Archive for August 13th, 2019
Update on Russian Explosion
From the Times of Israel comes this update on what happened in northern Russia on August 8th: https://www.timesofisrael.com/radiation-spiked-up-to-16-times-normal-after-russian-nuclear-missile-blast/ From the article: Unnamed intelligence sources told The New York Times that they believed the explosion involved a prototype missile known in NATO circles as the SSC-X-9 Skyfall, which could theoretically reach anywhere on the planet. Russian President […]
PVT Collie Reporting For Duty!
From the Kritter Klub, we have two videos, Part 1 and Part 2, regarding a border collie who has adopted the trainees at a South Korean school for Special Forces. They reciprocated by adopting her. The videos below (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) are the border collie. She even salutes. They couldn’t find an owner […]
Fallen Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Koppenhafer…
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer’s death on Saturday at first blamed on extremists …Victim of Friendly Fire? The U.S. military is currently investigating whether friendly fire caused the first combat death involving an American service member in Iraq this year, defense officials said. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer was part of a team […]
Italian Coast Guard At Work
Yes, Italy has a Coast Guard, just like we do, and they spend a good deal of their time trying to stop things like the use of drift nets, which are very illegal, in the Mediterranean. This video gives us their rescue of a small pod of five sperm whales which had gotten caught up […]
Another One Passes….
A WASP pilot has passed at the tender age of 103. She was one of many women who volunteered for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, relieving men to duty to the European and Pacific theaters. From the article: TACOMA, Wash. — Dorothy Eleanor Olsen, a member of a group of civilian […]
Idiot With a Chip on His Shoulder
Idiot fires off (rifle/black weapon) outside Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago. (No, I have no idea exactly what he was carrying, just that vague description.) https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/12/shots-fired-at-jesse-brown-va/ He was immediately taken down by the VA hospital’s police. Nobody hurt, no explanation so far. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/8/12/20802580/jesse-brown-va-hospital-shots-fired-police-damen-taylor From the article: As of Monday evening, the suspect was […]
Tuesday Feel Good Stories
Armed Citizen Working at Store Fends of Masked Robber with a Gun by A1F Staff In Baton Rouge, La., an employee at a grocery store was working when a masked man entered early in the morning. The robber had a gun and demanded the employees hand over money or they would be shot. One employee […]
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