Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers

 

Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers
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I used to work as a criminal justice adjunct instructor for a a private college here in Nashville. I ended up teaching terrorism much of the time, and while going through my computer I found several PowerPoint files and lesson plans I felt would be useful to some of the readers of this site.

Now this post comes from the terrorism course, and I have cut it down to discuss force multipliers, tactics of terrorists, and an introduction to WMD concepts.

It is rather long – coming in at 30 minutes, but I saved you from any cutesy intro music, and all the nice to know illustrative stuff I would have talked about in a normal 3 hour course.

This is a quick introduction to some involved concepts, and if you find it interesting let me know, as I would like to go into greater detail, but don’t want to bore anyone.

This video discusses force multipliers terrorists use to become more effective so that smaller numbers can have bigger impact.

If you understand the methods terrorists use then you can fight them.  If you have no idea of the enemy or how they operate you will never have a chance at stopping them

PRN Episode #6 Self Reliance

52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper
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In this episode David talks self reliance.  Being able to take care of yourself is a vital concept to preppers.  But self reliance is not always easy.  We discuss:

  • You can wait until you have the perfect situation, or you can just get started
  • Urban Homesteading, and what food production systems David has at his suburban home
  • Essay I,Pencil and why nobody can be truly self-reliant, but everyone should try
  • DIY project for making, testing, and storing homemade vinegar
  • How David builds his prepping network

Once again, no one can be totally self-reliant because no single person can know or do everything.  Additionally even if you can do everything you sure can’t do it all at the same time.  Remember TANSTAFL there is no such thing as a free lunch.  You will have to bend a little and join or build a team if you want to be truly disaster resistant.

This is a problem for me, I am not the most social person.  But I try and so should you.

The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.

If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.

 

Terrorism and Media Frames

Terrorism and Media Frames
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I used to work as a criminal justice adjunct instructor for a a private college here in Nashville.  I ended up teaching terrorism much of the time, and while going through my computer I found several PowerPoint files and lesson plans I felt would be useful to some of the readers of this site.

Now this post on terrorism and media frames comes from the terrorism course, but media bias, contagion effects, the big lie, and how media framing is something all well informed citizens need to understand.

It is rather long – coming in at 30 minutes, but I saved you from any cutesy intro music, and all the nice to know illustrative stuff I would have talked about in a normal 3 hour course.

The media doesn’t look out for your interests like some claim they do, and if you want to be informed, it pays to understand why.

As you see what the media reports on and how they frame the story to show a particular view an unbiased individual can see that the news is being presented to show a particular view.

While you can become informed by the modern news if you don’t recognize the bias you can be influenced without even knowing it.

PRN Episode #5 What to Do After a Shooting

PRN Episode #5 What to Do After a Shooting
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In this episode David talks about What to Do After a Shooting.

Its easy to learn how to shoot.  However, it is harder to learn when to shoot.  Even more so what to do after.  Because that is not always addressed in some classes.

There are two schools of thought when dealing with the police, and David discusses them both

The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.

If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.

I have several blog posts on this subject and have written about this on other sites like guns.com as well.  It is my view that there are many people teaching how to shoot, and a few teaching when to shoot, but learning What to Do After a Shooting is not as well covered in the instructor world.

If you don’t know how to handle yourself during police questioning you can find yourself a suspect instead of a crime victim.  The justice system has two different paths depending on its view of you as it relates to victim or subject.  Officers quickly decide which path to put you one, and it is extremely hard to get back if you have been derailed off of the crime victim track.  This is a topic I have written extensively about.

I was a guest on the Destiny Survival podcast

I was a guest on the Destiny Survival podcast
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I recently was a guest on John Westley Smith’s Destiny Survival Podcast – John runs a very cool site Destiny Survival, and I highly recommend you visiting his site.  We had a good time talking about a variety of preparedness subjects, and I learned a lot from just talking with him.

Destiny Survival is a very good preparedness website – like me, John is documenting what he is doing to become prepared.  His says his websites goal is to “help you and other preppers as I continue along my own preparedness journey. You probably know already that we must prepare for survival in a rapidly changing world. After all, how will we live when life as we’ve known it has changed forever?”

I think that is a very noble mindset, and urge you to take a moment to visit his site.  He has tons of articles on things like goal setting, emergency dental kits, Active shooters, the oathkeepers, and much more valuable information.

He is a very spiritual man, and is great about helping others, he is a writer, homeschooler, radio broadcaster, and all around good guy.

I enjoyed being on his show and look forward to talking with him again.

His show “DestinySurvival Radio” is a weekly podcast covering a variety of topics related to prepping and survival. A new program is released each Thursday, and most shows are roughly an hour long.  He has been doing this a long time and is much more professional at the podcast game than I am.

The show will be live on blogtalk radio at 1pm this afternoon, but as with all PRN shows, you can download it after the show anytime for your convenience.