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Why Are Tripod Heads Important? If you’re just starting out and building your kit , you may be wondering whether you should bother with a tripod head at all. Some tripods come packaged with one, while others are designed to work with various options depending on the intended use. Do you really need a tripod? To get the most out of your tripod, you’ll want to invest in a good head to pair it with. A well-engineered tripod head allows a photographer or videographer to get the angles they need and lock the camera securely in place without hand-holding. You don’t have to spend over a grand on one, but it’s worth it to put a little money down, especially if you know you’ll be using a tripod often. Landscape photographers, wildlife shooters, and people that do a lot of night photography can all benefit from a sturdy tripod head. Like any other piece of kit, a tripod head is a tool. Which one you need comes down to what and how you shoot. If you’re shooting in the wild regularly, … [Read more...] about The Best Tripod Heads of 2022

Since Congress passed legislation in February ordering the Federal Aviation Administration to fast-track the approval of unmanned aerial vehicles—more colloquially known as drones—for use by law enforcement agencies, police and sheriff departments across the country have been scrambling to purchase the smaller, unarmed cousins of the Predator and Reaper drones which carry out daily sorties over Afghanistan, Yemen, and other theaters of operation. Alameda County in California has become one of the central battlegrounds over the introduction of drones to domestic police work. Earlier this year , Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern raised the hackles of local civil libertarians (and there are quite a few of those in the county, which encompasses Berkeley and Oakland) by declaring his intention to purchase a drone to assist with “emergency response.” According to Ahern, Alameda Sheriff's personnel first tested a UAV in fall 2011 and gave a public demonstration of the machine's … [Read more...] about California law enforcement moves to buy drones, draws controversy

Since the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that eventually led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, America has endured a “Summer of Rage.” The wave of demonstrations saw protesters going far beyond simply donning “Handmaid’s Tale” bonnets and gathering around the Supreme Court. There have been dozens of acts of violence, destruction, and harassment aimed at intimidating anti-abortion Christians and conservatives. In this series of articles, we identify key players, organizations, and locations in this radical movement. We will also explain elements of the interconnected system that provides organizational and/or financial support for this radical agenda. Read the other articles in this series: Summer of Rage, Part I : Militant Pro-Abortion Radicals Flourish in Madison, Wisconsin; Violence ‘Meme’d’ on Twitter Summer of Rage, Part II : Court Filings Reveal Threats, Intimidation Against … [Read more...] about Summer of Rage, Part V: PAC Launched by ‘Ruth Sent Us’ Organizers Failed to Disclose Finances, Mysteriously ‘Terminated’ by FEC

Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL) warns that U.S. dependence on China is playing into the hands of the Communist Chinese. During an appearance on Fox News on Monday, Waltz called the United States “drunk” on Chinese money, which jeopardizes national security. “I think the entire country needs to wake up to what’s going on,” he said. “We are drunk as a country on Chinese money, from Hollywood to Wall Street, to the sports industry, to — and certainly in our politics. The biggest example of what the Chinese call elite capture is obviously Hunter Biden. But here’s why Taiwan matters to every American. Today, it can be blockading shipping and commercial aircraft going into Taiwan. Tomorrow, it can be oil into Japan, and then the next — the next move by Chairman Xi could be pharmaceuticals into the United States. We just saw the Senate pass billions to go into green energy. Where’s all that going, Harris?” “It’s going into Chinese-made solar panels, Chinese-made wind turbines, … [Read more...] about GOP Rep. Waltz: ‘We Are Drunk as a Country on Chinese Money’