October 26
1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
1825 – The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1864 – Confederate William ‘Bloody Bill’ Anderson is killed in battle against Federal troops in Albany, Missouri.
1881 – The Earp brothers and Doc Holliday engage the Clanton and McLaury brothers, along with Billy Claiborne, in a gunfight in an alley about 6 doors west of the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, killing the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton.
1912 – During the First Balkan War, Ottoman troops are forced to abandon the cities of Thessaloniki in Greece and Skopje in Northern Macedonia, to reinforce the Çatalca Line, their final defensive line protecting the peninsula and Constantinople
1917 – During World War I, Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
1918 – During World War I, Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1942 – In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, the U.S. carrier Hornet and destroyer Porter are sunk, the carrier Enterprise, battleship South Dakota and cruisers Portland and San Juan damaged, while 2 Japanese carriers Shōkaku and Zuihō and cruiser Chikuma are damaged.
1944 – Off Cape Engaño north of Luzon Island Philippines, the final battle between Japanese and U.S. naval fleets results in an overwhelming American victory.
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
1967 – On his 48th birthday, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
1977 – Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops the disease in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, not that that stops the U.S. Army from going bonkers from time to time and mandating all troops get inoculated.
1994 – Jordan and Israel sign the Wadi Araba Treaty ending the state of war between the 2 nations.
1995 – Israeli Mossad agents kill Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in Malta.
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2003 – The Cedar Fire forest fire, started by a hunter as a rescue signal, kills 15 people, burns 250,000 acres of land and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
2012 – Microsoft releases Windows 8
The guy is reportedly an ‘active reserve’ servicemember with some bona fide mental issues. That’s bad.
What may be worse is, he’s a Highly Trained Firearms Instructor!™, as described in gasping bated breath by all the talking heads.
The real problem with that not being his skill set, but what equipment he’s had access to. So far, all he’s used is a rifle of indeterminate description, what I hope is it’s his own personal rifle and not one he’s managed to take from an armory, along with other assorted items to use to commit general mayhem if he gets boxed in somewhere.
‘Person Of Interest’ Identified In Maine Mass Shooting
A person of interest has been identified in the mass shooting at multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday, according to the Lewiston Police Department.
“Police are currently searching for a Robert R. Card, 4/4/1983. He is considered armed and dangerous. He’s a person of interest, that is what we will label him moving forward until that changes,” Commissioner Michael J. Sauschuck of the Maine Department of Public Safety, said during a Wednesday press conference. The Lewiston Police Department said it was investigating the killings that took place at a bar and a bowling alley, according to WGME.
Shooting Illustrated Interviews: John Correia
What can we learned from someone who’s watched over 40,000 real-world violent encounters?
Well, I don’t care what anyone says, the man is undoubtedly a moslem, but since he was slick & ‘cool’, the brainless demoncraps & voted for him as others decided not to vote for McCain, and here we are.
On Israel, Biden Picks Up Where Obama Left Off
The former president forever changed the trajectory of the Democratic Party.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken contends that Hamas would gain no “greater” victory “than allowing its brutality to send us down a path of terrorism and nihilism. We must not let it.”
You can hear echoes of Barack Obama’s insufferable moral equivalencies imbued in that statement.
The contention is a not-so-subtle warning to Israel, who will almost surely enter Gaza and try to dismantle the Hamas terror state — which has been indirectly and directly funded not only by Iran, the European Union, and the United Nations but also by the Obama and Biden administrations.
The insinuation, of course, is that Israel needs to temper its inclination to engage in “terrorism and nihilism.” It is a blood libel.
It is not “terrorism” to seek justice for the pregnant woman who had her baby cut from her body or the elderly couple who was burned alive. And eliminating those who committed Nazi-like atrocities against your citizens is no more nihilistic than tracking down Eichmann or demanding Emperor Hirohito unconditionally surrender.
Yet, only days after the worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust, Biden was already lecturing Benjamin Netanyahu on how “democracies like Israel and the United States are stronger and more secure when we act according to the rule of law.” The insinuation, again, is that there is something nefarious about winning a war against those who massacre your citizens.
And by the Duke of New York, A-Number One hisslef:
Livermore gun store owner fatally shoots suspect during attempted robbery
LIVERMORE, Calif. – A Livermore gun shop owner fatally shot a suspect armed with a hammer during an attempted robbery, police said.
The incident happened at East Bay Firearms, located at 4049 First Street, on Sunday around 2:30 p.m, according to the Livermore Police Department.
Alameda store clerk arrested in deadly shooting of alleged thief
The suspect, wearing a mask, gloves, and a hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head, entered the store acting suspiciously, said police.
Witnesses reported that the suspect, armed with a hammer, attempted to take a firearm. In response, the gun store owner fired two rounds, killing the man.
Authorities have identified the suspect as a 28-year-old man from Redwood City, but have not released his name.
The gun store owner is cooperating with the investigation, and police do not consider him a suspect, as it appears he acted in self-defense, officials said.
At the time of the attempted robbery, there were five customers inside the store. None of them was injured.
Too graphic for the adults but ok for the children. What have we become as a society, Lord? 🤬🤬🤬 https://t.co/i2KL7Q8NUX
— Amy Gomez (@amy_gomez10659) October 25, 2023
New York City Gun Restrictions Ruled Unconstitutional
Local laws allowing New York City officials to subjectively deny gun possession permits violate the Second Amendment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan struck down portions of a New York City law governing when licensing officials may deny permits to own rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Cronan determined that allowing the City to deny licenses to applicants who are “not of good moral character” or when they feel “other good cause” exists allows too much discretion and does not fit with how America historically regulated guns. He found that makes them unconstitutional under the Supreme Court’s latest Second Amendment test.
