Saturday, April 30, 2016
Best of the Web*
*…that I’ve seen all week!
Political/SocioEconomic
Trump Vets Chair: Charity Money? Not My Problem
Top 6 Reasons Carly Fiorina is a Good Pick for Ted Cruz
Why Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe can't give felons right to vote without restoring their right to own guns
Federal judge delivers huge win for voter ID laws
Supreme Court allows Texas voter ID law to stand
Videos
HEWITT: (Trump) COULD Get to 1237...But Realistically I Wouldn't Bet a Dollar On It'
Bernie’s Castle In The Sky Delegate Math
GREAT NEW Cruz-n-Carly Ad
Culture
Progressives: Bayonetting Their Wounded -The clueless Left in all their glory
Dopey Reporting Is the Real Colorado GOP Delegate Story
9/11 Memorial guards order kids to stop singing national anthem
Lawyer Threatens to Sue Restaurant Over $2.25 Cup of Soup -Could someone please translate “while supplies last” into Latin for this bozo?
Technology
F-35 fighter jet now has computer 'brain' problem which could see entire fleet grounded
Scientists can now make lithium-ion batteries last a lifetime
Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics
Cartoon of the Day – NRO
Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies
Nat'l Enquirer: John Kasich's real dad was the milkman
Hillary's Email Scandal: By The Numbers
John Cox- KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD
Today's Toons 4/20/16
TGI Funnies, Sunday Funnies
Today's Toons 4/21/16
Humpday Humor
Ain't That The Truth
Cartoon Round-up...
TGIF 'toons
Cartoon Round Up
Today's Toons 4/22/16
Trump set to “steal” more delegates in “rigged” northeast primaries -William A. Jacobson (Expect faux outrage from Trump in 3-2-1...)
Linkfests:
Larwyn's Linx: The Great Transition
In The Mailbox: 04.27.16
Larwyn's Linx: Cruz and Kasich team up to stop Trump
In The Mailbox: 04.28.16
Larwyn's Linx: Trump set to “steal” more delegates in “rigged” northeast primaries
In The Mailbox: 04.29.16
Larwyn's Linx: “A Republic, if you can keep it.” Donald Trump and the Tyranny of the Mob
Rule Five Roundup:
(While all Rule Five posts may be NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly NSFW)
90 Miles From Tyranny - Morning Mistress, girls with guns, girls with guns, morning mistress
American Power- Hailey Clauson on Location in Beautiful Turks and Caicos (VIDEO)
By Other Means - Cosplay, Tap Rack & Bang,
The Daley Gator – Daley Babes: Jaymee Sire, Kim Flink, Jing Lusi
Daily Mail -Angelica Bridges, Kristin Cavallari
Good Monday Morning
Hump Day
EBL -Andrea Tantaros
Feral Irishman - Thursdeyes, Femme Fatale
Friday Night Babe - Lauren Conrad
Good Stuff's Cyber World #239
Knuckledraggin' My Life Away - Milfy Monday, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girls, Good morning girl
Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup ,If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see...
Flowing Curves of Beauty
Sex in Advertising - Got Milk?
College cheerleaders
The Last Tradition - Cindy Crawford
The Right Way -Friday Babe, Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama , Linkorama II
Vintage Babe of the Week – Adele Mara
Rule 5 Woodsterman Style
Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. Please send links of news, commentary, choice humor or Rule Fivage to: Proof.Positive@Hotmail.com
Quote du jour
He remembers the comet that killed off the rest of the dinosaurs!-Mike B, on Bernie Sanders comparing climate change to 9/11 terrorist attacks
Friday, April 29, 2016
Nekkid Trump Protesters
It was sunny & warm in the Bay Area today. Hopefully she was not advocating that Trump take his shirt off...
Just in case you were mislead by the headline, and were looking for Donald Trump Nude, you can find that here.
Just in case you were mislead by the headline, and were looking for Donald Trump Nude, you can find that here.
