Ted Cruz is Ineligible for the Presidency

[laklak]

We're on the Gulf side, just south of Tampa. We would most certainly be getting the fuck outta Dodge, there are several million people within maybe 70 miles of us and more people = more danger. Diodes for the alternators need to be addressed. The engines on the boat are perfect for the task, older Detroits that are completely mechanical, not a chip to be found. Can't hand crank them, though, so alternators and batteries are a requirement. Don't know about the starter motors, I need to check them out and see if there are any spares I need to carry, but I think they're pretty simple also. If we run on a single engine (which we do most of the time we're not maneuvering in close quarters) we can easily make Texas on a single tank, straight across the Gulf. For long distance coms we have single sideband, short range VHF, but those need hardening. Guns and ammo I got plenty of. There's an old outboard, 81 Johnson, that would come with us because I'm sure the new Tohatsu would get fried, so there's dinghy transport. In the works is a sound shield for the onboard 12 kwh generator, should be able to make that into a Faraday and tie to the common ground, everything in the boat is grounded to an external hull plate. That's more for lightning strikes (got really tall antenna masts for the SSB) but should do for EMP as well. I need to brush up on celestial navigation, it's been 30 years since I did a star shot. I've got the charts and sextant, but no paper ephemeris. Need to put a calculator in the Faraday cage, too. None of the fancy GPS stuff will work, and the radar would be toast, but we'd manage.

[laklak]

Getting to the boat would be the first hurdle, it's only 6 miles from here but it's through town. I think bugging out quickly would be the best option. I keep the boat fully fueled and provisioned, but we'll need more non perishables. I've been looking at reverse osmosis watermakers, haven't taken the plunge because they're damned expensive. The best are the ones that run directly off the engines, so you're making water whenever you're running. There is a survival solar still onboard, but it wouldn't do in the long run. There's a 140 gallon fresh water tank, I keep it full also, and another 30 gallons or so in jugs, so we'd be OK for a month in any case.

[Seth]

Getting to the boat would be the first hurdle, it's only 6 miles from here but it's through town. I think bugging out quickly would be the best option. I keep the boat fully fueled and provisioned, but we'll need more non perishables. I've been looking at reverse osmosis watermakers, haven't taken the plunge because they're damned expensive. The best are the ones that run directly off the engines, so you're making water whenever you're running. There is a survival solar still onboard, but it wouldn't do in the long run. There's a 140 gallon fresh water tank, I keep it full also, and another 30 gallons or so in jugs, so we'd be OK for a month in any case.

Automatic watermakers are good, but you should have a hand-pump model that you can carry with you, particularly if you have to take to a life raft or dinghy.

[pErvinalia]

Ah pining for the good ol' days and complaining about the youth of today. Probably more of a sign that you are fucked than the world.

Not precisely the same thing. The stats show that there has been a sea change in acceptance of socialism vs capitalism.

Really? Got any links to these stats?

[pErvinalia]

In addition, my Hummer is EMP resistant (though not "proof") and the only really vulnerable component is the transmission computer chip. I have procured a couple of spare chips that live with the radio gear and can be replaced in minutes. Even so, the Hummer will still start and run without any electrical system other than the starter itself, albeit in "limp-home" mode on the tranny, which runs in 2nd gear without the computer.

Didn't you tell us a few weeks ago that you sold the Hummer??

[Animavore]

Turns out Jeb Bush is a tool after all.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show ... nimum-wage

[Svartalf]

He's a shrub, was there ever any doubt?

[NineBerry]

"03/18/15"

[Animavore]

"03/18/15"

I know, but Coito had me convinced he wasn't a bad skin compared to the others. I should've trusted my instinct.

[Forty Two]

Ah pining for the good ol' days and complaining about the youth of today. Probably more of a sign that you are fucked than the world.

Not precisely the same thing. The stats show that there has been a sea change in acceptance of socialism vs capitalism.

Really? Got any links to these stats?

Pew Research -- five years ago -- found that in the 18 to 29 year demographic - Forty-nine percent of people in that age bracket say they have a positive view of socialism; only 43 percent say they have a negative view. So, a plurality are pro socialism. About half. And, only 46% of that age group had a positive view of capitalism, while 47% had a negative view. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-0 ... capitalism

40% of millennials are fine with censoring speech that is deemed offensive to minorities. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20 ... inorities/

We asked whether people believe that citizens should be able to make public statements that are offensive to minority groups, or whether the government should be able to prevent people from saying these things. Four-in-ten Millennials say the government should be able to prevent people publicly making statements that are offensive to minority groups...

That's a boat load of stupid, right there.

As I said, we're at the tipping point on these issues. The younger crowd is getting cooler with Socialism, and they are more and more of the view that the law should protect people from being offended (at least certain people).

[pErvinalia]

That doesn't say anything about a change over time. You'll need to do better than that.