“This case is not about the ability of a state or municipality to impose appropriate and constitutionally valid regulations governing the issuance of firearm licenses and permits,” Judge Cronan wrote in Srour v. NYC. “The constitutional infirmities identified herein lie not in the City’s decision to impose requirements for the possession of handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Rather, the provisions fail to pass constitutional muster because of the magnitude of discretion afforded to City officials in denying an individual their constitutional right to keep and bear firearms, and because of Defendants’ failure to show that such unabridged discretion has any grounding in our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
The decision, which is likely to be appealed by city officials, may result in more residents of the nation’s largest city being able to legally arm themselves. It also represents the continuing fallout from a landmark gun case ruling handed down by the Supreme Court last year.
The people who tell us we need to cut down on emissions
-fly around in planes.
The people who tell us we are in a climate change emergency
-live in oceanfront properties.
The people who tell us to eat bugs
-eat steak.
The people who told us to stay home, stay safe and get vaccinated
-travelled the world and partied.
The people who told us we are all in this together
-shut down our businesses, increased our taxes and gave themselves pay raises.
The people who tell us we don’t need guns
-have private armed security.
The people who try to censor us, saying we’re spreading misinformation
-spread malinformation.
The people who tell us we’ll own nothing and be happy
-control more than half the worlds assets.
“Get in under the covers, Abba (daddy) will protect you, there will be some noise but everything will be OK.”
That’s what Alon said to his three daughters who took shelter with him in a safe room when Hamas terrorists began to set fire to their home.
Heroic dad, Alon, opened the door, fired his rifle, killing one of barbaric terrorists, the other two fled, allowing Alon to return and guard his daughters during the invasion.
Apart from his role as a father Alon is also a farmer and security volunteer at Kibbutz Nirim.
O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!
What’s he that wishes so?
My cousin, Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland , through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call’d the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say “To-morrow is Saint Crispian.”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words—
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester—
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day!
Translations from Leftspeak™
“Investment”:
Spending money on our favorite constituency groups
October 25
285 – Crispin and Crispinian are martyred by Governor Rictus Varus of Gaul on order of Emperor Diocletian
1147 – During the Reconquista, crusader knights retake Lisbon after a 4 month long siege.
1415 – The army of Henry V of England, mostly light armored infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armored French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt, during the Hundred Years War.
1760 – George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather, George II.
1812 – The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian commanded by John Surman Carden, south of the Azores islands.
1854 – At Balaklava in the Crimea, after an ineffective cavalry charge of the British Heavy Brigade, the British Light Brigade is ordered to charge but is pointed in the wrong direction, suffering heavy casualties after heading down a valley defended by massed Russian artillery.
1921 – Bartholemew ‘Bat’ Masterson dies at his desk from a massive heart attack after writing what became his final column for the New York Morning Telegraph
1940 – Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is promoted the first African American General Officer in the U.S. Army.
1944 – The main force of the U.S. Navy sights and re-engages the main force of the Japanese Navy in the Surigao Straight and off Samar Island in the Phillipines
1962 – U.S Ambassador Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.
1968 – Northeast Airlines Flight 946, a Fairchild F-27, crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 30 of the 39 passengers and 2 of the 3 crew members aboard.
1973 – Egypt and Israel accept a United Nations Security Council Resolution calling for a ceasefire of the Yom Kippur War.
1983 – United States and Caribbean coalition forces begin Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion of the island of Grenada, 6 days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d’état by Cuban backed communist forces.
1994 – U.S Navy F-14 pilot Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen is killed when her plane crashes on landing approach to USS Abraham Lincoln off San Diego.
1995 – A Cary-Grove High School bus driver fails to clear the tracks near Fox River Grove, Illinois, and the bus is struck by a Metra Union Pacific/ Northwest Line commuter train, enroute to Chicago, killing 7 students and injuring 24 more.
1999 – A SunJet Aviation chartered Learjet 35, enroute from Orlando, Florida, to Dallas, Texas, looses pressure shortly after takeoff, incapacitating and likely killing the 4 passengers, including Springfield, Missouri born golfer Payne Stewart, and 2 crew aboard, then crashes near Aberdeen, South Dakota, when it finally runs out of fuel nearly 4 hours later.
2001 – Microsoft releases Windows XP
2009 – Targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council building, Al Qaida suicide bombers detonate 2 car bombs, killing 155 Iraqis and wounding at least 721 more people, among which were 3 American contractors.
2013 – Actor and stuntman Hal Needham dies in Los Angeles, age 82.
Armed man scares off North Carolina supermarket shooter
A gunman was chased away by an armed bystander after he opened fire outside a supermarket in North Carolina, police said.
Mirza Zukanovic, 35, is accused of shooting at two people Saturday night following a domestic dispute at the Lowes Foods parking lot in Wake Forest Crossing, WRAL News reports.
As Zukanovic fired at the duo, a bystander who has a license to carry a weapon drew his own pistol and fired at the gunman.
Zukanovic then fled, but was impaired while driving and crashed his car just minutes later along nearby Stadium Drive.
Zukanovic was taken into custody without further incident and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm in the city limits, driving while impaired, no operator’s license, failure to wear a seatbelt and failure to maintain lane control.
No one was injured in the shootout, and no property was reported damaged, Wake Forest police said.
Zukanovic was booked at the Wake County Detention Center and is being held without bail.
A representative for Zukanovic was not immediately available for comment.
Last month, a customer at the Zaxby’s restaurant in Alpharetta, Georgia, shot a 57-year-old gunman attempting to rob the establishment.
The local hero, who was not publicly identified, shot the would-be robber in the leg, twice, leading the suspect to flee into the woods, where he was arrested by police.
