Archive for January, 2018
Park Service: Please stop leaving your cremains at The Wall
The Washington Post reports that folks leaving the cremated remains of their loved ones at the Vietnam Memorial is happening more often and that it should really stop. Leaving mementos at the Wall has been a tradition since the polished stone memorial bearing the names of the 58,000 Vietnam War dead was dedicated in 1982. […]
Good guy with a gun stops Philly driver
According to Fox29, a police officer stopped a driver who had planned on running down pedestrians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this morning; Around 7:30 a.m. on Monday, officials responded to Broad and Bigler Streets, where a man driving a black Honda attempted to hit people with his car. Police say one pedestrian was injured and transported […]
Fitbit and OpSec
Chief Tango sends us links to the story from the Washington Post about a map which highlights the routes that users of fitness trackers are treading upon. Apparently, because the Pentagon issued a few hundred of the devices to troops, the map also highlights where the troops are using them in their secret bases around […]
Manning for Senate; #WeGotThis
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post which seems to support the candidacy of that fellow formerly known as Bradley Manning who stole secrets from the United States, released those secrets on the internet, convicted of espionage, sentenced to 35 years in prison and then had his sentence commuted as President Obama […]
A-10s return to Afghanistan
The Marine Corps Times reports that the A-10 Warthog was employed by Marine Corps advisors in Afghanistan for the first time since the aircraft was pulled out of that war in 2014 by the previous administration; The Marine task force commander called in for approval of the strike, while a U.S. Army drone marked the […]
Monday morning feel good stories
From Jackson, Tennessee; It happened around 10 Friday morning on New Deal Road. Investigators say the homeowner grabbed a weapon and fired at the suspect. The suspect then ran away. Deputies were then notified of a man with a gunshot wound at a local hospital later that day, who has been identified as Marquese Wood. […]
Peter Maass: It’s Time to Wage War Against War Movies That Glorify Outdated Models of Masculinity
So, I bothered to read this tripe from Peter Maass in the Intercept entitled It’s Time to Wage War Against War Movies That Glorify Outdated Models of Masculinity. Basically, Maass is angry because Hollywood has stopped making movies which have too much sexual content, for some reason. He wants more movies like “Thank you for […]
Another Four Come Home
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel. From World War II • F2c Lowell E. Valley, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 19 January 2018. • F3c Warren H. Crim, US Navy, […]
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