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Circus Posters — Authentic or Reproduction by Larry Kellogg (

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:12:51 GMT

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If you are a collector of circus posters, like this 1922 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster of a clown in white make-up, you'll want to be able to tell the authentic article from the reproductions.

Clip Source: www.worthpoint.com

Circus Posters — Authentic or Reproduction
by Larry Kellogg (11/03/08).

Al G. Barnes Circus Tiger Riding Elephant

Ringling Bros. – Army of 50 Clowns

Barnum & Bailey – Peerless Prodigies ...

Barnum & Bailey – The Meers Sisters

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. – Automobile

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers – Hippo & Rhino

There are many circus poster reproductions, but the ones listed above seem to be the most common. They are frequently up for auction on eBay and are regularly seen in antique shows and malls. None of these posters have much value — less than $5 each—but they are sometimes advertised as “guaranteed original,” with prices in the hundreds of dollars. Usually the seller really believes they are authentic and isn’t trying to rip you off.

If you just want to decorate your walls and don’t care about value, there are some nice reproductio ns and they are not hard to find. Just be very careful when you want to buy an original.

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Handler never gave up on lost army dog

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:05:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Handler never gave up on lost army dog

The handler of an army-trained labrador that went missing for more than a year says he never gave up hope for the lost dog.

The black Labrador called Sabi went missing in action in southern Afghanistan, during the battle in which the SAS trooper Mark Donaldson won the Victoria Cross.

Now Sabi has been reunited with her Australian unit. The Australian Defence Force says an American soldier spotted the dog last week.

The 10-year-old female was trained to detect explosives like the roadside bombs used extensively by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was the dog's second tour of duty.

Soldier spots dog

He says the dog was recovered by a US soldier who can only be identified as John. The soldier was aware the Australians were missing an explosive detector dog.

He says the soldier reportedly gave it some commands it understood.

"When she did come back we were all overjoyed with what happened," he said.

Dog back after a year MIA in Afghanistan

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:38 GMT

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Dog back after a year MIA in Afghanistan

(CNN) -- An Australian special forces dog has been found alive and well more than a year after going missing in action in Afghanistan.

Explosives detection dog Sabi was recovered by a U.S. soldier who found her wandering near an isolated patrol base in the desolate southern province of Oruzgan last week, according to the Australian Government Department of Defense.

John, the U.S. soldier, who was identified only by first name, knew his Australian counterparts were missing an explosive detection dog. He knew immediately that Sabi was not a stray.

When she disappeared, the black Labrador was nearing the end of her second tour of duty in Afghanistan. She went missing in September 2008 when insurgents ambushed a combined Australian, U.S. and Afghan army convoy. Nine Australian soldiers, including Sabi's handler, were wounded during the gunbattle.

Video: MIA military dog found

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Prop's to Applebee's

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:39:28 GMT

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Clip Source: money.cnn.com

Applebee's 'Feeds An Army' (Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard Too) With More Than One Million Free Meals on Veterans Day

Vets and Active Duty Military Share Day With Friends, Family at Applebee's

November 12, 2009: 09:49 AM ET

More than 1,000,000 members of the military spent Veterans Day at their neighborhood Applebee's Grill & Bar yesterday, enjoying friends, family -- and a free entrée. Applebee's saluted veterans and active duty military for their service and sacrifice by honoring them with free food in all of the nearly 1,900 restaurants across the nation.

"Applebee's is honored to have played a role in this national day of respect and remembrance," said Mike Archer, president, Applebee's Services, Inc. "We are proud to lead the way in saluting veterans on their day of honor."

A Silver Lining to Storms of Sorrow

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:45:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: About 15 years ago, I hitched a ride to a national security briefing in Thomasville, Georgia, with a fellow I had only recently met. He had just retired as an Army officer after Desert Storm, and we were serving in a reserve capacity with a civilian agency. It was a five-hour drive, which gave us time to become well acquainted, and I am grateful for every minute of that trip.

His name is Don Rodgers, and he is one of those people who has never met a stranger.

Good story - click on link to read

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A Silver Lining to Storms of Sorrow

"I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in the Affairs of Men." --Benjamin Franklin

There are many reasons why I look forward to Veterans Day, one being that it affords me the opportunity to write about Patriots who have sacrificially served our nation, honoring their sacred oaths to support and defend our Constitution.

So, each year at this time, I have the privilege of profiling friends whose conduct and lives are personal inspirations to me.

Adequately portraying the extraordinary service of these individuals within the confines of a single essay -- men like Roger Helle and Roger Ingvalson, the subjects of previous essays -- is difficult.

Time to Surrender in Afganistan

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There's no sense putting our troops in harm's way in the field if we won't protect them in Texas.

Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

It's time to surrender in Afghanistan. Yep, that's right. Surrender.

Let's sign a document of surrender, apologize for our "aggression," withdraw the troops, and let Osama and the Taliban have a ticker-tape parade in the streets of Kabul before they force women back into their burkas, outlaw education for girls, and start executing homosexuals and Christians again.

