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Three NYFDM firemen died in the line of duty today when a fire got out of control. Actually there were two fires, but one claimed two lives and left four seriously injured. They were attacking a fire on the fourth floor an apartment building when they lost pressure and got trapped. They went to the window and then BLAM jumped out of it, falling four floors to the ground. To be cornered into a situation where jumping 40 feet was a better choice than staying put has got to suck.]]>

Then one of these flew over an hour later on its way to PAX river.

Then several thousand (yea, thousand) of these flew over in a massive flock. It was probably the most impressive thing.]]>

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=DefenseWatch.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=762&rnd=573.4574367016919 As I went through the breakfast line, I overheard one of the U.N. strap-hangers, a longhaired guy with a beard, make a sarcastic comment to one of our food servers.  He said something along the lines of “Nice china, really makes me feel special,” in reference to the fact that we were eating off of paper plates that day. It was all I could do to keep from jerking him off his feet and choking him, because I knew that the reason we were eating off paper plates was to save dishwashing water so that we would have more water to send ashore and save lives. ]]>

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Fox News is reporting that a new Mr. Potato Head will be out for the next Star Wars film–Darth Tater, a spud on the dark side. This is just weird. Of course people will buy them though. I expect them to go on e-bay for 2x their original $7.99 price.

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The Army is getting the 21-gun salute canons ready for firing. Apparently this is part of the process to lower the barrel of the gun. ]]>

CNN.com is reporting on a jury pool from hell. I especially like some of these quotes from the prospective jurors: Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, “I’m on morphine and I’m higher than a kite.” Another … was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. “I should have known something was up,” he said. “She had all her teeth.” Scary.]]>

The Guardian is reporting that bars in the UK are spraying the toilets and bathroom fixtures with WD-40. It’s not because it squeaks, but because when cocaine is put on those surfaces sparyed with WD-40, the thin residue of oil destroys the coke. Wonder how they figured that out.]]>

The New York Times has a very comprehensive look today at the role of the Ukrainian KGB (SBU) in stopping a massive atack against the demonstrators. I talked to my Russian specialist today who confirmed much of the story from “his sources” as well. SBU forces actually threatened to attack Interior Ministry troops should they move against the protestors. Interesting read. The officials issued warnings, saying that using force against peaceful rallies was illegal and could lead to prosecution and that if ministry troops came to Kiev, the army and security services would defend civilians, said an opposition leader who witnessed some of the exchanges and Oleksander Galaka, head of the military’s intelligence service, the G.U.R., who made some of the calls.]]>