Saturday, April 11, 2015

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day #51

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From The Number of the Beast I’m not sure what purpose Russian fiction has, but it can’t be entertainment. By the way, this particular He...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Friday Fun Film: The Navy Nurse (1952)

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A look back at the Navy Nurse Corps from 63 years ago: From the current Navy Nurse recruiting pages : Navy Nurses may serve at any o...
Thursday, April 09, 2015

Yemen: An Excellent Backgrounder from PBS Frontline

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Preview of some excellent reporting by Frontline reporter Safa Al Ahmad Complete video The Fight for Yemen . Also this (blurb from Fron...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Disaster Prep Big Time

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Most of the time this disaster prep series has been devoted to individual family preparations and those really are key to surviving a disa...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Fiction, Science Fiction and Military Strategy and Thinking

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On very rare occasions I am asked to suggest some sort of reading list for prospective Naval officers. Or even for prospective Marines. It...
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Monday, April 06, 2015

Holy War: Killing Unbelievers, Apostates and Destroying Relics

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We go from one act of horror to another. Shabaab massacres dozens in attack on Kenyan university : Shabaab terrorists attacked the Gariss...
Sunday, April 05, 2015

Easter

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UPDATE: So, I asked my wife, "Do you think 'Amazing Grace' works as an Easter Song?" "Well," she replied, ...
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Saturday, April 04, 2015

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day #50

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From The Notebooks of Lazarus Long You live and learn. Or you don't live long. Which reminds me of Piet Hein's "Grook,...
Friday, April 03, 2015

Friday Fun Film: Capturing a German Submarine "Now It Can Be Told (1945)"

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Capturing the U-505, which now sits in a special exhibit in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry: Bravery.
Thursday, April 02, 2015

Fun with Iran: Not a deal but maybe "parameters" of a deal?

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WAPO reports, "Iran and world powers agree on parameters of Iranian nuclear deal" He said Iran has agreed to “the most robust...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Disaster Prep Wednesday: "Shock Troops of Disaster" (1939)

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In September 1938 a major hurricane hit New England: More : The New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane, Yankee C...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Applying Lessons Learned in the Middle East: Letting the Local Powers Fight It Out

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Interesting piece from George Friedman at Stratfor, "The Middle Eastern Balance of Power Matures:" Last week, a coalition of ...
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