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VIDEO: Jack Dorsey Detailing Agenda For Political Censorship

Posted on January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 by Michael Hodges

From Ryan Fournier: BREAKING: Twitter Insider Secretly Records CEO Jack Dorsey Detailing Agenda For Further Political Censorship  “We are focused on one account [@realDonaldTrump] right now, but this is going to be much bigger than just one account, and it’s going to go on for much longer…” #ExposeTwitter

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Got me some Griswold!

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Michael Hodges

I’ve always had Lodge cast iron, mainly because it was easy to buy locally or Amazon, and because unlike the others brands made today – it’s made in the USA. So I looked on eBay and found this one, a #8 size, p/n 704J, which I believe based on the logo type on the bottom,…

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Twas the Night before Christmas, and down at the Lodge…

Posted on December 24, 2020December 25, 2020 by Michael Hodges

‘Twas the Night before Christmas, and down at the lodgenot a gavel was stirring, and in the hodge-podge.Of aprons and jewels and chairs East and WestYou could savour the silence, most gladly divestAll metal and mineral, it mattered not,Since Christmas was nigh and the coals were still hot.In the hearth of your home place, all…

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On This Day: BMW’s logo

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Michael Hodges

On this day 10th day of December, 1917 – BMW’s Trademark, a circular blue and white BMW, called a “roundel”, was submitted for registration at the Imperial Patent Office in Germany.

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Wisdom by Chuck Yeager

Posted on December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 by Michael Hodges

One of my favorite quotes by Chuck Yeager is “It’s the man, not the machine” which is in reference to dogfighting in an aircraft. This of course is meant to say that someone with a superior fighter plane could still be taken down by someone with an inferior one; that it is the operator in…

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RIP General Chuck Yeager

Posted on December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 by Michael Hodges

The man, the legend… Chuck Yeager has left us. He was an ace in WWII (“Ace in a day” in fact, downing 5 aircraft in a single mission), he was the first to shoot down a German Me-262 jet fighter in his propeller-driven P-51 Mustang, he was the first man to break the sound barrier…

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The First SR-71 over North Korea

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Michael Hodges

I came across this interesting little story posted by Linda Sheffield in her “Habubrats” group online: A few paragraphs from my father’s (Col. Richard “Butch” Sheffield) unpublished book.North Korea, November 22, 1969, SR-71 number, 972First SR to overfly North Korea and first to land in South Korea.Some years later General Minter told me that this…

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Throwback Thursday: Nextel Motorola i580

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 by Michael Hodges

I was sorting through some old stuff and found this little gem in a box; my Nextel Motorola i580 from back in the commercial electric contracting days. *chirp chirp* I miss those day of the PTT feature. It was very handy on-site for work, though on the flip side there was always the potential for…

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The Past Master Symbol

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Michael Hodges

The Past Master Symbol is a often seen but not so frequently explained Masonic Symbol. It commonly consists of The Compass, Sun, and Quadrant (or Protractor), and in most jurisdictions a Square.The Compass has a familiar interpretations for it is by the Compass that a Mason is reminded to keep his actions within due bounds….

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Farewell, My Brother

Posted on August 1, 2020August 2, 2020 by Michael Hodges

A toast this evening to Bro. Howard Pressman, PM, who laid down his working tools and left us this morning. He was a good man, and not just a man but a Mason, and a very good one at that. He was heavily involved in our fraternity and always willing to go that extra mile…

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