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/

On 11/17/2011 10:05 AM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
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.

Quite so. And, take the sports out of the schools, the art out of
public projects, the perks out of public servant benefits, the special
interest grants, the gay grants, the womens' grants, etc, etc, etc.

Schools are for learning, public buildings are for absolute necessary
business of the people, etc.

I am for the govt getting a flat 10% of your net earnings and that is it
.... whatever we can't afford on that, too bad. But, one thing we need
to do is bring all the public servant and govt workers, be that fed,
state, county, city or town, pay into correct equivalency to the private
sector pay ... and cut a million other unnecessary govt expenditures and
funding ... there will be plenty of money, long as they support
Americans with jobs and an acceptable standard of living ... as it
stands now, with income tax, property tax, sales tax, fees and fines,
hidden taxes, gasoline taxes, etc., somewhere between 50% and 60% of
your income is going to the government in taxes -- some of these taxes
are just known by other names.

Take a hard look at how they have bent and warped the Constitution, laws
and systems, we are now simply paying them for the privilege of being
slaves to them.

It would be nice to have a nice "pirate SW station" discussing some of
this ... grin

Regards,
JS