Friday Night Babe
Tonight's FNB* is Lauren Conrad, with a girl in sox for my friends at Fox!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)
Quote du jour
"If you are a John Kasich supporter and you live in Indiana, voting for Kasich next Tuesday is the dumbest thing you could possibly do because it will just help ensure that Kasich will never see the contested convention that he needs."-Leon H. Wolf
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Could Someone Please Buy Poseur Donald Trump a Clue?
Donald Trump is factually challenged. I guess that's a nice way to speak about his colossal ignorance on so many subjects. For example.
On The O'Reilly factor tonight, Donald Trump said of Afghanistan:
"That's one place frankly instead of going to Iraq we should have probably gone there first".
Except, we did. We invaded Afghanistan in October of 2001, less than one month after the 9-11 attack. The invasion of Iraq was March 20, 2003. Is it the word "first" that's giving you trouble, Donnie? Or have you just not been paying attention to anything that doesn't personally line your pockets?
He was still nattering on with O'Reilly about how we should have and still might seize Iraqi oil and keep it for the US, when I tuned him out. This is a guy who, on one hand, says "America will continue forever to play the role of peacemaker", and then turns around and says we should plunder Iraq's oil.
I noted before on these pages, Trump's shallow or inadequate understanding of the Keystone XL pipeline (August 17, 2015 The Trouble With Trump, Part XXIII)
"I hope we don't need the pipeline, 'cause it comes out of Canada,"-Trump on Mark Levin's radio show.
To which I replied:
There are probably three things (or more) wrong with this statement. One, it's not just Canadian oil, but oil from our own Bakken range in the Dakotas, as well, that could be more easily and safely transported. Underline "safely". Far too many accidents, spills and oil train derailments from the oil fields to the refineries that could be reduced via a pipeline. Two, when Canada does send oil to our refineries, we add value to it. That's called 'creation of wealth', Mr. Trump. That would happen here in this country. Three, Trump seemingly overlooks the creation of well paying jobs in building and maintaining the pipeline, the refinery jobs and all the ancillary businesses along the way.
I'm glad Trump favors building the Keystone XL extension. I just wish he would do a little more homework, so that he would be more knowledgeable about the good thing he's advocating.
Now Trump speaks without notes a lot, but recently, reading from prepared remarks on a teleprompter, he said the following stupid stuff:
He said "The Trump administration will lead a free world that is properly armed", after threatening to abandon any NATO member nation that did not contribute the proper percentage of their GNP to defense. Is Trump's rationale that as soon as he abandons NATO signatories they will no longer be part of the "free world"?
Trump said he "won't try to spread 'universal values' that not everybody shares or wants". How can they be "universal values" if they are not universal?
In addition, he has a strange definition of the word "military".
"Look at the World Trade Center and Sept. 11th. One of the great catastrophes in my opinion. The single greatest military catastrophe in the history of our country, worse then Pearl Harbor, because you take a look at what what's happened, and citizens were attacked as opposed to the military being attacked."
So, let me see if I follow this. Aside from making the gratuitous reference to 9-11, which he had just shamelessly used to distort what Ted Cruz had said about New York values, Trump thinks 9-11 was a military catastrophe, because civilians were attacked? It was a terrorist attack, not an attack by anyone's military and other than the one plane which targeted the Pentagon, which, to Donald Trump is apparently filled with civilians and located somewhere in the basement of the World Trade Center, the primary targets were civilian.
And it has been noted that one way the Donald ducks answering questions he doesn't know the answer to is to filibuster and then change the subject. He does this a lot.
It's perfectly clear why Trump ducks out of debates to do fund raisers and why he's been running like a scalded dog away from any opportunity to debate Ted Cruz, because he is a fraud. A phony. A tin horn charlatan who bluffs and blusters his way through life.I have known a number of people who have done quite well for themselves personally by having a gift of gab and a distinct estrangement from being honest. Donnie fits the profile.
God help the United States if this ignoramus were ever to become Commander-in-Chief
Quote du jour
"...Donald J. Trump is the Ronald McDonald of the business world. He’s a face. A brand.-Susan Wright
He’s the grand charlatan of public relations and he’s moved his shtick into the political realm, selling snake oil to the low info crowd. Even if he doesn’t win the presidency, he’s pushed his brand, upped his profile, and has enough footage of goofy, reprobate citizens doing and saying idiotic stuff in his name that in syndication alone, the reality TV royalties will rake in a tidy sum."
