On 11/16/11 15:21 , flipper wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:01:11 -0600, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:

On 11/15/11 19:05 , flipper wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:45:09 -0600, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:

On 11/11/11 08:42 , Lord Valve wrote:

If you are paranoid, you an even find stores in many places where you can buy
a refurbished radio for cash and leave a fake name and address.

Huh?

Where are you posting from? Why would anyone need to
leave his name and address - fake or otherwise - when
purchasing a radio?


Because cash transactions are coming under the scrutiny of
authority, today. Louisiana just became the most recent state to
require identity of purchaser in a cash transaction or a ban on the
cash transaction. Even a used purchase from a flea market or a
garage sale.

You need to be more cautious and critical of Internet and media hype.



And you need to make sure you're not talking to someone getting
his information first hand from the legislators voting on the bill.

I don't ever blindly take anyone's characterization of something. I
read the text of the bill.

http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdat...asp?did=760886

Which, as it explicitly says, amends and reenacts (among other
sections) RS 37:1861

http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=93498

However, to your implied innuendo, one would hope the author of a bill
understands it better than a web blog.


The broad definitions of 'second hand retailer' virtually expands
the limits of interpretation to include flea markets, garage sales,
and one on one cash transactions.



http://www.agcrowe.com/pg-51-15-pres...px?pressid=526

That doesn't mean I 'take his word' for it either but, I'll tell you
one thing, I can find HIS claims in the actual text of the law.

It does not apply to non profits, flea markets, garage sales, persons
solely engaged in the business of buying, selling, trading in, or
otherwise acquiring or disposing of motor vehicles and used parts of
motor vehicles, or wreckers or dismantlers of motor vehicles, dealers
in coins and currency, dealers in antiques, gun and knife shows or
other trade and hobby shows, and, well, anyone who isn't a "secondhand
dealer"

Actually, these are specifically what the law is intended to
address.

Says WHO?

As I said, one of the legislators voting for the bill. I'm in
media. I frequently interview legislators about their intents, and
their actions. I've been attempting to get the Attorney General on
the line to explain how this law affects street level commerce.
Louisiana has been attempting to get control of cash transactions
since I lived there in the 80's.

They also attempted to ban owners' self repair of their own cars
through similar legislation.

It's an interesting state. More a foreign country than a State.
Where the limits of the Constitution appear not to apply. And with
this bill, 'legal tender' of the United States becomes illegal to
use within the State of Louisiana.

A court test is being prepared on this matter. Expect significant
debate locally on this. If not resistance.






My compendium of who it did not apply to is a collection of quotes
from enacted law prefaced by "B.... the provisions of this Part shall
not apply to." For example, the text beginning with "persons solely
engaged in" comes from page 2 of 8 of Act 389 (amending RS 37:1861).
The remainder comes from the unamended portion of RS 37:1861. I.E. The
text beginning with "dealers in coins.. " is item B (1).

Actually, the "persons solely engaged in" could have been quoted from
RS 37:1861 because the only change was [licensed under the provisions
of] "32:783."

They're simply trying to disrupt the sale of stolen goods through
secondhand dealers by requiring said dealers to use traceable payments
in their purchases and keep records identifying the seller; and even
if there were no 'exemptions' it applies only to secondhand dealers
and has nothing to do with 'consumers' because they are NOT
"secondhand dealers."


Agreed on that point.

But the language of the bill is sufficiently broad to allow
interpretation beyond commercial interests alone, to include persons
conducting flea markets, garage sales, or one on one transactions.
To the degree that it's had a chilling effect on flea markets on the
local level, in areas where economic distress has made flea markets
a significant segment of the shopping culture.

On 11/16/2011 4:45 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
[...]

But the language of the bill is sufficiently broad to allow
interpretation beyond commercial interests alone, to include persons
conducting flea markets, garage sales, or one on one transactions.
To the degree that it's had a chilling effect on flea markets on the
local level, in areas where economic distress has made flea markets
a significant segment of the shopping culture.





What we need is a whole new culture of privacy.

