"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
You really never leave
Here’s an interesting article about supermarkets adopting “single line” policies. The idea is that customers, rather than lining up at individual cash registers, get in one long line instead; when customers reach the head of the line they go straight to whichever cash register is empty. Been there, done that. In the early 1980s the wife of General […]
Okay, I cede the battle. Our ground squirrels and pack rats are smarter than the traps I set out for them. For now, they have the run of the property. For now, they scoff at me. Vermin take note: I have not ceded the war. Yesterday’s news today: our first 100-degree day; regular gas finally […]
Toward the end of my military career, US Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill McPeak instituted a host of changes. He was one of those egomaniacs who, put into a position of great power, are compelled to change everything. He killed Strategic Air Command. He made us rewrite every USAF regulation because he didn’t like the word “regulation.” He […]
. . . or does anyone else see this coming? Even I, a peacenik from way back, have to admit: we can’t leave Iraq. Ever. No matter how bad it gets. So the Iraqis turn out to be unredeemably venal and corrupt, a nation of murderers bent on ethnically cleansing themselves out of existence. So […]
Headline at a liberal blog: BREAKING: Air Force Censors Liberal Websites, But Leaves Conservative Ones Alone. Shocking. Simply Shocking. Previous entries in this thread: here, here, here, & here.
Wonkette gets a letter from a marine in Iraq, complaining about the military blocking internet sites: Unfortunately anonomizers don’t work out here (never have). Anyway, I had a few minutes today and thought I’d look and see what else was banned on the Marine web here. I think the results speak for themselves: Wonkette – Forbidden, […]
Headline in the Stars & Stripes: No “Brokeback Mountain” for overseas troops Officials: Film’s absence due to timing, not subject matter I used to wonder how my other blog wound up on the military network’s banned list. Now, at last, I know. It’s the timing, not the subject matter!
Remember this entry? Who dares question my Jeanne Dixon-like powers? From Military.com: Gas Shortages Hit Some AAFES Stations The closure of refineries and offshore oil platforms as well as oil pipeline failures in the Southeastern United States are impacting fuel availability at Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) gas stations. Citing the destruction left […]