Argghhh!

We have all seen the footage of the wild celebration of Victory Over Japan Day in Times Square .

Let it be known, that I am strictly posting this video clip for the M98 Mausers displayed therein....

BRAB and Annabelle , pointed to me this morning to a simple show of gratitude. A show of gratitude now forgotten by the current occupants of THIS public housing. The Caption, Published by DFW USO's Facebook page reads: This morning at DFW Airport, George and Laura Bush greeted 150 (very surprised) troops as they arrived home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Their expressions were so priceless! No matter how the temporary tenants of The White House think of you, do not forget that we your grateful citizens...

The innertubes being what they are, most of us choose to live in comfy bubbles of like-mindedness. Since those of us who actually hang out here (vice mostly live and interact in meatspace, like normal people) we tend to be... combative and snarky. Probably why we're not all that welcome in the real world... As I've found while trying to build a place that can be the overlap zone in a venn diagram, that's damn hard to do on the internet.But! If you embrace it, you can live a life of happy...

First up - Congress passes a law, screws troops to the wall. Of course, since it involves tobacco, many of them will just be pleased with this unintentional [one hopes] result. Of course, it was "for the children." It always is. The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 quietly took effect June 29. It cut off those care packages by effectively requiring that tobacco be sent with one particular kind of U.S. Postal Service shipping that requires a signature for delivery but does not...

I regularly visit the pages of Oleg Volk ...

Must have gotten brand-new treads...

That's what this little Austrian is doing - his "happy dance" after someone jerks his lanyard.