EFL: Well this is...ummmmmmmmmm...different.
ASPEN, Colo. - Organizers of a memorial for Hunter S. Thompson plan to erect a 150-foot structure — courtesy of actor Johnny Depp — to shoot the gonzo journalist's ashes onto his ranch near here. Friends and acquaintances gathered Thursday to discuss the Aug. 20 invitation-only service, which will be six months after Thompson shot himself in his Woody Creek home. Jon Equis, the event producer working with Thompson's family, said the tower will be 12 feet wide at the base and 8 feet wide at the top, where a cannon will be placed. The event producer? "Specializing in weddings, bar mitzvahs, and shooting dead guy ashes out of cannons".
Depp, who portrayed the author in the movie version of Thompson's book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" will pay for the tower, designed to resemble Thompson's "gonzo fist" emblem. As Thompson requested, his ashes will be shot out of the cannon onto his property. Maybe Johnny can hold onto the urn while they do it?
The nanny state keeps on truckin', via Bros. Judd:
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⢠Doctors claim long kitchen knives serve no purpose except as weapons
⢠55 out of 108 homicide victims in Scotland were stabbed last year
⢠Police superintendents say a ban would be difficult to enforce
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"Many assaults are impulsive, often triggered by alcohol or misuse of other drugs, and the long pointed kitchen knife is an easily available, potentially lethal weapon, particularly in the domestic setting" - Dr Emma Hern, writing in British Medical Journal
Story: Pointed kitchen knives should be banned as part of a concerted effort to reduce the terrible injuries and deaths caused by stabbing attacks, doctors warned today.
Accident and emergency medics claim the knives serve no useful purpose in the kitchen but are proving deadly on the streets of Britain, with the doctors claiming the knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings. The doctors claimed they had consulted leading chefs who said the knives were not needed for cooking - a claim disputed by chefs contacted by The Scotsman.... Maybe they should start by removing all the knives from the hospitals.
Maybe this should go under WOT backgrounds. These idiots scare me.
European idiots generally stay on page 3 unless they do something particularly stupid :-)
I like Orrin Judd's comment: By 2010 they'll be buttering their toast with tongue depressors...
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That's the only thing Doctors know how to make are reservations. They can treat each other for stab wounds when they try to take away their cooks' favorite knife.
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If they ban knives, I see a sharp upturn in stranglings. After that I expect a ban on string, rope, wire, and cable.
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don't even mention saws, screwdrivers, ....
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Just yesterday a woman who had just been released from prison went to Nordstrom's and randomly stabbed two other shoppers with *two* butcher knives *taped together*. Fortunately an off-duty FBI officer was able to subdue her with no more casualties. The two ladies were badly hurt but will live. Scary stuff. I mean, Nordstrom's! They're not zoned for stabbings...
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This is just so stupid... 55 out of 108 homicide victims in Scotland were stabbed last year
Yes and there were 893MILLION instances of people interacting without resorting to homicide. Many assaults are impulsive, often triggered by alcohol or misuse of other drugs, and the long pointed kitchen knife is an easily available,
This is particulary loathsome - everyone is guilty - it assumes that everyone misuses alcohol/drugs/etc... just like those ads which strongly imply that everyone has a 'AIDS-friendly lifestyle'.
This is the same illogic which drives the Gun control nuts. Lets ban all of them because a few idiots (who would ignore the ban anyway...) can't control themselves or would use them wrong.
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How about football and golf especially when you add scotch!? Shortbread's gotta put a hurting on the body too. What's that about heroin and needles? Auk man, ban em all eh?! Especially that wee taste of the dram before going to the OR to work. The good doctors should stick (ha) to their goddamn jobs.
It's time to fight back. Let's start the NCA (National Cutlery Association).
Our motto: When pointy kitchen knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have pointy kitchen knives. And really nice diced onions.
Posted by: Ed Bush at May 27, 2005 10:09 AM
A constitutional amendment wouldn't hurt either.
A well regulated kitchen, being necessary to the cuisine of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear cutlery, shall not be infringed.
