THE MYTH OF THE WOMAN WARRIOR “It’s apparent why the controllers are feminizing the traditional male martial vocations: soldiers, cops, MMA fighters, and heads of state. It weakens the social order in general, demoralizes men, and siphons women from motherhood and happiness. Like legalized pot, it makes a population docile and easily controlled when…
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Patriot’s Day
I’m a Day Late but it’s the Thought that Counts… H/T Commander Zero My favorite holiday. Dedicated to the notion that otherwise law-abiding citizens sometimes just need to shoot at The Man. I will argue that there is virtually no finer way to observe the holiday, short of leaving an upper decker…
Know Your History: Carolina Celts and the American Revolution
CAROLINA CELTS & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION In sum, it is hard to look at the South’s experience during the American Revolution as anything but extraordinary. This article provides a minor glimpse into the most exciting and often forgotten theater. Yankee mythology effectively frames the American Revolution in the following way: Tea Party, Minute Men…
Know Your WW2 History: Axis vs AA Guns
AXIS VS. AA GUNS: HISTORY OF AMERICAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS Even from the first moments of America’s sudden involvement in World War II, U.S. anti-aircraft (AA) gunners were in the thick of the fight. John W. Finn, US Navy Chief Aviation Ordnanceman, won the Medal of Honor during the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, December…
Know Your Weapons: Mannlicher M1895 Rifle
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY’S M-95 Rifle “The M95 proved itself one of the finest battle rifles of the First World War. It weighed around a pound less than its equally lengthy peers and was slim and almost delicate by comparison. The soldiers who carried it appreciated its light weight but the Allied soldiers facing the M95 in…
Rooted in the Soil
Rooted in the Soil “Which is why the royal personage who was entombed in Plas Gogerddan in Ceredigion in Wales is so important because just like the ship burial of his ‘significant other’ overlooking the River Deben near Woodbridge in Suffolk, he, like his ancestors, are rooted in the soil of these islands and are…
Know Your Weapons: The Complex History of the Browning Hi-Power
NAZIS, NOMS DE GEURRE AND THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE HI-POWER Very often the genius of John Moses Browning’s design of the 1911 overshadows the amazing accomplishment of the Hi-Power. The Wermacht and the SS knew a Good Firearm when they saw it and a very limited number were issued to front line units in…
Know Your History: Russian Invasion of Finland, The Winter War 1939-1940
H/T VikingLife Blog Never under estimate a people that want to defend their culture and homeland. Holding out for three months against the might of the Soviet War Machine is not bad. Of course you cannot discuss the Winter War without discussing The White Death, Simo Hayha. Simo Hayha is proof that cultivating…
Know Your Weapons: Russian BMP-Terminator Tank
BMP-Terminator: Designed after the lessons of the Chechen War This Tank or (Tank Support Combat Vehicle) design came in response to the DISASTER the Russian Army encountered in Grozny in 1994-95 when small elements of Guerilla Rifleman armed with RPG’s and Anti-Tank mines took out entire Russian Armored columns. Note the Grenade Launcher tubes…
Know Your History: Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus Although there a myriad of books on the Second Punic War, The Ghost of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic was an awesome read.