I normally don’t give the “Brainless Katie Couric Anti-Gun Crowd” the time of day, but seeing Campus Carry is an issue near and dear to my heart, here are some of their retarded arguments against Campus Carry and the appropriate logical rebuttals.-SF The concept of allowing those with a concealed carry permit to…
Two World War Two Movies Worth A Damn
Fortress of War (2010) A 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film that recounts the events surrounding the June 1941 Defense of Brest Fortress. My Way (2011) My Way is a 2011 South Korean war film inspired by the true story of a Korean named Yang Kyoungjong who during World War II was conscripted into the Japanese, Soviet and the German…
ISIS Corner: ISIS in North Texas, But Not Via The Rio Grande
Wahib Sadek Hamed claimed to be a terrorist. Shirtless, with tan pants, long beads and shaggy dark hair, the 22-year-old Hamed parked his car in the middle of a roadway in Arlington on May 26, then jumped out of his car and lunged at people who passed in their cars. He then threatened a woman…
Brush-Up On Your History: The Little Known Story of Operation Tonga
As part of Operation Tonga, the British airborne component of Operation Neptune (the official name of the D-Day), the 9th Parachute Battalion was tasked with capturing the Merville Gun Battery, whose guns were trained on Sword Beach and the British troops who would be assaulting it on the morning of the invasion. The gun battery’s defenses…
Surveillance State: Hackers Have Found a Pulsating New Way to Spy on You on Your Phone and FitBit
Hackers may be pickin’ up good vibrations from your phone. All the better to surveil you with, my dear. Researchers at the Electrical and Computer Engineering school of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign discovered that the vibration motor in your devices can operate like a microphone, according to the researchers’ paper. That means, if…
World War II History: The US Army Rangers and Point Du Hoc
One of the highlights of my last trip to France was the three days I spent in Normandy, site of the D-Day invasion. As a professional military guy, this is one of the coolest possible trips because the Normandy campaign had it all – amphibious assaults, airborne drops, tank battles, joint firepower, fighters and bombers,…
Military Weapons From The Past: The Soviet 6P9 (PB) Pistol
Developed for Spetsnaz and the KGB Wet Teams, the PB was a Suppressed Pistol with some Serious Design Compromises Developed for Spetsnaz units and the KGB in the mid-1960s, the Soviet PB — also known as the 6P9 — took the proven Makarov PM design and incorporated a two-stage, integral suppressor. During World War II, the Soviet NKVD had…
Surveillance State: DIVA Software Designed to Spot Suspicous Behavior BEFORE it Happens
The program is called Deep Intermodal Video Analytics—or DIVA—and it seeks to locate shooters and terrorists before they strike. The intelligence community is working on amping up people-recognition power to spot, in live videos, shooters and potential terrorists before they have a chance to attack. Part of the problem with current video surveillance techniques is the difficulty…
World War Two History: The First German-Soviet Military Pact And The Origins of World War II
Before dawn on June 22, 1941, German bombers began to rain destruction down on a swath of Soviet cities from Leningrad to Sevastopol. It was the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the largest military operation in the history of the world. By the end of the day, three million German soldiers and their allies crossed the…
Crusader Corner: BBC Warns Soccer Fans Not To Dress As “Crusaders” To Avoid Offending Muslims
So Why is it that muslms are the only ones with rights anymore? To This PC, “Fear of Offending muslims” BULLSHIT I say Phooey! One of the Reasons I named this Category “Crusader Corner” is to REMIND people everywhere that at one time in history Christians had to take up their sword against this islamic…