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The sound you just heard was the sound of worldwide irony meters pegging out:

Clinton didn’t pay health insurance bills

Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out.

Clinton, who is being pressured to end her [...]

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NoKo Logic

An army general from the North Korean worker’s paradise tells of the consequences should South Korea respond to a North Korean attack:

“Our military will not sit idle until warmongers launch a pre-emptive strike,” said an unidentified KCNA military commentator. “Everything will be in ashes, not just a sea of fire, if our advanced [...]

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Sunday flying

Four years stood between my last flight in a Navy jet and my first flights as the employee of a tour company flying bug smashers. In the interval I had gotten out of the long accustomed habit of checking the weather. Not observing it or remarking upon it, but checking it. A professional pilot [...]

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Job search

Meh. It could be worse

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Blink

As best I can tell, the murderous intra-sectarian conflict in Southern Iraq has been all about pre-election positioning. Moqtada Sadr’s people have the economically critical port city of Basra by the throat and stood ready to increase their parliamentary representation throughout the Shia heartland via the same sort of violent intimidation they had used [...]

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Howard Dean on military service

Two statements about the importance of military service to a national statesman – pick the one made by Howard Dean:

A) While we honor (the candidate’s) military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn

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Letters on the service

I got a thoughtful letter from a young architect a few months back, a fellow pondering a career change:

I’m sure you have received messages like this before so I will attempt to be brief, and probably fail miserably. I came across your blog a bit randomly as I searched for more information on [...]

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Any Virginia Beach readers?

Here’s an opportunity to jock up for a good cause:

March 29th, 2008 a Fight Gone Bad Fund Raiser for the families of Tommy Valentine and Nate Hardy will be held at CrossFit Virginia Beach and other participating CrossFit Affiliates. Additional donations can be sent to the “Nate Hardy Memorial Fund” or the “Thomas [...]

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Brass

To go along with the “Green Water” vid below, SJ Bill sends along this pic from the past:

Here’s one of my old boat, the Essex, back in ’60. Note the brand spanking new C1A spotted aft for a deck run off the angle. I think the pilot was Horst [...]

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Green water

Over the bow.

Sailor stuff.

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