This is good news, as we can now put our own payloads (albeit small ones) up and down from ISS.
Kudos to SpaceX and the Astronauts that assisted them…
There is a good article in the Washington Times (HERE) that talks about the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory and the work it does…
And Monday will be the 25th Anniversary of Rolling Thunder, and the early estimate is 500,000 will be here for it (HERE).
Remember, some gave all…
Who are the Veterans?…”Veterans are Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Brothers, Sisters, Friends and Lovers. They are the elderly people who can barely stand but refuse to sit when old glory passes by. They are the people who sit quietly thinking of a plan when everyone else is panicking; the ones who stand up for somebody’s rights even though they may disagree with them. They are the ones who celebrate Memorial Day and Veterans Day everyday of the year. They are the people who keep going when everybody else gives up. They know the meaning of “The Ultimate Sacrifice” and are willing to make it without a second thought. They do not ask for praise or glory, only that you Honor those who have given their all.”
Well, it seems there was a ‘slight’ kerfluffle at the local buffet at lunch today, but I was late to the party… dammit…
I got there the same time the cops did, but the ‘reconstruct’ is as follows-
Folks that I work with occasionally (Four women and two guys, both retired Marines) are getting ready to go into the buffet, one of the ladies opens the door, another lady starts through, only to be shoved aside by “middle eastern” male #1. She turns around and slaps him, he draws back to hit her starts the punch, and one of the retired Marines promptly face plants him into the glass by the door (looks like broken nose).
“Middle eastern” male #2 apparently calls the women whores, which gets HIM slapped by another lady, he kicks at her, and gets face planted on the sidewalk by the other retired Marine. Lady #3 calls cops, at this point both perps are screaming at the Marines that they can’t be treated this way and will be sued, and drop into some Arabic language.
Another man comes up, apparently a linguist (I’m guessing Army reservist), and apparently said something to “middle eastern” male #1, who then tries to spit on him, and the first Marine face plants him next to his buddy on the sidewalk. Linguist says they are now calling the women whores in Arabic, which prompts woman #2 to kick “middle eastern” male #2 where it hurts the most, and ask for a knife so she can geld him right there, right now.
Linguist translates that statement to “middle eastern” male #2, and he quiets down rather quickly.
Two police cars roll up about the same time I got there; one is a female officer who is also K-9, and the men start claiming they were ‘attacked’ for no reason, yada, yada, yada…
Female officer is apparently senior, so she tells the other officer to ‘control’ the two “middle eastern” males; meanwhile she’s talking to the women as the Marines let the two “middle eastern” males up. When she asks them for ID, they refuse, so they get cuffed and stuffed. Her comment to them was, “This is America, NOT where ever you come from; women are equals here!”
When she asks for witnesses, about 15 people apparently saw the whole thing, and she had to get folks to go sit in the buffet to fill out the paperwork.
After it was all said and done, the six FINALLY got in to eat, and the owner of the place comp’ed them for their lunches! Good for them!
And yeah, both Marines were smiling! 🙂
Sigh…
I miss ALL the “fun” dammit…
They are walking security violations, but this is just flat ass over the top…
DUCT TAPE and BP Meds ALERT!!!
Bottom line excerpt:
Judicial Watch launched its investigation of Bigelow’s meetings with the Obama administration following press reports suggesting that the Obama administration may have leaked classified information to the director as source material for Bigelow’s film.
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote that the information leak was designed to help the Obama 2012 presidential reelection campaign: “The White House is also counting on the Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal big-screen version of the killing of Bin Laden to counter Obama’s growing reputation as ineffectual. The Sony film by the Oscar-winning pair who made ‘The Hurt Locker’ will no doubt reflect the president’s cool, gutsy decision against shaky odds. Just as Obamaland was hoping, the movie is scheduled to open on Oct. 12, 2012 — perfectly timed to give a home-stretch boost to a campaign that has grown tougher.”
