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About TMM

TMM is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he’s merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms. Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

SSCC #159 – Montgomery PD

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Carpenter searched Jett’s car without a warrant or her consent, the lawsuit states. During the search, he allegedly ordered Jett to pull out her bra and shake out her breasts. He did not seek assistance from a female officer.

The officer has been fired from the department due to an “unrelated” incident of filling his private vehicle using the department credit card.  Because someone corrupt like that could never do the following after the complaint above.

In the search warrant affidavit, Carpenter falsely alleged that he had searched the car and found marijuana on Jett’s passenger, the lawsuit states. Based on the reportedly false find, Higgins granted the search warrant on Pancake’s home without the legal authority to do so, the lawsuit states.

Evidently he wanted to take some of her undergarments from home as well.  For those who might take the complaints as being he said she said, history is on the side of the person filing the complaint.

Carpenter has worked for at least two police departments in the past two years, having been fired from the Charleston Police Department in 2008.

Not to mention the hunting violations that the article goes on to detail that were committed by the officer.  Such a wonderful set of morals and hiring requirements that department has.  

State Sponsored Criminal Count 159: Conrad M. Carpenter

Because when you see someone you like, violate her forth amendment and then frame her for drug possession.  If she acts like she hates you, she’s just putting on a show.

Radio, Radio, and More Radio

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Saturday ended up considerably busier than expected.  Initially I had just planned to help with the ARES exercise, but it ended up they were making a trip up to the Kamiak radio site.  I went along to help since I hadn’t seen the radio site.

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That’s the tower with the KABARA Repeater Antennas, as well as the packet system we were up there to work on.  Next to it is that tower is KWSU.

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Inside the radio shack was some impressive equipment for the KABARA system, more specifically a pair of duplexers for the 6-meter repeater.

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After a quick tour we then got down to why were were there.  Someone was going to have to climb the tower for recon for an upcoming antenna installation.

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He wanted proof that he climbed the tower.  I have other pictures while he was at the top, none however provide proof that it was actually him climbing.

It appears the recon was successful, the hardline we were planning on using is currently at the location where we are planning on installing the antenna.  We just need to coordinate with some of the other antennas owners when we go to actually install it.

The antenna is going to be hooked into this.

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Which is the packet node on top of Kamiak, the recon was because the owner is planning on adding a 70cm link if I remember correctly.  It was pointed out to me though how wind can be a royal bitch up on the tower.

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The wind was light that day, the antenna is either caught in the tower, or permanently deformed from wind and ice loading.  That particular antenna however was no longer in use.

After that we headed back down the hill with one quick stop right after we got out of the trees so I could do this today.

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After that K7LL helped me test an mobile amp I have.  It works, but nowhere near as effective as it should be.  It is now sitting on my workbench awaiting disassembly.  An upshot a coworker and fellow ham drove by and I paid him a visit.  I must say his ham shack is by no means a shack, and is actually quite nice.  He actually had a spare 2m/70cm base and it’s now sitting on my desk.  He also has a spare HF rig but it needs some repair work.  Electrolytic capacitors don’t last for ever.

From there I went and picked up a sign for the lodge.  The sign was vandalized and I picked it up to take it home to attempt to clean it.  Attempt one removed some of the paint but next on the list is acetone.  From there I headed over the Moscow to W7UQ to kill some time before going over to a friends house for dinner and helping him with some homework.

While sitting at W7UQ one of the members showed up and I then preceded to spend the next 2 hours discussing antenna design, radiation patterns, and methods to solve some issues they are having with their current project.  Including moving from just telemetry based information to adding command and control.  I gave him my contact information so they can come to me with questions and help with the project.

Lastly I had dinner over with some friends.  I finally headed out from their place at 0130 after helping him with a programming assignment.  Overall it was a busy, educational, and productive day.

SSCC #158 – Vermont State Police

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Troopers responded to a home April 6 at the request of developmental services and mental health professionals. The man with disabilities including Down syndrome, was told by care providers that he needed to be taken to a new placement. He refused to get dressed and accompany the caregivers. When troopers arrived, they attempted to escort the man from the home, but he pulled away. Trooper Paul Mosher, who is assigned to the Derby barracks, deployed his Taser.

