September 2011 - Argghhh!

Apropos yesterday's sniper post... this pic from BCR seemed apt....

Why does the video end so abruptly? Because you can run faster without the camera......

Defense Finance and Accounting Service CLEVELAND, Sept. 6, 2011 - Paydays for military retirees and those who receive portions of retired pay are changing for the months of September and December, as the Defense Finance and Accounting Service changes its pay schedule to comply with the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act. The 2011 NDAA requires military retiree pay to be processed on the first day of the month. When that day falls on a weekend or national holiday, the pay date is moved to the...

Crossposted from BostonMaggie #911Plus10 That's the Twitter hashtag for today.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. Proverbs 16:18–19 Presidential Styles: Ground Zero, Sunday September 11th, 2011. Boq

In an effort to expand my knowledge base about the Civil War (which currently fits on a postage stamp), I will be attending a lecture on the subject tomorrow. "The Trent Affair" is being presented by the Massachusetts Historical Society on George's Island. It's free except for the cost of the ferry ticket.

Boq

Below is a pic of infantrymen from an anti-tank company who have un-assed their truck because some inconsiderate German machinegunners shot it up while they were swanning about enjoying the sights of wartime Holland in 1944. They are trying to find said Germans so as to properly express their annoyance at how the german army was treating Allied tourists then swarming over Holland at the very first instance of the "Nijmegen Marches."I just find the pic fascinating, and the careful eye will...