On the road…

Making a quick trip to San Antone to support Rob Hampson! Saturday at Barnes and Noble San Pedro/I-410 on Saturday Aug. 19 at 2pm! Book signing for The Moon and the Desert! And a few of us will be doing … Continue reading

Finally!!!

One down, and a bunch to go… After less than five years in service, the littoral combat ship Sioux City was decommissioned Monday in a ceremony aboard Naval Station Mayport, Florida. It was the latest early retirement for the costly … Continue reading

Book promo…

Peter Nealen has a new Pallas Group book out, Frontiers of Chaos As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link! The blurb- A killing in Seattle A massacre in Northern California A mysterious new client In the aftermath … Continue reading

Stalemate…

SecDef and Sen Tuberville’s meetings did not result in any compromise over the DOD’s abortion stand (free transport, uncharged leave, etc.) So of course, Austin is having a hissy fit… With the top spots at the Army, Navy and Marine … Continue reading

This is odd…

That this isn’t being mentioned at all in connection with the fires on Maui… Invasive grasses growing in the abandoned plantations on Maui and Hawaii Island fueled the ongoing wildfires, according to a University of Hawaii at Manoa wildfire expert.  … Continue reading

Oh lovely…

If you were writing this one off as another ‘Oh well, Chinese…’ You might want to pay a bit more attention… Prestige BioTech, a Nevada company fronting for parties in China, was caught operating an “unlicensed laboratory” in Reedley, California … Continue reading

Some days…

You just gotta wonder… The ‘new’ army persons… Well, progressive science has since discovered that this supposedly “harmless and educational” game was a ploy to instill patriarchal hegemony in male child-persons, encouraging their feelings of violence and aggression towards diverse … Continue reading

Snort…

This one is interesting, much like the Seminoles down in Florida with the whole kerfuffle over Florida State… Washington’s WJLA reported Monday that “in a letter to the Washington Commanders Monday, the Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) demanded a meeting with the … Continue reading

TBT…

Some ads from ‘back in the day’, pre 1900… When morphine, cocaine, and other things were legal to put in various tinctures, tonics, and drinks… Including Coca Cola! Yes, Coca Cola originally had cocaine in it in the 1890s… This … Continue reading

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Interesting…

Welp, we all know that the US women’s soccer team lost to Sweden in the knockout round of 16. Headed into the Women’s World Cup, the US women’s national soccer team (USWNT) was aiming to make history and become the first team — … Continue reading