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Wednesday short takes – Mass school buses and rockets

| August 28, 2024 | 21 Comments
Wednesday short takes – Mass school buses and rockets

Let’s get the old blood pressure up, shall we? Fox has an article headlining a license-less woman who is unable to get her kid on a bus to school and can’t afford to Uber him dozensof  times a week. The school district says it is unable to provide busing from more than K-6 grades to […]

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Harley Flees DEI

| August 20, 2024 | 21 Comments
Harley Flees DEI

Harley-Davidson Ditches European CEO’s Vanity ‘DEI’ Project Neil Munro Harley-Davidson’s European CEO has backed down on his vanity project to rebrand the company’s motorbikes as his vehicle for globalized “diversity.” The retreat from forced “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI), is a third win for for Robby Starbuck, an X-amplified advocate for merit, productivity, and professionalism. […]

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US Gaza Aid Vessels Aground Video Update

| May 26, 2024 | 19 Comments
US Gaza Aid Vessels Aground Video Update

A Day at the Beach Pictures: U.S. Army Vessels Beached as Heavy Seas Hit Gaza Aid Deliveries SIMON KENT Heavy seas tore four U.S. Army vessels from their moorings Saturday while they were trying to assist humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza. Two vessels are beached along Israel’s coast near Ashkelon while the other two are […]

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Are FBI stats misleading?

| April 13, 2024 | 22 Comments
Are FBI stats misleading?

The Biden folks are touting huge decreases in crime since Joe took office, saying crime rates have dropped dramatically and of course Joe and his confused lot are responsible. An independent group of law enforcement officials and analysts claim violent crime rates are much higher than figures reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in […]

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Israel Strikes Iran Consulate

| April 2, 2024 | 24 Comments
Israel Strikes Iran Consulate

Iranian protesters burn the U.S. and Israeli flags to condemn killing members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Syria Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria killed 2 generals and 5 other officers, Iran says BY KAREEM CHEHAYEB AND ALBERT AJI DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on […]

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8 years for Space Force

| February 26, 2024 | 21 Comments
8 years for Space Force

The Space Force is trying to retain trained people by offering an eight year active duty contract. The Space Force hopes to offer new Guardians the option of serving the regular eight-year enlistment — with four years typically spent on active duty and four in the Individual Ready Reserve component — entirely on active duty, […]

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Largest Demographic Shuns Army Service

| January 11, 2024 | 63 Comments
Largest Demographic Shuns Army Service

Not Answering Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits By Steve Beynon The Army’s recruiting of white soldiers has dropped significantly in the last half decade, according to internal data reviewed by Military.com, a decline that accounts for much of the service’s historic recruitment slump that has become the subject of increasing concern for Army […]

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Service Academy Affirmative Action Lives On

| January 8, 2024 | 54 Comments
Service Academy Affirmative Action Lives On

Diversity! West Point and the Naval Academy can keep affirmative action — for now By Irene Loewenson Two federal judges recently rejected legal attempts to halt affirmative action in the military’s service academies, at least for now. The anti-affirmative-action group Students for Fair Admissions filed lawsuits this fall seeking to end the use of race […]

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