The 18th-century doctor Joseph Ignace Guillotin hoped a more humane method of execution would eventually lead to the end of capital punishment. One day in May 1738, legend has it, a woman approaching the end of her pregnancy was walking down a street in Saintes, France, when she heard the cries of a man being…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
World War II History: The Glass House Operation
New exhibit memorializes the Glass House operation, which saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews NIR GALIM, Israel (JTA) – On a recent afternoon in a museum in this moshav community near the port city of Ashdod, Hodaya Gadba held up a black-and-white photograph of a three-story building and pronounced, “This was the site of…
Military Defense News: South Korea’s Liquid Body Armor Scandal
Had the military not stopped this shady deal, 300,000 troops would have received faulty vests In 2007, the South Korean military became seduced by liquid armor, a new technology which promised to save soldiers from North Korean bullets. In theory, the experimental armor could even block armor-penetrating rounds from the AK-47. But in 2011, South…
The Warrior Poet: Snap, Snap! (and You’re Thankful)
By Rob Sanders When you’re cold and alone On the dark side of night, Your lying on rocks Shivering – cold or fright? The mortars are booming across the valley below, And you’re thankful. Snap Snap as rounds whizz past. Snap snap as rounds pass close. Crack crack the rounds start on rock. You…
Crusader Corner: 53 Christians Murdered at Easter Celebration in Pakistan
The War Rages…What are you doing to prepare? -SF Pakistan: Muslim murders 53 at park as Christians were celebrating Easter “He says the area was crowded because Christians are celebrating the Easter holiday and many families were leaving the park when the blast occurred.” “Tragedy strikes Lahore: Blast at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park kills 53, injures 30…
Cold War Files: How the CIA Covertly Used Modern Art as A Weapon
For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art – including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko – as a weapon in the Cold War….
Cartel Corner #69: Mini-Sub Caught Carrying 5.5 Tons of Cocaine
A mini-submarine carrying $200 million worth of cocaine was intercepted by authorities in the ‘Eastern Pacific Ocean’. Officials said they intercepted the semi-submersible vessel attempting to bring 12,800 pounds or 5.5 tons of cocaine into the US. The cocaine was on a mini-sub called a narco-submarine, vessels made of fiberglass that are extremely hard to detect using…
Dose of Truth: When Christians are Slaughtered, Look the Other Way
This Easter, Remember in fervent prayer the Christians ALL OVER THE WORLD who are persecuted and murdered for their Faith in Jesus Christ by muslim barbarians. -SF Muslims Slaughter Over 10,000 Christians and Destroy 13,000 Churches in Nigeria Over 500 Christian villagers were slain in one night.” — Emmanuel Ogebe, Nigerian human rights lawyer,…
Happy Easter!
From my Family to Yours, I hope all My readers and subscribers Have a Happy Easter! And Remember: The World May Look Dark and Hopeless now, but despite all of that, Jesus, Our King, Has Risen, He Has Conquered Death, Hell and the Grave! and because of that fact alone, All Believers Can Have Hope!!…
World War II History: Remembering Babi Yar
Since 2001, Jewish groups have tried but failed to win support to upgrade memorial site at Babi Yar, where Nazis and collaborators murdered 50,000 Jews KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) –- On a muddy path in Babi Yar Park, Vladimir Proch negotiates deep puddles as he shadows two rabbis and a group of Ukrainian officials. An 87-year-old…