ReconRat

The claim was the Germans NEVER attacked American soil. Did they attack American soil? Yes or no.

Correct. No, the sabotage teams were never able to mount an attack on anything, and I'm not finding any cases of German submarines shelling the shoreline like the Japanese did. And of course, no aircraft ever got over here.

And yes, the Japanese managed to attack US soil many times. The Germans lacked interest or method or both. They may have been under orders not to. For fear of bringing the US into the war.

Now that is only world war two. In world war one, German submarines did shell American towns from offshore. But it was very limited.

More lies!!!

 

 

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/5-attacks-on-u-s-soil-during-world-war-ii

Four of those are Japanese attacks. One was German. But one German sabotage by submarine drop was left out... so two.

edit: Found multiple German sabotage attempts. There were more than I though.

so... they will return as freeway truck stops? ahrrrr matey

Nevermind, news is saying no explosives found. There was a tip called in to police in Hanover, Germany. The game was cancelled and evacuated.

News was saying a massive bomb was found in emergency vehicle parked at the Germany vs Netherlands game. Other news sources are saying nothing was found. They are still dealing with it. Local subway transit closed down for some reason.

edit: Stadium is in Hanover, Germany. The threat in the train station was a false alarm. Also, a concert at a second stadium was evacuated.

edit: In other news, Anonymous is already claiming they shut down 5500+ ISIS twitter accounts.

I'd like to have one, but...

"the Five-SeveN is the handgun equivalent of the world’s most fire-proof paper hat"

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/08/robert-farago/gun-review-fn-five-seven/

bug-out / survival should be something that uses very very common ammo, and preferably something that in the long term event can be easily reloaded with a mini press out in the field.

European Union has executed the Lisbon Treaty at the request of France. All are to support and come to the aid of a member that is attacked.

“If a member state is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other member states shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power.”

 

Honestly, I don't expect much, but it remains to be seen.

edit: Just occured to me, that if this gets out of control, we'll be accepting refugees from France...

To make things worse for ISIS right now, a mass grave of around 80 murdered Yezedi women, has been discovered in Shingal. The United States is considering declaring the event as genocide. Whether the world takes action is unknown.

And what about the inqusitions and the witch hunts? My point was that all religions at one time or another used violence and murder as a means to an end.

Correct. The Spanish Inquisition is one of the worst things that has ever happened in history.

Crusades are indeed PC misunderstood. Prior to the crusades, attacks on Europe from the Middle East were common. Many were nothing more than pirate raids on small cities along the coast for looting and profit. Several major battles did occur, including two Muslim invasions of France from the territory of Spain. Both failed. And these battles are, in part, responsible for the advancement of European countries into the modern world. Europe was primarily feudal states before.

Specifically the current day situation, it's not a religion perse as the cause, nor random terrorists. It's a modern day calipe which desires and needs both power and money to exist. Think of a calipe as a tribe. Various factions and groups and territories all under one rule of law and taxation. Using the power of terror to maintain and influence.

For so many to embrace this change and ideology, shows the dispare and lack of personal advancement of the individuals. They fight not for their religious cause, but because they have nothing to lose. Yes, the countries of the Middle East where the fighters come from are to blame for creating the environment that generates these individuals. They will shift the blame to 1st world countries, but the persistant attitudes of resisting the changes of the modern world has left them in a previous century. And they have chosen a traditional solution to their problems. A caliphe and warfare.

There are simularities to the crusades and the conditions and attacks that led up to those conflicts. But as it was then, it took hundreds of years to develop into mass conflict. There really wasn't a final resolution to the crusades, and in some ways this is only a continuation of prior combat. What we see now, will most likely continue for a very long time.

edit: I understate the degree of major conflicts in Eastern Europe. Read the history of the Ottoman Empire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe

Obviously we should be doing our shopping in the dumpster, where both the food and the bags are free.

And in case you're wondering...

This is the difference in their tracks:

I've found bobcat, coyote and wild dog tracks in the woods.

No mountain lion.... yet.

Now I remember... a friend had a dog that had a litter of pups that appeared to be half coyote. Aggresive little poopers, they were. We had to put the food out in seperate far corners of the yard to keep them from fighting over it. But they would still run across the yard and attack if another pup tried to get food. Not willing to share at all. I swear they burned off more energy than they gained...

The ones I see here aren't small. In fact, I've thought they were wolves before. Not skinny and afraid like your normal yotes. There's one dead on the left side of 70w just east of Brice Rd. It's huge. 

Yeah, there are plenty East of Columbus. I can hear them calling at night when I'm out that way. And they don't sound small.