Posted by: Ed Bush at May 27, 2005 10:25 AM
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I think that this will devolve into either a ban on electric knives or a five-day waiting period for purchasing roasts that weigh more than 15 pounds.
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Hey, let's be reasonable - we'll only ban "assault" knives...
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Friends, factions of the British elite have been trying to ban sharp and pointy cultery for years. Need a chuckle? The next time you read something British about the whizbang talents of the average MP, remember this exchange:
But the English are behind the curve. The Australians have already banned the ownership of most kinds of knives. Just to show how progrsssive they are, the Aussies are trying to make crossbows illegal.
You sir! Step right up! Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Teachers and researchers of the Hereditary Medicine Department of Pyongyang University of Medicine of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have developed a new medicine "Polyazin" for protection of DNA. It is made with materials extracted from rare medicinal herbs growing in the northern mountainous areas of Korea, mixed with activator. Gimme a Polyazin. With a White Slag chaser.
Prof. and Dr. Kim Yong Jin, who led the research team, told KCNA that the medicine not only prevents the bioactive material from being changed by heavy metals, harmful chemical matters and radioactive rays but also protects DNA by activating the medium around it. It is highly appreciated by special institutions as an ideal medicine for those working in the atomic energy sector and electromagnetic field and for the computer users. Yes! Thanks to Polyazin, I no longer glow in the dark after a long day at the...ummmmmmmmmmmm...atomic energy sector!
The clinical tests show that it, with high alcoholysis, gives no side-effects. See! Dr. Kimmie says no side effects! Step right up! How many do you need!
It improves metabolism in liver, biliary tract, blood, immunity and psychoneurosis systems. It is also potent for the patients suffering from hypogonadism, chronic hepatitis, chronic pancreatitis and hypoacidity. Hypogonadism? Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
It also regulates physiological activity in human body and thus delights women who want to give birth to healthy and intelligent babies. Probably also makes them more tender and flavorful...
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Provides only temporary relief of Juche psychosis and chronic malnutrition. It tastes better than rats or grass but alas, is of no nutritional benefit. (sorry all you starving and malnurished Norks) Beloved Leader #2's mommy drank liberally from her bottle of the stuff and just look at lil Kim now!
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>When Lt Onoda was found on the Philippines island of Lubang in 1974, he initially refused to surrender.
I remember when this happened. In his monologue, Johnny Carson said, "They flew him home first-class on Japan Airlines, limoed him to the Emperor in a Toyota, took his picture with a Nikon, and then tried to convince him that Japan lost the War."
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Wow, story reminds me of SGT SHOICHI YOKOI, whom was found hiding in the jungles of southern Guam in the late 1960's. Even as the 20th USAAF was bombing the hell out of Japanese cities and industries towards the end of WW2, US forces here in Guam still had to deal with hardcore remnants of the Japanese army whom refused to surrender, includ most famously some units of up to battalion(s)-strength!? YOKOI and other survivors became a hero/legend when they returned home to modern Japan.
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"Germany's upper house of parliament approved the treaty Friday, meaning that nine countries _ comprising 220 million citizens, or nearly half the EU population _ have now approved it."
"The voice of nearly 50 percent of the European Union cannot be ignored," said EU Vice President Margot Wallstrom, pledging the ratification process must go ahead even if France says no."
My thats odd...I just asked my wife and sister-in-law (Germans) if they get to vote for or against the EU constitution last night over some BBQ and they said they don't get to vote.
Now THAT'S Democracy in action!!!!
At least Germany is 2 for 2. They didn't get to vote on changing to the Euro either.
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A quick vote in parliament before losing the upcoming national elections? sounds like Schroeder is bent on maximal damage before retirement.
Any German polls on the topic? Ah, yes... looks like a majority would approve if asked to vote. "The latest survey carried out by the Infratest pollsters shows 59 percent of Germans back the new constitution. Only about 15 percent would vote against it if a referendum were held in Germany..."
