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Like clockwork

| January 10, 2012 | 25 Comments
Like clockwork

Remember all those optics that went missing from JBLM a couple days ago? Well it turns out it’s about $600k worth of stuff that was secured in a locked but not alarmed room. Whatever, like that doesn’t happen all the time. Somehow, though, the thieves managed to cut the locks and make off with it […]

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Anti-war drivel

| January 9, 2012 | 46 Comments
Anti-war drivel

This was on Lew Rockwell, someone posted it on Facebook and despite the warning, I didn’t take antacids before reading it. But, it’s written by some doofus named Laurence M. Vance and titled “Marines, Why Do You Do This to Your Families?“. judging by the title, you’d think Mr. Vance is asking the Marines to […]

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Another Book I Won’t Read

| January 6, 2012 | 7 Comments
Another Book I Won’t Read

Hollywood seems to lack for new ideas; how many movies are re-makes, sequels, or prequels? Our news media (as Jonn notes) certainly lacks perspective and originality as well. Us geezer types are often accused of lusting after “The Good Old Days” while the REAL hypocrites like the antiwar crowd, and OWS, are trying to recapture […]

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Preempting the truth with worried mockery

| December 26, 2011 | 25 Comments
Preempting the truth with worried mockery

A certain self-consciousness reveals itself in this recent Ted Rall cartoon. The immediate set up for the image is three veterans sitting around a military or patriotic (likely referred to in his circles as jingoistic) bar. The scene evokes the stock conceptualization of a VFW or American Legion Post. The middle patron is missing his […]

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Matthis still in your schools teaching your kids

| December 5, 2011 | 45 Comments
Matthis still in your schools teaching your kids

In this video, Matthis talks to about 180 school children (their count) in a New York City public school representing World Can’t Wait, the anti-war group which began by just opposing President George W Bush and founded by members of the Revolutionary Communist Party and Anarchists. Their program is called We Are Not Your Soldiers […]

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IVAW faults their ignorance for their problems

| November 30, 2011 | 10 Comments
IVAW faults their ignorance for their problems

Huffington Post writes that IVAW is struggling for veterans by participating in the Occupy movement. [Dottie Guy,] The former military policewoman is just one of about 2,000 disgruntled veterans who say they’ve risked their lives and well-being only to come home to a country that profits from their sacrifices. Yeah, I’m sure there are 2000 […]

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Who could have predicted this?

| November 29, 2011 | 13 Comments
Who could have predicted this?

Well, besides anyone who didn’t want the United States to lose the war in Iraq because of purely partisan reasons; The story is at Stars & Stripes; Two bombs and a rocket attack struck the Iraqi capital on Monday, just weeks before the final pullout of American forces from the country. The explosions brought to […]

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This is not news. (Updated)

| November 24, 2011 | 20 Comments
This is not news. (Updated)

Ok, for the past few years there have been people calling for President Bush to be tried for war crimes. I ignore most of these links because it is the same thing over and over again. But this one is different because there seems to be a court in Malaysia. I have never even heard […]

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