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RUSSIAN SEAL TEAM 5

Posted on March 30, 2012 by asknod

Russians Capture Somalian Pirates NO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS BS HERE! This video shows Russian Navy commandos on a Somalian pirate ship shortly after the pirates had captured a Russian oil tanker. The Euro Union navy that patrols these waters would not interfere … Continue reading →

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AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Posted on March 27, 2012 by asknod

Everyone has an opinion and here is your opportunity to tell us. Chicago-style voting with instant results. Bring your dead friends over and let them vote, too. Take your lap top to a bar with you and get a wider … Continue reading →

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Footlocker 7

Posted on March 24, 2012 by asknod

Check this out. Every time we hopped a ride down to Udorn from LS 20-Alternate  for smokes and a beer/Scotch run, I’d leave my “issue” Model 39 9 mil in my wall locker in the hootch. I carried a Model … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Last Thought

Posted on March 23, 2012 by asknod

Waiting for remuneration from the vA makes Veterans a pauper twice–once while waiting interminably for service connection and then a second time when they discover the horrible financial truth of what they are going to be forced to live on for the … Continue reading →

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Teleprevir vs. Boceprevir

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

What to do? Two new drugs on the market (or virtually there) and much said of each.What hard facts do we know at this point and what is conjecture? School of thought number one holds that Teleprevir (marketed as Incivik) … Continue reading →

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A Picture For Veterans

Posted on March 21, 2012 by asknod

This one will give you goose bumps – beautiful! Picture taken at the National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN on a June morning – as it appeared in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune. Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words! It says everything . … Continue reading →

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Red Cross Contributions

Posted on March 18, 2012 by asknod

The Red Cross representative called us asking if we could contribute to the floods in Pakistan this year. I told her we’d love to but our garden hose only reaches the end of the driveway.

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What to do in AF-STAN?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by asknod

Politically incorrect polling techniques in play here. Vote Chicago style and stuff the box. No cookies. No identifiers. For entertainment purposes only. No veterans were harmed in the making of this poll. Does not reflect the feelings or political beliefs … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Thought

Posted on March 16, 2012 by asknod

I went to get a phlebotomy today at the blood bank in town and two of the women there were talking about the soldier who recently went NASDAQ and killed the Afghan villagers. Towards the end of the conversation one … Continue reading →

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Privacy Concerns at Asknod.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by asknod

This morning I was greeted by this post on the BVA Decisions 2011 page. I take all your comments seriously and this one troubles me.  It’s not the implied threat so much as what the respondent asks for. One Response to BVA HEP … Continue reading →

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