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Medal of Honor
Specialist Kyle Jerome White
Citation:
For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator with Company C, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade during combat operations against an armed enemy in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on 9 November 2007. On that day, Specialist White and his comrades were returning to Bella Outpost from a shura with Aranas village elders. As the soldiers traversed a narrow path surrounded by mountainous, rocky terrain, they were ambushed by enemy forces from elevated positions. Pinned against a steep mountain face, Specialist White and his fellow soldiers were completely exposed to enemy fire.
Specialist White returned fire and was briefly knocked unconscious when a rocket-propelled grenade impacted near him. When he regained consciousness, another round impacted near him, embedding small pieces of shrapnel in his face. Shaking off his wounds, Specialist White noticed one of his comrades lying wounded nearby. Without hesitation, Specialist White exposed himself to enemy fire in order to reach the soldier and provide medical aid. After applying a tourniquet, Specialist White moved to an injured Marine, providing aid and comfort until the Marine succumbed to his wounds.
Specialist White then returned to the soldier and discovered that he had been wounded again. Applying his own belt as an additional tourniquet, Specialist White was able to stem the flow of blood and save the soldier’s life. Noticing that his and the other soldiers’ radios were inoperative, Specialist White exposed himself to enemy fire yet again in order to secure a radio from a deceased comrade. He then provided information and updates to friendly forces, allowing precision airstrikes to stifle the enemy’s attack and ultimately permitting medical evacuation aircraft to rescue him, his fellow soldiers, Marines, and Afghan army soldiers.
Specialist Kyle J. White. Extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, Company C, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the United States Army.
Specialist White: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.
Hat tip Home of Heroes
There are seventy five living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice. In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”
Labels:
Heroism,
Kyle Jerome White,
Medal of Honor,
Military
Quote du jour
"So the guy who’s been advising Vladimir Putin’s man in Ukraine is now running Trump’s delegate-securing operation? Will polonium be involved?"-Jim Geraghty
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Sex in Advertising
For all you connoisseurs of advertising...
I may not be exactly sure what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!
I may not be exactly sure what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!
Quote du jour,
The founding editors of the magazine, Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, recognized Trump for what he was: the id of New York City, writ large -- a bombastic, self-aggrandizing, un–self-aware bully, with a curious relationship to the truth about his supposed wealth and business acumen. He wasn’t so much a Macy’s balloon, ripe for the targeting, as he was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, stomping on everything in his gold-plated path.-Chip Somodevilla
Monday, April 25, 2016
Hollywood Went to War
Fifty third, and perhaps last in our series Hollywood Went to War, is America's most decorated World War II soldier, Audie Murphy.
Major Murphy, we thank you for your extraordinary service to our country. Rest in peace.
Murphy's older sister helped him to falsify documentation about his birth date to meet the minimum-age requirement for enlisting in the military, and after being turned down by the Navy and the Marine Corps he enlisted in the Army. He first saw action in the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Battle of Anzio, and in 1944 was part of the liberation of Rome and invasion of southern France. Murphy fought at Montélimar, and led his men on a successful assault at the L'Omet quarry near Cleurie in northeastern France in October.
...Murphy received the Distinguished Service Cross for action taken on 15 August 1944, during the first wave of the Allied invasion of southern France. After landing on Yellow Beach near Ramatuelle, Murphy's platoon was attacked by German soldiers while making their way through a vineyard. He retrieved a machine gun that had been detached from the squad and returned fire at the German soldiers, killing two and wounding one. Two Germans exited a house about 100 yards (91 m) away and appeared to surrender; Murphy's best friend responded to them, and they shot and killed him. Murphy advanced alone on the house under direct fire. He wounded two, killed six, and took eleven prisoner.
Murphy was with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment during the 27–28 August offensive at Montélimar that secured the area from the Germans. Along with the other soldiers who took part in the action, he received the Presidential Unit Citation.
