Archive for August, 2021
John McCain warned that Blinken would be dangerous to America
In 2014, John McCain opposed Blinken’s nomination. He described it as one of the worst nominations that Obama could make. During the speech, he detailed how Blinken advocated a time table for withdrawal and that we had to keep to it. McCain criticized that plan as it risked a repeat of what happened in Iraq. […]
Valor Friday
Today’s subject is once again brought to us by a sort of request from KoB. He forwarded to us the bad, unfortunate news that journalist Joe Galloway died Wednesday morning after having been in hospital near his home in Concord, North Carolina. Joe Galloway is a name many of you will remember. If not for […]
Friday FGS
CAA Micro Conversion Kit Firearms: 12 Defensive Gun Uses Underscore Fallacy of Mexico’s Lawsuit Heritage.org Taliban Disarming Civilians; Should Be Lesson on 2nd Amendment U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Alarming reports are emerging from Afghanistan that Taliban insurgents now controlling the capital city of Kabul are “collecting weapons from civilians” should underscore why so many Americans fight to […]
The Austin/Milley Dog and Pony Show
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs U.S. Army General Mark Milley Yesterday’s presser with the SECDEF and Chairman JCS could have gone worse. I’m just not sure how. For such a large man Austin proved himself to be a capable tap dancer, and Milley flat admitted his incompetence. Q: […]
Nos Morituri….
How many US troops are there in Afghanistan now? And how many will be brought home in body bags, if at all? Depends on who you talk to. Per this article from NPR, 3,000 were sent in ahead to assist our people there to evacuate, and apparently another 3,000 may be sent there as well. […]
Taliban are believed to control more than 2,000 armored vehicles and up to 40 aircraft potentially including UH-60 Black Hawks
Reuters is reporting on the true scale of what it is the Taliban has seized from the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and our forces in Afghanistan. From Reuters; About a month ago, Afghanistan’s ministry of defense posted on social media photographs of seven brand new helicopters arriving in Kabul delivered by the United […]
Thursdays Are For Cooking
I must be getting far too nostalgic for the Good Ol’ Days, when things were not quite so peculiar and people still addressed each other with a degree of courtesy. So I’m dropping this one in, because it’s a reminder of when things were somewhat more civilized and Mao Tse-Tung was blowing off the news […]
Bomb threat spotted near the Library of Congress
Washington DC officials have ordered an evacuation from the vicinity of the Library of Congress. Officials have identified a suspicious vehicle and suspect. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are on the scene along with local law enforcement. From the Washington Examiner: Capitol Police have shut down roads […]
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