Judicial Watch has an article up HERE, well worth reading, along with the links included; but not until AFTER the duct tape and BP meds are applied…
Among other things, they apparently also gave out pics of the actual sand table used for the raid. I’m not EVEN going to discuss how many security violations are involved…
Even inside the military, little actual fact and NO debriefs of the raid have taken place outside secure facilities; and yet security, TTP and other things have been TOTALLY compromised by the administration by turning over not only information but actual participants to these movie makers so they can ‘get it right’…
These idjits are putting our folks LIVES on the line here, just to get re-elected. And when the folks start dying, is the White House and administration going to accept the responsibility??? If it were one of my loved ones that died, I’d be suing individuals in the administration in civil suits as accessories to MURDER which is what it will be.
Please, PLEASE, DO NOT re-elect these assholes in November…
Remember, Re-Elect NONE
EDIT- And I missed THIS about the Paki doctor that the administration threw under the bus…
h/t- JP
It’s that time of year for us to take our annual dementia test.
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.
Respectfully,
W. Cxxxx, LCDR USN (Ret)
From: Woody
To: About 1000 email addresses… I kid you not!
Subject: City Drops Vietnam Memorial From Parade Route
City Drops Vietnam Memorial From Parade Route
GLOUCESTER, Mass-
….. “The new parade route, with a mustering at Harbor Loop and main ceremonies at the World War II Memorial at Kent Circle, meant that to include a stop at the Vietnam Memorial would have required a detour either before or after the main ceremonies. The mayor cited the changed “route” in her explanation for the decision to no longer include the Vietnam Memorial ceremony in the official agenda for Memorial Day.” ……
If you care to enlighten the Mayor on your appreciation of the decision: Mayor’s Office: Contact Us
I already have!
Woody
I forwarded this to MY list too, and when I tried a couple of times today to call them, the phone was ‘busy’…
Once again Nam vets are getting the shitty end of the stick, but then again, I’m NOT really surprised… Especially not in Mass…
UPDATE: 1900L It appears ‘common sense’ made an impact, along with the bad press and emails/phonecalls… Posted a bit ago. Thanks Anon!
85 foot custom-built motor yacht complete with 4 state rooms, a state-of-the-art galley, GPS System and radar for navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines, etc. $7,474,793.00
Champagne, chocolate covered strawberries with cream and music dockside for the excited ‘soon to be owner’ and a small group of his friends. $1500.00
Two corporate representatives, crane, and rigging $2,500.00 a hour minimum…
a faulty turnbuckle… $25.00
Watching your 7 million dollar dreamboat nose dive into the harbor, accompanied by two corporate Representatives from the company that built it just prior to ‘inking’ the final paperwork and handing over a $7+ million dollar cashier’s check…
So, how is your day?
In OTHER Stupidity…
OMB is out with an even DEEPER cut in travel for Government agencies, but there’s a bit of a twist…
There is supposed to be a 30% cut from the 2010 levels saving $8B a year, now extended to 2016. BUT, see below to see where the ‘savings’ are going…
In consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), agencies shall direct all immediate savings achieved through this reduction towards investments that improve the transparency of and accountability for Federal spending and therefore serve taxpayers by further reducing wasteful spending over the long-term. Investments should include activities necessary to provide more robust tracking and public reporting of Federal spending, as well as internal audits and investigations to root out fraud and error in Federal programs and activities.
The entire document is HERE.
Lemme count the stupidity here… Ah, to hell with it… and this methodology will save a ton of money? As opposed to reducing the JSF program, or reducing significant outlays in foreign aid, or reducing entitlements…etc.?