Murphy's first Purple Heart was for a heel wound received in a mortar shell blast on 15 September 1944 in northeastern France. His first Silver Star came after he killed four and wounded three at a German machine gun position on 2 October at L'Omet quarry in the Cleurie river valley. Three days later, Murphy crawled alone towards the Germans at L'Omet, carrying an SCR-536 radio and directing his men for an hour while the Germans fired directly at him. When his men finally took the hill, 15 Germans had been killed and 35 wounded. Murphy's actions earned him a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for his Silver Star. He was awarded a battlefield commission to second lieutenant on 14 October, which elevated him to platoon leader. While en route to Brouvelieures on 26 October, the 3rd Platoon of Company B was attacked by a German sniper group. Murphy captured two before being shot in the hip by a sniper; he returned fire and shot the sniper between the eyes. At the 3rd General Hospital at Aix-en-Provence, the removal of gangrene from the wound caused partial loss of his hip muscle and kept him out of combat until January. Murphy received his first Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for his Purple Heart for this injury.
The Colmar Pocket, 850 square miles (2,200 km2) in the Vosges Mountains, had been held by German troops since November 1944. On 14 January 1945, Murphy rejoined his platoon, which had been moved to the Colmar area in December. He moved with the 3rd Division on 24 January to the town of Holtzwihr, where they met with a strong German counterattack. He was wounded in both legs, for which he received a second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for his Purple Heart. As the company awaited reinforcements on 26 January, he was made commander of Company B.
The Germans scored a direct hit on an M10 tank destroyer, setting it alight, forcing the crew to abandon it. Murphy ordered his men to retreat to positions in the woods, remaining alone at his post shooting his M1 carbine and directing artillery fire via his field telephone while the Germans aimed fire directly at his position. Murphy mounted the abandoned, burning tank destroyer and began firing its .50 caliber machine gun at the advancing Germans, killing a squad crawling through a ditch towards him. For an hour, Murphy stood on the tank destroyer returning German fire from foot soldiers and advancing tanks, killing or wounding 50 Germans. He sustained a leg wound during his stand, and stopped only after he ran out of ammunition. Murphy rejoined his men, disregarding his own wound, and led them back to repel the Germans. He insisted on remaining with his men while his wounds were treated. For his actions that day he was awarded the Medal of Honor. The 3rd Infantry Division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions at the Colmar Pocket, giving Murphy a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for the emblem.
On 16 February, Murphy was promoted to first lieutenant and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his service 22 January 1944 – 18 February 1945. He was moved from the front lines to Regimental Headquarters and made a liaison officer.
The United States additionally honored Murphy's war contributions with the American Campaign Medal, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with arrowhead device and campaign stars, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp. France recognized his service with the French Legion of Honor – Grade of Chevalier, the French Croix de guerre with Silver Star, the French Croix de guerre with Palm, the French Liberation Medal and the French Fourragère in Colors of the Croix de guerre, which was authorized for all members of the 3rd Infantry Division who fought in France during World War II. Belgium awarded Murphy the Belgian Croix de guerre with 1940 Palm.
Brigadier General Ralph B. Lovett and Lieutenant Colonel Hallet D. Edson recommended Murphy for the Medal of Honor. Near Salzburg, Austria on 2 June 1945, Lieutenant General A.M. Patch presented Murphy with the Medal of Honor and Legion of Merit for his actions at Holtzwihr. When asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun and taken on an entire company of German infantry, he replied, "They were killing my friends." Murphy received every U.S. military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army for his World War II service.
Major Murphy, we thank you for your extraordinary service to our country. Rest in peace.
Quote du jour
I'm enjoying the irony of American Sanders supporters lecturing me, a former Soviet citizen, on the glories of Socialism and what it really means! Socialism sounds great in speech soundbites and on Facebook, but please keep it there. In practice, it corrodes not only the economy but the human spirit itself, and the ambition and achievement that made modern capitalism possible and brought billions of people out of poverty. Talking about Socialism is a huge luxury, a luxury that was paid for by the successes of capitalism. Income inequality is a huge problem, absolutely. But the idea that the solution is more government, more regulation, more debt, and less risk is dangerously absurd.-Garry Kasparov
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Quote du jour
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'-Mark Twain
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Best of the Web*
*…that I’ve seen all week!