[Seth]

In addition, my Hummer is EMP resistant (though not "proof") and the only really vulnerable component is the transmission computer chip. I have procured a couple of spare chips that live with the radio gear and can be replaced in minutes. Even so, the Hummer will still start and run without any electrical system other than the starter itself, albeit in "limp-home" mode on the tranny, which runs in 2nd gear without the computer.

Didn't you tell us a few weeks ago that you sold the Hummer??

Yup. But it hasn't been paid off yet, so it's still mine. And even when it isn't, the facts remain the same, and, because of who I sold it to, should the shit hit the fan I'll have access to it because the buyer has one of his own.

[Seth]

Turns out Jeb Bush is a tool after all.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show ... nimum-wage

Not really.

“We need to leave it to the private sector. I think state minimum wages are fine. The federal government shouldn’t be doing this. ... And in the case of Wal-Mart they have raised wages because of supply and demand and that’s good...But the federal government doing this will make it harder and harder for the first rung of the ladder to be reached, particularly for young people, particularly for people that have less education.”

He's absolutely right. Minimum wage laws cause entry-level positions to become unavailable to new, generally young workers. Moreover, only about 5% of workers stay in the minimum wage category for more than a year.

Allowing employers to hire unskilled new workers at a wage that reflects their worth as workers and then allowing the employer to increase that wage as the new worker learns and demonstrates skills that make him or her worth more to the employer opens up entry-level jobs to those who have no skills at all. Apprenticeships were the traditional way of getting into a trade and learning an occupation that would carry you through life. The apprentice agreed to work basically for room, board and perhaps a small stipend for a period of time as he received a "free" education in his chosen trade (like blacksmithing), and as his work habits and skills improved the employer would increase his stipend. At some point the apprentice would learn enough to demonstrate his skill to his instructor and earn "journeyman" status, which meant an end to his apprenticeship and his ability to "journey" to other places where his skills might be needed and set up his own business.

The same principle applies to entry-level jobs for the unskilled and uneducated...who are usually uneducated of their own volition because a basic education is a right in the US which every child is expected to take advantage of, but there are many who don't and therefore become young adults without skills or education, which dooms them to dependency. When an employer only has to pay an "apprentice" (new unskilled worker) what he's worth in terms of generating profits for the business as he learns the business the opportunities for such workers expand massively.

If the Burger King has to pay $15 an hour minimum for ANY employee, no matter how skilled or unskilled they may be, then the King isn't going to hire unskilled entry-level new workers when (as in most economies) there are older, skilled workers with acceptable work histories who, being unemployed, can be hired for the same amount but will require little or no training investment and who have demonstrated commitment and dedication to performing their duties properly.

And that's why 40 percent of black males under the age of 25 are, and will remain unemployed: because liberal twits try to insist that employers pay them more than they are worth.

Of course there is a much more sinister agenda at work here as well. By keeping the unskilled workers from being employed because they have no skills they will never gain skills that might lead them out of the dependent class. This is anathema to the Marxist progressives because they NEED that base of welfare-enslaved dependent class unemployables for their votes. By controlling their ability to get jobs while sounding all concerned about them (but in actuality deliberately enslaving them to perpetual, generational dependence) they can sway their votes. "If you vote Marxist Progressive (aka "Democrat/liberal) we will raise the minimum wage to a "living wage" so every worker will be equal to every other worker!" And the ignorant dependent class believes this because they want to believe that THEY are members of the "working class" who will benefit from this policy, all without being told or realizing that they are not members of the working class and never will be because they are "minimum waged" out of entry into the job market by the very policy they voted in Marxist progressive politicians to enforce. That's why they are the "useful idiots" of Marxist progressivism.

[pErvinalia]

In addition, my Hummer is EMP resistant (though not "proof") and the only really vulnerable component is the transmission computer chip. I have procured a couple of spare chips that live with the radio gear and can be replaced in minutes. Even so, the Hummer will still start and run without any electrical system other than the starter itself, albeit in "limp-home" mode on the tranny, which runs in 2nd gear without the computer.

Didn't you tell us a few weeks ago that you sold the Hummer??

Yup. But it hasn't been paid off yet, so it's still mine. And even when it isn't, the facts remain the same, and, because of who I sold it to, should the shit hit the fan I'll have access to it because the buyer has one of his own.

I don't believe you. It seems you just make shit up whenever it suits your "arguments".

[Seth]

In addition, my Hummer is EMP resistant (though not "proof") and the only really vulnerable component is the transmission computer chip. I have procured a couple of spare chips that live with the radio gear and can be replaced in minutes. Even so, the Hummer will still start and run without any electrical system other than the starter itself, albeit in "limp-home" mode on the tranny, which runs in 2nd gear without the computer.

Didn't you tell us a few weeks ago that you sold the Hummer??

Yup. But it hasn't been paid off yet, so it's still mine. And even when it isn't, the facts remain the same, and, because of who I sold it to, should the shit hit the fan I'll have access to it because the buyer has one of his own.

I don't believe you. It seems you just make shit up whenever it suits your "arguments".

And you think I care even the tiniest little bit why, exactly?