The Kremlin says the head of Russia’s military intelligence agency, which is known as the GRU, has died unexpectedly. A statement posted on the Kremlin website on January 4 said that General Igor Sergun, 58, had suffered a “sudden death,” but gave no details as to the cause, timing, or circumstances. The state-run news agency…
H-E-B Grocery Stores: The Ugly Truth
For all of your fellow Texans out there who shop at H-E-B, this story may discourage you from patronizing them any longer. -SF Charles Butt, the Texas billionaire magnate behind the H-E-B supermarket chain which forbid the open carry of firearms law that went into effect January 1, 2016, opposes school choice, funds anti-school choice lobbyists, and is even…
Cold War Files: A ‘Texas Tower’ Veteran Reflects on Cold War History
KINGSLEY, Mich. — Each time Victor Rioux sits in a church pew he takes a minute to say a special prayer. He honors the 28 men who died during the Cold War when Texas Tower No. 4 collapsed amid a fierce winter storm. “I never forget those guys,” Rioux said from his Kingsley farm house….
Cartel Corner #43: Houston Cop Faces 10 Years for Helping Los Zetas Cartel
A former Houston police officer is facing up to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges related to alleged ties to a Mexican cartel. The officer is now feeling pressure due to information being provided by convicted cocaine traffickers. Officer Noe Juarez’s alleged involvement with the notorious Los Zetas cartel goes back to 2006, according to…
TX Governor to Obama on “Executive Gun Control”: COME AND TAKE IT
Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s response on Twitter to Obama saying he will be imposing more gun control – “COME AND TAKE IT.” The Texas Governor who himself graced the front of a Texas Monthly magazine cover armed with a shotgun, tweeted, “Obama wants to impose more gun control. My response.#? COME AND TAKE IT @NRA #tcot…
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016
Pulling together a list of the wars most in need of international attention and support in 2016 is challenging for all the wrong reasons. For 20 years after the end of the Cold War, deadly conflict was in decline. Fewer wars were killing fewer people the world over. Five years ago, however, that positive…
Cyber-Espionage: The Biggest Dangers are the Ones You Will Never Know About
For years, I slept fitfully after a “friend” told me that it wasn’t the noisy mosquitos buzzing in my ears at night that were a problem. Instead, it was the female mosquitos that made no noise at all but laid eggs in your ears at night. That image wrecked my sleep until the Internet helped…
Movie Suggestion: Pawn Sacrifice
This movie is a semi-biopic of the life of chess great Bobby Fischer. The film goes a long way in showing the old adage that Genius (almost always to a man) courts madness to some degree. Fischer is a great example of a man (like Isaac Newton) who was extremely creative and intelligent in one…
The Oregon Militia Standoff Explained
Since my initial post on Patriot Convoy 2016, It appears things in Oregon are heating up..here is a recap from Vox.-SF A militia protesting the “tyranny” of the federal government seized the headquarters of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon on Saturday and, in a video posted to Facebook, called on “patriots” from all…
Bad-Ass of the Week: He Escaped an ISIS Prison and Has a Message for BHO
With all the publicity ISIS gets, there aren’t many first-hand accounts from people they’ve taken prisoner escaping and living to tell the tale. Through Hamody Jasim, a former Sergeant Major in the Iraqi military, Independent Journal was given a rare opportunity. Jasim, the author of the Terrorist Whisperer, connected us with Master Sergeant Karam Saad, whom he served with during the…