Argghhh!

The Colombian Army just concluded Operation Christmas. It entailed sending elite counterinsurgency units deep into the main Guerrilla resupply trails and setting-up special booby trapped ambush sites. But instead of claymore mines bounding upon the trip wires, Christmas Trees lit up like *er* Christmas Trees tend to do. Te purpose of this psy-ops strike, is to tug on the guerrillas' heart strings - Urge them to quit the terrorist business, and demobilize. For the past two days, I've tried...

15 DECEMBER 2009 MILBLOGS GO SILENT FOR FELLOW BLOGGER Milblogs Go Silent On Wednesday 16 December 2009, many milblogs -- including This Ain't Hell, From My Position, Blackfive, Miss Ladybug, Boston Maggie, Grim's Hall, Bouhammer, and those participating in the Wednesday Hero program -- are going silent for the day. Some are choosing to go silent for a longer period of time. The reason for this is two-fold. First, milblogs are facing an increasingly hostile environment from within the military...

Ah - The battlefield of political ideas... Boq

from Yetis and other dangers in the snow....

Really. Just Stop. I remember playing soldier, cowboys and indians, cops and robbers, and I never ended up shooting anyone the gov't didn't tell me to (heh). Now we have zero tolerance policies (to the point of students visiting Gettysburg couldn't put a picture of them standing by the cannon in the yearbook), and all the other gobbledygook and that asshat in Connecticut (may his name be erased) still shoots up a school. Perhaps we should relook the approach - because we're clearly...

In the midst of a flurry of Wiffle Ball® questions directed his way on yesterday's "Today" show by rookie hurler Ann Curry, the *Teleprompter Reader Of The United States revealed the White House's official explanation for the suckitude of the US economy and a 9+% unemployment rate.No, he didn't blame Bush.It's all the fault of -- ATMs.Yup. The networked cash dispenser, which has been around in one way, shape, or form since the days when TROTUS was majoring in naptime...

... A Confederate twirlybird ensues: He's so old, that he may as well have designed it. Full Article: HERE BOQ

[Click the pics to enlargify]An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 breaks the sound barrier during an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean on June 6, 2011. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are currently underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza, U.S. Navy. (Released)06/06/2011 - A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter...