Category Non-Historical Asides
Drudge has a link up to this story about the military instituting Courtesy Patrols (CP) in downtown Columbus, Georgia just outside the gates of Fort Benning. The story itself is very balanced and explains what a CP is what they… Continue Reading →
I wrote a post about Saint John of Nepomuk a week or so ago and at the time I wanted to post a picture of the statue near my house but had been too lazy to stop on my way… Continue Reading →
I don’t play poker online but I Think it is kind of stupid that the Feds would waste so much time and effort stopping it, They should probably regulate it and tax it, that might even help with the Deficit…. Continue Reading →
This was linked on Drudge Today. Words Fail me. How idiotic can our “security” procedures in America get? That little girl sure looks like a threat to me. UPDATE: The TSA has posted a response/explanation at their Blog…. Continue Reading →
I use 1&1 as my host and this past weekend was the first time in my site’s 6 month history that the site went down. I have to say that once I emailed tech support they got back to… Continue Reading →
The region of Germany where I live in northeastern Bavaria is locally known as the Oberpfalz or in English the Upper Palatinate. Traditionally, this area was not part of Bavaria but was made up of numerous small separate sovereignties with a… Continue Reading →
An update to a previous post Spam Comments on my Blog. I think I set a new personal record last night. I got over 46 spam comments on my blog last night. The vast majority included some… Continue Reading →
This article appeared on the US Army web-page this morning; Stetson hat to be new Army standard headgear. Since I am a cavalry guy I think it is a great idea, apparently the grunts don’t like it though. 🙂
I had to post something about the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan last Friday. First off, I hope that the death toll does not go as high as they currently fear. Second, everything I have seen so far… Continue Reading →
The Five Myths Archive at the Washington Post is an intriguing site that has some very interesting pieces in it of both contemporary and historical significance. none of them are particularly military that I could see though. *sigh*
I generally try to avoid posting or saying negative things about work for fear that the fickle-demons of the internet will find out and get me in trouble but I have to share this one. I saw this today at… Continue Reading →
Last month, after Rep. Giffords and five others were killed outside of a Safeway store in Tucson, AZ. the opinion pages were full of folks on the left blaming conservatives, the Tea Party, talk radio, and Sarah Palin for rhetoric… Continue Reading →
Niall Fergusson, one of my favorite current historians recently wrote a piece in Newsweek that perfectly captures what I think is the best way to use history as a guide in determining the best way to act in the present. Of… Continue Reading →
This is a Little Blue Penguin from Australia. I saw it in a story on Livescience yesterday and since I think Penguins are cool and don’t want to be serious all the time I decided to post the picture and… Continue Reading →
The Ryan Budget Plan- The GOP Path to Prosperity
About a month ago I asked when we were going to have a serious conversation about our national debt, it looks like that time might be now if our Republican and Tea Party congressman have the courage to grab the… Continue Reading →