Finnish authorities have brought charges against the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked ship accused of deliberately damaging critical subsea cables in the Baltic Sea. In a statement on Monday, Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said they had brought aggravated criminal … Continue reading
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Whew… What a couple of weeks… I made a promise to myself that I would ‘give back’ to the writer’s community by reading folks novels/stories as an alpha or beta reader. And I do that… But, I didn’t expect to … Continue reading
First up is Rob Hampson with a short story collection, Tinker, Tailor, Bio, Spy Click the cover for the Amazon link! The blurb- Seven Tales of Cells, Circuits, and Cyborgs From battlefield surgeons to posthuman colonists, from neural firewalls to … Continue reading
Food for thought : We grew up in the 50s-60s. We studied and dated in the 60s-70s. We got married and discovered the world in the 70s-80s. We ventured into the 70s-80s. We stabilized in the 90s. We got wiser … Continue reading
THAT is not gonna buff out… Much of the world’s commerce at sea passes by the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The reef is of strategic importance. In 2012, the Chinese captured it from the Philippines, creating an … Continue reading
To start the week… I was in the six item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when … Continue reading
Just sayin… President Trump is stepping up federal law enforcement in D.C. this week, deploying officials from over 15 agencies in a high-profile push to crack down on crime. Why it matters: D.C.’s mix of federal- and city-controlled land creates overlapping law enforcement zones … Continue reading
Apollo 13 mission commander, astronaut Jim Lovell, has died. He was 97 years old. “We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, USN Captain James A. ‘Jim’ Lovell, a Navy pilot and officer, astronaut, leader, and space explorer,” … Continue reading
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a Civil War monument removed under the Biden administration from Arlington National Cemetery will be restored to its original location. The monument, known as the Reconciliation Monument or the Confederate Memorial, was removed … Continue reading
Are you old enough to remember what this is, and where it was used??? If you’re an old fart like I am, it’s…easy… I knew them as ‘convertibles’, and my aunts in Texas both had them on their sleeping porches. … Continue reading