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Ohh, for the days when there was little hidden when doing recruit medicals.

Some of the more sensationalist British media outlets characterize the subjects of the story as . . . well, they sensationalize their character. Without reading the content and context of this university employees comment, having seen some of the social media crap out there, it surprises me...

For Macron's last Bastille Day parade, he took the opportunity to have a larger than usual contingent of foreign troops - the "Coalition of the Willing". Whether placement in the foreign group (who always lead the main body of marching units) was by importance, alphabetical, or...

Consistent with what and when? The Fox News piece that the tweeter is quoting snippets of is from Jan 19 (5 months ago).

How do you define "Big Ag"? Is it net worth, or industrialized corporate farming, or being top of the food chain (pun intended) in their particular sector? One comparison of where this Washington State company (they also own some properties in Canada) sits would be from this 2022 list of the...

Calling the farm "smallish" suggests that this was legal action against a modest family owned holding. However, the named defendant was Frank Tiegs LLC and Greenridge Farming Inc. Frank Tiegs (the individual) and likely his family privately own (or owned, Mr Teigs died before this legal action...

Same here. Though the natural jump to James Bond was one role he didn't want, even though he screen tested for it.

Several days ago Ann Widdicombe, a colourful and sometimes controversial former British Conservative MP and minister who later became a Reform UK spokesperson, was found dead in her home having sustained serious injuries.. Initially the police did not ascribe a political or terrorism motive to...

More than once. Obviously not an unusual occurrence. The unusual is when it has a catastrophic result. https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2023/05/05/can-farmer-held-liable-blowing-dust...

There is the obvious meme from Red October but it raises a question. He answers it. RIP

Preliminary cause of death for Senator Graham https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/grahams-office-releases-preliminary-cause-of-death-00994310 Coincidently, I recently commented in another thread about aortic dissection.

It is possible that there is skullduggery involved in the public announcements about McConnell's health (it's politics, so it's a given that there's skullduggery), but it is unlikely that the reason is so they can move money around. McConnell was not seeking reelection in November and his FEC...

Graham spent $27 million so far just on the primary; six years ago he spent $104 million on his re-election campaign. That was for a "safe" Republican seat. An article from last month. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-27-million-primary-campaign_n_6a231675e4b0a18aef0c0c28 With a...

The starter's pistol has already gone off and as early as next week those Republicans scrambling to replace Graham in this November's election can file the paperwork for a very quick primary. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/us/politics/lindsey-graham-death-reelection-seat.html

At least his pilot stayed in the plane. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/student-pilot-left-to-land-the-plane-after-flight-instructor-jumps-to-his-death

And to real "Emergency" response times . . . https://bbc.com/news/articles/c70yd2y6geyo Without excusing the response of the emergency service, catching an aortic dissection is extremely difficult. There was one case of a patient who presented to our facility in Lahr, after we had closed as...

Rampart 10-4. IV D5W TKO.

The LCol (with pilot wings) seated to the general's left looks like Paul Manson (later to be CDS, '86 to '89).