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Entries from July 2006

diet coke and mentos Busby Berkley’s got nothing …

July 31st, 2006 No Comments

diet coke and mentosBusby Berkley’s 2 got nothing on these guys…just wonder if an environmental impact statement was filed in the making of this flick
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Saturday Comics

July 29th, 2006 No Comments

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Flightdeck Friday!

July 27th, 2006 3 Comments

So it’s early — it is Friday somewhere else in the world 0… And for you DC Tailhookers, if you missed FCLP’s today, well, your loss!
Jump in the wayback machine and set the dial for 1948  …
1948 and the Navy was in trouble. Barely three years previous the US Navy was victoriously anchored in < [...]

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Outrage

July 26th, 2006 No Comments

Back online after going one-on-one with a balky router — but that’s not the source of tonight’s outrage…
I could go on about former CIA chiefs   who, not satisfied with having thoroughly messed up one institution, now presume to give us the benefit of their wisdom by writing of the passage of the big deck [...]

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History - IAF in Lebanon War (1982) …Here’s one …

July 24th, 2006 No Comments

History - IAF in Lebanon War (1982)…Here’s one from the historical archives during the last dust-up in the region. For fellow Hawkeyes, what primary rule do you see the IAF crew violating?-SJS
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Salute to Volunteerism

July 23rd, 2006 2 Comments

For many folks, it’s almost a toss-off to say “I support the troops…” You know, slap a yellow magnetic sticker on the ol’ minivan and you’re done. Others actually put forth real effort, not to prove themselves, but in genuine support for our folks. Case in point — FbL   has a [...]

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Saturday Comics

July 22nd, 2006 No Comments

Presented for yor reading pleasure:

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Flightdeck Fridays

July 21st, 2006 No Comments

Well, we have Friday Musings   , Fullbore Fridays 1, Beer and Babes 0 Fridays, so I guess it’s time to roll in with Flightdeck Fridays, presented herewith. What will one find? Well, it likely won’t be the usual stuff  . Sorry, but they border on the overexposed   anyway. Instead this will explore some [...]

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Hezbolla katyusha luncher destroyed by IDF …Bust…

July 19th, 2006 No Comments

Hezbolla katyusha luncher destroyed by IDF…Busted.
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Israeli Exit Strategy in Lebanon?

July 19th, 2006 No Comments

Writing in today’s Washington Post  , Charles Krauthammer posits:
There is crisis and there is opportunity. Amid the general wringing of hands over the seemingly endless and escalating Israel-Hezbollah fighting, everyone asks: Where will it end?
The answer, blindingly clear, begins with understanding that this crisis represents a rare, perhaps irreproducible, opportunity.

The opportunity? Well, the liberation [...]

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