Retard with an internet connection. Amateur memer, history nerd. proUSA, Iraq vet.

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This is going on - and people are obsessing over some college kids having gross sex And media is just ignoring this Or pretending these are “students” “protesting” for “better schools and education”.
Hidden under their balaclavas among high school students, two young men load their pistols during the riots in Paris. Welcome to the Europe. 🇪🇺 Coming to a city near you. 🇬🇧
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“The terrorists who constitute our government don’t have an air force, so you can’t respond to slaughters they devise and carry out. Checkmate.” Utterly galaxy-brained stuff.
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Here is an example of the critical mindset required when dealing with place names mentioned in accounts of medieval military events. In France at that time, and in fact almost everywhere, there were variations, sometimes dozens of them, in the spelling of place names and personal names alike (which can make historical research in contemporary sources a nightmare). This book, a 2022 modern edition and translation into modern French of the famous chronicles of the Hundred Years' War (XVth century) by Jean Juvenal des Ursins, prepared by the distinguished medievalist Joël Blanchard, mentions a brief military event. It serves as a perfect example of why one must always be cautious and cross-reference with other sources. In 1420, the following is recorded in his book: "On the borders of the Île-de-France, the English laid siege to Montolivet. Upon learning this, the Lord of Offemont gathered troops and attacked the besiegers; English soldiers were killed and taken prisoner, and the siege was lifted." Montolivet is located east of Paris, near Coulommiers. Now, here is the original version of the chronicle I have on hand: "The English laid siege to Montpillouet, near the French border; the Lord of Auffemont learned of this, gathered a force, and struck at the besiegers. In the end, many English were killed or captured, and the siege was lifted.." So, according to the book, the place name spelled Montpillouet is actually Montolivet. In reality, however, that is not the case, for two reasons: No other source, so far, mentions a siege at that location during that period. The second point is that other sources do indeed mention a similar event, an English siege hastily lifted thanks to the Lord of Offemont, such as the chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet; however, this refers to the siege of Montépilloy, not Montolivet. Located in the Valois region north of Paris, the site had been held since 1417 by an Armagnac garrison under Captain Robert d'Esnes. In 1420, it was besieged by a force of over 500 Anglo-Burgundians, who were driven off by an army led by three French lords; the engagement resulted in 60 deaths and the capture of Captain Louis de Pacy. Ironically, Montépilloy was likely not very well-known at the time; it only gained prominence "thanks to" the encounter in August 1429 between the Anglo-Burgundian and Franco-Scottish armies. The common spelling for the place name Montépilloy is mainly "Mont-Espilloy."
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Pike was sentenced to death, not attempted death. Saying she should not be executed now is like saying that you have to let a prisoner go free if the transport van crashes on the way to prison. As @jimmy_esq said, what this shows is the problem with our chosen mode of execution.
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How about some history. Following the naval defeats at Messina, Octavian needed to rebuild his fleet but couldn't do so while Sextus Pompey ruled the seas. Agrippa had canals built between Lake Avernus and Lake Lucrinus. This allowed them to build and train a new fleet in safe waters. Once they were ready he built more canals connecting them to the sea. This allowed the Triumvirate to defeat Pompey's navy at Mylae and opening Sicily for invasion. Which Lepidus and Statilius Taurus did a few weeks later.
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Holy shit… I agree with a libertarian. I feel like if more libertarians were actually like this and less like the weirdo the party nominated for President, we’d agree on a lot more. This is a fantastic read, by the way, and I dare say they are right.
