Friday, August 31, 2018

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Rebecca Van Cleave!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)










(Rebecca Van Cleave was Lena Headley's body double for the walk of shame scene)

KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville

Thursday, August 30, 2018

At Hammer & Pickle, Burger Orders YOU!



Inspired by Cam Edwards and an announced boycott of In-N-Out Burger, for donating $25,000 to the GOP

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is Anita Morris!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five)









H/T Hjets

KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

Luck is the residue of design.
- Branch Rickey

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Medal of Honor

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Captain Ronald E. Ray


Citation:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Ray distinguished himself while serving as a platoon leader with Company A. When 1 of his ambush patrols was attacked by an estimated reinforced Viet Cong company, Capt. Ray organized a reaction force and quickly moved through 2 kilometers of mountainous jungle terrain to the contact area.
After breaking through the hostile lines to reach the beleaguered patrol, Capt. Ray began directing the reinforcement of the site. When an enemy position pinned down 3 of his men with a heavy volume of automatic weapons fire, he silenced the emplacement with a grenade and killed 4 Viet Cong with his rifle fire. As medics were moving a casualty toward a sheltered position, they began receiving intense hostile fire. While directing suppressive fire on the enemy position, Capt. Ray moved close enough to silence the enemy with a grenade.
A few moments later Capt. Ray saw an enemy grenade land, unnoticed, near 2 of his men. Without hesitation or regard for his safety he dove between the grenade and the men, thus shielding them from the explosion while receiving wounds in his exposed feet and legs. He immediately sustained additional wounds in his legs from an enemy machinegun, but nevertheless he silenced the emplacement with another grenade.
Although suffering great pain from his wounds, Capt. Ray continued to direct his men, providing the outstanding courage and leadership they vitally needed, and prevented their annihilation by successfully leading them from their surrounded position. Only after assuring that his platoon was no longer in immediate danger did he allow himself to be evacuated for medical treatment.
By his gallantry at the risk of his life in the highest traditions of the military service, Capt. Ray has reflected great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.


Capt. Ray: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.

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Hat tip Home of Heroes

There are seventy six 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.”

Trivial Pursuit™ 2018 - Obscure Politics Edition



KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms."
- Richard Henry Lee (1788)

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

As a Protestant, I Have No Dog in This Fight, But...

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!

Classic KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

We have found, in our country, that when people have the right to make decisions as close to home as possible, they usually make the right decisions.
- Ronald Reagan

Monday, August 27, 2018

KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens."
-Donald J. Trump

Sunday, August 26, 2018

A Little Sunday Night Music

"Come Harvest Time" - Glen Campbell

Classic KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it’s only necessary to be rich.
— Alan Alda

Saturday, August 25, 2018

John Donne, on the Passing of John McCain

No man is an island entire of itself
Every man is a piece of the continent
A part of the main
If a clod be washed away by the sea
Europe is the less
As well as if a promontory were
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were
Any man's death diminishes me
Because I am involved in mankind
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; 
It tolls for thee

A Little Saturday Night Music

Redbone - Come and Get Your Love

Classic KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Best of the Web*

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*…that I’ve seen all week!

(BTW, if you wonder where any of the links will take you, hover your cursor over the link.)

Political/SocioEconomic

Economist: Liz Warren's Corporate Charter Bill Would Bring Venezuela's Socialism to the U.S.

The Bombs of August - Victor Davis Hanson

DOJ Charges Nearly Two Dozen Illegal Aliens for Voting in the 2016 Election

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS NURSE SHOT AT TROOPS ON GAZA BORDER -Becomes Doctor Without Pulse



Culture
A Ginsberg Quote I Thought Might Be Fake – I Was Wrong

Kroger will ban plastic bags even though the replacements for them are often far WORSE for the environment



Technology
Robots Smaller Than a Human Hair Can Starve and Shrink Cancerous Tumors




Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics

Cartoon of the Day – NRO

Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies

John Cox- KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD

Today's Toons 8/15/18, Today's Toons 8/16/18

Today's Toons 8/17/18, Today's Toons 8/20/18

Today's Toons 8/21/18



Linkfests:

Larwyn's Linx: Did FBI Use Formal Interviews With Ohr to Transmit Information From Steele?

