SNAFU!

Ferguson police are full of shit!

Watching the Chief of Police of Ferguson, Missouri.

He's full of shit!

First we got word of airspace restrictions. The reason? Supposedly police helicopters were getting shot at. News media did not report any such thing. Additionally he just said that Molotov cocktails were thrown at police last night. Again, news media reported no such thing.

We're seeing a common playbook emerge for how police deals with things.

1. Cut off airspace so new helicopters can't record events.
2. Make outlandish claims about what they're facing.
3. Restrict news media to certain locations so that the story can't get out of police over reach.

We're living in a chilling time.

ISIS is bad, but one on one or even a group of them wouldn't stand a chance against armed citizens. The bigger threat is out of control police forces.

1st Cav going Estonia....

via Rianovosti

TALLINN, August 14 (RIA Novosti) – Estonia’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that a US Army armored infantry company equipped with M1 Abrams tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers will be stationed in the country, Postimees newspaper reported Thursday.
Peeter Kuimet, the representative of Estonian Defense Ministry’s press service, confirmed to this to the newspaper, adding that details regarding the exact number of personnel, the date of arrival, home station and the number of tanks and other hardware are being worked out.
Earlier, US Stars and Stripes newspaper reported that in October four companies with a total of 600 troops from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry US Army Division, will be moved to Poland and the Baltic states to replace units from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, currently stationed in the region.
In April, Washington sent four paratrooper companies to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to support its NATO allies amid the crisis in Ukraine. More than 150 troops are stationed in Estonia without heavy armament, conducting military training for local troops.

This is interesting. Replacing an Airborne unit with a heavy mech? Shit is getting real! This bears watching.

Chevrolet Reaper. Ass ugly Raptor wannabe!

I'm a Ford guy but I can still appreciate well done Chevy's. The K-5 series was a masterpiece of a truck and the 1998 Silverado's were solid too. But this new Chevy Reaper is just an ass ugly wannabe. Rumor is they want about 70K for this pile of dung! Read about it being spotted here.

RAF Chinooks Arrive in Cyprus to Help With Iraq Aid

Gotta love the Brits. They're always available to provide an international cover for whatever action we decide to take (sarcasm). Seriously though, I wonder how this is going over in the UK.