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Take your pick of what to celebrate today..... Blame Someone Else Day When : The first Friday the 13th of the year What a great time you can have on this day. Imagine all the problems, errors, and mistakes you could heap on someone else today. On this day you don't have to take responsibility or blame for any faux pas on your part. On the downside, this day comes as a double edged sword. While you are busy putting the blame elsewhere, someone might just be putting the blame on you! So.......if ther is somethin wrong whif the...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering FReeper tongue-tied ~ LDO LCDR "tongue-tied" USN, Retired 1980 - 07/01/10 Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Eternal Father Strong To Save - click RIP tongue-tied....December 1959 - January 2012 USS John C Stennis (CVN 74) His last ship...then on to Iraq, Afghanistan, and NAS Fallon, NV NAS Lemoore, CA Fighting Redcocks USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) tongue-tied and Allegra, Baghdad, 2006 In Kuwait From helicopter school in Ukraine Please remember that...

In an effort to restore Americans’ faith in their government, President Obama has taken advantage of a little-known clause in the Constitution to sweep away the most unpopular Congress in history, replacing Senators and House members alike with movie stars, game show hosts, pop divas and kittens. Slipped into the Constitution by Ben Franklin, the so-called “Kick Congress in the Arse Clause” had always been dismissed by Constitutional historians as “just the kind of shenanigans Franklin liked to pull when he was loaded.” Most scholars agree that Franklin was drunk and in a joking mood when he persuaded the...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ TROOPER TEDDY Soldiers line up to participate in the 14th annual Operation Toy Drop on Pope Field, N.C., Dec. 9, 2011. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. The toy drop is an annual event where soldiers donate new, unwrapped toys for a chance to train and jump with international jumpmasters. The donated toys are distributed to underprivileged children within the community. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber M. Grimm Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our...

who will win and how? why do PPV buyers only get 5 fights and have to jump around to Spike and Facebutt for the others?

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Thank You For Your Service of 2011... And We Wish You A Safe 2012!! LAST CONVOY A U.S. flag flies from a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, part of the last convoy to leave Iraq, as it crosses over into Kuwait, Dec. 18, 2011, signaling the end of Operation New Dawn. Despite the final battalions' departure, the U.S. will continue to build and strengthen a mutually-beneficial partnership with Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bradley Wancour Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ AFGHANISTAN BOUND U.S. Army soldiers board a Boeing 737 as they prepare to leave Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 28, 2011, for a deployment to Afghanistan. The 290 soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, Airborne. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. TAJI TROOPS U.S. Army military policemen conduct a dismounted patrol along a road...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ FLIGHT LINE FUN Navy Lt. Chris Rancourt leaves the flight line with his wife and children during a homecoming celebration at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md., Nov. 6, 2011. Rancourt is assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, which just completed an 85-day forward deployed tour to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those...

Earlier we just got confirmation out of Best Buy that one can not, as expected, offset negative margins with near-infinite volume (as the stock tumbles). Now we get advance retail sales proving that all speculation about a record Black Friday was just that. Oh, and a lie. In short - everything missed. Advance retails sales in November (including Thanksgiving) came at 0.2%, on expectations of 0.6%, and down from a revised 0.6%. Retail sales less autos was 0.2%, half of the expected 0.4%, while ex Auto and Gas also printed at 0.2%, also missing big. So... where did all...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ FIRST KISS Navy Airman Wilfredo Morales receives a kiss from his wife during a homecoming celebration on Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md., Nov. 4, 2011. Morales is assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, which just completed a three-month forward deployed tour to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Clifford L. H. Davis Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FULL FLIGHT...

This is a question being asked to the masses out there? With the change in store hours, how was/is your black Friday experience?

The Occupy mob has shown its true face with its call to “Occupy Black Friday” and boycott retailers. The consequences of a boycott like that, if it were effective, would not hurt the rich. It would hurt the employees of the stores. Of course, the Occupy mob does not care about them. Their goal is very simple. They want to crash the economy. The more people they can force out of work, they believe the greater will be the demand for revolution. We have to answer them. Our answer is simple. We will Occupy Black Friday for America and Real...

Workers angry as Black Friday creeps into ThanksgivingBy Kavita Kumar St. Louis Post-Dispatch Friday, November 18, 2011 ST. LOUIS – Lyndsey Shaw has been on the front lines of Black Friday in years past, helping to open the Best Buy store in Brentwood, Mo., by 5 a.m. But when Best Buy decided to follow other retailers this year in moving up its opening time to midnight on Thanksgiving, Shaw worried she would have to miss her family’s tradition of going out to see Christmas lights after their holiday dinner. “We don’t usually get everything cleaned up and out the door...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ RACING TEAM Members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America racing team participate in the 2011 Army Ten-Miler with their handcycles in Washington, D.C., Oct. 9, 2011. More than 30,000 people participated in the 27th annual race, supporting Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation, a network of support and leisure services to enhance the lives of soldiers and their families. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of...

11/11/11 : Welcome to the Age of Prophecy and Mass Stupidity Significance of 11/11/11 Based on past calendar dates such as 10/10/10, or October 10, 2010, no significant or unusual phenomenon occurs simply because of a date that has the same numbers in a sequence. The numerical sequence of November 11 holds a special significance in the binary numeral system, which is the base-2 number system that represents numeric values using two symbols, 0 and 1. The date of November 11 has a binary number of 111110 where it has a decimal equivalent of 62 in the year 2010, and...

Every day, a male co-worker walks up very close to a lady standing at the coffee machine, inhales a big breath of air and tells her that her hair smells nice. After a week of this, she can't stand it anymore, takes her complaint to a supervisor in the personnel department and asks to file a sexual harassment grievance against him. The Human Resources supervisor is puzzled and asks, "What's sexually threatening about a co-worker telling you your hair smells nice?" The woman replies, "Its Keith, the midget."   Q. What is the difference between a Harley and a...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ MARINE OF THE YEAR Marine Corps Sgt. Lucas Chaffins, center, receives the USO Marine of the Year Award from Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., assistant commandant of the Marine Corps; USO President Sloan D. Gibson; retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the 2011 USO Gala in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade...

~ FR Canteen Presents ~ ~ It's Almost Halloween: Trick or Treat!! ~ PURPLE HEART Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III congratulates Army Pfc. Milton Jenkins after presenting him with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the Warrior Family Support Center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Sept. 28, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. ARRESTED LANDING An E-2C Hawkeye prepares to make an...

Not to be stuck on the same theme again...but they're just so silly....  Actual Craigslist ads: good morning delusional obots (over the cliff) Date: 2011-10-18, 10:25AM EDT Reply to: comm-bxk4f-2655843943@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] The Marxist Muslime Illegal Alien's attempt at 'misdirection' via his "Occupy" gambit - is not really paying off is it? The usurper is a disaster. Wannabe hippies on Wall St. who've been told to emerge from their parents' basement can't change that. Anyone found the teleprompter yet? Have A Nice Day   Obama's "Occupy" Policy Creates A Dozen Dumpster Diving Jobs! Date: 2011-10-18, 10:38AM EDT...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ HOME AT LAST U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Vanburen embraces his spouse during a homecoming on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2011. Vanburen is assigned to 2D Marine Division, which recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Desiree Mora Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. RIDGELINE SCOUTS U.S. Army Spcs. Ryan Roach, left, and Jared Price scout a ridgeline...