Wednesday Wisdom: 28 January 2026

Medal of Honor: Drew Dennis Dix

SSG Dix's personal heroic actions resulted in fourteen confirmed Viet Cong killed in action and possibly twenty-five more, the capture of twenty prisoners, fifteen weapons, and the rescue of the fourteen United States and free-world civilians.

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Firearms Selection, Ammo Selection, and Trigger Modifications

Firearms selection for concealed carry. There are several things to think about here. Performance, skill level, capacity, comfort. First off, we recommend looking at your area law enforcement and what they carry. Law enforcement has strict guidelines and policies on what they carry. These are based on evaluation and testing on the function and performance of firearms in various conditions. Police officers have to have firearms that are reliable and function properly. Therefore, we highly recommend you look at reliable and proven firearms for your self protection.

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Men Indicted for Posing as FBI Agents to Commit Fraud

The members of this conspiracy posed as agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They allegedly convinced the individual to purchase $255,287 in gold and give it them, falsely thinking it was going to a government agency for safe keeping.

Fraudsters posing as lawyers scammed a friend of mine’s elderly mother out of $40,000.00 by claiming one of her grandsons had been arrested and needed money for legal representation. Talk to the elderly in your life and warn them about unknown people asking them to do anything with their money.

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So, What About Iran?

 

If the mullahs fall, the entire global stage will change — drastically so, in some spheres — yet the Legacy Media is desperately pointing everywhere but Iran.

If the mullahs fall, one of the top two drivers of international terrorism … goes away. Without the mullahs supplying cash, weapons, and training terror groups that have had the world on edge for 40 years … lose their major support. And yet … crickets from the Media. Sigh. So, your Humble Scribe will try to fill in the gaps. The biggest question I get is: “What next?”

That’s a good question. Broadly speaking — very broadly — there are two major players positioned to fill the gap if the mullahs fall. One one hand you have the exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. I would have held that Pahlavi didn’t have snowball’s chance in hell of becoming a power player in post-mullah Iranian politics, but he’s made some pretty canny moves; and seems to have garnered support. On the con side he’s got baggage from his father in the form of memories of SAVAK (the former Iranian secret police).

On the other hand, you have Maryam Rajavi and the People's Mujahedin of Iran. Much as I favor the wicked twinkle in her blue eyes, Maryam started out as a Marxist-Muslim — and we’ve had quite enough of that bushwa thank you very much. Plus, about ten years ago she publicly made nice-nice with Mahmoud Abbas, who was the Palestinian President at the time. Since the mullahs are only reason the Palestinians have enough ass to be a nuisance, that’s a concern.

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Post WWII US Intelligence Program

By 1945, the war in Europe was drawing to a close. German Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel would sign documents of unconditional surrender on May 8 of that year. However, the war in the Pacific was still raging, and as Allied soldiers advanced into Germany, they found themselves in possession of an unusual asset: German scientists who had helped to advance the regime’s wartime technology.

These scientists were considered strategically valuable, and America wanted to harness their knowledge not just to help bring victory in the Pacific but also to bolster postwar scientific research and prevent the scientists from emigrating to countries that had remained neutral during the war, or to areas now controlled by Soviet forces. Hence, Operation Paperclip was born. 

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Teutonic Sexgun: Korth Mongoose

Korth uses a roller trigger system so both the double- and single-action trigger pulls are as slick as glass. Most double-action revolvers these days are trash—this one broke at 8 pounds and was Astroglide-smooth. The crisp single-action break was 3 pounds. The cylinder latch is ingeniously located beside the hammer where it can be actuated without shifting your firing grip. The cylinder swings out past the 90-degree point, making it easy to load. Machined aluminum speed loaders are available.

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When our Oaths Became Theater

How American courts transformed citizenship from allegiance into entitlement, and why that decision is now colliding with reality.

Minnesota’s fraud scandals did not begin as a debate about ideology, immigration, or race. They began with something quieter and more revealing: the realization that large sums of public money could be diverted through tight, internally loyal, social networks without triggering decisive institutional resistance. Oversight hesitated. Enforcement stalled. Every actor involved can point to procedures followed and boxes checked. Yet the purpose of the system, to safeguard the public trust, failed. Minnesota is not the cause. It is the exposure.

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An Aggressive Email Scam to Watch Out For

This article is about a very aggressive email scam. I have received some of these aggressive phishing emails and since I do not do the things the e-mail alleged, I knew it was a scam. This scam begins when you get an email in your inbox from a random email address (usually Gmail). The subject line is your name. The text in the email is your name, phone number, and home address. This can be a little disconcerting from some random Gmail address. But there's more: an attached PDF with your name on it.

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A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI

When Operation Trojan Shield concluded on June 8, 2021, the results were staggering: Over 800 arrests were made across 16 countries, and nearly 40 tons of drugs were seized, along with 250 guns, 55 luxury cars, and more than $48 million in currencies and cryptocurrencies. At the core of the sting — one of the largest of its kind — was a proprietary messaging app called ANOM. The app, marketed as a secure, encryption-based communications platform, offered features beyond those of ordinary devices, such as the ability to remotely wipe all messages and data from a captured phone, effectively destroying all incriminating evidence.

The problem for users was that ANOM was run by the FBI. Its privacy protection mechanisms were a façade: All communications were copied and relayed to participating government agencies.

Interesting article providing a quick overview of cryptography. If you want privacy and to secure your communications in 2026, use THREMA and/or Proton. Both are Switzerland-based and not beholden to the US (such as Signal, WhatsApp) or the Russian (Telegram) Governments.

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Revisiting The “Warning Shot”

“Except (perhaps) in the retaking of escaping prisoners, to fend off a dangerous “protected” species threatening at distance, or certain maritime encounters, a warning shot is so universally frowned upon it likely cannot be “justified” to a prosecutor, judge, and jury. But, Bob Dylan might just be correct, the times they are (maybe) “a-changin.”

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The Development of the Spyderco Jumpmaster Knife

One potential danger of a military static line jump is that a paratrooper might become a “towed” jumper upon exiting the aircraft. Rather than deploying his parachute, the static line tows him behind the aircraft where he can potentially impact the fuselage and be knocked unconscious. When this occurs, the jumpmaster must act swiftly to cut the static line and free the jumper before he is injured so he can deploy his chute manually. To do that, the jumpmaster must have a knife that can be drawn in an instant and sever the heavy static line with a single cut. This challenge was the inspiration of the original Spyderco Jumpmaster knife. This article details its development. 

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