I l-o-v-e this incredible tank.
The Merkava IV!
It blows all the others away. ;-)
Showing posts with label Self-defense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self-defense. Show all posts
May 23, 2019
MERKAVA IV TANK
I l-o-v-e this incredible tank.
The Merkava IV!
It blows all the others away. ;-)
October 28, 2018
Shooting At You
"When someone is shooting at you, you know their intentions."
Sounds simple right?
But often the person throwing shots your way may be couching their real intentions and telling you:
"Ah, it's nothing."
Some may try and rip you off, and tell you:
"It's just business!"
Others punching you like a punching bag tell you:
"You need to get a thicker skin!"
People f*cking with your head ask you:
"Aren't you being a little paranoid?"
Yet others blame the victim calling you out for any sign of weakness"
"Why are you so pathetic? Crybaby!"
The truth of the matter is when people shoot you, take potshots at you, or otherwise physically, verbally, and emotionally abuse you, there is usually some evil sleight of hand and tongue at play.
People that are good people--don't abuse you!
There is no guise or beguiling when people are being truthful and when they truly care about other people.
When they shoot at you, yes you know their intentions.
Stop pretending they didn't mean it. Stop accepting empty promises that they won't do it again. Stop listening to hollow refrains of sorry.
People can be selfish and evil beasts that rip others apart because they will benefit from it or simply because they can or want to.
- Pain and suffering of other human beings is what they relish and feed on like blood is to a vampire.
Good people--do good to others.
- They want to give to others and see others flourish--they know G-d and understand the real purpose of life.
When they shoot you, you know their intentions.
Sure you can shoot back and sometimes you have no choice, but the best way to win is to be that good person. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 21, 2018
Israel On Fire
When the Hamas terrorist's from Gaza are trying to burn the State of Israel, Israel needs to make sure it's the terrorists are the ones getting burnt. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 16, 2018
Israel's Border Security
Israel should consider use of landmines to secure its border from tens of thousands of Hamas terrorists that seek daily to overrun the border and murder the citizens of the sovereign State of Israel.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 7, 2018
Supporting Israel is Right
Israel is not only the biblical and historical homeland for the Jewish people, but it is the only Jewish country in the entire world.
Nations and terrorists have attacked, again and again, denying the United Nations declaration for the State of Israel and the modern-day geopolitical reality of its existence--and it is flourishing!
The State of Israel has successfully made peace with its neighbors Egypt and Jordan, and they seek the same with the Palestinians.
Let us hope and pray for coexistence speedily in our times.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 26, 2018
Never Forget # Never Again
As much as we have to remember the horrors of the Holocaust and how so-called, human beings can descend into the depth of evilness inflicting hell against their fellow man, it is most critical to ensure it never happens again.
But remembering can be extremely painful, especially for the next generation that perhaps wants to forget all the terrible tragedy and for everything to be seemingly "normal" again.
But in the ageless war of good over evil, we must continuously fight to defend a peaceful and secure future for us and our children.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 15, 2018
The Embassy Arrives In Jerusalem
Never Homeless Again
The U.S. Embassy has moved to Jerusalem, but unfortunately, our enemies still attack us.
Hope you enjoy the article.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 17, 2018
Rocky Says
March 24, 2018
Got Skills?
"Does your child have life skills?"
And then it lists things like:
"Cooking, budgets, sewing, ironing, time managment, communication, and fun"
The classes are offered by ActualLifeSkills.com.
I took a look online at what a typical 6-week class offered on Sundays for 3-hours at a time and at a cost of $345.
It even covered things like:
"Handshakes, eye contact, and conversation starters
Voice projection and confidence
Party/guest etiquette, gifts and thank you notes"
And of course, aside from the cooking and budgeting already mentioned, there were more of the foundations such as laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping.
I would suggest adding things like computer basics, child rearing, human relations, home maintenance, car mechanics, hunting, fishing, gardening, first-aid, fitness, and even self-defense.
Since, we spend so much time teaching book skills, I have often thought why we don't spend more time teaching these fundamental life skills.
We are raising a generation of kids that can score 1500+ on the SATs, but they don't know sh*t about real life and couldn't survive a week without electricity, Internet, or mom and dad taking care of them.
Back to basics.
Back to life skills.
Back to survival.
Back to being self-sufficient.
There is no reason that we can't add these items to our broken school curriculums.
You shouldn't have to go to special classes to learn to live life. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
March 14, 2018
Vampire Slayer
It's a vampire killing kit that was really for sale in the 19th century.
These kits were developed and sold by entrepreneur, Professor Ernst Blomberg.
People were afraid of the blood-sucking beasts, especially in Eastern Europe.
And so when they traveled, they came prepared.
- Dagger with a ghoulish-looking skeleton for a handle
- Pistol along with several silver bullets
- Wooden stake to thrust into its evil heart
- Cross and Holy Water (or perhaps a Star of David for the Jewish version of the kit) to repel them
Of course, we don't have any evil bloodsucking creatures these days, do we?
