Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

Where to begin? It seems that war is just too big of a topic for Hollywood to handle in 90-110 minutes. Go figure. I know I can’t do it justice in 300-plus pages, either, but it will be more accurate than anything Hollywood can dish up. I suspect what people want from Hollywood is to … Continue reading Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

E-Mask-ulated

Original OP published 3 December 2020: Browsing American Thinker this morning, as is my wont , I clicked on the link to New England Journal of Medicine wherein they concluded that, even in a hospital setting, universal masking is largely “talismanic”. But it now appears with a banner disclaimer at the top to the effect … Continue reading E-Mask-ulated

Plan Mexico: In Honor of the Fallen AKA Winning the Peace

In case you have forgotten, I have written 9 or 10 OPs entitled “Winning the Peace.”  D'Nanda, God bless her, has boiled all of them down to the following: As I may have said in this space once or twice, since the end of World War II, our nation’s military has won almost all the … Continue reading Plan Mexico: In Honor of the Fallen AKA Winning the Peace

A Story of Unexpected Hate, and Unexpected Love: “Dog” — ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed!

Opening credits from the movie “Dog” “Dog” is a movie about an Army Ranger (Briggs) who must drive a very troubled dog (LuLu) cross country to attend the funeral of the Army Ranger (Rodriguez) that LuLu had always worked with. Rodriquez committed suicide. Because LuLu is so profoundly troubled, the plan is to have her […] … Continue reading A Story of Unexpected Hate, and Unexpected Love: “Dog” — ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed!

Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

Where to begin? It seems that war is just too big of a topic for Hollywood to handle in 90-110 minutes. Go figure. I know I can’t do it justice in 300-plus pages, either, but it will be more accurate than anything Hollywood can dish up. I suspect what people want from Hollywood is to … Continue reading Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

Relearning the Lessons of Benghazi

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“Life, liberty and property”:Two down , one to go!

in America, we’re guaranteed (or we were) that we can’t be deprived of life, liberty or property without “due process of law”. The fundamentals of “due process” are notice and “opportunity to be heard”. You get a chance to argue, before an impartial tribunal, why those precious attributes of existence should NOT be taken from … Continue reading “Life, liberty and property”:Two down , one to go!

Your Lyon Eyes

This morning we all walked the plank off of our ship, boarded a bus  headed for Vienne, which is a suburb of Lyon.  It has a huge Roman temple ( yes Roman not Romanesque!) in the center of town. Then on to Lyon, which is France’s second largest city.  We went for lunch to a restaurant … Continue reading Your Lyon Eyes

Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

Where to begin? It seems that war is just too big of a topic for Hollywood to handle in 90-110 minutes. Go figure. I know I can’t do it justice in 300-plus pages, either, but it will be more accurate than anything Hollywood can dish up. I suspect what people want from Hollywood is to … Continue reading Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

“Avignon, the rose of the world”

…wrote Lawrence Durrell, and I agree. We just kinda lazed around this morning, enjoying being on the river…then spent the afternoon walking around the city.  It’s like how Paris must’ve been before Emperor Louis Napoleon and Haussmann got at it, eliminating all the narrow, twisting little alleés and opening up the broad boulevards.  It is … Continue reading “Avignon, the rose of the world”