Author: Papa Giorgio

To Wound, or Kill ~ Special Air Service (SAS) Debate

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(Via Firearm Blog) According to the Daily Mail the SAS are looking at switching from the 5.56x45mm NATO round to a 7.62mm round. They seem unimpressed that their US counterparts have access to 7.62mm FN SCAR-H rifles [pictured above] and they are stuck with the M4-like 5.56mm Colt Canada/Diemaco C8 Carbine. From the Daily Mail:

The SAS are being issued with new ammunition designed to kill the enemy outright after they condemned a ‘shoot-to-wound’ policy that put their lives at risk.

SAS Insider

Last night, a regiment insider said: ‘The shoot-to-wound policy was based on the assumption that once he was wounded an enemy combatant would stop fighting, and so would his comrades to give him first aid. ‘But this backfired against the Taliban. The 5.56 mm rounds did not take a big enough chunk out of them, allowing fanatical insurgents to keep on fighting despite their wounds. As a result, more SAS soldiers were shot and badly wounded

The elite troops will now use bigger, heavier rounds to overcome Islamic insurgents who are determined to fight to the death.

The bullets upgrade – and a new range of rifles designed to fire them – were recommended in a top-secret report on SAS operations in Afghanistan. It called for a return to a ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy and for heavier rounds to be issued to troops. The report’s authors described bloody clashes with Taliban jihadists who managed to ignore their bullet wounds and carry on shooting.

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The problem of 5.56 mm rounds lacking killing power in firefights is worse because the Taliban use 7.62 mm rounds in their AK-47 Kalashnikovs and Russian sniper rifles. The SAS’s report said the 7.62 mm rounds flew farther and with greater accuracy – giving the enemy a distinct advantage, especially in long-range engagements.

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MSNBC vs. Chuck Todd (Via Red Eye)

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(Forbes) If you’re like most cable news viewers, you probably think the channel you favor has a monopoly on the facts and the other ones are nothing more than a bunch of ranting. In fact, which cable network is the most opinionated is not a matter of opinion. It’s MSNBC.

A full 85% of the Comcast-owned network’s coverage can be classified as opinion or commentary rather than straight news, according to the authors of the Pew Research Center’s annual State of the News Media report.

CNN and Fox News Channel, meanwhile, fall much closer to a 50/50 distribution, with Fox News skewing somewhat more heavily toward opinion. Here are the breakdowns:

(Breitbart) Pew Research has a new State of the Media 2013 report which finds that MSNBC’s output contains far more opinion than news. This chart shows the balance at all three cable networks…

…Last November Pew reported that MSNBC’s coverage of Gov. Romney was 71 percent negative and just 3 percent positive, by far the least balanced ratio of all three cable news networks….

Maddow Admits Radical Politics

The above video keeps disappearing from YouTube, and when it can be found there the quality is bad. So it will be here at my MRCTV account for all to marvel at.

(NewsBusters) For the past few years, MSNBC has produced ‘Lean Forward’ ads featuring a network hosts push his or her liberal agenda on the  audience.  Past ‘Lean Forward’ ads have included a push for action on global warming, promoting gay rights, and viciously attacking the Republican Party.

MSNBC’s newest ad features weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry unwittingly — or at least one hopes– referencing the Communist Chinese economic program known as the “Great Leap Forward” which left an estimated 18-45 million Chinese dead. The 30-second ad featuring Ms. Perry is narrated as follows:

No fight began just in the years preceding victory.  The struggle for civil rights didn’t begin in the 1950s.  African-Americans had been demanding representation since the 1880s.  Women didn’t just start fighting for the vote in the 1920s.  That began at the founding of this country.  Immigrants to this country have been since its founding fighting for safe and legal status. It’s a change in the political climate that creates the moment for that great leap forward.  The time has come….

In The History Channels TV Series, `The Bible,` The Devil Has Striking Comparison to Obama

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(Paraphrasing of Matthew 4:1-11)

Temptations: Free Food-Free Money

Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights. That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: “Since you are God’s Son, speak the word that will turn these stones into loaves of bread.”Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: “It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.”…. For the third test, the Devil took him to the peak of a huge mountain. He gestured expansively, pointing out all the earth’s kingdoms, how glorious they all were. Then he said, “They’re yours—lock, stock, and barrel. Just go down on your knees and worship me, and they’re yours.” Jesus’ refusal was curt: “Beat it, Satan!” He backed his rebuke with a third quotation from Deuteronomy: “Worship the Lord your God, and only him. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness.” (The Message Bible)