The assassination of thirteen American troops at Ft. Hood by a Muslim officer in the U.S. Army is the last straw. Despite the overwhelming evidence, our political and military leaders refuse to acknowledge that Maj. Hasan was motivated by militant Islamist ideology.

And Gen. George Casey -- unbelievably -- actually said that if "diversity" in the military were to suffer, it would be an even greater tragedy than the Ft. Hood murders.

The enemy has not defeated us in battle. They can't. But the Ft. Hood assassinations show that we've already surrendered.

Tags: islam, political correctness, military, afganistan, surrender

12-Year-Old Hero Signals SWAT Team: Military Hand Code

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:40:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "I took all my money out of my pocket. I took off my coat and threw it out the window. I jumped out the window and the police officer brought me to the cafeteria."

When asked if he was afraid Zach said: "I was more nervous than afraid."

Zach told Rosanna Scotto that he knew about the hand signals from the military. Zach's father is a Marine and his two older brothers are in the Army and currently serving in Iraq.

Zach wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Marine.

(Video of Good Day NY at) http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/091111-12-Year-Old-Hero-Talks-To-Good-Day-NY

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Man Charged in New York School Hostage…

MYFOXNY.COM - Stissing Middle School in Pine Plains, New York has a hero among its student body.

Zach Pruner, 12, was hiding in a room next to an armed gunman who held the school's principal hostage on Tuesday.

Zach passed along vital information to police outside using hand signals and notes. The gunman was captured thanks to help from Zach.

Good Day NY's Rosanna Scotto spoke with the boy on Wednesday. He explained in detail what he did to help police.

"I crawled under a desk... looked through a gap to see what was in the lobby but no one was there. I heard a SWAT armored vehicle come up to the building... I got their attention by waving my arms. I used hand signals.. I did '1' then the gun sign; then '4' and the hostage sign."

When that didn't seem to work Zach grabbed a marker and a note pad and wrote the same information. Police wrote a note telling him to jump out the window.

Tags: 12 year-old hero, gunman held principal hostage, new york middle school, zach pruner signaled and wrote police

Spike Milligan & The Irish Olympics

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I have read some of his poetry - very funny...

Clip Source: www.spikemilligan.co.uk

Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan was born in India to an english mother and an Irish father who was serving in the British Army. During his teens and early twenties Spike performed as a Jazz musician and was already starting to write comedy sketches.

On his return to England during the late 1940's he continued appearances in several musical comedy acts, Spike then had a big break into the world of radio both writing scripts for and performing in the now famous 'Goon Show' with other comedy greats such as Peter Sellers and Harry Seacombe. The Goon Show ran from 1951 with the last one in 1972.

From Radio Spike naturally progressed onto TV appearing in numerous TV show including 'A show called Fred', 'The World of Beachcomber' and 'The Q Series'.

Spike also excelled in the writing of nonsense poems and verse having many books published and to his credit some of which are still taught in schools.

Spike was without doubt a comedy great and helped shape the landscape of British comedy.

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What’s Likely to Happen to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Perhaps what’s likely to occur, writes the Chron, is a court-martial under Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to punish offenses allegedly committed by a man wearing a U.S. military uniform against other military personnel on a military base. The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for recommending charges, prompting the military equivalent of a grand jury, known as an Article 32 hearing, where both prosecutors and defense can present evidence.

Those results would be reviewed by the base commander, who would decide whether to convene a court-martial. The 12-person jury would be composed of officers higher in rank than Hasan " lieutenant colonels and above.

Lead Writer Ashby Jones
The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog

Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a litigator at a large law firm and clerked for a federal judge.

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The future indeed looks grim for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood gunman, who last week opened fire in a processing center on the base, killing 13. Hasan was injured by gunfire, but remains alive and under heavy guard at Fort Sam Houston. That means, of course, Hasan will presumably be prosecuted for his actions.

But what will the legal proceedings look like for Hasan? The Houston Chronicle attempts to answer the question in a story out Monday.

A key question concerning Hasan’s fate hinges on whether civilian prosecutors conclude he was part of a terrorist plot that might justify moving his case into the federal criminal courts under U.S. anti-terrorism laws. If prosecutors, on the other hand, determine that Hasan acted alone, he could face the death penalty in a military court-martial.

Tags: lone killer or part of terrorist plot, mass murderer, media political correctness, military tribunal or criminal court?, nidal hasan

Major Hasan - the secret weapon!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:17:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "He indicated that he would give me a call back and let me know. He contacted me on Saturday and said, I think we're going to make this work. A couple of hours later he called back and said, between the lines, I've been overruled by the White House. There will be no briefing for you this weekend, and early next week on Tuesday we'll give you a briefing.

Clip Source: www.newsmax.com

By: Jim Meyers

Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, tells Newsmax that the White House intervened to keep him from obtaining critical information regarding the Fort Hood murders.

The Michigan legislator also warned that "homegrown jihadism" is a real threat to the U.S., and said a thorough investigation of Major Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre, would help authorities learn how to deal with it.

