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Walter Mondale, former Vice President and US Army veteran, dies age 93

| April 20, 2021 | 50 Comments
Walter Mondale, former Vice President and US Army veteran, dies age 93

We have to be the bearer of the bad news that former Vice President Walter Mondale has passed at age 93. In addition to being the 42nd Vice President under Jimmy Carter, Mondale was Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, Minnesota’s Senator for two terms, and US Ambassador to Japan. Before that lengthy career […]

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Of the Tab and the Scroll

| January 25, 2021 | 145 Comments
Of the Tab and the Scroll

As you’ve surmised by the photo, the title of the post is not George R.R. Martin’s latest book. We’ve discussed this topic before, because it appears to come up every election cycle. Now it’s come up as a politcally motivated smear campaign against Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR). So what constitutes an “Army Ranger?” Leave it […]

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Washington Post highlights the real heroes of 6 Jan in DC; Democrat politicians.

| January 8, 2021 | 41 Comments
Washington Post highlights the real heroes of 6 Jan in DC; Democrat politicians.

The Washington Post takes a fresh look at the issues in DC this week. Democrat veteran politicians apparently took over when the police failed to protect and lead our nation’s leaders. The real heroes of the day apparently hid and removed identifying marks. Looks like Chinese intelligence source Rep Swalwell (D-CA) also scores some points […]

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How did veteran candidates fare yesterday?

| November 4, 2020 | 32 Comments
How did veteran candidates fare yesterday?

According to Military Times, there were 182 vets running for Congress this year across the US. That’s an increase from last cycle’s 173. I can’t go through the list one by one, but here are the results of some of the higher profile contests. Results are as of the time of writing this, mid-afternoon on […]

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Veteran points out the media’s enormous double standard around Biden corruption allegations

| October 29, 2020 | 14 Comments
Veteran points out the media’s enormous double standard around Biden corruption allegations

ninja sent in this think piece from Fox News. The media still likes to call the now-verified and corroborated Hunter Biden “laptop from hell” an “unverified” source. Leslie Stahl even said it couldn’t be verified because it’s unverified in an amazing example of bafflingly dense circular logic. This vet points out the huge hypocrisy of […]

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Alek Skarlatos narrows the gap in his race for the US House in Oregon

| October 19, 2020 | 16 Comments
Alek Skarlatos narrows the gap in his race for the US House in Oregon

Alek Skarlatos, Republican candidate for US House Oregon District 4, will probably look and sound familiar. He was one of the three heroes of the 2015 Thalys train terrorist attack. He later played himself in the Clint Eastwood movie The 15:17 to Paris which recounted the events of that afternoon. He received the Soldier’s Medal […]

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More on LTC Jody

| October 7, 2020 | 24 Comments
More on LTC Jody

The Curious Case of Cal Cunningham continues. First, he didn’t know what “BBQ” meant in his home state of North Carolina. Then his Senate campaign has admitted that the tawdry text messages of a sexual nature sent to a woman married to a US Army officer (and wounded warrior), he’s also been accused of having another woman […]

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In other news, water is wet

| September 15, 2020 | 34 Comments
In other news, water is wet

Milking his 15 minutes of fame for a few more seconds, Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says he’s “absolutely” become a “never-Trumper” after coming under relentless attack from President Donald Trump, telling NBC News’ Lester Holt that the White House leaked a classified memo about him to congressional Republicans in a bid to smear him. […]

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