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I like the clowns reference.

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Anyway, I'm no clown, but we sure seem to have a lot of 'em around, don't we?

Got ammo?

Eventually, that will be the primary question for everyone, even the clowns.

And did everyone "enjoy" the red tidal wave.

Unlike most of these people, I didn't even get out my surf board.

Why would we expect a different result when we did exactly the same thing?

Hell, I'll even go vote for Herschel again in December, but do I expect a win?

Hell no!

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My series on driving cross-country is coming soon. It convinced me that nothing will save America.

Birdshots are goood. :) Long-range hunting with good scopes and aluminum sheets for cover also seem useful in the long run, especially with further (expensive) equipment. :)

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You must find a way to have at least one piece of night vision equipment.

Two is a lot better, but a PVS-14 at a minimum. About 2-2.5k used excellent.

A "Clip On' and a dedicated magnified NV scope added to this will give you 24 hour capability. Add to this a couple of suppressors and wireless comm, and you are well on your way to an incredibly effective "team" capable of offensive as well as defensive actions.

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Magnified NV is good (most of the time, there is more than enough light, at least around here in rural KY), but infrared cover and a suppressor are also necessities in order for a small heat footprint and hiding muzzle flame plus making the source hard to track. The deer wouldn't know in which direction to run. :)

Scope magnification and precise calibration are still a must.

NV can also be even more expensive and what good is it, if there is no electricity to charge the batteries and even with a solar panel, it will work only as long as the solar panel lasts.

Wireless com is a red flag most of the time. The tens of thousands of satellites are tracking devices for infrared and for radio-waves... Using cheap equipment with encoded messages might work as long as the code is new every day (kind of like the Enigma), but too many (I would say, more than three) heat prints in one location at a time will also create suspicion (and dogs will also create theirs). Most of the drones are high altitude and you cannot get them with bird shots, but they surely have laser-guided missiles, using the data from the satellites. :)

There are truckloads of other stuff, like securing a perimeter and creating supply depots that cover the area, but that would lead to a looong discussion.

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I hear that "excuse" about NV for the reason not to have to invest in it all the time, AA bats in my PVS-14 50+ hours each!

Dual AAs in the AN/PVS-22 Clip On last 40+ hours! And you only need one gun, day or night.

Of course you use one time cipher pad codes on wireless, changed daily.

We are talking short range low power between team-mates! Not cheap crap here, waterproof, shock resistant.

Literally every optic possessed is designed for use with NV, from RDS to magnified scopes, no ChiCom air-soft here either.

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The problem is the PVS-14 starts around $2.5k. A portable stand/base is also needed, but it adds to the weight and I am not a body builder. An AR with four mags already heavy enough. :)

The codes are probably inconsequential, unless you have attracted attention. Using them definitely does, and don't even think that those devices are sold without back doors. :)

Another problem comes from trusting anyone in the time of famine. Optimistic at best, unless they are very old friends or good family members (yes, some are not necessarily good in some families).

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Well you just can't sacrifice night to a better prepared enemy. That is certain defeat! I invested a little over 3k in my monocular (ITT AN/PVS-14) back in 2004, even compared to the newest units, it was money well spent and gives up very little to a state of the art filminess WP unit.

And despite a lot of training and practical use, I have even not dented it estimated lifespan.

I've got a bit over 11k in other NV equipment, all also purchase new and with the needed accessories.

https://i.imgur.com/k559Epe.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7VOV9Yv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/0zBr1iK.jpg

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Good grief, Ray, how did I miss the Nov 11th article?

Anyway, I commented on it, after upvoting you and everyone who participated!

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The older one is also interesting.

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"...Did you ever think that maybe I'm sharing my comment with all these links because I love you and don't want anything bad to happen to you? and you just discredit and disregard it as if it's trash like everything else you're used to seeing. I love you, otherwise you wouldn't see this comment..."

Why not just share your perspective on the article and only share 1-2 links as they directly relate to expanding on your point or the article's point? Would come across as much less spammy. And you will likely reach more of your target audience.

I understand the frustration of trying to share what you see as "the truth" to people who are willfully ignorant in many cases. And the Powers That Be actually take advantage of this and even take actions specifically to demoralize us....to make us feel powerless. But a big part of how people arrive at the truth movement is actually based in [unsurprisingly] immutable law. Approximately 85% of the world population don't understand the Law of Cause and Effect. 15% do and most seek to keep the 85% spinning their wheels. Some of them do want to give the 85% a chance to understand and benefit from cause/effect universal principles and will find ways to lead them there.

As much as you may want to awaken everyone to your point of view, how is your approach any different than what the current 1% is doing?? (Including all of their controlled opposition / limited hangouts). To get a glimpse as to the level of sophistication of the opposition, see my explanation here:

https://outraged.substack.com/p/stop-dicking-us-around/comment/10288330

and here: https://dystopianliving.substack.com/p/we-want-justice/comment/10263845

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Thank you for saying what I couldn't have said better. One or two matching links can work a lot further than a list most of the time, unless the list is specifically targeting a solution to a problem.

Sharing matching links is imperative for small authors like us, but it must be used with tact and caution.

Around 1991, only 7% of people were able to think logically, but cause-and-effect might not need all that much logic. After all, as I used to tell me students, most people can think a single move ahead (your 15% suggests they fail even at that point, which I can easily believe after all the display of public stupidity since March, 2020); if they want to consider themselves people with a college degree, they might want to consider thinking two steps ahead: 1. if I do this, then what 2. then what? (all in relation to the objective targeted to achieve)

People seem to be sooo "intellectually challenged" these days that it's become nearly impossible to separate controlled opposition from sheer stupidity. :)

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/paid-agents-or-simple-morons

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Whom are you talking to and what would you like to say? Please, explain.

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