Archive for May 2nd, 2019

The Pentagon ending training program for Afghan pilots: nearly half go UA in the US

| May 2, 2019 | 24 Comments
The Pentagon ending training program for Afghan pilots: nearly half go UA in the US

An Iraqi Air Force AC-208 Cessna Caravan aircrew launches a hellfire missile at a target on the Aziziyah Training Range, south of Baghdad, Nov. 8, 2010. (Photo by: Sgt. Brandon Bolick) Surprised at this? Yeah, me neither. It’s hard to blame them, too, considering what they’ll have to go back to. Hell, I’d consider doing […]

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Aussies Told to Not Use Slang Around US Marines

| May 2, 2019 | 31 Comments
Aussies Told to Not Use Slang Around US Marines

U.S. Marines deplane a Boeing 777 at the Royal Australian Air Force base for the upcoming Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in Darwin, Australia, April 12. (Staff Sgt. Jordan E. Gilbert/Marine Corps) The largest deployment of U.S. Marines to Australia is underway. About 1,700 Marines began arriving in Darwin, Australia, in April for training and exercises, […]

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Montana Man Ordered to Pay for Stolen Valor and Fraud

| May 2, 2019 | 9 Comments
Montana Man Ordered to Pay for Stolen Valor and Fraud

According to a recent article by Task and Purpose, a Montana man is required to pay $1.7 Million dollars for Stolen Valor and fraud. A Flathead District Court, Montana jury on Tuesday awarded $1.7 million in damages to Donald W. Kaltschmidt Jr. after finding Laron D. Shannon of Kalispell liable for fraud and negligent misrepresentation […]

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Thursdays Are For Cooking!!

| May 2, 2019 | 9 Comments
Thursdays Are For Cooking!!

This is another one from Betty Crocker’s Kitchen of Good Stuff. It’s a skillet meal, which makes it simple to fix and easy clean-up, too. I am always in favor of the quick and easy! (Does anyone besides me know how long Betty Crocker has been around? Anyone? Bueller?) You make the meatballs first, and […]

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When you look up to Reverend Al…

| May 2, 2019 | 23 Comments
When you look up to Reverend Al…

Another timely essay from our own Poetrooper about everyone’s favorite Reverend, Al Sharpton. Poe questions why he is a demi-god to the Dems, among other things. Read on: Poetrooper When you look up to Reverend Al… You are actually looking down—way down—assuredly if you include morality and human decency in your perspective. Yet those who […]

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There Is Not Enough Whiskey In the World….

| May 2, 2019 | 20 Comments
There Is Not Enough Whiskey In the World….

  I thought I had seen everything… but I was wrong.  I have never seen anything like this before – ever. https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/25/protester-glues-breasts-ground-outside-goldman-sachs-9318678/ Unfortunately, this benighted individual, who (I’m guessing) thought that using acrylic glue to glue her bared mammary glands to the pavement as a protest last week in London  would be a high-end gesture […]

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Thursday Feel Good Stories

| May 2, 2019 | 20 Comments
Thursday Feel Good Stories

S&W .500 Fatal shooting at Canton liquor store ruled justified, police say By Lillian Reed City prosecutors have ruled a fatal shooting at House of Spirits liquor store in Canton was justified and made in self-defense, Baltimore police announced Tuesday. When two gunmen tried to hold up the family-owned liquor store in the 2300 block […]

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