December 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Stache Bash

Below is our very own Grim, demonstrating proper safety techniques in growing manly facial hair... Stache-Bash donation site that benefits Soldiers Angels and Hire Heros here.

Published Sat, Dec 10 2011 12:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Now normally, I enjoy my the anonymous nature of our work here, as opposed to my work overseas, where the most often quoted phrase to my terp was "tell them that I will be in this area and if they are looking for a fight, this is where you can find...

Published Sun, Dec 11 2011 3:12 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Dec. 12 in US Military History

1753: 21-year-old Virginia adjutant George Washington delivers an ultimatum for French forces to abandon Fort Le Boeuf (present-day Waterford, Penn.) as they were trespassing on British territory. Christopher Gist, Washington’s guide, would save the future...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2011 3:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Happy 375th Birthday to the National Guard!

This illustration courtesy of the National Guard Bureau depicts the first muster of Massachusetts Bay Colony militia. This event took place on December 13, 1636 and the Massachusetts General Court ordered the organization of the Colony's militia companies...

Published Tue, Dec 13 2011 2:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Infuriating idiocy about Islamists

This wins the prize for complete inability to admit the blisteringly freaking obvious point that al Qaeda is an Islamist terror group, they are at war with us and we are at war with them. It is sad reminder that our "leaders" would rather bury...

Published Wed, Dec 14 2011 10:10 PM by BLACKFIVE

Dec. 15 in US Military History

1791: The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, become law. 1862: Union Army Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside ends his disastrous series of frontal attacks against Gen. Robert E. Lee’s well-entrenched Confederate...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2011 5:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Au Revoir Iraq

Years ago, I watched in horror as an arrogant and foolish administration came into office with the naive belief that a major threat was gone. One that honestly seemed to believe that not only was it gone, but it had never been a real threat or problem...

Published Sat, Dec 17 2011 11:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Blackfive Exclusive - Chuck Jong IL

We've all been waiting for the news for the next dictator benevolent leader of The Best Korea™... Here are never before seen images from inside the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Excuse me, but isn't that Major Chuck Zeigenfuss of...

Published Mon, Dec 19 2011 3:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Semper Fi Willy Pete!

Sharon Rice-Weber, the better half of David Weber, sent me a link to a wonderful story about a special Marine in Afghanistan. Read it, and join me in telling WP to "Get Some!" LW

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 5:44 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Dec. 23 in US Military History

1783: Three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. 1941: Japanese troops conduct a second landing on Wake Island, supported...

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 3:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Published Tue, Dec 27 2011 1:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

EFF No Longer Protects A****les?

If that's the case, then quite a few of us are in trouble. In fact, I would say almost everyone with a blog qualifies to some degree or another. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has long stood up for the rights of those involved in new and social...

Published Fri, Dec 30 2011 5:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Web/Tech

Arab Spring Forward for Islamist parties

It looks like the elections in Egypt are being dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood (Islamists) and the Nour party (bats**t crazy Islamists). NRO's Andy McCarthy reads the tea leaves. It would be hard to overstate what a catastrophe the Egyptian elections...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2011 12:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Re: Victory or Defeat?

While researching the other day, I came across this: Elections have consequences, people. I certainly hope that voters next year will elect a president and Congress that is more concerned with securing our nation than they are with advancing a political...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2011 11:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

Koblenz Evacuated To Defuse Monster WWII Bomb

Half the German city of Koblenz, about 45,000 people, will be evacuated this weekend to defuse a two ton bomb found in the Rhine River when its waters ran abnormally low. It was probably dropped by a British Lancaster during a bombing raid on the night...

Published Fri, Dec 02 2011 10:31 PM by BLACKFIVE

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