Experts describe the footage obtained by Sky News of a “jihadi technical college” as an intelligence gold mine. Terror group Islamic State is employing scientists and weapons experts to train jihadists to carry out sophisticated “spectacular” attacks in Europe, while also modifying weapons systems capable of targeting passenger jets and military aircraft. From a “jihadi…
Cartel Corner #44: Mexican Mayor Assassinated Hours After Taking Office, Dies Defending Her Family
The government of Morelos made the announcement that the 33-year-old mayor, Gisela Mota Ocampo, had been murdered inside her home in Temixco just hours after she had been sworn in as mayor of the city. Mota had won the election for mayor last June and was sworn in on New Year’s Day. On Saturday morning…
Historical Study: The Jolt of Electricity that Forever Altered Warfare
On Jan. 6, 1838, a current ran along two miles of wire, forever changing how we wage war. In the wake of the Civil War, there were many legacies left by Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, with the abolition of slavery and the foundation of a national American identity at the front of most people’s lists. But…
Government Seizes 90,000 Bottles of Kratom
You have to keep an eye on stuff like this…some of these so called ‘supplements’ have narcotic plants in them…people take too many of them and they turn into violent street monkeys or worse yet, impaired drivers.-SF On Wednesday, US Marshalls seized 90,000 bottles of a dietary supplement containing a legal drug called kratom, which…
Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia of Bombing it’s Embassy in Yemen
This could very well be the beginning of a World War folks…stay tuned.-SF This is a breaking story. Please check back for updates. Missiles fired by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition in Yemen have hit Iran’s embassy in the capital Sanaa, Iran claimed on Thursday. “Saudi Arabia is responsible for the damage to the embassy building and…
Profiles in Courage: Ssgt. Jared Monti, United States Army
Staff Sgt. Jared Monti died to save a teammate in the middle of a firefight. On June 18, 2006 Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti led 16 fellow soldiers on a mission up a mountainside into enemy territory near Gowardesh in northeastern Afghanistan. The soldiers, all forward observers, were on assignment as part of the…
Citizen Asks ATF: Do I Need a Federal Firearms License to Sell Thousands of Guns to Mexican Cartels?
A Really Good Question FROM A Concerned Citizen.
ISIS Corner: ISIS Executes Journalist and Then Hacks Her Facebook to find New Targets
Islamic State militants hacked the Facebook account of a female journalist they had executed, reportedly keeping her death a secret for months so they could pose as her to trap her friends and colleagues. ISIS killed 30-year-old Ruqia Hassan in September, accusing her of spying for the Free Syrian Army, a moderate rebel group. But…
In Memoriam: Dr. Robert Berger
A Holocaust survivor and former resistance fighter, his research established Nazis’ studies were falsified or otherwise unsound BOSTON — Dr. Robert Berger, an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon who discredited medical experiments conducted by the Nazis, has died. Berger, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary who risked his life fighting with the resistance, died Jan. 1 in Boston…
Cold War Files: Declassified: U.S. Military’s Secret Cold War Space Project Revealed
Newly released documents describe the U.S. Air Force’s secret cold war project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) A newly released treasure trove of historical data reveals intriguing details about a secret Cold War project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). The U.S. Air Force’s MOL program ran from December 1963 until its cancellation in…