Argghhh!

...I'm going to go with, "Virgins tossed into the volcano to appease the Great Spirit (and deflect attention away from the whores who are really responsible for this mess)" meme.Which, of course, does a disservice to members of the Oldest Profession.So,the interim head of the BATFE, Kenneth Melson, leaps into the pit to distract the not-terribly-interested press (but he'll stay on the payroll, because well, this is the government, where being sacked means never having to miss a...

By now, you have all gnashed your teeth at The Teamsters latest example of thuggish language...

We do remember. Boq

The Euros put us to shame on artillery development. We're pathetic. That said - Neat. However, an awful lot of moving parts and fiddly bits, so one wonders about degraded capability, MTBF rates, and crew rest issues. But I'll take one.

...may he find his way back to internet access soon. Six UH-60L Black Hawks and two CH-47F Chinooks, assigned to Task Force Brawler, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Task Force Falcon, simultaneously launch a daytime mission Jan. 18 from Multinational Base Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. Photo by Sgt. Scott Tant

Moving down the line - and this time, there *is* some crap in the way, but I didn't feel like moving it.

If you are on Facebook, look up "Duke the Funeral Horse" for an amazing set of entries on the return of Staff Sergeant Cowdrey. The picture above reminded me of a song - more specifically, the end of the song "Free and Green" by David Kincaid, which was written about the Irish soldiers during the Civil War (though it is not contemporaneous to the war, but was written far more recently): Well, we took his body home And the drums and pipes did drone And pulled a fine black casket...

Specifically the very first clue with the most recent clue. From this view, Og should start to feel some confidence in his instincts - which we will confirm with the second pic... and at the same time, answer Og's question from yesterday... "Is it a firearm?"