Category: Public Service Announcement

Another REAL Hero

I had to share this. Please post wide and get the word out.
And BZ to the brave Navy Servicewoman who foiled this bastard and undoubtedly saved lives. I salute you.

(Copy & pasted) A true hero & badass!đź‘Ź đź’ś According to the FBI, the incredible acts of heroism by the NASCC Military Policewoman guarding entrance to the base, saved many lives yesterday. The active duty U.S. Navy military police woman at the Ocean Drive gate has probably checked thousands of IDs and allowed access to thousands of authorized people at NAS Corpus Christi. But yesterday morning, at barely the first light of day, a terrorist tried to get past her. That terrorist, Adam Salem Alsahli (a Syrian born U.S. citizen), picked the wrong gate guard to try to get past. He must’ve thought that all he would have to do is lift the pistol off of his lap, point it at the gate guard (while she looked him in the face) shoot her point blank in the chest and then be able to drive on to the base and use his assault rifle and shotgun to kill as many people as he could. He sure was wrong! She took the bullet dead center in her chest, but that happens to be the area of the bullet resistant Kevlar vest, which has a steel, ceramic-coated plate over center mass to protect the heart and vital organs. Yes, no doubt the impact knocked her down to the floor, but she got right back up and hit the emergency button that activated a very strong pop up barricade, which stopped and disabled the terrorist’s vehicle. Then, as he was getting his assault rifle out of his car, she shot him to death. He was connected to Jihadists groups in the Middle East and May have acted yesterday, in response to the FBI’s announcement on Monday in regard to the terrorist attack back some months ago at NAS Pensacola, which like NASCC, is a major training base for military pilots. FBI credits the NAS MP, who stopped the Terrorist from mass murder on Naval Air Station CC. For her heroic, life saving actions, that U.S. Navy Military Policewoman should get not only the Purple Heart, but also the highest military accommodation that can be applied to this case of domestic terrorism.

Do we need another Manhatttan Project to fight the pandemic threat?

With the wreckage just beginning to be felt in the western world from the reality of the Covid-19 virus sweeping through communities we need to take a hard look at our response to this type of enemy.

Yes, viruses and disease are old enemies, but ones that have the potential to become much deadlier over time. As a matter of fact time is on our enemy’s side, not ours.

Unless. . . . we get better at fighting them.

Take a look at the article From Seth Berkley at Science Journal.

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So I hope you at least glanced through the article. The bottom line is, there are some threats that are so sure that they become an existential threat to us all. If we (and by we, I mean humanity) want to keep on keeping on, we need to face the threat head on.

If you do a minimal amount of research you’ll find that the Covid-19 is not a one off phenomena. It’s not a question of if. It’s simply a question of when.

There will come others and each one has unknown destructive potential ranging from mild to much worse than we see with Covid-19.

My advice is just this:

Stay well and take this time to reflect on what we should do in the face of an enemy we can’t see except by observing the damage it leaves in it’s path. And if it seems like the thing to do, pick up a phone and call your congressional rep. or Senator. Let them know what you want to see done for the sake of those who will come after us.

Thanks for reading.

Peace

Awesome Video

Not to preach, but watching this reminded me that these men and women are on watch every day. So if you’re feeling a little low, I hope this lifts your spirits.


Oh yeah, Go watch the Justin Timberlake Video for the contrast. It’s cool!


We’re all on this rock together. My hope is that one day we’ll realize it.