Monthly Archives: July 2008

Kaboom: Update

Posted on July 27, 2008 by

To quote a movie, ‘our job is to protect democracy, not to practice it.” – DEA Agent Jeffrey Sweetin CAPT G (yes, that’s a promotion for those of you keeping track at home) had his blog shut down last month … Continue reading →

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Remembering what’s important.

Posted on July 25, 2008 by

Unless you’ve been living in an Internet vacuum recently, then you’re aware of who Randy Pausch is. If you’re not, you really should be. A professor at Carnegie-Mellon University, Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August of 2007 and … Continue reading →

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Old School Pirates Can’t be Far Behind.

Posted on July 23, 2008 by

In this, our world plagued with high fuel costs and even higher costs of gas emissions, it seems that Ye Olde Tall Ships are making a minor comeback. (H/T to CDR S.) The first commercial cargo of French wine to … Continue reading →

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Bring the Pain

Posted on July 22, 2008 by

Utilizing diesel submarines from other countries is nothing new for the US Navy. I’ve seen boat crews from Peru, Columbia, and Chile pulling into Norfolk for years to go play with our surface fleet as the skimmers desperately try to … Continue reading →

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When it rains…

Posted on July 21, 2008 by

… it pours. In what may be the most ill-timed press coverage of strange events ever, some former Air Force officers went on Larry King to discuss how they “knew that nuclear missiles had been tampered with by UFO’s.” Now … Continue reading →

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