Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite.
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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CAPT H sends us to Grouchy Old Cripple Denny, who provides us with this gem on how to speak Democrat:
I'm sure Jason or perhaps Cliff can provide the other side... because there *is* an other side... -the Armorer
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One for “Things That Go *Boom*’ files: they’ve done a “Steve Austin” on the I-500 penetrator bomb. Good. So now can we stop talking about ‘first use’ in relation to a strike on Iran on these interwebs thingy? (Read as ‘we don’t need to use ‘mini-nukes’ so talking about it like we must is just a scare tactic for the anti-nuc wet knickers types’)
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All your wars belong to Purple. Yeah, I know, I’m not funny.
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*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. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".
It's "All your wars are now belong to Purple."
Ya gotta quote the B-grade stuff almost exaclty or they'll just think you're making an obscure reference to an 18th-Century chemistry experiment.