Belgravia Dispatch (link in title) reproduces a section of a New Yorker piece on John McCain (not online, apparently). This bit isn't about McCain, but includes the words of the German ambassador to the US, Wolfgang Ischinger:
"As older societies, we [Europeans] tend to think of ourselves as more experienced in the way societies evolve, and we tend to be skeptical of Americans who seem to think that if you believe hard enough, and you muster enough resources, you can change the world...In the last year or so, as we've engaged in discussions about the transformation of the Middle East and democracy, I have told my American friends that the region in this world that has seen the most transformation and change is Central and Eastern Europe--without shedding a drop of blood. So don't preach to us. And don't think transformative change will work according to mechanistic rules. This is very complicated. Changing the way people think often has to do with religious and cultural issues--we tend to think of them as long-term, and Americans think, Let's solve the problem in the next four years!" See the photoessay on "without shedding a drop of blood" at Davids Medienkritik. Also at Medienkritik, an earlier example of Ischinger's nuance.
Well, whoever TGA is, we know he's not the German ambassador. (NOTE: Preview button not working for me. Don't know what kind of mess this will turn out to be.
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I could say a lot about this extract. Firstly, note how the Bush agenda has framed the context of the debate. Secondly, you only have to go south and to a lesser further east to find a lot of blood shed. Thirdly, religious and cultural issues make some areas more conducive to peaceful change than others. So to cite one area where the cultural factors are conducive as an argument to not use other methods where cultural factors are less conducive is disengenous to say the least. Fourthly, In the long term we are all dead. Time is of the essence in solving any problem.
At least 15,000 illegal immigrants may soon reach the European Union via the Mediterranean Sea as relations between Italy and Libya turned sour, Corriere della Sera reported yesterday. According to the Italian daily, which quotes diplomatic sources in Tripoli, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is furious with Silvio Berlusconi's government for failing to honour a number of agreements and is threatening to relax the country's emigration controls. The result could be thousands of African and Asian immigrants being allowed to leave Libyan ports and sail to Italy over the coming weeks.
They'll get asylum, of course. Wonder how many will 'wander' into the mosques of Rome, Milan and Naples?
The threat comes amid reports that 16 immigrants were feared to have drowned on Tuesday after their small boat capsized in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, about 60 nautical miles north of Libya and 160 nautical miles south of the Italian island.
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I was stopped at RR tracks yesterday. As I watched the brightly graffitied freight boxes crossed my windshield like a giant plasma screen, I thought to myself, "self, I'm glad we border Mexico. This is some quality artwork."
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Huh. I've had to listen to Garofalo, Moore, and so forth say the same sorts of things about folks like me. Can't say that I enjoyed it but it never occured to me to criminally prosecute them for it.
Turkey came under fire yesterday for halting a landmark conference questioning the official line on the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, as European Union diplomats warned that Ankara's democratic credentials had taken a serious blow. Istanbul's prestigious Bogazici University, where the gathering was to open Wednesday, put off the event after Justice Minister Cemil Cicek accused the participants — Turkish academics and intellectuals who dispute Ankara's version of the 1915-1917 massacres — of "treason." Cicek condemned the initiative as "a stab in the back of the Turkish nation" and said the organizers deserved to be prosecuted.
The killings, one of the most controversial episodes in Ottoman history, is rarely discussed in schools and the aborted conference would have been the first by Turkish personalities to question the official stand on the events. Several countries have recognized the massacres as genocide — a theory Turkey fiercely rejects — and Brussels has urged Ankara to face its past and expand freedom of speech. "The remarks of the justice minister are unacceptable. This is an authoritarian approach raising questions over Turkey's reform process," a diplomat from an EU country told AFP on condition of anonymity. "Now it is a real watershed. We expect government action to correct Cicek's remarks," he said. Another EU diplomat regretted the postponement of the conference because it "would have reflected the evolution taking place in Turkish society."