A climate in which not only can corporations, banks, and governments
not restrict or tax or control our private transactions in any way
-- but a climate in which it is universally acknowledged that they
also have _no_ right to even _know_ what those transactions are.

They are here to serve us, not the other way round. They are the
peons, and we are the rulers -- not the reverse. They have no right
to know ANYTHING about our transactions.

We, on the other hand, have the absolute right to know everything
about theirs, and restrict them if we so choose.

A whole new mindset, of unalterable and immovable steel and will, is
needed.

I doubt, however, that a generation of cowed and bowed dependents
and yes-men can produce such a thing.



With every good wish,



Kevin Alfred Strom.
--
http://nationalvanguard.org/
http://kevinalfredstrom.com/

On 11/16/2011 4:59 PM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 11/16/2011 4:45 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
[...]

But the language of the bill is sufficiently broad to allow
interpretation beyond commercial interests alone, to include persons
conducting flea markets, garage sales, or one on one transactions.
To the degree that it's had a chilling effect on flea markets on the
local level, in areas where economic distress has made flea markets
a significant segment of the shopping culture.





What we need is a whole new culture of privacy.

A climate in which not only can corporations, banks, and governments not
restrict or tax or control our private transactions in any way -- but a
climate in which it is universally acknowledged that they also have _no_
right to even _know_ what those transactions are.

They are here to serve us, not the other way round. They are the peons,
and we are the rulers -- not the reverse. They have no right to know
ANYTHING about our transactions.

We, on the other hand, have the absolute right to know everything about
theirs, and restrict them if we so choose.

A whole new mindset, of unalterable and immovable steel and will, is
needed.

I doubt, however, that a generation of cowed and bowed dependents and
yes-men can produce such a thing.



With every good wish,



Kevin Alfred Strom.

I have agreed with you before, but this time makes the others appear
insignificant ...

Regards,
JS

On 11/16/11 18:59 , Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 11/16/2011 4:45 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
[...]

But the language of the bill is sufficiently broad to allow
interpretation beyond commercial interests alone, to include persons
conducting flea markets, garage sales, or one on one transactions.
To the degree that it's had a chilling effect on flea markets on the
local level, in areas where economic distress has made flea markets
a significant segment of the shopping culture.





What we need is a whole new culture of privacy.

A climate in which not only can corporations, banks, and governments
not restrict or tax or control our private transactions in any way
-- but a climate in which it is universally acknowledged that they
also have _no_ right to even _know_ what those transactions are.

They are here to serve us, not the other way round. They are the
peons, and we are the rulers -- not the reverse. They have no right
to know ANYTHING about our transactions.

We, on the other hand, have the absolute right to know everything
about theirs, and restrict them if we so choose.

A whole new mindset, of unalterable and immovable steel and will, is
needed.

I doubt, however, that a generation of cowed and bowed dependents
and yes-men can produce such a thing.



With every good wish,



Kevin Alfred Strom.



You'll get no argument from me. On any of these points.

On Nov 16, 6:59*pm, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote:
On 11/16/2011 4:45 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
[...]



But the language of the bill is sufficiently broad to allow
interpretation beyond commercial interests alone, to include persons
conducting flea markets, garage sales, or one on one transactions.
To the degree that it's had a chilling effect on flea markets on the
local level, in areas where economic distress has made flea markets
a significant segment of the shopping culture.

What we need is a whole new culture of privacy.

A climate in which not only can corporations, banks, and governments
not restrict or tax or control our private transactions in any way
-- but a climate in which it is universally acknowledged that they
also have _no_ right to even _know_ what those transactions are.

They are here to serve us, not the other way round. They are the
peons, and we are the rulers -- not the reverse. They have no right
to know ANYTHING about our transactions.

We, on the other hand, have the absolute right to know everything
about theirs, and restrict them if we so choose.

A whole new mindset, of unalterable and immovable steel and will, is
needed.

I doubt, however, that a generation of cowed and bowed dependents
and yes-men can produce such a thing.

With every good wish,

Kevin Alfred Strom.
--http://nationalvanguard.org/http://kevinalfredstrom.com/

Wow.

