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Belgium charges suspected Brussels airport bomber, two others
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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
This Biannual in Emergency Preparedness Part 3
The Boogie Bag
There are a number of different names for this equipment bundle. Perhaps most popular is Bug-Out Bag.

To me, it is a container such as a bag or backpack which has all necessary items for x amount of time when there are only moments to evacuate.

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Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/27/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You need a firearm with extra ammo to keep idiots away.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 03/27/2016 15:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Plenty of idiots out there for sure. Couple things:

Access - can people who should not be handling firearms able to get into your bag? And if so, is the firearm secured? Shifting is where my 10th glo-stick and 19th & 20th water pouch went to, and neither were against points or edges.

The Law - Your route may take you into another state, especially if you are a somewhat border town. At least be familiar with the laws of potential destinations and the route(s) there. You may find yourself in a situation where you could, justifiably, give a shit what the law is. As your situation stabilizes, you may find yourself in a situation the law gives a shit about you. Know so to make an informed decision.

Storage - make sure the firearm is kept in a way it does not load and/or fire on account of contents shifting around.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/27/2016 19:10 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
The Endless Ages of Purim
[SultanKnish] Tonight the celebration of the holiday of Purim begins. Purim is a Jewish holiday often neglected outside the more religious communities in America and the State of Israel because it commemorates an attempt to exterminate the Jews. And we all know that stopped being a problem long ago.

If Purim had culminated with some smart power diplomacy and a lesson on tolerance, liberal Jews might be more inclined to celebrate it. Unfortunately it ends with a genocidal madman being hung from a tree and the Jews fighting for their lives, winning and slaughtering their enemies.

And instead of feeling guilty about it, their descendants eat pastries, dress up in costumes and get drunk. At least those of their descendants who believe in survival instead of surrender.

Liberal Jews complain about the difference of values they have with Israeli Jews who insist on survival instead of surrender. They have an even bigger difference of values with the Jews of the Bible. And with Jews throughout history. Not to mention with the religion of the Jewish people.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/27/2016 08:48 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Purim started the evening of March 23rd. (All Jewish holidays start at sunset, in line with Genesis, which says, "It was evening and it was morning, the first day."
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2016 10:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Isn't it true that Jewish days, in general, begin at sundown, for the same reason?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2016 12:57 Comments || Top||

#3  I've no idea, Anguper Hupomosing9418. It's never come up, living as I have in majority non-Jewish societies.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2016 14:08 Comments || Top||

#4  "It was evening and it was morning, the first day."

But isn't Hebrew read from right to left?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/27/2016 14:19 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
Identifying the enemy
Amir ("We are all responsible!") Taheri
[ARABNEWS] We are at war! This is how French Premier Manuel Valls described his feelings after the terrorist attacks in Brussels last week. By noontime it seemed that most European leaders and commentators had adopted his analysis by sticking the war label on the tragic event. However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
saying that Europe is at war unleashes many questions. What kind of war and against whom?

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Posted by: Fred || 03/27/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  If they answer the question, the immigrant thing would come to a halt and there would be MASS deportations...of course the empty suit would volunteer to take a few hundred thousand off their hands.
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 03/27/2016 15:06 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
AG Lynch wants to let nation break law without consequences, system rigged against criminals
[NY Post] As New York moves to decriminalize low-level offenses, arguing enforcement is "rigged against communities of color," other large cities are coming under pressure from the Justice Department to do the same thing.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch has issued a warning to municipal and state judges across the country that their courts could lose federal funding if they don’t ease up on fines and arrest warrants for minor crimes involving poor offenders, indigent minorities in particular.

In lieu of fines and jail time, Lynch urges the nation’s 6,500 municipal courts to provide an avenue for offenders to perform "community service" or take advantage of "amnesty days," whereby outstanding arrest warrants are cleared for nominal fees.

Failure to comply with these policies could trigger a Ferguson-style discrimination investigation. Already, Lynch says she’s "evaluating discrimination complaints against several court systems."
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/27/2016 11:28 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My money is still on the Hildebeest. No indictment and no charges.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/27/2016 11:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Lynch says she’s "evaluating discrimination complaints against several court systems." your BASIC undermining of the rule of law and all courts.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2016 12:52 Comments || Top||

#3  "judgment" and "discrimination" are SYNONYMS in most thesauruses. Lynch Law!
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2016 12:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Although it totally contradicts the Broken Windows policing model that turned New York from one giant crime scene into a livable city, I propose a Federal Crime Stamps program to help our poor offenders and indigent minorities cope with the criminal justice system.

In addition to allowing them to escape the consequences of their actions, this program would teach them about future time and delayed gratification as they decide whether to spend their monthly allotment on a bunch of pissant misdemeanors or save up for a big juicy felony.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/27/2016 12:55 Comments || Top||

#5  The Left's version of justice is that everything is against the law. Whether or not you are prosecuted depends on how well you pay obeisance to the system and the ruling party.

