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Mothers of the year?

Mothers of the year?

| November 12, 2020 | 25 Comments

These two ladies’ stories hit the wire yesterday. I’m not sure which one is worse. Texas teacher fatally shot teenage son while driving to school: report A Texas teacher is accused of gunning down her teenage son while she was driving him to school near Waco, a report said. The teacher, 39-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Hunt, […]

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Thursday FGS

Thursday FGS

| November 12, 2020 | 11 Comments

Home Defense SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED INSIDE APARTMENT IN ST. CLOUD FRIDAY By Nathan Daggett An investigation is ongoing after several shots were fired inside an apartment complex in St. Cloud on Friday night. The St. Cloud Police Department responded to a call just before 4 p.m. in the 1200 block of East St. Germain for […]

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Democrats’ infighting over ‘defund the police’ movement heats up

Democrats’ infighting over ‘defund the police’ movement heats up

| November 11, 2020 | 55 Comments

“Defund the Police,” the mantra of Black Lives Matter. What a remarkably stupid idea. This is the drum the Left was banging on for months, and the results were there for all to see. Violence. Riots. Burning. Death. To question why was was an act of racism, to be beaten down at times literally. But […]

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The moment the guns went silent

The moment the guns went silent

| November 11, 2020 | 17 Comments

Few recordings exist of what World War I sounded like. There’s plenty of film, but audio recording at the time was not something easily done in the field. Delicate recording equipment of the time required scratching a wax or lacquer disc.  The conditions at the front during the war were notoriously bad for man, mule, […]

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The last casualty (Valor Wednesday)

The last casualty (Valor Wednesday)

| November 11, 2020 | 9 Comments

I’m posting this at 1059 hours (local) in honor of Henry Gunther. An American, he was the last official casualty of World War I. He died one minute before the Armistice ended the war 102 years ago. Henry Gunther was born in Maryland, but to a German-American family. Though he was a second generation American […]

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Veterans Day Open Thread

Veterans Day Open Thread

| November 11, 2020 | 58 Comments

Happy Veterans Day! Hoping that everybody is enjoying this day and the specific opportunities that open up for veterans this day.

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Postal Worker – Recant or No Recant?

Postal Worker – Recant or No Recant?

| November 11, 2020 | 19 Comments

The Washington Post reported that a postal worker named Richard Hopkins claimed he was coerced into backdating ballots and later recanted that story. Postal worker recanted allegations of ballot tampering, officials say Richard Hopkins’s claim that a postmaster in Erie, Pa., instructed postal workers to backdate ballots mailed after Election Day was cited by Sen. […]

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Edited Repost:  Facade, and Subsance

Edited Repost: Facade, and Subsance

| November 11, 2020 | 14 Comments

Author’s Note:  this is a minor re-write of a previous article posted about 5 ½ years ago.  I thought it was apropos today.   —–   Today is Veteran’s Day.  Well, this is my Veteran’s Day article. It’s probably somewhat different than the norm.  Maybe you’ll read it and think this is appropriate for today; […]

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