H&I Fires* 1 May 2008
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You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place...
Time to add a new caveat, because from email it's not clear to some folks (mind you, if you don't read this it won't matter...) Being an open post, people (collectively, the Denizens) other than I post in the H&I. They sign their work (most of the time) - keep that in mind when you want to flame someone in email please - if it doesn't say "The Armorer" or "John" then I didn't write it! And honestly - if you don't like something said or posted... leave a comment, and hash it out (within the context of The Rulez which are clearly posted on the comment form, I would add).
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I've always had a weakness for Indiana Jones. I would've swooned if I'd ever met this guy!: Nazi treasure, giant scorpions... and a crystal skull: The adventures of the REAL Indiana Jones. [h/t Grim]
The Man Who Grew a Finger. Or, to be more specific... regrew it. Be sure to scroll down to the article.
This is the absolute best political photoshop evah. Evah, I tell ya! (Commentary's pretty good, too). - FbL
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A noble and selfless local police officer escorts ducklings across busy multi-lane road. No casualties. We like our duckies here in the soggy corner of the map ...
-Bad Cat Robo(t)
Castle Ducklings Abbott and Costello give Two Wingtips Up and a amiable flick 'o the tail feathers to Officer Friendly and the well behaved drivers who facilitated the crossing. -the Armorer
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WE GOT ONE! Al-Qaida in Somalia head targeted in US strike
"Our brother martyr Aden Hashi, has received what he was looking for — death for the sake of Allah — at the hands of the United States," Robow told The Associated Press by phone.
Yep. he sure did. -Kat
Update: The report says that the strike might harden "moderate Islamist" sentiment against the US prior to the peace conference to be held in Djibouti next week. Jawa says that's bunk because Ayro was threatening to kill anyone who attended that conference. -Kat
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We have a stain on our flag. It's called Iran.
From the Carter administration forward to the current administration, we have always found excuses not to strike Iran, even when faced with undeniable proof. We have never had a stain on our flag like the rogue Iranian regime has continuously imposed on us.-Kat
*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.
Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".
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