Singer Freddy Fender Served in the Marine Corps During the Cold War > U.S. Department of Defense > Story
Freddy Fender is best known for his 1975 country and pop music crossover hits "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" and "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." From 1953 to 1956, Fender served in the Marine Corps as a gunner on an M47 Patton tank. In...
Army Kicks Off 250th Anniversary Celebration at the Rose Parade > U.S. Department of Defense > Story
The Army kicked off its 250th birthday celebration at the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade, where its "This We'll Defend: 250 Years of Service" float highlighting various eras of Army history rolled through Pasadena, California. The parade's theme of "Best Day Ever!" provided a fitting backdrop for the float, which featured artistic figures representing Army icons. Artistic figures on the float...
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Trumplican’s 6th Circuit Just Killed Net Neutrality (And What’s Left of US Broadband Consumer Protection)
from the not-with-bang,-but-with-whining dept The telecommunications industry (with the help of the new Trump Supreme Court), has been drooling for months at the prospect that the Trump-stocked court will soon deliver a killing blow to the FCC's net neutrality protections (read: the popular FCC rules designed to prevent. telecommunications monopolies from abusing market power to beat customers and competitors). As predicted,...
Deputy Admits Charges For Beating Transgender Man Who Turned On Him
from the arrest-rage-for-'insulting-the-police' dept It has long been recognized by federal courts that giving a one-finger salute to a law enforcement officer is not enough not crime, but speech is protected. It means that "birds" can't be seen alone be the basis for a stop or arrest. And it certainly doesn't justify the deployment of troops, especially of the "excess"...
Apple released limited edition AirPods 4 for the Year of the Snake
Apple is kicking off the new year with a fun limited-edition pair of AirPods, but you might find yourself in trouble. As spotted by MacRumors on Friday, Apple is selling the Snake 4 Special Edition AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation in celebration of the Chinese New Year (or Spring Festival) on January 29, 2025.Currently, the AirPods 4 theme...
Food Tracking App To Remove Food Previously Recorded By Users After Food Data Company Sues
from the why-we-can't-be-good dept For the past few years, I've been using Cronometer as my nutrition app. It's pretty good for tracking food, exercise, and more. I appreciate that it has very detailed nutritional data, and even if it is not, I can upload the nutrition label just a quick photo on my phone. It's a nice app. So I was...
Meet the PF600U, coming to CES 2025
I've been looking for a projector on and off for a few years. I'm not really committed, but I'm still tempted. I don't want anything fancy but rather a tool that will do well in a dark-enough environment, maybe something I can easily do from one place to another. The projector will never be the center of my streaming...
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AZ Police Get Away With Criminal Charges After Collusion With Prosecutors To Treat Protesters As ‘Gang Members’
from the not-actually-wanting-to-defuse-the-entire-ACAB-thing dept What will surprise no one, the Arizona prosecutor decided that no police should be punished for cooperating with a different Arizona prosecutor to portray the violent anti-police protesters as gang members with the sole purpose of getting a sentence enhancement. Like millions across the country, residents of Phoenix, Arizona took to the streets to protest police...
