We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:03:28 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...with lots of meaty, portentous posts and comments - and not enough silliness. So. Silliness! There is a photo below the fold in the Flash Traffic/Extended Entry provided by Boquisucio. It's pretty much safe for most work environments, but... it's down there so no one is embarrassed when they go to a co-worker, "Hey! Lookit this cool website I found, that got lots of good military stuff on ...GAAAAAAAACK!" Boq proposes a caption contest. I'll get you started, with a caption that will give you a clue, too. "An Israeli General Staff officer, mistaking the movie "300" for a documentary,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:10:28 -0600 Sanger - read everything you mentioned, and would add Hermann Goering and Sam Clemens on the river... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69326 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69326 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:50:48 -0600 As they stand overlooking Berkley, Private Smith shows solidarity with code pink and political enlightenment by vowing to never shave his legs. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69286 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69286 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:06:39 -0600 Oh, and here's a caption, not original with me I'm afraid: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69279 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69279 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:51:03 -0600 Relax, Sanger, it's ohh-kayy. Welcome to the quadrangle of earnest weirdness on the intartubez, composed of the milbloggers, the autistics, the gun nuts, and the SF fans. All the best, Tregonsee. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69277 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69277 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:39:36 -0600 JMH wrote: "Tarl Cabot Returns!" Wow!!! I got a genuine flash of real adolescent sexual thrill memories when I read that name!!! I read Tarnsman of Gor in the late 60s or early 70s (I was 10 in 66), I think, and most of the rest of that series until well into the mid 70s, I am sure. I thougt they were just the greatest--I loved them, but I haven't returned to them or even thought about them for a couple of decades at least! Just wow! really! Of course, I've read a lot of 'good' stuff in my life, but I have always been partial to trash fiction too. I was a real fan of Mack Bolan until he started working for the government, of Sadler's Casca, of the Lensmen, Doc Savage, and almost every single Star trek book written up to about 1995. And as much as I dislike Hubbard, I think Battlefield Earth was among the best SF of its kind, at least as good as Ender's Game, which may be the best SF book of its genre ever written. And of course, Nathan Brazil, and Dragons of Pern, and all of Darkover too. And lots, lots more..... Sad, huh? And now you all know my dirty little secret... Even so, thanks for dredging that one up, JMH! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69275 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69275 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:53:19 -0600 Sgt. Amos to Cpl. Eyal: "Next Guinea I hear bleating "BUTTCHEEKS-BUTTCHEEKS", will end up in tomorrow's stew. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69268 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69268 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:20:22 -0600 PVT: "Sarge, can't we just call the MPs and let them catch the guys who stole our uniforms?" SGT: "No. Keep looking." ----------------- Alternate: Having failed to defeat the IDF in battle, Hamas scores a success in the first of what it promises will be many 'embarassment raids.' http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69266 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69266 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:49:51 -0600 Cap'n H just admitted, in public, to having knowlege of Gor! Harharhar! Oops, so did I! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69265 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69265 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:37:49 -0600 On the way back from the showers, LCPL F and PVT J realized that they had forgotten just ONE (essential) piece of gear... I'm right - see, there are shower shoes!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69262 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69262 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:34:40 -0600 Tarl Cabot Returns! The New Panoply! Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69261 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69261 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:31:46 -0600 "Luckily for Privates Lapid and Eshkol, the IDF moved to a 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy years ago." I think he meant, "Luckily for Lapid and Eshkol's privates......." ML]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69259 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69259 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:49:59 -0600 Cpl. Eyal to Sgt. Amos: "Hey Sgt. weren't these new Cammies supposed to make us invisible? Or are they just invisible BDU's?" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69258 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69258 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:38:04 -0600 the bare minimum Spartan even but that one guy is way to hairy http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69255 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69255 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:58:15 -0600 Unable to afford uniforms for their newly-minted security guards, Berkeley was able to come up with marshmallow shooters, tin foil hats, and those cute lil' man-purses. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69253 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69253 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:54:15 -0600 Clearly, an illustration from the IDF field manual on "Nude Beach Infiltration". http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69252 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69252 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:44:04 -0600 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy years ago."]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69251 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69251 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:34:32 -0600 The armourer must have been just out of camera range..... Did I just hear a sigh of reief? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69250 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69250 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:19:03 -0600 Soldier #1: I swear, these budget cuts are making it harder and harder for me to get a new uniform. Soldier #2: Shut up and keep an eye out for President Clinton. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69248 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69248 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:04:41 -0600 In keeping with the Elapid theme as of late... Sgt. Amos & Cpl. Eyal stalk out on patrol in search for the elusive Black Mamba. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69247 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69247 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:04:41 -0600 Brings new meaning to the "Reporting as ordered, Sir" tag to get to the comments, doesn't it? The Armorer must have been just out of camera range..............? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69246 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69246 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:59:23 -0600 Wow. Are those guns circumsized? Or are they just happy to be in a firefight? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69236 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/okay_this_has_b.html#comment-69236 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:23:09 -0600