Thursday, March 28, 2024

Paul Joseph Watson: The Truth About The Baltimore Bridge Collapse

In this video, Paul Joseph Watson points out why some of the conspiracy theories concerning the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore are certainly wrong. The probable explanation is much more mundane and pernicious: "wokeness" and DEI. The ship, according to the video, was crewed by Indians; the company that operated the ship has been pushing its DEI creds; and the Port Authority which provided the pilot is run by people of whom some appear "didn't earn it".

Paul Joseph Watson (9 min.)

Bombs & Bants - Episode 122

 More fun and frolics (and a side trip into Canadian serial killers). 

VIDEO: "Episode 122" (49 min.)

Mason Dixon: The Use Of Shotguns

Some of you might have seen this already, but if not Mason Dixon Survivalist Association published an article on "Shotguns, Their Uses, And Efficiently Carrying Your Ammo" where JCD shared tips and lessons picked up from his experience using shotguns in the military and since, accessories and sights, carrying ammo, positioning the ammo pouches, and why it is a good weapon on which to mount a bayonet. As he wraps up his article, he points out:

    The shotgun has a niche in the world of the Survivalist. It is one of the best long guns to have in a close quarters fight....

    The shotgun can be loaded up or down in power and projectile to be able to kill anything on the planet, and can even be loaded not to kill, if need be, with non lethal projectiles.... Pistols and rifles don’t even come close to giving you the versatility of a shotgun, and for this reason, the pump shotgun should be considered for your gun rack.

    Being able to comfortably, and efficiently carry your ammo for that shotgun is just about as important as the shotgun’s versatility, especially if it is being used in a defensive role. ...

Be sure to read the whole thing. 

Declining Support for Israel's Actions in Gaza

The New York Post reports: "Most Americans now disapprove of Israel’s military action in Gaza new poll reveals as tensions rise between allies." The article states that "[a] Gallup survey released Wednesday found that 55% of US adults disapprove of the Jewish state’s actions in Gaza while just 36% approve — a dramatic turnaround from November, when 50% approved of Israeli action in Gaza while 45% disapproved in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack." Some other points:

  • "Wednesday’s poll found that just 18% of self-identified Democrats approved of Israeli action in Gaza, down from 36% in November, while 75% disapproved."
  • "Pro-Israel feeling has also waned among self-identified Republicans, with 64% approving of the military response (down from 71% in November) and 30% disapproving."
  • "Fewer than three in 10 self-described independents approve of Israel’s actions, while 60% say they disapprove."
While support was higher among those people who claimed to be following the conflict closely (43% supporting Israel), it is still less than half. 

    The lack of support among Democrats is easy to explain as the result of decades of propaganda from liberals vilifying the West as racist and colonizers. It is very easy to take that narrative and replace Western settlement of North America and alleged maltreatment of American Indians with Jewish settlement of Palestine and maltreatment of the Palestinians; or Germany's quest for lebensraum in WWII with the present actions of Israel to conquer and settle more and more Palestinian lands. 

    The falling support among conservatives is a little harder to explain and may be for several reasons including, but not limited to, a growing dislike of foreign entanglements and providing financial support to other countries (something we see going on in relation to funding for Ukraine) and a growing indifference about the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts (i.e., "not our problem")--in other words, a resurgence of isolationism. Plus decades of Jewish disdain for Evangelical Christians (Israel's strongest supporters) might finally be taking its toll. 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

A Few Videos On Defending Against A Hair Grab

Some different perspectives on this issue. The first video appears to be directed toward a male audience, while the other two are obviously directed toward a female audience.   

Budo Brothers (7 min.)

Nick Drossos Defensive Tactics (7 min.)

CodeRedDefense.com (7 min.)

The Real "Lord of the Flies"

I'll admit up front that when I was forced to read William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies in high school I intensely disliked the book. Consequently, when I was required to write a book report on it, I mocked it by presenting my arguments why the character "Piggy" was a cannibal. At this distance in time it is difficult to remember exactly why I disliked the book other than the idea that a group of English school boys would so quickly descend into savagery repelled me. 

