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Regardless of what your opinion of NPR is, CarTalk was one that everyone could agree was good radio... And this just in... :frown: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/11/03/car-talk-star-tom-magliozzi-dies-at-77/18422639/ And of course who couldn't laugh at their credits at the...

The pastor who led Westboro Baptist Church appears to be in failing health. http://news.yahoo.com/founder-anti-gay-kansas-church-care-facility-164630484.html Given the history with protests at military funerals, I wonder what the reaction to his coming demise will be...

I was reading the following this evening http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aide-putin-makes-stupidest-threats-090338005.html and it brought back memories from when I was in school and the "competition between the economic systems" was being taught (now not a part of most school curriculum)...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/28/iowa-navy-veteran-abandoned/4960353/ For those who have had a relative whose fate depended upon getting someone processed into a suitable care arrangement, this kind of hits home. Clearly the man needs some help in getting to the...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/31-phrases-only-people-military-165051325.html

Somehow I think the air quality in China is getting to their media censors... Who could come up with some of this in their right mind? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-smog-major-defensive-advantage-161700570.html

I was reading the following: http://news.yahoo.com/man-no-fear-trying-catch-woman-stadium-022841816--spt.html when I began wondering... I see lots of military promotional material promoting what someone becomes once they don the uniform, but not a lot of material about what that...

http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-pentagons-doctored-ledgers-conceal-epic-waste-144950858--business.html Yet another story by journalists that don't understand the basics of managing a large enterprise. Don't get me wrong - there are lots of things wrong with how the Pentagon conducts...

http://news.yahoo.com/palm-size-drones-buzz-over-battlefield-173334014.html Anyone heard anything about our guys getting these?

A few articles have been published since is recent passing at age 102. The last of the old-line communist military leaders from the Cold War. One quote that I remember from a long time ago stuck out again when I read this article...

http://gma.yahoo.com/minnesota-student-fights-suspension-patriotic-decorations-030821722--abc-news-topstories.html

Quite a story of dedication... http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/man-runs-58-282-miles-fallen-vietnam-veterans-203228242--abc-news-topstories.html

I had the linked article that describes the DABM optimization process for branch assignment sent to me. It is from a couple years back, but I suspect the overall math model is largely the same today. It is quite complicated (gojack, please feel free to explain in simpler English for those...

Was reading this article http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-attempted-assassination-prince-harry-camp-bastion-132435238.html when the following paragraph stuck out at me Identifying our friends from foes on the battle field (and diplomatically) is evidently fraught with events like this. If we...

You never know who you might pick up out there on the high seas.... http://sports.yahoo.com/news/coast-guard-crew-reflects-on-time-with-yasiel-puig-during-attempt-to-defect-to-u-s--141306377.html

Interesting Pictures of things then and now. http://www.usatoday.com/interactive/2431265/

http://news.yahoo.com/military-plans-put-women-most-combat-jobs-180430171.html Lots of things in this article for the usual arguments to be made, so I won't even bother quoting... Let's try to keep this one more civil than usual...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hgtv-american-flag-tablecloth-135533173.html Yes this is constitutionally allowed, but common sense should say this is a very bad idea.

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/military-dad-makes-daughter-s-prom-dress--it-s-camo-191228290.html

And for the rest of you, can you imagine seeing this as you are driving down the road? http://jalopnik.com/deadly-afghan-plane-crash-caught-by-dash-cam-in-this-ho-485974117