I know I’m stepping into Borepatch’s world here, but I’ve gotta put this one up.
This little lady with a BIG jazz voice is one of my high school classmates…
She’s done pretty damn well for a little country girl…
Sorry BP… 🙂
Sorry about that, apparently WordPress decided NOT to put this up on time, and of course I’ve been in meetings all day… dammit…
Tom Philpott has been pretty much the ‘go to’ reporter for in-depth reporting on what is happening with military and budgeting for a long time…
This is from his latest article and mirrors the ‘rumors’ I’ve been hearing- e.g. they’re not going to ‘cancel’ Tricare, they’re going to ‘reformat’ it…
The triple-option TRICARE program of Prime, Extra and Standard would be merged into some sort of fee-for-service insurance option, like Standard, for beneficiaries under age 65.
While active duty members still would have access to free health care, dependents and working-age retirees would face higher costs to include a share of medical expenses and perhaps a new annual enrollment fee, set initially at $285 for individuals and $569 for families.
Patient costs would be lower if they can access military treatment facilities or use “preferred” providers who offer military discounts. New co-pays would be set for retiree visits to military treatment facilities. Co-pays also would be set for military families and retirees who use emergency rooms inappropriately for routine care.
Full article HERE at military.com.
74% on east coast want gin GUN registration (according to a new poll). Emily Miller catches another one of the left leaning sets out…
The survey released Tuesday was done jointly by Roanoke College in Virginia, Rutgers-Eagleton in New Jersey and Siena College in New York. It shows that 68 percent of New York voters and a whopping 74 percent of New Jersey voters are in favor of establishing a national gun registry.
Full article at the Washington Times HERE.
Remember…
That’s what I get for trying to type one and post it quickly… sigh
And thanks to Paw HERE is CT Carry’s response to the State.
It ‘does’ appear they ARE pushing outright bans, and making felons as they go…
Emily Miller has a great article about the lengths they are going to…
Thus, the experts found that at least 43 common rifles would suddenly be considered a prohibited “assault firearm,” such as the .22 caliber Marlin Model 60, Remington Nylon 66 and Winchester 190. Just having one such gun would turn a law-abiding owner into a felon overnight… Even worse, the bill has no grandfather clause and no amnesty period. So as soon as this legislation becomes law, everyone in possession of these rifles is automatically a felon and the guns are subject to seizure by the government.
Full article at the Washington Times HERE.
In other news, it appears a pregnant woman IN LABOR was held up at gunpoint by two would be robbers in Annapolis, MD over the weekend… sigh…
If you live in one of these states, I’d say RUN away, quickly; while you still have your guns and haven’t been turned into a felon.
Red Bull’s flight teams are known for being ‘creative’ to put it mildly, but this is one I’ve never seen, and would NEVER have thought of even trying…
Two gliders, five human wings in formation…
No you weren’t seeing things, one of those gliders was inverted… 🙂
Kudos to Red Bull for one helluva show!!!
h/t JP
In answer to the email from yesterday, yes we ‘were’ in a remote location… 🙂
And the lunch choices were…
Hint- It AIN’T Texas Brisket… sigh
But… Tabasco!!! 🙂
Various comments may or may not have been heard as we may or may not have been heading out to a location…
GIF- “Are you SURE we’re supposed to be here?”
Me- “Yep, I know I’m good, y’all on the other hand…”
GIF- “I mean what is the worst they can do, shoo… er… don’t answer that…”
And then there was this one…
GIF- “Now you’re beginning to worry me.”
GIB finally pays attention as he cell phone dies. “WTF? WHERE are we going? And why to you yield to a…”
As a chopper goes overhead with a payload hanging.
GIB- “Oh… Never mind.”
Me- “Almost there. One more turn…”
And the last one.
Me- “Ummm, you guys have had all the kids you want, right?”
GIB/GIF- various mumbles…
As the radio in the car dies to static- “Yep, we’re here…”
Sigh…
“Are we having fun yet?”
“Depends on YOUR definition of fun.”
GIB- “You assholes call THIS fun?”
Smiling, “YEP!”
So I come out from our meeting and I see this…
Yes, that really IS a locksmith working on the door of a Mustang convertible WITH the top down…
Said abashed individual DID lock the keys in the trunk… And the trunk switch was disabled to keep people from popping the trunk… So he got to pay out of pocket, and will NOT live this one down for a LONG, long time! 🙂
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