RSS- Save our comrades, and their families, please, please.
- Who? What?
- Starliner Orbital Flight test 2
- Sinema and Manchin should go GOP.
- Biles is a weakling.
- ” … Abbott bans ground transport of potentially infected migrants into communities”
- The Afghan Air Force is already crumbling.
- Some Covid Vaccines Make the Virus More Dangerous
- ” … watch Nauka catch the space station.” Astro Bob
- Looks like Nauka is going to “make it” after all.
Category Archives: Prose
Review of “Tattoo” by Publisher’s Week
https://booklife.com/project/tattoo-54552 5,098 total views
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Posted in Books, Prose, The Military Art
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“The Procurator of Judea” Anatole France
“Long did I seek her in disreputable alleys and taverns. It was more difficult to learn to do without her than to lose the taste for Greek wine. Some months after I lost sight of her, I learned by chance … Continue reading
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Posted in Prose, Religion
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Shakespeare is not “woke”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/william-shakespeare-ditched-by-woke-teachers-over-misogyny-racism “William Shakespeare, thou hast been getting canceled. An increasing number of woke teachers are refusing to study the Bard — accusing his classic works of promoting “misogyny, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism, and misogynoir.” A slew of English literature teachers told … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
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“Winter Quarters” 1863-1864 Pat Lang ( from Death Piled Hard)
Winter Quarters (Orange, Virginia) "The seemingly endless time of cold darkness crept past in a succession of grey days and long nights. In its camps, the Army of Northern Virginia once again experienced the religious fervor that came … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Prose
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“Targets,” an old story by Jim Peak (Basilisk)
Jim had been out shooting with a friend and wrote this. pl ———— The two men, heavy laden with the implements of destruction, scuffed through crunching autumn leaves. The scent of winter was somewhere near by. “I … Continue reading
Posted in Prose
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“Strike The Tent” trilogy by W. Patrick Lang
Available from: iUniverse http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx?Search=patrick%20lang E-Book version of all three available at iUniverse Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/W–Patrick-Lang?keyword=W.+Patrick+Lang&store=allproducts&iehack=%E2%98%A0 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Butchers-Cleaver-Confederate-Secret-Services/dp/0595474764/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358700423&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Butcher%27s+Cleaver I was interviewed some time ago by the North Carolina Museum of History concerning the writing of this trilogy. "The Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Intelligence, Prose
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Thanksgiving in the Field – 1863 from “Death Piled Hard” reposted 2020
One of my pre-occupations is the cycle of novels that I wrote concerned with what I think I learned in life. It is set in the American Civil War and called "Strike the Tent." Why? If I knew why perhaps I could … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose
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“The Major Won the Croix de Guerre” Alan Farrell
In Memorial Day weekend and in honor of MACVSOG I have decided to put up Alan Farrell's story as titled above. It is one of my favorites. The unit involved was really a "hatchet company" of MACVSOG. pl Download The … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Humor, Prose
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Elon Musk and Isaac Asimov
"Last year, Elon Musk's personal Tesla might have gotten all the headlines during SpaceX's historic rocket launch back back in February, but the Falcon Heavy also carried a second, secret payload almost nobody knew about. Stashed inside the midnight-cherry Roadster … Continue reading
Lava Tubes on Luna – Why build a lunar space station?
" … a graduate student in Purdue's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, led the study that examined whether empty lava tubes more than 1 kilometer wide could remain structurally stable on the moon. The Purdue team found … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Space
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