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Weekend Open Thread
The evening of Holy Thursday through the evening of Easter Sunday is considered the most holy three-day run in the Christian calendar. It is considered one continuous observation. Enjoy your weekend!
US fighter jet downed in Iran, search and rescue underway
An F-15 crashed in Iran, prompting the US military to conduct search and rescue operations. One pilot was recovered, the second is still missing as of the linked report. President Donald Trump has been briefed on the downed aircraft and of the search and rescue’s progress. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that the […]
Hegseth OK’s On-Base CCW
Pentagon expands firearm access for off-duty military members on base By Eve Sampson Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday signed a directive allowing service members to request permission to carry privately owned firearms on military installations while off duty, the Pentagon said in a statement. “The War Department’s uniformed service members are trained at the […]
Valor Friday
The handsome young officer pictured here is Robert Lewis Simpson. I happened across his story this week and found it interesting. Simpson was the pilot of the first American aircraft lost to enemy action in the skies of Vietnam. It was early in American involvement, 28 August 1962. Simpson had just had his 35th birthday […]
Firings
Well, top of the news as I write this Pete Hegseth has asked the Army Chief of Staff, GEN Randy George, to step down. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement that George “will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately. The Department of […]
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Carcano Model 1891 Syracuse man was killed with 2 guns in broad daylight. Was it murder or self-defense? By Anne Hayes Syracuse, N.Y. ? Josue Pizarro was walking on Sabine Street around noon in April 2024 looking to sell drugs when he made a deadly decision. Pizarro grabbed a community gun, hidden on the side […]
Sneaky b*stards
Didn’t start the week intending to concentrate on dogs, but here we are. Although this also speaks to gun control. The Farm Bill: Big piece of legislation awaiting Congress when they return from their well-deserved taxpayer-funded vacation. (Side note – anyone see where Trump told a farmer’s group that: “We love the American farmer,” the […]
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M1903 Springfield Watch: ICE impersonator brutally beaten by street mob, DHS says man not associated with agency Story by Peter Pinedo The Department of Homeland Security said that a man recently filmed dressed in what resembles a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement uniform being beaten next to a Honolulu street is not affiliated with the […]
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