Political/SocioEconomic
Hillary Clinton Benghazi Phone Transcripts: ‘Attack Had Nothing To Do With Film’
HILLARY IN A SUIT: Top 17 Left-Wing Moments of John Kasich’s Endless Political Career
Is Donald Trump Looking For An Exit Strategy To His Long Con Of America?
Hillary's email scandal: the plot thickens!
50 California Republican Officials Endorse Cruz
Trump Has Early History of Misogyny
‘Voterless’ wins? Really? EVERY registered Republican in CO and WY had the opportunity to vote for Trump’s delegates
Republicans Hate These 7 Things About Democrats. The Trump Campaign Is All Of Them.
But the Trump campaign tells us it's all an act! Donald Trump's Campaign Tells Republican Leaders He's Been 'Projecting an image...'
Trump Supporter Gary Forbes Calls For Supporters To Stop CO/WY Delegates From Reaching Convention… UPDATE: Instructs Followers To Go Homes Of Delegates And Protest…
Playing by the Rules or What Cruz Learned from Reagan and Trump Hasn’t
Yes, we need a Canadian border wall -Michelle Malkin
New York never mattered, Ted Cruz won the Presidency- Michael Harrington
Obama Administration Awards $270K to Terror-Linked Islamic Charity
Videos
Krauthammer: Hillary Will Be Indicted, Or There Will Be a Criminal Referral, ‘Can’t See’ Her Getting Away ‘With Nothing’
Bernie Sanders and the Politics of Envy | Afterburner - Bill Whittle
Culture
Marine Medal Of Honor Recipient from Korean War Passes
What They Didn’t Teach You in School about Harriet Tubman
Donald Trump And Corey Lewandowski Hit With Defamation Lawsuit
Khairuldeen Makhzoomi booted from Southwest flight
Bill Whittle Goes Into the Lion's Den
State Department removed Benghazi files after subpoena
Technology
FBI paid over $1.34M for hack into San Bernardino iPhone, agency's director says
Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics
Cartoon of the Day – NRO
Delegate Justice Warrior
By the numbers: How the presidential candidates affect your taxes
More hypocrisy from Hillary Clinton
Flopping Aces -Monday Funnies
John Cox- KiRKWOOD ( the mural ), KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD
Reaganite Sunday Funnies
Good cop/ sarcastic cop
TGI Funnies
Ain't That The Truth
Linkfests:
Larwyn's Linx: Hillary Clinton Benghazi Phone Transcripts: ‘Attack Had Nothing To Do With Film’
In The Mailbox: 04.19.16
Larwyn's Linx: Why Cruz Could Beat Clinton
In The Mailbox: 04.20.16
Larwyn's Linx: Obama is leaving IEDs for the next President, just as Clinton did to Bush
Larwyn's Linx: Why You Don't Understand Trump
Larwyn's Linx: Clinton doubles down on anti-gun, Sandy Hook blitz in Connecticut
Larwyn's Linx: President Hillary Clinton
Rule Five Roundup:
(While all Rule Five posts may be NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly
90 Miles From Tyranny - Morning Mistress, girls with guns, girls with guns, hot pick, Blogs With Rule 5 Links , Morning Mistress
American Power- Behind the Scenes at Selena Gomez's Photo Shoot (VIDEO) , Emilia Clarke for Vogue Australia May 2016 (VIDEO)
Angry Mike's Hood - Rump Day
Amanda Cerny
By Other Means - Cosplay, Tap Rack & Bang, Seeing Red
Daily Mail -Jessica Alba bikini
The Daley Gator – Daley Babes: Alicia Bachleda-Curus, Alisa Reyes, Ikumi Hisamatsu, Brandi Renee, Bridgit Mendler, Shanica Knowles
Good Monday Morning
EBL -Katrina
Feral Irishman - This Should Keep You Occupied..., Humpday Red, Femme Fatale
Friday Night Babe - Julianne Hough!
