Old School Gun Control…

This LINK goes to Life Magazine and a photo series from 1956 on guns in schools… This note attached really sets my teeth on edge… [NOTE: LIFE.com is aware that encountering images of guns and children in a classroom might … Continue reading

Feedback…

Appears there is lots of ‘negative’ feedback from the left over the movie Lone Survivor… Here’s a clip from Judge Jeannie and Chris Heben (former SEAL). It’s a pretty good fisking of the left’s whole argument… It IS an outstanding movie, doesn’t … Continue reading

One more round of pics…

All these are airport related… 🙂 In the line of the old saw about one man’s junk… Everything but the seat… And more bike remnants and a what the hell… A mechanical ‘roo… And a crab because he could… and … Continue reading

Went Walkabout…

And got my ass totally lost… Simple (supposedly) directions to a good restaurant that was ‘only’ a few minutes walk… But one does see some ‘interesting’ things… This was actually the ‘right’ alley I was supposed to walk through… A … Continue reading

Pay no attention…

To those ‘little’ provisions slipped into the Defense Appropriations Bill… It’s not enough that they are taking pay from retirees (that they promised to fix)… NOW they are trying to slip Commissary closures in too… The budget proposal would reduce … Continue reading

Moar random travel…

The ‘hand towels’ in the hotel here are bigger than the BATH TOWELS in Japan…  Sigh… And the Aussie military has apparently dumped Land Rover as the provider of choice for light vehicles, and have bought Mercedes trucks/utility vehicles… The … Continue reading

More Stearmans…

The 2014 New Years Video… I can’t embed it, but here’s the link… And Mr. Kinsey deserves a BIG tip of the hat for what he does to support Naval Aviation… This was a couple of years ago, but thank … Continue reading

Random travel…

In the some ‘stuff’ never changes category… Bicyclist the world over seem to think they ‘own’ the road, and South Australia is having some big bike race/to do this week… Soooo, this morning on the way to my meeting, I’m … Continue reading

Peace Dividend???

This one has been flopped over the transom from both the mil-email chain and some readers- A bit of history, and some interesting commentary here- While primarily pointed at the Army, this also applied to all services and the Navy … Continue reading

Sometimes you just gotta wonder…

Probably one of the most iconic photos ever taken from space, happened accidentally… Historically, all the Apollo missions were on VERY specific timelines, required to collect data pretty much every waking minute.  Very little thought or time was given to … Continue reading