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<title>Tim's Bits and Pieces: MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</title>
<link>http://blog.timp.com.au</link>
<description>My personal blog, covering many random topics</description>
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<title>Semi-regular Linkage
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:08:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<category>Politics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>First up with have Tom Kratman's story of a hypothetical [hopefully]
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<p>First up with have Tom Kratman's story of a hypothetical [hopefully]
 politically correct military (<a
 href='http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/12/28/politics/social-justice-armed-forces/'>part
 1</a>, <a
 href='http://www.everyjoe.com/2016/01/04/politics/social-justice-armed-forces-going-to-field/'>part
 2</a>, and <a
 href='http://www.everyjoe.com/2016/01/11/politics/social-justice-armed-forces-going-to-war/'>part
 3</a>). Here's how it starts (hint: it doesn't get any better, or any less funny):</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>Top, got a minute? Can you tell us about the company? I mean the real
 inside scoop.</p>
 
 <p>"Oh, it's not so bad, I suppose. Could be worse anyway. I mean, I think
 maybe it could be worse. It used to be worse, actually, back when the XO -
 Lieutenant Dainty, our lipstick lesbian - was still pining over the fact that
 Staff Sergeant Levee wouldn't return her affections. God, she was the
 distilled and concentrated essence of PMS for months. But Levee wasn't
 attracted to lipstick lesbians, and was too much of a pro to cross the
 officer-enlisted divide."</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>Mike Cernovich on <a
 href='http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/01/13/why-the-war-to-censor-social-media-twitter-facebook-rapefugee/'>why
 so much effort is being put into censoring social media</a>:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>Why is there a huge effort from governments and social activists to censor
 social media? Why do I fight like hell on social media? Isn't social media a
 waste of time and a place to share cat pics?</p>
 
 <p>Once upon a time if you wanted your story to get out, you had to call up
 your friends in the media. ... Today you don't need the media to get your
 message out. If you have something to say, you take your message directly to
 the people.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>Ross Douthat's <a
 href='http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/ten-theses-on-immigration/'>Ten
 Theses on Immigration</a> in the New York Times:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>1. The nation-state is real, and (thus far) irreplaceable.</p>
 <p>2. Immigration is a perilous solution to demographic decline.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>(There's eight more over there obviously, and arguments in favour of each
 of his theses)</p>
 
 <p>Finally we have a Change.org <a
 href='https://www.change.org/p/emma-watson-spend-one-week-in-a-calais-migrant-camp-for-feminism?recruiter=197547181&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink'>petition
 of interest</a>:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>In order to show how safe current migration is to Europe, particularly
 regarding the cause of feminism (I reject wholeheartedly the notion that North
 African and Middle Eastern migrants are unsafe, and rapists), Emma Watson
 should spend a week's holiday in a Calais migrant camp, without guards of
 course, to show how safe, and how pro feminism these migrants are.</p>
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<title>Linkage
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/linkage%3A2015-12-14%3AGames%2CLinkage%2CMilitaryAndNationalSecurity%2CSelfDefence%2CPolitics</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:45:36 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TimP</dc:creator>
<category>Games</category>
<category>Linkage</category>
<category>MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</category>
<category>SelfDefence</category>
<category>Politics</category>
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<p>Some links that I thought where worth sharing.</p>
 
 <p>First up we have John C. Wright's <a
 href='http://www.scifiwright.com/2015/12/point-deer-make-horse/'>Point Deer,
 Make Horse</a> about the leftist response to the San Bernardino shooting:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>[F]or the Left, their God is Caesar, that is to say, the State, that is to
 say, themselves.</p>
 
 <p>After every crime-spree or disaster or terrorist attack by persons who
 never turn out to be white rightwingers, the Left says that it is the
 punishment rightfully delivered for not being faithful enough to Caesar, not
 giving him what he demanded for our good: not giving Caesar enough power,
 property and control over our minds and souls to solve the problem.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>Also on the San Bernardino shooting Anonymous Conservative posted <a
 href='http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/the-hero-who-should-have-been-but-was-killed-by-the-rabbits/'>this</a>:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>One of the San Bernardino shooting victims was a staunch supporter of the
 right to bear arms.</p>
 