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PRISTINA: A UN refugee official working in Kosovo was charged on Thursday with alleged sexual abuse of minors in this UN-administered province, officials said. Rashidoon Khan, a Pakistani, was charged by an international prosecutor with two counts of sexual abuse of minors under the age of 16 and two counts of human trafficking, said Neeraj Singh a UN spokesman. Khan, who was working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kosovo, was arrested earlier this year. His alleged crimes were committed between September and December last year, Singh said. The exact nature of the offences was not disclosed. A juvenile was charged with human trafficking along with Khan, Singh added. Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since 1999.
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It's the UN.
Waddaya expect?
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If they were Arab, he could've claimed he married them. All in the family
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Hey, you think we can get that sign (in the pic) posted outside the U.N. enterance?
Freepers and DU are doing this and I think we Rantburgers should do so as well. I know its copying but its a good way to show our service and recognize those that have served. If you have served in the military sound off, with term of service, rank, and branch (and/or last Unit served). If you have a spouse or parent that served go ahead ans list their service. International Rantburgers are welcome as well. I will start us off:
1980-2000, TSgt, USAF, 48th Intelligence Squadron Beale AFB CA
P.S. I want to send a special thanks to all that have served or continue to serve. God watch over you all!
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Father - USN, midshipman from 1942(?),ensign, assigned to a Destroyer as gunnery officer at Okinawa, 1945, claimed hits on kamikazes (as did the entire fleet, he told me) Saved from death by Trumans decision to drop the bomb (he was assigned as forward naval artillery spotter in event of invasion of Japan) Demobilized, as Lt JG, 1946.
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U. S. Navy Atlantic fleet (Service Fleet)1966-1970 E-3 (Machinist)USS Amphion, USS Alstede, USS Arcturus
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Thank you, Liberalhawk, on my parents' behalf. I've done nothing special, myself, except teach my children to appreciate those who serve. Which should not be special. ;-)
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Father: USAF 1957-1964
Brother #1: GySgt USMC 1988-2003, USAR 2003- Pres
Brother #2: Cpl USMC 1986-1990
Me: LCpl USMC 1980-1984
2 Great-Uncles, US Army, deployed at various times in the ETO during WWII.
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Dad: US Navy WWII Lt. Cmdr. New Caladonia
Uncle: US Army WWII Cpt. London
Me: USARV 82nd. Airbone 1967 - 1971
Nephew: US Army Cpt. sandbox, "the Stan" 2000 -
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Don't have the units and other details with me, but here is the synopsis ...
My husband: retired USAF officer, classified space programs; currently faculty at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
My cousins: Larry, former USAF pilot served in Vietnam; Charles, former USAF missile control officer; currently serving: Larry's son, active duty USAF officer (Academy grad).
My father: one of 8 brothers plus a brother-in-law who served in WWII. Of these 9, 8 saw combat (the 9th, my uncle Mike, was sent back to serve stateside after a year since he had 4 children at the time).
My father Stephen was a Navy gunner shot down in the Pacific near the end of the war. His brother George (Charles' father) also served in the Navy. The son-in-law Joseph Petro was a paratrooper at Normandy and again at Bastogne, where he was wounded.
Bastogne is where my uncle and godfather Charles Kowalchuk earned, as a young Sgt, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and several Purple Hearts fending off the elite Nordwind attackers.
Others of my father's brothers who served in WWII: Andy (retired as an E-9 from the Air Force), Vasyl ('Harry'), Phillip and John.
My father's youngest brother Joseph, too young to serve in WWII, served in Korea and Vietnam and retired as an E-9 (E-8?) in the USAF as well.
My father's father came to the US as a teenager, did not serve.
His father and many generations before him raised/trained cavalry horses and organized/led mounted patrols of the Ukrainian border for several hundred years. ;-)
On my mother's side, her father's family came to the colonies in 1732 and their first military service here was when an ancestor in our direct lineage served in the Revolution. Not so strong a tradition of service on that side.
I'm grateful to them all and to all our Rantburgers who have helped to make and keep us free.
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USNA Class of 88
DCA on USS Dahlgren DDG-43, Navigator on USS Yellowstone AD-41
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US Army Vietnam 54th Aviation Company 1967-1968.
