It was immediately clear to me that Cal’s choice was inspired by Coop, but that’s a generation or two behind the times, when it comes to gun culture. You’re right that a compact “Commander” model would only hold 7 rounds though.

I had read your piece on how Scientology could school the Neoreaction, but it didn’t spell out everything you’ve clearly researched and thought through. I’m intrigued.

I’ve been meaning to review “Gulf” for a while now, but the queue is long.

The tradition of religious deception probably predates Mohammed.

Evidence:

http://www.come-and-hear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_57.html

Counter-argument:

http://talmud.faithweb.com/articles/cheat.html

There are already a number of massive comments above; I’ll just touch on a few things that might be of interest to readers. No spoilers.

Conspiracy thrillers are intriguing. And I don’t think we’re supposed to accept them as non-fiction. Exactly, yes.

Sanity was originally begun as “Red Pill” and/or neoreactionary fiction. Also, for fun. I didn’t want it too be explicitly didactic, but my level of art is probably not high enough to conceal my intentions completely. Heinlein and Rand were didactic, and they sold a bunch of books. So Mote It Be.

I left an “n” out of contubernium, dammit.

Cal carries a .45 because he’s a Jeff Cooper fan and maybe it’s a compact model and has the shorter mag. I’m not sure–but it’s blued steel, I’m sure of that.

ReHumanism is a jest, but it’s also a glancing examination of what Scientology might have been if Hubbard wasn’t Hubbard. There is a post on my blog about it: https://neovictorian23.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/how-scientology-could-school-the-neoreaction/

“The Outfit” is lifted almost whole from Heinlein’s “Homo Novis” in his novella “Gulf,” with, as Heinlein always said, “The serial numbers filed off.”

But where pretty much every single author screws up is in the reveal. The conspiracy’s final form is inevitably a let down; banal and hollow no matter how excellently constructed the set up. Maybe.

It is incorrect to write “everyone else is wondering.” I was not thinking along those lines. I understand that Kirk’s off-color joke was intended to exaggerate the emotion expressed, but comparing an articulate response to the emotional trauma of a sexual abuse victim is intellectually dishonest.

But more accurately, I’m a fan of the first three quarters of conspiracy and hidden-history novels. The build up, the clues, the arcana and odd coincidences… fantastic fun.

But where pretty much every single author screws up is in the reveal. The conspiracy’s final form is inevitably a let down; banal and hollow no matter how excellently constructed the set up.

As for the example of Mohammed, I doubt we can prove anything.

As for the words of the Quran, the pro-Islam boilerplate is at:

https://www.alislam.org/library/articles/reply-to-allegation-that-in-islam-lying-is-permissible-for-spreading-faith-and-is-called-taqiyya/

The anti-Islam boilerplate is at:

https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/taqiyya.aspx

But I am surprised that no one has mentioned the obvious religious precedent for holy lies: Kol Nidre!

Nowhere did Christ by example or command tell his followers to lie, cheat, kill, etc in His name. Those who have done these things have no textual support and distort the NT scriptures.

Muslims lying, cheating, killing, etc are justified by the example and Qur’anic words of Mohammed who was a warlord, slave holder, pedophile and beheaded hundreds of captives personally. Jihad over the centuries has been considered by Islamic jurists the highest form of devotion with instant admission to paradise if a Muslim dies while fighting in the way of Allah.

Devout Christian missionaries declare a message of salvation building hospitals schools along the way.

Devout Muslims raiding out of Arabia killed 10s of millions to establish the caliphate across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and India. The survivors and conqueres both record the bloodshed and devastation. The survivors lament. The conquerors shout Allahu Akbar as they do today.