You tell 'em!
Wait, WTF?
Who then hell is that guy?
Man I love this guy. Why can't we have a predident with as many zany and wacky...
Oh, wait...
NEW SITE: ScottC.com!!
7 years ago
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
"Three Shots."
US commander explains how the pirate hostage situation was resolved.
The description he gives of the conditions under which the three shots were fired makes this sound a little fishy...
There are three factors which make this highly unlikely, if not impossible.
1) The pirates allegedly "presented themselves." Why would all three hostage takers move from cover at the same time?
2) It was night. Sure, there are such things as night-vision scopes, but it increases the difficulty of the shot by a measurable degree.
3) From one boat - listing in the ocean - to another, also bobbing up and down. Vessels such as lifeboats tend to pitch and yaw unpredictably even in small waves, and this would also have increased the chances that the SEALS would be off target on at least one of their shots.
Let alone that all three shots must have been fired very close together, each one was also a fatal wound (head shot). This is either a miracle, or the SEALS are using tactics that the general public aren't aware of.
Update:
Here is a more detailed explanation of the pirate-take down, but offers another mystery;
The 'hatch' the are referring to looks quite small, and as I said before, it seems unlikely that all three hostage takers presented themselves while holding the AK-47 to Pillips' back.
The description he gives of the conditions under which the three shots were fired makes this sound a little fishy...
There are three factors which make this highly unlikely, if not impossible.
1) The pirates allegedly "presented themselves." Why would all three hostage takers move from cover at the same time?
2) It was night. Sure, there are such things as night-vision scopes, but it increases the difficulty of the shot by a measurable degree.
3) From one boat - listing in the ocean - to another, also bobbing up and down. Vessels such as lifeboats tend to pitch and yaw unpredictably even in small waves, and this would also have increased the chances that the SEALS would be off target on at least one of their shots.
Let alone that all three shots must have been fired very close together, each one was also a fatal wound (head shot). This is either a miracle, or the SEALS are using tactics that the general public aren't aware of.
Update:
Here is a more detailed explanation of the pirate-take down, but offers another mystery;
The 'hatch' the are referring to looks quite small, and as I said before, it seems unlikely that all three hostage takers presented themselves while holding the AK-47 to Pillips' back.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Re: War Porn
Considering that I am currently reading "Wired for War", byt P.W. Singer, I thought I should mention that my disgust with the human race's tendencies to kill each-other far outweighs my personal fascination with what Singer calls "War-Porn".
Below is a slightly old rant which might be applicable here. It was in response to a 19 year old who was thinking about joining the military.
If you want to kill people, than I would highly recommend going to see a Marine recruiter tomorrow. They will teach you how to kill people in more ways than you can imagine. They will pay you just enough money to keep you happy, and yet still keep you around. When your ETs (End Term of Service) draws near, they will offer you tens of thousands of dollars to reenlist. If you don't, they might just keep you around anyway.
If you don't have a problem with killing people, but don't really want to, then go see an Army recruiter tomorrow. They will tell you exactly what you want to hear: "money for college," "it's just like a regular job," "won't see any combat,"you won't be stop-lossed." It might even sound exactly like what I am telling you here. Some of what they promise you might even come true, depending on how well you score on the ASVAB. They'll pretty much do anything to get you in. In fact, if you're particularly intelligent and manipulative, you could string them along for weeks. If you speak a foreign language, especially Arabic, they might even suck your dick.
If you have a problem with actually killing people, but don't mind being "a part of something bigger than yourself," go see a Navy or Airforce Recruiter tomorrow. Of course if you want to do anything worth a shit in either of these two branches, you must have skills in areas that would qualify you for many other jobs in the civilian sector, unless...
Unless if you really really want to kill people, and lots of them (I'm not talking about three or four at a time, maybe topping a couple dozen confirmed kills by the time you retire. I'm talking about dozens upon dozens of people, possibly killing hundreds by the time you are forced into retirement), do this: Enroll in community college. Achieve excellent grades, and transfer to a military academy. Then follow up on your dreams to become a certified fascist warmonger with a license to commit mass genocide from ten thousand feet by becoming a commissioned officer and a pilot in the United States Military. Or if that's not your deal, and all you are really good at is video games and computers, you can still do all of the above by remotely piloting an Unmanned Areal Vehicle. Now you can get paid to kill people with no risk to your personal safety whatever!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Via Reuters
This is big news here, my fellow internet fucktards.
Look, the only way the US can regain the ground it lost in the last 8 years is by visibly cutting it's nuclear stockpile. As we (the US) withdraws from Iraq, and starts dealing pragmatically with Russia and China on issues like North Korea's arsenal, it will become more and more apparent that our nuclear hegemony must be abandoned to create a Real Kind of Peace.
That, and preventing conflicts like that of the recent spat in Georgia/Ossetia (one that another blogger has covered extensively). As fighters (insurgents and otherwise) start dispersing from Iraq, they will obviously take with them the skills they learned fighting the most sophisticated war to date.
PRAGUE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons across the globe
This is big news here, my fellow internet fucktards.
