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Weekend Open Thread

Weekend Open Thread

| May 8, 2026 | 10 Comments

If you want to find out who the Democrats really are, just listen to what they say about their opposition. Remember when the Democrats declared that nobody was above the law? The arrests and charges against Donald Trump were questionable, yet many Democrats insisted that Trump broke the law and should be held accountable for […]

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Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Virginia Democrat redistricting push

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Virginia Democrat redistricting push

| May 8, 2026 | 7 Comments

Virginia state lawmakers rammed through an effort that would allow them to redistrict the state. The state constitution currently requires a bipartisan commission to do this task. However, Democrat state lawmakers wanted to take control of this process in order to redistrict the state to have 10 Democrats and one Republican going to Congress. They […]

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White House Reveals Counterterrorism Strategy

White House Reveals Counterterrorism Strategy

| May 8, 2026 | 4 Comments

White House casts cartels, jihadists and left-wing extremists as ‘significant and pervasive’ threats to US By Tanya Noury The White House on Wednesday released a wide-ranging counterterrorism strategy targeting narcoterrorists, Islamist terrorists and violent left-wing extremists. The 16-page blueprint — the first issued since President Donald Trump’s return to office — describes the triad as […]

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Valor Friday

Valor Friday

| May 8, 2026 | 3 Comments

Longtime readers will know I have a penchant for those with interesting names (Galusha Pennypacker for example) and chaplains. Some of those chaplains I’ve highlighted are; Emil Kapaun, MoH John Whitehead, James Hill, and Milton Haney, Civil War Medals of Honor Francis Hall, Civil War MoH, and Joseph O’Callahan, WWII MoH George Rentz, WWII Navy […]

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2025 Close Call

2025 Close Call

| May 8, 2026 | 9 Comments

We all know what a tsunami is, right?  Big-a$$ wall of water like what hit several countries December 26, 2004 after an offshore earthquake – that one was 30 meters tall and killed 226,000 and change. Wiki – Tsunami  Heck of a Boxing Day present to the world. Now, tsunamis essentially come from a only […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| May 8, 2026 | 2 Comments

Ruger Mark IV Tactical Woman recalls using hatchet in self-defense during Union attack by: Taylor Farmer UNION COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Two people were arrested Monday after a woman used a hatchet to defend herself from an attack that occurred in a Union parking lot. The Union Public Safety Department said the assault happened outside […]

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Presidential Physical Fitness Test is Back

Presidential Physical Fitness Test is Back

| May 7, 2026 | 16 Comments

The Presidential Fitness Test is a youth physical fitness assessment tied to US national school fitness goals. Historically it tested students through events such as running, curl ups, pull ups and flexibility. The test was best known as a school PE benchmark and award system, not as a medical diagnosis or complete measure of health. […]

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Panama Alternative?

Panama Alternative?

| May 7, 2026 | 17 Comments

  It’s pretty much an article of faith that there are essentially two routes around South America – all the ‘way down south around the Cape, or via the Panama Canal. I suppose you could argue that around south of Africa is a third, but realistically there are two ways – and one of them […]

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