Via: DTI “When people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news-sources accordingly” –Thomas Sowell What the media doesn’t tell you: Last week, an Islamic domestic terrorist forcibly…
Tag: John Farnam
Crime Awareness: There is No Safety in Staying Stationary!
Via: DTI “Safe” Inside a Stationary Vehicle? Two weeks ago, on I90 near Cleveland, OH, the entire freeway was blocked, taken-over, and completely shut down for more than a hour by a mob of street thugs who then accosted stalled motorists. No escape was allowed! Frantic 911 calls from stranded motorists were answered…
Time to Activate Your Gray Man
Beware! Crescendo! As JRB’s embarrassing departure from the presidential race seems increasingly imminent (despite his repeated insistence that he’ll continue his campaign, at least until yesterday) and the DNC Convention in Chicago (scheduled for next month) promising to be war-ridden, both inside and out, and with each passing day, getting a Democrat’s name on…
Adulthood
Via: DTI “The American Revolution was conceived in churches and taverns. I think I’ll spend more time in both!” -Anon Just happened yesterday in TX Two men were unloading firewood from a truck in front of a Fort Worth, TX home. One was the homeowner, and the other was the delivery…
FYI: You are a “First Responder!”
Via: Defense Training International Multiple militants from Gaza have entered Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday, shortly after a barrage of rockets left one person dead and at least three injured. 7 Oct 23 “The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when…
Negotiating the Drive-Thru Lane
Follow-up I advise students to avoid sitting in a stationary vehicle for long. When in a vehicle, get the vehicle in motion as quickly as possible. So, using a fast-food drive-thru already violates that advice! But, like spending time in banks and jewelry stores (which I also advise against), we all find it necessary…
Felony Tourism
Via Defense Training International “Contrary to popular opinion or ‘escapist trends,’ false hope is in no way better than harsh truth. Harsh truth is painful, but there’s healing at the end. False hope on the other hand, is a dangerous thing that offers no reward, not immediately, nor with the passage of time….
Know Your Weapons: The SMLE
SMLE “Time obliterates naive fictions of opinion and confirms decisions of nature” -Cicero Ambrose Burnside, designer of the short-lived Burnside Carbine, and Civil War General (of dubious fame), went on the become Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Senator from the State of Rhode Island, famous advocate for veterans, and the first president of…
Training Should Always Reveal Flaws
More on Rifles When we train, regardless if it is with tools (firearms, knives, sticks) or not, our training should reveal our flaws; either in actual technique, our mentality or our gear. Revealing flaws in our gear and how we “load out” with our rigs to fight is something I can tell you from…
Never Have a Favorite Weapon!
From the Archives, 2016 This short story reinforces the USMC Training mantra: “One Mind, Any Weapon” Don’t get hung up on the Tool. Always Train to WIN THE FIGHT, REGARDLESS OF THE TOOL! “Favorite” Weapons! “Warriors should not have ‘favorite’ weapons.” Miyamoto Musashi, from his “Book of Five Rings,” written in 1645AD, near the end…