I have a feeling that a lot of people would like to have a kit like this for self-defense to keep the 21st-century version of these bad actors away.
You think the NRA would be interested in making something like this. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 7, 2018
Cross The Street
"When you see crazy coming, cross the street!"
I remember learning similarly from experts that the first lesson in self defense is always:
"If you can run, run!"
That doesn't mean your not strong or courageous.
It's just common sense to try to avoid trouble if you can.
When people seriously fight, both usually can end up with a black eye or worse.
And there are truly a lot of crazies out there.
Peace is always desired.
But strength (and preparedness) is always required.
This makes sense as well in the larger context of the USA upgrading it's nuke arsenal and other weapons systems and platforms to deter enemy aggression.
Thus, peace through strength and of course, prayer! ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 2, 2017
From North Korean ICBMs to the Las Vegas Mass Shooter
They both target the masses for the maximum fatality count.
North Korea was shown targeting a nuclear attack on major U.S. cities--including San Diego, Austin, Washington DC, and the islands of Hawaii.
The Las Vegas shooter last night targeted a concert crowded with fans to let loose his automatic rifle killing at least 59 and wounding 527 in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
How about the Boston Marathon bomber that killed three and wounded 260 at the crowded finish line?
We are living in dangerous, dangerous times.
And being in a crowd can seriously get you killed.
Honestly, does it take a genius or a madman to target a large gathering to inflict great pain on the enemy?
Honestly, who hasn't wondered why we don't target the terrorists groups and rogue terror nation states--whether Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, Al-Qaeda or Axis of Evil Iran and North Korea--when their militants are violently rallying, burning the American flag, chanting death to the USA, and boldly and defiantly raising their assault rifles high into the air.
Why do we prefer to go after onesies-twosies in a virtual never ending battle to try and stop the terrorists of the day before they hit our cities and people again, when instead we can take out the evil bunch in more or less one fell swoop and send a no nonsense deterrent message.
Are we too moralistic to do it to them before they do it to us and we have hundreds of thousands or millions of dead?
I'm not suggesting hitting innocent civilians, but how about an armed, military parade with tanks and missiles or a bunch of crazed terrorists just building up their gumption to do their next dirty massacre against masses of innocent men, women, and children.
The bad guys aren't asking any questions before they hit the World Trade Center or the Pentagon or London or Paris or Tokyo or Jerusalem with guns, knives, bombs, vehicular attacks or even attempted WMD--maybe we shouldn't ask too many questions before we invoke "fire and fury" on their evil ranks and protect our own once and for all. ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to JTF News)
September 24, 2017
Those Were The Days
Check out this photo of me (right) and my teacher and mentor Robert doing martial arts back in the day.
This was at the Jewish street fair on Johnson Avenue in Riverdale, New York.
Recently, in the last few weeks, I reconnected with Robert after almost 27 years.
He made Aliyah to Israel and I got married, but I always remembered how much I learned from him and the fun times growing up.
It was great to catch up on the phone with him for about 2 1/2 hours and I think we could've gone on schmoozing all evening.
Then just this weekend, I received 3 large wall photos in the mail from a friend from Riverdale--out of the blue--just like my reconnecting with Robert.
Both events came almost simultaneously after 3 decades!
Time and space are just fabrications, as G-d Almighty is eternal, and for me I am essentially the same person that I was back then.
My body is getting (a little) older, but my inner self is still me.
And the people who mean so much to me in my life, after G-d, that is everything to me. ;-)
(Source Photo and with gratitude to Sura Jeselsohn)
September 21, 2017
Calling BS on Germany's BDS
Hitler's Germany committed genocide and murdered 6,000,000 Jewish men, women, and children during the Holocaust--1 out of every 3 Jews in the entire world--and killed tens of millions more in their fight of World War II.
And now one of Germany's top gun manufacturers, Heckler and Koch, has put democratic Israel, the Jewish Homeland, which is surrounded by hostile neighbors--on their banned list of countries to sell guns to because of war zones and corruption.
-- Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black???
BDS is anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, and a form of terrorism!
My own family--from Germany--suffered at the hands of Hitler and his henchman, and no more Jews should suffer the same.
Germany, please put a lid on resurgent anti-Semitism, and respect Israel's right to self-defense, and to peace and security.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
August 25, 2017
Ever Feel Like You're Target Practice
The knives get sharpened and readied.
At some point, they come flying out of nowhere.
Often, from all directions at the same time.
When it rains, it pours.
Some people latch on to the opportunity to try and make a kill.
You do your best to duck this way and that and survive the onslaught.
Hopefully, you were adequately prepared.
The big question is--can you hold unto your cheese?
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 28, 2017
At The Doorstep...WMD
The U.S. is sending clear warnings to the Assad regime--Don't do it!
