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We’ve discussed physical security a lot here, and have also discussed gun safes at some length. In the course of normal operations, things other than guns may come to lodge in your gun safe. This is, in general, not a good idea, unless the safe is a commercial safe, professionally installed, and therefore very difficult to brute-force open.

A typical gun safe can only trouble a burglar by imposing delay, inconvenience, and the necessity to break such noise and light discipline as burglars may possess. These things are still worth doing, but against this you must set the fact that you have consolidated a great deal of burglar bait in one place. There are things that we do not advise storing in a gun safe, and things other than guns that should be in your gun safe. Three basic rules apply:   Continue reading “What’s in Your Gun Safe? No, Besides the Guns?”

Press TV

More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip over the past two days, taking the death toll from Israel’s war against the Palestinian enclave to over 2,065.

At least 10 Palestinians, including six members of one family, lost their lives in an overnight attack on their homes in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.   Continue reading “Gaza body count mounts to 2,065 as Israel intensifies attacks”

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Ukrainian army shelling has forever changed the life of a teenage girl near Donetsk. She is now lying in hospital with a shattered arm and shrapnel wounds. The teen saw several people, including children, being killed by falling bombs on the riverbank.

Government forces first bombed the village of Zugres in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on August 14. Several shells hit a beach full of people relaxing by the river, with shrapnel killing 12 people, the Rossiya 24 TV channel reported. Several people were injured and taken to hospital.   Continue reading “‘I never saw people die before’: Injured girl shares horrors of Donetsk shelling”

Millions of these creatures, which ride wind and currents, were washed up in La Push - creating a virtual carpet of them on the beachMail Online – by Ted Thornhill 

They say stranger things happen at sea, but it seems stranger things happen on beaches, too.

Billions of mysterious small creatures have been washed up on beaches along the west coast of the U.S, from Southern California to British Columbia.

Needless to say, locals have been extremely curious about the invader.

Continue reading “Billions of mysterious jelly-fish-like creatures wash up on beaches along the west coast of the U.S”

Oklahoma City cop Daniel HoltzclawAOL – by Ryan Gorman

An Oklahoma City police officer has been arrested on rape, sodomy and sexual battery charges for acts committed during traffic stops.

The arrest of Daniel Holtzclaw, 27 and on the force since 2011, was announced during a Thursday afternoon press conference. Police Chief Bill Citty called him a “serial rapist.”

Authorities know of at least seven women he sexually assaulted while on duty, Citty said, but acknowledged there may be several more victims who have yet to come forward. Continue reading “OKC cop accused of rape, sexual assault of at least 7 women during traffic stops”

Free Republic

As a traditional Jew, I’m deeply concerned over the plight of the Roman Catholic Church, which I consider to be the largest and most influential repository of conservative Judeo-Christian values in America today. I believe that those of us who care about the furtherance of a moral society have a stake in the future of the church as a moral force. The American church is under siege today, not only from the usual external forces but also from the weight of its own internal contradictions. The scandal of corrupt homosexual priests violating the innocence of minors in their care is, to put it mildly, a contradiction in Christian and Catholic practice and faith. When did this corruption inject itself into the system and why was the situation allowed to deteriorate to such a degree?    Continue reading “Did Communists Infiltrate the Catholic Church?”

Independent Voices

For centuries, governments told their soldiers and their people to “Know Your Enemy”. The problem with the Isis “Caliphate” – and it is a big problem for President Obama after journalist James Foley’s murder – is that we don’t know who it is. We are told of its butchery, cruelty, its kidnapping of women, its burying alive, its viciousness towards Christians and Yazidis and its public beheadings, but that is all. Even the Isis leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, comes across as a mad combination of the Mahdi who murdered Gordon of Khartoum, the assassinated Osama bin Laden and Oliver Cromwell, who did to the civilians of Drogheda what the Muslim Lord Protector al-Baghdadi has done to his enemies.

Continue reading “Middle East crisis: We know all too much about the cruelty of Isis – but all too little about who they are”

Petro PoroshenkoItar-Tass

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will sign a decree to dissolve the country’s parliament Verkhovna Rada, next week, presidential adviser Oleg Medvedev said live on Liberty Radio without specifying the exact date of the step.

A 30-day deadline to create a new coalition is about to expire and “the Ukrainian president has lawful grounds to dissolve the parliament,” he said.

Factions UDAR and Svoboda (freedom) said in the parliament July 24 that they quit the coalition. If deputies do not form a new coalition before the end of August, according to the Constitution, the Ukrainian president will have all reasons to dissolve the parliament and announce early parliamentary elections on October 26.   Continue reading “Ukraine president to issue decree to dissolve parliament next week”

Many top US officials hold Israeli citizenship.Press TV

Press TV has learned that a long list of senior US government officials and legislators hold dual US-Israeli citizenship, proving Tel Aviv’s powerful influence over Washington’s decision-making process.

