Bob McCarty Writes

“FIRE IN ‘THE CHUNNEL!’”

That’s what’s being reported in the British and French press about the undersea Channel Tunnel that connects England and France:
All freight and passenger services were suspended after a “serious incident” on French side of the tunnel. — The (UK) Telegraph
Some 32 truck drivers have been evacuated from a freight [...]

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Captions for the images below describe scenes from around the world — from France to Florida and Georgia (the country, not the state) to Hong Kong — related to this week’s evidence of war, floods, famine and fire.

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Today, I recognized an instance of life imitating art in my corner of the world and thought it worth sharing with a world engaged in a Global War on Terror.
I was one-third of the way through ACT OF TREASON, the latest terror-action novel by Vince Flynn, when I came across a BBC News article about [...]

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Sixty-four years ago, 156,000 troops — including many black soldiers like the ones shown above — landed on the Normandy coast of France in the largest invasion force in history. They moved upon the “Order of the Day” statement issued by Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of [...]

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The KC-767 Advanced Tanker developed by Boeing was sized to meet the aerial refueling requirements of the U.S. Air Force’s mission and exceeded performance requirements to replace the aging, yet storied fleet of KC-135 medium tankers (see photo above), according to a Boeing news release today.
Despite the fact that the stated parameters for evaluating the [...]

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