Tag: Luke Ryan

Madagascar: public activity has slowed to a stop.  Public events and meetings have been banned, school is out and the only busy areas are the lines stretching out behind health facilities and clinics as people wait for antibiotics.  The Red Cross, reporting a “doubling of cases over the last week”, has been developing and is […]

Last Saturday, a suspicious package was found in Middletown, Virginia.  It was during a Civil War reenactment, where actors played both soldiers in the Confederate and the Union armies battling it out at Cedar Creek.  The real battle took place at the same location on October 19th, 1864, where the Confederates unleashed a surprise attack […]

There are no spoilers in this review. If you are going into this movie thinking you’re going to get a sequel to one of the great action flicks of the ’80s, reminiscent of “Commando” or “Escape from New York,” you’re going to be disappointed–remember that the original Blade Runner was not that type of movie either.  It was […]

With every leap in civilization there comes along with it a new brand of criminal.  People adopt new technology to improve their lives, but with new tech comes new vulnerabilities, and it’s up to the individual to keep themselves protected.  If you invent guns, you are eventually going to need to invent body armor too. […]

Compared to the United States the United Kingdom is known for its strict policies on firearms, particularly handguns.  On 16 October, 1996, the 23 official recommendations were made that enabled the banning of handguns from private ownership throughout the UK. This decision was made just after the most deadly shooting in UK history, what is […]

One of my favorite aspects of Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down was the departure from unrealistically long machine gun bursts and grenades erupting into ridiculous fireballs, and a distinct lack of overly-dramatic crying and shaking of fists to the sky.  It has a visceral, primal tone to it as the quiet protagonists are firing single […]

Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, has a long history stained with blood and conflict.  It’s the country’s largest city, and it seems that any headlines regarding the place always include some kind of gruesome bloodshed.  It’s like the city has never found a moment of peace to catch its breath.  Reports have just come in of […]

The U. S. Navy is the most powerful force the waters of the world have ever seen.  It has more ships than anyone (by far), superior technology, and a staggering number of sailors working on its behalf.  The sheer, literal weight of the equipment far outweighs any near competitor simply because they’ve got so much […]

“The Rohingya have gone out of the frying pan and into the fire,” one aid worker said as they headed into the refugee camps on Wednesday.  He said that back in 2015, and they were driving toward a camp with a translator, having gone through multiple security checkpoints, when two men on a motorcycle cut […]

The United States has decided to withdraw from UNESCO, which will take effect next year.  The U.S. State Department said the withdrawal was due to anti-Israel bias alongside some financial considerations.  They stated a “need for fundamental reform in the organization” and will continue as a “non-member observer state” in the future. UNESCO (United Nations […]

On March 28, 2015, the NYPD conducted a sting operation targeting the film mogul, Harvey Weinstein. 22-year-old Ambra Battilana, a Filipina-Italian model, had gone to the police regarding Weinstein’s misconduct.  She agreed to record their next interaction at Manhatten’s Tribeca Grand Hotel, with officers nearby ready to intervene should he do more than simply implicate […]

Local media in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture have reported the crash of a helicopter today, just before noon local time.  According to the Okinawa Times, the CH-53 went down near Takae.  Local emergency personnel were called.  So far, there have been no reports of any fatalities, though the Okinawa Times article did mention U.S. personnel on their […]