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The Great Minneapolis Boogaloo

The Great Minneapolis Boogaloo by Kevin Wilson Minneapolis is burning. Ever since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a worthless disgrace to the Thin Blue Line that shall not be named, the entire country has been in an uproar. It was bad enough that it happened on video. The fact that several other cops stood there and watched as a man who wasn’t resisting and was … [Read more...]

Onward, Mormon Soldiers! Exposing the Hypocrisy of the Liberal Left

Onward, Mormon Soldiers! Exposing the Hypocrisy of the Liberal Left by Paul Avallone This first appeared in The Havok Journal May 18, 2015. If you're on this website, you're an informed enough citizen to already know the details of the Mohammad cartoon contest a few weeks ago in Garland, Texas. And you're aware that politicians, the mainstream media and most respected … [Read more...]

Why the Abu Sayyaf Raid Mattered: A SOF Warfighter’s Perspective

Why the Abu Sayyaf Raid Mattered: A SOF Warfighter's Perspective by Mike Kelvington This first appeared in The Havok Journal May 18, 2015. The day after the bold raid conducted by US Special Operations forces, there was a lot of criticism about whether the objective of the raid, Abu Sayyaf and his captured wife, Umm Sayyaf, was worth the risk.  With speculation … [Read more...]

Ferguson to Minneapolis: What’s Going On with Law Enforcement?

Ferguson to Minneapolis: What's Going On with Law Enforcement? by Ayman Kafel As I stood in formation, day 1 of the police academy, I thought to myself: “Here we go again…” I was reminded of Army boot camp. The Drill instructors, on day 1, were all over us. Yelling in our faces, inducing stress, watching how we react. It was the same on day 1 of the academy. “Here we … [Read more...]

#PatriotChallenge: Show the World What Our Flag REALLY Means

#PatriotChallenge: Show the World What Our Flag REALLY Means by Scott Faith The #PatriotChallenge happened a few years ago, but it's never too late to show some pride in our national colors. This first appeared in The Havok Journal May 18, 2017. _____ Our nation’s flag has been the subject of a lot of media attention lately, for all the wrong reasons.  People burning … [Read more...]

White and Dirty: The Tone-Deaf Religious Right

White and Dirty: The Tone-Deaf Religious Right by Monica Deck This first appeared in The Havok Journal May 10, 2015. Let me get a few things straight for you before we continue: I'm a white female in my late twenties. I'm agnostic. I grew up middle class and I still live there. The closest brush I've ever had with police was a reckless driving ticket that I eluded by … [Read more...]

Murder, Or Taking Care of Business? The Railroading of a Special Forces Major

Murder, Or Taking Care of Business? The Railroading of a Special Forces Major by Kerry Patton This first published appeared in The Havok Journal May 14, 2015. There are people in this world who deserve to die. Put an unarmed ISIS fighter in front of the majority of you after he beheaded some poor soul. Yeah, if you had a gun on you, I’m sure you’d have zero qualms … [Read more...]

Flag Desecration, Fear, and the Fools

Flag Desecration, Fear, and the Fools by Leo Jenkins Cloth. Not entirely different from the assembly of the shirt you wear while reading this. Fifty white stars, a splash of blue, and thirteen alternating red and white stripes. When I return to the U.S. for the first time in months and see a social media challenge encouraging people to desecrate this cloth, it’s not anger … [Read more...]

Applying the 13 Rules for the Counterradical

Applying the 13 Rules for the Counterradical by Speciali Copias Putting forward a set of proposed rules for an insurgency means nothing without concrete recommendations with respect to how said Rules can be applied within the confines of the currently existing environment. This is due to the fact a thorough understanding of how they may be applied in an existing hostile … [Read more...]