We need to quarantine rabid government

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for December 10, 2025)

It has always bothered me how much of the news is concerned with what government is doing. In a way, I understand. When there's a rabid dog at your door, you need to know about it. Unfortunately, talking about it doesn't solve the problem. The rabid dog is still there, threatening us.

F. William "Bill" Schmidt, a man of impressive accomplishments whom I only learned about after his recent death at the age of 92, wrote: "Why is Government always the principal subject of public discussion? Because the existence of Government violates the Natural Rights of everyone; and everyone is struggling to understand this malevolent institution which inevitably creates conflicts and chaos."

He was right.

I don't want to keep hearing about what the rabid dog called "Government" is doing, but as long as it continues to threaten everyone's life, liberty, and property, and as long as society isn't allowed to do anything useful to address it, I suppose I need to keep up with its actions. I need to stay alert to the conflicts and chaos it is creating in society so I can avoid them whenever possible and brace myself for those I can't avoid.

I still don't enjoy hearing what the political criminals are plotting.

I'll never understand why so many people feel loyalty to this rabid dog, or believe it is necessary for their well-being. I don't get why people are willing to spend their lives feeding their neighbors to this diseased beast, and pretending it's for our own good. Nothing is more antisocial than this.

If you were in a personal relationship with someone who made you live under the same rules government imposes on you, you'd be a victim of domestic abuse. If a romantic partner spied on you, tracked all your movements, made you ask for permission to leave the house, controlled what you left with and brought back, didn't allow people to visit you without permission, made you show every nickel you have and where you got it before stealing a percentage of it from you, you'd be justified in fighting back. Even if the abuser said fighting back was against the rules. Such a partner would be no better than the rabid dog.

Yet, government does this and worse, and people casually chat about it as though it's okay and normal. Watching what government does is pointless unless you're prepared to quarantine and neutralize this rabid dog.

(Here's the link to Bill Schmidt's essay quoted above.)

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SixNeedler holster

 

Here’s the holster I made for my SixNeedler.

Here's the back of it, if that's of any interest:

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Yeah, it's apparently too much to ask

I just want everyone to leave everyone else alone, and for everyone to be free to defend themselves from those who won’t.

By "leave everyone else alone", I don't mean to abandon them; I mean to not rob, kidnap, attack, coerce, or otherwise molest them. I mean, don't archate!
I would add, "Is this too much to ask?", but actions speak louder than words.

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The Police State you cheer today...

I am shocked, although I know I shouldn't be, to see how many people love government and hate other people more than they value liberty.

For the first time in over 19 years, it's making me seriously reconsider the whole blogging thing.
I am just too disgusted and disappointed. Especially at people who ought to know better coming out as fans of the Police State- as long as it is aimed at people they hate.

I had often wondered how it happened that regular Germans were fine with SS troops operating openly around Germany. I don't wonder anymore. Again, some people hate others more than they love liberty.

The Police State you cheer today will be aimed at you the next time the political winds shift direction. And then you'll act surprised and mad at the situation you helped enable. In which case, I'll still take your side because I don't abandon principles. Don't say you weren't warned. 

But, wow...

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It feels lonely

This is how it feels to be standing against the cheerleading for ICE… to not be excusing them for their crimes. Lonely, but good.

It's lonely, but it's worth it to be on the ethical side. 

I can barely wrap my head around the people making excuses, blaming the victim, and pretending that "the law" [sic] and ethics are the same thing. And lying that any of this is Constitutional (if that matters to anyone).

I know I'm not really alone.

I'm seeing others being attacked for not cheering the jackboots, so I'm less alone than I feel I am. I step up to defend them when I can. But it's overwhelmingly one-sided against us, and defending them brings the wrath of the mob down upon me. Which is tiresome.

Even those who know all anti-gun rules are illegal pretend that "immigration" rules are valid. It makes no sense if you expect humans to be consistent and rational- which I don't, but still...

I hate standing with those who, in other situations, want armed government thugs to steal my guns and murder me if I resist, but sometimes you've got to anyway.

(It was much more fun discussing the SixNeedler than this nonsense!)

