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Gun laws are boring – but not this one

| July 31, 2022 | 38 Comments
Gun laws are boring – but not this one

You seriously need to look at HR 1808, the so-called Assault Weapons bill of 2022. It basically bans a long list of what they are considering ‘assault weapons’ – remember when the weapon had to have multiple banned features to qualify? Now ONE of the following is enough. (I) A pistol grip.   (II) A forward […]

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Army to train up recruits – to become recruits

| July 28, 2022 | 32 Comments
Army to train up recruits – to become recruits

    In a time when the Army in particular is having problems meeting its recruiting goals, one of the biggest reasons is that too many recruits just fail to meet minimum weight and educational standards. America’s obesity problem hits the younger folks, too, and while the popular perception of “bring ’em in, we’ll sweat […]

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Summer uniform shortages for AF, Army

| July 28, 2022 | 21 Comments
Summer uniform shortages for AF, Army

  The Army and Air Force are running out of summer uniform pants due to a contract issue with Golden Manufacturing, the vendor. While other manufacturers make other uniform bits on dual source contracts, Golden is the sole source for the pants and it seems someone has filed a challenge to its award. One gathers […]

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MN National Guard pays $77k to LGBTQ mag for recruiting efforts

| July 27, 2022 | 27 Comments
MN National Guard pays $77k to LGBTQ mag for recruiting efforts

Minnesota’s National Guard has a plan for recruiting problems. They’ve wasted invested $77,000 in recruiting advertising with a Minneapolis-based LGBTQ magazine. According to Wikipedia, the magazine has a bi-weekly circulation of only 33,000. That might even be generous. Red State has the story; Over the past few months, the Senate Armed Services Committee has listened […]

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Permanent time change hits “brick wall” in the House

| July 27, 2022 | 20 Comments
Permanent time change hits “brick wall” in the House

Okay, I’ll admit it: I NEVER thought I would thank the House for saving us from the Senate’s stupidity.  You may remember that the Senate unanimously passed Marco Rubio’s Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Savings time permanent. The vote was very iffy: the bill was introduced, unanimous consent was moved (and not one Senator […]

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Anti-gun propaganda out in full force

| July 25, 2022 | 23 Comments
Anti-gun propaganda out in full force

I see the agitprop folks are out in full force trying to tell us ‘ghost guns’, ‘AR assault rifles’ etc. are EEEVULL and we must ban all of them. Unless they are in the hands of a) the military b) the police (whom they also want to defund) and most importantly c) their armed bodyguards. […]

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Army Chief Warrant Admits Stealing Millions

| July 23, 2022 | 4 Comments
Army Chief Warrant Admits Stealing Millions

Thanks to Jeff LPH for the tip! CW2 Dara Buck (aka Butler) admitted to stealing $3.5 million from the government Paycheck Protection Program by submitting over 150 loan applications in her own and others’ names. If you recall, during Covid this program was set up to help businesses cover employee’s paychecks threatened by all the […]

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Hooker hired at Air Force contractor

| July 19, 2022 | 27 Comments
Hooker hired at Air Force contractor

A high ranking Air Force employee, Dr. Alex Gord, persuaded his friend Sukesh Roy at Spectral Energies to hire an admin assistant , claiming she had education and skills for the job. Mr. Roy became suspicious when it became apparent that despite Dr. Gord’s praise of her abilities as an EMT, firefighter, and having a […]

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