Category: News

Chances are you have heard of the “Dark Web,” alternatively known as the “Deep Web.” But, does it really exist, and if so, what exactly can be seen and purchased there? Every troubling story you may have heard about the Dark Web is probably true. It is a treasure trove of perversion, where just about anything could be bought, from underage sex, to guns – lots and lots of guns. But, what exactly is the Dark Web? Think of it as the Internet’s evil twin. The web you are familiar…

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There are government conspiracies and government secrets.  Let us not be nieve, all governments will have necessary secrets.  Information that should not be released to the general public due to national security issues.  This is most definitely true as it pertains to military operations. The quintessential need to know basis.  Sometimes we the people don’t need to know especially if it will put the soldiers in a more difficult situation.  But, what if the secret is covering up a plot of a very nefarious nature?  Absolute power corrupts absolutely. A…

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One of the most important rules in a gunfight is to avoid being in the path of incoming rounds. And one of the popular sayings is that you need to “Get Off The ‘x’.” But that’s where bumper-sticker answers do us a disservice and cause us to buy into training myths about shooting on the move. As an example, some say that you should point your “finger gun” at a friend, have him walk around, and see if you can keep pointing at him. They say that since you can…

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One of the most important rules in a gunfight is to avoid being in the path of incoming rounds. And one of the popular sayings is that you need to “Get Off The ‘x’.” But that’s where bumper-sticker answers do us a disservice and cause us to buy into training myths about shooting on the move. As an example, some say that you should point your “finger gun” at a friend, have him walk around, and see if you can keep pointing at him. They say that since you can…

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On example of how the to-impeach-or-not-to-impeach has sucked all the air out of the airwaves, consider the workers strike against GM.  At 21 days. this is now one of the longest major strikes in decades – not counting the 3-day walk out against GM in 2007.  In normal times, an auto strike would be the lead story at the top of the news virtually every day – but these are not normal times. In my surfing the news networks, I was reminded of the GM strike by a report on…

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The sobering 18th anniversary for the 9-11 attacks had barely begun, when a loud explosion rocked the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. A plume of smoke rose over central Kabul shortly after midnight, and sirens could be heard. Inside the embassy, employees heard this message over the loudspeaker, “An explosion caused by a rocket has occurred on compound.” Officials gave the all-clear about an hour after the blast and reported no injuries. The NATO mission, which is nearby, also said no personnel had been injured. The attack was the first…

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Authorities have charged a previously deported illegal immigrant from Mexico with 16 counts of child sex crimes, including molestation and rape. 33-year-old Alejandro Alcala-Avala, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was charged with 16 separate counts of child sex crimes after law enforcement officials in Pettis County, Missouri arrested him. Alcala-Avala is charged with 10 counts of child molestation, two counts of statutory sodomy, first-degree statutory rape, one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, child abuse, and endangering the welfare of a child. Two of Alcala-Avala’s victims allegedly told police that they…

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Though he denies any wrong-doing, a leading professor at MIT has been linked to convicted sex trafficker and pedophile, Jeffery Epstein. According to reporting by USA today, the head of the prestigious university’s Media Lab has resigned and the school has opened an investigation into “deeply disturbing” links between the lab and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, MIT’s president has announced. The fallout comes three weeks after another senior lab employee said he would resign in protest over revelations lab director Joi Ito took money from Epstein, who apparently committed suicide…

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