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A Brief History On November 8, 2016, the 58th quadrennial American presidential election will be held.  In the current race to become a major party Presidential Nominee, the list of candidates lack military experience or inclination, with only Donald Trump having the slightest military connection.  Considering that each of these candidates wants to be the Commander in Chief of our military forces the situation is somewhat ridiculous.  Of our 44 Presidents only 11 had no military experience. Digging Deeper Trump claims the closest thing to military experience by having attended the New York Military Academy from age 13 (8th grade) through…

A Brief History On April 4, 1841, a stunned nation learned that for the first time in American history a serving president died while in office! Digging Deeper William Henry Harrison from Ohio gave his inaugural address bareheaded despite poor weather.  Perhaps because of this blunder, the new president contracted pneumonia and died 31 days later, becoming the first president to die in office and the president with the shortest time served. A total of eight US presidents have died in office over the 238 years of our nation’s history, and the weirdest part of that is that four of…

A Brief History On February 20th, we covered how Ted Kaczynski (the “Unabomber”) blew up a computer store in 1987.   Today marked the end of his reign of terror as he was finally arrested on April 3, 1996.  A recluse who was anti-technology, he probably would not have been caught without his brother having turned him in.  Here are 10 civilian people who are known for bombing, good or bad.  (For our companion list of military bombers, please see this article). Please Note: This list is not a rogues’ gallery!  It includes good guys as well as bad guys famously…

A Brief History On April 3, 2008, an army of law enforcement descended upon a polygamist compound with snipers, machine guns, SWAT equipment, a helicopter, and even an armored personnel carrier! Digging Deeper Child welfare workers and enforcement officers were among the police, surrounding and sealing off the compound. Law enforcement had been alerted by a call purportedly from a teenage girl kept in the compound as a child bride, or as some would describe, a sex slave.  Getting a warrant to conduct the raid was based on the calls from this person who turned out not to be even…

A Brief History On April 2, 1992, John Gotti’s Teflon coating wore thin and numerous charges stuck, enough to convict him of murder and a host of other crimes! Digging Deeper Gotti was born in New York City growing up in the criminal underground there, eventually rising to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. Moving up the Mafia ladder, Gotti found himself in position to seize the top job by killing his boss, Paul Castellano.  More than just a power grab, Gotti had Castellano murdered partly in self defense, as he feared Castellano would have Gotti himself executed…