EP030 GunBlog VarietyCast

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 30

• Blue Collar Prepping - The Prepper Cargo Cult

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Blowback

• AlArma - Magical Thinking, Delusions and The Narrative

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Overcomplicating the problem

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Inside the Mind of the Anti-gunner

Sean The Narrator

• Pseudopod 429: Flash On The Borderlands XXIV: Femme Fatales - http://pseudopod.org/2015/03/13/pseudopod-429-flash-on-the-borderlands-xxiv-femme-fatales/

Theme Episode

• Tactical Sekt - Chosen One - https://youtu.be/EXOWfBmZmCg

• CSI Season 2 Episode 6 Alter Boys - https://youtu.be/dCdG5TiIAns

Blue Collar Prepping - The Prepper Cargo Cult

• Humor as coping mechanism - http://psychcentral.com/lib/humor-as-weapon-shield-and-psychological-salve/0005629

• Cargo Cults - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

• “Backpack Survivalism” - http://duncanlong.com/science-fiction-fantasy-short-stories/backpack.htm

Felons Behaving Badly

• Brother of Suspect in 2 Murders Charged with Accessory After Fact - http://www.crimeincharlotte.com/man-charged-with-accessory-after-fact-in-mount-holly-deaths

• Suspect 1 (the suspected murderer) - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0345473&searchLastName=Rivers&searchFirstName=Peter&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Suspect 2 (The suspected accessory) - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0479906&searchLastName=Rivers&searchFirstName=Darrell&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Blowback

• Talking to the Enemy, Scott Atran http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/24/scott-atran-talking-to-the-enemy-review

• Blowback Revisited http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61190/peter-bergen-and-alec-reynolds/blowback-revisited

• America's other foreign policy disaster: Why blowback in Africa is all but inevitable http://www.salon.com/2014/11/23/americas_other_foreign_policy_disaster_why_were_headed_for_more_blowback_in_africa_partner/

• Why U.S. Foreign Policy Invites Blowback http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-us-foreign-policy-invites-blowback/

Strange laws - Carry permits in New Jersey: They basically just don’t have them

• N.J. senator pushes law allowing residents to carry handguns - http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_senator_pushes_law_allowing.html

• N.J.A.C. 13:54-2 - http://www.njsp.org/info/pdf/firearms/062408_title13ch54.pdf

AlArma - Magical Thinking, Delusions and The Narrative

• Magical Thinking - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking

• Delusion - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion

• The Narrative - http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/04/27/3-of-today%E2%80%99s-best-suspense-novelists-are-msm-journalists/

Fun With Headlines

• Fla. man's cause of death is 'uppercut from Batman' - http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/now-trending/Fla-mans-cause-of-death-is-uppercut-from-Batman-293278101.html

Tech Tips with The Barron - Overcomplicating the problem

• Over Reliance Can Get You Killed… - http://www.the-minuteman.org/2012/10/30/over-reliance-can-get-you-killed/

• Cyber-Physical Security: A Whole New Ballgame - http://smartgrid.ieee.org/november-2012/697-cyber-physical-security-a-whole-new-ballgame

• China Could Shut Down U.S. Power Grid With Cyber Attack, Says NSA Chief - http://www.newsweek.com/china-could-shut-down-us-power-grid-cyber-attack-says-nsa-chief-286119

• XKCD Tech Support Cheat Sheet - http://xkcd.com/627/

• Phoenix police seek Century Link cable cutter - http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/12-news/2015/02/26/12-news-century-link-cable-cut/24092959/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Inside the Mind of the Anti-gunner

• Anti-Gun Oregon Filmmaker Arrested After Attacking Gun Rights Supporter - http://bearingarms.com/anti-gun-oregon-filmmaker-arrested-attacking-gun-rights-supporter/

• Minister, activist charged with shooting English High student - http://www.bostonglobe.com/2015/03/05/community-activist-and-english-high-staffer-charged-with-shooting-english-high-student/pO0Ee9hyT98cphKR9ZITAL/story.html

Stuff that grinds my gears

• What a Pain it is to Deal with Freedom - http://www.pagunblog.com/2015/03/13/what-a-pain-it-is-to-deal-with-freedom/

• The Limits of Free Speech - http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/the-limits-of-free-speech/387718/

• Breaking Good: how to synthesize Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) From N-Methylamphetamine (crystal meth) - http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/scientific-paper-of-the-day-h.html

Law of Self Defense Seminar in Raleigh, NC

• LOSD Seminar: Raleigh NC - http://lawofselfdefense.com/event/law-of-self-defense-seminar-raleigh-nc/