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‘Survivor’ Winner’s Class Act
Mike Gabler The Survivor reality television series has been around on CBS since 2000. The format seems popular enough- a group of up to 20 contestants are sequestered in some remote location and compete for a cash prize. They are divided into “tribes” and are expected to apply survival skills using a minimal number of […]
Veteran’s Day
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen years later, then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans Day to […]
Happy Birthday Marines!
247 Years Young 10 November 2022 A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS 70 years ago, Army Major General Frank E. Lowe was quoted as saying, “The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight.” That testimonial rings as true now as it did then, […]
US Navy Forces Brit Warship to Strike Colors, Scuttle
“Huzzah, her sides are made of iron!” On this day, 19 August 1812, a legend was born. USS Constitution, under the command of Captain Isaac Hull, sailed from Boston on 2 August, 1812 to the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. On the afternoon of 19 August, 1812 Hull and his crew sighted the British frigate […]
Woke Prosecutor Fired!
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) “I did that.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended a Soros-backed prosecutor Thursday for cherry-picking which laws, and to what extent, to enforce and which to ignore. The duty of a state attorney is to enforce existing law as written, and has no other part in the law making process. Hillsborough County […]
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