11 August 2006 - Granite Grok

August 11, 2006

Ruminations on 8/11/06

And quickly too….it’s late……been a long week already NewsBusters reports:   Where Are We Going Wrong Helping Homegrown Terrorists Integrate Society? Posted by Mark Finkelstein on August 10, 2006 – 15:45. Made-in-the-UK Islamic radicals are trying to murder people – and it’s the UK’s fault for not doing a better job integrating them into society. …

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Pinpoint landing, anyone?

 Subject: Helicopter landing – awsome! Now, this be a PILOT!!!  Even tho’ he’s not fixed wing.  Awsome landing in Afghanistan.  I’m sure all of you have seen many choppers make some daring moves, but this one is spectacular!                                            The shot was taken by a trooper in Afghanistan.  The Pilot is Larry Murphy, PA  National Guard.   …

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And That’s The Way It Was..(Part 3)

Terror in London, Conflict Imminent, Public Unprepared  ("Eyewitness" Part III) History provides interesting parallels.  In September, 1939, United Press war correspondent Henry Tilton Gorrell arrived in London on assignment.  He found the British government unprepared for war.  The Germans were well on their way to overrunning Poland, and Britain had pledged to protect the Poles, …

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Geek humor

From Computerworld: Poetry in Motion "There’s a bug in my monitor," executive smirks as he calls in IT pilot fish for help. Some sort of prankware? fish wonders. Or a virus? "A tiny eight-legged bug appeared to be walking rapidly across his LCD, like something out of an old-time video game," fish says. Fish grabs …

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