How to Spot a Right-Wing Extremist Homegrown Terrorist

Isn't it wonderful that we have certain branches of the Government recommending we all have two weeks worth of food, water and general supplies on hand for every American Household... we have Glenn Beck 'Hawking Survivalist 'Food Insurance' Disaster Kits' and we've got the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI hounding and subpoenaing Mormon-owned bulk food sellers for their customer lists when folks try to buy in bulk... because all survivalists and preppers are now part of the homegrown terrorist watchlist? How many government employees are preppers? How many totally innocent households have been added to some ridiculous watch list because they prefer to stock up in bulk? Personally speaking, I'd like to be able to buy in bulk and prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse in peace without Big Fucking Brother breathing down my neck. Well excuse me for being some sort of radical leftist libertarian who's fiscally conservative, anti-capitalist who hates money and loves spending it on cool gear and freeze-dried food.

On a lighter note, I got a kick out of this:

The FBI's list of how to spot a dangerous right-wing extremist:

• Those who Make References to the Bible
• People who talk about The Constitution of the United States
• Those who speak about U.S. Supreme Court decisions
• Anyone who talks about treaties with foreign governments
• Anyone who may socialize and talk about their ideology.
• Or those that refer to themselves as “constitutionalists” or “freemen”

We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults. --Vauvenargues

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747) was a minor French writer, a moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular. In the history of French literature, his significance lies chiefly in his friendship with Voltaire (20 years his senior).

Futuristic Cyborg Implantable Organ Makes the Human Body Need Dramatically Less Water

The Water Bottle Of The Future: A Cyborg System That Keeps You From Needing To Drink

If the world runs low on water, we all may be forced to make our bodies consume less water. How would that work? A Japanese company has the answer.

The Japanese design studio Takram was asked to design a water bottle for people to use after a hypothetical future environmental disaster. Takram, imagining what a world would be like with rising sea levels and radioactive disasters, thought that we probably wouldn’t be carrying around water bottles. Instead, they designed an entirely new organ system, to be implanted in the body, that would mean we used less water in the first place.

Its solution, called the Hydrolemic System, involves both harvesting more moisture from the air than our current un-modified bodies are capable of, and also doing more to retain the water we have. The company imagines that system would require us to drink 0.1 cups of water a day.

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Printing Handcuff Keys with a 3D Printer

This opens up whole new dimensions for lock-picking enthusiasts and burglars... Last Word Press would be interested in publishing a book on this subject and similar threads... curious about key molding and making other pick tools using new technologies... contact the editor at lastwordpress@gmail.com for more information.


http://technoccult.net/archives/2012/06/01/handcuff-keys-3dprinter/
Posted on June 1, 2012 by Klint Finley

From a 2009 post on the lockpick/encryption/RF site Blackbag:

German SSDeV member Ray is known all around the world for his impressive collection of handcuffs and his fun ways of opening most of them. On top of that he gives great presentations and always manages to add a lot of humor into them!

At HAR he pulled another stunt: He used a 3D printer to print handcuff keys. And not just any ordinary handcuff key … no, it’s the official handcuff key from the Dutch police!

Full Story: Blackbag: Printing police handcuff keys

What’s more, Ray released an STL file (the standard format for 3D printing and prototyping) of the key.

Ray ended up clarifying various points in the comments on Bruce Schneier’s blog.

(via Cat Vincent)

In a Low-Tech, Post-Apocalyptic World, What Would You Want Your Job to Be?

Feel free to comment here and I'll forward your responses along to Technoccult, or check out Klint's original post for some interesting reader feedback.


http://technoccult.net/archives/2012/05/25/open-thread-in-a-low-tech-post-apocalyptic-world-what-would-you-want-your-job-to-be/

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Klint Finley

I asked this on Twitter last night, but thought it would make a good cross-platform discussion:

What would you want your job to be in a low-tech post-apocalypse?

I think I’d go with “messenger.” I don’t have a lot of practical skills, but I can run long distances and convey information. I haven’t read David Brin’s The Postman, but I think starting a postal service would be up my ally.

