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Author: Hondo

  • Is the Millenium At Hand?

    Perhaps so.  Breitbart.com is reporting that members of Code Pink have been observed protesting against proposed intervention in Syria.

    The protesters reportedly were seen at hearings of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday, where SECSTATE John “Christmas in Cambodia” Kerry was testifying.  They reportedly wore signs saying “US Out of Syria” and held up hands painted red to mimic blood.

    I don’t normally have much good to say about Code Pink.  But I’ll give them this much:  here, they’re being consistent – which in my experience is a rarity for those on their end of the political spectrum.

  • You Just Ain’t Gonna Believe This One

    Well, here’s another “gem of wisdom” from the freaking idiots “fine lads and lasses” at PETA.

    According to PETA, ladies, you shouldn’t eat chicken while expecting.  Because if you do – and the child is male – PETA says there may be “dire consequences” for the youngster.

    Yeah, they’re full of it.  While there is a trace chemical in poultry (phthalate) that some studies show has been associated with – um, let’s call it “shorter stature” – poultry isn’t a significant source of exposure.  Plastic containers and personal hygiene products are hugely more important sources.

    PETA is simply misrepresenting and sensationalizing the facts again for propaganda and fear-mongering purposes.  It’s just more business-as-usual for those clowns.

    So, as the cows in the Chick Fil’a ads say:  feel free to “Eat mor chikin”.  (smile)

  • Well Done, Kentucky

    We give bureaucracies – state and local – a hard time for being impersonal and inefficient.  Most of the time, that’s well deserved.

    But on occasion, they really do deserve a commendation.  This is one of those occasions.

    Recently, the Kentucky State Treasury reunited a veteran’s family with his decorations from World War II.

    The man served in the Pacific during World War II, in the USMC.  He passed away in 1987.

    The decorations and some other items had been placed in a safety deposit box by his wife when he died 26 years ago.  When she passed away approaching 20 years later, the items went unclaimed – and were turned over to the State Treasury.

    The State Treasury located his next of kin, which turned out to be his son.  They returned his father’s medals and other personal items from the safety deposit box to him last week.  One of those “other personal items” was the card authorizing his father to attend the Japanese surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 and witness same.

    The full article is here.  Go read it for the details.

    Thank, Kentucky.  Well done indeed.

  • Powstanie Warszawskie

    I’ve written an earlier article about a relatively unknown battle of World War II – the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.  However, that was not the only great tragedy to befall Warsaw during World War II.

    A bit over 15 months later, a second and larger uprising occurred in Warsaw – the Warsaw Uprising.  Like the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, it is today not well known.

    But unlike the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the later Warsaw Uprising was not simply a choice between dying in place and dying in a Nazi extermination camp.  While it was a desperate venture likely to end in failure, it was nonetheless a bona fide effort to liberate the city from Nazi control.

    It failed because the anti-Nazi Polish forces were callously abandoned – by some of their supposed Allies.  Soviet forces were at the time less than 10 miles away, in the eastern suburb of Wolomin.

    Until it was far too late, they made no attempt to assist.

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  • A Sunday Afternoon Funny: Posin’

    Here ya go, Ex-PH2.   With apologies to Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, and the late Jerry Garcia.(smile)

     

    Posin’

    Posin’ got their lies all set. Real winners all, just like ol’ Shovel man
    Keep posin’, just ‘bout all the time, posers just keep on creepin’ on.

    All those posers now shuckin’ and jivin’ on Main Street.
    Chicago, New York, Detroit and it’s always this lame bleat:
    “I was SF or a SEAL or Force Recon – a hero!
    Just look right here! I’m wearing all of my bling!”

    Dullard, with those SF lies; Phildo, with the fake SEAL claims;
    Spooky 8 claims he was CIA; but they’re all bogus and lame we know.

    Most of the posers you meet on the streets speak of war time,
    Most of the time they were safe on a base or at home.
    But that doesn’t stop them from claimin’ they did stuff heroic
    Right in the ear every one of them needs to get boned.

    Posin’, like the bunny man. Ranger, sniper, claims to beat the band
    Even when he never trained a day – what a lying clown, all show

    Sometimes their lies start gettin’ to me;
    So damn bad I can barely see.
    Lately it occurs to me
    On their faces I’d like to pee.