 <p>He knew the threat, he had the skills and ability to deal with it, but he
 was killed ... by the political machinations of weak and pathetic rabbits who
 managed to use ... cops and his own respect for the law, to kill him and help
 the terrorists.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>Next up Dalrock on the <a
 href='https://dalrock.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/fantasy-land/'>Fantasy Land</a>
 that many Christians seem to live in regarding the push to get women into the
 military:</p> 
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>[T]he CBMW’s [Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood; a group of Christian
 complementarians] response to the generations long push by feminists to insert
 women into all parts of our armed forces is to pretend that something else
 entirely is going on. To avoid confronting the very open feminist rebellion,
 the CBMW pretends that men are insisting that women be forced into combat in
 their place. No one else believes this, and I have to believe that deep down
 even the complementarians themselves know this is a farce. However,
 confronting a generation of women demanding to usurp men’s roles is difficult,
 and to a complementarian downright terrifying. Changing the subject from
 reality to a fantasy world allows complementarians to avoid what is difficult
 and instead focus on posturing.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>And finally, and just for fun: <a
 href='http://en.cataclysmdda.com/'>Cataclysm DDA</a>; a rather addicting
 rogue-like about the zombie apocalypse.</p>
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<title>Notes on the Paris Attacks
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/notes_paris_attack%3A2015-11-17%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity%2CPolitics</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 07:42:20 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TimP</dc:creator>
<category>MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</category>
<category>Politics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Various notes on the Paris Attacks.</p>
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<p>Various notes on the Paris Attacks.</p>
 
 <p>First from <a
 href='https://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino/posts/10205194747851527'>Sean
 Sorrentino</a>:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 
 <p>I've got some bad news for you guys. This Paris murder spree?  Not all that
 complicated. The media keeps talking about [Deep stentorian announcer voice]
 "It was a sophisticated and coordinated attack, displaying extensive training
 and pre-planning."</p>
 
 <p>Bull-puckey. That was about a rifle squad's worth of joes, about a week's
 worth of training, and about $100 worth of tranquilizer pills. <a
 href='https://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino/posts/10205194747851527'>...</a> </p>
 
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>(Curtesy of <a
 href='http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2015/11/quote-of-day-sudden-jihad-edition.html'>Smallest
 Minority</a>)</p>
 
 <p>Next check out <a
 href='http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/11/14/politics/paris-attacks-open-letter-to-france/'>Tom
 Kratman's Open Letter to the Nation of France</a>:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 
 <p>You have two sets of enemies inside your country. One set are the
 unassimilated, indeed, increasingly unassimilated and by now well-nigh
 inassimilable, Moslems. <a
 href='http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/11/14/politics/paris-attacks-open-letter-to-france/'>...</a></p>
 
 <p>The other enemies are your rulers, safe in their internationalist
 positions, denationalized themselves, well connected, corrupt, and not caring
 about you in the slightest. <a
 href='http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/11/14/politics/paris-attacks-open-letter-to-france/'>...</a></p>
 
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>And <a
 href='http://www.dangerandplay.com/2015/11/14/the-syrian-refugee-crisis-and-paris-shooting/'>Mike
 Cernovich on the "refugee" crisis</a>:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 
 <p>Over 125 innocent Parisians are dead, and yet the media is still lying
 about the Syrian "refugee" crisis in the European Union.</p>
 
 <p>Nearly every Syrian "refugee" is an able-bodied man of prime fighting
 age.</p>
 
 <p>"Humanitarian" groups teach "refugees" how to evade fingerprinting.</p>
 
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>Finally; why I'm against gun control:</p>
 
 <p style='text-align:center'><img
 src='http://static.timp.com.au/images/2015-11-17_bataclan_gun_control.png'
 alt='Gun Control = Making Sure No One Can Shoot Back' /></p>
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<title>God be with the French
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2015 02:55:24 +0200</pubDate>
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<a
 href='http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/11/14/08/19/several-people-reportedly-killed-after-gunman-opens-fire-in-paris-restaurant'>My
 prayers go out to the French</a>.
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<title>Suspicious Fire is Suspicious
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<comments>http://blog.timp.com.au/suspicious_fire_is_suspicious%3A2010-12-09%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity%2COddities#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:03:54 +0200</pubDate>
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<category>MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</category>
<category>Oddities</category>
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<p><a
 	href='http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=11181'>Saturday
 	morning:</a></p>
 <blockquote>
 	A fire has been extinguished on board the Navy's <strong><i>Armidale</i> Class
 		Patrol boat</strong> HMAS <i>Bundaberg</i>, alongside <strong>Darwin
 		Naval base</strong>.
 </blockquote>
 
 <p><a
 	href='http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=11199'>Wednesday
 	morning:</a></p>
 <blockquote>
 	HMAS <i>Ararat</i>, an <strong><i>Armidale</i> Class Patrol Boat</strong>, suffered a fire on board whilst
 	alongside <strong>Darwin Naval Base</strong> late on Wednesday morning.
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>This is downright odd; I've never heard of a single one catching on fire
 before, let alone two within a handful of days at the same base*, though they
 assure us that "[a]n initial assessment [of the fire on the <i>Ararat</i>]
 indicates there is unlikely to be a connection to the fire on board HMAS
 <i>Bundaberg</i> earlier this week."</p>
 
