December 2010 - Argghhh!

The B-52 Stratofortress bomber known as "Diamond Lil" sits near the north entrance of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 23, 2010. Diamond Lil's tail gunner, Air Force Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, shot down a North Vietnamese MiG fighter aircraft Dec. 24, 1972. Diamond Lil came to the academy after it was decommissioned in 1983. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Don Branum By Air Force Staff Sgt. Don Branum U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs U.S. AIR FORCE...

Because I know you want to know... for $20 million in cash and some signatures on a piece of paper, more fomally known as the Treaty of Paris , today in 1898 the US gained possession of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Thus endeth the Spanish-American War and thus did we enter the international stage as a major... player - though it would take until 1945 for us and others to really accept that. This would be distinct from the *other* Treaty of Paris, in 1783 , which formally established the...

Seems a guy cruises through a stop sign and gets pulled over by a local policeman. Guy hands the cop his driver's license, registration, insurance verification, plus his concealed carry permit. "Okay, Mr. Smith," the cop says, "I see your CCW permit. Are you carrying today?" "Yes, I am." "Well then, better tell me what you got." Smith says, "Well, I got a .357 revolver in my inside coat pocket. There's a 9mm semi-auto in the glove box. And I've...

There were panzers in the mist... All pics courtesy the US National Archives. The first two come from captured german film of the opening phases of the Battle of the Bulge. The last two are US Signal Corps photos of US soldiers on patrol and a destroyed Sherman tank....

...in the Gun Nut post, wherein we are dueling with a person who feels that tough gun laws are wonderful and actually work, I feel compelled to admit that I have *two* SLRs, even though Rivrdog and Fdcol63 might chide me for my revelation of Essential Elements of Friendly Information.Of course, I submit this is not EEFI in this context - it's the nature, structure, and pervasiveness of the attendant security aspects that are EEFI...And, in a sense, this post is in furtherance of my objective...

I'm not in a position to assess this beyond face value, other than to say that Casey has been around here a long time, and has never asked for help before, and I have no reason to doubt what he says in this difficult-to-make-request. Here's the note from Casey:From the unemployment trenchesIt's becoming more common these days to hear stories like this one; I'm out of work, can't get a job, can't pay the water or electrical bill.Obama's war on our economy has inflicted...

It is good to know that an old contact of mine is doing fine and well in his "Bidnez"...