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Murdered by badgescum

Sickening.

For the most part, I don't like the kind of people who go to protest, especially if they only protest one side and ignore the abuses of "their own" side. Which seems to be the case for 95% of the regular protesters.

If you think it's time to protest, it's probably time for something more direct. I get it, though, even though I know it won't make any useful difference. Not in today's police state.

On the other hand, cops are scum. No matter which agency they work for, or what their badge says on it. If they "fear for their life", they need to find a different job. Their primary- and possibly only- duty is to die to protect your life, liberty, and property, not to murder to enforce counterfeit "laws".

Enforcing unethical (and unconstitutional, if you care about such things) "immigration" rules puts you on the wrong side. Murdering someone who is trying to escape from your authority-addled display of aggression just stacks more wrongdoing on top of wrongdoing. 

It doesn't matter whether or not I would have liked the dead woman, or even if she was only inspired to protest because she hated the current president (as I suspect was the case). Politics makes people stupid, after all.

You have the right to drive over anyone who is blocking your way, be they a protester or an enforcer. Don't block cars if you don't want to be run over. And if you do, your claims of "self-defense" will be ridiculed by smarter people.

The comments I see people copsuckers making about the situation make me sad for the future of liberty in America... and the world.

If you hate other people more than you love liberty, there's no hope for you. And this seems to be the case with so many people these days. They love Big Brother and his rules more than they value liberty. That's not good!

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SixNeedler review- I like it!

I used some of my Christmas money to buy a CO2 air gun called a SixNeedler. I had wanted one ever since Jörg Sprave started talking about designing it, and eventually offering it for sale, on his YouTube channel.

I'm always thinking ahead, considering possible future situations where conventional ammo (or its components) might become unavailable or prohibited, and alternatives become important. Plus, I like having options. Especially options you can buy online and have shipped directly to your house without "Imperial entanglements". That's always useful. 

This is one air gun I would actually consider carrying for defense under certain conditions. I don't say that lightly, as I have firearms I wouldn't consider carrying for defense, even if I like them.

This gun feels real. It has a metal frame (aluminum?) and a solid polymer cylinder and grip. It even has a metal trigger and trigger guard! The whole thing is solid and has heft. It seems to be well-made. Also, it's black, not blue like the photo may suggest.

Unlike the other airguns I have, the SixNeedler is a serious tool. It shoots blowgun darts or "needles" rather than BBs or pellets. While they don't have the stopping power or foot-pounds of .44 Magnum, you do not want to get hit with one. They will not simply bounce off.

It's a "top break" much like a Schofield, but without an extractor popping anything out, because there's nothing to extract. 

I've shot several cylinders-full already. It is double-action/single-action. Pretty easy to shoot. The grip angle is something to get accustomed to, but not a problem. The grip shape, I'll discuss below. 

My target is a cardboard box filled with layers of cardboard, fortified with stacks of newspaper every several layers. The needles are penetrating an average of 2.5 to 3.5 inches, and they are stuck in the newspaper layers hard; they must be removed with pliers (don't damage them, since they are reusable!) I've watched videos where they are going through clothing, skin, ballistic gel, and cow leg bone.

It's fairly accurate- although I'm shooting at short, indoor ranges (across my library room/office- about 4 yards is all). If I brace the gun in place, removing the randomness of hand movement, most shots hit in about a 1.5" group, but there are some flyers that will hit a few inches from the point of aim. It's definitely accurate enough for defensive distance shooting.

The only negative I've found is the grip shape and size. It's got a squarish cross-section and is a bit large for my hands. If I hold it with the (oversized, in my opinion) grip cover (which encloses the CO2 cartridge in the grip) removed, it feels less awkward and almost more comfortable. Of course, there's no recoil, so the grip is not going to hurt your hand while you shoot, regardless of the grip design.
I did write the company and suggest they offer differently sized/shaped grip covers, and they said they will take it under advisement for any updates. I hope they do it, and I hope they offer additional grips for sale separately.

