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This brilliant one was found at 90 Miles:

NSA Program Quadrant found at Western Rifle:

UPDATED 9.11 2pm:

Via Doug, The Feral Irishman:

The Commie Obama Hat version:

Still Remember

Like it was yesterday.

The fight is still on.

Prayer time in Afghanistan:

UPDATED 9.11 Noon:

Hat owner and comrade, Googie, has a nice tribute over at ATRS:

When I was falling
I loved life even more then
For this mem’ry was the last
To live my life

UPDATED 9.11 3pm:

Stormbringer posts the full account of an Army buddy's Tower 2 experience.

I never felt like I had enemies but that changed on September 11, 2001. I was on a coffee break from training at Morgan Stanley's offices on the 61st floor of Tower 2 of the World Trade Center. The morning was beautiful, sunny, and crystal clear as I looked out the window toward the Statue of Liberty. The view was grand and I was happy to be in Manhattan again. “Yep, things were looking good.”

I heard a muffled sound like distant thunder but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky...

Tuesday Afternoon Cigar

Rocky Patel Sun Grown - a pre-celebration of me and my wife's 25th wedding anniversary.

I spent the afternoon organizing my notes from my Gold Standard studies.  I am still not ready to share an opinion - too much to digest.

Fathers in the Black Community

America's inner-city communities suffer from the absence of fathers.  The black community has it worst with 70% of the children growing up without fathers.

A child has the best chance of becoming an independent and successful person, and future quality parent, if he or she is raised in a two-parent household.  Race, income, gender, location are all trivial to this proven rule.

The damage is so extensive that it will take generations to fix.  If it can be fixed.

Step one is to talk.  To scold.  To educate.  To criticize.  In the open.  In the hood.  Public.  Loud.  Repeat.

Some, like Larry Elder and David Carroll and Elmer Thomas Williams Jr.  are leading speakers in this movement.  There are many more.  But these are mostly conservative men.  Fatherhood is non-partisan.  We need others to join this effort.  And maybe we have them.

I am ENCOURAGED by the responses to the recent Memphis Kroger mob attacks.  Please join me in congratulating these folks in saying what needs to be said.

Pat Dollard (with video):

Memphis Police Department Director Toney Armstrong released the following statement:

“We are fully aware of the last night’s incidents. It is extremely troubling to see how many young people were involved, especially on the heels of last week’s youth forum. A lot of our citizens are working to provide safe and productive alternatives for our youth. For those that choose not to take advantage of these opportunities, we will work tirelessly to identify, locate and hold you accountable. Last night’s events clearly demonstrates a lack of parental controls and if warranted these parents will also be held accountable.”

Weasel Zippers reports that one of the thug's grandmother turned him in.  The grandmother is quoted:

“His daddy is not a male role model, that’s my son and he’s not,” said the grandmother, “I hope he looks at this news thing and sees me saying this since he never wants to listen to me, he needs to be more involved in his child’s life.”

From afar these look like mild statements.  I submit they are huge when heard from within the Memphis black community.  I hope this continues.

The Intellectual Froglegs Community

We made the list!  Ushanka is now an official comrade of Intellectual Froglegs, the finest and most entertaining conservative show on the planet!

But wait.  There's more!

Comrades Wild Bill and David Kafir were honored too. WOW!



I can't think of a better group of people to be associated with.

Dan has a special message for our Republican and Libertarian comrades who are frustrated with politics and suggest sitting out future elections.  If that is you, I hope you'll consider his argument.

Other topics in this episode: corporate taxes, ISIS, and the real loyalties with groups such as NOW, LGBT, etc.

Saturday Tab Clearing

Via IOTW - Without getting too excited, it is nice to see some predicting a Republican-controlled Senate this November.

IOTW (Cardigan) - Roll Call lists the most vulnerable Senators up for re-election
Cave News - Web newspaper Roll Call lists the most vulnerable Senators up for re-election
IOTW (Dr. Tar - source of image above) - Three Down, Three to Go
MRC - CBS Analyst: Three Senate Seats Are ‘Gone’ For Democrats

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Shocking news that the Cubans are going for the lowest hanging fruit:

FreeBeacon - FBI: Cuban Intelligence Aggressively Recruiting Leftist American Academics as Spies, Influence Agents

Communists hate a challenge.

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Speaking of Communists, Comrade Captain Capitalism points us to this post by a former feminist:

FrontPageMag - Marxist Feminism’s Ruined Lives

“Why are we here today?” she asked.
“To make revolution,” they answered.
“What kind of revolution?” she replied.
“The Cultural Revolution,” they chanted.
“And how do we make Cultural Revolution?” she demanded.
“By destroying the American family!” they answered.
“How do we destroy the family?” she came back.
“By destroying the American Patriarch,” they cried exuberantly.
“And how do we destroy the American Patriarch?” she replied.
“By taking away his power!”
“How do we do that?”
“By destroying monogamy!” they shouted.
“How can we destroy monogamy?”

Their answer left me dumbstruck, breathless, disbelieving my ears.  Was I on planet earth?  Who were these people?

“By promoting promiscuity, eroticism, prostitution and homosexuality!” they resounded.

Allow me to beat this dead horse again:

Communism cannot take hold until both fathers and God are replaced by government.  (See the inner-city black community)

When someone asks you to dilute your family or religious values, they are really inviting you to join the Communist Party.

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Another item shared from Captain Capitalism:  Newspeak hits the St. Louis Fed with their latest redefinition of "saving."

Rural Revolution - It's called SAVING 

Why the bad economy?  It is your fault for "hoarding" your money instead of spending it!  The absence of money velocity is the reason for the doldrums today.  People save hoard money when they are not confident about the future.  When conditions seem uncertain.  When "Hope and Change" wins and substance loses.

