Friday, July 04, 2025

Happy Independence Day!

249 Years Ago, a group of brave American men declared our independence from Great Britain. This declaration would become, after years of toil and effort, the first successful Brexit, and the first step to the formation of the independent and free Republic of the United States of America.


 Happy Independence Day!

Thursday, July 03, 2025

Scratch A Russian Trainer, Find An Anti-Semite

So, Sonny Puzikas, the Russian emigre Spetsnaz/Systema trainer in the US, who has quite a following as a hard-core instructor, if you like that sort of thing, let the curtain slip a bit as he went gonzo over the US bombing Iran.

Not sure if he's mainly upset that the Israelis went through the best Russian-designed and manufactured air defense system outside of Russia like a hot knife through butter.  Or, that the US followed up on that dismantling with some very effective bombing of the Iranian nuclear program without even being detected by the remains of that air defense system.

I get it.

If I was a Russian supporter, I'd likely be upset, if not scared as heck that the entire and vaunted Russian air defenses over its ally Iran can be defeated in detail by a modern western air effort.  

It doesn't say much for the quality of Russki equipment in the face of western tech and pilots. Nor does it give much hope to the Russians if they decide to get frisky against the US.

Heck, it might tarnish his training business as he's teaching Russian fighting techniques to westerners - techniques that dare I say haven't exactly shown their worth in Ukraine and elsewhere. 

However,  he then crossed the line quite a bit in his unhappiness. and  posted quite a lot on Facebook and did some live hot takes on it and went straight to classic Russian Antisemitism.  

Basically, he's accusing the Jews of controlling the US government and President Trump. 





  

The standard antisemitic tropes of Jews controlling the US Government.  Right out of the Czarist Russian forgery of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.  Nice, at least he's true to historic Russian form.

Yet another antisemitic bit of BS: Puzikas' referring to Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu as Polish and "Melikowsky".  Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and was born with the name Netanyahu. He's more Israeli than Puzikas is American, by far, that's for sure.

So no, I'd certainly not take any classes from Sonny Puzikas.  

There's a ton of solid instructors out there who teach effective skills without the promotion of baseless conspiracy theories and antisemitism.

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Happy Canada Day!


 

Our neighbor to the north celebrates its 158th birthday of its Confederation today.

So, Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends, family, and readers. 

Stupid Criminals: You Might Say He Got Popped

Ne'er do well Quinton Marquise Allen from Detroit decided to rob a bank in Saginaw, and take a hostage while doing so.

The Michigan State Police then sent a drone over with a bottle of Faygo Red Pop.

When Quinton decided to Pop Up to get at the refreshing beverage, the MSP sniper Popped Off, and the hostage situation was fully and finally resolved, as was Quinton.

FOX10 News: Police used Faygo soda to lure suspect from bank before shooting him during hostage standoff

Faygo gets a couple new advertising slogans from this one:

"Faygo: The pop of choice of the MSP!"

and

"Faygo: Pop so good, you'd die for it." 

 
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