EP084 GunBlog VarietyCast

• Blue Collar Prepping - The Monkeysphere

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy

• Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Target gets Targeted

• Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard  - What to listen to with your new radio receiver

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - CBS Sunday Morning Guns & America: Colin Goddard

• Our Sponsor - http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/variety

Blue Collar Prepping - The Monkeysphere

• The Monkeysphere - http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
• Dunbar’s Number - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number
• The Limits of Friendship - http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-media-affect-math-dunbar-number-friendships
• US Army Operational Unit Diagrams - http://www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/oud/

Felons Behaving Badly

• Durham police identify victims in double homicide - http://www.wral.com/durham-police-investigate-two-suspicious-deaths/15599377/
• Victim 1 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0475315&searchLastName=Alford&searchFirstName=Larry&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1
• Victim 2 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0853753&searchLastName=Whitaker&searchFirstName=Brenda&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy

• Hillary Clinton: on the issues - http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Foreign_Policy.htm
• Inside Hillary Clinton’s massive foreign policy brain trust - http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/inside-hillary-clintons-massive-foreign-policy-brain-trust/
• It’s urgent that she’s stopped: Hillary Clinton’s nightmare neoliberalism and American exceptionalism makes the world a dangerous place - http://www.salon.com/2016/03/20/it_is_urgent_that_shes_stopped_hillary_clintons_nightmare_neoliberalism_and_american_exceptionalism_makes_the_world_a_dangerous_place/
• Parsing Hillary Clinton’s disingenuous foreign policy record - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-ritter/hillary-clinton-foreign-policy-record_b_9221284.html
• Hillary the Hawk - http://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hillary-the-hawk/
• Cruz assembles an unlikely team of foreign policy rivals - http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-17/cruz-assembles-an-unlikely-team-of-foreign-policy-rivals

Plug of the Week - The VocalBoothToGo.com Carry On Vocal Booth Pro

• Carry On Vocal Booth Pro - https://www.vocalboothtogo.com/product/carry-on-vocal-booth-pro-6/
• Use Discount Code “variety” at checkout for 10% off on all purchases over $100
• Erin’s review of the Vocal Booth Pro - http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2016/03/vocal-booth-pro-to-go-thank-you-and.html

Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Target gets Targeted

• American Warrior Society Podcast Episode 19: William Aprill - http://americanwarriorshow.libsyn.com/predator-tactics-and-handgun-disarms

Fun With Headlines

• Tenn. Rep: ISIS should be allowed to recruit at state universities - http://wkrn.com/2016/03/17/tenn-rep-isis-should-be-allowed-to-recruit-at-state-universities/
• http://tnga.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=278&clip_id=12009&meta_id=244911 - It’s HB2063 if you’re interested

Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard  - What to listen to with your new radio receiver

• General information on monitoring at - http://www.radioreference.com/
• Online list of current shortwave broadcasts - http://www.short-wave.info/index.php
• Another online list, that also goes into the VLF spectrum mentioned last week - http://www.shortwaveschedule.com/index.php?now=true
• HF Underground home page at - http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php
• How One Time Pads and numbers stations work - http://people.howstuffworks.com/numbers-stations3.htm
• Military HF monitoring - http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mttopHF.html

The J Block

• Safety Solutions Academy Podcast - Friday15: What Non Shooters Need to Know About Guns - http://safetysolutionsacademy.com/blogpodcast/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - CBS Sunday Morning “Guns and America:” Colin Goddard

• Q&A: Gun control advocate Colin Goddard: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/q-a-gun-control-advocate-colin-goddard/
• RECAP: MARCH 13, "GUNS AND AMERICA": http://www.cbsnews.com/sunday-morning/show-notes/

Stuff that Grinds My Gears

• Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act - http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015E2&BillID=H2
• Man in women's locker room cites gender rule (AutoPlay Warning!) - http://www.king5.com/news/man-womens-locker-room-cites-gender-rule/65533111

EP083 GunBlog VarietyCast

• Blue Collar Prepping - Safetyland

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - John Kasich’s foreign policy

• Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Thoughts on the mom shot by her 4-year old

• Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard  - More Radio Receivers

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - The Aurora Brady Parents Just lie

