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Saturday Shorts. Happy Birthday, Army? Ya don’t look a day over 150!

| June 14, 2025 | 11 Comments
Saturday Shorts. Happy Birthday, Army? Ya don’t look a day over 150!

Gonna jump right in. Ft. Banning Moore Whatever that fort off of Victory Dive in Columbus is doing some upgrading. The Army is updating its sniper training range at Fort Benning, Georgia to accommodate its newest sniper rifle, which can accurately hit targets nearly a mile away. The MK22 Precision Sniper Rifle is a multi-caliber […]

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Whiplash on Tariffs

| May 30, 2025 | 16 Comments
Whiplash on Tariffs

It really does depend on the time of day to know what is happening. The May 29 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit comes a day after the United States Court of International Trade invalidated his use of the the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to impose […]

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A few Trump observations

| May 29, 2025 | 27 Comments
A few Trump observations

Since our resident Commissar has gone over the President’s Memorial Day Truth Social post in such detail, let’s try to somewhat more rationally look at a few other things. From West Point: That includes the first two women in West Point history to complete Diver School; cadets Megan Cooper and Clara Sebu. Where are you? […]

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Trump gets 747, reportedly not a “gift”

| May 22, 2025 | 23 Comments
Trump gets 747, reportedly not a “gift”

The Defense Department has released a statement that the famous Qatari 747 has been accepted by the government, presumably to serve as Air Force One. Mr. Trump purportedly  dislikes that the current two planes in use as AF1 are older vintage 747s nearing the ends of their usable lifespans. The unprecedented $400 million gift, which […]

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The dumbassery of a 747

| May 16, 2025 | 18 Comments
The dumbassery of a 747

Hopefully life won’t overtake this – I am traveling this weekend so writing is taking place early. We’ll see if what I do Tuesday lasts till Friday! Oh, Lord, everyone is making noise about Qatar’s gift of a luxo 747 to serve as Air Force One.  Trump is hailing it as a wonderful gift: “So […]

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Thursday tidbits

| May 8, 2025 | 8 Comments
Thursday tidbits

The White House says President Trump has backed off renaming Veteran’s Day to “Victory Day for World War I” . While technically, at least historically speaking, he was correct – the holiday started out as Armistice Day for the cease-fire ending at the 11th minute of the 11th hour on November 11, 1918 – the […]

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Mixed messages from Washington

| April 10, 2025 | 37 Comments
Mixed messages from Washington

Seems like we are not getting consistency from our elected and appointed officials. Let’s go first to tariffs… the President has said they will return millions of jobs to our country, right? That companies are standing in line to build new factories  for all intents?  Welcome news, indeed. I’ve watched the steel industry shutter, the […]

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More Revoked Clearances, Access

| March 22, 2025 | 43 Comments
More Revoked Clearances, Access

Trump revokes security clearances of former opponents Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton Trump said that ‘it is no longer in the national interest’ for those listed in the memo to have access to classified information By Rachel Wolf President Donald Trump revoked the security clearances of Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney and several […]

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