C. Wayne Dawson's Blog, page 6
April 29, 2015
Will Texas Declare War On The United States?
Will Texas Declare War On The U.S.? Abbott Orders Texas Guard to ‘Monitor’ Planned Military Exercises Soldiers in a First Army Division West NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan team conduct convoy lanes training on North Fort Hood, Texas, July 20, 2012. soldiersmediacenter/flickr Texas Governor Greg Abbott is ordering the Texas State Guard to monitor a […]
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April 28, 2015
Inventor Sells Sea Drone to Pentagon
Inventor Sells Sea Drone to Pentagon (Photo: Liquid Robotics) In 2003, an inventor named Joe Rizzi had a rich man’s dilemma. He’d often swim in the ocean outside his home on the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and hear humpback whales singing in the ocean. He loved the sound, and wanted to hear it while […]
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April 27, 2015
Islamic Genocide of Christians
Islamic Genocide of Christians: Past and Present by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media April 26, 2015 Deir ez-Zor (present day Syria), 1915 Last Friday, April 24, we remembered how exactly 100 years ago the last historic Muslim caliphate, the Ottoman Empire, tried to cleanse its empire of Christian minorities — Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks — even […]
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April 24, 2015
Evolution of Polearms Part 2
Evolution of Polearms, Part 2 A friend and I discuss my halberd at the Sherwood Forest Faire In the Dark Ages, spears continued to be the primary weapon of most infantry and cavalry alike. While many other weapons (hand axes, throwing axes, javelins, broadswords, etc) were secondary weapons, the spear was the “king of weapons” […]
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April 23, 2015
Cindy Wright’s Book Review
Cindy Wright’s Book Review We are all familiar with the phrase, “Lights, camera, action!” But what about this one? “Lights, camera, action— AH-HA!” That’s what Rev Cindy Wright’s book Reel Transformation: Your Life Now Playing is all about. Its focus is to show us how doing something we love—watching movies—can be more than […]
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April 22, 2015
Evolution of Polearms
Those of you who have run into me at a book signing or a Renaissance faire know I carry a halberd with me. This wonderful illustrated article chronicles the evolution of pole arms. The Evolution of Polearms WEAPONS OF WAR: POLE-ARMS PART 1 [Barry C. Jacobsen] Deadliest blogger looks at various weapons of war; examining […]
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April 21, 2015
Japan’s MAG-LEV Leaves US Behind
Japan’s MAG-LEV Leaves US Behind. The train spent 10.8 seconds above 600 kph, traveling the length of 20 football fields in the time it took you to read this sentence: Tokyo (CNN)It’s a bird — It’s a plane — It’s an insanely fast Japanese bullet train. A Japan Railway maglev train hit 603 kilometers per […]
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April 20, 2015
A Palestine Two State Solution?
A Palestine Two State Solution? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently noted that with the Middle East in chaos, it may not be a good time to establish another rogue state, Palestine, which would likely be taken over by Iran’s proxy, Hamas, which would then launch a bloody war against Israel. The Prime Minister’s declaration […]
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April 17, 2015
History of Jihad
The History of Jihad Friday, April 17, the Georgetown Sun City Current Issues Club invited C. Wayne Dawson to speak on the history of Jihad. An audience of about 75 people heard him speak. C. Wayne is the author of “Vienna’s Last Jihad, a journalist, and a former community college professor of World History. Mr. […]
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April 16, 2015
Blacksmiths of the Middle Ages
http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/1... It’s no coincidence that the greatest general of the Middle Ages, Genghis Khan, bore the personal name Temujin – “Blacksmith”. If you try to imagine day-to-day medieval farming, building, and cooking without metal, the use of the blacksmith’s art becomes immediately clear. Add to that forestry, mining, and warfare, and the list of metal […]
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