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It’s Only Been 100 Years Since…. The Crash

Would you like to know what real-world, real-time effects Putin’s private and personal war on Ukraine is having on the Russian economy? Okay, the list of many companies that do business in Russia is below. All of them are either shuttering their stores or pulling out completely. Some of them have been there since the […]
William Shatner sets new record as oldest man in space

William Shatner has just completed his trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The suborbital flight did not render the 90 year old actor, most famous for playing Captain James Tiberius Kirk on Star Trek, speechless. Quite the contrary. He waxed eloquent for quite some time on the beauty of the experience. CBS News […]
John Kerry says Biden ‘literally had not been aware’ of what led to US-France dustup

Who is really running the show? That’s what we’re left wondering when Biden’s “Climate Czar” former Secretary of State John Kerry told French media that Biden had no clue whatsoever was going on when France (our oldest and first ally) recalled their ambassador for the first time in our history. Fox News reports on the matter; […]
Oldest WWII vet celebrates another birthday

It’s been a year since we last heard about Lawrence Brooks. He’s up to eleventy-two years now (112 if you don’t Tolkien). The National WWII Museum helped host another drive-by celebration for the man who was born in 1909 and resided in Louisiana since 1929 (with a short stint away for the war naturally). When […]
WWII Sailor Gets Birthday Wish

A WWII Sailor gets his birthday wish: https://www.navytimes.com/military-honor/salute-veterans/2021/02/14/wwii-veteran-wants-to-be-buried-in-navy-uniform-so-she-made-one/ All his old shipmates had passed away, and his wife of 67 years had preceded him in passing on. He did have one set of his dark blues, but they didn’t fit. Fortunately, when he went to a shop to ask for alterations, he got a new […]
Check out this 102 year old WWII vet who just took up skydiving!

The KoB sent in the story of this remarkable young lady. The DoD put out the story of Millie Bailey. Former Army 1st Lt. Vivian “Millie” Bailey commanded a segregated all-female unit during the war. Since then she’s spent decades soliciting donations and money to send care packages to deployed troops, first during Vietnam, then […]
Regarding the Two Koreas

Regarding the two Koreas: This 2017 article is a closer look at the defenses of South Korea’s military, following an upgrade to their agreement with the USA. https://www.defensenews.com/news/2017/09/05/south-korea-displays-military-strength-amid-north-korean-crisis/ This was when Fatty Kim da T’ird was trying to Jones-up his missile program and finally succeeded with the underground test detonation of a 250 kiloton nuke […]
Oldest living US Marine celebrates 107th birthday in North Carolina

The KoB sends us word on the 107th birthday of this Marine. The oldest living U.S. Marine celebrated her 107th birthday in Kannapolis, N.C., over the weekend, with a happy birthday greeting from the Marine Corps. Sgt. Dot Cole joined the Marines in 1943, trained at Camp Lejeune, then went to Quantico for an administrative role, the city of Kannapolis […]
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