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Ice 1, Scribe 0

BySteeljawscribe

Seems the ice in the polling place parking lot was the real winner Tuesday night. Butcher’s bill – one busted hand & wrist (possible depot level repair – awaiting NARF Team), severely bruised elbow and shoulder.  Rotater cuff also pending NARF eval.  Oh yes, that was the writing hand too…posting may be a little light…

Project Valour-IT Veteran’s Day ’06 Campaign: It’s a Wrap

BySteeljawscribe

Well, the 2nd annual Veteran’s Day blogathon for Valour-IT is complete, with just the non-designated donations and those sent by snail still to be counted. The goal of $180K overall was exceeded and am hearing via the grapevine that maybe final contributions may exceed $210K. Three out of the 4 teams met their goals with…

Project VALOUR-IT

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So , here’s the deal. We are now about a week out from the start of the Fall 2008 campaign for VALOUR-IT which will run from 28 Oct through Veterean’s Day, 13 Nov.  Since nothing breeds success like success – here we are again this year with new goals: This year’s goal is $240K –…

Bulava Fails Latest Test – Lessons for US?

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“After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded into the air” – Russian MoD spokesman to Interfax 23 Dec 08 And thus was written the postscript on the latest test of the star-crossed Bulava SLBM.  Five failures in eight attempts would seem to call into question the fast-track to…