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A friend and colleague of mine once taught me that there are four types of shooters. I believe that in pursuit of learning and applying a skill, it makes a lot of sense to grade students and I also believe it makes a lot of sense to divide shooters into these four categories. 1. Unconscious incompetent Here is a shooter who doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. On top of that, this is a student-shooter who does not believe the trainer when he tells him that he is doing something wrong. For instance, let’s say that I am training a … Continue reading →

Everyone knows about Area 51, supposedly the center of secret American UFO research and the most secret military installation in the world. While in reality the base has been used for the development of superbombers and stealth aircraft, conspiracy lore has it that it has also been used for a variety of more esoteric research and development projects, including reverse-engineering alien technology, time travel, weather control, teleportation, and energy weapons. Although Area 51 is the most notorious military installation beloved by conspiracy theorists, there are other bases and facilities around the world with their own stories and legends as well. … Continue reading →

Broadway sensation, TV detective and three-time Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury turns 90 in October. Fiona-Jane Weston is an expert on her extraordinary career, thanks to researching her one-woman show Looking For Lansbury. Can you detect the correct ans…

(ANTIMEDIA) Had the President of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Doctors Without Borders not warned us of the “imminent threat to global health” posed by the TPP, would these 22 doctors and patients have lost their lives early Saturday? “I don’t know exactly how long, but it was maybe half an hour afterwards that they stopped bombing. I went out with the project coordinator to see what had happened. What we saw was the hospital destroyed, burning,” described nurse Lajos Zoltan Jecs of the U.S. bombardment of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Harsh criticism and skepticism surround what is being labeled an errant U.S. … Continue reading →

It’s relatively difficult to get lost without a trace, at least these days. But history contains a number of examples of individuals (and groups) who seemingly managed to vanish into thin air. Many of these stories have become fodder for sci-fi and paranormal theories, from ghosts to sea monsters, but while the answers are probably far more prosaic, we just don’t have them—yet. Ian Crofton’s 2006 book The Disappeared, which contains 35 of these stories, provided much of the information for the eight here. 1. THE ROANOKE COLONY It may be the oldest mystery in the nation: In the late … Continue reading →

Legendary economist Thomas Sowell is as impressed with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s ideas as he is with Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates’ — which is to say, not much. Sowell, currently a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, is out with a new book, “Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective.” Last week, he opened up about his new book and topics related to it in an interview on the “Hugh Hewitt Show,” guest-hosted by this writer. Asked about in-vogue author Ta-Nehisi Coates and his theory that black America’s plight can be blamed on institutional racism, Sowell said, “It’s hard to know whether to laugh or … Continue reading →

When news first broke of the U.S. airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the response from the U.S. military was predictable and familiar. It was all just a big, terrible mistake, its official statement suggested: an airstrike it carried out in Kunduz “may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility.” Oops: our bad. Fog of war, errant bombs, and all that. This obfuscation tactic is the standard one the U.S. and Israel both use whenever they blow up civilian structures and slaughter large numbers of innocent people with airstrikes. Citizens of both countries are … Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton has already built reputation as a fearsome opponent in the political ring as she ramps up her campaign for the presidential election. But a new book claims that it is not only the Republicans who fear the former First Lady. Just as Hillary attempts to present her softer side to the nation’s electorate, political consultant Roger Stone has alleged that the Democrat front-runner is ‘prone to violent outbursts towards her husband and terrorizes her staff and Secret Service agents.’ Hillary Clinton did not respond to requests for a comment when approached by the Daily Mail. The Clintons’ War On Women, … Continue reading →

PHOENIX, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- Hard evidence — not doctor theories, news commentary, conjecture, hyperbole, rumor, innuendo or any other proposals — clearly shows that the only known way to actually stop spree murderers is to shoot them — or scare them into shooting themselves. Time and again society has found this works. According to the evidence, every mass murder in recent times has been halted, in the final analysis, by shooting the murderers, or threatening to shoot them, with guns. Members of the press corps continue to debate the subject, despite the evidence. Sources speaking privately say the media consciously reject … Continue reading →

PHOENIX, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- Hard evidence — not doctor theories, news commentary, conjecture, hyperbole, rumor, innuendo or any other proposals — clearly shows that the only known way to actually stop spree murderers is to shoot them — or scare them into shooting themselves. Time and again society has found this works. According to the evidence, every mass murder in recent times has been halted, in the final analysis, by shooting the murderers, or threatening to shoot them, with guns. Members of the press corps continue to debate the subject, despite the evidence. Sources speaking privately say the media consciously reject … Continue reading →

[Disclaimer: The following is not a medical article] I am a male over 60 and have [or had] a serious health problem that I tried to ignore for the last three years. I tried every holistic treatment, supplement, vitamin and herb under the sun. During that period my gastrointestinal tract quit working three times. I had a lot of trouble breathing and although I had the urge nothing would come out of my body. You get the picture. Since I consider the hospital a dangerous place I refused to go to the Emergency Room. Not only do I avoid the … Continue reading →

Whereas some central banks have become more forthcoming on where they claim their official gold reserves are stored (see my recent blog post ‘Central bank gold at the Bank of England‘), many of the world’s central banks remain secretive in this regard, with some central bank staff saying that they are not allowed to provide this information, and some central banks just ignoring the question when asked. In the ‘Central bank gold at the Bank of England’ article, I said that “A number of central banks refuse to confirm the location of their gold reserves. I will document this in … Continue reading →

Jack The Ripper was a popular singer songwriter who was protected by the police in the Freemasons who sabotaged evidence so he could avoid capture, a new book claims. The explosive new theory comes from Bruce Robinson, the author of Withnail and I, who has spent 15 years on the mystery that has plagued historians since the five victims were killed in 1888. He claims he is now almost certain that the killer was Michael Maybrick, a popular singer of the time, who was ‘protected by servants of the Victorian state’. Robinson, the author of Withnail and I, said a … Continue reading →

According to legends, the Kingdom of Saguenay is a lost city supposedly ruled by blonde men rich with gold and jewels. No one knows if native Canadians in 1534 and 1535 hoaxed greedy Frenchmen and later a French king with their tales of gold, ruby and silver mines to the northwest of present-day Montreal. Whether prevarications or lost legends of visiting Vikings, the stories of fantastic riches were part of the reason France claimed Canada for itself. Jacques Cartier arrived in Newfoundland, thinking it was Asia, in May 1534. He explored the Canadian maritime area, claimed it all for France … Continue reading →

When I eventually reach Graham Hancock’s house, I am late and out of breath. The amateur archaeologist lives in a grand slab of a place halfway up one of Bath’s lung-busting hills and I have been struggling with a bag full of his bestselling books. The 65-year-old opens his imposing front door, waves away my apologies, and ushers me straight down to his study, which is spilling over with books and expensive-looking curiosities. He offers me a cup of coffee and enquires about my journey. He is avuncular and chatty – not at all the wild-haired eccentric my research had … Continue reading →