Argghhh!

I'm going to be mean. I got this WWII Navy-built, double-sized Browning M191A4 trainer on eBay, back in the good old days (2002), for $350, from a guy in Utah. It was simple robbery then, it would be armed robbery with battery thrown in to steal it at that price now. Of course, my karmic payback is I've never been able to find the five-round belt with proper red plastic rounds. Though I do have some of the green plastic rounds used with the BAR and Garand cut-aways, the source provided to...

Many folks were frustrated by Mitch Daniels’ refusal to throw his hat in the ring in the last Presidential race. Based on what happens to any Republican running at the national level—essentially a relentless character assassination effort coupled with either a complete distortion of their policy positions and/or a total blackout of their concrete qualifications for the office being sought—I’m surprised we’ve had any GOP presidents at all since the end of World War II...

That would be a great Clue answer to play...

Just my thought. BOQ

This image shows a M1937 Field Range being used by WWII Soldiers on Thanksgiving. At Thanksgiving time, Sgt Louis S. Wallace, Meadville, Miss., prepares two of the many thousands of turkeys that have arrived from the states. U.S. Army Quartermaster Miami-Valley Veterans-Museum Lieutenants Tim and John Donovan both ate food cooked on M1937 Field Ranges and out of mess kits and canteen cups like that, wearing essentially those helmets, up into the late 80's. Happy Thanksgiving all - especially...

Another story with curious handling... given the media-generated (and largely self-contained therein) furore over Senator Rubio's remarks... Dumb politician with silly name doesn’t know how old the Earth is. H/t, Jim Treacher.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 11, 2012) An Army AH-64D Apache helicopter prepares to land aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15), during an exercise. Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock ship, was converted and reclassified to fulfill a long-standing U.S. Central Command request for an AFSB to be located in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jon Rasmussen)