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Hagel: “nonstop war” is forcing good troops to leave services
Proving why he was appointed by this White House to be the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel tells NPR that folks are leaving the service because of constant deployments to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hagel says that when, in a recent meeting, he spoke with a group of six promising young U.S. military […]
Monday morning feel good stories
Folks have been hard at work turning their lives around this past weekend, especially in South Carolina; Simpsonville Police Lt. James Donnelly says officers arrived at the scene within four minutes and found the homeowner present and another party laying on the ground outside of the residence. Deputy Coroner Jeff Fowler has identified the deceased […]
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 […]
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