Virginia

Open letter to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia:

The traitorous Democrats (but I repeat myself) in the governor's office  and legislature have announced their plans to disarm you and arrest your local elected officials.  Whether they carry out those plans to completion over the next few months, or over a period of years, or decades, makes no difference.  They have arrogantly announced both their hostile intent and their contempt for the Constitutions of both the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Do not be fooled by the standard Leftist tactic of "Let's compromise.  We'll let you keep half of your cake.  For now."  Whether you have your throats slit or die by a thousand cuts, the result is the same.  Because the intent behind the actions of your enemies is the same, and unchanging.  Rust never sleeps.

The Democrats want you dead and gone, and your culture not just destroyed but forgotten.  To finish the job, they need to take your guns from you.  They have already stolen your votes by importing millions of foreigners and federal government drones.  They silence your voices from the media.  They hide the crimes commit against you in the news.  Their corrupt judges rule from the bench with an iron fist in a black robe.  They bankrupt you with inflation and debt.

When the soap box has been burned,
When the ballot box has been stolen,
When the jury box has been corrupted,
That only leaves Pandora's box.

May God have mercy upon their souls, for we must have none.
God help us all.

SIG .277 Fury - Army next generation squad weapons competition

First off, her'e the article about the SIG .277 Fury here.  (And notes about True Velocity's rival cartridge here.)

Background:  The US Army, in its infinite insanity, began a search for a new, longer-ranged, harder hitting rifle, carbine, and LMG cartridge.  They specified a proprietary, currently classified 6.8mm bullet, because reasons.  Competitors had to provide not only a cartridge, but a rifle and LMG to fire it.  The standard?  3,000 fps out of a 16 inch barrel, using a 140 grain 6.8mm bullet.

That's just a little nuts.  For comparison, the standard military 7.62x51 (.308) fires a 147 grain bullet at 2,800 fps from a 24" barrel.  That generates 2,559 foot-pounds of energy from 60,000 psi of pressure.

What does this new cartridge do?  Let's see.  SIG says the cartridges generates "over 80,000 psi" of pressure.  Well, won't that be entertaining to the ear drums.  Especially in urban combat.  (That's probably why the Army announced that the weapons must also be suppressor ready.)  How much energy is this?  Taking the bare minimum of 3,000 fps (from a 16" barrel, mind you), that works out to 2,798 foot pounds of energy.  That roughly 240 foot pounds (9%) more than the 7.62 NATO.  Assuming a 10 pound rifle (loaded with optics), that generates 14.7 pounds of recoil.  As a comparison, the current M16A4 generates about 4.3 pounds of recoil when fired.

Naturally, this new carbine/rifle/LMG will be completely controllable in fully automatic fire mode.  Just like the M14.  Of course you can trust me, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!
Especially to both of the people who read my occasional rantings.

Stolen shamelessly from John Wilder -

Civil War 2.0

It's coming, will we or nil we.
It's been coming since the 1960's.
It's been coming since the 1930's.
It is nearly here.

Donald Trump is the last Republican President of the United States of America.  The Democrats and other Leftists will make sure we are never allowed to make that mistake again.

They hate us Americans.  They want us dead and gone.  They want our culture and history to be utterly abolished and forgotten.

The Left keeps talking about the Holocaust and death camps - because it's their plan for us.

This all ends in mountains of skulls and rivers of blood.  If we choose not to fight, they shall be our skulls, our children's blood.

After the horrors are over, if we win, it will be a miracle if there are 120 million patriotic Americans remaining.  That's the population we fought WWII with, by the way.

Demography is destiny.  The future belongs to those who show up.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The story of the First Thanksgiving, as you may not have heard it before.

The first Thanksgiving celebration (as we think of it) happened after the third summer of Plymouth colony. For the first two years, the Pilgrims abided by the Mayflower Compact, which called for strict socialism. As a result, they didn't grow nearly enough food, and starvation killed half the population each winter.  (Not having any actual farmers in the first group didn't help any, either.)

