Thomas Wictor

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The wretchedness of defeatism

My father was the most negative person I’ve ever known. If he’d won $20 million in a lottery, he would’ve gone into several years of depression that it wasn’t $40 million. My mother said that he wasn’t always like that. Going by the conversations we had right before he died, it’s clear that he didn’t…

 

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Videos show evil clowns attacking in Paris

Last night I posted on the near-total lack of training shown by the terrorists who killed 129 civilians and four police officers in Paris on November 13, 2015. As expected, I upset some people. A man on social media asked me why I would write such a post; was I not satisfied with the number…

 

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The Paris terrorists had no real training

The Islamic State terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, were very poorly executed. In order to prove that, I’m going to talk about mass killings in a way that may sound coldblooded to you. I’ll understand if you find this post offensive. However, it’s important for you to know that the Paris terrorists…

 

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A “great victory” for terrorists? Hardly

As you know by now, Islamic terrorists carried out a series of attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13, 2015, killing at least 168 people. The murderers were armed with assault rifles, hand grenades, explosives, and suicide vests. As many as seven locations were targeted. I watched hours of coverage from Sky New, Fox News,…

 

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The Israeli strategy of island hopping

For most of the history of warfare, the combatants lined up on opposite sides of a field or tract of water and advanced. When they met, they bashed each other as hard as they could until somebody gave up. This approach changed in World War I. Instead of marching on strong points, armies sent in…

 

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Media doublethink hits all-time high

It’s annoying to have to wade through swamps of manure in order to find the truth. This evening I had a conversation with my brother Tim about doublethink, a term coined by George Orwell in his dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-four. Doublethink is the ability to accept two mutually contradictory beliefs. It’s part of newspeak, the…

 

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Everything old is new again

One of the benefits of age is experience. Younger people often think that things are worse than they really are. I’m here to tell you that I saw this over thirty years ago. What’s old is new again. If you can’t follow what’s happening, I’ll explain: Social justice warriors carried out another fake hate non-crime…

 

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Why I support censorship

Although my collection of World War I photos and postcards has over 10,000 items in it, there’s only one that shows dead soldiers. I’ve turned down offers to buy images that other collectors would’ve given all their teeth to own. It’s because I regard pictures of the dead as pornography. There’s a natural human urge…

 

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How do we deter the murderously violent?

Every day brings new knife attacks by Palestinians. And if you search the Internet, you can find the most horrifying videos and photos that depict actual death in war, on roads, in stores, and in homes. The images have lost their power to shock. However, there’s a very efficient way to show the murderously violent…

 

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Decoding secret military exercises

My own opinion is that there’s nothing to fear from the American armed forces—unless you’re an enemy of the United States, foreign or domestic. When people hear about secret military exercises, they often wind themselves up into a frenzy of terror. It’s so unnecessary. Usually a few minutes of research will let you determine what’s…

 

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