November 2009 - Argghhh!

...with an apology to paralegals.A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude andspotted a woman below. Descending a bit more he shouted, "Excuse me, canyou help? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I do notknow where I am." The woman replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet abovethe ground. You are between 40/41 degrees latitude, north, and 59/60degrees west, longitude." "You must be a paralegal or legal secretary"...

Since Augetter got the Whatziss... let's go ahead with this one.A Soldier aims an XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. It fires 25 mm grenades that are set to explode in mid-air at or near the target. It features an array of sights, sensors and lasers housed in a Target Acquisition Fire Control unit on top, an oversized magazine behind the trigger mechanism, and a short, ominous barrel wrapped by a recoil dampening sleeve....

Recently, Steve Crowder paid a visit to Guantánamo Bay Naval Station ...

Hitting about on the average, we have 9 Medals for this day in history.Indian CampaignsTAYLOR, BERNARDRank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Near Sunset Pass, Ariz., 1 November 1874. Entered service at: Washington, D.C. Birth: St. Louis, Mo. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Bravery in rescuing Lt. King, 5th U.S. Cavalry, from Indians.WWIFORREST, ARTHUR J. Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company D, 354th Infantry, 89th Division. Place and date...

Wishful thinking? You be the judge. Boq

The latest installment in a series of reports from the 2009 American Veterans Center Annual Conference. Scroll down for the other posts. .. As the previous session closed I couldn't remember who would be next, but the room was still buzzing and so I felt a bit sorry for anyone having to follow General Pretraeus. I shouldn't have worried. Up next were Major Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, navigator of the Enola Gay , and WWII flying ace Colonel Clarence "Bud" Anderson. Both...

Now, one of the conundra a 'toonist faces is maintaining that monomolecularly-thin line between the willing suspension of disbelief and flat-out absurdity. Since the victim subject in the current series actually *is* a scientist, the 'toonist incurs the additional responsibility of insuring the storyline doesn't venture too far afield, moving into the realm of pseudoscience while maintaining the pretense that the arc actually *is* presenting hard science, rather than overblown speculation...