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Ever wonder what “they” meant when talking about a painted sky? Wonder no more: PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 22, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) transits through the Persian Gulf. Ramage is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of…
Power Point Riposte (updated)
Some folks think that by enabling that most noxious of programs spawned from the den of inequity otherwise known as Redmond, WA to be displayed via the bolgsphere is…progress? Forsooth! Cease and desist! Do ye know not what evil thou hast loosed upon this goode land? Evidently this most humble of scribes and servants needs…
Saturday Matinee: Red Flag
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The Best Four-Letter Word
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