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CAVC– BIRTH OF A WRIT– ACT I, SCENE 2 FAIR IS FOUL

Remember that lovely scene in Act 4 S 1? Allow me to transpose it back to Act 1, Scene 2 . The Writ is born and airborne. But the effort and the pace for the last two weeks since the … Continue reading

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CAVC– THE BIRTH OF A WRIT

Happy New Year to all and an apology is in order. I have been deeply immersed in my Opera Dei with my rainmaker. This Writ which I mentioned in December is for the whole shooting match. As some of you … Continue reading

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FOOTLOCKER–NEW YEAR’S DAY 1971

I ran into a case of these at the Air Am Air Operations Center on New Year’s Day at Udorn and gave the warehouse dude a case of Marb reds  for one. For the record, at 17¢ a pack, that … Continue reading

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VET CHRISTMAS GIFTS–JUST FOR HER

You know that one significant other is just waiting for you to send her these gifts or have them installed by the time she gets home from work tomorrow evening. Sharper Image® has all of these except for the Beretta … Continue reading

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VET HUMOR–CHRISTMAS RAILROAD TRACKS

Filed by our senior East coast editor-in-chief, dustoff Bruce comes up once again with the quintessential humor we associate with a lifer. You have to serve at least twenty years to witness every eventuality. I rate this credible. I lived at Langley … Continue reading

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BVA– LAST DECISIONS OF 2014 POSTED

The BVA just put up the last of their decision for this year. Quite a few that were favorable for HCVets finally on the jetguns. It seems there must have been some reason the US Military decided to up and … Continue reading

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CAVC–‘TIS THE SEASON OF MANDAMUS

Sorry for the absence, fellow readers. I’ve been busy doing my Ho, Ho Ho. imitation. Mailing out boxes to the Bruce Almighty back east. Returning some of the overwhelming abundance of goodies Vermont Frank sends out in kind as well. … Continue reading

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RACIAL PROFILING TRACED TO THE MILITARY

The date? March 6th, 1836. Location? The Alamo in San Antonio. Few people know the truth about this so I will illuminate it for you. My cousin Denise was kind enough to share this historical perspective with me. I had … Continue reading

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FACIAL CAT HAIR

It never fails. Some HCVets member loves cats and sends me these. Thanks, Brenda.  I’m a dog person and always have been. Until I married, I never suffered the indignity of felines. Nevertheless, I find them invaluable down in the … Continue reading

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CAVC–WALKER V. MCDONALD–NOT THAT WALKER

Rarely do you see Judge Lance in this good form. Enjoy it. It’s rare. He can’t get past the middle of page three before tooting his own horn on the Kahana v. Shinseki (Lance, J. concurring) cite. Some egos are … Continue reading

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