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Pink Mangos

All This Talk of Shooting Ranges Has Put Me to Thinking…

…and remembering the time I first fired the Soviet “Star” pistol. The story goes like this: I was alone and unafraid (again) in some province outside of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia reconning a military base to see if we might embed some Marines there as part of an enlisted development program that I had initiated. Just me, … Continue reading All This Talk of Shooting Ranges Has Put Me to Thinking… →

Perhaps One’$ Last Chance to Be a Hero?

https://www.themozartgroup.com/#services I can vouch for the founder.

Movie Night: Contractor

Except for the opening shot, lily-white. https://youtu.be/Z8nkc2KKjd8

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 →

1st LAI Takes Friendly Fire

“Can you tell us how they describe the event? I have not read that book or read any accounts of that event outside official and classified military documents.” As promised, ST, here’s the account from: “Desert Storm: A Forgotten War”: RAS AL-KHAFJI AND OTHER MAJOR GROUND ACTIONS(29/30 JAN 1991) “The first attack occurred in the … Continue reading 1st LAI Takes Friendly Fire →

Color-blindness Blindness – Redux

There is a laboratory in Wuhan dedicated to virology. An outbreak of a new, deadly virus began in Wuhan. The Chinese first said it had to do with an unsanitary seafood market but it seems that actually most of the first victims had no contact with the place. We heard that the illness had to … Continue reading Color-blindness Blindness – Redux →

Virga Joy (or the Adventures of El Colonel De Corona)

Written by Douglas Kimball Publisher Description Colin Campbell is developing the first black pepper plantation in the West Indies. His days are spent clearing jungle, planting and fighting vipers. His nights are spent playing jazz piano at a local bar and enjoying the company of the local ladies. He meets Alan Greene at a jazz … Continue reading Virga Joy (or the Adventures of El Colonel De Corona) →