Generally, the threat of using weapons of mass destruction--chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear--have become all too blase!
- Syria uses chemical weapons on its own people.
- Iraq used chemical weapons on Iran and the Kurds.
- Terrorists used chemical weapons in Japan and have threatened similar in UK.
- Russia threatens use of nukes over Crimea or in a conflict with NATO.
- North Korea threatens preemptive nuclear strike on the U.S.
- Iran has threatened attacks on Israel over nukes.
- Biological weapons such as Anthrax have been used against the U.S. and bioterror has been threatened in India.
This list is far from comprehensive--and how very commonplace this is becoming is exactly the problem!
It is one thing (already scary bad) to have weapons that can do the unthinkable, and it is quite another to actually use or threaten to use them in such blase fashion like taking out the garbage or something!
I would add that these days, we also need to add cyber attacks and EMPs to the threats of mass casualty and destructive events.
If we don't ensure that cooler and more stable heads prevail at the notorious red buttons around the world, then the risk of someone eventually doing something very stupid and dangerous to millions--or even billions--of lives is no longer just in the realm of science fiction anymore, but becomes so very ominous and real a disastrous possibility. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 8, 2017
Bad Boyz
When the bad boyz come to hurt the girls.
The bad boyz better watch out.
Feminism is alive and well.
Women are individuals full of rights and fights.
No one will take away what is theirs by G-d given creation of their soul and body.
Whoever tries to is destined to the dustbins of history.
Bad boyz, bad boyz...better recognize that women are people too.
And they are smart, resourceful, powerful, and good.
Sugar and spice and everything naughty and nice.
911, 911, 911...take this bad boyz away. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 3, 2017
Easy Solution to Axis of Evil
North Korea and Iran are sworn to the destruction of the U.S. and it's allies.
Repeatedly, they sponsor global terrorism, abuse human rights, violate agreements against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, conduct nuke tests, and missile launches.
Instead of destroying the missiles immediately upon launch or on the launchpad, which is a nice start...
Let's just do this:
- When North Korea launches, let's redirect the guidance system on the missile to Tehran.
- And when Iran launches their missiles, let's redirect it toward Pyongyang.
We don't have to fire a single volley.
Let the evil ones destroy each other and have a gangbusters time doing it. ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to Pixabay)
April 16, 2017
North Korea and Iran--No Time For Nuke Time
North Korea and Iran have nuclear weapons capability and are threatening and maniacal enough to use them.
Negotiations, incentives, and phony deals have led to nothing but advancing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction with our enemies and their continued vows to kill us.
As Iran vows to annihilate Israel and chants:
"Death to America"
North Korea vows a nuclear attack saying Washington will be:
"Engulfed in a sea of fire."
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 72a) teaches the principle of self-defense:
"If someone rises up to kill you, kill him first."
Preemption is justifiable if the threat is real and imminent.
North Korea and Iranian threats are very real and getting ever more imminent as their capabilities increase--and if anything, they have been underestimated and underreported.
They have continued to build and test nukes and the missiles to deliver them to the U.S. and our allies, despite pleas as well as carrots and sticks to cease their menacing actions.
The prior administration's position of "strategic patience" has meant nothing but indecision and a do nothing approach as things get worse and not better.
Now, we have the opportunity to destroy the deadly nuke sites before these despotic regimes hit us and our population of nearly 320 million people with a nuke first strategy!
We are a peaceful nation that believes deeply in freedom and human rights, but we cannot live under constant threat of nuclear attack on our cities and allies.
A preemptive strike is a very, very serious decision, but we cannot wait indefinitely and let ourselves become victims of the most horrific weapons and their destructive capabilities and aftermath.
What do we do if North Korea and Iran refuse their endless pursuit weapons of mass destruction and their threats to use them on us?
Perhaps, this is soon to be a rhetorical question if not the most dire of all decisions to make and the time to make them.
May G-d have mercy on us--if ever their was a time, now is the time to pray and mean it. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 12, 2017
Mice End Up Dead
1) Passive - You can sit back and take it for now, shutting your mouth and turning off your feelings, maybe even running for safety, as you get temporarily scr*wed, but perhaps maintaining the moral high ground and smartly saving your chips and choosing your battles for the right time and place to set things right and the record straight.
2) Aggressive - You can fight back, make sure you have a good strategy, but you may nonetheless end up blamed or bloodied, or who knows, maybe you actually win the day, but also you need to be sure to win the war.
3) Assertive - You can hold your ground, assert your rights, maintain your own opinions, and do what you believe is right, being firm in your self-determination, but you could be reprimanded or punished for not falling in line or best case scenario, you could actually end up being respected for it.
Listen, there is no one right answer, but you need to be a man and not a mouse.
Protect yourself--and as long as you don't go overboard or act like a jerk--be you, be proud, and don't let anyone mistreat you. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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