Apart from the significant presence of Israeli citizens at sensitive non-elected federal positions such as head of Homeland Security, a large number of Israelis sit in the Senate and House of Representatives.   Continue reading “Israeli citizens hold key US government positions: Report”

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Source: TwinCities The Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has a saying — “Night Stalkers Don’t Quit.” It apparently doesn’t always let people sleep, either.

The airborne unit’s Black Hawk helicopters arrived without warning Monday night, rattling for hours over Highland Park and around apartment buildings in downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis, and angering residents and elected officials alike.   Continue reading “Night Stalkers” Special Operations Aviation Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Military Exercise”

WEB Commentary – by Sher Zieve

The Obama-Holder team has now taken over the investigation of the Ferguson, MO shooting. At the same time, that team has, apparently, effectively usurped both the city’s authority and the titles of “biggest race hustlers and race-baiters in America” from the team of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Note: I assume the Jackson-Sharpton team is now demanding royalties from both Holder and Obama.   Continue reading “Obama and Holder take over from Jackson and Sharpton”

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FERGUSON, Mo. (ABC News) – The Ferguson police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager suffered “a serious facial injury” in the altercation before firing the fatal shots, according to a source close to the officer who spoke to ABC News today.

The characterization about Officer Darren Wilson being injured in his confrontation with Michael Brown emerged on the day that a grand jury was expected to begin hearing evidence in the shooting.   Continue reading “Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was beaten, had ‘serious facial injury’ before shooting Michael Brown, source says”

Image credit: ShutterstockThe Blaze – by Erica Ritz

New Yorkers could soon be notified when gun offenders move into their neighborhood, according to DNA Info New York.

Proposed city council legislation would make a gun offender registry accessible to the public, and residents could sign up for alerts about developments in their neighborhoods.

“It gives you the name of the individual,” said Queens Councilman Costa Constantinides, one of the bill’s sponsors. “It gives you the street name — so let’s say 34th Street in that ZIP code. It’ll give you the general description of the individual. It’ll give you the crime that they committed and their sentence.”   Continue reading “New Yorkers Could Soon Be Notified When Gun Offenders Move Into the Neighborhood”

A NYPD officer and a protester fight during a march in support of the protests against the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.New York Daily News – by Ryan Sit

NYPD cops beat a man Wednesday night during a solidarity protest for Michael Brown, a video shows, although the circumstances surrounding the attack remained unclear early Thursday.

The 45-second video begins after police officers and the man have started arguing in the middle of a dark street in the East Village. It was not apparent what prompted officers to react so forcefully.   Continue reading “NYPD cops appear to beat man during solidarity protest for Michael Brown in East Village”

Russian cosmonauts claim to have found marine creatures living on the outside of the International Space Station where conditions for life are believed to be impossibleThe Telegraph – by Sarah Knapton

Sea plankton has been discovered living on the outside of the International Space Station, Russian cosmonauts have claimed.

Scientists on board the ISS are reported to have discovered living organisms when taking samples from windows.

Head of the Russian ISS orbital mission Vladimir Solovyev said the results of the experiment “are absolutely unique”.   Continue reading “Sea plankton ‘found living outside International Space Station’”

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The following is taken from a 1989 book by Robert J. Byrne, “Existence in America -The Road Back to Decency & Order”.  It refers to the most important rights that all Americans had and must see returned.

1. It is a priority right not to have a crime committed against your person.
2. It is a priority right to go from point A to point B on public streets and/or public transportation, or use public parks, without constantly having a justifiable fear for your safety.

Continue reading “Priority Rights”

Disgusting: Liberals Turn Mike Brown Memorials Into Voter Registration BoothsMad World – by Brandon Walker

It seems that the liberal Democrat Party has done something truly disgusting. There are voter registration booths popping up at the Michael Brown memorials.

In a move that many are criticizing as tacky, liberal organizers of the Democratic National Convention have set up voter registration booths right on the site where Michael Brown was killed and where crowds have set up a makeshift memorial.   Continue reading “Disgusting: Liberals Turn Mike Brown Memorials Into Voter Registration Booths”

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FALFURRIAS – Brooks County remains a busy human-smuggling corridor despite the reported drop in illegal crossings, area ranchers said.

The ranchers feel different groups along the border are sending mixed messages about the reality of the border crisis.

Recent remarks by McAllen Chamber of Commerce officials forced a group in Brooks County to draft a letter asking for the truth to be told about illegal immigration.   Continue reading “Brooks County Landowners Want Unified Front against Illegal Immigration”

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HIDALGO – Violence continues in the Mexican border city of Reynosa.

Reynosa officials confirmed a shooting happened Wednesday morning. The firefight spread panic among the residents, they said.

Reynosa residents said gun battles have become commonplace in the city. Wednesday’s shooting left one soldier dead, according to Tamaulipas state officials.   Continue reading “Violence Rages on in border city Reynosa”