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Some Thoughts on “Deflate-Gate”
Author’s Note: What follows is not normal TAH fare. But I’ve seen so much scientifically illiterate speculation and bogus commentary on this particular issue that I could damn near hurl. And all our regular readers know how I am about running numbers to ground. (smile) That illiteracy includes a whopper of a “rookie” mistake that […]
Cowards, liars and terrorists
We pride ourselves on being truthful here. We’ve messed up a few times and we admitted to it. Unfortunately, the people who we expose as liars are less truthful. They think that they can destroy our reputations, cost us our jobs and families with their lies and their threats. I don’t have to threaten anyone. […]
Yemen strategy
According to the Associated Press, President Obama doesn’t see a need to change the strategy in Yemen just because the government there has collapsed under the weight of Shiite revolutionaries; Obama, who is traveling in India, said U.S. operations against a dangerous al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen would not stop because of the country’s political vacuum. […]
Marshall Plumlee contracts with Army after Duke
Andy11M sends us a link to the news that the rather tall fellow in the picture above, Marshall Plumlee, the seven-foot basketball player at Duke, has contracted with the Army for service next year when his college career ends; The Duke Chronicle reported Thursday that the inspiration for Plumlee’s interest in joining the military was […]
Lewis Byrne; phony Marine POW
Scotty sends us his work on this Lewis Byrne fellow who claims that he was a POW and that he earned a Purple Heart. He lives in Passadena, Texas where he wears phony medals and uses his stories to get discounted stuff. The truth is that he spent about 45 days in the Marine Corps […]
For TAH’s Younger Readers: 20 Minutes with Al
TAH has a wide age range in it’s readership – from teens to those in their 80s (hello, Sam). Though many of our older readers may enjoy what follows, I’m writing this primarily for our younger readers – those who are maybe 30 and younger. For those younger readers, here’s a bit of unsolicited free […]
Sunday morning feel good story
Today’s feel good story comes from Ohio where 44-year-old William D. Hedrick escaped from the hospital after he was arrested for his previous encounter with an armed homeowner; According to Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless, at around 3 p.m. Thursday, they received a call in which they were advised that a homeowner had arrived home […]
Scott Beauchamps; abolish service academies
Do you remember Scott Beauchamps? I do. He was a mealy-mouthed little private who made up stories about his fellow soldiers back seven or eight years ago in the early days of this blog. The stories he created went across the country’s media. Mostly because they were total bullshit. Not only were the stories bullshit, […]
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