• Our Sponsor - http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/variety

Blue Collar Prepping - Safetyland

• Grok - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
• Walls of Civilization - http://www.blackfive.net/main/2007/11/on-ptsd-or-more.html
• Sandpile Effect - http://thefranco-americanflophouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/deep-survival-chapter-vi-sand-pile.html
• KISS principle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle
• Two is one and one is none - http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/06/21/two-is-one-and-one-is-none/#a2e4a4256b84

Felons Behaving Badly

• 2 arrested in NC after being spotted trying to bury a body - http://myfox8.com/2016/03/09/2-arrested-in-nc-after-being-spotted-trying-to-bury-a-body/
• Suspect 1 -http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0176191&searchLastName=Hearne&searchFirstName=Tony&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1
• Suspect 2 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0688873&searchLastName=Lentz&searchFirstName=Linsey&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1
• Victim - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0176196&searchLastName=Hearne&searchFirstName=Robert&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - John Kasich’s foreign policy

• Kasich: I’d shoot down Russian planes - http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/kasich-id-shoot-down-russian-planes-in-syria-if-they-violate#.laaOV5pzE
• Kasich’s national security platform - https://www.johnkasich.com/nationalsecurity/
• FBI - no way to vet Syrian refugees - http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/11/flashback-fbi-no-way-to-vet-incoming-syrian-refugees-video/
• How corruption guts militaries: the Ukraine case study - http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2014/05/how-corruption-guts-militaries-ukraine-case-study/84646/
• NATO members’ defense spending - http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/nato-members-defense-spending-two-charts/116008/
• Latvia, Lithuania to boost defense spending - http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/europe/2015/07/29/latvia-lithuania-raise-defense-spending/30843863/

Plug of the Week

• The Sand Pebbles - Richard McKenna - $9 Kindle - $22.18 paperback - http://amzn.to/21yk4X2
• Left-Handed Monkey Wrench: Stories and Essays - Richard McKenna - http://amzn.to/1SX4nbI
• Bullitt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullitt#Car_chase
• Bill Cosby 200MPH - https://youtu.be/3-JQksYxgM0

Pacifiers & Peacemakers -  Thoughts on the mom shot by her 4-year old

• Jamie Gilt, Florida Mom, Accidentally Shot By 4-Year-Old Son - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jamie-gilt-florida-mom-accidentally-shot-4-year-old-son-n534981
• UKoala Bag: http://ukoalabag.com/
• Fashion & Firearms Concealed Carry Extravaganza http://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2016/03/photo-gallery-second-annual-fashion-firearms-concealed-carry-extravaganza/

Fun With Headlines

• Trump: Time to rally around me or expect voter riots - http://www.wsmv.com/story/31481170/trump-time-to-rally-around-me-or-expect-voter-riots
• Trump warns of 'riots' if he isn't GOP nominee - http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/trump-riots-gop-nominee-220859

• Trump: 'There will be riots' if I don't get the nomination - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDqiYLGG9_c

Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard  - More Radio Receivers (6:55)

• Getting your Technician License from the ARRL - http://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license  
• Yaesu VX-6R - http://amzn.to/1pxsUc8
• Kaito WRX-911 - http://amzn.to/1pxsVwS
• CountyComm GP-5/SSB - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/0905.html
• Tecsun PL-360 - http://amzn.to/1Ua4vq5
• Icom R9500 - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/0095.html
• Alinco DJ-X11T - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/4011.html
• Radio Reference - http://www.radioreference.com/

The J Block

• NRA, NYT agree: Garland will produce most liberal Supreme Court in decades - http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/17/nra-nyt-agree-garland-will-produce-most-liberal-supreme-court-in-decades/
• Inside Merrick Garland’s troubling record: Why he could take the Supreme Court right in one very important regard - http://www.salon.com/2016/03/17/inside_merrick_garlands_bleak_record_why_he_could_take_the_supreme_court_right_in_one_very_important_regard/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - The Aurora Brady Parents Just lie (6:01)        