Good Stuff's Cyber World #238
Ministry of Boobies: Hot Federale Edition
Knuckledraggin' My Life Away - Milfy Monday, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girl, Your Good Morning Girl, Good morning girl, Your Good Morning Girl
Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup ,If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see...
Flowing Curves of Beauty
Sex in Advertising - Casual Sox
Elena Satine, Friday Services
The Last Tradition - Elizabeth Hurley
The Right Way -Friday Babe
Theo Spark – Nice Field of Wheat...
The Other McCain- Rule Five Sunday
Vintage Babe of the Week – Betta St. John!
Babe of the week
Rule 5 Woodsterman
Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. Please send links of news, commentary, choice humor or Rule Fivage to: Proof.Positive@Hotmail.com
Quote du jour
The Clinton Foundation is like a "roach motel":-Mike B.
$ Billions go in. Nothing comes out.
Friday, April 22, 2016
Quote du jour
"Always get a prenup. It's just too risky not to."-Donald Trump, from Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Quote du jour
"I believe that here in a crowded field, that positive wins."-John Kasich, who has lost every state but one
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Medal of Honor
Captain William D. Swenson
Citation:
For acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as embedded advisor to the Afghan National Border Police, Task Force Phoenix, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan in support of 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on September 8, 2009.
On that morning, more than 60 well-armed, well-positioned enemy fighters ambushed Captain Swenson's combat team as it moved on foot into the village of Ganjgal for a meeting with village elders. As the enemy unleashed a barrage of rocket-propelled grenade, mortar and machine gun fire, Captain Swenson immediately returned fire and coordinated and directed the response of his Afghan Border Police, while simultaneously calling in suppressive artillery fire and aviation support. After the enemy effectively flanked Coalition Forces, Captain Swenson repeatedly called for smoke to cover the withdrawal of the forward elements. Surrounded on three sides by enemy forces inflicting effective and accurate fire, Captain Swenson coordinated air assets, indirect fire support and medical evacuation helicopter support to allow for the evacuation of the wounded.
Captain Swenson ignored enemy radio transmissions demanding surrender and maneuvered uncovered to render medical aid to a wounded fellow soldier. Captain Swenson stopped administering aid long enough to throw a grenade at approaching enemy forces, before assisting with moving the soldier for air evacuation. With complete disregard for his own safety, Captain Swenson unhesitatingly led a team in an unarmored vehicle into the kill zone, exposing himself to enemy fire on at least two occasions, to recover the wounded and search for four missing comrades. After using aviation support to mark locations of fallen and wounded comrades, it became clear that ground recovery of the fallen was required due to heavy enemy fire on helicopter landing zones. Captain Swenson’s team returned to the kill zone another time in a Humvee. Captain Swenson voluntarily exited the vehicle, exposing himself to enemy fire, to locate and recover three fallen Marines and one fallen Navy corpsman. His exceptional leadership and stout resistance against the enemy during six hours of continuous fighting rallied his teammates and effectively disrupted the enemy's assault.
Captain William D. Swenson's extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, Task Force Phoenix, 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and the United States Army.
Captain Swenson: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.
Hat tip Home of Heroes
There are seventy five living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice. In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”
Labels:
Heroism,
Medal of Honor,
Military,
William D. Swenson
Quote du jour
"...even under the older, more permissive view of the Espionage Act, Hillary Clinton is in big trouble. It is not possible to argue that she maintained a private system of communication for public business in a fit of absentmindedness. Pleading ignorance or nonchalance about whether the information that crossed her inbox over four years as secretary of State was irrelevant to the safety of Americans is untenable prima face."-Angelo Codevilla
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Sex in Advertising
For all you connoisseurs of advertising...
I may not be exactly sure what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!
I may not be exactly sure what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!
Quote du jour
You Trump backers are dishonest shills praying at the altar of a false god. You are fine with populist authoritarianism so long as you believe it is you who will benefit from the king’s beneficence. You are, in short, Obama voters with Rs attached to your names. You are the problem.-Jeff Goldstein
Monday, April 18, 2016
Hollywood Went to War
Fifty second in our series Hollywood Went to War, and an exception to all the veterans who have appeared thus far, is a civilian from Hollywood that went to war again and again and again...Bob Hope!
