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VFTB 9/11/22: Defenders of the West

On: September 11, 2022

ON THIS DAY in 1683, the king of Poland, John III Sobieski led a cavalry charge that broke a two-month siege, saving Vienna from the army of the Ottoman Empire. Had Vienna fallen, the history of the last 350 years would be very different.Continue Reading

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VFTB 299: Dr. Timothy Furnish – Sects, Lies and the Caliphate

By: Derek

On: January 29, 2016

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate: Ten Years of Observations on Islam, and he explains why the goals of the Islamic State are a return to the values of Muslim states prior to the fall of the Ottoman Empire.Continue Reading

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The Friday Five: Doomed to Repeat History
This week, far-left antisemitic protesters shut down college campuses and key infrastructure while Congress stripped Americans of 4th Amendment rights and gave the president power to shut down websites for “national security.”
2024 New York City is 1938 Germany
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Palestine in New York
Pro-Hamas protests continue at Columbia University in New York, where Jewish professors and students have requested police protection and have been advised to stay away from campus for their own safety.
Kicking the Bear
Congress passed the REPO Act Saturday, which empowers the Biden administration to seize some $6 billion in Russian assets and send it to Ukraine for reconstruction. But there will be consequences for the US and Europe.
Iron and Myth 28: Acknowledge Yahweh, You Sons of El
THE PSALMS are often polemics directed at the gods of the pagan nations around Israel. Case in point is the subject of this month’s Iron and Myth roundtable, Psalm 29.
Congress Goes Full Orwell
Congress has reauthorized FISA and granted the US government expanded surveillance powers to essentially ignore the 4th Amendment to the Constitution while spying on American citizens.
Unraveling Revelation: Reptilians and Revelation
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES of ancient Mesopotamia are the strange, reptilian figurines found in southeastern Iraq near the ancient cities of Ur and Eridu. What can they possibly have to do with the Bible?
Her House Sinks Down to Death
WE RETURN to our regularly scheduled reading this week with proverbs that are paternal calls for wisdom--and a warning against communing with spirits of the dead.
“They Wouldn’t Just Eat Any White Men That Fell From the Sky”
THOSE IMMORTAL WORDS were spoken by Michael Kabuni, a political science lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, responding to a false claim by President Biden that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals after being shot down in WWII.
The Friday Five – Are Even 20 ‘Humanitarian’ Hostages Still Alive in Gaza?
Hamas rejected a ceasefire proposal from Israel Saturday during the Iranian attack, but a source within the terror group says there may be no more than 20 “humanitarian” hostages still alive in Gaza.

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