I remember listening to YOU-and Dr. Pierce-on the first regen I ever
built when I lived in Texas, about ten miles from the Louisiana line
on that shortwave station the NA bought time on. I did not always
agree with what you said but I damn sure backed your right to say it.
Pierce was really an intelligent person. I read the biography on him
by Robert Griffin, great read.

Louisiana is a seriously warped state. Texas was screwed up in some
ways but Louisiana with its nightmarish hodgepodge of laws built on
four different legal systems and general laissez-les-bon-temps-rouler
attitude is Third World.

Regens are a pain in the ass. The best regen ever built was probably
the National SW-3, or for low frequency work the old Mackay Marine
set. Lindsay is full of **** when he says the homebrewer can better it
with moderate effort.And even so any mediocre superhet will outperform
it in some ways. My late forties Zenith console will separate stations
the SW-3 won't. But they are interesting to build-once-like the
crystal set, which can be run into a hi fi amp and give good local
station performance. My regen was the two tube set in the Romney book
which Lindsay also published. The SW-3 was far better-it would copy
ham CW on 80 and 40 consistently and even SSB with a good signal. The
homebrew was good for WWV and Radio Havana and that was it.

On 11/19/2011 1:40 AM, wrote:
[...]
Wow.

I remember listening to YOU-and Dr. Pierce-on the first regen I ever
built when I lived in Texas, about ten miles from the Louisiana line
on that shortwave station the NA bought time on. I did not always
agree with what you said but I damn sure backed your right to say it.
Pierce was really an intelligent person. I read the biography on him
by Robert Griffin, great read.



Yes, Dr. Pierce was and -- Dr. Griffin is -- a person of exemplary
quality. A privilege to know them, indeed.


Louisiana is a seriously warped state. Texas was screwed up in some
ways but Louisiana with its nightmarish hodgepodge of laws built on
four different legal systems and general laissez-les-bon-temps-rouler
attitude is Third World.

Regens are a pain in the ass. The best regen ever built was probably
the National SW-3, or for low frequency work the old Mackay Marine
set. Lindsay is full of **** when he says the homebrewer can better it
with moderate effort.And even so any mediocre superhet will outperform
it in some ways. My late forties Zenith console will separate stations
the SW-3 won't. But they are interesting to build-once-like the
crystal set, which can be run into a hi fi amp and give good local
station performance. My regen was the two tube set in the Romney book
which Lindsay also published. The SW-3 was far better-it would copy
ham CW on 80 and 40 consistently and even SSB with a good signal. The
homebrew was good for WWV and Radio Havana and that was it.



Even with more than four decades of radio under my belt, I still
haven't owned a regen -- though I've played with a few.

My next receiver will be an SDR. Eliminating all but one conversion
stage (since the SDR goes straight from RF to I/Q baseband) and
doing all the filtering and demodulation with perfect mathematical
accuracy in software not only gives you tremendous dynamic range and
filtering capability, but it makes the recovered audio almost
supernaturally clean-sounding.

Listening to a good SDR into a high-fidelity sound system for the
first time is like discovering that pillows had been strapped to
your speakers, and gravel had been stuck to your voice coil, for all
these years -- and finally removing them.


With best regards,


Kevin, WB4AIO.
--
http://nationalvanguard.org/
http://kevinalfredstrom.com/

My next receiver will be an SDR. Eliminating all but one conversion
stage (since the SDR goes straight from RF to I/Q baseband) and
doing all the filtering and demodulation with perfect mathematical
accuracy in software not only gives you tremendous dynamic range and
filtering capability, but it makes the recovered audio almost
supernaturally clean-sounding.

Listening to a good SDR into a high-fidelity sound system for the
first time is like discovering that pillows had been strapped to
your speakers, and gravel had been stuck to your voice coil, for all
these years -- and finally removing them.

The SDRs I have seen have been mickey mouse affairs that used sound
cards for demod. But when a good standalone unit is offered at a
reasonable price I will give it a try.

