Category Archives: Whatever

OK, explain it to me.

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Pat Lang

Comment: I am at a loss over this. pl  7,669 total views

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Posted in government, Whatever | 25 Comments

“SUNRISE, SUNSET >> Sometimes the show is behind you” – TTG

Posted on July 26, 2021 by TTG

“Anne Hupka of Stafford County recently captured this photo of anti crepuscular rays from her family’s home on the Potomac Creek. Similar to the shafts of light we see shining from the sun, anticrepuscular rays appear in the sky opposite … Continue reading →

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Posted in TTG, Whatever | 4 Comments

“… so why was he treated like a ‘demented old man’?”

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Pat Lang

” … she claims her research shows that rather than dementia, Lord Douglas was in fact suffering from post traumatic stress disorder – a term only officially coined in 1980. Of course the terms “shell-shock” and “war neurosis” had been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Science, Whatever | 2 Comments

The Church of England is dying? A symptom of the death of the West?

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Pat Lang

“Lately, the Church of England has been hellbent on a course which is almost designed to cause distress to traditionally-minded vicars and parishioners: the lowly footsoldiers who do the flowers, run the choir and generally keep their beloved old church … Continue reading →

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Posted in Religion, Whatever | 10 Comments

Redoubts 9 and 10 – Where the US was born.

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Pat Lang

(Reposted) Without the service of the French Regulars, Cornwallis would never have surrendered.  Anthony Wayne’s Continentals and these men captured these two strong redoubts in night bayonet attacks.  There are a whole lot of these fellows buried out in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in France, Politics, The Military Art, Whatever | 103 Comments

My WAG would be a Florida sinkhole.

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Pat Lang

“While the entire coastline in that part of Florida is settling (sinking) a couple millimeters per year, experts say the deeply buried concrete pilings would have ensured that wasn’t a concern—unless some type of void or sinkhole opened up beneath … Continue reading →

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Posted in Current Affairs, Whatever | 14 Comments

“The Myth of a Majority-Minority America” Richard Alba et al

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Pat Lang

“The narrative that nonwhite people will soon outnumber white people is not only divisive, but also false. In recent years, demographers and pundits have latched on to the idea that, within a generation, the United States will inevitably become a majority-minority … Continue reading →

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News of the day

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Pat Lang

People who have no guts are trying to deal with Putin who has lots of guts. All you do is tell him is that if his guys do not clean up the ransom attacks, NSA/US Cybercommand will wreck his little … Continue reading →

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Posted in Russia, Whatever | 25 Comments

The Joy of Being Local – TTG

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Andrei Martyanov

Or in the words of Buckaroo Banzai, “No matter where you go, there you are.” Damned good movie, btw. I have always preferred my local print newspaper to the infinite stream of information on the internet. This morning the Free … Continue reading →

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Posted in TTG, Whatever | 2 Comments

“The Scouring of the Shire” – JRR Tolkien

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Pat Lang

“”The Scouring of the Shire” is the penultimate chapter of the high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader “Sharkey”, revealed … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reconstruction Renewed, Whatever | 15 Comments