September 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

General Petraeus And Bounced Checks

Uh oh. First of all, when you are fresh off of the campaign against Colonel Cross-dresser in Lybia and you need to cash some paychecks, you shouldn't do that in Taiwan. Everyone knows that you launder money in Bangkok. Just sayin'... [Thanks to...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 12:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Military Humor

Twitter Fight between I.S.A.F. and the Taliban

Jeffrey Schogol, the Stars & Stripes Rumor Doctor, sends us this interesting piece where ISAF is finally understanding Twitter uses - especially when it comes to countering the Taliban and Al Qaeda social media efforts. Check it out.

Published Wed, Sep 14 2011 2:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

POW MIA Day

It may be news to many Americans that today is POW/MIA Day,but that doesn't mean its importance is less. To our knowledge we have only one POW and that is Bowe Bergdahl who has been held for more than two years now. I will quote from Chuck Z as to...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2011 1:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Why the F-35 is important

In this age of austerity I am an unrepentant and unapologetic supporter of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Let's get a few things straight about what that means. It means I think this jet and the program are absolutely critical to our national...

Published Thu, Sep 01 2011 3:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Last Known Sighting of an American Hero

Investor's Business Daily had a great article on Rick Rescorla back in 2006. Here's a taste: His Actions Saved Thousands After the second plane hit the south tower on Sept. 11, some people panicked when one staircase filled with smoke. Using his...

Published Thu, Sep 01 2011 11:31 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Someone You Should Know

Former Gitmo Detainee Gets Justice

From STRATFOR: NATO forces killed Sabar Lal Melma, a key al Qaeda affiliate and former Guantanamo detainee. Melma was released in 2007 after five years in Guantanamo and had organized attacks in Kuna province and funded insurgent operations, NATO spokesman...

Published Sat, Sep 03 2011 1:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Secure Freedom Radio- Bill Roggio & JD Johannes

I guest-hosted for Frank Gaffney today on Secure Freedom Radio and had two of my favorite people on as guests, Bill Roggio & JD Johannes. Frank's production team does a great job of summarizing the game, so I am just gonna steal their write up...

Published Wed, Sep 07 2011 1:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Where you were, 9-11-01, and where are you now...

This is a different kind of post for us. We want to take a look at how 9-11 has changed our readers. How it has affected you after 10 years, and how it is likely to affect you the next 10. This blog, and blogs like it, came about, eventually, as a result...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 11:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Fallen But Never Forgotten

The Corps of Support

Guest post from LTC Samantha Nerove The Corps of Support Foundation has launched “Campaign 99” and will focus on asking Americans to sign their pledge to follow the “Code of Support” for our troops. The Code's concept is while every member of the...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2011 1:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish is an Egyptian turned American writer and public speaker who grew up in Cairo. Darwish rebelled against the tyranny and hate-mongering of Islam, detailing it in her book, "Now they Call Me Infidel; Why I Renounced Jihad for America...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 9:30 PM by BLACKFIVE

Sep 11: The Arab & Iranian Reaction

Al-Ahram Newspaper, Egypt, September 20, 2001, cartoon blaming the CIA & FBI for the Sep 11 attacks The folks at MEMRI helpfully gathered the Arab and Iranian reactions to the Sep 11 attacks five years after the fact and presented them in this 43...

Published Sun, Sep 11 2011 5:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Good Sense From Pakistan, Of All Places

From Pakistan, of all places, Nayyer Khan of the Daily Times of Lahore, does the work of the angels in debunking the most popular Sep 11 nonsense there in a two part article, one and two. Khan has fun ridiculing the radical Urdu press in his country....

Published Sun, Sep 11 2011 1:00 PM by BLACKFIVE

Must Read: The Benefits of Science

Get yourself over to the NY Post and read about why Science matters (written by IMAO's own Frank J). ...Were farm subsidies first tried on monkeys? Social Security? Bank bailouts? No, the unscientific politicians went straight to trying all their...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2011 12:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Friday Dead Tango Dance- Awlaki edition

Oh please, please please be true, and if you could throw in the reprehensible loser Adam Gadahn to make it an American al Qaeda twofer, I would be eternally grateful. SANAA, Yemen — Anwar al-Aulaqi, a radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric and one of the most...

Published Fri, Sep 30 2011 1:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Testing the Hornet

Sailors stand by while performing low power turns on an F/A18C Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 1:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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