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| An execution of Jews in Kiev, carried out by German soldiers near Ivangorod, Ukraine, sometime in 1942. This photo was mailed from the Eastern Front to Germany and intercepted at a Warsaw post office by a member of the Polish resistance collecting documentation on Nazi war crimes. The original print was owned by Tadeusz Mazur and Jerzy Tomaszewski and now resides in Historical Archives in Warsaw. The original German inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Ukraine 1942, Jewish Action [operation], Ivangorod." # |
Thursday, January 11, 2018
WW2 Eastern Front Photo Essay. Must see!
100 Prominent French Women sign an anti #metoo manifesto!
Just plain wow.
I've watched the nonsense inside the Marine Corps and been a bit confused by it personally. Women Marines are warriors but at the same time they need my protection from abuse? They can fight on the battlefield but they can't handle a guy that can't take a hint?
Forget my misgivings. Listen to these ladies. via World Crunch.com
Some 100 prominent French women artists and intellectuals have issued an open letter in Le Monde condemning the movement to call out inappropriate male behavior that erupted in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.Story here.
Collective* LE MONDE 2018-01-10
English edition • WORLDCRUNCH
PARIS — Rape is a crime. But trying to pick up someone, however persistently or clumsily, is not — nor is gallantry an attack of machismo.
The Harvey Weinstein scandal sparked a legitimate awakening about the sexual violence that women are subjected to, particularly in their professional lives, where some men abuse their power. This was necessary. But what was supposed to liberate voices has now been turned on its head: We are being told what is proper to say and what we must stay silent about — and the women who refuse to fall into line are considered traitors, accomplices!
Just like in the good old witch-hunt days, what we are once again witnessing here is puritanism in the name of a so-called greater good, claiming to promote the liberation and protection of women, only to enslave them to a status of eternal victim and reduce them to defenseless preys of male chauvinist demons.
Ratting out and calling out
In fact, #MeToo has led to a campaign, in the press and on social media, of public accusations and indictments against individuals who, without being given a chance to respond or defend themselves, are put in the exact same category as sex offenders. This summary justice has already had its victims: men who’ve been disciplined in the workplace, forced to resign, and so on., when their only crime was to touch a woman’s knee, try to steal a kiss, talk about "intimate" things during a work meal, or send sexually-charged messages to women who did not return their interest.
This frenzy for sending the "pigs" to the slaughterhouse, far from helping women empower themselves, actually serves the interests of the enemies of sexual freedom, the religious extremists, the reactionaries and those who believe — in their righteousness and the Victorian moral outlook that goes with it — that women are a species "apart," children with adult faces who demand to be protected.
Men, for their part, are called on to embrace their guilt and rack their brains for "inappropriate behavior" that they engaged in 10, 20 or 30 years earlier, and for which they must now repent. These public confessions, and the foray into the private sphere or self-proclaimed prosecutors, have led to a climate of totalitarian society.
I know most of you have what I consider an illogical bent to your view on this.
I know that you "believe the women".
I can't, won't and will not without proof.
History is filled with men that have been falsely accused and were savaged by mobs for things that they did not do.
So hit me with your best shot but hit me with something I can seek my teeth in, not just silly emotionalism.
General Dynamics finally unwraps the 2nd Cav's Dragoon 30mm Strykers...
Ok. Let me get this straight. The reason why these vehicles have had their turrets shrink wrapped and we got these bullshit teases is because we were waiting on a contractor to pull out his pen knife and do what a 3 year old can?
Are you shitting me?
You have a bug problem? Rainier Arms has you covered with your own personal flame thrower!
Yeah.
Only in America.
I believe in "the right to bear arms" but as with anything people tend to get carried away instead of finding a decent stopping place.
Let's be honest. Any right carried too far becomes tyranny...any belief system carried to an extreme can become worship.
But putting my misgivings about freaking flamethrowers available for sale commercially to any Tom, Dick or Harry, I have to wonder why someone would spend so much money on such a weird novelty item. Regardless, check out the pics below
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| XM42-M The XM42 Modular is a complete overhaul of the original handheld flamethrower that grabbed worldwide attention.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Slaughterbots
Thanks to Gregory for the link!
Watch the film all the way thru folks! You'll thank me later!
You back?
Good.
They ended the video by saying the window to stop this future was closing rapidly. They were right. Only no one listened. This genie is out of the bottle and this makes nuclear warfare seem downright pleasant. Do you remember the horror expressed by the public with the Neutron Bomb scare? People were going batshit over the idea of a bomb that killed all the people but left the buildings and machinery intact.
This is just like that but version 2.0++.
Even worse? Weaponry proliferates. Once one nation has it others will seek to develop it. Then you will have certain groups buy the tech. Eventually it will make its way to criminals and/or terrorists.
Forget lasers...I want EMP generators!
Watch the film all the way thru folks! You'll thank me later!
You back?
Good.
They ended the video by saying the window to stop this future was closing rapidly. They were right. Only no one listened. This genie is out of the bottle and this makes nuclear warfare seem downright pleasant. Do you remember the horror expressed by the public with the Neutron Bomb scare? People were going batshit over the idea of a bomb that killed all the people but left the buildings and machinery intact.
This is just like that but version 2.0++.
Even worse? Weaponry proliferates. Once one nation has it others will seek to develop it. Then you will have certain groups buy the tech. Eventually it will make its way to criminals and/or terrorists.
Forget lasers...I want EMP generators!
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