May 23, 2025

On May 23, 2013, coordinated attacks by moslem terrorists targeted the towns of Agadez and Arlit in Niger. Besides the 10 terrorists, 23 Nigerien soldiers and 2 civilians were killed as well as several wounded. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, credited with devising the attacks, was himself killed 3 years later.

Occasionally life intrudes; Spent most of the night and early morning at the ER with Dad. He’s back home and feeling a lot better, but Ich Bin was worn out and spent the day and early evening sacked out.

We now return to our somewhat regular scheduling

May 19, 2025

39 years ago, Congress passed and POTUS Reagan signed into law, and immediate effect, the ‘Firearms Owners Protection Act’, that among some good things, also banned further production of ‘transferable’ automatic firearms for civilian possession.