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In Regard to That Trek Northward
A caravan of Central American migrants attempting to reach the U.S. border took a rest break on Sunday, stopping in Tapanatepec, Mexico. Tepanatepec, in Oxaca, is here: https://www.foxnews.com/world/migrant-caravan-stops-in-mexico-same-day-mattis-says-us-military-is-deploying-resources-to-border The news came the same day that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced that the military has already begun delivering countermeasures to the southern border. The caravan, which […]
Trouble in Toronto
It seems as though you can’t even go to a peaceful protest these days without some soyboy latte-slurping nitwit with delusions of self-importance showing up to make a nuisance of himself. At a pro-life protest in Toronto (that’s in Canada), a peaceful protest was underway outside an abortion clinic. As far as I can […]
Che Guevara – the only kind of good Commie
From his first meeting with Fidel Castro in Mexico in 1955 to his death in the Bolivian Andes in 1967, Ché Guevara’s revolutionary career spanned little more than a decade. Yet the handsome young face, gaze set firmly on the future, has lived on through generations. In today’s imagination Ché remains a mythical, romantic hero — […]
Reasons why we can not have nice things.
JBLM soldier playing with handgun shoots girlfriend, police say A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier playing with a pistol shot and wounded his girlfriend Tuesday in Lakewood, according to Pierce County prosecutors. The 21-year-old was charged Thursday with one count of third-degree assault and released on his own recognizance with orders to live on base. The […]
A Very Special Feel Good Story
This was forwarded by Skippy. As a “feel good story”, I thought it deserved its own space. Before you go any further, put down whatever beverages you are indulging in, get some kleenex to wipe the tears from your eyes. and if you easily become short of breath, be warned: this is not for the […]
Nike and the NFL ‘Just blew it….’
From the pen of Poetrooper, another fine essay: I’ve been a Dallas Cowboys fan for a half-century, even when my career took me long distances from Texas. All that long time, I’ve stuck with them through good and bad, through the glory years of multiple Super Bowl victories and the long, disappointing drought since. Living in New […]
The more they shout and point….
There are a couple bits of interesting news that have come up in the past week or two. For starters, that impromptu gun ban by the mayor of the village of Deerfield, IL, back in May was overturned before it went into effect, when two separate lawsuits were filed to stop it. https://patch.com/illinois/deerfield/judge-blocks-deerfield-assault-weapons-ban-it-takes-effect Per the […]
Thursday Morning Feel Good Stories
I see that the Platoon Sergeant has been busy ferreting out the whats, whys, wants and warrants on one of the better-known rascals in the AO of This Ain’t Hell, so the following is the regular Morning Feel Good stuff, courtesy of one Dave Hardin. (There can be Only One!) Enjoy it, and if you have […]
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