It’s Sunday funnies time … well, sort of. But here is today’s list of stories that I have been perusing for anyone who wants to see them. You, the reader, as usual, are welcome to make any comments you wish, either here or at my Facebook page. Your choice.
Note: Each block of text actually is a link to a story or a web page that I am commenting on. Click on that text and it will take to the page being referred to.
Sometimes it is hard to explain ... how tortured your soul can be ... even if you weren't a trigger puller. I salute this woman and this man - both soldiers - for their courage, dedication and honor.
More eat this and not that, based on the latest study ... as if we all are going to live forever. Get over it ... and enjoy life.
This is a very good lesson for anyone: How to hold a pistol and not hurt yourself.
This story sounds like the VA we veterans have come to know and love
They tried outlawing guns, now with the Brits start outlawing knives? Violent crime is violent crime ... and people will find a weapon
The point about credibility in this commentary is what I have warned reporters about all my journalistic career. It is the only currency they have, and if they waste it, then they are no longer of any value, because who will believe anything they write.
Sometimes it does fall to the individual citizen to stand and protect his community. Don't agree with that? Then who is supposed to do it ... the less than 1 percent that you hire to keep watch? When did your obligation as a citizen of you community fall so low that you no longer have any responsibility to it?
As I read this story, I was once again struck by the ignorance of the reporter ... which is one reason the military really has a dislike for journalists for their penchant to mess up facts. In Texas, there is the Texas National Guard (Army and Air Branches) and the Texas State Guard. They are two entirely different and separate creatures. The National Guards are dual role organizations primarily funded by the federal government as a military reserve but under the command of the state's governor unless mobilized for federal service. The State Guard is an entirely state funded organization. It is has little equipment, few arms (if any) and is backup force to the National Guard in state emergencies. Unfortunately, the reporter in this story identified the State Guard as the National Guard. Granted, the whole Jade Helm exercise has blown out of proportion by wackos, but you can blame the Army pretty much for that as they can't seem to get the Public Affairs act together (which usually is the case)
Chattanooga shooter: Let's see how many excuses they can trot out to avoid saying this was a lone wolf Islamic Jihadi bent on a terrorist attack.
USS Little Rock (LCS-9) - Puff piece for the Navy ... heck, the old destroyer I sailed on forty years ago was bigger than this tub. Granted, the Navy says it is for " littoral" combat, but it really is not much of a match for any blue water ship in any Navy.
Now this is a mystery ... and I doubt it ever will be solved ... but I can some old cowpoke wondering where he left it.
Want to know why some young people go to war ... ISIS knows ... and unfortunately it also knows how to do it and take advantage of these young men.
The Dishwasher Debate: Well, I always have been a handle down kind of guy ... that way the pointy things don't go through the cracks and jam things up.
A commentary from Israel on the Iran Deal ... it bespeaks of much sadness ... and of a world that has already discounted and forgotten history. I talked with a young man the other day who didn't even know who the enemy was in the Cold War. We are just a tragedy waiting to happen, people.
Here it is, for those with the patience and perseverance. in all its 159 pages of glory ... read it and weep.
With all due respect, but this is what is wrong with this country. We are being Balkanized. This politician had it right the first time: ALL LIVES MATTER ... and if you are African-American and don't like that, then you have a problem. If there is police misconduct, then yes, by all means, the offending officers should pay the price the judicial system calls for. But we can not stand have only one race's lives being given precedence over another. That is wrong whether it is black, white, yellow, red or tan. It shouldn't matter, and if it does, then we are just perpetuating the problem. And it is never necessary to apologize for or get booed for for saying all lives matter. Those demanding the apology or doing the booing are just as wrong as those who perpetrate violence against others.
Rainbow flag lovers: Take note of this ...
This is some of the violence that those who are not into trans-whatever are faced with ... Sorry, people but the shoe is on the other foot now, and it is not very pretty, is it.
Demonstrations in Columbia - I say throw the whole tawdry lot in the hoosegow ... but we can't do that ... but those on either side threatening to do violence do need a stay in the pokey.
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