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Army – Navy Game Today
Let me see…my family has always been Army. I was Army. But in fairness, we have had Navy in the family – a since-divorced jerk brother-in-law, in-laws – well, let’s just say I am not conflicted over whom to cheer for. (In fairness, my Navy in-laws are good folks. But they ain’t Army.) The game […]
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Staccato P Modern 2011 Held at Gunpoint, Put on Trial for Shooting Back: Portland Jury Delivers Verdict In a story that feels ripped from a dystopian novel, a Portland pot shop employee who survived being held at gunpoint by three armed, masked robbers somehow ended up fighting for his own freedom in court. As Colion […]
Weekend Open Thread
Human nature is one of the reasons to why communism and socialism consistently fail. Success, and the enjoyment of the fruits of one’s labor, motivate the wealth generators who make capitalism beneficial to most. So, when the communists finally gain power and implement their policies, the wealth generators either stop generating wealth or they leave. […]
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from custody-prohibits his rearrest
Judge Paula Xinis, a U.S. district judge, ordered Kilmar Abregro Garcia’s release from ICE custody. Xinis claimed that the Trump Administration had not received the final notice of removal for Garcia’s deportation. Xinis ordered Garcia to appear at an ICE facility. Garcia’s lawyer, realizing that Garcia could be arrested again, went back to the same […]
Valor Friday
Last week I talked a bit about fighter aces. One category of ace that is confined to the First World War is that of balloon ace (aka balloon buster). These are the pilots who took out enemy observation balloons. As with the other categories of ace, a balloon ace shot down at least five enemy […]
Kelly’s Legal Troubles
“Say, have I mentioned lately I’m a Fighter Pilot?” Navy Sends Sen. Kelly’s ‘Seditious Six’ Report to Pentagon By Jim Thomas The U.S. Navy has delivered its report on possible punishment for Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., over a video urging troops to refuse “illegal orders,” escalating a high-stakes clash between President Donald Trump’s Pentagon and […]
USPS getting heat from Boxes to Boots Charity
Boxes to Boots is a Connecticut-based charity which sends ‘Care packages’ to deployed service members, and has done so for years. Under its current leader, Kirsten Gauvin, it assembled over 1800 boxes of items like toiletries, snacks – pretty sure everyone here knows what a Care package is. This year they mailed out 1139 boxes […]
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S&W 5906 Fatal Shooting Of Friend In Sublette County Ruled Self Defense A special prosecutor ruled Tuesday that a Sublette County man who fatally shot his friend last July used reasonable defensive force as the other man swung an animal trap at him. Clair McFarland A Sublette County man who fatally shot his friend July […]
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