My comment:

Sky Cosby says:

June 2, 2012 at 11:00 am

Klint - I think I would still want to be a bookdealer, or whatever form of information broker was around in that new age. Though I do have a nice varied arsenal of primitive skills I’ve picked up… but honestly, depending on the nature of collapse, I think choosing one’s position/job would be even more of a luxury than it is now. I would, by default, and in no particular order, be: a farmer, a hunter, a father, a lover, a pro-creator, a handy-man, a scavenger, a teacher… you get the picture.

And I highly recommend The Postman. I finally read that one last year, to further round out the ridiculous dozens of disaster novels I’ve digested over the decades. It was quite entertaining… and somehow I’d managed to avoid watching the film all these years, so that was a treat to watch Kevin Costner butcher the role after such a good book. There should be a term for that…

anyway, enjoy it when you get to it. i’m going to steal your post for Last Earth Distro, I’ll let you know if anyone comes up with anything interesting.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go” - T.S. Eliot

Doom Survival Guide: A Handbook to Survival in a Post-Apocalyptic World

http://www.doomguide.com/

~ Welcome to the Doom Survival Guide ~

This site exists to create and share a compact guide to survival in a world which has been all but destroyed by natural or unnatural disasters. In other words, when TSHTF. This is not to debate what scenario that may be, but you are here so you probably have your own ideas. Various themes floating around include:   Climate Shift   World War III   Asteroid Strike   Polar Shift - magnetic or physical - gradual or sudden   Total Economic Collapse   Galactic Tsunami (whatever that is)   'Kill shot' Solar Flare   Outbreak of some horrible CIA-created disease (ie - zombies)   Broad EMP attack   NWO Takeover   General wrath from a pissed off god   Stevie Live USD Doom-O-Meter Gadgets powered by Google   In any apocalyptic scenario, essential services such as power and clean water will be unavailable. Delivery of food and supplies will cease as people stop going to work and paying their bills. Money will be worthless unless you can sucker someone to trade your useless notes or lumps of metal for something of real value - such as clothing, tools, medical supplies, labor, or food and water. If you wait for authorities and emergency services to look after you, you will be disappointed. Therefore it will be up to YOU to ensure the safety and continued well-being of you and your loved ones The book is based on the famous SAS survival manual which contains invaluable information on how to survive with little to nothing in many harsh environments. It has been condensed to remove useless information such as how to return to your commander for debriefing and court-martialing, how to use your US Army issued equipment pack #47A-50/D effectively, what to do if the country you are attacking has changed its political allegiance, etc. As well as removing redundant topics, more have been added and existing ones expanded. Extra information includes:   General guidelines on how to prepare for and survive after TSHTF - that your government won't tell you.   More shelters, beyond the basic 'get you out of the weather for a day' emergency hovels. Including semi-permanent (seasonal) and long term shelters.   More animal and fish traps.   Section on ropes and knots, From making a meter of thin cord, to meters of strong rope with natural materials. Lashing methods, rope splicing.   Making and using fire pistons.   Construction of rope bridges.   Basic and advanced brain tanning, rawhide.   Sustainable organic gardening.   Raising small and practical animals.   Medicinal properties of common plants and how to grow them.   Field surgery - wound debridement and field amputations.   Field dentistry.   Weather Prediction.   Tactical movement and tracking.   Basket Weaving   Black Powder   and more... Why? I have many sources of information, some in books, some in magazines, some in printouts, and of course the internet still seems to be working. However I wanted a compact source of information that is small enough to include in even the smallest of survival kits. I don't have millions of dollars to buy 300 acres of primo land in the middle of nowhere and construct a bunker surrounded by militia. For me, it will probably be down to gunning it until the fuel runs out, then heading for the nearest forest with whatever I can carry on my back. I won't be able to haul around a library, and even if I had a netbook and a bicycle-powered generator, I doubt I'd find a hotspot. So if I'm going to carry one book - it needs to be small and thorough. So I have endeavored to compile as much useful information as I can into one small tome. Since there are others that may find this document useful I have decided to share it. There are instructions on how to print and bind a professional and robust book using only basic resources. It is a living document and always in a state of change, but the versions available for download are always complete in themselves. Anyone is welcome to make suggestions in the hopes of creating guide that is useful to as many as possible. If you have any questions or feedback then please contact me or join the chat.