Explosion takes out giant food factory in Iran! Evacuations ordered for Amol City!

Just before sunset on 05JAN2026 (Iran time) the giant Kalleh Dairy operation blew up! Some sources report several explosions were heard.  As I write this most of the factory is still on fire and evacuations for everybody within a one kilometer radius are taking place.

This Kalleh Dairy is located in Amol City, Amol County, […] Continue Reading…

It’s always been about oil, ever since Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in the 1970s.

When the Spanish explorers set foot in a place now called Venezuela they noticed that the natives were using a tarry substance, it seemed to be everywhere.  Today, it’s known as heavy crude oil.

By 1928, U.S. oil companies had surpassed the operations of European oil companies in Venezuela. Despite a lot of naysayers claiming […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Disaster 2025: FEMA’s new ‘Public Order’ training.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) instituted a national ‘Public Order’ training standard for National Guard and law enforcers across the United States.  The news media hasn’t published one word about this, yet you can find information directly from FEMA: Public Order and Public Safety basic course.

Training and Education.

The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) […] Continue Reading…

Busiest turnout ever for the Pocatello Model Railroad & Historical Society’s Open House!

The 6th of December 2025 turned out to be the biggest and busiest turnout yet for the Pocatello, Idaho, railroad club’s Open House; more than 3-hundred people were counted (according to two of the club members I talked with) between the 10th and 13th hours, and there was still an hour to go!

Was it […] Continue Reading…

‘Operation Hawkeye Strike’, Jordan & U.S. bomb Syria! Florida, Idaho, Iowa & Kansas involved!

A member of the Iowa National Guard signs a GBU-31, target Syria, 18DEC2025, non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia.

U.S. and Jordanian forces launched large-scale strikes (using more than 1-hundred munitions) on more than 70 targets belonging to the so-called ‘Islamic State In Syria’. This in response to recent ISIS attacks upon […] Continue Reading…

Cold War relics get digital upgrades: Serbia’s new 2S1-M21 SPG & KOT1-V2 command post.

Notice the anti-drone cage, and the remote controlled machine gun on the rear of the command post.

“The improved KOT1 V2 command post armored vehicle receives orders from the observation post, processes them and, in a split second, forwards them to the self-propelled howitzer, which, in a short time, computes firing […] Continue Reading…

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