Fascinating too, and good reads, are Hope's own words to describe his many USO tours. "I never left home", "I Owe Russia $1200", and "Five Women I Love: Bob Hope's Vietnam Story".
Mr. Hope: we salute you and thank you for your service to the servicemen and women of our country. Rest in peace.
While aboard the RMS Queen Mary when World War II began in September 1939, Hope volunteered to perform a special show for the passengers, during which he sang "Thanks for the Memory" with rewritten lyrics. He performed his first USO show on May 6, 1941, at March Field, California, and continued to travel and entertain troops for the rest of World War II, later during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the third phase of the Lebanon Civil War, the latter years of the Iran–Iraq War, and the 1990–91 Persian Gulf War. His USO career lasted half a century, during which he headlined 57 tours. He had a deep respect for the men and women who served in the military, and this was reflected in his willingness to go anywhere in order to entertain them. During the Vietnam War, Hope had trouble convincing some performers to join him on tour. Anti-war sentiment was high, and Hope's pro-troop stance made him a target of criticism. Some shows were drowned out by boos and others were listened to in silence. The tours were funded by the United States Department of Defense, his television sponsors, and by NBC, the network which broadcast the television specials that were created after each tour. Many people considered him as an enabler of the war and a member of the system that made it possible.
Hope recruited his own family members for USO travel. His wife, Dolores, sang from atop an armored vehicle during the Desert Storm tour, and his granddaughter, Miranda, appeared alongside Hope on an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. Of Hope's USO shows in World War II, writer John Steinbeck, who was then working as a war correspondent, wrote in 1943:
When the time for recognition of service to the nation in wartime comes to be considered, Bob Hope should be high on the list. This man drives himself and is driven. It is impossible to see how he can do so much, can cover so much ground, can work so hard, and can be so effective. He works month after month at a pace that would kill most people.
For his service to his country through the USO, he was awarded the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1968. A 1997 act of Congress signed by President Bill Clinton named Hope an "Honorary Veteran." He remarked, "I've been given many awards in my lifetime — but to be numbered among the men and women I admire most — is the greatest honor I have ever received."
Hope was awarded over two thousand honors and awards, including 54 honorary doctorates. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal for service to his country. President Lyndon Johnson bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Hope in 1969 for his service to the men and women of the armed forces through the USO. In 1982, he received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. He was presented with the National Medal of Arts in 1995 and received the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award in 1997. Hope became the 64th and only civilian recipient of the United States Air Force Order of the Sword on June 10, 1980. The Order of the Sword recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the enlisted corps.
Several buildings and facilities were renamed after Hope, including the historic Fox Theater in downtown Stockton, California, and the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. There is a Bob Hope Gallery at the Library of Congress. In memory of his mother, Avis Townes Hope, Bob and Dolores Hope gave the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC a chapel, the Chapel of Our Lady of Hope. USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) of the U.S. Military Sealift Command was named after the performer in 1997. It is one of very few U.S. naval ships that were named after living people. The United States Air Force named a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft the Spirit of Bob Hope
Fascinating too, and good reads, are Hope's own words to describe his many USO tours. "I never left home", "I Owe Russia $1200", and "Five Women I Love: Bob Hope's Vietnam Story".
Mr. Hope: we salute you and thank you for your service to the servicemen and women of our country. Rest in peace.
Quotes du jour,
"Trump has multicultural appeal"-Omarosa
Unfortunately, those cultures are Visigoth, Mongol and the Huns.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Donald Trump Nude: Thimble Truths
In keeping with the blog's PG-13 rating, this post may push the envelope, therefore, you need to click through to see it. It is a painting of Donald Trump, nude, with a strategic bit of tiny technology added to keep us from going "R". (Or blind)
Don't say you weren't warned.
Don't say you weren't warned.
Quote du jour
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.-Thomas A. Edison
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Unfamiliar With the Vernacular? Or Too Familiar With Trump?