 <p>* In fairness 10 of the 14 <i>Armidale</i> class boats are based in
 Darwin.</p>
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<title>Obese Soldiers
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/obese_soldiers%3A2010-10-21%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity</link>
<comments>http://blog.timp.com.au/obese_soldiers%3A2010-10-21%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:03:54 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TimP</dc:creator>
<category>MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</category>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p><a href='http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/21/3044174.htm'>Defence
 [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href='http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/21/3044174.htm'>Defence
 	stands by obese recruit policy</a>:</p>
 <blockquote>
 	<p>The Defence Department is defending its policy of accepting recruits
 	classified as obese.</p>
 	<p>A Defence Department spokeswoman says it revised entry standards in 2006 to
 	allow applicants with a body mass index of between 30 and 33, which is
 	classed as obese, but recruits must satisfy all other health standards.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>It's a good thing too, the BMI is just a measure of how heavy you are in
 relation to your height, a higher than normal BMI can just as easily mean
 muscular as fat. It's not hard to find professional fighters that exceed this
 (though they aren't super common outside of wrestling), and I doubt anyone would
 claim that <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Pearce'>Adam Pearce</a>
 (BMI of 31.41 according to Wikipedia and the <a
 	href='http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/global/forms/bodyMassIndex/default.aspx'>ADF's
 	BMI calculator</a>),
 for example, should be automatically excluded from military service based on some
 arbitrarily chosen weight cut-off. All soldiers are required to pass a variety
 of other physical tests, and from my reading of the DefenceJobs site people with
 a BMI between 30 and 33 also have to take an additional body fat test.</p>
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<title>Damn
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/damn%3A2010-06-08%3AHeroes%2CMilitaryAndNationalSecurity</link>
<comments>http://blog.timp.com.au/damn%3A2010-06-08%3AHeroes%2CMilitaryAndNationalSecurity#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:03:53 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TimP</dc:creator>
<category>Heroes</category>
<category>MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</category>
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<p><a
 	href='http://defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2010/Jun/0806.htm'>Damn</a>:</p>
 <blockquote>
 	<p>[T]wo soldiers from the Brisbane-based 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment were
 	serving with the 1st Mentoring Task Force and died as a result of wounds
 	sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated yesterday morning,
 	Afghanistan time.</p>
 
 	<p>The Australians were just two of a total of ten NATO soldiers killed in
 	Afghanistan on Monday. It was the worst single day for the foreign forces
 	operating in Afghanistan in over seven months and tragically, the worst day
 	for Australian troops since Vietnam.</p>
 </blockquote>
 
 <p>"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: <br />
 Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn."</p>
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<title>Lest We Forget
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/lest_we_forget%3A2010-04-25%3AHeroes%2CMilitaryAndNationalSecurity</link>
<comments>http://blog.timp.com.au/lest_we_forget%3A2010-04-25%3AHeroes%2CMilitaryAndNationalSecurity#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:03:54 +0200</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/research/infosheets/war_casualties.asp">Lest
 [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/research/infosheets/war_casualties.asp">Lest
 	We Forget</a></p>
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<title>Over Detroit Skies
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/over_detroit_skies%3A2009-12-28%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity</link>
<comments>http://blog.timp.com.au/over_detroit_skies%3A2009-12-28%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:03:54 +0200</pubDate>
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<category>MilitaryAndNationalSecurity</category>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>An interesting read on the terrorist attack over Christmas: <a
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<p>An interesting read on the terrorist attack over Christmas: <a
     href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roey-rosenblith/over-detroit-skies_b_404255.html">Over
     Detroit Skies</a>. Since I didn't go on the Internet over Christmas weekend
 at all, I've only just heard of this.</p>
 
 <p><a
     href="http://www.michaeltotten.com/2009/12/over-detroit-skies.php">Via.</a></p>
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<title>Damn
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<link>http://blog.timp.com.au/damn%3A2009-10-20%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity</link>
<comments>http://blog.timp.com.au/damn%3A2009-10-20%3AMilitaryAndNationalSecurity#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:03:53 +0200</pubDate>
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<p><a
     href="http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=9602">Soldier
     killed in training accident</a>. My condolences to the family and unit
 colleagues of the dead soldier. The person I feel the most sympathy for though is
 the soldier who fired the shot that killed one of his mates by accident. That
 would be really hard to bear.</p>
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