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Weekend Open Thread

Weekend Open Thread

| May 23, 2025 | 82 Comments

When you have different news agencies trying to “break from the crowd” to compete for attention, there’s a possibility that an independent press is at work. On the other hand, if you have different news agencies using very similar phrases, words, context, etc., there’s a possibility that the press isn’t free. Fortunately, many of us […]

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US Supreme Court precedence already exists regarding birthright citizenship

US Supreme Court precedence already exists regarding birthright citizenship

| May 23, 2025 | 16 Comments

In 1898, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling on what constituted being born as a US citizen. Wong Kim Ark was born on US soil. However, both his parents were Chinese nationals. After visiting his parents in China, Ark returned just to be barred reentry into the United States. The Supreme Court decided that […]

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Non-English speaking truck drivers to be removed from US roads

Non-English speaking truck drivers to be removed from US roads

| May 23, 2025 | 29 Comments

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28, 2025, calling on non-English speaking truck drivers to lose their truck driving privileges. Americans and legal residents must pass a written and driving test before getting a driver’s license. Being able to read and follow traffic signs and signals forms a big part of passing […]

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Valor Friday

Valor Friday

| May 23, 2025 | 9 Comments

Today’s article will feature two men. Nicholas Minue and Rodger Young both earned the Medal of Honor for their actions during World War II. Both men received that award posthumously, having died in their final act of gallantry. They also both gave up NCO rank so that they could go to war and fight. Minue […]

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A new story about Pershing

A new story about Pershing

| May 23, 2025 | 3 Comments

We all know who GEN John J. Pershing was – American Expeditionary Force commander, aka “Black Jack”  (that’s the cleaned up version) for his command of the famed 10th Cavalry, another General of the Armies from the middle of the country (Laclede, Missouri, just a tad east of Abilene, KS. Must be something in those […]

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Fast-attack motorcycle units

Fast-attack motorcycle units

| May 23, 2025 | 14 Comments

Hah! Y’all are thinking I am losing my marbles ‘cuz I already wrote how the Rooshians were using these against the Ukrainians a while back. Well… there is some justification for that thought – just ask my wife – but this case is a little different. Quite a few derided the two-wheeler units as easy […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| May 23, 2025 | 8 Comments

Savage Model 1915 Unruly patron killed in shooting after being kicked out of Peoria sports bar By Mitchell Koch, Gibby Parra and Ben Bradley PEORIA, AZ (AZFamily) — A man who reportedly fired shots into a Peoria sports bar after he was kicked out late Tuesday night is dead following a shootout with two other […]

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Let’s have some fun! The Race is On.

Let’s have some fun! The Race is On.

| May 22, 2025 | 34 Comments

and here comes Heartache… no, not that race. Apologies to George Jones (no, Sawyer Brown didn’t write it.) The race of the century is Friday at Indy.  Contenders gathering for the first time in one spot for the first time in ten years, racing each other around the Brickyard for the first time EVAH!  Hot […]

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