Showing posts with label USA USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA USA. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Is Martial Law Ever OK?

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David Scott Whinery, Esquire at KC Confidential wants to know, but offers few answers. Uh, oh. Frost warnings are posted in h3ll when Mary...

Gun of the Week

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I didn't know, either, but these guys have all the answers.
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Boston Bomb Suspect Dzhokhar Awake, Responding via Writing

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From USA Today: "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, is awake in a Boston hospital and respond...

College of the Ozarks Encourages Debt-Free Students

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Nicknamed 'Hard Work U,' the College of the Ozarks is a private, Christian liberal-arts college located near Branson, Missouri. The ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

These Soldiers Did the Boston Marathon Wearing 40-Pound Packs. Then They Helped Save Lives.

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When the bombs went off, the Tough Ruck 2013 crew sprang into action. "When the explosion went off, Fiola and his group immediately ...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Modernization Spurs Voluntary Worker Layoffs

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In 2012, the federally owned, but privately managed, munitions plant near Independence, MO. delivered its 2 billionth round of 7.62-millimet...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Commercial "indicator species" and the Economy

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Similar to 'durable goods,' or 'housing starts,' but more basic. A plausible theory.

Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, Doolittle Raider, Dies at 96

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From the NY Times: "He died in a veterans hospital (on Feb. 26), said Tom Casey, a friend and the manager of the Doolittle Raiders, a...

John Wilpers Captured Japan's PM Tojo after WWII, Dies at 93

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"But whether by coincidence or because advance word had reached him, Tojo had prepared to commit suicide the day Lieutenant Wilpers an...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

In 1950, the White House was Completely Gutted, Then Reconstructed

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From Kottke.org via Ace : "If this photo series from 1950 of the interior of the White House being ripped out so that the building co...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Wrong Diner

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(with cameo by R. Lee Ermy - usmc, retired) I'd much rather see more of this than those cringe-worthy Big Pharma infomercials with...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sunday, Sunday

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"Where Were You" (9/11 Faith, Hope, & Love)  - by Alan Jackson
Monday, December 31, 2012

Look At All These Guns People Got for Christmas

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That's the title to a post in the Atlantic Wire by Rebecca Greenfield. Click here to see pictures culled from something called 'Ins...
Monday, May 28, 2012

One Last Look: Mt. Washington Cemetery, Memorial Day 2012

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The cemetery is located in Independence, Missouri. We were at the cemetery today to pay our respects to family who are laid to rest there. I...

The Ugly War

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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Decoration Day; Some Gave All...

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Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Spectacular Photos of WW II Defense Plant Workers

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You know, of the 'Rosie the Riveter' sort. October 1942. Kansas City, Kansas. "B-25 bomber plane at North American Aviation...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Thomas Jefferson's Prayer for our Nation

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(Washington DC, March 4, 1801) "Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may alw...
Monday, July 04, 2011

The Current Truth About Old, Rich, Founding White Guys & Their Evil Oppressive Nation

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"On the Fourth of July Americans will cynically celebrate the greatest setback world progress has ever endured in all of human history....
Sunday, July 03, 2011

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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From Wikipedia: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is a hymn by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song ...