Why We Post That People Should Die Guns are not going to save us. They aren't going to save us from taxes. They aren't going to save us from anti-liberty immigrants. They didn’t stop lockdowns. They won’t stop wokeness, or regulations, or spying, or your local school turning kids into trannies. It's not that they couldn't. It's just that not even the most hardcore will actually use them for that. That would be appalling. It would be abhorrent and disgusting. Calls for violence have no place in a polite society. Can you imagine the outrage if a school counselor who was socially transitioning children against their parents' will was shot by one of the disgruntled parents? Or if a Democrat who voted to create an income tax was tarred and feathered in public? All land on Earth has been conquered. There is nowhere to go to start something new. This means we have two options. Work inside the system, or work outside it. There is participation, or there is revolution. Inside the system means contributing political effort. Voting, running for office, lobbying, contributing to campaigns. Outside the system means violence. But nobody's going to do it. Nobody’s even allowed to say you should do it. Even if you say it should happen, everyone gets really mad. Sure, people are happy to celebrate past violence, like Independence Day or the Pine Tree Riot. Even some elected politicians are willing to talk abstractly about “Second Amendment solutions”. But like all respectable people, we believe only violence in the past is acceptable. Any future violence is absolutely wrong. We should celebrate these holidays in theater only, never as a sincere expression of cherished values. We have jobs! Some libertarians say voting is for suckers. Voting "legitimizes the state." Some even say that voting itself is violence. That becoming a Republican state rep is treasonous and anti-liberty. Which leaves many libertarians with nothing. They won't act outside the system. They won't act inside it. What's left? Posting. The dooming, the black pilling, the "my guns," the "it needs to get worse." It's a way to do nothing while feeling like the most hardcore guy in the room. It's crabs in a bucket. It's a lazy, bitter mentality that necessitates that you sit on your hands, wait for the collapse, and cry when your society is burnt to ash by the people who chose power over apathy. It is spiritual cancer. We talk about violence to make it clear to you it’s not a real solution. Tens of millions of Americans would have to die for it to be a free country again. Even with German efficiency, it would take hundreds of thousands of people to commit this much violence. How could that ever happen if there isn’t a single person willing? The only solutions forward are marginal. Move somewhere a little better than where you are. Make that place better by getting involved. Vote for whoever is slightly closer to you, no matter how imperfect. We do this in New Hampshire and it works. And it turns out if you do this consistently, not just politically but culturally and spiritually, you get something much bigger. You get a place where when the media misrepresents your get-out-the-vote campaign as a call to “assassinate Democrats” it’s not a big deal and some elected anarcho-capitalists call you and laugh about it. So be loud. Do your best to make your town, community, or state repellent to communists. Get in the media anyway you can to influence demographic changes in your community. Participate in local social media and at town meetings. Be a mix of resolute and pragmatic, as each situation calls for. Your options are voting or violence. And if neither seems like a good option where you are, do them somewhere else. Live Free or Die; Death Is Not the Worst of Evils
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France is having a rough time. There's also an awful lot of Palestinian flags being waved around by "French Students".
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If I won the lottery, there would be signs.
Building a personal library is fun Building an actual building for one's personal library is taking it to a whole new level, and is quite awesome
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How else would someone check the weather?
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SPACE FORCE, GET THE FUCK IN HERE. I have been roasting every branch and now it’s your turn, you intergalactic IT department. Army sleeps in the dirt. Marines eat crayons. Navy lives on a floating apartment complex. Air Force checks the hotel reviews before invading. SPACE FORCE? You motherfuckers joined the military because Best Buy Geek Squad didn’t have enough fucking authority. Your branch sounds like something a drunk 12 year old created after watching Star Wars. GUARDIANS. Guardians of what? The fucking HDMI cable? Your combat zone has fluorescent lighting. Your foxhole has lumbar support. Your rucksack is a laptop bag. Your weapon system has a fucking password reset button. Some Army private is freezing his ass off in a fighting position while a Space Force Guardian is screaming: WE’RE TAKING HEAVY FIRE! Motherfucker, Outlook crashed. Your version of land navigation is opening Google Maps. Your version of close air support is moving the router closer to the fucking window. Your version of enemy contact is somebody from China trying the WiFi password twice. You don’t call artillery. You call technical support. Sir, satellite communications are down. WHAT’S THE PLAN? Unplug it for thirty seconds. PROMOTE THAT MOTHERFUCKER. Space Force PT test probably includes carrying two monitors up a flight of stairs without spilling a Monster. These motherfuckers probably get combat patches for surviving a Windows update. Imagine being captured by Space Force. They wouldn’t interrogate you. They’d lock your account after three failed login attempts. Army has Rangers. Navy has SEALs. Marines have Raiders. Space Force has motherfuckers named GUARDIANS sounding like they’re about to fight Thanos at fucking noon. And yes, before some keyboard warrior has an aneurysm, Space Force has a serious mission. Satellites. Missile warning. GPS. Communications. All important shit. But military humor has never given a single fuck about your mission statement. So thank you for your service, Guardians. Now get your ass back upstairs and make sure Google Maps still knows where the fuck Sugar Bush Knolls, Ohio is. Air Force, enjoy your fucking continental breakfast. You’re tomorrow.
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How is a war crime not a war crime? Because Free Palestine, that’s why!
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Last time I tried pickpocketing a dwarf I threw my back out.
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New article is live. Read about John Hunyadi, the legendary warrior who drove Mehmed the Conqueror from Belgrade and took the fight to the Ottomans in Hungary.
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Now I can't unsee it. Although comparing Newsome to Gul Dukat seems unfair to Dukat.
Replying to @ingelramdecoucy
Did you already see this?
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The fact is that Gaza is not what you see when they start a war and lose. Gaza is what you see when they turn the majority of their civilian infrastructure into dual-purpose military installations (as a war crime and staging area for war crimes) and dig about 400 miles of terror tunnels with 5700+ shafts opening into all manner of neighborhoods and structures and then start a war from that platform and lose.
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