I'm guessing our Marines are in area to protect/evacuate US Embassies in area.
Turkey is conducting major naval exercises in eastern Mediterranean.
China is sending 6 warships to the area
Pakistan has told Turkey they will have access to Pakistani nuclear weapons if Israel uses nuclear...
I think this is all part of the plan to put wear and tear on our military machines, disrupt and stress our familial life, drive down our war stocks, foment anger, distrust and religious/ethnic hatred, and stress our businesses/ economy even further. It's just going to be one thing after the...
A few years ago daily direct non-stop airline service between Caracas Venezuela and Teheran was established. One flight each way.
This occurred around the time it was believed Venezuela was looking to establish an atomic weapons program.
In the past year it has been reported we have had a...
In my old National Guard outfit the Battalion Commander’s policy was that E-7 and above would always have a 20 round magazine of 5.56 on them whenever we drilled. He was an NYPD Captain in civilian life. So many guys carried handguns on drills the Sargent Major would set up a table to collect...
I had a 444. It is a small 5 shot .44 magnum, ported 4 inch barrel. t was heavy and had enormous grips, kind of a baffled rubber. The trigger pull was very difficult until it wasn't, suddenly. I could never get the hang of it. It was tough to shoot accurately. At the end of the trigger pull the...
My Glock 29 is my oldest 10mm. I sent it to Glock 3 years ago to install Glock night sights and they replaced all the interior springs and parts with new ones for free. Basically a new gun.
My Glock 20, which was my almost daily companion during my woods...
It might be more relevant if the number of people employed by the cartels in Mexico was compared to the number employed by various entities in the US.
How many people do the Mexican cartels employ in the USA?
Multinational?
I think the more remote you live
If you have a sense of being responsible for your own safety and security.
Have a family or mutually supporting friends
Own and know how to use and care for firearms. (Old timer told me years ago a .22 will feed you more often than a 30-30)
Have year round access...
I did a winter survival course near Mt. Marcy when I was a teenager, 1974? .
I was partnered up with a guy from Long Island. It got to be 15 below with 2 feet of fresh snow. We got through 2 nights by doing something like the video. I think we would have done better with some changes in...
In NY, I'm pretty sure that in order to change your party affiliation, you must submit the paperwork to change, but it doesn't go into effect until the next election cycle has passed, (2 years).
At least that's how I remember it when I changed my party affiliation many moon ago.
No
Use a pocket holster
or
Get an S&W model 40 or 42 (.38 sp J frame) that have a grip safety like the old Lemon Squeezer. (Not easy to find, 42 is the Lt wt version.)
A very well respected fire service/fire engineering/firefighting professional was quoted;
"Panic can save your life; provided you are the first to panic, and head in the right direction."
Two of my neighbors have ranges set up on their property.
I hear people practicing around here every day.
One of the new people around here brought it up in the neighborhood chat room. "Why is everybody shooting around here?"
From Sec of War Henry L. Stimson's diary entry of meeting Nov. 25, 1941 at WH (present FDR, Stimson, Cordell Hull, Frank Knox, Chief of Staff Gen.George Marshall, CNO Adm. Harold Stark)
Henry Stimson quoting himself knowing USA would likely be attacked by the next Monday in a surprise attack...
NYC code high rise building has water tank on top of building. Refilled as used for domestic purposes by small pump. After tank drained for domestic purposes about 20% remains for firefighting through standpipe and sprinkler.
When my children would come home from college for Thanksgiving I changed their AWD SUV's to the winter configuration, snow tires, shovel, water, medical piss container,(funnels for the girls) diaper wipes, food, flashlights batteries, candles, matches, tarps, ....etc.
The sleeping bags I put...
My father was an old time fire chief in NYC. He told me "At a fire you can have 101 things going wrong all at the same time. Put the fire out and 99 of them go away."
Local people, mostly the ones new to the area got angry that land that was leased to a hunting club was bought by a different hunting club. They started going to town council meetings to get the land rezoned. The land has been a licensed shooting preserve for years. Hunting club went to town and...
French Caliphate as member of NATO with submarines, fighter planes and nuclear weapons. OH MY!
What's that Chinese saying about living in 'interesting times"?
I took a year of college French 10 years ago. I had taken it in high school, but my daughter was going to McGill in Montreal, so I wanted to brush up.
The professor, a young guy, recommended we (the class) do not visit France. he said it had become too dangerous but refused to elaborate publicly...
Oh I understand about the chips.
I was expressing what I think China's terms will be to USA to remove base in Cuba.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis Nikita Krushchev agreed to remove missiles from Cuba, but US had to remove Jupiter missiles from Turkey
I think all the actors/players/ of this Ukraine/Russia/etc...story are all just divying up the billions of US Tax dollars getting dumped into the area.
Why would any of them want it to stop?
Yes, that’s pretty much the way it goes.
Nixon didn’t cover up the break in to Democratic HQ under his scope of authority as CinC. Maybe he could have now that we know how actually traitorous the Democrats were, and are, now.
The prosecutor of this case , Jack Smith, is one of two Federal Prosecutors that I know of who have had convictions overturned unanimously by the US Supreme Court for charging people with actions that were not crimes. Also you cannot obstruct criminal investigations into actions that are not...
Any body else see the news that China is selling 4x4 light armored vehicles to Russia? (70 something of them?)
Supposed to have a heavy machine gun mounted and carry 9 troops.
The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights.
These are rights we acquire the moment we are born. They exist whether the Constitution exists or not. They exist whether the USA exists or not. They exist whether they are recognised by the governing forces where you live or not. The people of...