In days past, this "hoarding" of money would be termed a "savings account" and every child from five years old and up was encouraged to have one. Smart adults socked away (oops, "hoarded") a percentage of their income for rainy days, emergencies, and retirement. But now that's bad! Baaaad!

The unspoken implication, of course, is those greedy evil middle-class Americans who insist that it's wise to have a cash reserve Just In Case are the ones responsible for taking down the economy by "slowing the velocity of money." In case you didn't get the point, the article added, "The reason that inflation hasn't kept up with gains in the money supply simply has been that people are sitting on cash rather than spending it." 

Yep.  ZERO confidence in the system.  ZERO confidence in the "leaders."

This is a great opportunity to post a current photo of our Obama Cuss Jar, topped with the ever-furry always-sexy Commie Obama Hat!  Winter is coming...

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Four and a half minutes of North Korean propaganda for your entertainment.

Did you realize just how much we are suffering here in the States?




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A two-minute review of the "superpower" currently marching through Ukraine. 

A necessary perspective...





Thanks for linking!  Western Rifle, Doug Ross.

Prediction

Regardless of how many seats the Democrats lose this November in the House and/or Senate, I predict the MSM will declare a victory for Obama and a mandate for Amnesty (via executive order).

I doubt many in the Latino community realize they are being played.  Obama had super majorities in 2009, back when he campaigned on Amnesty.  He didn't deliver because it is better to have an angry electorate on your side in future election cycles.

Dependency isn't just about EBT cards.  It is about votes.

Our Atomic Bomb Timeline

The Nuclear Secrecy Blog has a great post about a theory that Truman was unclear about the Atomic Bomb targets in Japan in August 1945, and of the bomb's capabilities.  Please go read it and let me know if you agree with the criticisms of Truman.

Truman.  Say what you will.  Apparently he was the last Democrat president who knew how to end a war with an unconditional surrender....  In America's favor....

The purpose of my post here:  I wanted to highlight the target selection and timeline. 

Above, Truman's target list with handwriting from the first target meeting on April 27th.

Below, the timeline and evolving target list leading up to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.  Read the post to understand the changes, preferences, etc.

April 27, 1945

The targets should be “large urban areas of not less than 3 miles in diameter existing in the larger populated areas… between the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Nagasaki… [and] should have high strategic value.” A list of possible targets that met this criteria was given…

May 10-11 1945

#1 Kyoto
#2 Hiroshima
#3 Yokohama
#4 Kokura, and
#5 Niigata

May 15, 1945

Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Niigata were put on a list of “Reserved Areas” not to be bombed.

May 30, 1945

Henry Stimson, Secretary of War, ruled out Kyoto as target for two official reasons...

1) Incendiary bombing was so successful and so destructive that he worried the US could get a worse reputation for destruction than the Nazis, and
2) The power of the new weapon would be diluted as some damage would be attributed to the previous incendiary bomb runs.

...and two unofficial reasons:

1) The Secretary had visited Kyoto in the 20’s and apparently “loved” it, and
2) He saw Kyoto as the cultural center of Japan

July 24, 2945

Final target list:

Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki

July 25, 1945:

From Truman's Diary:

It is certainly a good thing for the world that Hitler’s crowd or Stalin’s did not discover this atomic bomb. It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made the most useful.

August 6, 1945

The US bombs Hiroshima.

August 9, 1945

The US bombs Nagasaki.

August 15, 1945

Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's surrender.

September 2, 1945

VJ Day - End of World War II

Surrender signing ceremony above the USS Missouri

I took the two Hiroshima photos below in 2000.   There were no other bomb damage sites to photograph, as Hiroshima is now a bustling city within one of America's strongest allies. 

But don't expect hugs and warm greetings there if you visit.

Behind the Hiroshima Bomb Dome is the museum.  The theme throughout the Museum is "Why?"  

Why did the Americans do this to us? 

The museum visitor is not presented any answer to this question.   Nothing is mentioned about that whole "taking over the world" schtick.  Nothing about chopping the heads off of captured Americans.  Nothing about bringing a horrible war to the fastest possible conclusion.  No cost-benefit analysis of a one-million-strong American invasion force or continued incendiary bombings.  Nah.   Instead, gruesome photos and stopped-clock exhibits reinforce the visitor's view of Americans as bullies. 

The museum, at that time, was a structure constructed of several attached trailers.  My American friend and I were escorted by security to deter any high fives or spontaneous "MERICA!" outbursts.  Yes, we behaved like gentlemen.  No, we didn't need an escort in order to behave.

You will find many plaques at the base of the Bomb Dome building - plaques dedicated to the dead by numerous organizations.  One caught my eye.  It was from a Japanese organization and it was dedicated many years after the bombing. 

The date: December 7th.  

Tou·ché.

Bonus Links:  

Atomic Bombings - Wikipedia

The single most destructive bombing raid in history.  (Hint: not atomic...)

More photos of the Hiroshima Bomb Dome.

Truman's radio broadcast after Hiroshima.



Same Nuclear Secrecy blog, post:  The Luck of Kokura.  Fascinating.  A map for reference:

U/T: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog

Biden Steps Up...

...because nobody takes Obama serious anymore.  Nobody.

I thought this Google News headline said "redistribution" too.  If only.

The gates of Hell?

Or perhaps this is the gates of Hell....

From 90 Miles:

And another:

And another:

I predict tough times ahead for our dear leader's administration.  Biden doesn't have what it takes to distract from their dithering, and the consequences from their policies, for two more years.