All in all, I really like it. It's sci-fi enough to appeal to that side of me. It's dangerous enough that it could be used defensively, and that appeals to my prepper side. It's different, cool-looking, and it works as advertised. It's also not terribly expensive. I think you should consider adding one to your collection. Then tell me what you think.

I'm even thinking about making a leather holster for my SixNeedler, if that means anything.

This isn't a paid review or anything. Like my review of the Barra Schofield, it's just me sharing my thoughts, experiences, and opinions. There are no affiliate links, and I get nothing if you buy one, click on anything, or whatever else people do to pay reviewers for reviewing products.

Here are a couple of videos of me shooting it, single action and double action, in my library/office:

Excuse my clutter and decorating choices.

UPDATE: Here's the holster I made for it: link

Hints:

I would save some pristine darts as your "carry darts" if you plan to use this in any defensive capacity. I've been using and reusing the same 6 darts, and they are beginning to get a little loose in the chambers. I had one slip down through the muzzle end of its chamber and bind the cylinder while I was shooting. I've also shot a couple of darts with other darts- one shot actually went straight down alongside the first dart, piercing both of its plastic cones. That's going to mess up the gas seal, but they did still work afterward.

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Protecting the statist house of cards

I wasn’t always libertarian. I had many statist ideas, assumptions, and misunderstandings. But I was always susceptible to liberty.

I believe this is why I can understand the arguments of statists better than they can understand liberty.

Also, I will discuss things with them, and don't say "I'm not going to read that!" when presented with information. I'll at least try to read it, because I want to understand them. 

Judging by their nearly universal behavior, they don't want to understand liberty. Most of them avoid any exposure whatsoever to ideas that might challenge their beliefs or rattle their house of cards. They are desperate to avoid the breeze of liberty's breath of fresh air.

Which probably explains how they can remain statists in spite of overwhelming evidence that it's not a smart thing to do.

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Government wants to keep you poor

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for December 3, 2025)

The quickest way to destroy innovation and cripple the economy is to "address" a new idea, or an old idea reborn, with government control.

Short-term rentals, like Airbnb and Vrbo, are in the crosshairs of local politicians, and this isn't a positive development. Letting strangers stay in your home for a few nights, for a fee, is an ancient use of personal property; the internet simply gave it a boost. There's no need for new ordinances, or the use of existing ordinances, to regulate it.

If a short-term rental next door creates a violation of your life, liberty, or property, there are already ethical ways to handle it without government getting preemptively involved. Zoning laws themselves are a violation of property rights.

Politicians have no right to decide which peaceful, voluntary businesses you're allowed to run. In a free country, this meddling wouldn't be tolerated. Such government overreach hurts us all in the long run.

Legitimacy doesn't come from official recognition. Government attention is poison to innovation. Look at Bitcoin: the moment government began paying attention, regulators attacked it with taxes, rules, and other interference. This destroyed much of the freedom and utility of cryptocurrency. Keep your filthy government off my life!

Government doesn't need a process to smother every human activity. Life doesn't need to be micromanaged by politicians. Liberty- freedom tempered with responsibility- is enough. The market regulates itself when freed from government meddling. Dishonest companies go broke without government protecting them from competition or from cheated customers. Anyone seeking government protection from competition or consequences is in the wrong. Monopolies can only persist with government help. Irresponsible individuals never learn to be better when protected from consequences, or from their victims, by government rules.

Those who believe "there oughta be a law" are the people who see any remaining liberty as a loophole that must be closed. Liberty's enemies are on both sides of the law- freelance crooks and suit-wearing officials- and it's your responsibility to defend it from them all.

A chilling realization is that government would rather keep you poor with arbitrary rules, and then toss you crumbs financed with money they stole from your neighbors, than to get out of your way and allow you to build your own future with your mind and muscles. A future of responsible self-sufficiency and abundance moves government from being a crutch to being recognized as the broken leg. This terrifies them.

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Game theory for winners

The smartest, most rational game theory strategy appears to be this:

• Start with cooperation.
• If cooperation is returned, keep cooperating.
• If betrayed, push back an equal amount immediately- once.
• If cooperation resets, return to cooperation without a grudge. If it doesn't, disengage (stop playing).

