Tuesday, July 07, 2020
The illegal firework display (video) shows what I believe is a growing problem for authorities...citizens are considering laws unjust...
I've been trying (with little success) to illustrate what I believe is the problem of our time (one that overrides many of the issues in the media).
Citizens are considering laws and govt edicts to be unjust.
My exhibit today? The viral video of the fireworks celebration in Los Angeles.
Take a look at that! Seems like everyone and their mother was out shooting off some type of celebratory explosive.
No big deal you say? I can agree (to a point...we are talking about a major urban area) but the real point is that the Mayor of Los Angeles declared fireworks illegal for the 4th.
No one cared.
No one blinked twice either. They just set them off and enjoyed their day.
My point? Not everyone doing that is what we could call a criminal. Not everyone doing that could be called anti-social, a law breaker, megalomaniac, sociopath, etc....
I'm guessing that average folks were setting these things off and that should concern authorities.
SOME I'm sure waddled in the new found power to order people to stay home. Some probably enjoyed the idea that they could exercise such powers backed by law enforcement to deem their edicts to be law (that's another thing that gets me...governors, mayors and others did all this without seeming to go to a representative body to get buy in from the people's representatives).
The world health organization said that the worst is yet to come. If true then we've got a problem. I believe that because the first shutdown was done in such a haphazard, arbitrary fashion, a second one will be the straw that breaks the back.
Doctors and nurses are pushing the meme because they're so considered about physical health. At this point I'm worried about the mental health of the nation(s).
What has come will seem like disney if this goes for round two. We saw massive protests about the Floyd killing. We saw disobedience when it came to beaches and businesses opening up before that. Round two will see protests against govts I think.
Turkey vows 'retribution' for attack on its positions at al-Watiya airbase in Libya
Turkey vows 'retribution' for attack on its positions at al-Watiya airbase in Libya— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) July 6, 2020
• “The only thing I can say is this: whoever did this made a big mistake,” a Turkish official familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye. “There will be retribution.”https://t.co/kEh96wxTUG
Royal Air Force 3 Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU) with the Helicopter and Training team test new fast roping/rappelling gear...
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| 3 Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU) photographers, along with the Helicopter and Training team, were recently invited to capture video and still images of a complex trial series involving two different aircraft types from two different services, operating out of two different units, testing two different pieces of equipment. Firstly we travelled to RAF Odiham in Hampshire where a newly fitted ladder system was being trialled, with military personnel making the climb up to The Boeing Company Chinook aircraft. After that, new version fast ropes were then deployed by the crewmen who were assessing the operational capabilities of both dry and wet ropes, interoperability with current equipments and confirming utility by the JADTEU supporting troops. Next it was a similar trial, though this time the trials were being conducted by a Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm Merlin helicopter. The helicopter used RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire as the testing site for its part of the trial with crewmen again assessing capabilities of various lengths of rope with both dry and then submerged ropes to replicate operating them in wet conditions. Trials such as this are vital for the operational effectiveness of the Chinook, Merlin and wider Ministry of Defence with the results being used to ensure the employment of ropes and ladders on operations and exercises is done as efficiently, effectively and as safely as possible. Working alongside Joint Helicopter Command, Fleet Air Arm, RAF Brize Norton and RAF Odiham, JADTEU has again supported an increase in Defence Capability. |
12th Marines conduct HIMARS live fire...pics by Cpl. Donovan Massieperez
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U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, conduct a fire mission with a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during an Expeditionary Advance Base Operation exercise at the Northern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, June 18, 2020. This 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment-led exercise also features participation from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and HIMARS from 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment.
(@marines photo by Cpl. Donovan Massieperez)
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Monday, July 06, 2020
Bus driver left BRAIN DEAD after being BEATEN for refusing to allow passengers to board without masks in France
via RT
A bus driver in France was declared brain dead after being beaten by a group of people he had refused to let on board because they were not wearing mandatory face masks amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.Here.
Police in the city of Bayonne have reportedly arrested five people involved in the brutal beating.
France made face masks compulsory on public transport in April. The driver, who is in his fifties, abided by the rule and refused to transport a group of maskless people, who also reportedly had no tickets.
The lockdowns, the restrictions and the demands by govt...towards free people.
And now the backlash in the form of wearing masks.
