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- Interview with Kyrylo Budanov
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- A bloodsucking parasite
- The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- “Be careful what you wish for:” DoD official warns separate cyber force could pose new challenges
- Does the U.S. government really not know where an F35 jet is after the pilot ejected?
- Officials say 5 prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran
Category Archives: Whatever
Dog Days of Summer
Let sleeping dogs lie. So the saying goes. And now, in this summer of content, I will do just that. Yet there’s more, that sense of anticipation, of something that needs to Come out! Yes, yes; it is time, long … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Fred, Gastronomie, Humor, Whatever
Tagged bacon, dog, dog days, lgbtq+, sandwhich
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Diversity
“The neo-con success is based on the ignorance of the people they lecture, those people for whom the Arab/Muslim is a sub-human – incapable of ‘higher’ things like patriotism, or love of his people, desire for his children to have … Continue reading
Posted in Habakkuk, TTG, Whatever
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Everglades Challenge 2023 – TTG
For the tenth year or so, I invite the Turcopolier Committee of Correspondence to check out this year’s running of the Everglades Challenge. I discovered this event now well over a decade ago. I still have dreams of participating in … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Whatever
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Just for fun – TTG
What’s not to like, a light hearted adventure of a Pole and a Bavarian on a shunting proa. And a sea shanty thrown in for good measure. Reminds me of my own adventures with a Pole, a Bavarian and windsurfers … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, TTG, Whatever
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A good yarn by Electra Rhodes – TTG
It was six years ago, and my mate, Pink, had just been told he was going to die. He accepted the news with a grace I can only marvel at, but he said he’d a list of things he’d still … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Whatever
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How to stop the Mexican and other cartels …
Many years ago, I gave my opinion here on this subject. My opinion is based on: 1- The belief that even cartelistas fear death, 2- The US possesses a strong, well experienced set of commando forces in SOCOM, 3- The … Continue reading
Posted in Mexico, The Military Art, Whatever
133 Comments
My brother, the swift fox ….
“Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm plows that turned open prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed into cropland and cattle … Continue reading
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The voyage of the Sarimanok – TTG
In 1985, a seacraft named the ‘Sarimanok’, a 20-meter long double outrigger canoe adzed from a single tree in the Southern Philippines, was constructed to re-enact the migration from Indonesia of human settlers on Madagascar (based on archaeological evidence) some 2,500 … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Whatever
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“La Grande Fete de Merci Donnant” Buchwald – reposted 2022
“They landed at a place called Plymouth (once a famous voiture Americaine ) in a wooden sailing ship called the Mayflower (or Fleur de Mai ) in 1620. But while the Pelerins were killing the dindes, the Peaux-Rouges were killing … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, Whatever
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