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Due to the turnout to see "American Sniper," I know that you enjoy such stories.  A good book is "One Shot One Kill," and real good books are "Dear Mom, A Sniper's Vietnam," and "Marine Sniper." This last is about Carlos Hathcock, who is considered by many to be the best sniper of all-time.  An Arkie from the Ozarks, and raised by his Grandmother, enlisting at "17," he found a home in the Marine Corps.  Known to the N. Vietnamese as "White Feather" due to the small white feather worn from vanity on his bush-hat (he wanted them to know and fear him), Carlos had the equivalent of 3 years pay as the bounty that the N. Vietnamese placed on his head, killing every one who tried to claim it.  His rationale was that he was protecting ...Those kids dressed-up like Marines that those bastards wanted to kill...  If you want to read true-drama, read how Carlos went inch-by-inch (for this one he wore no white feather) towards the N. Vietnamese General's house for 4 nights and 3 days, knowing that if detected he'd be tortured and killed, at the dawn of the 4th night the General came out of his house, stretched and was shot through the chest from 600 yards, an ordinary-shot for Carlos.  Carlos was given no advance information about the Assignment he was offered other than he probably wouldn't survive, he accepted.  Going through his first Tour of Vietnam unscathed, during his 2nd Tour, Carlos was hitching a ride on a halftrack that hit a landmine, due to his heroic-nature he pulled Marines off the burning-vehicle and was badly-burned, due to his wounds he eventually died prematurely at "56."  

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I bought a sheet of Jimi Hendrix Stamps, several months ago I wanted Janis Joplin, but so did everybody else, and the P.O. was out (or stolen, the one I go to).  I haven't seen Ken Jennings' "Kennections" in Parade recently, miss it.  Ken tithed his winnings on "Jeopardy," makes the Mormons look good.  Went down on an easy one, probably tired of doing it.  Every couple weeks, after working-out, I go to "Little Caesar's" (...I'm Little Caesar, yeah, that's me...) and get their "Ultimate Supreme," a large pizza with 7 toppings, I eat most and throw the rest away.  It's plenty good and only 8 plus tax in L.V., get this, in San Diego it's $3 more.  Las Vegas' roads are getting like San Diego's, terrible, and for the same reason, for many years their taxpayers have allowed Public Employees to spend their tax-money on Salaries and Pensions instead of Infrastructure, the people of both locales are just stupid (the drug-scene has taken its toll).  Why would this thing about Mrs. Clinton using her personal email account instead of a Federal Govt. email account, only be coming to light now?  Why not years ago when Mrs.Clinton was Sec. of State?  The American Media, especially the TV Media, are just stupid (...the drug-scene...).  Soon they'll be walking-around with their tongues hanging-out of their mouths.

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I worked with that girl.  I was so kind to her that I would have even shared food with her.  I'll receive my reward in Heaven.  Now, on March 9 I received the 2nd most Hits of my Blog in the 6 and a half years I've been writing it, one and a half times as many Hits in a day other than Feb. 23, and I writ me no Blog since March 5 (?).  Should I cease you'd shrivel-up and wither away like the Wicked Witch of the West, I'm real flattered.  Margaret Rudin is being granted a new trial.  She was convicted in 1999 of killing her husband, wealthy Realtor, Ron Rudin (body found full of bullets, his head cut-off) in 1994.  Fleeing, Margaret was caught due to being featured on "America's Most Wanted."  Ron was a patient of, yes, my buddy Joshua the Chiropractor, who liked Ron saying he was a good guy.  Josh treated Ron for many years, and also treated Margaret, who he described as "Squirrely," said she wanted him to do some weird thing or the other (all in this story are Jewish).  Ron was a rough guy who always carried more than one gun on his person, but at home he was vulnerable.  Josh was glad when she was captured.

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Dakota Johnson is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and inherited her father's good looks (...There's nothing I can do, no there's nothing I can do...)  I saw "American Sniper" and thought it pretty good, Chris Kyle's Widow likes it.  That guy killing him, obviously he's insane, but yeah, he might do it again if ever set free.  In Minnesota, they're talking about Job Programs for the Somalis so there'll be full employment amongst them, and they'll be too occupied to think about killing the other Minnesotans, ohhh.  I chanced upon the Final Question on "Jeopardy" last night, I got it right, I said "Kennedy" after the time expired, all 3 of them missed it, 2 had Eisenhower and 1 had Lyndon Johnson, ohh.  That's the first Final Question I've tried to answer in many years, I might start watching "Jeopardy" again, I can control myself, can't I, that sure is fun.

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This past Tuesday, I went to the Bellagio to see "Faberge Revealed," the largest collection of Faberge outside of Russia.  The 238 artworks were made by the House of Faberge, the appointed Jewelers to the Russian Court, during their ascendancy of 1872 to 1915 under Carl Peter Faberge, and I tried to memorize them all.  Amongst them were 10 Faberge Eggs, of the 54 created from 1885 to 1915 for Czar Alexander 111 and Czar Nicholas 11, 42 still exist.  Some of the 10 are the best-known, the Pelican Egg, the Czaravich Egg, the Peter the Great Egg, the Red Cross Egg (Czarina Alexandra was the Head of the Russian Red Cross during WW 1).  Faberge wished to emulate the exquisite intricacies of the Scythians and succeeded.  You should try to develop healthy interests.

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A large portion of Mexico's population is now living in the U.S.  Mexico has always been regarded as a Basket-Case unable to take care of itself, and We have all these same People here, a Pessimist might say that this Country is washed-up.  Putin is desperate, leading to the demise of Boris Nemtsov.  Mikhail Khodorkovsky also has no Bodyguards and he better beware, the Russian Solution is often the Final (See My Blog on Alexander Lebed, March 8, 2009, one of Ed's finest).

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Ol' Eric Holder was complaining recently that Blacks are stopped by the Police more frequently than Whites, well, Blacks have a much higher propensity towards Crime than Whites.  Jesse Jackson said that when he hears footsteps behind him, he's relieved to see that it's a White Guy.  Our Ambassador to S. Korea being slashed in Seoul is unsurprising.  Early in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics (been in the stadium), a Boxing Referee was attacked by Onlookers as he was part of an Decision against a S. Korean Boxer.  Walker said, I'm getting out of here, and bought an expensive ticket, catching the first thing smoking back to New Zealand.  At the end of the Boxing in the Seoul Olympics, Roy Jones, who nonetheless was Selected as the Most Proficient Boxer in the Olympics, was adjudged the Loser in his Gold Medal Match with the S. Korean Boxer, who was beaten badly, declared the Winner, as the S. Koreans had bribed the Judges.  At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese blatantly Cheated in Women's Gymnastics, winning their Team Gold Medal by using underage Girls for whom there was ample Documentation that they were well under "16."  The Chinese were so Arrogant that they showed the World that they would Cheat in order to Win, and What of it?  Both S. Korea and China spent huge money and effort on their Olympics, only to show themselves in a Bad Light as Cheats, this is how the Seoul and Beijing Olympics are remembered.