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Troll Policy Change
Thar’s a new Sheriff in town, boys. It has been brought to my attention that my handling of certain recent trolls has been less than satisfactory. My previous policy has therefore changed. 1) I will give fair warning on comments that I consider out of line, stray too far from the originating post, or attack […]
Public Service Announcment
For all the FNGs and first time commentators, once again I had to edit a pending comment by removing identification information, known in the military as Personally Identifiable Information, or PII. Please, for your own protection, do not use your real name when commenting here. There are people who wish us ill, and a full […]
“For your safety…”
Poetrooper sends us a disturbing article of Government intrusion into one’s personal information by volunteering your fingerprints at the Post Office. Yes, you now can submit electronic copies of you very own fingerprints for inclusion into the FBI’s data base. But fear not, Citizen! These prints are merely used for your convenience in researching your […]
UPDATE: Maggie DeSanti – Media Darling or Stolen Valor Con Artist?
We thought that it was time for an update on significant events surrounding Margaret C. DeSanti. We wrote about Margaret in 2014 here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=57300 Then, the recent 2019 follow-up with Margaret here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=92064 FoxNews carried the story here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-five-one-more-thing-21oct2019.mp4 FoxNews did not respond to emails asking for a correction. Background Research There was a lot […]
Rhino Poaching Not A Recommended Career Choice
Stomping poachers is thirsty work. Here’s our own Perry Gaskill adding some depth to the poacher’s story, who if you’ll recall wound up having a very bad day. Circle of Life by Perry Gaskill (author’s note – This is a longer updated version of a brief item that ran in Sunday’s Feel Good Stories. Sorry […]
Woman Scammed by Fake Marine Major
Hopefully, everyone remembers Dan Noyes, a journalist who takes Stolen Valor seriously and reports on it often. Dan is working on a new story where a woman was scammed out of her life’s savings of $273 thousand dollars. The story is currently being carried by ABC 7 and Yahoo Finance. A single woman was scammed out […]
Mirror, Mirror
In the past, before any of the current screaming, maddening crowds were even a thought form, Joe Stalin attempted to destroy Russia’s heritage, Mao tried to do the same thing in China, and Pol Pot likewise in Cambodia. The difference between then and now is that there was no public online access to anything until […]
Giraffe Riddle Resurrection
If you were on Facebook in 2013, you would’ve noticed when profile pictures turned into giraffes. The first one or two seemed innocent. But, more avatars turned into giraffe pictures. This became a trend. We’ll, I decided to do some “Google research”. It turned out that people who didn’t provide the correct answer to a […]
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