I hear a lot of people say they are going to boycott Fox News because they are supposedly in the tank for Trump. But are they? Consider the following graphic put up by Fox News on a statement from Donald Trump:
Was this a Freudian slip by some intern unfamiliar with the vernacular? Or just someone too familiar with Trump?
Either way, it's funny!
Was this a Freudian slip by some intern unfamiliar with the vernacular? Or just someone too familiar with Trump?
Either way, it's funny!
Best of the Web*
Political/SocioEconomic
Justice Dept. fails to turn over all Fast and Furious docs
Eye opener from a Coloradan on Trump -NSFW language
Trump Can’t Win
‘New York Values’- Jay Nordlinger
DOJ Employees in Ferguson and Trayvon Unit Used Taxpayer Cash for Airfare, Dentist Visits, and Dinners at Emeril's
FAKE! Reince rigging voting machines so Trump gets below 50% during NY Primary
NJ judge rejects Trump surrogate's crackpot Ted Cruz birther challenge
Lyin’ Donald Trump says RNC received a MILLION pro-Trump postcards – they received ZERO
Trump's New Right-Hand Man Accuses Cruz Campaign of 'Gestapo Tactics' -when you don't know what you're doing, call the other side "Nazis"
Incompetent Trump Aide Whines About ‘Gestapo’ Tactics Of Competent Cruz Campaign
Videos
Bill Whittle Speaks
The Reality Of The Invasion Of France...
Culture
Slandering a Soldier
Out Today: Kim R. Holmes, The Closing of the Liberal Mind
Technology
A Jetpack Nears Liftoff, but Creator Fears Dream Is Grounded -Can I get one in red?
I’m fairly sure that “iPhone gun” is a hoax
SpaceX's Epic Ocean Rocket Landing
Man accidentally 'deletes his entire company' with one line of bad code
Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics
Cartoon of the Day – NRO
Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies
“Move Over Bernie – Bigger Bird Lands On Clinton’s Podium”
Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES
Today's Toons 4/6/16
John Cox- KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD
TGI Funnies
Today's Toons 4/7/16
Hump Day Humor
I Really Do Hate The Fighting
Ain't That The Truth
Moah Boids!
Today's Toons 4/8/16
Linkfests:
Larwyn's Linx: Let My People Go: How Trump and Cruz Deliver the GOP
In The Mailbox: 04.13.16
MASTERS' WEEK Links
Larwyn's Linx: David Brock sitting on mountains of opposition research on Trump
In The Mailbox: 04.12.16
Larwyn's Linx: Cruz deals Trump another blow as he sweeps Colorado delegates
In The Mailbox: 04.11.16
Larwyn's Linx: Trump Campaign and Matt Drudge Fail To Read Rules in Colorado
Larwyn's Linx: Hi. It’s me, Jeff. And I have something to say.
In The Mailbox: 04.15.16
Larwyn's Linx: Cruz: You're damn right I called Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor
Rule Five Roundup:
(While all Rule Five posts may be NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly NSFW)
90 Miles From Tyranny - Morning Mistress, girls with guns, Hot pick, Morning Mistress
American Power- Kate Moss Honors the Rolling Stones in Her 37th Vogue U.K. Cover , Eliza Cummings
Angry Mike's Hood - Rumpday, Humpday
By Other Means - Cosplay, Tap Rack & Bang, Flex time
The Daley Gator – Daley Babes: Chandra West, Grace Gealy, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Joy Bisco
Good Monday Morning
EBL -Erin Heatherton, Morena Baccarin
Friday Femme Fatale
Friday Night Babe - Jaina Lee Ortiz!
Good Stuff's Cyber World #237
Jennifer Lawrence
Knuckledraggin' My Life Away - Milfy Monday, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girl, Good morning girl
Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup ,If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see...
Flowing Curves of Beauty
Sex in Advertising - Victoria's Secret
The Last Tradition - Toccara Jones
The Right Way -Friday Babe
Theo Spark – Teatime, Mirror, mirror
The Other McCain- Rule Five Sunday
Vintage Babe of the Week – Peggie Castle
Rule 5 Woodsterman Style
Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. Please send links of news, commentary, choice humor or Rule Fivage to: Proof.Positive@Hotmail.com
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