary.

Strategic Services.

Training on the unit will be simple-enough to handle within your Team - or you can get instruction through Jedburgh Academy.

Acta non verba.

III National Tour & III Prepper

A large number of us have been working out the best places/shows to set up a III booth at gun/prepper shows across the country beginning this fall.  We've got many volunteers who are willing to host in their respective AOs.  These events will also serve as meet & greet networking opportunities for III Patriots.

How it is shaping up: We'll ship 2-3 foot locker sized boxes to the host in city X prior to the show.  He/she will take point and host the booth, handing out III promotional material, setting up our national sponsors gear on the table, et cetera.  Patriots in the AO and region are encouraged to drop by the show, then hook-up for dinner afterward.

Once the show is over, the host will pack-up the gear and ship it to the next show host in city Y.  

H and I won't be able to be present at every show - but there are some AOs I am really looking forward to visiting...

If you can volunteer as a host, or if there is a very good gun/prepper show in your AO, either post here or send me details and we'll make sure to work it into the calendar.

Guest Post by JB

JB posted this response on KD (KnuckleDraggin'/Wirecutter/Kenny). It is being reposted here at his request in case you do not go to KD or KD does not post.

Response to “A Kerodin must read”

Wirecutter/ George said: “The III community has been stunned the past few weeks with complaints of mistakes made on the part of Sam and Holly Kerodin.”

Really, this is how it all went down? It seems to me that there was an all-out attack by KD and its readers, many of whom have no idea what has transpired to this point in time, even you Kenny. You all simply took the words of a few less-than-truthful folks that have had interactions with the Kerodins and jumped on the band wagon without hearing the other side – a clear demonstration of hive mentality that I would expect from our liberal/ socialist “friends”, not patriots. But I guess even patriotism and Rightful Liberty has its politics and haters too. It has it’s elites as well - people that think, because of their background or training, they are superior to everyone else.

The so called “complaints” as you call them were more than complaints - they were serious charges levied in an inappropriate forum. And simply because the charges were made, even though some “… may not have legitimate grievances”, he owes you a response? Ha! Sounds like something a tyrant would do – levy the charge and you are guilty until you can prove otherwise. Sounds like a tactic right out of the Democratic Party Playbook! Let’s fling it and see if it sticks! Anyone with grievances against the Kerodins should have taken them to the Kerodins, not this website. How many of you with complaints did that in earnest? If you did, go ahead and post that complaint – I am sure it would make for interesting reading. I know of one of the “complaints” that was a flat-out lie. Then the rest of you that have no clue jumped on the band wagon like the lemmings you are. See Kenny, even you are Jim Jones to some!

Wirecutter/ George said: “Those complaining may or may not have legitimate grievances, but the situation has been compounded by the responses of Sam and his supporters”.

There is nothing Sam can say to change your minds – you all have joined the Jim Jones Kool-Aid Club as you have charged those of us that support the Kerodins. The situation wasn’t compounded by the responses of Sam and his “supporters”, it was compounded by the full-court press of a childish diatribe spewed by almost every one that commented on this site, most that know nothing!

Then you try to make it sound like an L.L.C. is a bad thing which shows your ignorance when it comes to running a business. Either you don’t have a clue about the differences between the types of business formats or you are intentionally trying to make people believe that Kerodins are shady because they chose one of the most common business types for small business owners – which is it? Here is a short description of the four basic for-profit business formats: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/four-common-types-business-formats-21109.html . Perhaps you should know before you speak. I am sure that if there are any of you out there with a fair mind, you will see that there is nothing wrong with conducting business as an L.L.C. – it is generally preferred over Partnerships.

It is true that L.L.C.’s do not pay taxes but it still files taxes. The income that is paid out to the members is taxed thru the members personal income taxes as are Sub-S Corporations, Sole Proprietorships, and Partnerships. So you see, the only business format that is not taxed on the members personal income alone, is the Corporation – which if you read the description from the above link is not necessarily the best business format for most small business. A Corporation does pay taxes and so do the shareholders that receive profits – a double tax! Let me know if you need me to further explain this concept.

As far as all of the different L.L.C.’s, this is because each has a different goal and interest and it’s best to keep the accounting separate so as to not co-mingle funds which complicates things.

Wirecutter/ George said: “Who funds what and where does the money go? Are donations and funding to one cause diverted to support another cause? In the interests of transparency, the Kerodins owe it to their supporters to open up and explain where the interests of these various businesses cross and where is the money shared.  If it says III on it or is related to III ventures, we deserve transparency.”

If you buy something from Kerodin, what you deserve to know stops there. The transaction is for the product being sold, not for you to know what happens to the money afterwards. If you donate money to the Kerodins, then did you donate it with stipulations? If so, what do you think you are owed? Did you invest in one of the companies? Are you listed as a member? If so, you certainly are entitled to an accounting of the company and profits and I am sure the Kerodins would be happy to oblige. Sam has vowed to publish the financials of III PS but of course that won’t matter to most of you anyway, even if every penny is accounted for – your mind is made up.

Even in the interest of transparency, the Kerodins owe you or your readers nothing, especially those that have contributed nothing.This is not a public venture. They must be careful about the information they divulge as there are enemies among us, including the patriot community as demonstrated by this [KD] website. The folks that are trusted do or will know – you are not among them.  But I assure you that cooking the books would be foolish and I am pretty sure the Feds would be all over the Kerodins at the 1st sign of inappropriate accounting, especially if it involves a person belonging to a group of people they are currently classifying as “domestic terrorists.” Wise up!

I do not have all of the history behind III Arms but there is a side of the story not being told – as usual. However, III Arms is starting back up and more information will be passed on to trusted people when the time is right.

Some of us are making tangible things happen, including the Kerodins, but there will be many road blocks, especially economic ones, and adversaries trying to slow us down or stop us all together. Some of our efforts may fail but we are determined. One thing we are not is keyboard warriors!

Tempus Omnia Revelat

JB