August 2011 - Argghhh!

...I'm going to go with, "Virgins tossed into the volcano to appease the Great Spirit (and deflect attention away from the whores who are really responsible for this mess)" meme.Which, of course, does a disservice to members of the Oldest Profession.So,the interim head of the BATFE, Kenneth Melson, leaps into the pit to distract the not-terribly-interested press (but he'll stay on the payroll, because well, this is the government, where being sacked means never having to miss a...

Invest in precious metals . Of course, after making that investment, I would have a huge-self control problem to not share the wealth with the locals who do this to dogs. I freely admit that it would be a supreme challenge to me to work with Afghans who found this to be acceptable, and worse, fun. Yeah, I can be a judgemental kind of guy, about certain aspects of culture. The Koreans generally eat what they kill, when dealing with dogs, which I can live with better than what other cultures (to include...

(Click to desmallen) ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 29, 2011) An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 practices landing sequences during deck landing qualifications aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marie Brindovas/Released) Boq

Now, if I recall correctly, Obie got Turbo-Tax Timmy Geithner's nomination approved by claiming that he was the only man in America smart enough to handle the job.And if I also recall correctly, T3G assured everyone back in March that, regardless of Moody's warnings, the country's credit rating would remain intact, regardless of what transpired.And if I also recall correctly, T3G authorized tens of billions of dollars in backdoor bailouts in an end run around Congress, and then launched...

A note from long time reader and commenter Netbrad: Greetings again from Raleigh. Occasionally you will post "denizen needs help" type posts. While I'm a mere lurker and not a denizen, would you be willing to post a link to my Give Forward page that I created for my dog?http://www.giveforward.org/pennyneedskneesYou tend to reach a wider audience than my picture galleries. We had fully expected to fix one knee, but not two, and not while owing $3,000 for my son's surgery (tubes,...

And now, for a musical interlude: SSG Angie Johnson and Sidewinder performs a cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep." It seems that SSG Johnson has caught the attention of NATIONAL NEWS . Way to go Sidewinders! Their FB Page: HERE Boq

It's a small world, especially when your world revolves around folk who do or did what you do or did. A (comparatively) young man has opened a militaria/antique shop in Leavenworth, which is a good thing. With all the retirees around here dying off, someone should be able to make a go of something like that. He's sponsoring a formal militaria collectors club which has a core group of greybeard fellow travelers like myself. We're kicking around ideas about how to hook the youngsters on...

Nothing is ever so bad that wussified media hand-wringing can't magnify into The End Of The World As We Know It.Got that? "This is a storm that poses an extraordinary threat and is one that no one has yet experienced in the Northeast and New England."Dude, it's a Cat *One* -- in this neck of the woods, we get Nor'easters with winds that bump Cat One velocity.We've "experienced" Cat Fours here that took out every bridge across the Delaware north of Trenton and put...