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Halloween Open Thread

Halloween Open Thread

| October 31, 2020 | 72 Comments

Happy Halloween! Full moon tonight. If it’s clear in your area, you might see an “orange” moon on the horizon.

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Stupid criminals of the week

Stupid criminals of the week

| October 31, 2020 | 6 Comments

Happy Halloween! New York county legislator allegedly tried to trade pills for sex, report says KoB sends in this feller; A Long Island pol, who is also a renowned physician, was arrested Tuesday in a sting operation after allegedly trying to swap pills for sexual favors, according to a report. Dr. William Spencer, a legislator […]

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Racism deprived Latino WWI hero Marcelino Serna of the Medal of Honor. He deserves it, advocates say.

Racism deprived Latino WWI hero Marcelino Serna of the Medal of Honor. He deserves it, advocates say.

| October 31, 2020 | 28 Comments

This came across my desk the other night as I was polishing off my Valor Friday post. NBC loves them some click-bait headlines. That’s how they titled an article on a truly impressive man. Since valor history is my thing, I looked into this past the article that the “journalist” at NBC put together. Just […]

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Saturday FGS

Saturday FGS

| October 31, 2020 | 3 Comments

Dragunov SVD Akron teen cleared in 2019 Canton fatal shooting Ed Balint n Akron teen was acquitted of murder and other charges Thursday tied to the 2019 fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man on Nelson Place NE. A Stark County Common Pleas jury found Naquann Ware, 17, not guilty of murder, felonious assault and improperly […]

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Weekend Open Thread

Weekend Open Thread

| October 30, 2020 | 133 Comments

October is almost over and Halloween is tomorrow. Has the novel coronavirus scared off the Halloween trick or treat plans for your area? Enjoy your weekend.

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Curiouser and Curiouser….

Curiouser and Curiouser….

| October 30, 2020 | 42 Comments

This article concerns how an American company that manufactures sensitive military equipment was sold to China a while back, during the Obama administration, with the Biden offspring involved in it. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/23/code-name-project-hanson-insider-documents-reveal-how-hunter-biden-associates-helped-chinese-military-contractor-acquire-michigan-dual-use-manufacturer/ I don’t know whether to take it seriously or not, since so much is redacted. But if the Bidens were involved in this (again), […]

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Valor Friday

Valor Friday

| October 30, 2020 | 11 Comments

Charles Watters was a 35 year old Roman Catholic priest in the Newark, New Jersey area, where he’d been born and raised, when he enlisted as a chaplain with the New Jersey Air National Guard in 1962. An experienced light aircraft pilot, he’d flown single-engine planes as far away as Argentina. In 1964 though he […]

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Former Army specialist faces 10 years to life for rapes of 13-year-old girl

Former Army specialist faces 10 years to life for rapes of 13-year-old girl

| October 30, 2020 | 46 Comments

Jeff LPH 3 sent in this article. I’m sure I speak for everyone here when I say that 10 years is far too little for this guy. A former Fort Benning, Ga., soldier faces a minimum of 10 years, and possibly life, in prison for taking a 13-year-old runaway girl from Florida to his barracks […]

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