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18 June 25 Life during “The Blitz” Update from friends in Israel: “Five nights without rest! We intermittently ‘sleep’ in chairs in front of our TV, which is never turned-off. We are all suffering from sleep-deprivation. Everyone is irritable, fatigued. I sit by our door.  I open it for residents, but I’m on-guard for ‘intruders.’ […]

16 June 25 Remembrance of “The London Blitz,” 1940-1941 This just in from friends in Israel: “We have a revised warning system now that sends alerts via our Smart Phones. Our IDF can ‘see’ incoming missiles even as they’re being launched, and they know exactly how long it takes for them to arrive here! The […]

12 June 25 Disturbing signals! Friends in Israel have just informed me that Israeli social media is abuzz today with rumors about an imminent “big move” on Israel’s part against Iran’s nuclear program. No specifics, but I notice that our Secretary of Defense has today ordered all American military dependents back home to CONUS! My […]

11 June 25 “Stupidity is the same as evil, when you judge by results.” Margaret Atwood Violence is spreading! The current spate of violent “pro-illegal-immigrant/criminal riots,” organized and financed by wealthy Democrat donors, have spread from Los Angeles to a dozen other metro areas. These riots (like all leftist activity) involve widespread looting, arson, mayhem, […]

4 June 25 This from friends in Israel: “We all know about the armed invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza on 7 Oct 23 and mass murders, rapes, destruction, and hostage-taking that ensued. It has now been revealed that female housekeepers, who lived in Gaza and commuted back and forth for work, in […]

2 June 25 “It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.” John Christopher On Sunday afternoon, a single VCA (an illegal alien), safely dwelling within the self-declared “sanctuary city” of Boulder, CO, sought-out and precipitously attacked a group of elderly Jewish “demonstrators” (who were there every Sunday in […]

31 May 25 “There is freedom waiting for you,On the breezes of the sky,And you ask, ‘What if I fall?’But, oh my darling,What if you fly?” Erin Hanson “The Sovereign Citizen,” a (perishable) legacy of Western Civilization. Property (real estate) ownership is key to all our freedoms! Who owns land outright can expel anyone from […]

27 May 25  ”In the ways of vice, men urge each other onward.  How shall anyone be restored to thepath of safety when impelled forwards by the multitude, without any counteracting influence?” Seneca, 60AD During the French and Indian Wars (1754-1763), the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), and the War of 1812 (1812-1815, actually just a […]

25 May 25 Update from Jerusalem, from friends living there: “A few hours ago, terrorists in Yemen fired their 44th (since the ‘Ceasefire’s’ implementation) ballistic missile at Israel. When this happens, Home Front Command sends a special ‘beep’ to our phones.  When there is no ‘stand-down notice’ within within 2-3 minutes, sirens will sound.  Then, […]

23 May 25 “We trust our eyes, but most of us see only what we wish to see, or what we sincerely believe we should be seeing, not what is actually there, right in front of us!” Marriott Yesterday’s precipitous, depraved double-homicide just outside the Jewish Museum in Washington DC illustrates, once again, the way […]

17 May 25 “One day everything will be well. That is our hope. Everything’s fine today.  That is our illusion” Voltaire “Security Cameras,” the highly-visible feature of ever-delusional “Security Theater” Early Friday morning, at least seven dangerous, violent felons escaped from the New Orleans Parish Jail.   They broke through a wall and escaped through […]

13 May 25 “Cynics are right, nine times out of ten.” Mencken The last 150 years of military rifle development. How we got here! Progressive-burning, high-energy smokeless propellant was invented by a French chemist, Paul Eugene Vieille, in 1884.  Vieille’s invention instantly rendered all black-powder firearms obsolete, although it would take at least the next […]

9 May 25 “‘This is very unusual” will continue to be a sorry epitaph etched on gravestones of the self-deceptive and blithely unprepared! Training axiom Yet another fatal bear attack, this one in FL on Monday evening. The offending black bear appears to have violently entered the victim’s (age 89 w/mobility limitations) home. Victim was […]

5 May 25 “EDP,” (for “Emotionally Disturbed Person”) A week ago in Tucson, AZ, an innocent thirteen-year-old girl, who had just departed her middle-school in order to board a city bus, was approached by an “EDP.” He was mumbling incoherently. This EDP then precipitously attacked the girl, grabbing her and striking her several times.  She was […]

30 Apr 25 “Don’t be buffaloed by ‘experts’ and ‘elites.’ ‘Experts’ possess more data than judgment. ‘Elites’ become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death the moment they are nicked in the real world.” Colin Powell The Myth of the “Miss!” Any time we launch a bullet, under any circumstance, the launch […]

28 Apr 25 “Summer of Violence?” Another deliberate high-speed vehicle-ramming of innocent pedestrians happened early last Saturday evening, this time in Vancouver, Canada. Eleven pedestrians DOA, or dead at the scene.  Three times that number injured, many critically.  Most casualties were members of the local Filipino Community, assembled for an ethnic “street celebration.” Perpetrator, an […]

26 Apr 25 NRA Show, Atlanta, GA, second day Service pistols I should have mentioned yesterday: Stoeger’s Glock-like STR9 is surely serviceable.  Mid-price range The CC9 is H&K’s competitor for the small/concealable SIG365 market. $700.00, and now made in America H&K’s VP9 is a wonderful service pistol, but pricey at $1k Canik’s METE MC9/LS, at […]

25 Apr 25 2025 NRA Show, Atlanta, GA I arrived here in Atlanta, GA yesterday in order to attend the 2025 NRA Show.  My first time in downtown Atlanta! I have to say that Atlanta is an extremely friendly town.  Staff, vendors, and attendees all go out of their way to be welcoming and helpful.  […]

23 Apr 25 “You do not enter a race to lose” Leigh Bardugo On 7 Oct 23, Israeli citizens (at least ones who are still alive and paying attention) learned an important lesson about defensive firearms- guns that are continuously in the hands of individual private citizens. We need to pay attention too, at least […]

19 Apr 25 “Less than five minutes…” At yesterday’s school-shooting in Tallahassee, FL, two innocent victims died, and at least six more were injured. To their credit, local police were on the scene immediately.  They aggressively moved-in, locating, confronting, and shooting (non-fatally) the single perpetrator, effectively ending the danger and the event.  In fact, this […]