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From: Michael Yon PRIVATE JASON LEE RAWSTRON 2ND BATTALION, THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT 12TH SEPTEMBER 2008 Lieutenant Colonel Joe O’Sullivan, Commanding Officer 2 PARA paid tribute to Private Jason Rawstron on the night of his death: Early this morning C (Bruneval) Company were conducting a patrol from their base at Forward Operating Base GIBRALTAR when they [...]
The first private company has successfully launched a rocket and achieved orbital velocity. The company is called SpaceX, which was started by the founder of PayPal. This along with the suborbital flights of SpaceShipOne and the creation of Virgin Galactic could signal the beginning of a new era in space flight. I am usually on [...]
From: IBD Barack Obama summed up well the perversity of Democratic Party thinking when he told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that it is “neighborliness” for Washington to hike taxes on those who are “sitting pretty.” …It’s galling that Obama thinks his definitions of “neighborliness” and “fairness” should be codified into tax law while ignoring the [...]
Some in the intelligence community believed that Al Qaeda was going to release a video on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, but the site on which it was supposed to be released was hacked by some code monkeys who have decided to fight the good fight. Via the Hindustan Times: Western intelligence suspects two [...]
Gee I wonder if the Israelis can help them “find” it. They just bought 1000 bunker-busting GBU-39 smart bombs from us. I’ll bet those GBUs are the perfect thing for digging around in the sand to help the Iranians find things. The Israelis are notoriously helpful that way. In the 80′s, without even being asked, [...]
Great training tip. from Paul Markel http://paulmarkel.com/
For something a little more on the lighter side, here is something that is just plain cool. Via Wired:
One thing environmentalists failed to acknowledge when supporting new CFL light bulbs was the fact that CFLs contain mercury. Mercury is a toxin that has been proven to cause birth defects and is the reason people should not eat certain types of fish. When it comes to the environment I guess the cause is more [...]
From: Uncle Ted America needs more outsiders in Washington, D.C. now more than ever. We need more tough, standup hockey moms like Governor Sarah Palin. We need more ordinary Americans to springboard from small city councils to the halls of congress and beyond. We need welders, cops, teachers, ditch diggers, business people, construction workers, secretaries, [...]
It’s September 3, 2008 22:20 CDT. Moments ago Governor Sarah Palin finished her acceptance speech as the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States and all across America millions of liberals just shit themselves.
A new study out today states that the sun failed to produce a single sunspot in the past month for the first time in a century. This combined with the fact that the sun is in a hot period right now may have something to do with the warming of the earth. The universe is [...]