December 2010 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Two observations...

One funny - this could be the Castle if the cats understood the phone and swiped a credit card... H/t, Kevin One sublime, regarding Pearl Harbor... " We are both still here ." H/t, Toluca Nole.

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 5:21 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, I think it's funny!, Castle Pr0n

Hey, I see your tooth fairy...

And raise you my gun fairy.

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 5:14 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

Yo, Santa...

Just sayin'. Hey, Sorkin - you too, you foul-mouthed adolescent buffoon .

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 5:07 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Petulant Pundits, Media Morons

Once, it was all so simple.

Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill.

Published Tue, Dec 07 2010 6:08 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Defending the Homeland

Colombia's Armored Armani

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

Published Tue, Dec 07 2010 5:01 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

The Curious Case Of The Statistician And His Balls

And who said that watching a statistician playing with his balls wasn't enthralling...

Published Tue, Dec 07 2010 5:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Elven Boot Camp

WARNING : The video contained herein has a jodie with questionably strong language.

Published Mon, Dec 06 2010 6:19 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

A metaphor for those who've passed on beyond our ken to the next book of their story. The holidays are when you really notice their absence. Especially when you reach a point between generations when... there's no need for a extra table anymore. Suddenly, everyone can sit at the big table. Well, at least until the next wave of babies comes and the cycle begins anew. Longtime Castle Denizen Bloodspite finds himself there this year, as his Uncle Charley passed last week. It seems to be a family...

Published Mon, Dec 06 2010 5:47 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: In Memoriam

Head X-Ploding News Of The Day

For five years, I used to live in Ames, IA...

Published Sun, Dec 05 2010 7:02 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Coast Guard What???

Someone still doesn't know the fifth service branch. Must have been a corpseman that tripped him up Boq

Published Sun, Dec 05 2010 6:56 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is...

Sometimes, stories that seem too perfect...

...are in themselves suspect as a result.But the saddest part about this note - true or not (and I have no proof either way) is that it is, in the this day and age, believeable. Which, of course, is the hallmark of a good story. That said, it's not on Snopes (or my Snopes-fu is weak) and ABC is shilling it - via The View, mind you, but still...Here's the story as I received it:As the Chalk Leader for my flight home from Afghanistan, I witnessed thefollowing:When we were on our way back from...

Published Sat, Dec 04 2010 12:07 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., I think it's funny!, Pugnacious Stupidity, Defending the Homeland

Tango Sierra Alfa's Whisky Tango Foxtrot

This clip taken at Oklahoma City's TSA checkpoint does constitute a head-scratching WTF. Warning : Clip is slightly risqué and shouldn't be watched in sensitive environments...

Published Fri, Dec 03 2010 6:01 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Taking care of each other... from a long way away.

Balanced against the way jerks like Assange use the internet, we have Senior Airman Jordan Gunterman.Face of Defense: Airman Uses Internet to Save Friend By Air Force Capt. Erick Saks 455th Air Expeditionary Wing BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2010 - Police officials are crediting the quick actions of a security forces airman here with saving the life of a former co-worker living halfway around the world. Air Force Senior Airman Jordan Gunterman, a 379th Air Expeditionary Wing fly-away security...

Published Fri, Dec 03 2010 5:09 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Veteran's Issues, Something for the Soul

'Tis the season...

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...

Published Thu, Dec 02 2010 10:30 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: The Great Depression Redux

Sniper!

Um, I dunno 'bout you, but kinda removes the challenge, doesn't it? 11/26/2010 - A special operations forces sniper with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) positions his M-134 machine gun overlooking the Tagab Valley in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Nov. 26, 2010, during the construction of a road maintenance team checkpoint. Afghan civilians, members of the road maintenance team, ISAF special operations forces and members of an Afghan National Police provincial response...

Published Thu, Dec 02 2010 5:25 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Gun Pics

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