In this way, your rights matter for nothing. Anyone and everyone can be prosecuted at any time, just for pissing off the wrong people.
Posted by: Iblis || 03/27/2016 15:01 Comments || Top||

#6  "your rights matter for nothing. Anyone and everyone can be prosecuted at any time, just for pissing off the wrong people."

Isn't that what we have now, #5 Iblis? :-(
Posted by: Barbara || 03/27/2016 15:21 Comments || Top||

#7  I'm all for having people do work for the state instead of jail time for misdemeanors as punishment. Having to clean up a road in hot pink suits all day in the sun is a good way to work off an infraction.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/27/2016 20:01 Comments || Top||


Government
David Petraeus: Brexit would weaken the West's war on terror
[Telegraph] In an exclusive article for The Telegraph, the top US general and former CIA chief David Petraeus urges voters to stay in the European Union in the referendum"

"For the past century, British and American forces have fought together on numerous occasions in defense of our shared security and freedom. Together, our men and women in uniform turned back the tide of Nazi fascism that threatened human civilization and then stood united as allies in the long twilight struggle against the Soviet Union and communism. Today, British and American forces are once again together on the frontlines, this time in the fight against ISIS and al Qaeda, working to stop terrorists before they can strike us at home."

"I had the privilege of serving in uniform with British forces in Cold War Europe, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the greater Middle East. I considered our British comrades to rank with the finest men and women of any armed service in the world. And I know that my fellow American soldiers -- and those of the other coalition countries under my command -- valued very highly the professional expertise, capability, courage, and determination of our British partners on the battlefield."
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/27/2016 04:40 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Them thralls need to be kept in line. Hey David, the American colonies leaving the Commonwealth would weaken the United Kingdom too (see - ship supplies, vital to Royal Navy, fighting piracy, el al).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/27/2016 8:43 Comments || Top||

#2  America, where every traitor has a soapbox.
Posted by: regular joe || 03/27/2016 9:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Why on earth is General Petraeus opining publically on such an issue?
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/27/2016 10:21 Comments || Top||

#4  A most interesting question, tw. One can only speculate that someone very important to GenPet's future suggested he do it.

For Britain, leaving the EU would mean they can act in their national interest in matters like border controls, instead of suffering the mush-headed whims of their Continental betters.

Posted by: SteveS || 03/27/2016 11:32 Comments || Top||

#5  With all due respect, sir...
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/27/2016 11:36 Comments || Top||

#6  Why on earth is General Petraeus opining publically on such an issue?
Posted by trailing wife


Simply another installment payment on his pardon. After the Champ is gone, he will likely evolve.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/27/2016 11:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Only ninety more easy installments and that pardon is all his!
Posted by: charger || 03/27/2016 12:50 Comments || Top||

#8  TL;DR, but a quick scan indicates his reasoning does not support his conclusion.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/27/2016 13:07 Comments || Top||

#9  Both the alliance against the Nazis and NATO predate the EU. There are NATO members that aren't part of the EU, like Norway.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/27/2016 13:41 Comments || Top||

#10  UK should be leading the Commonwealth. Let Germ/France lead Europe.

All should push for Eastern Block to form their own Alliance/Union. One that won't provoke the Russians by its existences in the way NATO expansion did.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/27/2016 17:09 Comments || Top||



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Sun 2016-03-27
  Belgium charges suspected Brussels airport bomber, two others
Sat 2016-03-26
  Islamic State second in command likely killed - U.S.
Fri 2016-03-25
  Brussels police nab terror suspect at tram stop; bomb squad dispatched
Thu 2016-03-24
  Paris attacks fugitive Laachraoui named as second Brussels airport bomber
Wed 2016-03-23
  Hamas stages military exercises to test Gaza readiness
Tue 2016-03-22
  IS attacks at Brussels airport, metro, at least 34 dead, 200 injured
Mon 2016-03-21
  Yemen govt, rebels, agree on ceasefire: Officials say
Sun 2016-03-20
  Al-Qaeda claims attack on Algerian gas plant
Sat 2016-03-19
  Suicide bomber attacks shopping area in Istanbul
Fri 2016-03-18
  Kurds preparing to liberate Raqqa
Thu 2016-03-17
  11 Shaboobs slain as Punties continue cleanup
Wed 2016-03-16
  ISIS executes 50 for desertion in Anbar
Tue 2016-03-15
  Hamas commander killed in 10th tunnel cave-in this year
Mon 2016-03-14
  Syrian rebels renew chemical attacks in Aleppo
Sun 2016-03-13
  Dozens dead after explosion rocks Turkish capital
Sat 2016-03-12
  US adds Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin members to list of global terrorists


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