The third spring, they allocated a plot of land to each family to work for their own benefit. That fall, despite a minor drought, they enjoyed a bountiful harvest. There was more than enough food for everyone. So they held a celebration of thanks giving to God for the harvest, and for teaching them the evils of socialism.

So let us today give thanks to almighty God for the bountiful harvest, a healthy, happy family, and for teaching us the evils of full socialism.  May those with eyes see.  May those with ears hear.

We aren't going to vote our way out of this

The current political situation here in the USA is very simple.

1. Our opponents on the Left mean to exterminate us and our culture.
2. Our opponents use "legal" means through the current corrupt government bureaucracy (that they created and control) to accomplish #1.
3. We will never be able to win another election once the Democrats get a few million more immigrants into our country using #2.
4. The Republicans work hand in hand with the Democrats to accomplish #3.
5. There is no voting our way out of this.
6. This ends in the utter destruction of our culture and our lives.  (How do I know this?  Our enemies tell us that every day of the week.)
7. "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

When I say there will be a civil war, tens of millions will die, and more will be displaced, that is not an aspiration. It is a prediction. And it is the best case scenario for the long term health of our nation. 

We are expendable, as long as our culture and our children survive and thrive.  Demography is destiny.  The future belongs to those who show up.

How to understand calculus in an hour

I just ran across this simple explanation by Miles Mathis of what calculus really is.  It is quite simple, even if the author is a bit long winded and self congratulatory.  Check it out.

Here's a TL;DR extract of the important bit.  Please note that everything is a length, not just a point or a number.

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1            Δz           1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9….
2           Δ2z            2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18….
3            Δz²           1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 64, 81
4            Δz³           1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343
5            Δz⁴            1, 16, 81, 256, 625, 1296
6            Δz⁵            1, 32, 243, 1024, 3125, 7776, 16807
7            ΔΔz           1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
8            ΔΔ2z            2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
9            ΔΔz²           1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
10            ΔΔz³            1, 7, 19, 37, 61, 91, 127
11            ΔΔz⁴            1, 15, 65, 175, 369, 671
12            ΔΔz⁵            1, 31, 211, 781, 2101, 4651, 9031
13            ΔΔΔz            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
14            ΔΔΔz²            2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
15            ΔΔΔz³            6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42
16            ΔΔΔz⁴            14, 50, 110, 194, 302
17            ΔΔΔz⁵           30, 180, 570, 1320, 2550, 4380
18            ΔΔΔΔz³            6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
19            ΔΔΔΔz⁴            36, 60, 84, 108
20            ΔΔΔΔz⁵            150, 390, 750, 1230, 1830
21            ΔΔΔΔΔz⁴           24, 24, 24, 24
22            ΔΔΔΔΔz⁵           240, 360, 480, 600
23            ΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁵            120, 120, 120
      from this, one can predict that
24            ΔΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁶           720, 720, 720
     And so on.

Again, this is what you call simple number analysis. It is a table of differentials. The first line is a list of the potential integer lengths of an object, and a length is a differential. It is also a list of the integers, as I said. After that it is easy to follow my method. It is easy until you get to line 24, where I say, “One can predict that. . . .” Do you see how I came to that conclusion? I did it by pulling out the lines where the differential became constant.
7      ΔΔz       1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
14       ΔΔΔz²      2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
18       ΔΔΔΔz³      6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
21       ΔΔΔΔΔz⁴       24, 24, 24, 24
23       ΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁵       120, 120, 120
24       ΔΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁶       720, 720, 720

Do you see it now?
2ΔΔz = ΔΔΔz²
3ΔΔΔz² = ΔΔΔΔz³
4ΔΔΔΔz³ = ΔΔΔΔΔz⁴
5ΔΔΔΔΔz⁴ = ΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁵
6ΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁵ = ΔΔΔΔΔΔΔz⁶

All these equations are equivalent to the magic equation, y’ = nx^n-1. In any of those equations, all we have to do is let x equal the right side and y’ equal the left side. No matter what exponents we use, the equation will always resolve into our magic equation.

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