Penny wise, pound foolish… Again…
1. ARBITRATOR: A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonalds
2. AVOIDABLE: What a bullfighter tries to do
3. BERNADETTE: The act of torching a mortgage
4. BURGLARIZE: What a crook sees with
5. CONTROL: A short, ugly inmate
6. COUNTERFEITERS: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets
7. ECLIPSE: What an English barber does for a living
8. EYEDROPPER: A clumsy ophthalmologist
9. HEROES: What a guy in a boat does
10. LEFTBANK: What the robber did when his bag was full of money
11. MISTY: How golfers create divots
12. PARADOX: Two physicians
13. PARASITES: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower
14. PHARMACIST: A helper on the farm
15. POLARIZE: What penguins see with
16. PRIMATE: Removing your spouse from in front of the TV
17. RELIEF: What trees do in the spring
18. RUBBERNECK: What you do to relax your wife
19. SELFISH: What the owner of a seafood store does
20. SUDAFED: Brought litigation against a government official
Y’all have a good week, ya hear!!!
A friend told the blonde: “Christmas is on a Friday this year.”
The blond then said, “Let’s hope it’s not the 13th.”
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Two blondes find three grenades, and they decide to take them to a police station.
One asked: “What if one explodes before we get there?”
The other says: “We’ll lie and say we only found two.”
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A woman phoned her blonde neighbor and said: “Close your curtains the next time you & your husband are having sex.
The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday.”
To which the blonde replied: “Well the joke’s on all of you because I wasn’t even at home yesterday.”
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A blonde is in the bathroom and her husband shouts: “Did you find the shampoo?”
She answers, “Yes, but I’m not sure what to do… it’s for dry hair, and I’ve just wet mine.”
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A blonde goes to the vet with her goldfish.
“I think it’s got epilepsy,” she tells the vet.
The vet takes a look and says, “It seems calm enough to me”.
The blonde says, “I haven’t taken it out of the bowl yet”.
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A blond spies a letter lying on his doormat.
It says on the envelope “DO NOT BEND “.
He spends the next 2 hours trying to
figure out how to pick it up.
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A blond man shouts frantically into the phone
“My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”
“Is this her first child?” asks the Doctor.
“No”, he shouts, “this is her husband!”
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A blonde was driving home, drunk as a skunk. Suddenly she has to swerve to avoid a tree, then another, then another.
A cop car pulls her over, so she tells the cop about all the trees in the road.
The cop says, “That’s your air freshener swinging about!”
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A blonde’s dog goes missing and she is frantic.
Her husband says “Why don’t you put an ad in the paper?”
She does, but two weeks later the dog is still missing.
“What did you put in the paper?” her husband asks.
“Here boy!” she replies.
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A blond man is in jail. Guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet.
“Just WHAT are you doing?” he asks.
“Hanging myself,” the blond replies.
“It should be around your neck” says the guard.
“I know,” he replies, “but then I couldn’t breathe”.
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(This one actually makes sense…LOL)
An Italian tourist asks a blonde: “Why do Scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?”
To which the blonde replies: “If they fell forward, they’d still be in the boat.”
And a really funny way to play Frogger…
It’s not often you see an actual FROG used…
And the ONE Pepsi ad that really had me laughing. Originally saw this while in Sigonella (Sicily) which is home to the Mafia…
Panetta Praises Troops on Armed Forces Day
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today thanked troops and their families for their service in an Armed Forces Day message, in which he also noted the importance of the upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago.
“Let me take this opportunity to wish all our troops and their families the very best on this Armed Forces Day,” Panetta said in the message. “I hope you know that all Americans join me in gratitude for everything you do to keep us safe.
Panetta said the efforts of troops are noted and appreciated.
“Wherever and however you serve, you are an inspiration to me and to millions of your fellow Americans,” he said.
The service and sacrifices of men and women in uniform allow Americans to lead peaceful lives, he said.
“You fight for peace so that others don’t need to,” he said. “You work for peace, at home and abroad, so that others may know a better life. Your families share in that labor and in that sacrifice, so that other families need not endure the pains of separation and of strife. There is, perhaps, no more admirable calling.”
I dunno, did anybody hear about a parade? Or a thank you for the troops, or discounts for dinner maybe???
Anyone???
Beuhler???
/Crickets…
Thank you to all of you that have served and ARE serving, and to the families who stand by you.