Isn't it interesting how thoroughly libertarian this is? 

It's how I've always tried to live, even before I ever heard it spelled out like this.

Of course, bad guys have set up "games" where they don't "allow" you to push back or walk away from their betrayal. That's when self-defense comes into play- it's up to you to decide when it's necessary, and I won't second-guess you.

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“Broccoli choking”

Using the propaganda phrase “gun violence” is exactly as dishonest (or ignorant) as singling out choking on broccoli and decrying “broccoli choking”. 

They ignore all the deaths and injuries caused by choking on other foods, not because they care about choking victims, but because they hate broccoli.

In the exact same way, the people who lecture about "gun violence" don't really care about violence (or archation); they just hate guns and don't want you to have them... unless you're a government thug who can use your guns to take the guns away from people who aren't in your gang.

If they weren't this despicable, they would care about the innocent people stabbed, stoned to death, beaten with clubs, strangled by hands, or intentionally killed in any other way, no matter what weapon was used. They would be happy when someone uses a gun to fend off an attack. They don't care, and they aren't happy, and that's how you know they are nothing but filthy anti-gun bigots. 

Keep this in mind every time you see or hear the propaganda phrase "gun violence" come from one of these nasty bigots.

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The long scam

Government is fraud. The very idea of governing others is fraudulent. It's the biggest, longest-running scam in history.

To pick out one aspect of it to get mad about is ridiculous. But that's what is happening.

I suppose it's still better than everyone being complacent about it.

But, it's only a good thing if enough people start doing something about the problem.

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Billion$ in fraud is discovered...

And then, like magic, suddenly everyone is mad about taxes.

Welcome to the party, Pal.

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That's CRIME culture, you badged bonehead!

The local-ish police chief blamed a dead 15-year-old, shot the other night by a 16-year-old while they were messing around with guns in a bedroom, on "gun culture". What a disgusting, lying jackboot!

It’s not "gun culture" that’s the problem. It’s crime "culture".

I’m part of gun culture. We don’t shoot people because they disrespected us. We don’t point guns at our friends because we “know” the guns aren’t loaded. We don't shoot at houses as we drive down the street. We don't mug people at gunpoint. Or with a knife held to their throat.

Those who do those things are not part of gun culture.

That chief cop parroted a Leftist propaganda phrase because he’s an evil loser, too, just like the rest of them.

He’s trying to avoid blaming crime culture by blaming gun culture. Like protects like. He should be sued for defamation. What a nasty anti-gun bigot!

(I'm also writing my newspaper column for next week about this.)

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The real purpose of the Supreme Court

Statists believe the Supreme Court is there to discern whether or not legislation (or a government policy) is constitutional.

I know the Supreme Court exists to find excuses that allow unconstitutional legislation and policies to stand.

We are not the same.

And, no. One team isn't better on this than the other. Both are disgusting in their desire to violate the liberty they don't like.

(Grok wouldn't follow my directions to accurately portray actual current Supreme Courtjesters. In fact, it tried to give me only white men in the image. I prefer to ridicule the actual bufoons as they are. Oh well.)

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Happy 2026!

Sometimes I'm amazed I'm still alive in the year 2026.

Assuming, I am...

Thanksgiving opportunity to help someone

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for November 26, 2025)

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have many reasons to celebrate Gratitude Day 2025.

Not every Thanksgiving Day has been good for me. Yet, even then, something always made me thankful- at least later.

Ten years ago, just days before Thanksgiving, my older daughter was killed in a wreck. As devastating as this was, the outpouring of love I received was stunning. It took a while to register- it's hard to notice while you're numb- but I still associate kindness with the memory of that dark time. I can't think of Thanksgiving without feeling a deep sense of loss, but I also remember those who lifted me up during those painful days, and I will forever be grateful.

Some years earlier I was alone and feeling abandoned as Thanksgiving approached. I could see myself sinking into self-pity unless I did something different. So I invited a couple of acquaintances, who were unable to spend the holiday with their own families, to eat spaghetti with me. What could have been a day spent feeling depressed and miserable turned into an enjoyable celebration- one I will always remember with fondness. The memory still makes me smile.

