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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 [...] Share on Facebook 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 [...] From the under appreciated classic So I Married an Axe Murderer… this scene was referenced here earlier this week. Anthony LaPaglia’s losing it which makes it funnier. Share on Facebook 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 [...] Two different teasers… I liked the first one… the brawl between the news teams was genius and Jack Black kicking Baxter off the Coronado Bridge made me laugh out loud. And I’ve mostly ignored Will Ferrell so he hasn’t burned any bridges with me. Share on [...] 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 [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook 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 [...] I am going, I am going; Any which way the wind may be blowing I am going, I am going; Where streams of whiskey are flowing Share on Facebook 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 [...] Interesting premise I guess… if The Minority Report, A Clockwork Orange, Assault on Precinct 13, and The Panic Room had a baby… Share on Facebook Hey man, a Muslim Brother’s got to have some chicken! For six years, Rafat Shororo longed for the taste of a KFC sandwich he had eaten in Egypt. This week, he got his finger lickin’ fix at home in the Gaza Strip after a local delivery company managed to smuggle it from Egypt through [...] Share on Facebook MARTINI, GARY W. Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Place and Date: Binh Son, Republic of Vietnam, 21 April 1967 Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On 21 [...] |
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