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Following the Science – or Not
Two parter today. Part one is all about an old human-ancestor skull. Old, as in REAL old – recent analysis suggests it is not only the oldest skull known, but that the human race is twice as old as previously thought, 1,300,000 years old. Gee, you’d think we’d have learned something useful by now. The […]
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KelTec SUB2000 Gen3 District attorney rules fatal shooting at Walmart was self-defense by Jaime Adame The man who shot and killed a 21-year-old Springfield man in the parking lot of a Walmart in Eugene did so in self-defense, Lane County District Attorney Christopher Parosa said in a statement Thursday, Nov. 20. Jaime Javier Lagarda-Govea died […]
Weekend Open Thread
This 2025 YouGov Poll result graph shows that a majority of those 18-29 have a favorable view of socialism. This is the same demographic that tends to swing left during elections. Many in this age group get their news from places like TikTok, X, and Reddit. Politicians who hope to win their elections should not […]
Federal judge orders the end of National Guard deployment to Washington DC
Jia Cobb, a federal district judge, argued that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington D.C. intruded on local law enforcement’s duties of addressing law enforcement issues for the city. Cobb argued that this “takeover” was illegal. The judge put this order on hold for 21 days pending an appeal from the […]
Valor Friday
In my studies on the topic of military valor, I’ve become acquainted with the various awards issued by our allies, or at least their top-level decorations. I’ve become quite familiar with the British (and by extension Commonwealth) awards and decorations. The British system is complex, with both civil and military medals as well as other […]
Francis Scott Key Bridge update
You should recall this case – in March 2024 a cargo ship lost power, drifted into the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore, totalling the bridge and killing six workers on the bridge. We’ve had bad luck with mid-Atlantic coast bridges – this May the tall ship Cuauhtémoc drifted into the Brooklyn Bridge, fortunately […]
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Marlin Model 70PSS The Nationwide Movement Turning Guns into Garden Tools A process that heals trauma while taking guns out of circulation is producing beautiful tools that cultivate life rather than destroy it. By: Michaela Haas The first time Mike Martin held an AK-47 was after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, […]
Can Brits Meet NATO Obligations?
British ‘Home Defence’ Seriously Lacking, Undermining NATO Contribution Credibility Finds Report Oliver JJ Lane “Doubts exist” over whether the UK is prepared to defend its homeland and overseas territories from acts of war and “grey zone” hybrid attacks, while work to rectify the situation is “glacial” and cloaked in counter-productive secrecy, a critical report by […]
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