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A facebook friend lives south of the federal prison, in a neighborhood he once called “the ninth most dangerous” in the United States. Someone sent him a flyer, not knowing it was about his neighborhood. The flyer purports to be an official notice from the city. Here is the text:
“City of Atlanta Public Notice: Please Do Not Dump Trash on White Supremacist Leaders’ Properties People have been dumping trash on the properties of well-known white nationalists Sam Dickson and Evan Anderson. Dickson has said that this dumping is a financial hardship, and it interferes with his plans of gentrifying the Lakewood area and forcing out people of color. He and Anderson are very busy organizing with other white supremacists, including attending white pride rallies and providing violent white supremacists with material support. It has been too costly for them to hire security at each of these properties, and it is not possible for police to watch them at all times. So we are relying on your honor and goodwill to refrain from dumping garbage or doing other property damage to these locations, such as breaking windows and spray painting ‘Nazis get out’. If the dumping continues, Dickson and Anderson may even be forced to sell the properties at a loss. Here is a list of Sam Dickson’s and Evan Anderson’s properties to please not dump any trash on.”
Atlanta attorney Sam Dickson is at the center of this fuss. The SPLC describes him as a “Klan Lawyer,” who buys properties using shady tax lien practices. The SPLC does not provide a source for the Klan claim. The only thing a quick bit of research uncovers is “representation of a Ku Klux Klan leader in a 1988 civil trial.” ( How Klan Lawyer Sam Dickson Got Rich is the 2006 SPLC tract. A search shows “Income: $50 – $59,999 Net Worth: $250,000 – $499,999.”)
Sam Dickson has been the target of activists before. … the Antifascist group in August flyered the neighborhood about prominent white nationalist Sam Dickson’s ownership of a house on Ridgeland Way. … Dickson, an attorney and real estate investor … has described himself in interviews and writings as a white nationalist, but said in emails that he prefers the terms “racial communitarian” or “racial idealist.” … The Atlanta Antifascists flyers, posted in public and delivered by mail to some residents, were headlined “Neighborhood Alert,” but did not suggest any particular action. A post on the group’s website criticized Dickson and other alleged residents as involved in real estate gentrification as a white separatist tactic, and that the group wants to debunk a liberal perception that racism is only a working-class belief.”
Does this justify a call for vandalism? In any event, Sam Dickson has not been quiet about his opinions. “As has been the case throughout my life, race was my primary concern. The liberal/left side of the political waterfront had completely jettisoned the sensible ideas of early liberals such as Margaret Sanger and Jack London. Liberalism had become simply a front for minority racism and anti-white hate. Little did I know that professional conservatism stood for the same thing. … The entire Left/Right or Liberal/Conservative divide is utterly meaningless and artificial. If white nationalism does not sever itself from the corpse of American “conservatism,” it is doomed.”
The interview cited above goes on and on, and makes a few good points. You can tell Mr. Dickson is a lawyer by the way he builds a case for his viewpoint. He can make it seem reasonable, with a lot of classical and historical references. You can use logic, and rhetoric, to make a case for anything. Like fighting racism, by dumping garbage in a predominantly black neighborhood.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the pictures in October 1940. Schoolgirls carrying Aroostook potatoes on sticks a part of the parade on the day of the barrel rolling contest in Presque Isle, Maine.

“Hey! New member here. I‘m going on the upcoming retreat in Tennessee, and am wondering if anyone has extra room in their tent for this newbie. Let me know. Looking forward to my first trip with the group.” This message came up on facebook the other day. As might have been expected, some of the replies were not supportive. Going on a camp out, without adequate equipment, is not a good look. The phrase “camping without a flashlight” comes to mind.
PG came into the discussion late, which is probably a good thing. A man who tells the truth should keep one foot in the saddle. Luther Mckinnon Whether or not you have a tent, you will need a tarp. It is almost certain to rain.
____ ___ I’m not making it to this one, but I’m new to this kind of camping (used to desert camping). I’m happy to break off another thread for any tips and whatnot, because I do (eventually – finance, time, and ability allowing) plan to make it. How do you keep your tent dry when it rains? Is there stuff in addition to a tarp? How is that used? Do you have links or articles you can refer to so those of us seasoned with camping can brush up on this environment?
Luther Mckinnon 1 – There is no level ground where you are going. Most places will be downhill in some way, and if it rains hard enough, all bets are off.
2 – Get a tarp that is bigger than your tent. 16′ x 20′ should do it. Get some plastic tent stakes, rope, string, and a couple of packs of bungee cords. Get something plastic to put under your tent, to keep the ground moisture out. A plastic dropcloth usually works.
3 – Set up your tent somewhere, and put the tarp over it, before you go to TN. You might make a few mistakes. There is a learning curve.
4 – Go to the short end of your tarp. Find the grommet in the middle. Tie a brightly colored string in this grommet. This way, you can tell easily which side is the shorter side, and which grommet is in the middle. You get tired of counting grommets.
5 – Set your tent up. put rocks around the corners of the area your tent will be setting. Go over this area, and remove all rocks and branches. There will probably be roots to work around.
6 – Spread the tarp over the tent. Take some bungee cords, and go from the front corner to a tree. There are lots and lots of trees. The idea is to have the front of your tarp sticking up a bit, so that the rain will slope down, and fall off the tarp. You do not want the rain to puddle.
7 – Go to the back of the tent, and stake the tarp down to the ground. You want to cover the entire tent, with a foot, or so, of overhang.
This is a facebook post, not an instruction manual. There is probably something left out. Someone will have another way to do all this. Camping methods are like opinions and assholes.
The thread mentioned a stash of tents in the barn. The last time PG was there, he had a faulty shock cord on his tent. He went looking through a medusa-like mass of shock cords. PG quickly gave up on finding anything usable. He did not look in the goat boutique.
A person going to the facility is likely to suffer culture shock the first time. The last thing this person needs is find a usable tent, in the caprine chaos of the barn. Walmart is an option. You might get lucky at a yard sale. Whatever you do, it is a good idea to set the tent up at home first. That way, if you have to struggle to understand the instructions, you can figure it out when you are not in an unfamiliar environment. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.

Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties & local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink by any woman. Many females use a date-rape-drug on the market called ‘Beer’.
The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, from taps, and in large kegs. ‘Beer’ is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them.
A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of ‘Beer’ and then simply ask him home for no-strings-attached sex. Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several applications of ‘Beer’, men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with women to whom they would never normally be attracted. Men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that ‘something bad’ occurred.
At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life’s savings, in a familiar scam known as ‘a relationship’. In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer-term form of servitude and punishment referred to as ‘marriage’. Men are much more susceptible to this scam after ‘Beer’ is administered, and sex is offered by the predatory females. Many men cannot resist the temptation.
If you fall victim to this ‘Beer ‘ scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men. For the support group nearest you, just look up ‘Golf Courses’ in the phone book.
This is a repost. Pictures are from The Library of Congress. Gender modification, for contemporary society, is available by appointment.