USS Beloit commissioned, ready to call Florida its home

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BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Citizens of Beloit gathered to watch the USS Beloit take its first visitors as they took a tour of the ship.

USS Beloit commissioned, ready to call Florida its home

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More than 200 people came to Willowbrook Road Friday morning for the official beginning of construction of a Ho-Chunk casino, convention center, and 312-room, 18-story hotel.

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USS Beloit to be commissioned on Nov. 23

USS Beloit

USS Beloit to be commissioned on Nov. 23

Navy says all aboard to USS Beloit

Navy Announces Commissioning Ceremony for the Future USS Beloit

The future USS Beloit (LCS 29) commissioning ceremony will be livestreamed at www.dvidshub.net/webcast/35146. The webcast will begin at 9:45 a.m. CST and the ceremony begins at 10 a.m. CST, Nov. 23.

Scheduled from Nov 23 2024 10:45 AM EST to Nov 23 2024 12:15 PM EST: WEBCAST: USS BELOIT (LCS 29) COMMISSIONING

USS Beloit prepares for launch

Khaled Hosseini

I was recommended Khaled Hosseini’s book, “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by someone I’ve been conversing with on Goodreads. While it’s fiction, it appears that this person takes it how Muslims really are. From the critical reviews that I’ve read, so far, my immediate takeaway is that the book is Anti-Communist (the Soviets didn’t invade Afghanistan) and Islamophobic. Others have said that it’s racist and makes the case for ‘humanitarian intervention’ aka invasion based on women’s rights or children’s rights.

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