In The Mailbox: 08.20.18

Larwyn's Linx: You’re Surrounded Mr. Mueller, Give Yourself Up; The Truth Is Too Big To Hide

In The Mailbox: 08.21.18

Larwyn's Linx: Mark Levin slams Michael Cohen's plea deal

In The Mailbox: 08.22.18

Larwyn's Linx: Lanny Davis Obliterated CNN’s ‘Bombshell’ Report About Cohen And Trump Tower

In The Mailbox: 08.23.18

Top of the News

Larwyn's Linx: Mueller and the Media Represent the Ancien RĂ©gime

In The Mailbox: 08.24.18



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 -girls with guns, Morning Mistress, Blogs With Rule 5 Links

American Power- Phoebe Price Bikini, Selena Gomez Bikini, Some Random Woman on Reddit, Madison Beer Selfies, Ashley Greene

By Other Means - Cosplay, Tap Rack & Bang, Seeing Red

The Daley Gator – Daley Babes: Sunday Babes, Monday Babes, Tuesday Babes, Wednesday Babes, Thursday Babe, Friday Babes, Saturday Babes

Good Monday Morning

EBL - Jamaican Me Crazy!

Feral Irishman - Frideyes Siren

Friday Night Babe - Rebecca Gayheart!


Knuckledraggin' My Life Away - I’m sure she’s taken, men

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 - Zooey Deschanel

Kirsten Dunst

The Right Way -Friday Babe, Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama

The Other McCain- Rule Five Sunday


Theo Spark - Name the Ocean


Vintage Babe of the Week – Teri Martine!

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

If you need a mnemonic to help you remember a certain D-list comedian's name: It's Kathy Griffin, not Griffith. (Andy Griffith was an actual comedian). It's Griffin, like Merv which rhymes with M.I.R.V., which is a series of very large bombs.
-Mike B

Friday, August 24, 2018

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Rebecca Gayheart!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)











KiRKWOOD




Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.”
– Miyamoto Musashi

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Medal of Honor


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Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Alfred Rascon

Citation:

Lieutenant Colonel (then Specialist Four) Alfred Rascon, distinguished himself by a series of extraordinarily courageous acts on 16 March 1966, while assigned as a medic to the Reconnaissance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade (Separate). While moving to reinforce its sister battalion under intense enemy attack, the Reconnaissance Platoon came under heavy fire from a numerically superior enemy force. The intense enemy fire from crew-served weapons and grenades severely wounded several point squad soldiers.
Specialist Rascon, ignoring directions to stay behind shelter until covering fire could be provided, made his way forward. He repeatedly tried to reach the severely wounded point machine-gunner laying on an open enemy trail, but was driven back each time by the withering fire. Disregarding his personal safety, he jumped to his feet, ignoring flying bullets and exploding grenades to reach his comrade. To protect him from further wounds, he intentionally placed his body between the soldier and enemy machine guns, sustaining numerous shrapnel injuries and a serious wound to the hip.
Disregarding his serious wounds he dragged the larger soldier from the fire-raked trail. Hearing the second machine-gunner yell that he was running out of ammunition, Specialist Rascon, under heavy enemy fire crawled back to the wounded machine-gunner stripping him of his bandoleers of ammunition, giving them to the machine-gunner who continued his suppressive fire. Specialist Rascon fearing the abandoned machine gun, its ammunition and spare barrel could fall into enemy hands made his way to retrieve them. On the way, he was wounded in the face and torso by grenade fragments, but disregarded these wounds to recover the abandoned machine gun, ammunition and spare barrel items, enabling another soldier to provide added suppressive fire to the pinned-down squad.
In searching for the wounded, he saw the point grenadier being wounded by small arms fire and grenades being thrown at him. Disregarding his own life and his numerous wounds, Specialist Rascon reached and covered him with his body absorbing the blasts from the exploding grenades, and saving the soldier's life, but sustaining additional wounds to his body. While making his way to the wounded point squad leader, grenades were hurled at the sergeant. Again, in complete disregard for his own life, he reached and covered the sergeant with his body, absorbing the full force of the grenade explosions.
Once more Specialist Rascon was critically wounded by shrapnel, but disregarded his own wounds to continue to search and aid the wounded. Severely wounded, he remained on the battlefield, inspiring his fellow soldiers to continue the battle. After the enemy broke contact, he disregarded aid for himself, instead treating the wounded and directing their evacuation. Only after being placed on the evacuation helicopter did he allow aid to be given to him.
Specialist Rascon's extraordinary valor in the face of deadly enemy fire, his heroism in rescuing the wounded, and his gallantry by repeatedly risking his own life for his fellow soldiers are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.


Lt. Colonel Rascon: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.

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Hat tip Home of Heroes

There are seventy six 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.”