When I read about this, I remember that scene from Goodfellas, where Henry Hill is talking about how when the mob wants to whack you out (kill you) they will always send a friend of yours; somebody you trust and have known all your life. “See, your killers come with smiles…” Hill remarked. As you…
A Green Beret’s Introduction to Trauma Medicine
by Jeremiah Johnson Hello there, Ready Nutrition Readers, fasten your seat belts and prepare to vault into Trauma First-Aid Medicine, Warp Factor 1! In this introduction we are going to go over some medical basics: some courses you may wish to take and a brief introduction to a primary survey. In part 2…
US Military Transitions to HP Ammo for Sidearms
Original Article on Bearing Arms U.S. Military Makes Monumental Shift To Hollowpoint Pistol Ammunition Posted by Bob Owens In a significant doctrinal shift, the U.S. military is relegating full metal jacketed (FMJ) pistol bullets to a training role, and will be adopting modern hollowpoint designs similar to those used by most domestic law…
Amazon Spying on Reviewers? No!!
Amazon Is Analyzing the Personal Relationships of Its Reviewers This is an interesting story of a reviewer who had her reviewer deleted because Amazon believed she knew the author personally. Leaving completely aside the ethics of friends reviewing friends’ books, what is Amazon doing conducting this kind of investigative surveillance? Do reviewers know that Amazon…
Being a “Criminal” in a Mass Surveillance World
I want to warn you ahead of time, this article is extremely long and sometimes, dense. But Please, don’t give up on it! Read it all the way through, and then re-read it. After that, you will never look at cyber-security and cyber-surveillance “aka Big Brother” the same way again, I ASSURE YOU! Pay Close…
Email Security 101
Taken from the article: How to prevent the NSA from reading your Email by Raj Sabhlok It always seems to take some sort of major meltdown for people to bother to think seriously about security and privacy. Whether you’re afraid of being erroneously targeted for typing the word “bomb” one too many times or you just don’t want…
RIP Jim Frederick
Jim Frederick, the author of one of the best books on Military leadership in Small Wars and the Iraq War as a whole, Black Hearts, died an early death at 42. Rest in peace Sir. If you have not read this book, read it ASAP. Stay Dangerous.
Putting things in Perspective with ISIS
FBI has arrested 30 Muslims on U.S. soil this year for Islamic State plots JULY 2, 2015 2:50 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER The Islamic State threat metastasizes and yet not one U.S. leader has asked American Muslim groups why they have no programs to teach against its view of Islam and prevent “radicalization.” “EXCLUSIVE: The…
Netflix Pix: The Honourable Woman
Started watching this 8 part mini-series the other day not really expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. For those of you that can tolerate British dramas, this is a keeper…it is a nice hybrid of the modern spy story with some nice twist and turns. Plus, with the Israeli/Palestine conflict as it’s main impetus and…
Intel-Overwatch News Synopsis: 6-30-15
We will either find a way, or make one– Hannibal http://sputniknews.com/photo/20150630/1024026540.html yes the US is over invested in short range munitions, why I have been saying we cannot fight a multi front war and Russia, China, Iran know this http://time.com/3934583/world-war-3/ viewpoint is still a few years off – hopefully so U.S. and Chinese warships…