They Keep Saying The Reason The Ship That Ran Aground In The Suez Canal And Blocked Shipping For Days Was Due To Poor Visibility During A Sandstorm, But.....

 

This Gets My Vote! (And my 1,000th Post)

Quick Note: 

My first Blog Post was July 15th, 2008. And this is officially my 1,000th Post. 

Amazing how time flies.

Chinese Man Made Military Islands In The South China Sea Are Sinking - A Whole New Meaning To "Made In China"

 This is what you get when dredge up a bunch of ecologically sensitive coral reefs, build in a hurry (to flout International Law), and fail to factor in Climate Change. The following linked articles indicate that China's intent to dominate the south China Sea may not be going as planned.

Ah yes, the wonderful world of Geopolitical Dominance! 😭 

 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/sunk-how-chinas-man-made-islands-are-falling-apart-and-sinking-ocean-132047

 https://americanactionnews.com/military/2020/03/13/are-chinas-artificial-island-bases-sinking

 

As well, their ability for use in military action against another major power is more limited than originally believed.

 https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-manmade-south-china-sea-islands-vulnerable-in-a-war-2020-12?op=1

 

Eric Anthony (E.A.) Sykes And The Shanghai Sniper Unit

 Poor E.A. Sykes always seems to be in the shadow of W.E. Fairbairn. Here's an article by Leroy Thompson about Sykes and the formation of the Shanghai Sniper Unit that talks about a lesser known part of Sykes's history and a part of the Shanghai Municipal Police that doesn't involve Unarmed Combat.

Master Ken - The gift That Keeps On Giving

 This time with John Correia of Active Self Protection. 

Words Of Wisdom or Great One Liners (You Decide)

 1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

 2. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

 3. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

 4. We never really grow up -- we only learn how to act in public.

 5. War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

 6. Knowledge, is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

 7. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

 8. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

 9. In filling out an application, where it says, "In case of an emergency, notify..." I answered "a doctor."

 10. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

 11. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

 12. I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

 13. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

 14. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

 15. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

 16. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

The Next Time Someone Tells You That Communist China Is Not The Number 1 Threat....

 NATO Scientist Convicted of Spying for China sentenced to 3 years.

  https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-nato-scientist-security-clearance-073352843.html

 But China doesn't  anyone potentially spying on them.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-to-restrict-tesla-usage-by-military-and-state-personnel-11616155643

Old School Cool - LAPD Museum Style

 Check out the Chromed 20 Ga. Pistol that was Standard Issue to the LAPD Robbery Homicide Division in the 1950's. 

Now that is Old School Cool 👍

 

 http://www.paulbishopbooks.com/2020/03/the-lapd-museum.html

How 4 Or 8 Years As The U.S. President Can Age You

 It's Frightening what the stress can do!!

 

Old School Combat Judo - US Army Judo Training Video circa late 40's/early 50's

Good Shit! 👍

For all you Combatives guys, you don't need to get a belt in BJJ, but that doesn't mean that you can get away with not having a grounding in basic Judo techniques and concepts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fokgKov31Uc

Note: I am NOT a fan of the Knife defenses on this video. As a full disclosure, I can't honestly say that I've ever seen an unarmed knife defense technique that I did like. Therefore I am going on record as saying that if you want  to watch the knife defense portion of this video for general purposes, fine. Just don't think that they are any better than any others you may have seen o, or trained.

Old School Cool Firepower - 19th Century Style

 Oh Hell Yeah!!