Look, the only way the US can regain the ground it lost in the last 8 years is by visibly cutting it's nuclear stockpile. As we (the US) withdraws from Iraq, and starts dealing pragmatically with Russia and China on issues like North Korea's arsenal, it will become more and more apparent that our nuclear hegemony must be abandoned to create a Real Kind of Peace.
That, and preventing conflicts like that of the recent spat in Georgia/Ossetia (one that another blogger has covered extensively). As fighters (insurgents and otherwise) start dispersing from Iraq, they will obviously take with them the skills they learned fighting the most sophisticated war to date.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Inflamatory rhetoric from Netanyahu
From The Atlantic Online:
Hrm, does that include Israel declaring it's nuclear weapons stockpile?
Netanyahu said he would support President Obama’s decision to engage Iran, so long as negotiations brought about a quick end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “How you achieve this goal is less important than achieving it” []
Hrm, does that include Israel declaring it's nuclear weapons stockpile?
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Afghanistan Shrugged
I just wanted to give a shout out to VAMPIRE 06, and say thanks for serving.
Here is a link to his blog, and the blog description.
Afghanistan Shrugged
Here is a link to his blog, and the blog description.
Afghanistan Shrugged
Citizen soldier with 15 years light infantry experience, currently serving as a Team Chief for an Embedded Training Team with the Afghan National Army. My team trains and conducts combat operations with an Afghan Infantry Kandak (Battalion) in eastern Afghanistan. In my spare time in Afghanistan I enjoy long walks on the beach (No beach here), sampling fine wine and scotch (No drinking here) and conducting a low level insurgency telling Americans about the great warriors that I serve with and their dedication to winning the GWOT!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
"Israel: one of the powers seen by Iran as surrounding it with nuclear weapons."
via: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069303.html
Who said that the Cold War ended with the break-up of the Soviet Union?
It just became decentralized, and shifted multilaterally to several different nations. Calling them "rogue" is not at all useful, by the way, as that definition fails to grasp what Israel is in respect to the rest of the world.
I would not call them a rogue nation, but they are somewhat of a wild card.
Ahmadinejad gets a shoe thrown at him?
Thanks to m0122 for the translation.Iran's President Mahmood Ahmadinejad visited Uroomye in a single day. Around 2 PM while accompanied by a convoy, Ahmadinejad started his way from Uroomye airport to Takhti stadium. There were various circumstances surrounding Ahmadinejad's visit, but the most shocking was the throwing of a shoe and other objects towards him which hit his escort's vehicles and the outrageous behavior of Ahmadinejad's escorts. While on their way to Takhti Stadium an old man who had entered Motahari street to hand Ahmadinejad a letter had an accident with one of the escort's vehicles, but the old man was ignored by Ahmadinejad's personnel as they continued on their way. People from the sidewalks poured in the street and halted the vehicles. When the ambulance accompanying the the presidential convoy refused to help the injured man there was a small clash between the onlookers and Ahmadinejad's guards who were in civilian clothing. In the end after much protest and Booing from the people the Ambulance was forced to take the injured man to a hospital. When the convoy was going through Velayate Faghih St. [ Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists St. ] and ahmadinejad was waving to people from a convertible, In a strange move that shocked everyone a shoe was thrown at him. The guards rushed towards where the shoe was thrown from but failed to make any arrests. A few minutes later another person threw a black hat towards Ahmadinejad. Everyone present witnessed these two incident which cause the presidential vehicle to speed away from there.
A point concerning this presidential visit was the numerous letters that were collected from people via the many stations placed in the way. The amount of letters from concerned citizens was enough the in one of the stations they had to be transported using a small truck. This only shows the dire situation of the region.
There's the original post from the Persian language blog here:
http://urmiye.blogfa.com/post-262.aspx
Anywho...
The real question here, is whether this information was leaked (read: allowed to be disseminated over the Iranian Intarwebs). If it wasn't, and this is truly public dissidence, then expect to hear about some reprisal soon...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Almost there!
Question: If you beat your sword into a plowshare, and your neighbor breaks it, do you then beat it back into a sword?
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Waffle much?
Until the "new" regimes in Iran, Israel and US solidify over the next few months, I doubt there will be any real diplomacy.
Bah! who cares--look at the size of that friggin missile!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Iranian Space agency
So, apparently the satellite launced earlier this month was not Iran's first. Their first, Sina-1 been circling since 2005.
It'd be nice if Iran kept the world abreast of what it's doing via the Internet. Though I'm sure there are many bloggers there who will eventually find this...
Mahmoud seems to have been quiet of late on his blog.
Sadly, the ISA (Iranian Space Agency) website is not as comprehensive and informative as NASA.gov or ESA.int
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Seyed Mohammad Khātamī
This guy seems very, very smart...
Nonetheless, I can't help but make the obvious allusion to this:
source: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/17123.htm?sec=showcase#
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Ground zero
Apparently President Obama is following down the same path as many other previous politicians in the modern age by simultaneously promoting US nuclear hegemony and cowering under the guise of deterrence.
Okay, enough of this seriously depressing shit, let's look at some pictures of those crazy Iranians and their cool toys!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Iran: you suck at photoshop
Of course this image deserves much more attention than I am giving it here. But who fucking cares? It's an awesome image. IRAN, FUCK YEAH!
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