Archive for October 17th, 2019

Thursdays Are For Cooking

| October 17, 2019 | 16 Comments
Thursdays Are For Cooking

As the weather is beginning to lean toward bouts with chill winds and sometimes stinging precipitation, a classic dish that your Mom might have made is in order. This recipe comes from Betty C., and is not at all fussy. Mom might have said she fixed it because it was so easy, especially with all […]

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Elijah Cummings

| October 17, 2019 | 77 Comments
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 […]

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US Troops Withdrawal (contd.)

| October 17, 2019 | 51 Comments
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/ […]

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Marines: Second Marine Misidentified in Famous Iwo Jima Photo

| October 17, 2019 | 16 Comments
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 […]

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MSG Mark Allen Dies of Wounds

| October 17, 2019 | 37 Comments
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 […]

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Funerals for Pfc John T. Burke and Pfc Kenneth W. Likens (World War II); and CPL Jerry M. Garrison (Korea)

| October 17, 2019 | 12 Comments
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 […]

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Thursday FGS

| October 17, 2019 | 6 Comments
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 […]

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