Archive for October 3rd, 2019

Thursdays Are For Cooking….!

| October 3, 2019 | 10 Comments
Thursdays Are For Cooking….!

This is good any time of year, but now that Autumn has officially started, with the New Moon on Tuesday night, it’s time for a good hearty dish that I find both rewarding and filling, and a major kind of comfort food on a cold, rainy night. It’s been around a long, long time, too, […]

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Stolen Valor suspect and Valor Vulture Blumenthal wastes no time at grabbing attention from tragedy.

| October 3, 2019 | 81 Comments
Stolen Valor suspect and Valor Vulture Blumenthal wastes no time at grabbing attention from tragedy.

Seven people aboard a vintage World War II plane were killed Wednesday when it crashed shortly after takeoff, erupting into flames at Bradley International Airport, just outside of Hartford, Connecticut, authorities said. State Police Commissioner James Rovella told reporters at an evening news conference that the families of all but three of the victims had […]

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22 Soldiers Hurt After Parachuting Into Trees

| October 3, 2019 | 71 Comments
22 Soldiers Hurt After Parachuting Into Trees

At least 22 soldiers were injured in a Wednesday night parachuting exercise in Mississippi when they missed a designated drop zone and landed instead in a group of trees, according to officials. Of those hurt, 15 were treated at the scene by medics and seven were taken to a local hospital, Army spokesman John Pennell […]

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UPDATE: What about Bob?

| October 3, 2019 | 83 Comments
UPDATE: What about Bob?

Just so you get a regular status on Robert ‘Alaska Bob’ Glaves, we wanted to post another update. For anybody that has limited time, we provide the above CliffsNotes. NO BOB – Not a peep. In fact, there never was a peep from Bob about all of this.  All communication has seemingly been happening through […]

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A Little Discussion of Machiavelli With Your Morning Coffee?

| October 3, 2019 | 19 Comments
A Little Discussion of Machiavelli With Your Morning Coffee?

This is a discussion of Machiavelli’s view of an armed citizenry in The Art of War, as authored by Cary Nederman, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Machiavelli holds that one of the consequences of such vivere sicuro is the disarmament of the people. He comments that regardless of “how great his kingdom is”, the king of France “lives as […]

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Thursday and Friday Feel Good Stories

| October 3, 2019 | 16 Comments
Thursday and Friday Feel Good Stories

Springfield Arms XDS Sorry folks, had this thing called “work” interfere. Doesn’t look like it’ll ease up for the near future, either. So it goes. Conroe area business owner shoots, kills burglar with crowbar Catherine Dominguez The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office along with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office are investigating an early morning shooting […]

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