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Tuesday threefer: More Boxer, Military.com recipes, Russian weaseling
Remember a few weeks back, on August 5, when I mentioned that after $200,000,000 in refitting, the USS Boxer was still unable to sail? Well, they tried again (less than 2 weeks later, those clever Navy devils) on the 17th: The Navy denied any issue with the amphibious assault ship, but video posted online by […]
Wednesday Shorts: Soros, Supremes, Cards
Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss Seems George Soros’ Open Society Foundations is slashing its workforce by up to 40% after announcing “significant changes” Friday. It comes after Alexander Soros, George Soros’s fourth child, was named chair of the organization’s board of directors in December, and just one month after he inherited […]
It’s False! It’s False!
Recently there was a story, widely touted on Fox News and the NY Post, about a group of homeless vets being housed at a Choice Hotel, evicted so illegal immigrants could be housed instead. Raised my blood pressure (which can ill afford it) and irritated a good chunk of our target demographic, I’m sure. Only […]
I’m here all week- tip the Vending Machines!
20% is customary Poetrooper sends us the latest chapter in our brave new world. Self-checkout machines now ask for tips in latest squeeze on customers Consumers are now requested to leave tips at self-checkout machines at some airports, bakeries, coffee shops and stadiums across the US Emily Robertson Consumers already contending with a squeeze on […]
Army vet/tunesmith Bacharach, 94, dies
Burt Bacharach, multiple Grammy and Oscar winner, died of natural causes Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 94. Bacharach was a Kansas City boy who attended the music conservatory at MacGill in Montreal. Drafted in the late ’40s, once officers learned of his musical talents he wound up in Germany working on […]
The Festival of John Moses Browning
Today we celebrate the birthday of John Moses Browning, and his Gospel. Sit you down and harken. The Holy Gospel of JMB As translated from the original ancient manuscripts by Friar Frog. 1) In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, “Thou […]
Culture Wars
I think my very first WTFO moment was when The Navy, in its unfathomable wisdom, decided the 0.0-4.0 evaluation ranking scale was demeaning, and changed the criteria to 1.0-5.0. Untold lost man-hours and tax dollars expended to essentially affect nothing but someone’s amorphous “feelings” about being quite correctly labeled a zero. Things have gone downhill […]
Skeet, With Prizes
The Good Idea Fairy is back, at least at Walmart. Walmart drone delivery launches in Florida, Texas, Arizona markets Cities include Tampa and Orlando, Florida; Phoenix and the Dallas-area By Daniella Genovese For the first time ever, some Walmart customers in Florida, Texas and Arizona will be able to have their packages delivered by drone. […]
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