Because someone who isn’t really aware of whats going on but just knows that the world he knows is being upended is totally in need of a shot with a Taser.  The only outcome of this was that Vermont has altered it’s policy on the use of force with a taser.  The officer involved however has not been disciplined or removed from duty.

As The Minutewoman is currently working with people such as the victim and I have spent a lot of time around them it bugs the living hell out of me when I see crap like this.  Seriously I wouldn’t mind seeing that damn taser disappear due to the attitude cops place towards it.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 158: Trooper Paul Mosher

Because when someone sees his world crashing around them, the proper response is to tase them into accepting it.

SSCC #157 – NYPD

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The unsealed indictments contained more than 1,600 criminal counts, the bulk of them misdemeanors having to do with making tickets disappear as favors for friends, relatives and others with clout. But they also outlined more serious crimes, related both to ticket-fixing and drugs, grand larceny and unrelated corruption. Four of the officers were charged with helping a man get away with assault.

How messed up is that.  Remember we’re all equal under the law unless you know some body.  They’re caught though, how is this really a fully sponsored criminal I hear you ask.  Well for starters they haven’t all been fired yet.  Second:

A three-year investigation into the police’s habit of fixing traffic and parking tickets in the Bronx ended in the unsealing of indictments on Friday and a stunning display of vitriol by hundreds of off-duty officers, who converged on the courthouse to applaud their accused colleagues and denounce their prosecution.

All I can say is fire them.  Fire every last stinking one of them.  Unequal application of the law is the first sign of tyrrany.  They felt that the law didn’t apply to their family or friends as it does apply to the rest of the public.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 157: NYPD – This is a blanket because they feel it’s their right to do this.  There’s too damn many to count.

Because being a police officer means not only do you enforce the law, but you decide who the law applies to.

SSCC #156 – NYPD

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A stray-bullet victim says she was held prisoner for five days at a Brooklyn police station because detectives didn’t believe her story about the shooting, the Daily News has learned.

The victim was denied an appearance before a judge. Was denied access to the facilities. As this was all going on she was berated as if she was lying about the incident with no evidence to the contrary.

She said detectives insisted she had been shot during a lovers’ quarrel.

“They were trying to get me to say it was my friend who shot me,” recalled Griffin, who is seeking $5 million from the city.

“He never had a gun,” she said. “I told them he was gay; we had gone to a gay club the night before.”

The friend offered to take a lie detector test and submit to a gunshot residue test on his hands, she said. He was released that morning; she was held.

To add further insult to injury there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest that was a clerical error. This was corrected, but not until she was finally able to see a judge.

The only problem I have with the monetary settlements like this is it’s paid by the police departments insurance company. It should be taken out of the pockets of the officers involved as well as their superiors. This includes going all the way up the path to the chief.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 156: John Doe

Because despite a lack of evidence if you think someone’s guilty lock them up without legal representation.  It’s not as if you’re going to have to pay for the deprivation of rights under color of law.

A Personal Discovery

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Those that know me and spend time around me know that I carry anywhere I am legally allowed.  This isn’t a joke and it isn’t an exaggeration.  Going to the store, grab the gun.  Going to visit a friend, grab the gun.  Heading out on the boat, grab the gun.  Getting dressed in the morning to do work around the house, grab the gun.  To me carrying a firearm is as common as carrying a wallet or watch.  As it should be.

I do this for a couple different reasons.

  1. The burden on my belt is much lighter than the burden of regret.
  2. Because I can.
  3. Because there is no advantage to myself by not carrying.
  4. Because it’s my right.
  5. Because being prepared should not be frowned upon

So last night at the ham radio meeting it was business as usual. I was sitting rubbing my forehead because of a sinus headache while two members to my right were having a conversation.  I was openly carrying my 1911 on a OWB holster so it was quite visible.  Since I was in Idaho my give a crap meter was at about -20, even in Washington it registers only about a 1 until I get to the West side.

All of the sudden I head one of the men go, “Sir are you wearing a side arm?”  I look up at him with a half cocked smile and say, “Yes sir, I am.”  Usually that is about the end of a conversation but he was a little more persistent than most and responded with, “Why are you carrying a side arm?”  It currently was a polite question and certainly reasonable.  I just politely responded, “Because I can.”  At this point he was shocked that I would carry a weapon and his voice showed it because he repeated the same question with a tone of disdain in his voice.

