“Hell yeah, I’d do it again”
Just got word that one of my own personal heroes of World War II, Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, has passed away today.
Personal History
Tibbets was born in Quincy, Illinois, and was the son of Paul Warfield Tibbets and Enola Gay Tibbets, and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where his [...]
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Earlier this week, the Democrats had another debate leading into the rough & rugged Democrat primary season. Of course, most Americans didn’t even know it was happening - they were too busy down at the neighborhood tavern with their baseball caps on backwards, watching the Lakers get [...]
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Man of Steel & Man of Mirth
Yes, way back in 1968 Marvel Comics was setting new standards in comic books - dynamic characters, innovative stories, and fantastic art. Indeed, in many ways 1968 was the peak of the Marvel Age of Comics!
Yet down the street, DC was still stuck somewhere in the early 1950s. [...]
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