Well, I updated my other blogs, available in the right column of this blog under "News & Opinions" and "Mt. Rainier NP". This is Paradise in Mt. Rainier National Park. And we still have at least a month to go before the snowpack normally ceases to accumulate, meaning it stopping snowing, and snowmelt begins which usually ends about early to mid-June except for higher elevations. And in some years it may be delayed into May and the last of the snow into July.
Anyway, the news, or interesting stuff.
First, how can a 22-year old company president get a contract for $300 million to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military when it's discovered much of that ammunition is either very old, some going back to 1966, made in China, or both? That's what's happened when the Afghanistan military discoverd when they received their supply compliments of the US government. That sure made an impression with them.
And now the US Defense Department is looking into how a startup company managed got the contract and then managed to find and buy ammunition from eastern Europe which was long abandoned as unuseable, some even so corroded it can't be used or be dangerous to the soldiers. So far he's received $155 million of his contract and the DOD has frozen the rest pending an investigation.
As usual, the president of the company denys anything wrong. Stayed tuned folks, sounds typical with the war profitteering. The whole story available on the New York Times.
Ok, I'll limit the rest to the other blogs, but add some parting jestures.
First, my favorite, the on-line Vietnam War Memorial.
Second, a 92-year old street photographer, Vivian Cherry, and her Website.
Third, the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Lastly, never lose anything white in snow.
Have a good week. I'm off on errands and trips, somewhere other than here.
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