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Weekend Recipe Time

| February 25, 2022 | 10 Comments
Weekend Recipe Time

OK. I admit to being out gallivanting around in the woodlands, watching with envy while those guys in the icefishing shacks on the lake north of me were pulling in trout and bass and perch and northern pike, but there are rumblings in the political universe that indicate a hole is being chewed in the […]

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American Airlines. Doing what we do worse.

| February 4, 2022 | 30 Comments
American Airlines. Doing what we do worse.

Simple gesture of respect denied to grieving family A West Virginia family has accused American Airlines of disrespectful and unfair treatment, after they say the airlines did not allow them the courtesy of meeting the remains of their fallen Marine at the airport, or assisting the Marine Casualty Assistance Calls Officers (CACO) bringing him home. […]

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Festival of John Moses Browning

| January 23, 2022 | 16 Comments
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 […]

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Omicron Flight Cancellations Strand Travelers

| January 1, 2022 | 11 Comments
Omicron Flight Cancellations Strand Travelers

By midmorning Saturday on the East Coast, more than 2,300 U.S. flights had been canceled, according to flight tracking services. This is the highest single-day toll yet since just before Christmas, when airlines began blaming staffing shortages on increasing COVID-19 infections among crews. Weather played a part as well. Chicago’s made it the worst place […]

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Mission For The Space Force

| November 20, 2021 | 21 Comments
Mission For The Space Force

May the US Space Force (USSF) Be With You U.S. military spox reported that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test recently in Earth orbit, defined as a “debris-generating” event . ASAT weapons that reduce their targets to shreds pose orbital hazards by creating clouds of fragments. These fragments then can collide with […]

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Angel Fire Veteran’s Memorial

| November 16, 2021 | 9 Comments
Angel Fire Veteran’s Memorial

Angel Fire Memorial Poetrooper was kind enough to send this along. The visually stunning memorial and grounds that began to commemorate a lost son and the men he died with, became the first major Viet Nam Veteran Memorial and only state park in the United States. The Memorial was dedicated in 1971 and Congress recognized […]

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Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight

| July 20, 2021 | 24 Comments
Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight

Jeff Bezos became the second billionaire this month to fund the development of a civilian space program and then fly on said rocket into space. Last week Sir Richard Branson of Virgin [Records|Galactic|Group] fame beat Bezos into space, but the crew that went with Bezos is the more interesting story here. As I type this, […]

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Former UFO Program Director Outlines Theories

| March 23, 2021 | 20 Comments
Former UFO Program Director  Outlines Theories

Former Director of Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (ATTIP) Luiz Elizondo Let’s level set what a theory really is. the•o•ry n. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about […]

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