A couple of years after this I was in a similar, but worse, situation, and had allowed myself to fall into despair. It was awful. I was struggling to keep going through the motions. I hadn't told anyone about my circumstances, but on Thanksgiving Day there was a knock on my door and I found a plate heaped with a Thanksgiving meal. I never found out who brought it. Someone must have known, or guessed, what I was going through. I can't put into words what this act of thoughtfulness meant to me that day. I was so overwhelmed I cried. Even now my eyes get a little misty whenever I remember.

Some of you are grieving a death or another loss of some kind. Some are facing hard financial times. Other circumstances may be rough. If so, I hope someone knows what you're going through and does something to make your Thanksgiving Day a little brighter.

I hope you are doing great, though. If you know of someone who needs an invitation or a plate of food, step up. Don't wait for someone else to do the right thing. It's your responsibility, even if no one has pointed this out to you. You'll be grateful you did.

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Stop assisting Evil

If you're helping government in any way, you're probably not helping the people.
If you're helping government spy on any of us or control us, you're the enemy of the people of America.
You're the enemy of America and everything America was meant to be.

It doesn't matter what letters come with your bureau or agency; you're a domestic enemy. Just like the US federal government is an enemy of America- although I consider the US government more of a foreign occupation force.

It doesn't matter what else your businesses do; you're an enemy of liberty.

Maybe you even do some good. Great! Now stop doing evil. Stop helping government commit its evil acts.

Helping government- especially helping it spy on or control the individuals- is unhelpful in the extreme.

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Fraud, corruption, or "normal government"?

When people complain about corruption in government, I often point out that it's not corruption; it's government working exactly as it's designed to work.

Here's a sampling of what Dictionary.com says of "Corruption":

The act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. Antonyms: purity, honesty...
Moral perversion; depravity. Synonyms: immorality, dissolution.
Perversion of integrity.
Corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
Bribery putrefactive decay; rottenness. Synonyms: contamination, pollution, foulness, putrescence, putrefaction, rot...
Any corrupting influence or agency.

This is a perfect description of how political government is designed to work. Government as normal. You can't distinguish between government and "corruption" except in your fantasies.

Part of that design is to employ fraud. So, the fraud isn't evidence of corruption, just of government being what government is. The fraud is still fraud.

How does Dictionary.com describe "Fraud"?:

Deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
A particular instance of such deceit or trickery.
Any deception, trickery, or humbug.
Guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; Lacking integrity

This is what government does. How it functions. This is on top of the supposed "corruption" that is what government is.

However, if you want to claim "It's not fraud; it's how government operates", I'm not going to argue with you. Either way, society would be better off if we stopped tolerating it.

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A (Barra Schofield) BB gun for Christmas

One of the gifts I got for Christmas was a Barra Air Gun. The Schofield model. It's been a few years since I got a BB gun for Christmas.

I'm excited about this because it means I can shoot inside the house. It's hard to find a nearby place to shoot firearms, so this will help a little.

I've always wanted a Schofield, but they are pricey. This is a good substitute, and it is a lot of fun to shoot. Yes, I've been shooting it already.

I have a very old Daisy SAA-type BB gun. It's extremely weak, and the BBs come out sort of randomly (when they come out at all). You can suggest a general direction by aiming, but it will still decide whether or not to take your suggestion. This Barra is more accurate and quite a bit more powerful. It's higher quality all-around and feels solid in my hand.

I also love the system they use, where you put a BB into the tip of a fake cartridge, then load that into the gun. It gives you more of a feeling of shooting for real. I'm going to get more of the cartridges for faster reloads. I suppose I'll need to get more CO2 cartridges, too.

I am using a cardboard box full of sheets of cardboard as my backstop. It's about 6.5" thick, and the BBs make it about 4" through the layers. The shots don't even disturb the cats. I don't shoot if cats are in the room with me, though.

If you want a quality airgun, made of metal, for some shooting fun, I can recommend the Barra Schofield. 

And, no, they aren't paying me for saying this (or even aware of me at all). It's just my opinion, presented to you as something you might like.

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