Today, many are taking hand-outs from the government in record numbers and not standing on their own two feet and doing the hard-work to make ends meet. People also envy the wealth of others through class warfare. As a society we are being tempted — and failing — the same way… all tricks of Satan’s trade. (Click picture to follow story)

Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) Reveals His Reason Behind His Change of Heart on Same-Sex Marriage #SSM

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From video description:

Dennis Prager plays and analysis — as he only can — audio of Senator Rob Portman’s interview giving his reasons why he now supports Same-Sex Marriage. (Posted by: https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/) Besides the usual use of non-sequiturs in arguing for the position, we see the usual mixing of categories that lead many conservatives into not standing firm on this issue. While I disagree with Prager on a minor issue (the immutability of sexual behavior), as conservatives, we can point out that even if a gay man’s sexual orientation is determined by non-environmental reasons, changing the definition of marriage is still a no go. Very powerful.

I have many resources available for those seeking to know how to knowledgeably respond to this cultural movement that is a first in human history:

RPT`s Cumulative Case Why Same-Sex Relationships Should Not Be Normalized
★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/rpts-cumulative-case-why-same-sex-relationships-should-not-be-normalized/

A Cordial `Clambake` on the Mutability/Immutability of Homosexuality (round 1) ~ Conversation Series
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/a-cordial-clambake-on-the-mutabilityimmutability-of-homosexuality-round-1-conversation-series/

A Cordial `Clambake` on Biblical Dietary Laws and Homosexuality (round 2) ~ Conversation Series
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/a-cordial-clambake-on-biblical-dietary-laws-and-homosexuality-round-2-conversation-series/

All Religious and Moral Thinkers in History Rejected/Never Endorsed Same-Sex Marriages (Challenged with Buddhism)
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/all-religious-and-moral-thinkers-in-history-rejected-or-never-endorsed-same-sex-marriages-challenged-with-buddhism/

Marriage, is it Hetero? (Q&A Included) ~ Two Imports from my Old Blog
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/marriage-is-it-hetero-qa-included-two-imports-from-my-old-blog/

Dennis Prager Interviews Ryan T. Anderson, Co-Author of “What Is Marriage?”
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/dennis-prager-interviews-ryan-t-anderson-co-author-of-what-is-marriage/

Dennis Prager Critiques Joe biden’s Comments about Same-Sex Marriage (May 2012)
  ★ http://www.mrctv.org/videos/dennis-prager-critiques-joe-bidens-comments-about-same-sex-marriage-may-2012

Just a small sampling of homosexuals who stand against Gay-Marriage:
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/joy-behar-vs-homosexuals-on-same-sex-marriage/

Chapter from My Book, “Roman Epicureanism: Natural Law and Homosexuality”:
  ★ http://www.scribd.com/doc/32729365/Roman-Epicurean-ism-Natural-Law-and-Homosexuality

Halloween Night “Debate” Over Some Beers:
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/same-sex-matters-race-and-gender-in-marriage/

Homosexual Marriage, Parenting, and Adoption ~ First Things
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/homosexual-marriage-parenting-and-adoption-first-things/

Marriage, Truth and Consequences ~ Heritage
  ★  http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2013/3/marriage-truth-and-consequences

What is Marriage? – Man and Woman: A Defense ~ Heritage Video
  ★  http://www.heritage.org/events/2013/01/what-is-marriage

The LEFTS support of  radical Islamic positions (there is a full chapter from Melanie Phillips book included):
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/the-leftislamo-nazishomosexualitywomens-rightsand-contradictions/

All My [Old] Debates Combined:
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/debates-about-homosexuality/

Homosexual Quip, “I Would Never ‘Choose’ To Be Gay”:
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/i-would-never-choose-this-lifestylesays-gay-activist-to-heterosexual/

Homosexuality, Is It Good for Society?
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/homosexuality-is-it-good-for-society-for-the-individual/

Responding to Christian Homosexuals:
  ★ https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/homosexuality-a-christian-ethic/

Dennis Prager Discusses at Length (2-Parts):
  ★ [P1] http://vimeo.com/10619678 [P2] http://vimeo.com/16410147

Calvin Coolidge ~ The President Who Shrank Government (PragerU)

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Is it possible to make government smaller? Few think so today. Few thought so almost a century ago, following WWI. But one man proved them wrong, our 30th President, Calvin Coolidge (1923 -1929). Acclaimed historian Amity Shlaes explains how Coolidge did more by doing less and why his governing style might just be the approach we need now.

My Favorite Coolidge Quote

“Men do not make laws. They do but discover them. Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.”

Calvin Coolidge, “Have Faith in Massachusetts,” Massachusetts Senate President Acceptance Speech (Jan. 7, 1914) ~ 30th President of the United States (1923–1929)