Archive for June, 2015
Giles P. Carnes plays soldier at traffic stop
Our friends at Guardian of Valor alerted us to this Giles P. Carnes fellow who was pulled over the other day by New Jersey cops. According to Lehigh Valley Live, at routine traffic stop he was found to have a knife and some drugs, so he pulled out the “soldier card”; Officers learned Carnes, of […]
Gunmen kill 27 on Tunisian beach
UPI reports that gunmen attacked sunbathers on a beach near Sousse, Tunisia today. According to reports there are 27 dead. Sources told Al Jazeera the gunmen exchanged fire with security forces before one man fled. British tourist Gary Pine told Sky News he thought at first that “fire crackers” were going off at the hotel. […]
Homicides up in DC this year
The Washington Post reports that homicides in the District of Columbia are up 20% from last year. The police chief, Cathy Lanier blames the loss of 500 police officers from the Metro DC department; This year’s homicide count stands at 64, compared with 53 at this time last year. […] Other recent homicide victims include […]
Salisbury, NC welcomes Tech Sergeant Edwin Morgan home
The town of Salisbury, North Carolina welcomed home Technical Sergeant Edwin Everton Morgan after 49 years. Morgan was the loadmaster of an AC-47D gunship aircraft that failed to return from a mission in March, 1966. From WBTV; Morgan enlisted in the Navy in June of 1945 when he was 17 years old and served until […]
ISIS attack in France
Offices of the American company Air Products were attacked by two ISIS supporters. They beheaded one victim and placed the head on a fence post with graffiti written on it. From Sky News; Two other people were hurt in explosions at the factory, French President Francois Hollande said. The blasts were triggered when two attackers […]
Friday morning feel good stories
In Windsor Lock, Connecticut, a homeowner heard someone break into his garage and confronted the feller accompanied by his firearm. When an altercation broke out, the homeowner employed his firearm. It’s not known if the feller was stuck, but the homeowner knows that he wasn’t struck in his getaway sticks, because he lit out for […]
Arizona F16 Crash – Update
The pilot of the F16 that crashed in Arizona has been identified. Per AP reports, he is Brig. Gen. Rafid Mohammed Hassan, Iraqi Air Force. Brig. Gen Hassan had been training in the US on the F16 in order to use it against ISIS/ISIL/whatever that gang of murderous thugs is called today. His status is […]
Chinese veterans protest over unpaid benefits
I guess it’s the same all over – about 3,000 Chinese military veterans of the country’s war against Vietnam in the late 70s and their nuclear program converged on the capitol to protest the fact that they hadn’t been paid promised benefits for their service according to the Associated Press; On Thursday, a website maintained […]
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