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Meet the ‘One-Man Militia’ Cutting Gov’t Lawns While D.C. Remains in Shutdown (and Who One Officer Tried to Stop): ‘It’s Just the Right Thing to Do’

Featured Image: American made hand push reel lawn mower in grass.

From the Blaze

With Congress gridlocked and non-essential federal groundskeepers furloughed, one man has stepped forward to ensure the manicured hedges and lawns of the nation’s capital remain pristine in advance of this weekend’s Million Vet March, a protest of veterans demanding their memorials remain open.

Chris Cox, 45, has never served in the U.S. military, but his respect and appreciation for our nation’s veterans has inspired him give back. “You don’t have to be a veteran to have a love of country,” Cox explained in an exclusive interview with TheBlaze Wednesday evening. To that end, he turned a trip to a D.C. art convention into an opportunity to give back. “Everyone serves in a different way. I’ll just cut a little bit of grass.”

Armed with a leaf-blower, a lawnmower and the South Carolina state flag, Cox is on a one-man mission this week to clean up the National Mall and have it ready to welcome the veterans.  It’s not about politics, “it’s just the right thing to do,” he says. . . . Read Complete Report

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[FULL] Man mows lawn near DC memorial during gov’t shutdown

Published on Oct 9, 2013

Man mows lawn near DC memorial during gov’t shutdown

Authorities hopeful search will turn up Jimmy Hoffa’s remains in Oakland Township (W/Video)

Featured Image: Jimmy Hoffa “missing” milk carton.  SOURCE: photobucket.com (Fair Use)

From Detroit Free Press By Tammy Stables Battaglia and John Wisely
Detroit Free Press staff writers

Calling Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance “an open wound” for metro Detroiters, officials say they’re hopeful a dig in northern Oakland County will turn up the body of the former Teamsters boss.

 

“It’s my fondest hope that we can give … closure not just to the Hoffa family, but also to the community and stop tearing that scab off with every new lead and bring some conclusion,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said just after 11 a.m. today, the first official word about what’s happening at the dig in Oakland Township that began this morning. “It’s long overdue.” . . . Read Complete Report

 

Jimmy Hoffa buried on mob land in Oakland County?

Published on Jan 15, 2013

Jimmy Hoffa buried on mob land in Oakland County?

Remains Of A Giant Found In Frozen Wasteland (W/Video)

Photo: Modern Dromedary camel in outback Australia, near Silverton, NSW. CREDIT John o’Neill SOURCE : Wikipedia

from Ideas, Inventions And Innovations

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

A research team led by the Canadian Museum of Nature has identified the first evidence for an extinct giant camel in Canada’s High Arctic. The discovery is based on 30 fossil fragments of a leg bone found on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, and represents the most northerly record for early camels, whose ancestors are known to have originated in North America some 45 million years ago.

The fossils were collected over three summer field seasons (2006, 2008 and 2010) and are about three and a half million years old, dating from the mid-Pliocene Epoch. Other fossil finds at the site suggest this High Arctic camel lived in a boreal-type forest environment, during a global warm phase on the planet.  . . . Read Complete Report

from canadanaturemuseum

Published on Mar 5, 2013

Grave Thought to Contain Remains of King Richard III Came Within Inches of Being Destroyed by Victorian Builders (w/Video)

from Science Daily

ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2012) — Archaeologists from the University of Leicester who uncovered a grave thought to contain the skeleton of King Richard III have revealed that the remains came within inches of being destroyed by Victorian builders.

The University of Leicester led the search for the Anointed King who died at the battle of Bosworth in association with Leicester City Council and the Richard III Society. The University team dug three trenches under a Leicester car park before their discovery was made. . . . Read Complete Report

from youtube

Richard III Dig: ‘Strong Chance’ Body Is King

Published on Sep 13, 2012

Human Remains Discovered in Search for King Richard III (w/video Links)

from Science Daily

ScienceDaily (Sep. 12, 2012) — A team from the University of Leicester is today (Wednesday September 12) announcing a dramatic development in the search for King Richard III.

The search, which has entered a third week, has uncovered evidence of human remains — the first time in the search that this is disclosed.

The University of Leicester is leading the archaeological search for the burial place of King Richard III with Leicester City Council, in association with the Richard III Society.

Over the past two weeks, the team has made major discoveries about the heritage of Leicester by: . . . Read Complete Report

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from youtube

Star Trek’s Scotty to be blasted into orbit (w/ video)

Photo Astronaut Bruce Peterson (R) and James Doohan, (L)  (“Scotty” from Star Trek) SOURCE NASA (public domain)

from The Guardian

SpaceX rocket to carry the remains of sci-fi actor James Doohan and more than 300 hardcore space enthusiasts into space.

Star Trek fans remember him as the USS Enterprise’s chief engineer, a no-nonsense Scot whose role at the controls of the ship’s transporter system spawned one of sci-fi’s most legendary catchphrases.

On Tuesday however, it will be the turn of actor James Doohan himself to be “beamed up” to where few have ventured before when his remains, and that of more than 300 hardcore space enthusiasts, are blasted into orbit aboard a privately owned rocket.

Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying a 14.5-foot-tall (4.4-meter-tall) capsule called Dragon that is filled with food, clothes and supplies for the six astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station. . . . Read Complete Report

from youtube

Tribute To Scotty

Uploaded by on Oct 5, 2006

On a whim, I constructed this video as a tribute to the late James Doohan, who played Scotty on Trek — this spans his career in the fleet, in roughly chronological order.