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“Where are the Carriers?”

“Where are the Carriers?”

| January 17, 2026 | 11 Comments

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) A President’s first question in a crisis. US sending military assets to Middle East as Trump weighs Iran strike, sources say Fox News confirms through ‘well-placed’ US military sources that at least one aircraft carrier in motion toward Middle East By Jasmine Baehr , Jennifer Griffin At least one U.S. aircraft […]

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Sometimes you get the bear….

Sometimes you get the bear….

| January 17, 2026 | 17 Comments

Y’know how some days just don’t seem to get any better? No matter what ya do, God seems to be tapping you on the shoulder saying “I tried to tell you to stay in bed. But oh, no, you had to come to work.” There’s a team in Israel probably thinking something along those lines. […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| January 17, 2026 | 2 Comments

IWI Galil ACE Gen II 2 dead in north St. Louis shooting; Self-defense alleged by: Joey Schneider, Caroline Pettey ST. LOUIS – Two people were killed in a shooting incident Wednesday in north St. Louis, where police say the first alleged gunman was shot in self-defense. The shooting happened around noon in the 1000 block […]

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Weekend Open Thread

Weekend Open Thread

| January 16, 2026 | 83 Comments

January 6 to February 17 is 2026’s Carnival/Mari Gras season. After the 12 days of Christmas comes the days of Epiphany. Officially, those days end on the first Sunday after January 6. Informally, the season runs from the 6th through Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday. The King Cake replaces the Christmas Cake for […]

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Defense team for Charlie Kirk’s assassin tries to disqualify the prosecution team

Defense team for Charlie Kirk’s assassin tries to disqualify the prosecution team

| January 16, 2026 | 23 Comments

Tyler Robinson’s defense team is trying to get an entire prosecution team removed from prosecuting the case. They argued that one of the prosecutors’ adult children was at the event and witnessed the assassination. They suggested that this fact presents a conflict of interest that may negatively impact how the trial plays out for their […]

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Greenland and National Security

Greenland and National Security

| January 16, 2026 | 49 Comments

Trump knows good real estate — and he knows Greenland’s value to national security Trump has lit a bonfire under Denmark and NATO to spur much-needed progress to counter Russia and China By Rebecca Grant “The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we […]

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Valor Friday

Valor Friday

| January 16, 2026 | 1 Comment

Regular readers of this column will no doubt have noticed that I prefer to put considerable effort into my subjects. When time doesn’t permit that (I got a quartet of young kids with active schedules), you’ll also have noticed that I phone it in. I either point y’all to another article or just do a […]

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We almost lost the Unknown Soldier?

We almost lost the Unknown Soldier?

| January 16, 2026 | 4 Comments

Gonna give a hat-tip to Jeff LPH for this one. Certainly a bit of history they don’t teach very much, if at all. We decided to select an Unknown Soldier to represent the many unidentified war dead from WWI. There were certainly many available – by 1921, there were still 1,237 unidentified. The English had […]

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