Coyotes are not pure coyote anymore. Some places are now calling them coywolf, coywolves. Apparently DNA testing is showing that coyotes can have 10% to 25% grey wolf DNA, as well as 10% to 25% domestic dog DNA. Makes them bigger and more adaptable to food sources. Areas where the hybrids have been found are New York, Pennsylvania, Virgina and Ohio. No red wolf hybrids have been found.

Coyote-Wolf Hybrids Have Spread Across U.S. East

I remember seeing two coyotes in a Chicago suburb on trash day. Walking right down the middle of the road. Snooping through the trash. I thought they were way too tall/big, compared to Ohio coyotes. The ones in Columbus are tiny. But still big enough to chase raccoons.

edit: Barely found in Ohio. Most of the hybrids are staying in the Appalatian Mountains and spreading South.

Paper is a renewable resource, without much help by humans recycling. (Trees.)

Plastic gets thrown away by most people without recycling.

Pick your evil. Choose wisely.

Or, bring your own bags, boxes and transport devices.

I have a couple of farmer market sturdy textile bags that I sometimes use for small trips.

Plastic was the thing to do, when people thought you were evil for not protecting the trees.

Paper is prefered (or mandatory) in some neighborhoods, having realised the damage done from plastic.

Why not. Honda and Suzuki started out with tiny cars using motorcycle engines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_S600

Riding up and down stairs is lots of fun. Bumpity bumpity.

.....you are a man. If you have a vagina you are a woman FFS. It's not that hard.

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2015/10/third_option_besides_male_fema.html#incart_river_mobileshort_home

Nope, some people have both, so you're out of luck with that definition.

I can go with xx and xy definitions. But be aware that there is also xxy, xyy, and xxyy variations. Not necessarily mutations.

so if there were an average of ten competitors per class, with run offs, it would jump to something like one in 76842. An incredible safe number, not even counting minor league racing events at home town tracks.

(The average is probably closer to 30 runs per event per class.)

I would seriously worry way more about what food I eat. Something that is actually important.

Impossible to find the total number of motorcycle drag races per year.

Rough guess, 28 sanctioned events per year, 13 classes, maybe 6 days, 1 winner & 1 loser each class = 4268+

(yes, that's assuming only two competitors in each class, a number way too low)

2010-2015 there were 3 motorcycle fatalities on drap strips.

2005-2009 there were 8 motorcycle fatalities on drag strips.

2000-2004 there were 4 motorcycle fatalities on drag strips

A good percentage are Top Fuel

Average one fatality a year

1 in 4268+ per rough guess each year @ sanctioned events (assumed absolute minimum competition of two)

annual mortality all causes - one in 121 (mostly disease and medical complications)

annual mortality in all accidents - one in 2421

annual mortality in motor vehicle accidents - one in 9708

roughly way more than 36 times more likely to check out from being unhealthy

http://dragstripdeaths.webs.com/

Basically, outside of Top Fuel and Pro Stock competitions, unless there's a speed wobble, pretty darn safe.

Probably much different per mile traveled, but that's not the point

Ohio legislation talked about an over-riding state law for knives. It was in the news. But I find nothing pending. The only thing the state currently has is a definition of terms.

What Ohio doesn't want, is concealed weapons. Almost all knives are legal if visible in a sheath. Don't push your luck with a switchblade, butterfly knife, bowie, or Arkansas toothpick. Most local jurisdictions have specific laws against those. The bowie and Arkansas toothpick have too much history behind them, they were made for the purpose of knife fighting. Running around with a Samurai katana on your back should also be avoided...

As said by others, there will still be stops, questioning, accusations, confiscation and arrests to contend with.

In Ohio, I can go anywhere with a Swiss army utility knife in my pocket. In Florida, even that is questionable.

Reebok Velocity, 8" side-zip water-proof tactical duty boots.

Previously made by Converse.

Both were made under contract from Warson Brands.

Popular name is "Moon Boots".

Don't laugh, I ride a standard. These boots saved me from a broken ankle, smashed toe, etc.

And they stay dry inside, in the rain and deep water.

You can actually walk or run or hike in them. Comfortable.

Principal's message to the world: Voters are stupid and should be ignored for their own good.

Student's message to the world: We know what we're doing for our own best interests.

Pick one

lol... one of the odd theaters here in Columbus ran it every weekend at midnight for years and years...

Wars do get waged over resources. WW1, WW2, Iraq-Iran, and Iraq-Kuwait-Saudi Arabia, that I can think of off hand. So entirely possible. WW1 was steam ship era, so that was over the coal fields between Germany and France. All the rest were for petroleum resources. At least in the beginning when the aggressor thought it would be easy.

In the end it is cheaper to buy, trade or borrow resources, unless the country is trying to build an Empire.