Lynndie England has been sentenced to 3 years in jail. She says she was used by her boyfriend, Charles Graner: Two former guards, testifying for the prosecution yesterday, both said England was naive and devoted to her soldier boyfriend, Charles Graner. They said Graner’s strong personality trumped military rank to
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Lynndie England has been sentenced to 3 years in jail. She says she was used by her boyfriend, Charles Graner: Two former guards, testifying for the prosecution yesterday, both said England was naive and devoted to her soldier boyfriend, Charles Graner. They said Graner’s strong personality trumped military rank to
Continue readingTop 10 Chinese songs!
Bitchbert has another cool song up on her blog. That’s 3 in a row. 7 more and we can publish a Bitchbert’s greatest hits album. Run on over and check it out. The song is in Chinese, but its still a cool song……… If anyone knows the artist, please let
Continue readingWhere does freedom of speech begin or end?
A recent event got me to thinking about this interconnected world of ours. A blogger I read daily and enjoy, who has a life experience similar to mine, got found out by a colleague. He debated stopping blogging all together. Fortunately for us all , he seems to be over
Continue readingWhen the bosses are on the phone…PRESSURE!
I like Billy Joel’s music. I especially like his music from the 80’s. We used to adapt it to our various situations in the ready room, as a kind of JO amusement. For example those of us who worked in the world famous Screwtops maintenance department ( This was my
Continue readingTyphoon golf …and some idle musings.
Note to self: There is a reason you don’t smoke. You really should try and remember it. Cigars +beer make your mouth feel like a truck ran through it in the morning……….. Should not have smoked the big Cubans last night. They were good cigars, but I only smoke cigars
Continue readingI did not ask for a cat, I did not want a cat…….
S.O. is furious tonight. The kitten will not remember where the litter box is, and thus decided the shag rug we have was the place to do her business. Now mind you I warned the S.O. that this was a young kitten and needed time, but I still got a
Continue readingBy request—-Friday Beer and Babes……with an extra babe!
Its been an incredibly busy week. Our big bosses are coming out next week and so everyone is in a dither. Have been crunching transportation numbers and AMC (Another Mission Cancelled) expenditure/ on time rates till the cows come home. Three conclusions are inescapable: 1) If AMC were a business,
Continue reading4 years into the war-a reasoned assessment.
I received this STRATFOR piece from a friend of mine who works in the defense consulting field. It provides a really balanced account, coming to the conclusion that a) the US is ahead on points, but b)the “war” is not yet won by a long shot. However there has been
Continue readingWatching political fantasy.
One of the neat things about living overseas, is that TV shows show up late and out of sync with the normal TV season, on AFN. In a world where our military leadership is able to micro manage military operations from the Pentagon via satellite communications, I still cannot see
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