    So when I came across this article at The Guardian entitled "The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months," I was pleasantly surprised to find that the results were exactly the opposite of Golding's predictions. In June 1965, six boys--all pupils at a strict Catholic boarding school in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga, and between 13 and 16 in age--decided they had enough with school and hatched a plan to sail to Fiji, some 500 miles away. Unfortunately, their voyage turned out much like the journey of fictional Minnow in the show Gilligan's Island. Their sails were ripped apart in a storm and they had brought neither a map nor compass. 

    After 8 days at sea, they spotted an island--‘Ata. "Not a tropical paradise with waving palm trees and sandy beaches," the article relates, "but a hulking mass of rock, jutting up more than a thousand feet out of the ocean." The island was deserted, but had at one time been home to a small population--something that would be significant to the boys.

    By the time the boys were rescued, "the boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination." They kept a fire going continuously.

    The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty. Sometimes they quarrelled, but whenever that happened they solved it by imposing a time-out. Their days began and ended with song and prayer. Kolo fashioned a makeshift guitar from a piece of driftwood, half a coconut shell and six steel wires salvaged from their wrecked boat – an instrument Peter has kept all these years – and played it to help lift their spirits. And their spirits needed lifting. All summer long it hardly rained, driving the boys frantic with thirst. They tried constructing a raft in order to leave the island, but it fell apart in the crashing surf.

    Worst of all, Stephen slipped one day, fell off a cliff and broke his leg. The other boys picked their way down after him and then helped him back up to the top. They set his leg using sticks and leaves. “Don’t worry,” Sione joked. “We’ll do your work, while you lie there like King Taufa‘ahau Tupou himself!”

    They survived initially on fish, coconuts, tame birds (they drank the blood as well as eating the meat); seabird eggs were sucked dry. Later, when they got to the top of the island, they found an ancient volcanic crater, where people had lived a century before. There the boys discovered wild taro, bananas and chickens (which had been reproducing for the 100 years since the last Tongans had left).

They were rescued on September 11, 1966, when a ship passing near the island spotted patches of burned vegetation--something very unusual for islands in that part of the Pacific--and investigated further. The captain was initially skeptical of the boys' story, but after radioing Tonga, learned that the boys had indeed been missing--in fact, they were presumed dead and funerals had been held.

    The article has more detail so be sure to check it out. 

Diversity is a Strength: Incarceration/Conviction Rates of Foreigners in Belgium and Denmark

The RAIR Foundation reports that in "Belgium: 43% of Prisoners Are Foreigners." The article doesn't break down that figure, but does report that Belgium has been working on repatriating some of these prisoners, adding:

... There were 1,156 repatriations in 2020, 1,299 in 2021, 1,511 in 2022, and 1,428 last year, accounting for more than half of all repatriations. The repatriated detainees primarily consist of Albanians, Romanians, Dutch, Moroccans, Algerians, and French nationals.

The French and Dutch nationals were likely also mostly non-Europeans. 

    In related news, PJ Media reports on "The Discovery From Denmark's Crime Stats That the Left Doesn't Want You to See." The article contains a link to a graph breaking down convictions for violent crimes by the national origin of the perpetrator. Denmark is 42nd on the list. And of the 41 above it, 21 were Middle-Eastern or African countries. And of the top 10, 8 were from Middle-Eastern or North African nations, 1 was a country in a different part of Africa (Uganda), and 1 was from Eastern Europe (Yugoslavia).

Cultural Enrichment In California: Romanian Skimming Gang Arrested

The Daily Mail reports on a "Romanian gang busted for wiping out Californians' bank accounts after 'skimming' their debit cards at the cash register, as one perp billed as one of 'Romania's most wanted' faces up to 30 years in prison." The article relates:

    Orange County authorities busted 48 suspects connected to an organized crime ring using card skimming operations to steal from people on public assistance and ATM accounts at the end of last year.

    Florin Duduianu, one of Romania's most wanted criminals, was arrested in the operation and found guilty in January of two counts of aggravated identity theft.

But how could one of Romania's most wanted criminals get through the vaunted security provided by our Customs officers and TSA?

Many of the suspects have been determined to have entered the United States through illegal border crossings and a lack of accurate criminal history has made it difficult for prosecutors to argue for higher bail or no bail, according to the district attorney's office.

But it gets better:

The FBI said several of the suspects busted have connections to Florian Tudor, the alleged leader of the notorious and violent ATM skimming organization known as the Riviera Maya Gang based out of Cancun, Mexico. 

 The U.S. is just a big cash cow for the rest of the world to suck dry.  

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

VIDEO: The Red Heifer And Why It Could Start A War

It is not uncommon to come across references to Israeli Jews looking forward to a sacrifice of a worthy (pure) red heifers as a prelude and requirement to building a new temple in Jerusalem. A lot of Christians view the building of a new temple by the Jews as a necessary prelude to Armageddon and the Second Coming. Muslims are, of course, concerned about Israel attempting to build a new temple and possible destroying Muslim religious sites on the Temple Mount. The video below explains a bit about the red heifer and its significance to the Jews as well as the views of Christians and Muslims, while also explaining that the red heifer sacrifice was a type looking forward to the crucifixion of Christ. 

Thanks To Biden, We Can Expect Terror Attacks

I was reading this morning that the death toll from the Islamic State terror attacks in Moscow will probably exceed 360. Currently the casualties stand at 139 dead and 182 wounded, but authorities expect to discover dozens more dead under the rubble as the clean up continues. While Moscow is physically a long way from the United States, John A. Lucas writes that it should be warning of what may happen in the U.S. because of our porous borders

    The murderous ISIS attack on innocent music fans in Moscow is the canary in the coal mine. Like the canary that drops dead from unseen and undetected gases that nevertheless are deadly, it is a warning of what is to come. 

    The ISIS or other Islamic jihadist terrorists who doubtlessly have crossed the unprotected border into our country are like the deadly gas that kills the canary. As yet, they are mainly unseen and undetected (although increasing numbers on the terrorist watchlist have been apprehended). But, if we do not heed the warning of the Moscow canaries, then Americans are going to suffer the same fate. It is not a question of if, but of when.

    In the present perilous circumstances, the administration, aided and abetted by ill–motived collaborators such as the Senate Democrats, are like the unscrupulous coal mine owner. They are doing nothing to take the necessary steps to protect those whom they are legally and morally obligated to serve and protect.

    The Country is like the coal miners. Just as the miners depend on the mine owner to try to protect them from poisonous gases and other dangers, we depend on the government to secure our borders and to take reasonable steps to secure our safety from foreign threats. But, like the miners, if the canary dies, people here are on notice of the risk to their lives and need to take immediate action to protect themselves and their families.

    Anyone who thinks that ISIS and other Islamic jihadists are not doing everything in their power to infiltrate this country and kill as many Americans as they can, is a monumental fool. They have no business being anywhere near any government position of responsibility. These terrorists are the insidious poisonous gas that has already found its way into the country, even if undetected.

    We cannot predict exactly when, and where, another terrorist attack will occur here. It could be at another theater, perhaps a Broadway play or the Kennedy Center; it could be on a bright fall day at a football stadium in Michigan; it could be at your local church, synagogue, or kindergarten. But it will happen.

 And because the Democrats had abdicated their responsibility to protect the U.S. from an invasion, he explains, we are necessarily going to have to protect ourselves. While it is easy to say "stay away from large public gatherings," hiding ourselves away from life is probably more dangerous--something that the Covid lockdowns have revealed. But it doesn't mean we can't be prepared when we go out in public.

  • When you go to a public venue, take note of the location of the exits and what path you would have to follow to get there. If practicable, sit near an exit. 
  • Take note of potential cover and concealment. 
  • Try and be aware of suspicious people, activities or movement. 
  • Make sure you have a flashlight so you can find your way out of a darkened building. It doesn't have to be a powerful tactical light, but it should be better than what is on your cell phone. 
  • Know what to do in the event of an explosion or bombing
  • You probably still have face masks left over from Covid, so keep some with you to provide some (and I emphasize "some") protection against smoke and dust; they aren't perfect at keeping out dust, as I learned when using one when doing some work in my attic, but they can help. 
  • Consider keeping one or two tourniquets on you. 
  • If you can be armed, than be so. 
I look forward to the comments for other thoughts and suggestions. 

Paul Joseph Watson: The Truth About The Baltimore Bridge Collapse

In this video, Paul Joseph Watson points out why some of the conspiracy theories concerning the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in ...