Floyd Brown Will Rogers famously said, “Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.” Like most Americans, Rogers understood that it isn’t cheap to live in the United States. And he wasn’t talking about the cost of living… He was talking about the cost of government. Today, Americans spend more of their… [Read More]
Ukrainians, and Americans, are the Children of History
If you’ve been following events in Ukraine closely, you may have seen maps, available at electoralgeography.com, showing how the ethnic Russian areas voted heavily for one candidate and the ethnic Ukrainian areas for another. However, as the eminent historians of Eastern Europe Timothy Snyder and Anne Applebaum have written, the division is not simply based… [Read More]
‘Construction flaws’ in six Hanford nuclear waste tanks, 13 more may be compromised – report
“Significant construction flaws” have been found in at least 6 of the 28 double shelled radioactive waste storage tanks at the Hanford nuclear waste complex in Washington State, which may lead to additional leaks, documents obtained by the AP say. After one of the 28 huge underground double shelled tanks was found to be leaking… [Read More]
U.S. troops are equipped with inferior, antiquated weapons
Combat troops are outgunned while the Pentagon flirts with techno-gear The Washington Times’ national security reporter, Rowan Scarborough, on the shortcomings of the M4 carbine is a story of institutional ineptitude that has cost soldiers’ lives. However, the sad story of the American rifle also serves as a metaphor for a defense culture that… [Read More]
Japan Prepares For War With China
Island nation considering arms transfers to its Asian allies Japan is now considering future weapon transfers to other Asian countries as it builds alliances for a potential war with China. Earlier today in Okinawa, Japanese officials met with representatives from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to expand technological and… [Read More]
Supreme Court Justice Scalia Predicts Internment Camps In America�s Future.
Militia News “You are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again,” said Justice Scalia. A distinguished member of the U.S. Supreme Court gave a sobering reminder of how history can and likely will repeat itself when the conditions are right. Justice Antonin Scalia said that he would not be surprised… [Read More]
Israeli bill to outlaw the word Nazi sparks ire
An Israeli draft law that would criminalize the use of the word Nazi in most cases has sparked a debate on freedom of speech in a state that was founded out of the ashes of the Holocaust. Seven decades later, memories of the extermination of millions of Jews during World War II permeate virtually every… [Read More]
Michelle Malkin: Cruciphobia at Mt. Soledad: The Cross the Left Can’t Bear
Consider this: Taylor Swift wasn’t even born yet when the fight over the Mount Soledad cross began. How much longer will it drag on? Disgruntled atheists first filed suit over the memorial at a veterans park in San Diego in the summer of 1989. The fringe grievance-mongers have clung bitterly to their litigious activities for… [Read More]
Top Defense Analysts: U.S. Should Plan For War With China
Analysts told House members that the U.S. is unprepared for a potential war The U.S. needs to prepare for a potential war with China, according to a group of defense analysts at a U.S. House armed services subcommittee hearing this week. At the hearing, the defense analysts told the U.S. House Armed Services’ Seapower and… [Read More]
History Casts Doubt Upon Non-Aggression Pact With Iran
According to our recently proposed treaty with the Iranian government, Iran keeps much of its nuclear program while agreeing to slow its path to weapons-grade enrichment. The Iranians also get crippling economic sanctions lifted. The agreement is not like d�tente-era arms reductions with the Soviets. After all, each superpower in the Cold War had enough… [Read More]
Military Troops: Thank You, Thank You - Veteran�s Day, we put our admiration for you into words.
Katie Kieffer Veterans, we think about you all the time. Sometimes we fail to tell you. Today, on Veteran’s Day, we put our admiration for you into words. World War II, Korean and Vietnam Veterans We will start with you. You fought for our freedom. You watched your closest friends fall by your side and… [Read More]
Looking for a Different Sort of President
The second terms of the latest three presidents have not been successful. Bill Clinton was impeached after his infamous lie to Americans, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” George W. Bush was blamed for the postwar violence in Iraq. Barack Obama’s scandals — with his accompanying “limited hangout” denials — are ruining… [Read More]