Showing posts with label Sad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sad. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

He used his own dying and death to help others

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  Now and then one comes across a story that really touches the heart of what it means to be human, and to live - and sometimes die - as pos...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Shocking news - except to Africans

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  I note the following news report . A South African hotelier is believed to have been eaten by a 15ft crocodile after human remains were fo...
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Friday, April 10, 2026

Preparing to die

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  Ben Sasse, former US Senator and former President of the University of Florida, announced last December that he'd been diagnosed with ...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

A very sad morning, and a fond farewell

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  Regular readers will know of Ashbutt, our farm kitten that we adopted back in 2016 . He would have celebrated his tenth birthday in the se...
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Friday, November 21, 2025

A good letter

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  Kudos to CDR Salamander for sharing a letter from Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll in preparation for the holiday season.  Mr. Driscoll...
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Friday, July 18, 2025

A "long drop" indeed!

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  In Africa, when one digs a latrine for use in the bush, there are different ways of going about it.  A "scrape" is literally tha...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Scott Adams is suffering from (probably) terminal cancer

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  I was saddened to read that cartoonist Scott Adams is suffering from prostate cancer . The 67-year-old made the announcement on his podcas...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

A Malibu liberal loses his California cool

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  From Francesco on X , after the Los Angeles fires.  A tip o' the hat to the anonymous reader who sent me the link. Look at me. I’m a M...
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Unspeakable tragedy - but it's not the first time

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  News of a police shooting in Missouri has shocked many readers. Chilling body camera footage captures a Missouri mom holding her baby as ...
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Thursday, October 17, 2024

A sad, but inevitable end to a great ship

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  The SS United States was the fastest ocean liner ever built.  She snatched the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocea...
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Monday, July 1, 2024

Animals can be a darn sight more loving than many humans...

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  Click over to this tweet by Flappr and watch the brief video provided (it's just over a minute long). Dang, it got dusty in here all ...
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Friday, June 28, 2024

Was yesterday's debate designed to give the Democratic Party an excuse to dump Joe Biden?

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  President Biden's performance at yesterday's debate was pitiful;  a shambling wreck of a re-election bid that must have given grea...
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Monday, April 29, 2024

That's the way to do it!

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  It was a sad occasion , but marked with honor and community support. You probably remember 17-year-old Cameron Blasek. He's the Indian...
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Monday, March 25, 2024

Another tragic mistake that took an innocent life

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  I've said several times before that if you're carrying a firearm in a pocket or purse, it needs to be in a holster to avoid things...
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Friday, March 15, 2024

A tragic way to die

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  I was saddened to read about the cause of an aircraft crash in Switzerland last month. In a preliminary report published on 12 March, the...
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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Remembering the Lahaina wildfire victims

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  There have been all sorts of conspiracy theories circulating about the Lahaina wildfire on Hawaii last August.  I've seen claims that ...
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Thursday, January 18, 2024

The saddest news I've heard in a long time

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  If this report doesn't bring tears to your eyes, I don't know what will. A 2-year-old English boy was found starved to death next...
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Monday, October 30, 2023

True dat...

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  Sadly, a very plausible cartoon for this Halloween season.  Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the 'Pearls Before Swin...
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Friday, October 27, 2023

A tragedy for a fallen hero, and for the firearms community

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  I was saddened to learn that a well-known shooter and veteran,  Larry Vickers , has pleaded guilty to serious firearms offenses. Special ...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The wilful destruction of South Africa

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  My former homeland, South Africa, is in a terrible mess.  Der Spiegel recently ran an in-depth article looking at the state of the country...
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