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Pelosi extends proxy voting so Dems can party, campaign, and call in their votes

| August 11, 2022 | 8 Comments
Pelosi extends proxy voting so Dems can party, campaign, and call in their votes

Everybody’s favorite Speaker of the House has extended the ability of House members to vote by proxy until late September due to the “public health emergency” (read: “We might have to show up at our jobs!) “In light of the attached notification by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Office of Attending Physician, that a […]

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Units to lose Confederate battle streamers

| August 11, 2022 | 81 Comments
Units to lose Confederate battle streamers

Another recommendation from the Naming Commission to warm the cockles of your heart: battle streamers for units who fought on the Confederate side of the War Between the States should be removed. A battle streamer is a ribbon attached to the units flag commemorating  battle in which it took part. Civil War streamers are blue […]

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Republicans block price caps on insulin

| August 8, 2022 | 30 Comments
Republicans block price caps on insulin

OK, I got lazy…I liked the look of the chart. Note that this is a FOUR YEAR OLD IMAGE and the current cost is more like $300 a dose. It’s not like it is new and expensive to make – a vial costs less than $10 to make according to virtually every source I could […]

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Ft. Hood thief gets 18 months jail, 2 years probation for $2.1M theft

| August 8, 2022 | 22 Comments
Ft. Hood thief gets 18 months jail, 2 years probation for $2.1M theft

Jessica Smith pleaded guilty and was sentenced for the June 2021 theft of $2.1M worth of scopes, night vision devices etc. from locked Conexes on Ft. Hood. Her two alleged partners in crime were also arrested. Jessica Elaintrell Smith, 30, had already pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government in […]

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Republican dispute over Afghanistan rescue claimed by State Department

| August 6, 2022 | 14 Comments
Republican dispute over Afghanistan rescue claimed by State Department

Two former LTC/O-5s running for the Florida District 7 seat are in dispute over an Afghan rescue last year. Both are relying heavily on their ‘decorated’ military careers in their campaign literature, but one, Al Santos, is accusing Cory Mills, of stolen valor for his stories of rescuing an American woman and her three children. […]

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Updates/Miscellaneous

| August 4, 2022 | 91 Comments
Updates/Miscellaneous

Slow news day in TAH-land from what I am seeing. Better than a crisis a minute! Pelosi did indeed fly into Taiwan. It was a brief visit, and the only fireworks generated were the Chinese holding a scheduled drill. No WWIII, no attacks. Heck of a note when the President is shown up by one […]

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Man on bail for pistol whipping 70 year old Asian picks the wrong fight

| August 4, 2022 | 11 Comments
Man on bail for pistol whipping 70 year old Asian picks the wrong fight

  While not really a feel good story, this one is fun: Omari Garland was arrested for pistol-whipping and robbing a 70-year old Asian man on July 7. He posted bail of $45,000 and is out on the streets, and decided to stop at the Train 4 Life Center in Suisun City, CA (where else) […]

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Sigh… the Brits just don’t get it

| August 3, 2022 | 17 Comments
Sigh… the Brits just don’t get it

Remember a few years back when a Navy plane executed a contrail drawing of a gigantic penis and testicles in the sky?  It was visible for miles with the naked eye over Washington State and delighted/offended many in the state.  Well, the Brits think they one-upped it with a picture of the Queen. Six civilian […]

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