Would America Lose the Great Naval War of 2020 to China?

America now faces a very real threat to its ability to project power in the Asia-Pacific; and it’s a problem—considering how fast Beijing’s missile technology is progressing—that will likely only get worse as the years go by.

See also: Banks Are Perilously Exposed to China.

Nevada family fights government over property near Area 51

The Sheahans say their buildings have been strafed and bombed by military jets over the past six decades. They believe it was an errant bomb or dropped wing tank that blew up their mill in the 1950's -- ending production at the mine.

The Clintons’ plan to counterattack Obama. The president holds the cards and they are damning

Has the Clinton counterattack against President Obama begun? The Clintons have never taken a political hit lying down. But given their weak and panicky reactions to Mr. Obama’s current, well-orchestrated hit on her — the FBI investigation into her alleged mishandling of classified material as secretary of state — they have appeared to passively absorb the escalating attack. Until now. As he presses his attack, Mrs. Clinton has two choices. Option one: fold early and negotiate a mild end to the investigation in exchange for dropping out of the race. But Mr. Obama is not a forgiving sort, and now that he’s drawn blood, he’s likely to go for the kill. That suggests that the Clintons are going with option two: fight him — as part of an elaborate, unspoken negotiation between them over their secrets and futures. That requires a plausible defense. Their go-to strategy has always been to blame others, or inanimate objects such as documents, servers, “processes” — and to designate a fall guy (or gal) to take the rap. This is the well-worn path they now appear to be pursuing to try to escape Mr. Obama’s ever-tightening political and legal vise.

See also: Staffer who worked on Clinton’s private e-mail server faces subpoena

Judge: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Committed “Fraud Against the Court”

“If you publicly call out our government they will use infinite financial and manpower resources with unlimited time in the courts to break your spirit and your bank,” Dobyns explained to this column. “They don’t win against us on truth or justice. They win because they get challengers to give up or go bankrupt.”

Mitch McConnell And The Planned Parenthood Atom Bomb

"So what will Ted Cruz do? How will he play this opportunity, and how will leadership respond? If the message leadership sends is that they care less about Planned Parenthood and will do anything to avoid shutdown, even fund a harvester of baby organs with your tax dollars, Cruz will have a golden opportunity to make his case that the Republican Party has abandoned not just fiscal conservatives, not just national security conservatives, but social conservatives as well. If there is ultimately no shutdown, and whatever step avoids shutdown is seen as a sell-out by pro-lifers, he could benefit significantly. But just about every presidential candidate will have to take a stand on this issue as well, and it’s in their interests to cater to pro-lifers, too – so what does leadership do if it is at odds not just with Cruz, but with several other candidates as well?"

'Peace in our time': Dem echoes Chamberlain in endorsing Iran deal

Rep. Patrick Murphy, the Florida Democrat who is running to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, endorsed the Iran nuclear deal on Monday by saying it would help the cause of "peace in our time" — echoing the infamous words uttered by Neville Chamberlain after he struck a deal with Adolf Hitler.

In a rush this morning.

Having gratefully overslept (I needed it), I have to rush off to an MRI this morning that I was supposed to have yesterday (the machine broke down) which was itself a fall-back from a scan that couldn't be done last week because of possible dye damage to my kidneys (and they can't take any more). I will have a longer, more detailed update about my personal situation later today.

I love the headline.

"Eric Cantor: Poster Boy of the Beltway GOP Crapweasels."

On the subject of being blackmailed by a meddling "First Lady."

Food giants call truce with Michelle Obama

Lot of that Blue Falcon stuff going around. Kerodin supporters as "a motley covey of Blue Falcons . . . missing half their feathers and resentful that people were now noticing their nudity."

Blue Falcon: A socially acceptable reference to the acronym 'bf', also known as 'buddy fuck'; referring to an action that leads to 'fucking over' your 'buddy'. Common in military parlance. See also "bf." As in: "Our LT-CMD took point, led us through a mine field and almost blue falconed the entire platoon." -- Urban Dictionary.

In one of those odd synchronicities that happen from time to time, I received a comment from a reader talking about the actions of a couple of folks still unaccountably loyal to Kerodin in the current contretemps. (For the latest see: "A look behind the scenes of III Arms – Jim Miller’s side," and It Doesn’t Have to be the End.)

The commenter referred to Hyman/Kerodin's loyal holdouts as "a motley covey of Blue Falcons" . . . (who were) "missing half their feathers and resentful that people were now noticing their nudity." "Blue Falcons." I'd never heard the term. Now, "bf" I'd heard, short for "buddyf-cker." But "Blue Falcon?" Nope. I guess I should have, given that I've been around military veterans pretty much all my life and had a son in the active Army for 14 years and I'd done more than my share of reading military history and fiction, but I'd never heard it. Rather embarrassing to admit, but true. And in that odd synchronicity I mentioned, in the same email batch came a link to this: "7 Signs You're A Blue Falcon."

Jeb Bush announces his theory that your Second Amendment rights are subject to compromise based on geography. (Get's condemned by collectivist Wasserman-Schultz anyway.)

“The federal government shouldn’t be involved in gun laws. The country is very different. . . If you go to a rural area where guns are part of the culture, to impose laws from Washington that are going to work for New York City or work in a rural area, makes no sense.”

“In claiming that there is no role for the federal government in regulating gun safety, Jeb Bush is insisting that Americans simply must accept future violence and leave a response to the possibility of a state-by-state solution. I am speechless,” (Wasserman-Schultz) said.