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PS: didn't mean to suck up unnecessary bandwidth by listing other relatives besides my husband and father. I'm just grateful to them for their service ... the WWII guys, especially, came home, sucked it up and quietly rebuilt their lives without complaint. Several of them, Dad, uncle Buffy (Joe the paratrooper) and uncle Lefty (Charles at Bastogne) suffered with pain for the rest of their lives after being wounded, but never mentioned it if they could avoid doing so.
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Sorry Ranters my Original post was incomplete:
Wife SRA 1981-1985 SrA (E-4) 2002 Comm Squadron, Iraklion AS Greece
Dad 1956-1976 SSgt, Flight Test Branch Sacramento Logistics Depot
Mom 1955-1956 A1C, USAF Sheppard AFB TX
Older Brother 1976-1980 SrA, USAF Nellis AFB NV
Little Brother 1983-1985 SrA, USAF Eilison AFB AK
Father In Law 1950-1955 A1C, USAF, Minot AFB ND
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Me: Cpl USMC 1961 - 1965
My sons:
John USN Sub Service 1978 - 1984
Kevin: Chief Petty Officer USN Reserve 1982 - Present
Michael: Chief Petty Officer USN 1990 - Present Now at IBU21 (United Arab Emirates)
P.S. I want to send a special thanks to all that have served or continue to serve. God watch over you all and bless our Nation!
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Great Great Grandfather - James Ellis, Ohio regiment (exact one unknown), Union Army (rank unknown, but family tradition says he fought at Stones' River, likely died there)
Great Grandfather - Lafayette Hampshire, Infantry, WW1 (unit & rank unknown) - Grampa 'Lafe might also have been in an earlier war, but never spoke about it
Great Grandfather - Charles Ellis, Infantry, WW1 (unit & rank unknown)
Grandfather (mother's side) - Verhelst, 1st Infantry Division, WW1 (& WW2?) (unit & rank unknown, wounded in action at least once, European Theater)
Father - Donald Ellis, USS Hornet (CV 19), Machinists' Mate, served 1956-60, onboard during incidient in Formosa Straits
Myself - No formal military service (served in field 6 years as civilian "advisor" (classified) specializing in systems & data analysis, South America, 1977-83, served primarily alongside Marine & Cavalry units, wounded once in close-in action (knife wound to throat - 14 stitches, also sustained injuries to knees/ankles, light burns to calf muscles on both legs)
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Thanks C Sarge. Grand idea.
Great Grandfather, 11th TN, Inf. Battle of Atlanta
Great Grand Uncle, 11th TN killed at Atlanta
Great Grand Uncle, 11th TN, Also Battle of Atlanta
Great Grand Uncle, TN 10th Cavalry died in Union Prison (Camp Douglas?)
Grand Father missed all the fun
Father, WWI, CPL, machine gunner, Argonne Forest
Me: USAF 1952-1972 Comm.-Elect. last duty, HQ 14th Air Force
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I will note my families only death in WWII.
It was my Aunt Janey Ruth who died of burns received while getting dressed for a dance. The nearest doctor and hospital were 80 miles away in Thomasville Ga. Only doctors available were either drunks or over 70.
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US Army, Sep 68- Sep 77; RVN, B 3/503 Inf 173rd ABN 69-72; B 2/508 82nd Abn Div 72-74; MIT 74-77. 11B4P Ssgt E-6. Proud of the US Army, proud of the Infantry, proud of the USA. Father, grandfather, great, and great greats all Infantry. Thank you, Fred, for Rantburg.
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Me: 1978-98 SSgt, USAF Ammo, Strategic Air Command, PACAF, TAC, USAFRS, ACC.
