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  • The ANZAC Day tradition - Lest we forget

    There is NO greater ally of the USA than Australia. Some may say other countries, however, Australia has been should to shoulder with the US in every major conflict. Many say they will fight with us, Australia does it. Anzac is there to remind us of the...

  • Atlas Shrugged part 1

    The first thing I will say is they better make parts 2&3. Full review to follow, but I loved it and that most of the things people were complaining about were what I liked best about the film. A need to know much of the backstory, limits the appeal...

  • Easter Uprisings

    Our friend Carl Prine has a good piece up today, comparing St. Paul to Gerald Templer of the Malay counterinsurgency. (Hat tip: Small Wars Journal.) My compliments, but I wonder if he has thought through the question with which he ends. On this Easter...

  • Anti Dog Eat Dog enforcement by Obama admin

    The National Labor Relations Board is an amazing drag on our economy and productivity and embodies almost everything that is wrong with statist social democracy. And they proved it in spades with this ridonkulous shite. Can federal bureaucrats tell a...

  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Army?

    "Army scraps $600,000 project to put toad art at bus depot." The headline doesn't do it justice. It's not just a toad. It's a fairy riding a toad. You've got to see the picture to get the full effect. So, was this some sort of...
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  • Westboro Baptists Defeated

    USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers was killed in action in Afghanistan on April 7. He was buried in Brandon, Mississippi last Saturday. Above is the view of Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Elmo Townsend as he escorted Sgt. Rogers from Airport Road and along...

  • OK now I'm confused

    or conflicted or something. Who do we root for in this instance? A top Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) leader was reported to have been killed in an ambush by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi's forces earlier this month. The LIFG leader, known as Urwah...

  • Stories we all like to see

    WI Homie Mark sends a link to a wonderful story. Waukesha - Mackenzie Frost's dad loved Girl Scout cookies, especially peanut butter sandwiches. When U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Frost was deployed to Iraq, he received Girl Scout cookies...

  • NATO, Libya. Russia, China oh my

    Had a good talk with Frank Gaffney yesterday about all the good things going on a round the world and the peace dividend we can reap by slashing defense budgets during this time of stability. Today's Featured Interview: Is NATO unraveling? Listen...

  • Happy Hour on RT

    This was fun. It's time for Happy Hour with RT's Jenny Churchill and Jim Hanson with Blackfive.net. They take on the stories with the biggest buzz so far this week from The Homeland Security Reality Show to the new terror alert system. I gotta...

  • Heroes and Horses - The Montana Horse Drive

    We've talked about Heroes & Horses here a few times. You can check this link for a lot more info on the who, what and why. TSO/Mothax and I are going to Montana tomorrow to check out the facilities and operation for this summer's Heroes &...

  • Godspeed Tim Hetherington

    Yes, you read that correctly. Unfortunately, Jimbo and the Tankerbabe let me know that film maker and cameraman extraordinaire, Tim Hetherington, was killed in Libya. Details at this time are thin. Award-winning war photographer Tim Hetherington and Getty...

  • NY Times plan to gut the Pentagon

    Obama decided to inform the Defense Department that they needed to make $400 Billion in cuts by announcing this is in a speech without even mentioning it to his Defense Secretary. Therefore it is unsurprising that the NY Times would take this opportunity...

  • Red Horse Drop

    U.S. Air Force jumpers from the 820th Red Horse squadron, airborne flight, execute a static line jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter April 15, over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Airborne Red Horse are significantly different than the rest of traditional...
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  • Mudder Movement

    Crawling through mud, Pvt. Charles Shidler, Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio National Guard, searches for the next covered fighting position during individual movement techniques training at the Camp Ravenna...
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