Category Archives: Loose thoughts and musings

With thanks to Pierre Lagacé for finding this information. https://richardharmervfn101.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/bloody-savo-revisited-sole-…

Follow up story for the Battle of Savo Island

Another shout out to Greg Cox and his Pacific Paratrooper blog for giving a shout out to another blogger I follow Pierre Lagacé, really important because it brings to light how histories written close to an event can miss significant details or actually spread false information because they don’t look for all the evidence or make assumptions, sometimes for national or political interests, especially if they were commissioned specifically to write a military or Naval history. Both of these men’s blogs should be required reading for those interested in WWII history.

By Robert A. Vella Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris launched their presidential campaign yesterday with pointed speeches detailing the …

Biden/Harris campaign launches with pointed speeches while Trump admits to sabotaging the Post Office

Robert Vella’s excellent commentary on the two most important political developments of the week. He has a very insightful blog and I recommend that you follow him.

I am a bit remiss with this post, but … better late than never.  On Tuesday, singer Trini Lopez died at age 83 of complications from the coronavirus.…

♫ Trini Lopez — A Brief Tribute ♫

Jill Dennison’s tribute to the late Trini Lopez.

Those who know me or have followed this blog know that I tend to have a slightly different viewpoint than the standard police thinking. This doesn’t …

Sheriff’s anti-mask order risks lives for cheap headlines

Friends of Padre Steve’s World, I ran across this blog a couple of weeks back. This police office offers unique insights into the rational and behaviors of some in the law enforcement profession. Recommend the blog to you. She is worth following.

Eulogy delivered by Former President Barack H. Obama at the funeral of Congressman John Lewis. Can anyone imagine Donald Trump giving a speech like …

Article: John Lewis Eulogy | OpEdNews

In case you missed President Obama’s Eulogy at John Lewis’s funeral.

By Robert A. Vella In today’s supplemental coverage of politics, we’ll examine the travails of Attorney General William Barr and President Trump as …

The travails of Barr and Trump, Stephen Miller, Portland, election interference, Vindman, and civil war

A Sunday shout out to Robert Bella at his Secular Jurist site, he does a good job of supplementing the news with well informed commentary.

RJ is in the Guinness Book of World Records for Lowest Impulse Control. I’m pretty sure it’s a negative number.

Still Life with Munchies

A shout out to Michael Fry and Over the Hedge. R.J. Would be me if the object of a still life I decided to paint was beer.

This one was mentioned in a conversation a day or two ago, and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. Released in 1985, in this Cold War ballad, a …

♫ Nikita ♫

Friends of Padre Steve’s World, A Sunday Shout out to Jill Dennison. This is the fascinating back story to Elton John’s song Nikita published by Jill Dennison. Sine we were stationed in West Germany in 1985 and traveled to East Berlin in 1986 the song brought back so many images from life on the far side of the Wall and Intra-German Border. The areas still not rebuilt following WWII, the long lines in stores, the ever present ORPO or Ordungspolizei, the invisible STASI, and the border guards. Brought back many memories.

Just one. Anyone, really. Seriously, ANYONE!

Wanted: One Functioning Human

Just one…

Hey ho, let’s go Hey ho, let’s go Hey ho, let’s go Hey ho, let’s go They’re forming in a straight line They’re going through a tight wind The kids …

The One with the Ramones

As always Michael Fry and his Over the Hedge blog. I get a laugh whenever I read his comic or blog.