Saturday, January 31, 2015

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day #44

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From the postscript to Revolt in 2100 : The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repress...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Friday Fun Film: "Modern Peiping" (1930ish)

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Things change.

On Midrats 1 Feb 2015 - Episode 265: Bryan McGrath on carriers, distributed lethality, and 2015 overview

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Please join us on 1 Feb 15 at 5pm EST for Episode 265: Bryan McGrath on carriers, distributed lethality, and 2015 overview : For those who...

South China Sea Pirates: Off Malaysia Tanker Hijacked, Recaptured, Pirates Arrested

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ReCAAP ISC Image Reported at SeaShip News here The Sun Birdie ... went missing on Wednesday. The owner lost communication with the v...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Sen McCain Speaks Truth to Code Pink Morons

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Gee, he tempered his language. Self-righteous prats.

Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Product Tanker Hijacked and Cargo Stolen, but Ghana Arrests 8 Pirates

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Report from Live Piracy and Armed Robbery Report 2015 Location detail: Around 63nm SW off Bayelsa, Nigeria Type of Attack: Hijacked ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Weather Forecasting is an Art Mixed with Science

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Been fun to see the usual griping about "how the weather forecasters blew it" in their predictions of the putative "great b...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day (even on a Sunday) #43

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From The Past Through Tomorrow I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly ...
Friday, January 23, 2015

On Midrats 25 January 15 - Episode 264: "The American Military in WWI"

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World War I - "the war to end all wars" - was roaring along 100 years ago. As part of noting that, please join us on 25 January ...

Friday Fun Film: Naval History of "The Civil War" (1958)

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Kicking off the 150th anniversary year of the end of the Civil War:
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Things to Ponder: "What do jihadists want?"

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Interesting paragraph from Dr. Walid Phares in his book The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy; Salafists, Wahabis, Takfiris, Tbli...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Yemen: Iran v. Saudi Arabia? Shia v. Sunni? Oh, By the way, It's a mess . . .

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Nice article on The Economist website that you should read in its entirety (may require free registration), Instability in Yemen: The Hout...

One more thing on poverty in America

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If The US Spends $550 Billion On Poverty How Can There Still Be Poverty In The US? by Tim Worstall from a couple of years back. Mr. Worstal...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Lying with Statistics: Education Division

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When journalists grab information from biased parties, we get bad reporting. Case in point, a Washington Post article, "Majority of U.S...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Monday Reading

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It's one thing to ask men and women who serve our country to place themselves in harm's way because of a threat to the people of t...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day #42

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From Time Enough for Love on learning to be forehanded: Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke. - Rober...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

Friday Fun Film: "The Submariners (1967)"

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Hahahahaha - "LCS" is "transformationaled" into a Frigate!

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LCS Frigates! It's just like magic! Our soon to be frigate-less Navy now has frigates and all it took was a stroke of the pen: ...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Ice Hazard on the Roads and Walkways

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As we get into the winter season, nothing seems to draw local weather reporters concern like the potential for ice on the highways and by-...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

"Soft Power" in Action: Saving generations in the fight against malaria

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If there were a disease that affected over 200 million people annually and its most vulnerable populations were pregnant women and children ...