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Returning to the subject of LTC (Ret) Dave Grossman 26 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
I've written here before about how Dave Grossman is wrong about a number of claims he has made. http://randomthoughtsandguns.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-i-lose-arguments.html and http://randomthoughtsa...
Egypt, Syria, Russia, USA 20 Aug 2013 | 09:28 pm
Egypt is no different than Syria. Strong man held the country together by keeping the rabble (that would be the terrorists, pick your flavor) down. Eventually the people who got pushed down in the p...
Low carb, week 1 19 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
For the past few years I have been relatively stable 212 to 215 lbs. Since I'm 6'1" that isn't "obese" by any standard, although I do bust the Army's screening table weight of 207 lbs. I've never fa...
The Website is down.... 16 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
A few years ago a short film titled, "The Website is Down" appeared on the internet, and it is freaking hilarious. You should google it, watch it, then come back to read the rest. Totally worth it. ...
The next great depression. 12 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
The first great depression was caused by unwise lending, leveraging assets beyond what is considered a healthy level of risk. The stock market was booming, so everyone was investing. Then it all cam...
Moving groups 11 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
There is no perfect tactic that always wins. There is no perfect strategy that never fails. Being a good military planner or commander always involves a lot of personal judgement about the enemy, te...
List of things I miss... 11 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am
My wife. Don't know why she stays married to me, but men were never really meant to understand women anyway. My kids. They had no say in their Daddy's chosen profession, and yet they are affected th...
My take on the M855A1 8 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2013/07/so-anyone-consult-infantryman-on-this.html Somebody out there doesn't like the "green" label for M855A1. Odds are pretty good that is the only thing they do...
There is no coup going on. 8 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
Evidently there is a "news" organization called the EU Times which has been pushing a story about a cabal of US military officers getting ready to oust President Obama. I didn't go searching for this...
Thoughts on war, peace, and history 7 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
“Pax Americana” is a myth. So is “Pax Britannia” It is a nice, but wrong, idea that a strongman can enforce the peace on a global scale. However we can all start listing the long series of wars, revo...
