Something on your mind Steve? Ouch. That gotta leave a mark. Discussion of Russian bounties thrusts deaths of three Marines into spotlight By Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan, and Paul Sonne, Washinton Post July 2, 2020 Slutman, a 43-year-old married father of three, had served 15 years in the New York City Fire Department. Hines, 31, …
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Jul 03 2020
‘It was Chick-amauga’
Don’t lie to me and say you never watched Bugs Bunny. Chickamauga was the bloody end of a Union Offensive by Bill Rosencranz into North Georgia in September of 1863, delivered at the hands of Braxton Bragg. It featured the second highest number of casualties to date after Gettysburg. It was made more shocking because …
Jul 02 2020
The New Homeless
Not everyone has HBO money (not to mention 5 Wax Presidents, he raffled off Russell Crowe’s Jock to benefit the last Blockbuster).
Jul 02 2020
How much for the little girl?
$100,000. There is nothing funny about it. Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say By Mujib Mashal, Eric Schmitt, Najim Rahim and Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times July 1, 2020 Rahmatullah Azizi stands as a central piece of a puzzle rocking Washington, named in American intelligence reports and confirmed by …
Jul 01 2020
Fake News Media Hoax
Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, Sgt. Benjamin Hines, and Cpl. Robert Hendriks were escorting a convoy to Bagram Airbase in April of 2019 when a Car Bomb blew up as they passed and not only killed them but injured 3 other Soldiers and 2 Contractors (damn Mercs deserve what they get). As is SOP, an investigation …
Jul 01 2020
I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
In Stars Hollow we’ve had quite a few Coronavirus deaths and some of my neighbors feel this is a disproportionate amount. Not really. We have Senior Housing and Convalescent and Long Term Care Facilities and they’re all Cesspools of Pus (Had to buy a Turntable Ladder Truck for the big ones. Fortunately Zoning keeps these …
Jul 01 2020
Night Sweats
I have nightmares. Of course they’re all about death because they always are and some are quite obvious like the ones I get of being swallowed when I sleep in a too soft bed, others are a little more esoteric like the one I have of a perfectly straight line that becomes more and more …
Jun 18 2020
Upper Class Twit Of The Year!
It’s a mite early but this will be hard to top. Ok, just so you understand who Dominic Raab is, he’s the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain. Because of our “Special Relationship” he is thoroughly familiar with all Internet tropes and memes. Raab betrays his ignorance of the origin and meaning of taking a knee …
Jun 18 2020
We’ll Meet Again
Mein Führer, I can walk! Dame Vera Lynn, singer and ‘forces’ sweetheart’, dies aged 103 by Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian Thu 18 Jun 2020 Dame Vera Lynn, whose song We’ll Meet Again became an anthem of hope and resilience during the second world war, has died aged 103. Her family said they were “deeply saddened …
Jun 17 2020
Dried Cranberries
Quaker Oats Replaces Historically Racist Aunt Jemima Mascot With Black Female Lawyer Who Enjoys Pancakes Sometimes The Onion In response to nationwide protests regarding police brutality and racial discrimination, food conglomerate Quaker Oats announced Friday that after 130 years, it would replace its historically racist Aunt Jemima mascot with a black female lawyer who enjoys …
Jun 17 2020
The Happiest Place in the World
I’ll spare you my Bobby Brown story for the moment, but I’ve been to Orlando. Florida governor says 260 Orlando airport workers tested positive for COVID-19. OIA says not quite by Jon Jankowski, WKMG June 17, 2020 Gov. Ron DeSantis said 260 workers at the Orlando International Airport have tested positive for the coronavirus after …
Jun 16 2020
Police “Reform”
It never works. Then again, it isn’t designed to. ‘It’s not about bad apples’: how US police reforms have failed to stop brutality and violence by Sam Levin, The Guardian Tue 16 Jun 2020 A growing body of research suggests that some of the most widely adopted reform efforts have not succeeded at curbing police …