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Merry Christmas to all. Have a safe and happy holidays with your family and friends.

Here's a brief story, and a previously lost film clip of Sen. McCain's release to US Forces in 1973. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080911/ap_on_...n_vietnam_video Buddha

Yeah, glad this guy didn't end up hurt over this: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525530,00.html

Are any of you guys following this one: http://news.aol.com/article/marines-widow-...denied%2F673890 ? I married a Filipina in Tokyo in '84 and have been through a few immigration hassles myself, so this struck a chord with me. I find the idea that this woman and child may be deported reprehensible. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer both heard from me this morning. I urge all hands to do the same. Buddha

Balad warfighters unleash new weapon against insurgents "Two F-16 pilots with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here executed the first-ever combat employment of a GBU-54 Aug. 12 against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to support a combined Iraqi army and U.S. Marine operation." http://www.balad.afnews.af.mil/shared/medi...-080827-020.wmv

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WSJ.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Anybody want some top-secret seagoing vessels? The Navy has a pair it doesn't need anymore. It has been trying to give them away since 2006, and they're headed for the scrap yard if somebody doesn't speak up soon. One is called Sea Shadow. It's big, black and looks like a cross between a Stealth fighter and a Batmobile. It was made to escape detection on the open sea. The other is known as the Hughes (as in Howard Hughes) Mining Barge. It looks like a floating field house, with an arching roof and a door that is 76 feet wide and 72 feet high. Sea Shadow berths inside the barge, which keeps it safely hidden from spy satellites. The b…

Pretty expensive, mind you...

So who's looking forward to this one? If its anything like Band of Brothers ...

The whole collection of F-22 patches here: http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/20...blems/index.htm

Typically attributed to John Cleese, but apparently not by him (and probably not 2011 either), but funny as heck just the same. And to be a good sport, here's the new threat level apparently developed for Canada:

The old kangaroos often make our place a retirement home.