October 2012 - Argghhh!

Long time reader and acerbicly sage commenter 11B40 finally made a mistake... on the "Leave No Man Behind" post, he left this comment: Greetings: Coincidently, I just recent re-read Mark Bowden's "Black Hawk Down" about the Battle of the Black Sea in Mogadishu, Somalia. These two "operators" were beyond brave and certainly deserving of much more respect than they've been given, although I think that that would bother them not a wit. At the risk diminishing their...

So you, like Napoleon, can give 'em a whiff, if they keep coming at you. And a stand of quilted grape. And a solid shot. And a shell. And some canister, too. The canister and the "stand" of grape shot just arrived yesterday, from their former home in Maine. Ahhhhh. Be still, my Gunner's heart. For the curious - upper left, solid shot. Below that, a shrapnel round (true shrapnel, vice the fact we now call shrapnel what are more properly fragments). Take out the musket balls and sulfur...

Announcement is made of the following awards... Because this is how professionals do their jobs (a comment that applies to you part-timers, too).

Wasn't there a movie made by that name some time ago...

As if just living in the nightmare that was Pruitt-Igoe wasn't enough... This is the sort of thing your government does when you, and your government, are scared. Think about this when applied to the way Homeland Security was created and how it operates. Regardless of who sits behind the Resolute Desk, or holds the Speaker and Majority Leader positions. Our capacity for soberly considering what would otherwise WTF Were You Thinking!?! ideas expands logarithmically. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Doris...

...even as he does cash those massive checks Maher writes. This is what Bill Maher tweeted regarding the debate : "I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter." Heh. He concluded with Romney won, Obama lost, but it's Lehrer's fault... (click the link for the full monty of Maher's twitterage). This is the note Barack sent me last night: Friend -- I hope I made you proud out there explaining the vision we share for this country...

"My love, stay strong and you will do well in life. I love you and my children deeply. Today and tomorrow let each day grow and grow. Keep smiling and never give up even when things get you down. So in closing my love, tonight tuck my children in bed warmly. Tell them I love them, then hug them for me and give them both a kiss goodnight for daddy." -- SFC Randy Shughart