• Parents of Aurora shooting victim work to prevent gun violence: http://www.kesq.com/news/Parents-of-Aurora-shooting-victim-work-to-prevent-gun-violence/38325204
• Lonnie Phillips linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lonnie-phillips-72200a16
• Aurora police testify in James Holmes' trial: 240 ballistic impacts found after theater shooting - http://www.kjrh.com/news/national/aurora-police-testify-in-james-holmes-trial-240-ballistic-impacts-found-after-theater-shooting

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Whole Foods pulls pre-peeled oranges from the shelves after being hammered on Twitter -  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3478015/Whole-Foods-pulls-pre-peeled-oranges-shelves-hammered-Twitter.html

EP082 GunBlog VarietyCast

• Blue Collar Prepping - The Vacation State of Mind

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Trumpanomics

• Pacifiers & Peacemakers - What’s It Like To Be A Mom With A Gun

• Tech Tips with Silicon Graybeard  - Getting started with radio receivers

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Penny Okamoto of Ceasefire Oregon Attacks FFLs

• Our Sponsor - http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/variety

Blue Collar Prepping - A Vacation State of Mind

• Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things – http://amzn.to/1TT9YAR
• Tsunami Footage - https://youtu.be/f9UaemMtCzE?t=1m30s
• Tilly Smith - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Smith
• Disneyland State of Mind - http://conflictresearchgroupintl.com/disneyland-state-of-mind-marc-macyoung-2/
• Stephen Crane quote - http://americanliterature.com/author/stephen-crane/poem/a-man-said-to-the-universe

Felons Behaving Badly

• Police: Two men arrested after shooting into Charlotte home - http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/84271222-story
• Suspect 1 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1307368&searchLastName=Anthony&searchFirstName=Omar&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1
• Suspect 2 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1414001&searchLastName=Thomas&searchFirstName=Larry&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Trumpanomics

• Capital flight in China - http://www.businessinsider.com/capital-flight-concern-in-china-2016-1
• Is the US trade deficit bad news? - http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/is-us-trade-deficit-really-bad-news
• Oil imports from where? - http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=727&t=6
• America makes tons of stuff - http://www.cato.org/blog/trump-wrong-america-makes-tons-stuff
• Ignorance of manufacturing processes - http://www.core77.com/posts/45270/Trumps-Plan-to-Force-Apple-to-Manufacture-in-US-Demonstrates-Complete-Ignorance-of-Manufacturing-Processes

Plug of the Week

• Polar H7 Bluetooth Smart Heart Rate Sensor - http://amzn.to/227rg25
• Triangle Shooting Academy - http://triangleshootingacademy.com/

Pacifiers & Peacemakers - What’s It Like To Be A Mom With A Gun

Fun With Headlines

• Death of teens that drank racing fuel found to be accidental -  http://wkrn.com/2016/03/11/death-of-teens-that-drank-racing-fuel-found-to-be-accidental/

• Cause & Manner of Death - http://snohomishcountywa.gov/806/Cause-Manner-of-Death

Tech Tips: SiG - Getting started with radio receivers

• Receivers and Other Radios - http://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2015/12/receivers-and-other-radios.html
• Receivers and Other Radios - Part 2 - http://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2015/12/receivers-and-other-radios-part-2.html
• Tri-Band Yaesu VX-6R Submersible Amateur Ham Radio Transceiver - http://amzn.to/1Rk2dOi
• Kaito WRX-911 AM/FM Shortwave Radio - http://amzn.to/1Rk2scj
• How to get a Technician License - http://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license

The J Block - Jamie Gilt, Florida Gun Rights Advocate, Shot In Back By Son

• Jamie Gilt, Florida Gun Rights Advocate, Shot In Back By Son - http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/10/jamie-gilt-shot-florida_n_9427426.html

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Penny Okamoto of Ceasefire Oregon Attacks FFLs

• Penny Okamoto Blames FFLs For Gun Violence: https://youtu.be/YtnHYn_7HPI
• Security Requirements for Pharmacies: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/manuals/sec/sec_req.htm
• FFL Record Required - Licensees: https://www.atf.gov/qa-category/record-required-licensees
• # of FFLs in America (2014) - https://www.atf.gov/about/docs/report/2015-report-firearms-commerce-us/download  
• De Facto Gun Registration Exists in the United States - http://www.vuurwapenblog.com/general-opinion/lies-errors-and-omissions/de-facto-gun-registration-exists-in-the-united-states/

EP081 GunBlog VarietyCast

• Blue Collar Prepping - Mental Models

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - What’s up with Greece?

• Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Teach your Kids Gun Safety!

• Tech Tips with The Barron  - The Drown Attack

• Special Guest - Philip Van Cleave from Virginia Citizens Defense League

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Vox “Explains” America’s Gun Problem by Cherry Picking Data!

• Our Sponsor - http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/variety

Blue Collar Prepping - Mental Models

• Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why -  http://amzn.to/1SlMRh6
• Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things - http://amzn.to/1TT9YAR
• Mental Models - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_model

Felons Behaving Badly

• Warrant: Raleigh teen stole $147K worth of Rolex watches from North Hills jewelry store - http://wncn.com/2016/03/03/warrant-raleigh-teen-stole-147k-worth-of-rolex-watches-from-north-hills-jewelry-store/
• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1396909&searchLastName=(Suspect)&searchFirstName=Olusegun&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - What’s up with Greece?

• Welcome to Greece (but not to Europe) - http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/25/welcome-to-greece-but-not-to-europe-schengen-racism/
• In the human smugglers’ den - http://www.politico.eu/article/refugee-crisis-smugglers-syria-turkey-migrants-the-worlds-largest-human-bazaar-migration-refugees-smugglers-greece-turkey/
• French PM says refugee crisis is destabilizing Europe - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/french-pm-manuel-valls-says-refugee-crisis-is-destabilising-europe
• Greece whines after EU warning - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/27/greece-warned-control-borders-schengen-european-commission
• Migrant crisis: why Europe is in a scream - http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35675223
• Sexual attacks widen divisions in European migrant crisis - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/world/europe/a-climate-of-fear-widens-divisions-in-europes-migrant-crisis.html?_r=0
• Merkel - Hollande: Greece will not be expelled - http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/politics/14567-merkel-hollande-greece-will-not-be-expelled-from-schengen-zone.html

Plug of the Week

• Down Range Radio #460: Politics, Scopes and Glock Holsters - http://www.downrange.tv/blog/down-range-radio-460-politics-scopes-and-glock-holsters/36702/
• The Squirrel Report Episode 186 - http://sqrpt.com/2016/03/03/1825/

Pacifiers & Peacemakers - Teach your Kids Gun Safety!

• Experiment Shows Differences Between Children With Guns in the Home and Those Without - http://fox17.com/news/nation-world/experiment-shows-differences-between-children-with-guns-in-the-home-and-those-without
• Hornady RAPiD Safe - http://amzn.to/21E2P8F
• Hornady Heavy Duty RAPiD Safe - http://amzn.to/21E3o2j
• Gunvault - http://amzn.to/21E2SBE

Fun With Headlines

• Franklin grandma posts unique warning for speeding drivers - http://wkrn.com/2013/05/30/franklin-grandma-posts-unique-warning-for-speeding-drivers/

Tech Tips with The Barron  - The Drown Attack

• The Drown Attack - https://drownattack.com

Special Guest - Philip Van Cleave from Virginia Citizens Defense League

• VCDL - http://www.vcdl.org/
• Details on the "deal" and thanks to the key players - https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/2016/02/sort/time_rev/page/1/entry/4:24/20160226231537:BF054B28-DD08-11E5-8A0A-8C11F010038B/
• McAuliffe spokesman lashes out at Bloomberg’s ‘group from New York’ - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-spokesman-lashes-back-at-bloombergs-group-from-new-york/2016/02/06/a525daf0-cd00-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Vox “Explains” America’s Gun Problem by Cherry Picking Data!

• The state of gun violence in the US, explained in 18 charts - https://youtu.be/bX4qUsgHa4Y
• America's gun problem, explained: http://www.vox.com/2015/10/3/9444417/gun-violence-united-states-america?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=article%3Afixed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
• Table 1: Human Development Index and its components: http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI
• Calculating the human development indices: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2015_technical_notes.pdf
• DEA: Drug Overdose Deaths Surpass Those From Firearms, Car Crashes - http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/07/dea-drug-overdose-deaths-surpass-firearms-car-crashes/