Rep. Hoekstra charged in a statement on Monday that the Obama administration was withholding information and demanded that the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Director of National Intelligence preserve documents relating to the incident for use in any future investigation.

Newsmax.TV's Ashley Martella asked him about that charge.

Veterans Day 2009: Thank you

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:57:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: They are casualties of war… and as far as I’m concerned, Sergeant Kimberly Munley, who took their cowardly attacker down, is a veteran today.

The terrorist enemy doesn’t have a formal chain of command that can sign an armistice, they don’t muster on clearly defined battlefields, and they’re quite happy to benefit from the efforts of deranged fanboys. If we don’t stand behind our professional soldiers, and give them the tools to do their jobs now, we will all become soldiers before this enemy is defeated.

Somewhere in the world tomorrow, an American soldier will ring in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day with gunfire. Another will arrive home after an honorable tour of duty, perhaps passing brothers and sisters in arms saying farewell to their families. A mother’s tears will fall on a letter from the far side of the world. Old veterans will spend a beautiful afternoon watching children play beneath the flag they raised at Anzio, Guadalcanal, Incheon, or Khe Sanh.

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Applebee’s honors vets and active duty military with a free meal today. Krispy Kreme is doing the same. Or take a vet out to McCormack & Schmick’s or Golden Corral for a special dinner.

Must-read Veterans Day tributes at milblog Mudville Gazette and from Blackfive’s Matt Burden, who reminds us: “It’s about the living.”

To honor our wounded troops, make sure you pitch in at Project Valour-IT. Today’s the last day of the annual fundraiser.

Happy 234th Birthday, Marines!

Doctor Zero on “The Eleventh Hour:”

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of 2009, the wounded of Fort Hood will remember their fallen friends, and wonder how a man wrapped in enough red flags to turn him into a bloody mummy was allowed to infiltrate their base. Those wounded and dead rely upon us to ask the questions their superiors in the chain of command cannot comfortably answer. Calling the injured and dead of Fort Hood “victims” perpetuates the blindness that compelled those men and women to face the enemy unarmed.

Tags: airforce, army, coast guard, marines, national guard, national security, navy, veterans day 2009

Obama Ally Code Pink Targets Children of Military Families for Psychological Abuse

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:29:56 GMT

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Obama Ally Code Pink Targets Children of Military Families for Psychological Abuse

This is not the first time Code Pink has waged psychological warfare on our troops and military families. Four years ago the group initiated a weekly protest at the main entrance to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where Code Pink held signs reading, “Maimed for a lie” and “Enlist here and die for Halliburton.” One Veterans Day, Code Pink protesters called the wounded warriors at Walter Reed war criminals and on other occasions have called them terrorists.

Benjamin, whose work prolonging the insurgency in Iraq with humanitarian aid and political support for the terrorists is believed by many military families to have led to the maiming and killing of thousands of American soldiers in Iraq, has now focused her energies on helping our terrorist enemies defeat America in Afghanistan by propagandizing against reinforcements for our troops.

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Manscaping - for real?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:28:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Gillette is grasping at straws, so to speak, to find new revenue streams with a high-cost campaign to enlist women to send a mass-customized video to their partners. Gina Maniscalco at Lookingood.com was the first to alert me to it, and she raises valid concerns - there are enough hormones generated by these two videos (after watching the first, go to the site promoted at the end of it) to power a small army over a cliff!

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Land sakes, Gillette is at it again!� They want our men to shave every inch of their bodies, and they are not giving up until we have a nation of hairless hammerheads!

First came the manscaping campaign telling our boys they should shave their privates because “The tree looks taller when there is no underbrush.”�� Evidently that metaphor didn’t work, because now, Gillette’s launching a new campaign called The BodycruZade, recruiting women to demand that men “make life smoother” for them.

“Entourage” actress, Emmanuelle Chriqui, is the campaign manager, and encourages women to join the campaign by sending a clever, customized video to that special someone, giving them a fake award for “The perfectly groomed man.”

My-oh-my, just look at that video, it must be downright torture for men not to run right out and shave themselves like sheep!� Why, the BodycruZade campaign office looks like a Playboy bunny audition room!

Tags: lookingood, manscaping, marketing, viral

Heartbreaking: Fort Hood soldiers remembered, in pictures (21 images)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:00:08 GMT

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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Sketching out lives that ended too soon, President Barack Obama remembered those slain at Fort Hood as husbands and fathers, immigrants and scholars, optimists and patriots -- an expectant mother, a granddaughter of veterans, a music teacher. Just below his speaking platform Tuesday, before thousands of mourners, the dead were remembered in a traditional Army way: 13 pairs of combat boots, each with an inverted rifle topped with a helmet. A picture of each person rested below the boots. "Neither this country, nor the values that we were founded upon, could exist without men and women like these 13 Americans," Obama told the throng. "And that is why we must pay tribute to their stories." (21 images)

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Tags: ft hood, massacre, muslim fanatic, murder, soldiers, america, land that i love, terrorist act

Muggers Return Wallet After Seeing Army ID

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:12:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID.