War movies

Posted on July 20, 2020 | Comments Off on War movies

AppleTv alerted me of their acquisition of the WW2 Atlantic convoy movie Greyhound and I had time so I watched it. It was pretty good, especially considering none of it was shot at sea, the computer graphics were that realistic.

Then it was on to a documentary on armored tanks, called just Tanks, a history from Britain’s “Mother” in WW1 to the new Russian T-14. I noted that many German and Russian tanks were built to protect (as much as possible) the crew of three or four. American tanks of the 40s through the 60s were not. Something I learned back in 68-69 as a second lieutenant of Armor, the tanks.

Comments Off on War movies

Posted in War Without End

Tagged , ,

Less-lethal self-defense

Posted on July 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Less-lethal self-defense

I like the pepper ball gun, which looks less like a weapon and more like a rolled up magazine. But all five are good alternatives. Especially the steel Shillelagh.

Not that I get out much but it couldn’t hurt to be prepared, especially in a town where the lib pols have defunded the police by $11 million.

Via Instapundit

Comments Off on Less-lethal self-defense

Posted in Civil War, Dimocrats

Tagged ,

Image

Rule 5: Nathi Figueiredo

Comments Off on Rule 5: Nathi Figueiredo

Posted on July 18, 2020 in Plus-sized models, Rule 5

Tagged , ,

Send in the feds

Posted on July 17, 2020 | Comments Off on Send in the feds

For years now we’ve been hearing about how multiple federal agencies have SWAT-like forces for emergencies. This would seem to be one in Portland (after 50 days of escalating “protests”) and, indeed, feds are being dispatched, using tear-gas to disperse the mobs around the federal courthouse and making arrests.

Brilliant, really, on Trump’s part. Takes the onus off federalizing the guard and avoids the controversy that would come with sending in the active-duty army. Although local Dimocrat officials, who have preferred mob rule, are protesting, they aren’t being heard.

Via Fox News

Comments Off on Send in the feds

Posted in Civil War, Dimocrats, Political corruption, Trump

Tagged , ,

Wuhan Diary

Posted on July 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Wuhan Diary

Interesting memoir by a prominent Chinese writer about the early China virus days at the initial epicenter of Wuhan—comparable in size to Chicago. So far (up to entries of early February) no mention about the authorities then welding virus sufferers into their apartment buildings, presumably to enforce quarantine. Maybe mention will come later in the book. Stay tuned.

UPDATE:  Finally, on Valentine’s Day, she wrote this: We need “just a little more humanistic spirit…just enough so that when someone is infected with coronavirus, a crowd of people doesn’t end up sealing their front door with a steel rod so that everyone is locked inside…” Note it’s not the authorities who do it but just “a crowd of people.”

Comments Off on Wuhan Diary

Posted in pandemic, Wuhan virus

Tagged ,

NFL on the brink

Posted on July 16, 2020 | Comments Off on NFL on the brink

“If the multibillion-dollar NFL decides that multimillionaire players have no obligation to stand to honor a collective national anthem, and that there will be separate anthems and politicized uniforms, then millions of Americans will quietly shrug and change the channel.”—-Victor Davis Hanson at PJMedia

Comments Off on NFL on the brink

Posted in Texas Football

Tagged ,

Because some lives don’t matter

Posted on July 15, 2020 | Comments Off on Because some lives don’t matter

Protesters Spell Out ‘Love’ With Burning Homes And Businesses

Via The Babylon Bee

Comments Off on Because some lives don’t matter

Posted in Blogosphere, Dimocrats, Fake News, The Culture

Tagged ,