At this point I had a personal revelation.  That type of behavior will place me in threeper mode at a speed otherwise only known to photons.  Because I didn’t think, I didn’t blink, my face just went stern and I looked right at him and calmly but without any hesitation said, “Because it’s my god given right.”

That was the end of the conversation.  He no longer pressed me, he no longer talked to me with disdain in his voice.  I don’t know if he was just inquisitive and it came off wrong it’s hard to say.  Considering he halted his current conversation to focus on my sidearm it’s hard for me to think he was really just generally inquisitive.

That is the first time I’ve ever climbed the “threeper hill” and used the it’s my right argument.  I will say in this case it was quite effective and given my headache at the moment I liked it’s nuke the site from orbit effect.  That said I prefer a much more tactical approach to sway people, but it has now been established that if you treat me as a substandard person for carrying a gun, I will go threeper on your ass.

Doubly entertaining was about 5 minutes later another buddy of mine showed up to the meeting and was open carrying as well.  The icing on the cake was we were both sitting next to each other.  I’m not sure if the guy noticed or not, I really don’t care.  But I wasn’t the only one in the room any more and it made it all the better.  Sadly the wife was busy so she wasn’t with me, otherwise she would have been open carrying her’s as well.

Quote of the Day – DaddyBear (10/27/2011)

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Yeah, the rich are getting richer faster than the poor are.  Anyone want
to admit that it’s not because of their race, or their family tree, or
their political connections that they got that way?  My guess is that
most of them got that way because they got up every day, worked
themselves to death, and got to bed late after putting everything they
had into their job or their business.

Blood is Boiling – DaddyBear

[Seriously go read the whole thing.  There were numerous parts that I wanted to use as the quote of the day, I felt this one worked the best.  The bottom line is he’s right, these spoiled children think they’re poor and disadvantaged, yet they have iPhones, laptops, food, and water.  These people think they’re poor when in reality relative to the rest of the world they have life easy. 

My wife is working her ass off right now, and so am I.  When we’re not working on our day jobs that have a solid steady pay, we’re working on side work for extra income.  I am sleeping about like I did in college right now.  The reason being is I’m spending the rest of that time working on the blog or other web/software ventures, or working on products to tie to those ventures.

I haven’t had a chance to work on t-shirt ideas lately since I’m working on getting the shop back up and running.  My goal is to find a way to mass produce a couple things I have designed and built for my own personal use.  I don’t want anyone to hand me anything.  What I do want is for people to leave me to the results of my labor.  Saying someone should share the wealth when they are working 10 hour days, plus another 4 hours on pet projects at home is bull crap.  Why should someone who doesn’t work be paid for doing nothing by the person who does?

Leave me to profit from my labors and ideas.  Stop trying to redistribute my wealth! -B]

SSCC #155 – Chicago PD

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Guess this guy and Officer Roid Rage share a few chromosomes.  

In the video, Flint Farmer was lying on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. It was shortly before 2 a.m. on a June morning in the West Englewood neighborhood, and Farmer had been shot by a Chicago police officer. Then, according to the video, the veteran officer, Gildardo Sierra, stepped onto the parkway and walked a semicircle about the prone Farmer as three bright flashes went off.

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The flashes, captured by a police car video camera, were fatal shots fired into Farmer’s back, officials say.

Don’t worry though folks because he can sleep like a baby.  You know why?

Sierra told investigators he feared for his life because he believed Farmer had a gun.

In fact, Farmer was only holding a cellphone.

Ends up the victim only had a cellphone, but no worries for the officer because the department still ruled the use as justified. Never mind the fact that this is the third shooting this officer was involved in within a year. The second which resulted in a fatality.

If a man prone on the ground with a cellphone makes you in fear for your life, you’re in the wrong job field moron. Even if he had a gun on his person that doesn’t make that a justified shoot. There was nothing about the victim that stated he was a threat to the officer, doubly so considering he was shot in the back. The feds are investigating this now as the officer has been involved in multiple shootings over a short period of time.

Sierra claims the video only shows part of the incident, frankly I don’t give a shit. You’re career as an officer should be over. You shot an unarmed man who was prone on the ground in the back.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 155: Gildardo Sierra

Because being on the Chicago PD means you can kill someone prone on the ground that is unarmed and the department will justify it. Chicago PD is it’s own execution squad.

via Mad Rocket Scientist