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22 YEARS LATER

Posted on September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Twenty-two years on, one scar’s still tender to the touch: the failure of our intelligence agencies and leadership to prevent an attack anyone could have seen coming (and many did, including me).

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Posted in History, Personal, Social Media, Terrorism, War, WordsTagged BigSeikoLittleDick, BojinkaPlot, BTVS, Metaplasmus, NineEleven, TimeHealsMostly2 Comments on 22 YEARS LATER

Tuesday Bag o’ This & That (Updated)

Posted on August 8, 2023August 9, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Hola, amigos! It’s been a while since I’ve posted a bag’s worth o’ miscellany.

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A Soldier’s Letter Home, March 15, 1919

Posted on May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 by Paul Woodford

I have a German Caboose, it is quite a swell affair and I live right in it, so I am always at home.

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Air-Minded: Ramming Speed

Posted on March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 by Paul Woodford

PlaneHistoria, you fraud, you don’t know shit.

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Is It Bad of Me to Gloat?

Posted on November 22, 2022December 7, 2022 by Paul Woodford

Itazuke Tower, this is Air Force 801.

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Air-Minded: Speedbrake Chaff

Posted on March 21, 2022January 30, 2023 by Paul Woodford

We made do with what we had and improvised when we could. So do Russian pilots, apparently.

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Relatively Civilized, Relatively European

Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 by Paul Woodford

I purposely avoid saying “World War III” because it strikes me as racist; as if only wars fought by white First-Worlders can rise to the level of a world war.

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Thursday Bag o’ Bark

Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 by Paul Woodford

When we walk, Fritzi and Lulu bark at anything and everything.

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Posted in Critters, Current Events, Local Color, Military, Personal, WarTagged #Dermatological_Woes, #TheDailyBarkfest, #Ukraine4 Comments on Thursday Bag o’ Bark

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