Category Archives: Heroes, Comrades and Brothers

Mr. Completely, European Steel Challenge Championships Senior Gold Medal Winner

Our hearts billow, yes they do.

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And many an eye became misty

I’ve been seeing articles about the USS Enterprise’s last deployment and seen some rather cool pictures along with them. But this one has to be the best one so far Must be some new kind of bird they got there. … Continue reading

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Wyatt Earp, Procurer: hey, a man’s gotta make a living

Clanton fans, still stirring up trouble 130 years later. Seems to me owning/operating a brothel wasn’t that dishonorable in the Ancient West, but to some tightasses I suppose it’s a black mark against the Earps. Doesn’t tarnish my opinion of … Continue reading

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So Long Old Friend

It’s mid-December in the afternoon. The skies are grey and a cold front is moving through mid-Michigan , taking the temperature from mid 50’s down to the low 40’s. The winds are blowing strong with gusts to nearly 30 mph. … Continue reading

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Mourn for Prague

Vaclav Havel has died The flags at RNS fly at half-staff for this fellow. Oh, and some POS murderous bastard dictator choked to death on his own vomit last night too. He’ll be the one you’ll hear about because Clinton … Continue reading

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More on Gingrich – Churchill

Steven Hayward, who’s been generous in donating autographed books to the annual Soldiers’ Angels Project VALOUR-IT benefit raffle at Boomershoot, is the author of one of my favorite books on Churchill, specifically, on Churchill and leadership. So the same day … Continue reading

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Alaska’s Last Week

I found Alaska, our white wolf-white shepherd wolfdog, as a pound rescue in December 1999. He was six months old, and a few months earlier had been found abandoned on the side of the road, with a shattered elbow and … Continue reading

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When The Gales of November Come Early . . . .

Today we had our first really cold blast of goodbye fall, hello winter complete with high winds blowing some light snow flurries almost horizontal. For some reason I thought of this event from 36 years ago and was reminded that … Continue reading

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A Shout Out to Bowe Bergdahl

Veterans’ Day has come and gone. Each day going forward, please take the time to think a moment about Bowe Bergdahl, America’s lone serving POW. If you have a blog, post about him. He deserves our vocal support. Hang in … Continue reading

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Donate to the Pit Team for Stache Bash — Soldiers’ Angels!

Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, who just deployed overseas, wastes no time in pushing Soldiers’ Angels’ Stache Bash — your favorite Mixed Martial Arts athletes teaming up and growing mustaches to support the troops. From now until the MMA fight on 10 … Continue reading

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