I get it...sorta.
People have lost their jobs/livelihoods, been forced to isolate and now instead of getting back to normal its being done in baby steps and the govt still has demands.
Of course its batshit stupid and goes against societal good but I get where the anti-maskers are coming from.
The solution is to provide masks, launch a well thought out propaganda campaign to get their use, setup sanitizing stations.....and to leave it alone.
Enough have died from the disease. We don't need further confrontation because a few in society would prefer to act in a childish way rather than safeguard their own health.
Side note. I don't think we're even getting proper information on the masks. Shouldn't we be washing these things after every use? Shouldn't we be disinfecting our hands after touching them? That early mistake of saying they were useless for the public is coming back to haunt officials today.
INDONESIA buys MV-22C's?????
Epic day for US armed sales notifications: MV-22s for Indonesia, E-2Ds for France and UH-60Ms for Lithuania. https://t.co/2hNO3t1mz1 pic.twitter.com/pnbRDl2nHu— Steve Trimble (@TheDEWLine) July 6, 2020
Wow! DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING!
This lady is experiencing genuine pain...she finished though...
She did good.
But don't lie.
You laughed a bit. You're ashamed (a little) but you laughed.
Adversary Force Company...a good beginning but we need the US Army's assets to make this really useful
I keep hearing that the pacing threat is China. I keep hearing that the USMC is going to rip itself apart, rebuild and focus on China.
I don't agree ONE BIT on how the Commandant is doing it but ok. I don't get to call shots, he does (and woe to him and our nation if he's wrong but that's a different discussion) and this is the path we're on.
Which brings me to this Adversary Force Company.
Great idea birthed at 2nd MARDIV.
It needs to go Corps wide and we need to do it big. An Adversary Company ain't big enough.
We need an adversary brigade...maybe even division. Which means we need US Army assets (already established at NTC) to play red team for us. The question is whether or not they could mimic Chinese motorized/mechanized forces. Would the US Army allow a battalion of 82nd come out for a big exercise to play Chinese paratroops? Could we get SOCOM to release the Rangers to play the role of Chinese SpecOps to attack our FARPs?
You get the idea.
If we're not gonna do it big...do it right then what use is it? How do we validate this drastic change of course?
Securing your base via The Art Of Manliness...
Note. I tried to embed the post from The Art Of Manliness Instagram page but failed. Make sure to follow him...he writes some good stuff!
In the novel Moonraker, Ian Fleming writes that in rigorously preparing for another dangerous and uncertain mission, James Bond “had achieved Clausewitz’s first principle. He had made his base secure.”Is your base secure?
Fleming’s paraphrase of the famous war strategist’s philosophy is worth adopting not only by military generals, or secret agents, but ordinary citizens as well.
Securing your base means establishing a self-sustaining, shock-resistant “headquarters” that is well-defended against disruptions from external forces.
The foundation of a secure base begins with good health; life is invariably more precarious when one is not physically strong and resilient.
Because debt enslaves, so that what is “yours” is not your own, financial independence further stabilizes your footing.
Skills of all kinds, whether mechanical, domestic, or combative, allow you to rely less on others and more on yourself. Though security doesn’t equal complete self-reliance; tight relationships with family and friends solidify your base too.
Business owners should avoid “entangling alliances”; partnerships, no matter how apparently promising, rarely work out. This includes “partnering” with the overlords of social media, who, with a tiny tweak of their algorithms, can destabilize an entrepreneur’s entire enterprise.
Finally, a secure base requires secure beliefs. While philosophic and political positions can and should evolve over time, they should not be so unexamined, so lacking in well-studied context, that every current of change knocks you into an incapacitating stupor of confusion and cognitive dissonance. You should know *why* you believe what you believe.
The purpose of creating this kind of personal garrison isn’t to passively retreat from the theater of life; rather, it is to create a fortification from which to better launch your offensive operations.
As one of 007’s worthy antagonists explains: “Mister Bond, power is sovereignty. Clausewitz’s first principle was to have a secure base. From there one proceeds to freedom of action.”
Puma 30 mm remote turret on Boxer.
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Thought the German Army had terrible issues with this turret. Wonder why Nicholas seems to be so enthralled by it. Too many better options on the market unless the Germans are giving them away at a massive discount.
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