Archive for October, 2019
Elijah Cummings
Something strange is going on. There is a disturbance in the Force. I can feel it. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, has passed. Miss Nancy may have lost a big ally. Not speaking ill of the dead. I never do that, but the ripple effect that will come from this loss may be… well, strange. From the […]
US Troops Withdrawal (contd.)
It seems that the H of R doesn’t appreciate Mr. Trump doing what he thinks needs to be done with out getting their approval first, which – obviously – they’d never give. So they held a vote and wrote up a resolution four pages long to let him know that they are not amused. https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/10/16/bipartisan-house-majority-condemns-trump-for-syria-pullout/ […]
Marines: Second Marine Misidentified in Famous Iwo Jima Photo
The website newser.com and nbc.com published articles that state that the Marine Corps is now saying that another serviceman was misidentified in the famous photo of the flag-raising at the Battle of Iwo Jima. For the second time in less than four years, military historians have revised the list of the Marines seen in one of history’s […]
MSG Mark Allen Dies of Wounds
The Sun (UK) reports that Master Sgt Mark Allen, 46, has died of wounds he recieved 10 years ago while engaged in a firefight with the Taliban. Allen was searching for US Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan. Bergdahl had abandoned his sentry post, wandered off and got lost before being picked up by militiamen in June […]
Funerals for Pfc John T. Burke and Pfc Kenneth W. Likens (World War II); and CPL Jerry M. Garrison (Korea)
Funerals will be held next week for the following previously missing individuals recently accounted for by DPAA. . . . This August, DPAA announced that it had accounted for CPL Jerry M. Garrison, US Army. CPL Garrison was lost in North Korea on 2 December 1950. CPL Garrison will be buried next week – on […]
Thursday FGS
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/10/15/atatiana-jefferson-pointed-gun-out-window-before-fort-worth-officer-killed-her-nephew-told-authorities/ Aaron Dean was arrested Monday and quickly released on $200,000 bond. A murder warrant for Aaron Dean, the Fort Worth officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home, recounts what led up to the shooting from the perspective of her 8-year-old nephew. The boy, who was in the room with Jefferson when she was […]
Project Veritas Exposes CNN Bias
“I think what’s going on in America now is really fundamentally the result of years of fake news, conspiracy nonsense from Fox News… Uh the fake conspiracy nonsense that Fox has spread for years is uh now deeply embedded in American society and franky that is beyond destructiive for America. And I do not think […]
Two Medals of Honor
History is everyone’s story. This week’s history comes from Mason. Since I highlighted last week those who have received the United Kingdom’s highest honor, the Victoria Cross, twice, I think it’s only fitting I now explore some of the Americans who have received two Medals of Honor, our highest award. This will be a multi-part […]
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