My Grand-uncle, Lawrence Kozlowski, Corporal, US Army Coast Artillery and Rail Artillery, 1917-1919
My Dad, Donald Kozlowski, Sergeant, USMC 1954-58
My Uncle, Norbert F. Kozlowski,CPO, USN USS Ranger CV-4 1942-45, USS Phillipine Sea CV-47 45-48
My Uncle, Joseph M. Carpentiere, Major, US Army 1948-54, Silver Star
My brother in law, Shane Kreuzer, TSgt, USAF, SAC, PACAF, TAC, and ACC, with service in Desert Storm.
Mike
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Father: 25th Infantry Division-Viet Nam
Me: 1990-1999
US Army 501st MI Bde, ROK
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Enlisted
National Guard
Finished Bachelors
82nd Abn
Finished masters
2nd ACR ("Always Ready" to that "Tojour Pret" up there. Best damn regiment in the Army thanks to The Dueler - hell we had Digital Camo 2 decades before the Marines ever thought of it, and I still have my "Border" cap) (Merrell Barracks)
Ft Meade MD (you know whats there)
reserves while working at a government agency activated Aug 90-late 92, Sandbox and Florida (2ACR again - kicked ass in the sand, then CENTCOM/SOCOM).
Hired away to different government work after that.
Blown knees, fractured back in the line of duty.
Med Retired.
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1989-1994 US army, Saudi, Korea, Somalia.
1994-Present Tennessee National Guard. Iraq now, Who Knows Where in the future.
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GreatGreatGrandfather: Muleskinner, Phil Sheridan's Cavalry.
GreatGrandfather: National Guard (more of a social thing)
Grandad: Cavalry under Blackjack Pershing:
Mexico and WW1.
Dad: US Navy WW2, Tin Can and Ashore in New Guinea.
Uncles:
USAAF WW2 (all Bombers - 1 pilot, 2 bombardiers, both bombardiers over Japan, pilot flew liberators over Europe)
USMC (Iwo Jima, died there).
USARMY (Normandy, 29th Infantry, lost an eye)
Brothers (all younger):
1-US Navy 4 years (Seabee) reserves 4 years
2-US Army 4 years (Combat Engineer) reserves 4 years
3-USAF-Reserve (Avionics repair)
All 4 of us were active in the first gulf war in theater.
Wife:
US Army (Germany,Ft Meade)
Son:
Future USMC or Naval Officer (He'll be the first officer in a long line of enlisted).
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Thats an impressive record OS .
One thing we have in common is the fractured back part . Goddam aweful in mid-winter , bearable other times .
anyway , for the record .
1979 enlist and pass Royal Marines training and selection process Lympstone, Devon (ouch painful thinking about it )
1980 joined C Company , 40 Commando , served in a few nice places (sarcasm)
1982 Fractured lumbar vertebrae in biking accident and missed my company raising the Queens flag over the the Falklands
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From the first of our family, a "Ranger of the Frontier" in Pennsylvania, who came to this country in 1725 and rose to the rank of major, to my son, a Marine just back from Iraq, the men of my family have fought for America whenever the call came.
Father: WWII Army Air Corps, gunner on B-24s & B-29s
Me: USAF 1971-80 SAC: EWO on B-52D/G/Hs, Anderson, UTapao, Blytheville & Wright Patt;AFSC/ASD: program manager AFEWES 75 - 79; still working with military electronics
Ethiopia's electoral board appears to have lost control of the vote counting for the May 15 legislative polls, European Union election observers said in a report obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. The confidential report went on to say the EU might have to make a public denunciation of developments to distance itself from "the lack of transparency, and assumed rigging" of the vote. "Ten days after the polling day, the situation is of political uncertainty and informational chaos regarding the results of the election," according to the confidential report. "The National Electoral Board does not seem to be in control of the counting operation by the constituency electoral committees and limits itself to passively receive the reports from a limited number of constituencies."
Former President Carter undermined Ethiopia's electoral process by his early blessing of the May 15 vote, the European Union report says.
I used to admire Jimmy Carter for his Humanitarian efforts although I thought he was a very poor President. Now all I can do is pity him. He seems to me to be delusional about his ability to influence despots to change their ways. Rosalyin needs to chain him to the peanut combine. There is more at the link.
