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John Blackshoe sends - Serendipity History in your hands …
Many people love to read about history. Some enjoy visiting historic sites. Others have a collector gene which impels them to acquire historic relics as a tangible connection with past events. So...
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Ah, A Day Off ...
OAFS Photo 'Tis a nice day here in Little Rhody, couple of errands to run but I don't have to go to the paying gig today. So, I've got that going for me. Y'all stay safe, enjoy life while...
I'm Out ...¹
(SOURCE ) I am out of gas. It's been a long week, comments yesterday got way too contentious for my taste and far too political. Can't you people just enjoy the ride? (I turned the comments...
Meals Ready to Explode ...
(SOURCE ) Moriarty and Golden were back in the van, they'd been swapping every 24 hours with another pair of agents, but those guys had been recalled to DC. Some big kerfuffle was apparently...
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Paying the Piper
(SOURCE ) Chapman turned right, she was meeting with Captain Choe and someone else whom the Captain had not wanted to mention, that much was obvious. She was sure it had something to do with...
What a Week!
So....There I was*...Last Monday early evening, post is posted, comments are commented, a pre-prandial Rose' in hand, BBQ is heating, with the exception of all the Bovine Excrement going on...
In the Woods
(SOURCE) The helicopter swept down US-40 again, the pilot glanced down and thought he spotted something. "Rick, I'm going to come around a bit and go into a hover, look down at the road, t...
Blood on the Highway
(SOURCE ) Corporal Maria Campos of the Maryland State Police glanced at the small box truck as it drove by, the driver had hit his brakes and she thought that she hadn't seen any brake light...
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Who Can You Trust?
(SOURCE ) Wilt Thompson was sitting in his little office at the Rod and Gun Club sipping a cup of coffee he'd just poured from his Thermos. He looked out towards the garage area when the sma...
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Taking a Day ...
(SOURCE ) As yesterday's, perhaps cryptic, footnote indicated (this one - EDITOR'S NOTE: 72nd revolution around this system's star commences today.), yesterday, May the 8th was my birthday...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?¹
(SOURCE ) Herb Moriarty and Rick Golden parked their van next to a stand of trees just north of the Foundation of Faith Worship Center. It was on King Street, they had a pretty good view of ...
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The Game's Afoot¹
(SOURCE ) On the drive back to their motel in Maryland, Johansen, who was driving, posed the question, "So where are we going to get enough ammunition and weapons to entice the Feds to look i...
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Tyvek, the devil's tape!
Well to start off on an up note, a week from this Wednesday will be a good day in the juvat household. Mrs. J will get zapped for the last time on that day. (Beans, zapped is the official j...
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Plans and Schemes
By U.S. Army Materiel Command - FLICKR , CC BY 2.0 Jarrett Jefferson, newly promoted to sergeant, was watching the DC police SWAT team in training. Members of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team w...
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Meetings
(SOURCE ) At one time the facility had belonged to the Virginia DOT, replaced by a newer facility, paid for largely by the federal government, it now belonged to the Eastern Shore Rod and Gu...
The Fog Lifts, A Little
(SOURCE ) Ephraim Johansen went into the J. Edgar Hoover Building from the E Street NW entrance. After going through the metal detectors he saw his escort waiting for him. The man didn't say...
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A Disturbance in the Force
(SOURCE ) Ephraim Johansen glanced out the window of his car as his driver went by the Navy Yard. His gut told him that somehow the Navy was involved in what was happening. That damn Jack Mo...
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Back in the Day ...
GULF OF ADEN (May 26, 2009) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LE...
DC
(SOURCE ) Chapman had the host seat her at a table with a nice view of the Potomac, her server came by, she ordered water with a lemon slice, and a chopped spinach salad. While it was a meeti...
Texan Weather*
Howdy folks! It's another juvat Monday! But, as usual, this is getting written on Sunday. As such, some of this post could be old news to some readers, e.g. Cletus or STxAR. Being in the s...
Fall Guys
PxHere DuPont was back at his desk. The trip to the country had seemed worthwhile, at first. Now he was having doubts. He picked up his phone. "Beth, you're still here? Good, please come b...
The Farmhouse
PxHere Morgan was looking down the road, they were a ways out into the boondocks as he remembered his father calling it, when he saw something ahead which he didn't like. "Hey Ephraim, we ...
Aftermath
PxHere DuPont entered the office building and presented his identification to the security guard, "Has the Director arrived yet?" "No Sir, he's on his way. Sorry about your guys." DuPont...
The Ambush
PXHERE Murdock knew that he was hurt, hurt bad. As they'd advanced down the alleyway, a flurry of gunshots had rung out. He'd felt a blow, low on his torso, just where his armor had ridden ...
What Happens ...
Le Caillou Napoléon's Last Headquarters (SOURCE ) I remember the first time I visited that small farmhouse depicted above, it was either 1992 or 1993 (it's been long enough that I don't reme...