Archive for July 16th, 2019
Bureau of Land Management moving headquarters to Grand Junction, Colo.
Poetrooper sends us a link to a modern miracle, a Washington DC federal bureaucracy actually leaving town to move closer to where its actions are felt by the people most affected by them. What a novel idea. In reality only about 1/5 of BLAM will move West and the rest remaining in DC. Still, it’s […]
Sailor Charged With Murder of Another Sailor
A Sailor is charged with the murder of another sailor. Dalen Spence shot Donald Alton Thorington. When questioned, he claimed that he shot Thorington in self-defense. However, the detectives that interviewed him believe that he had room to escape any danger that Thorington may have presented. Thorington’s friends tried to do CPR on him after […]
Battle of Okinawa Veteran Receives Purple Heart
Anthony “Tony” Procassini, 98 years old, received a purple heart for being wounded in Combat during World War II. He’s a veteran of the Battle of Okinawa. He submitted paperwork to receive the Purple Heart after the war. He didn’t receive the Purple Heart from that effort. Instead, he moved on. A few years ago, […]
From the Office of Captain Obvious…
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Recruit Jose Rivera, a helmsman aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107), maintains an ordered course through the North Sea on Jan. 9, 2019. US Navy photo. Somewhere in the maze of corridors that makes up the Pentagon, Navy Surface Human Factors Scientists and Engineers have made an astounding discovery- people […]
Chess or Poker?
Two sides of the same coin, the coin being Iran: https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/07/15/eu-works-to-save-unraveling-nuclear-agreement-with-iran/ BRUSSELS — European Union nations threw their diplomatic weight behind the unraveling Iran nuclear deal on Monday, trying to rescue the pact from collapsing under U.S. pressure. The 28 EU foreign ministers insisted that recent Iranian actions surpassing uranium enrichment thresholds set by the 2015 […]
Tuesday Feel Good Stories
Terre Haute cab driver shoots 17-year-old accused in armed robbery attempt, does not currently face charges Posted By: Chris Essex TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – An attempted robbery turned into a shooting at a Terre Haute apartment complex on Monday. A cab driver picked up 17-year-old Daivionne Young near Larry Bird Avenue in the downtown […]
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