On 11/27/2011 7:41 PM, wrote:

My next receiver will be an SDR. Eliminating all but one conversion
stage (since the SDR goes straight from RF to I/Q baseband) and
doing all the filtering and demodulation with perfect mathematical
accuracy in software not only gives you tremendous dynamic range and
filtering capability, but it makes the recovered audio almost
supernaturally clean-sounding.

Listening to a good SDR into a high-fidelity sound system for the
first time is like discovering that pillows had been strapped to
your speakers, and gravel had been stuck to your voice coil, for all
these years -- and finally removing them.

The SDRs I have seen have been mickey mouse affairs that used sound
cards for demod. But when a good standalone unit is offered at a
reasonable price I will give it a try.

Yeah, I suffer along with my HD Audio card ... but hey, as soon as
something better than concert hall audio comes along, I will consider it!

ROFLOL

Regards,
JS
The calendar says 2011, the heart says 1776!

On 11/16/2011 7:24 PM, flipper wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:59:32 -0500, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote:

On 11/16/2011 4:45 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
[...]

But the language of the bill is sufficiently broad to allow
interpretation beyond commercial interests alone, to include persons
conducting flea markets, garage sales, or one on one transactions.
To the degree that it's had a chilling effect on flea markets on the
local level, in areas where economic distress has made flea markets
a significant segment of the shopping culture.





What we need is a whole new culture of privacy.

A climate in which not only can corporations, banks, and governments
not restrict or tax or control our private transactions in any way
-- but a climate in which it is universally acknowledged that they
also have _no_ right to even _know_ what those transactions are.

They are here to serve us, not the other way round. They are the
peons, and we are the rulers -- not the reverse. They have no right
to know ANYTHING about our transactions.

We, on the other hand, have the absolute right to know everything
about theirs, and restrict them if we so choose.

A whole new mindset, of unalterable and immovable steel and will, is
needed.

I doubt, however, that a generation of cowed and bowed dependents
and yes-men can produce such a thing.



With every good wish,



Kevin Alfred Strom.

You might have a different opinion if you were burglarized and all
your stuff was sold by 'private transactions' through a second hand
dealer front man.

Btw, the information only becomes available to the police in the event
of a criminal investigation and it's only that transaction. There is
no routine 'reporting to the government'.

Isn't that the reason we initially hired "cops" for? I mean, I realize
they are no longer doing a job for the people, the citizens -- and are
mostly revenue generators for the town, city, county, state, feds, etc.
But, really, watching every dollar trade hands is NOT what we have
public servants and authorities for, we don't have them to "punish" us
.... we simply need to remind them to do the original job they were
created for and the things you mention are already taken care of ...
let's just get the public servants and cops to do the job for the people.

Regards,
JS

On 11/17/2011 2:23 AM, John Smith wrote:
[...]

You might have a different opinion if you were burglarized and all
your stuff was sold by 'private transactions' through a second hand
dealer front man.

Btw, the information only becomes available to the police in the
event
of a criminal investigation and it's only that transaction. There is
no routine 'reporting to the government'.

Isn't that the reason we initially hired "cops" for? I mean, I
realize they are no longer doing a job for the people, the citizens
-- and are mostly revenue generators for the town, city, county,
state, feds, etc. But, really, watching every dollar trade hands is
NOT what we have public servants and authorities for, we don't have
them to "punish" us ... we simply need to remind them to do the
original job they were created for and the things you mention are
already taken care of ... let's just get the public servants and
cops to do the job for the people.

Regards,
JS




I agree, John. The purpose of the Constitution is not to help the
police.

If limiting government knowledge of my private transactions to zero
-- except in the case of a properly obtained and strictly limited
warrant -- slows down the police a little bit, well, that's just the
way it will have to be. Tough luck if a few crimes aren't solved as
fast. The greatest crime of all, the theft of our freedom, would
stop -- and that's _far_ more important than getting your BMW back,
or reducing the goddamned deficit.

Of course, restoring our privacy would also entail an instant and
total end to the income tax, since no entity would have any right
whatsoever to know what your income even was, much less tax it.
Yessiree Bob!


Esse quam videre,



Kevin Alfred Strom.
--
http://nationalvanguard.org/
http://kevinalfredstrom.com/