Thinking about Sneaking a Synthetic Knife past a Metal Detector? Think Again.

For all you secret squirrels out there who think the answer to being able to go armed on your next airplane flight is to carry a synthetic edged weapon made of Carbon Fiber past a security checkpoint, I'm afraid it's time to dash your Walter Mitty and 007 fantasies on the rocky shores of reality.

http://www.recoilweb.com/carbon-fiber-defeats-metal-detectors-think-again-135472.html

Remember, lawyers are expensive.

What Will be Learned from The Parkland School Shooting?

If The Sandy Hook Shooting is any indication, probably not much.

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-anniversary/hc-news-sandy-hook-school-security-laws-violated-20171201-story.html

Drones - Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander

A few months back I posted about the Russians using small drones carrying explosives to attack an ammo dump in the Ukraine. Well, apparently it was their turn to deal with this issue in Syria. Blog Post linked below courtesy of John Robb's Global Guerillas site

http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2018/01/drone-swarm-vs-russian-base-in-syria.html

Think You've Seen the End of Fossil Fuel? Think Again

And Russia is already in the lead to avail themselves of the new promised land of oil and natural gas.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/06/russia-and-china-battle-us-in-race-to-control-arctic.html

Low Cost, Off the Shelf Weaponized Drone Usage is on the Rise

Russia has been doing it against the Ukranians for months now. But now it's their turn to be on the receiving end of cheap, off the shelf drone technology.

Welcome to the Brave New World kiddies!

http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2018/01/drone-swarm-vs-russian-base-in-syria.html

Democratic Politicians Onlne Gun Selling "Sting" Fails Big Time

Three Democrats commissioned a "sting" to prove that online gun sellers would sell guns to to potential buyers even if it was obvious that they were either out of state buyers or otherwise prohibited from owning a firearm.

It didn't work out too well for them. ("Them" by the way included U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who by the way I refuse to refer to as "Pocahontas" as I consider that insulting not to her but to Native Americans).

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180105/you-ve-got-fail-investigation-into-online-gun-sales-backfires-on-gun-controllers

Merry Christmas

State of The Mueller Investigation in Plain English by Pat Buchannan

Presented in a linear form as individual bullet points with no emotional hyperbole.

http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/unlike-nixon-trump-will-not-go-quietly/

No Time to Exercise?

Sure, whatever you say.........

Another News Item That Never made it to Mainstream News Outlets

While a few challenges are still winding heir way through the Lower Federal Courts, for the foreseeable future, SCOTUS is upholding the travel ban.

https://apnews.com/b8244def36484dfb93fd958962b7d649/Supreme-Court-allows-full-enforcement-of-Trump-travel-ban