Archive for February, 2020

US-Taliban sign peace deal – US troops to exit Afghanistan in 14 months

| February 29, 2020 | 18 Comments
US-Taliban sign peace deal – US troops to exit Afghanistan in 14 months

IED Detonation US officials and Taliban representatives have signed a final peace deal after months of negotiations in Qatar’s capital to end the United States’s longest war. Today’s agreement, signed in Doha in the presence of leaders from the US, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, will pave the way for the US […]

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NY Post Editorial Board Shreds Bernie Sanders’ ‘Magic Math’

| February 29, 2020 | 46 Comments
NY Post Editorial Board Shreds Bernie Sanders’ ‘Magic Math’

“Free” college and medicare, universal child care, housing for all, and the Green New Deal. These are just a few of the tremendously expensive planks in Bernie’s platform. Exactly where the money to pay for all of this will come from is unclear, but that matters not to the FSA. Why should it- they (mostly) […]

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Florida Today’s Segment on a Phony GWOT Veteran

| February 29, 2020 | 43 Comments
Florida Today’s Segment on a Phony GWOT Veteran

Ninja came across a Florida Today video featuring one Craig “Doc” Glynn. According to their video, he did serve in Vietnam as a medic. Glynn made additional claims to include deployments to Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. However, he left in 1972. Since that time, he gained a different type of experience. This included a self-inflicted […]

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Saturday FGS

| February 29, 2020 | 3 Comments
Saturday FGS

Ruger GP100 Match Champion Walker County man shot after prowling Boldo neighborhood, breaking into cars WALKER COUNTY, Ala. — The Walker County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday a burglar in the Boldo community was shot in the leg by a homeowner while prowling in the area. The sheriff’s office said several residents in the area reported […]

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Weekend Open Thread

| February 28, 2020 | 146 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

  It’s February 28, 2020. What if your birthday was on the 29th of February? Would you celebrate it on February 28 on non-leap years, or on March 1 on non-leap years? Those born on February 29, participating in the Lenten fast this year, would wait till the following Sunday to celebrate. Enjoy your weekend.

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Belated Thursday is for Cooking

| February 28, 2020 | 8 Comments
Belated Thursday is for Cooking

Ex was busy being dragged into the 21st century, phone-wise, and let TifC slide. She’ll make it up by posting up this weekend. I have a great recipe for a Ninja Foodi, but since not everyone has one of the things, I’ve modified it to work on a stove top and finish in the oven. […]

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Air Force changes service anthem to become more friendly to Persons Without Penii

| February 28, 2020 | 64 Comments
Air Force changes service anthem to become more friendly to Persons Without Penii

The U.S. Air Force changed lyrics in its service anthem by dropping gender references that exclude women. Of course, it did.  Just for the record,  I have always been very friendly to Air Persons. The change announced Thursday by the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. David Goldfein, is designed to make the service friendlier […]

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Man admits stealing funds meant for military care packages

| February 28, 2020 | 16 Comments
Man admits stealing funds meant for military care packages

  It is always nice to see someone being held accountable for this kind of thing.  This case has been pending for years and it is well past time something for something to be done.  Let’s just hope his sentence is measured in years and not months since I doubt he has a pot to […]

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