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Blogrush added

Posted on September 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Blogrush added

Taking a tip from Snoopy the Goon, I have added Blogrush to my sidebar in hopes of reviving my anemic visitor count. So far the ad block seems not to have registered where I put it. I was never adept at even the simple programming, however. So, who knows, it may show up yet. Or not. I have noticed one objectionable thing about it. It takes forever to load. This experiment may not last.

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Now that’s a legacy

Posted on September 4, 2007 | Comments Off on Now that’s a legacy

Enjoying reading John Stryker Meyer’s "Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam." Picked up a visitor the other day who had Googled the book, and backtracking it I found this BlackFive eulogy of John Walton, one of the three billionaire sons of Sam Walton, Mr. Wal-Mart, who died in 2005 piloting an experimental plane. JW was an SF medic whose combat experience Meyer writes about in his book. I haven’t gotten to that part yet, but I’m looking forward to it now.

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Firearms 101

Posted on September 1, 2007 | Comments Off on Firearms 101

The Dissident Frogman’s very funny video instruction for Agence France Presse, but it would also work for Associated Press, Al Reuters, UPI, etc. Scroll down. Enjoy.

Via Simply Jews 

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TS Dean around the corner?

Posted on August 10, 2007 | Comments Off on TS Dean around the corner?

LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose notes a situation that the forecast models foresee in the Gulf that could serve to draw in any tropical storm forming in the western Carribbean and crossing the Yucatan peninsula by Monday:

"…low and mid-level winds in the atmosphere will be blowing from the southeastern Gulf towards the Texas/Mexican coast much of next week.  Should any disturbance try to develop, it would be steered to the western Gulf.  The latest readings show water temperatures in Gulf of Mexico are as warm, and in some places even warmer than they were in the very active season of 2005."

Fortunately, the forecasters say any landfall could be as far south of Texas as Tampico, Mexico.

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The peasant’s gun

Posted on July 7, 2007 | Comments Off on The peasant’s gun

The AK-47 assualt rifle celebrated its 60th birthday Friday, and Lt Col P at Op-For notes the fact, while dissing the technology. Reliable? Check. Simple? The same. Accurate? Not hardly. But, then, on full auto, hosing the opposition, who could tell? And that’s what peasants do. They ain’t target shooters.

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These pants are belong to you. Not.

Posted on June 14, 2007 | Comments Off on These pants are belong to you. Not.

Who else but a judge would sue for $65 million over a presumably lost pair of trousers? ("These are your pants." "These are not my pants.") Even if it was the second pair. Assuming, all the time, that he really doesn’t wear cuffs on his trousers. Especially after he begged the cleaners to take his apparel because they were nearby and he doesn’t have a car. Or a clue.

Via The Fat Guy 

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The view from the black

Posted on May 7, 2007 | Comments Off on The view from the black

Here’s why the cosmonauts would rather stay in the black than come home:

"The muscle fabric degrades very much. It’s hard to walk. You have to learn how to walk again, like a small child…It takes several weeks under medical supervision to recover from a long stay in space."

We’re a lot more of this planet than we realize.

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