Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The "Race to the Sea"

100 years ago today, following the stopping of the German advance into France at the First Battle of the Marne, the German and Anglo-French armies began trying to out-flank each other to the north.

Neither side was able to do it. The digging-in had already begun and within a month, the trench lines would be more-or-less fixed until the German Spring Offensive began in 1918.

The German Spring Offensive had much the same result as the Battle of the Bulge would, 36 years later, and for much the same reason: The German army was unable to logistically sustain the advance.

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