    What in the world ever became of Ms. Weebles?
    She lost her gut, but she still is just the same tool
    Now ridin’ a bike but still lyin’ ‘bout what she really did,
    All we can say is – “She’s a damn fool!”

    Disgusted, went down to the coast. Saw a fake SEAL dancin’ with no clothes!
    Claims that he “caught the PTS” – though he never heard a shot fired, no.

    Sittin’ and starin’ again at some more fake docs
    Claimin’ Purple Hearts that happened before they went in
    In his case Karma the Bitch she came a callin
    Wasn’t him that got hurt his wife’s the one that got nailed

    Busted, did it to his self, Lied for free stuff and it boomeranged
    But damn it, it get’s to wearin’ thin. They just won’t shut their yaps, oh no.

    We’re sick of all of the posin’ and we’d like to screw ya
    That’s why this site exists – just to put it to ya.
    It will expose your ass if you’re valor stealin’
    So go get a life, quit lyin’ and you we won’t pound.

    Sometimes their lies start gettin’ to me;
    So damn bad I can barely see.
    Lately it occurs to me
    Posers all in jail I’d love to see.

    Another has their lies exposed. Whoa whoa baby, now his life it blows,
    Back home, feels good down in my bones, another poser now exposed.
    Yet another poser now exposed.

  • What a Surprise

    The POTUS has ordered a 1% pay raise for members of the military in 2014.  This is substantially lower than the 1.8% pay raise that would normally be required by the Federal Pay Comparability Act.  Congress was notified of the decision by letter last Friday.

    In that letter, the POTUS stated that he’s “strongly committed to supporting our uniformed service members, who have made such great contributions to our nation over the past decade of war.”  I have to observe that ordering a pay raise just over half as large as called for by law seems to me a rather . . . interesting way of showing that kind of support.  But maybe that’s just me.

    In a separate letter to Congress, the POTUS also recommended that Federal civilian employees receive the same 1% pay increase.  If approved by Congress, this would be the first annual pay raise received by Federal employees since 2010.

    Is anyone surprised?

  • “Someone May Have Some ‘Splainin’ to Do . . . . “

    . . . about a practice bomb that apparently was dropped a bit off-target.

    How far off-target?  Try in the parking lot of a Sudlersville, MD, tavern – the parking lot of “Darlene’s Tavern”, to be precise – at just after 9PM this past Thursday evening, while people were sitting at nearby outside tables.

    The MD National Guard has confirmed that one of their aircraft dropped the training device.

    The incident is under investigation, and mayi in fact have been due to a mechanical malfunction.  But if not, I’m thinking someone just might find themselves in a bit of a bind.

  • Yer Friday Afternoon Funny: The Phildo Shuffle

    Phildo was a tool who got
    A good discharge
    But that did not stop him
    From wantin’ to live large

    At a MC bar
    Told a bunch of lies ’bout bein’ a SEAL
    MC bought it
    And they made him a real big wheel

    Next stop sunny coast, Phildo he did lie and boast, s’how he roll
    He say, “All this bull oughta get it
    Clients never will vet it
    We’ll get the gold!”

    Phildo, whoa oh, oh, oh
    Spreading the BS, it’s all for show
    Truth is different we all know

    Phildo, whoa oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
    He say, “One more lie oughta get it
    More BS means more credit
    We’ll get the gold!”

    Phildo up an’ runnin’
    Havin’ great big fun ’til the story broke
    Provin’ Phildo’s stories lies
    And that was all she wrote

    He be shakin’ like a scared cow
    Can’t cover his tracks now, all up in smoke!
    Sayin’, “Oh s**t, pooch I done screwed, an’
    Clients say, ‘Nothin’ doin’ –
    Now go hit the road!’ “

    Phildo, whoa oh, oh, oh
    Spreading the BS, it’s all for show
    Truth is different we all know

    Phildo, whoa oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
    He say, “All my lies didn’t get it
    In deep s**t with the Feds and
    There’s no more gold!”

     

    With apologies to Boz Scaggs.