Archive for July 19th, 2019
Thursdays are for cooking on Friday
Bouillabaisse is France’s classic Mediterranean fisherman’s stew. Fresh local fish and shellfish in a sublime sauce of orange peel, saffron, and fennel. It’s the perfect way to enjoy seafood. Ingredients 6 Cups Water ½ Pound Shrimp 1 Bay Leaf 12 Whole Black Peppercorns Peel from 1 Orange 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil ½ Teaspoon […]
Alexandria Cortez Gets Schooled on Border Issues
One of the ways to encourage high school students, or younger students, to take their studies seriously is to point to Alexandria Cortez. A basic understanding of American History, Government, Civics, etc., could’ve prevented Cortez from having some of her political grandstanding from blowing up in her face. Or, would she even care about what […]
UK-flagged tanker seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in Strait of Hormuz
Stena Impero Topping off a busy week in the Straights of Hormuz. First, three Iranian gunboats failed in an attempt to seize a British oil tanker on Wednesday. HMS Montrose was escorting the vessel and pointed its weapons on the IRGC gunboats. The next day an Iranian drone was downed by the amphibious assault ship […]
Weekend Open Thread
Someone said “sausages” and I had this photo of Johnsonville’s patties spattering in a skillet. Here’s a little history on sausage as a general subject from The Spruce Eats: The word sausage comes from the Middle English sausige, which came from sal, Latin for salt. In France they are sausissons and in Germany, wurst. In practice for over a millenia […]
Coming Home….
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In this Wednesday, July 17, 2019, photo, service members and guests stand as “Taps” is played over transfer cases carrying the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II in a hangar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. (Sgt. Jacqueline Clifford/Marine Corps via AP) HONOLULU — […]
Les Brown – Fake Special Forces Ranger
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Lester Kent Brown, who simply goes by “Les.” Les heads up a Nevada chapter of a POW/MIA organization. Les has been in the newspaper where the article states he is a retired Master Sergeant having served in the Army for 20 years. He also has […]
Valor Friday
USS Hawkbill Here’s Mason once again, providing us with his expertly researched essays about American valor. Todays VF post is a two-fer, as he details the careers of a father and son pair, who were each awarded the Navy Cross for their actions during WWII. Here’s Mason: Mason One thing that frequently appears while researching […]
Friday Feel Good Stories
Stolen guns recovered, juveniles among arrests for gun shop break-ins Jake May KENT COUNTY, MI — Police have recovered more than 10 handguns and rifles believed to have been stolen from a pair of gun stores in Sparta and Kentwood. Three juveniles and an adult suspected of breaking into the gun shops in the early […]
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