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Lost... and Found. All valuables therein are safe and sound, of course. - FbL
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So, they tried to get $500k to send the largest care package mailing in United States history. What do you think happened? With gas prices rocketing, food prices rocketing, people pinching pennies and trying not to lose their homes along with their jobs?
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Well...they raised over a million. That's right, $1,055, 717 to be exact.
That's right. Only in America. Cash strapped folks dug in to their pockets and made sure the troops were taken care of. Sometimes I worry about America, then there are days like these that make you damn proud to be a citizen.
In other "OMG!" news, North Korea blows up the cooling tower of its Yongbyan nuclear plant in exchange for being removed from the "terrorist blacklist".
Yes, the worst president in the world has succeeded in disarming one more rogue state with nuclear weapons. The nerve. Especially since it was his fault they started trying to make nuclear weapons fifteen years ago. Obviously, Ol' Kimmie feared the governor of Texas something fierce back in those days. -Kat
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Using Toronto's Pride Parade as a recruiting opportunity for the CF. - Damian
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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.<p>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.</p><p>Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*</p><p>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.</p><p>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".</p>
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And how do you get this other stuff to appear above the fold? It tried putting it in the excerpt section and it didn't seem to work. Need stome edumacation, please.
*waving thanks to everybody back home*