October 2009 - Argghhh!

This afternoon, one of our Denizennes was bemoaning the fact that the White House has put Fox News Channel on the Dog House...

Today is another one of those busy days for the Medal, where you can see the change over time of the criteria for the award. In sharp relief in fact.There are 38 Medals awarded for actions on this day, 32 for one fight during the Indian Campaigns, and all the recipients survived to get their Medal. All the rest of the awards were posthumous. To be fair, the one for Master Sergeant Keeble was posthumous because it was awarded in 2008, well after he passed on to Fiddler’s Green in 1982. There...

Absolutely. Marvelous.Double-digit unemployment, a deficit the size of the Grand Canyon, the Taliban declares full-scale war on Pakistan, Iran threatens reprisals against the US and the UK because now the mullahs have their own home-grown suicide bombers, Medvedev tells Obama he was *wrong* in declaring that Russia would support sanctions against Iran, and what does the White House consider the biggest threat facing America today?Fox News.The White House stopped providing guests to 'Fox News...

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I know, I know, I've got to finish up the last one, too. Gimme a break. Work's been hectic, what with catching up from the week+ break that year-end gov't money woes engendered, and yesterday was spent picking up Cleo, who has a ginormous tumor in her nose, from the K-State Vet hospital.Cleo is about to be become, bar none, the most expensive four-footed Denizen yet.Anyway - I'm trying to get caught up, so, of course, I'm going to just add to the load.... 'cuz SWWBO has some...

The 19th century continues being under-represented as we head into colder weather because it was at this time the armies of the Civil War and the Army of the Plains and Plains Indians moved into winter quarters. There are still fights, raids, and skirmishes, but for the most part the combatants at this point just fought General Winter, a tough opponent in his own right. There are three Medals, 2 posthumous, awarded on this day - one each for the Philippine Insurrection, WWII, and Vietnam. Philippine...

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