Dumbass Bullshit
Deployed soldiers face punishment for their ‘message to liberals’ video
Jeff LPH 3 sends in this story from the Army Times. Two deployed Michigan Army National Guard soldiers who in September posted an obscenity-laced TikTok video of themselves, armed and in uniform, chiding “liberals and Democrats” for being “crybabies and snowflakes” now face disciplinary action following an investigation. The two soldiers are assigned to Company […]
West Point getting woke
Jeff LPH 3 sent me this story. Following alumni accusations this summer of racist treatment at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, cadets, staff and the head of a new advisory group highlighted efforts to foster “character growth” among cadets there. Those initiatives have included a focus on racially based incidents, in […]
Former State Trooper, Army Vet Gets Probation for Falsifying Firearms Document
A now-retired Pennsylvania State Trooper and Army Veteran of Bosnia and Iraq has used his PTSD to get out of a prison sentence. The story of Trooper Chad Corbett goes back a few years. In 2017 he was charged with sexually assaulting, strangling, and physically abusing a woman at his home. He’d been a trooper […]
Army shutting down successful unit that developed solutions to current and emerging threats
Jeff LPH 3 sent along this story that the Army is shuttering the Asymmetric Warfare Group. For nearly 15 years a little known but highly influential Army group has been in the middle of how the Army learns immediate lessons from combat, adapts to the evolving battlefield and saves soldiers’ lives. It’s called Asymmetric Warfare […]
Stupid criminals of the week
The first two are a couple years old, but I think are worth it. I am positive they did not see the irony. Woman complains patrol car is ‘too hot’ during her arrest for leaving child in hot car 7/11/17 – A Florida woman has been charged after leaving her child in a hot car, […]
Berkeley, California continues being struck by the Good Idea Fairy
The KoB sent along the news that Berkeley has outlawed junk food in the register aisle. Berkeley is gearing up to become the first city in the nation to ban junk food from the checkout line in grocery stores. In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council passed the “healthy checkout” ordinance. Come March 2021, when […]
Retired Green Beret’s widow sues VA for harassment, slander over life insurance payouts
Military Times has this unusual story. Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian McCoy died while on a contracting assignment in Afghanistan last year, leaving behind $1.2 million in private life insurance to his widow. According to a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 14 in Massachusetts, a Veterans Affairs nurse has been harassing McCoy’s widow, telling her step-children and members […]
Air Force Stops Mandatory “White Supremacy” Training
“Off we go…” Surprising everybody, well, me anyway, the Air Force is taking the lead in snuffing out “Woke” diversity seminars, and other racial sensitivity trainings that address topics like white privilege and critical race theory. In a letter to federal agencies, the director of the Office of Management and Budget said President Trump recently […]
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