In Memoriam: Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson, U.S. Army Veteran, Rhodes Scholar, Highwayman, Legendary Country Singer-Songwriter and Actor Dies at 88 One of my favorite 70’s westerns was Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid starring Kristofferson as Billy. I always thought the chemistry between him and James Coburn was great in that movie. Another movie I always remember…
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Quote of the Week
H/T DTI “In order to be correctly called ‘sovereign,’ a nation has to be able to control its own borders.” -Tom Tancredo
F.B.I: (Joe’s Personal Stasi) Greatest Hits
Obscure WW2 Facts
Fanta Due to the English blockade of Germany from the onset of World War 2, Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) had great trouble sourcing Cola Coca-Cola syrup for making Coca-Cola. This even became entirely impossible after Germany attacked the Soviet Union and after the war was declared on the US following Pearl Harbor. To…
On This Day in History: 480 B.C. – The Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I For further reading on this amazing subject, I highly recommend: The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece — and Western Civilization.
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Hurricane Helene And The Value of Cash
Hurricane Helene And The Value of Cash The prepper conventional wisdom is that you should get out of cash and put your money in precious metals and crypto. Let’s talk about why that’s not the best strategy. We’re getting a lesson this weekend in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. One Twitter user summed up the…
PSA: Driving During a Flood is Dumb!
Fox Weatherman Saves Woman Stuck in Car from Floodwaters Typically I would say It never ceases to amaze me, but at my age now, the sheer stupidity of people I have taken as a GIVEN in Life. Every time it floods there are always at least half a dozen people that die because for…