Archive for May 17th, 2019

Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering Elderly Women

| May 17, 2019 | 14 Comments
Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering Elderly Women

An Illegal Alien from Kenya used his knowledge, related to health care, to murder and rob elderly women. He chose his victims carefully… Elderly women living by themselves who possessed valuables. When the elderly, living alone, pass away, many assume that they did so via natural causes. In one account, listed in this quote, he […]

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Just Gobsmacked

| May 17, 2019 | 27 Comments
Just Gobsmacked

The Navy removed recruits from training after finding disqualifying information in their dependent medical records, according to their parents. Here, a recruit division commander offers motivation at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. (GSEC Seth Schaeffer/Navy) This is ridiculous. The Air Force and Army began merging prior dependent medical records with service member records […]

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The Cold Blue

| May 17, 2019 | 40 Comments
The Cold Blue

The Cold Blue Directed by Erik Nelson (Dreams with Sharp Teeth, A Gray State), The Cold Blue takes an inside look at the daily life of men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew mission after deadly mission in World War II. The film features newly restored 4K footage and outtakes, shot by director William Wyler (Oscar winner […]

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Weekend Open Thread – Travel Oddities

| May 17, 2019 | 82 Comments
Weekend Open Thread – Travel Oddities

In extreme southern Georgia – on US Highway 84, designated the “Georgia Wiregrass Parkway” for much of its length – there is a small town named “Climax”. It’s about 8 miles east of Bainbridge. On the west side of the town, when traveling westbound a smallish (3’ x 3’ or thereabouts) sign or billboard can […]

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Uhhhh – what?

| May 17, 2019 | 9 Comments
Uhhhh – what?

It seems that the Trump Administration asked for funds to pay travel and lodging expenses for the Taliban to meet with US representatives in Qatar – six rounds of talks, in fact, per the article – since last fall. Oddly, there is some objection on the part of Congress to funding the comfort of people […]

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Valor Friday

| May 17, 2019 | 3 Comments
Valor Friday

Victoria Cross Mason brings us today’s Valor Friday, which honors Warrent Officer Norman Cyril Jackson, RAF. His amazing tale of bravery and self-sacrifice in an in extremis situation with his burning Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, is the stuff of legends. He was 20,000 feet above German territory his crew had just bombed, and I’ll cede […]

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Friday Feel Good Stories

| May 17, 2019 | 14 Comments
Friday Feel Good Stories

Glock 17 Gen 5 County jury acquits man of murder in 2018 Shawnee shooting By Kim Morava A Shawnee man jailed since August was released from custody Wednesday after a Pottawatomie County jury deliberated 22 minutes and returned a not guilty verdict in a second-degree murder trial. Wayne Eric Dyke, 21, claimed self-defense in the […]

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