Forwarded from Preppers and Survivalist Global Library
COIN expert David Kilcullen gives what we feel is a good run down on the situation in Afghanistan and what lead to it.
https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/counterinsurgency-expert-david-kilcullen-on-the/13500380
https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/counterinsurgency-expert-david-kilcullen-on-the/13500380
7.30
Counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen on the Afghanistan crisis
Around the globe, people have been coming to terms with the shock and speed of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, including countries like Australia that have made big military and civilian contributions for the last twenty years.
Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.
"But which is the stone that supports the bridge?" Kublai Khan asks.
"The bridge is not supported by one stone or another," Marco answers, "but by the line of the arch that they form."
Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: "Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me."
Polo answers: "Without stones there is no arch."
β Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
"But which is the stone that supports the bridge?" Kublai Khan asks.
"The bridge is not supported by one stone or another," Marco answers, "but by the line of the arch that they form."
Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: "Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me."
Polo answers: "Without stones there is no arch."
β Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
"Geofence warrants are also known as βreverse-locationβ warrants, since they seek to identify people of interest who were in the near vicinity at the time a crime was committed. [...] According to the data, Google received 982 geofence warrants in 2018, 8,396 in 2019 and 11,554 in 2020. [...] The data shows that the vast majority of geofence warrants are obtained by local and state authorities, with federal law enforcement accounting for just 4% of all geofence warrants"
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/
TechCrunch
Google says geofence warrants make up one-quarter of all US demands
The search giant revealed it received 20,932 geofence warrants in three years.
cover and concealment 101
(not enough to read some slides, but a place to start before doing good practice)
(not enough to read some slides, but a place to start before doing good practice)
Forwarded from SHTF
π¦Drink water from the spring where the horse drinks. A horse will never drink bad water.
πΈMake your bed where the cat sleeps.
πEat the fruit that was touched by the worm.
πFreely pick the mushrooms on which the insects sit.
π³Plant your tree where the mole digs.
π‘Build your house where the snake suns itself.
π£Dig your well where the birds build their nests in hot weather.
π΄Go to sleep and wake up with the chickens and you will reap the golden grain of the day.
π₯Eat more green vegetables, and you will have strong legs and an enduring heart.
πSwim more often and you will feel on land like a fish in the water.
π€Look at the skies more often and not at your feet, and your thoughts will be clear and light.
π€«Keep silent more often, speak less, and silence will reign in your soul, and your spirit will be calm and peaceful.
π St. Seraphim of Sarov in Georgia
πΈMake your bed where the cat sleeps.
πEat the fruit that was touched by the worm.
πFreely pick the mushrooms on which the insects sit.
π³Plant your tree where the mole digs.
π‘Build your house where the snake suns itself.
π£Dig your well where the birds build their nests in hot weather.
π΄Go to sleep and wake up with the chickens and you will reap the golden grain of the day.
π₯Eat more green vegetables, and you will have strong legs and an enduring heart.
πSwim more often and you will feel on land like a fish in the water.
π€Look at the skies more often and not at your feet, and your thoughts will be clear and light.
π€«Keep silent more often, speak less, and silence will reign in your soul, and your spirit will be calm and peaceful.
π St. Seraphim of Sarov in Georgia
Firearms are tricky in most contexts and can lead to tit for tat escalations or dramatically increased repression, but as far as self defense goes, βand with a gat, it don't matter if he's smaller or bigger.β
Forwarded from The Intercept
General Failure: How the U.S. Military Lied About the 9/11 Wars
https://theintercept.com/2021/09/08/afghanistan-iraq-generals-soldiers-disciplined-911/
https://theintercept.com/2021/09/08/afghanistan-iraq-generals-soldiers-disciplined-911/
The Intercept
General Failure: How the U.S. Military Lied About the 9/11 Wars
For generals like David Petraeus and Lloyd Austin, there has been no punishment for 20 years of disinformation on Afghanistan and Iraq.