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A French court convicted the youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for striking his pregnant companion in a Paris hotel, handing him a fourth-month suspended prison sentence and a S$628 fine, a judicial official said on Thursday. Hannibal Gaddafi was not in court for Monday's trial in Paris, said the official who spoke on customary condition of anonymity. He was prosecuted on charges of "voluntary violence on a vulnerable person" and unauthorised possession of a pistol.
On February 1, Gaddafi wielded - but did not shoot - an automatic pistol while at the Grand Hotel Intercontinental near the Opera Garnier. Security agents directed him to his hotel room, which he then damaged, officials said. His companion was hospitalised temporarily at the American Hospital west of Paris. Without specifically referring to the incident, the Foreign Ministry said in February that France had expressed its "displeasure" to authorities in Libya about "repeated incidents" involving Hannibal Gaddafi. He also was at the centre of a separate commotion last September, when police stopped him for speeding and his bodyguards attacked several officers.
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Halfwit sons of a egomaniac thirdworld col. turned Il Duce run amok! Not good for the Gaddafi rehabilitation PR effort. Par for the course though isn't it. Wonder what pops thinks of junior's indiscretions abroad.
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More like the Santino Corleone, I'd think. With overtones of the Dukes of Hazard.
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There is a long tradition of sending wayward sons to Europe, especially France, to work off their energy without bothering the local girls. Someone will no doubt get paid off, and the party will continue so long as young Ghaddafi gets his allowance on time.
... In backward cultures, women are overprotected and invisible; so men lose all resistance to images--and all self-restraint. In downtown Kandahar, for example, a display of female ankle is proof of flooziness most damnable. In that world, men are rarely required to resist temptation. Consider this clip from Dubai TV, in which an Egyptian rapist on death row is interviewed:
Rapist: Even if she's unmarried, or a little girl, when someone sees her short clothes, he will find the courage, and won't leave her alone. A girl like this makes a guy. . . .
Interviewer: She seduces him?
Rapist: Yes, she makes him take her, even if it's in the middle of town. Even if he has to kill or die, he will still take her.
In the West, by important contrast, men modulate their behavior when faced with seductive images. They have to. Women judge them by their ability to do so. And they are trained, at an early age, to take responsibility for their own lust.
Everywhere, and rightly, there are limits. Paris Hilton is not selling herself: She is merely selling burgers. Tawdry though it may be, there is proof in all this of the distance we've traveled from a barbarous state. And there's proof, also, of the humor we've acquired along the way.
Mr. Varadarajan is editorial features editor of The Wall Street Journal.
Ah, yes. I do love Paris. She has her own face. She is the only one out of the current crop of celebrity blondes I can pick out in a group photo. Other than being looked at, and the enthusiasm she brings to the bedroom, she seems to have no discernable talents. She is an unashamed ditz, which makes me suspect that behind the ill-clothed facade lies a cool intellect that laughs along with the rest of us at her antics while socking away dollars by the barrel. Wotta babe!
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That picture! My head! It is exploding!
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What does Paris tell the grandkids in 40 years?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Teachers and researchers of the Hereditary Medicine Department of Pyongyang University of Medicine of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have developed a new medicine "Polyazin" for protection of DNA. It is made with materials extracted from rare medicinal herbs growing in the northern mountainous areas of Korea, mixed with activator.
At least 15,000 illegal immigrants may soon reach the European Union via the Mediterranean Sea as relations between Italy and Libya turned sour, Corriere della Sera reported yesterday. According to the Italian daily, which quotes diplomatic sources in Tripoli, Libyan leader 
PRISTINA: A UN refugee official working in Kosovo was charged on Thursday with alleged sexual abuse of minors in this UN-administered province, officials said. 
... In backward cultures, women are overprotected and invisible; so men lose all resistance to images--and all self-restraint. In downtown Kandahar, for example, a display of female ankle is proof of flooziness most damnable. In that world, men are rarely required to resist temptation. Consider this clip from Dubai TV, in which an Egyptian rapist on death row is interviewed:
