In 1776, the average colonist owned a firearm functionally identical to the standard infantry weapon of the British Army.
Civilian and military parity wasn't a loophole. It was the whole damn point.
In 1945 the USS Indianapolis secretly delivered the parts for the atomic bomb that would hit Hiroshima.
Days later, mission done, a Japanese submarine put two torpedoes into her. She sank in 12 minutes.
Nearly 900 men made it off the ship alive and into the open ocean. Then it got worse.
No one knew they were missing. Three separate Navy stations picked up the distress signals and every one of them ignored it. One officer thought it was a Japanese trap. Another had ordered not to be disturbed.
So the men floated. For almost five days. No food, no fresh water, burning by day and freezing at night. Some drank seawater and went insane. And the whole time, the sharks were circling and feeding. It is considered the worst shark attack in human history.
When rescue finally came by accident, only 316 of the nearly 1,200 crew were still alive.
The Navy needed someone to blame for the disaster. They chose Captain Charles McVay, one of the men who survived it. He became the only U.S. captain in the entire war to be court-martialed for losing his ship to the enemy.
At his trial the Navy did something almost unheard of. They brought in the Japanese commander who sank the ship to testify against him. Instead, the enemy captain told the court that zigzagging would have made no difference and that McVay did nothing wrong.
They convicted him anyway.
For years afterward McVay got hate mail from the families of the dead. Some sent letters every Christmas telling him he murdered their sons. In 1968 he walked onto his front lawn and shot himself, holding a toy sailor he had kept since he was a boy.
Case closed. For fifty years.
Then in 1996 an 11-year-old named Hunter Scott watched Jaws with his dad and got hooked on the 30 second speech about the Indianapolis. He made it his sixth grade history project.
He tracked down and interviewed nearly 150 survivors. He dug through more than 800 documents. And buried in there he found what the Navy had left out, including that they knew enemy subs were operating right on the ship's route and never warned McVay.
A kid's school project turned into a national story. It reached Congress. In 2000 lawmakers passed a resolution clearing McVay's name and President Clinton signed it. The Navy officially cleared his record in 2001.
The captain the Navy spent decades blaming was finally exonerated by a sixth grader.
Hunter Scott grew up and became a naval flight officer.
🚨 Another BC land grab? This is starting to smell like communism
The Eby government is quietly negotiating another Aboriginal title agreement, potentially covering 11% of British Columbia. I spoke with Conservative MLA and Indigenous Relations critic Steve McInnis about the lack of transparency and a pattern of concerning NDP land agreements.
The Eby government, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s blessing, is once again quietly negotiating a major Aboriginal title agreement, this time involving up to 11 percent of British Columbia in the province's mineral-rich northwest.
The proposed agreement with the Tahltan Nation could fundamentally reshape who governs and controls land and natural resources across more than 95,000 square kilometres, adding to significant concerns about land rights in the province.
To better understand what's at stake, I spoke with B.C. Conservative Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic, MLA Steve @McInnis_4MLA, says the public deserves to know a lot more about what @Dave_Eby is considering.
"British Columbians deserve to know exactly what's being negotiated before decisions of this magnitude are made behind closed doors," McInnis told Rebel News' @DreaHumphrey.
I also take you down a concerning memory lane, discussing some of the previous land agreements Eby has been involved in.
Barack Obama named one of our Navy's support vessels, Harvey Milk, who many users on X say he's a child trafficker
Pete Hegseth just renamed it after a medal of honor recipient...Oscar V Peterson
My vote counted... this is what I voted for 👍
#ATENTO En plena pandemia del COVID, la ex alcaldesa, Cinthia Viteri, cerró el aeropuerto de la ciudad utilizando vehículos del municipio para que no aterrice aviones, poniendo en riesgo vidas.
De Gaulle: “Ustedes los ingleses, solamente pelean por dinero. Deberían aprender de nosotros, los Franceses, que solo peleamos por el honor y la dignidad “
Churchill: “ Bueno, cada uno pelea por lo que le hace falta “
I EXPERIMENTO SOCIAL: Los
youtubers Nelk Boys se volvieron virales después de llevar un autobús lleno de inmigrantes a casa de la Senadora Socialista que pide acoger Ilegales en casas particulares. La mansión tiene 34 habitaciones vacías. Les cierra la puerta, ¡SOCIALISTAS!
🧐🇺🇸 Why Are Nations Still Buying the F-16 in the Age of Stealth Fighters?
Because legends don't become obsolete.
More than 50 years after its first flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon remains one of the most sought after combat aircraft on Earth. Over 4,600 have been built, and more than 25 nations continue to operate the jet.
The latest variant, the F-16 Block 70/72 Viper, comes equipped with an advanced AESA radar, modern electronic warfare systems, upgraded avionics, and a service life of up to 12,000 flight hours.
So why do countries keep choosing it?
🔹Battle proven in real wars
🔹 Lower operating costs than many modern fighters
🔹 Capable of air to air and air to ground missions
🔹 Compatible with a vast arsenal of advanced Western weapons
🔹 Backed by decades of upgrades and combat experience
While fifth generation fighters grab headlines, the F-16 continues to deliver results where it matters most, mission effectiveness, reliability, and affordability.
Military experts expect upgraded F-16s to remain in service into the 2050s, meaning this Cold War warrior could still be flying nearly 80 years after its first flight.
Thousands built. Dozens of nations. Five decades of combat history.
The world isn't done with the F-16 yet.
In 2015, ISIS captured Palmyra and demanded its head of antiquities reveal where the treasures were hidden.
He was 81 years old. He refused.
Khaled al-Asaad had spent over 50 years excavating and protecting Palmyra, the caravan city that once rivalled Rome in the Syrian desert.
He learned Aramaic to read its inscriptions. He raised his children among its ruins and named his daughter Zenobia, after its rebel queen.
Before the city fell, he helped evacuate hundreds of artefacts to safety. ISIS interrogated him for weeks to find them. But he gave them nothing.
They executed him in the square and left his body among the columns he had spent his life defending.
Archaeology is not a soft profession. Sometimes the people who guard the past die for it.
Wonder why there's a separatist referendum in Alberta? See this @globeandmail cartoon.
Alberta oil and gas funds Canada. Without it the whole country would be broke.
If you care about Canadian unity you'll denounce this 💩 like I am right now. Enough of this elitist garbage.
🚨 TRUMP JUST SAID WHAT THE POWER-HUNGRY FEAR MOST!
"In America, the people govern, the people rule, and the people are sovereign. I was elected not to take power, but to give power to the American people where it belongs."
This is the line they’ve tried to erase. Not another politician hoarding control — a leader returning it to YOU where it belongs.
The Deep State spent years convincing us we’re powerless. Trump just reminded the world exactly who holds the real authority.
Patriots, this is the America First promise in action. Who else feels the shift? Drop a 🇺🇸 below and tag someone who needs this reminder!
AOC says "rivers were on fire" because of corporations like Deloitte "pouring chemicals" into waterways.
Deloitte is an accounting, consulting, and tax services firm.
No idea what she's talking about.