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Private that defected to North Korea gets time served, and the Navy solves their retention issues
You’ll remember Travis King, soon to be formerly a private in the US Army, was the boneheaded turd that was supposed to be escorted to the airport to fly back to the states from South Korea. As I recall he was being chaptered out. Somehow he slipped his guard, snuck into a tour group visiting […]
Scathing report indicts LCS’s entire Chief’s Mess in WiFi scandal
A while back, in one of my Stupid people of the week features, I mentioned the above pictured sailor. In June she was convicted at court martial and reduced in grade to E-7 for installing and utilizing an unauthorized WiFi set up while her ship (USS Manchester [LCS-14]) was under way. Her bio indicates she has […]
Stupid people of the week
A woman clocked in for work at Wells Fargo on Friday at 7 a.m. 4 days later, she was found dead at her desk. There’s an investigation underway in Tempe after a Wells Fargo employee died while on the job. A new timeline released by police suggests her body was there for four days before […]
Stupid people of the week
Moronic tourist under investigation after dumping water on ‘historically significant’ ancient cave paintings for social media He’s got the brains of a caveman. A dim-witted tourist dumped water on ancient cave paintings to snap better photos for social media — and is now under investigation after posting the shots of the damaged historic art, according […]
Stupid people of the week
Driver dead and 3 injured in stabbing, shooting inside stolen BMW on NB I-5 in Federal Way A man was fatally stabbed and three others were injured during an altercation inside a stolen car along northbound Interstate 5 in Federal Way Wednesday afternoon. The Washington State Patrol said the driver of a stolen black BMW […]
Old Man’s War
If you haven’t had the pleasure yet, give Scalzi’s Old Man’s War a read. It’s military science fiction in the vein of Heinlein’s Starship Troopers. Set in a relatively near future, Old Man’s War starts with a group of octogenarians who have all volunteered for military service. In space. Earth in the future is much like Earth in the […]
US Details Hamas Aid Plan
1,000 US troops deploying to build offshore port for Gaza aid By Meghann Myers The Pentagon released details Friday of its plans to construct a temporary pier off the Gaza Strip’s coast to help flow more than 2 million meals a day into the territory, using an established military capability that officials say can build […]
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Suspect stops for gas while running from police A man is facing a long list of charges after police say he drove recklessly to avoid being arrested, then stopped for gas. On February 21, Bartlett Police were in the area of Holmes Road and Hacks Cross Road surveilling Deandre Rodgers, who had outstanding warrants. Rodgers […]
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