She should be speechless more often, but the fact that Jeb considers your firearm rights to be compromisable depending upon where you live tells you all you need to know about the prick and the elite he represents.

OMG! Flamethrower sales through the roof! OMG!

Flamethrower sales boom on potential consumer ban

And a stupid American does the same thing.

U.S. needs a 28th Amendment

My email to him:

-----Original Message-----

From: georgemason1776@aol.com

To: cleaveland1000@comcast.net

Sent: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 9:36 am

Subject: Starting a bloody civil war seems an odd way to "prevent gun violence."

Since you don't seem to live in any real world I recognize, can you perhaps suggest what I should be smoking to duplicate your hallucinatory results, should I wish to leave this reality for your dopey Wonderland? I guess you haven't been paying attention to what has been happening since the various state laws have been passed since Sandy Hook. All of them, I repeat ALL of them, have been nullified by "I Will Not Comply" armed civil disobedience. In CT they have an 85% non-compliance rate. In New York it is estimated to be 90%, with county sheriffs in upstate threatening to arrest any state cops who come into their jurisdiction seeking to enforce the wildly misnamed SAFE Act. In CO, I have led smuggling efforts and public demonstrations flouting their law. Same goes for WA state and OR, where we have had armed marches on the capitol steps, breaking Bloomberg's laws and daring them to do anything about it. We even held a "background-check-free" arms expo/gun show in violation of the law in WA, daring the authorities to do anything about it. They did nothing. The politicians in each of these states have not sent one raid party to enforce their unconstitutional diktats. Indeed, they seem, after almost three years of such armed resistance, not to know whether to defecate or go blind. So who, you stupid, silly little collectivist cypher, are you going to get to enforce your "benevolent" tyranny? Planning on coming yourself? No. I didn't think so. But until you do, until you decide to have the courage of your so-called convictions and send men with state sanctioned violence to our doors, then kindly shut up. You're boring the rest of us with your impotent prattle. But, by all means, if it makes you feel better, go back and take another toke of whatever it is you're smoking.

Mike Vanderboegh

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com

Stupid Brit collectivist proposes to repeal the 2nd Amendment (from the safety of across the ocean, of course).

"Bang! Another one bites the dust: repeal the Second Amendment!"

My reply, awaiting approval:

You tried disarming American citizens once and we handed your mighty empire its ass. We can do the same to the neo-collectivists in this country anytime they feel froggy. "Stopping gun violence" by provoking a bloody civil war seems rather ironic and certainly a stupid violation of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

Mike Vanderboegh

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com

The West Point Professor Who Contemplated a Coup

After calling his intellectual opponents treasonous, and allegedly exaggerating his credentials, a controversial law professor resigns from the United States Military Academy.

Probably interesting only to me, but I find it fascinating.

One of hobbies earlier in my life was (and remains so, although I have no time for it) historical archaeology, especially that related to the Revolutionary War and Civil War periods. I once located a long-forgotten steamboat in the old bed of the Mississippi, even enlisting the help of a professional marine archaeologist from Louisiana with an underwater magnetometer. Unfortunately she lies in federally-protected wetlands and nothing beyond locating it could be accomplished. It remains where it came to rest, beneath 40 plus feet of muck and water. I also have assisted archaeologists with historical research backing up their field work, most notably at old Fort Pickering in Memphis. So, in looking for something else, I ran across "bellarmines," also known in some contexts as "witch bottles," and I found this fascinating: An American Witch Bottle.

"Abolish cash? You’d be losing a crucial part of free society."

From today, France is banning the use of cash for transactions worth more than €1,000, or slightly more than £700. On one level, that is about combating crime and terrorism. But on another, it is also part of a growing movement among academics and now governments to gradually ban the use of cash completely. It is inefficient, oils the underground economy, and makes it harder for central banks to manage the economy, or so runs the argument. Much like gold, it is a “barbarous relic”, as some publications loftily dismiss it. The trouble is, cash is also incredibly efficient. And it is a crucial part of a free society.

5 Battlefield Innovations That Came From The Rank-And-File Troops

Military personnel are a crafty bunch. They surprise their commanders and buddies with many good — and, let’s be honest, some bad — innovations. Some of these battlefield creations even surprise the teams of scientists and industry professionals designing military equipment. When faced with limited resources, the battlefield innovations of the rank-and-file troops have become a staple of military kits. Weapon systems and generals don’t win wars alone; it is the dog-tired foot soldier who eventually helps the victor cross the finish line.

Doppelgangers. The Black Klan rides again.

“Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon.”

Armed Black Panthers to Texas Cops: ‘We Will Start Creeping Up on You in the Darkness’

Sid Vicious was dead on the money about John Boehner. "John Boehner is 'alcoholic,' 'lazy,' 'banal.'" Impeaching Clarence Thomas.

"Boehner is despised by the younger, more conservative members of the House Republican Conference," Blumenthal wrote to Clinton. "They are repelled by his personal behavior." "He is louche, alcoholic, lazy, and without any commitment to any principle," he added. . .

"He is not Gingrich, the natural leader of a 'revolution,' riding the crest into power," Blumenthal continued as he described Boehner, R-Ohio. "He is careworn and threadbare, banal and hollow, holding nobody's enduring loyalty."

Meanwhile, George Soros' homosexual hitman of Media Matters, conceived a plan: impeach Clarence Thomas.