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video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player NOW you can get snow cones at the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park: The Houston Astros are winning, the hot dogs are selling, and all is right with the world at Minute Maid Park. But not inside a men’s restroom. Cell phone video shows a ball park snow cone vendor [...] CRILLEY, FRANK WILLIAM Rank and organization: Chief Gunner’s Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 September 1883, Trenton, N.J. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. (19 November 1928). Citation: For display of extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession above and beyond the call of duty during the diving operations in connection with the sinking in a depth [...] MUNRO, DOUGLAS ALBERT Rank and organization: Signalman First Class, U.S. Coast Guard Born: 11 October 1919, Vancouver, British Columbia. Accredited to Washington. Citation: For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry m action above and beyond the call of duty as Petty Officer in Charge of a group of 24 Higgins boats, engaged in the evacuation [...] This is outrageous. Obama is going to say some pretty words today. Don’t forget his administration is a cluster foxtrot From NBC Dallas-Ft. Worth: The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that [...] SPRAYBERRY, JAMES M . Rank and Organization: Captain (then 1st Lt.), U.S. Army, Company D, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and Date: Republic of Vietnam, 25 April 1968 Date of Issue: 10/09/1969 Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and [...] A US Airways turboprop jet was forced to make an emergency belly landing last night at Newark International Airport… security cam footage above; photo of the plane below and the pilot (Ed Powers, left) at bottom: Pilot Ed Powers poses alongside his co-pilot and a member of the cabin crew after the [...] KANE, JOHN R. (Air Mission) Rank and organization: Colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force. Place and date: Ploetsi Raid, Rumania, 1 August 1943. Entered service at: Shreveport, La. Birth: McGregor, Tex. G.O. No.: 54, 9 August 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry in action and intrepidity at the risk of his life above [...] Stupid burglars… stupid stupid burglars. The victim of an armed home invasion in Houston has turned the tables on the brazen intruders after they stuffed him into a closet that turned out to be the place where he stores his gun. Police say it all started at around 2pm Tuesday when three men broke [...] McGUNIGAL, PATRICK Rank and organization: Shipfitter First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 30 May 1876, Hubbard, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 341, 1917. Citation: For extraordinary heroism while attached to the Huntington. On the morning of 17 September 1917, while the U.S.S. Huntington was passing through the war zone, a kite balloon was sent [...] I will take this one opportunity to applaud a Philadelphia Eagle. Eagles offensive lineman Evan Mathis posted this photo on Instagram. And when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tweeted about it Mathis retweeted… @nflcommish I’m offended by the actions of Philadelphia Eagle player Evan Mathis peeing on the IRS sign in front of the IRS [...] Walter Russell Mead has a great essay at Via Meadia on the accomplices to abortionist Kenneth Gosnell’s serial murder and medical malpractice — Pennsylvania’s regulators including Republican Governor Tom Ridge. Gosnell spent nearly forty years running his clinic. According to the grand jury report, during that time he performed hundreds of abortions on women who [...] AUSTIN, OSCAR P. Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, (Rein), FMF Place and Date: West of Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, 23 February 1969 Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call [...] Map: Click to enlarge. Data source: World Values Survey The Washington Post has an interesting piece on a survey a couple of Swedish economists conducted on attitudes towards race around the world. When two Swedish economists set out to examine whether economic freedom made people any more or less racist, they knew how they [...] DOOLITTLE, JAMES H. (Air Mission) Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Air Corps. Place and date: Over Japan. Entered service at: Berkeley, Calif. Birth: Alameda, Calif. G.O. No.: 29, 9 June 1942. Citation: For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With [...] *HARTELL, LEE R. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Battery A, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Kobangsan-ni, Korea, 27 August 1951. Entered service at: Danbury, Conn. G.O. No.: 16, 1 February 1952. Citation: 1st. Lt. Hartell, a member of Battery A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry [...] Islamic Republic of Iran — bastion of government accountability: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying his former chief of staff to register for June’s presidential vote, the country’s electoral watchdog said. Iran’s electoral law forbids the use of state resources on behalf of or against any candidate, and bans individuals from [...] Corporal Jason L. Dunham Date of Issue: 01/11/2007 Organization: U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental [...] *THOMAS, WILLIAM H. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, 149th Infantry, 38th Infantry Division. Place and date: Zambales Mountains Luzon, Philippine Islands, 22 April 1945. Entered service at: Ypsilanti, Mich. Birth. Wynne, Ark. G.O. No.: 81, 24 September 1945. Citation: He was a member of the leading squad of Company B, which [...] In putting together the brief version of the 1-227th Aviation Regiment’s history, you can’t help but learn a few things, so, in my debut post on Threedonia, I’d like to share what I learned: The Spur Ride: The leadership usually disliked it and would sometimes chew out the pilots who did it. There were guys, [...] |
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