Weekend open thread
The folks at Maxon Shooter Supplies sent us this picture of the closest the President will ever be to be to their business when he was in Chicago recently.
Maxon is the place where the Chicago Sun reporter tried to buy a gun a few months ago.
Category: Open thread
First
BOO-YAH !!
humble too.
Yep. I try my best to be humble about it. Sometimes I have mixed emotions about being the First and giving all the other people who have been waiting to post a serious letdown.
Sorta like sliding into home on a suicide squeeze with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth while carrying a $50 Cuban cigar in your pocket.
Happy for a moment, then sad later on when you reach for the celebratory smoke and find it smashed flat.
F5U Claw!
😀 😀 😀
I see you took it well. Again. That’s the spirit! Losing isn’t so bad if…screw it. Losing sucks.
Second
BOO!!
Not fucking first, yet again.
Cocksuckers.
I’m sorry. I think I confused you and Chip. You’re the fellow who takes losing so well–on a regular basis. Stiff upper lip?
Well, second place is still a first place loser.
Congrats Claw!
Fifth … damn slow Internet at the office!
Top Ten!! Have a good weekend, troops.
Here’s my ? On the OSR. I was awarded the KDSM in 06. Got out in 07 just found out that the Army allowed by regs and Milper MSG that in December 06 the OSR was authorized alongside the KDSM and certain deployments. My ? Is this. Since it’s authorized by reg and I meet the criteria am I authorized To claim it or do o file a request to the awards dept at HRC to amend with a 215. Also since I went to Iraq am I authorized a second award ? I’d rather do this the right way than assume
You should file a request for a DD215.
I’d start by contacting HRC. However, this long after the fact you may have to go through the AMBCR to request it be added to your records.
You may well be authorized a 2nd award if you spent enough time in Iraq. Pretty sure that was retroactively considered to meet “short tour” requirements if one spent enough cumulative time there in TCS status to qualify under normal 1-year tour rules. Believe that was either 9 or 10 mo, but I’m not positive.
Thanks. I’ll contact HRC and follow their lead on how to proceed. I’ll ask them about the Iraq ? Too. I probably don’t qualify as I was in Jordan from 5 feb 03 to 19 March 03. Then Iraq from 20 March to 8 May 03. Thanks Hondo. I know that if I need direction or a straight answer you guys are the SMEs
I had to do a DD215 request with them after the DD214 was published. HRC’s DD215 doin’ section should be able to help you. Just as long as you can show them the documents and/or your perm file includes the information you should be fine.
I did a quick email to the office in question and got it done. Hopefully it is that quick for you as well.
Thanks MSG Eric. The KDSM is on my 214. As well as my ICM and both are on my ERB. I know they have a copy of the 214 on file for sure. That will show deployment dates for Iraq and Jordan though I suspect I’ll only receive the award for Korea due to short tour in Iraq.but that’s ok But I’ll follow your recommdation and shoot them an email. Thanks again
DD214 with KDSM likely won’t be enough by itself – KDSM can be awarded for 30 days consecutive TDY service, which doesn’t meet OSR criteria (tour credit for OS tour). You’ll need to show you were in Korea for long enough to meet the minimum criteria for an unaccompanied tour to a 1-year hardship area. Orders, ORB/ERB, and/or evals are likely required to prove that.
Good luck. Pain in the butt, but worth it IMO to get the record correct for posterity.
I have orders sending me to Korea then 9 months there I had a cardiac episode which they medically reassigned me to Eisenhower hospital med hold. Because it was medical and not misconduct in accordance with regs I was given full tour credit and a new DEROS date. I have the orders sending me there and back and paperwork showing full tour credit. I’ll ask them Monday if they need me to fax them copies. Thanks for the heads up.
The reg for tour credit is AR 614-30 section 3-2
8rd
Honorary Top Ten. Anyone know which dumpster that Phil will be working balls this weekend?
All of them?
Outside the Flaming Fag, I hear.
Motherfucker, took a piss and one of my employees corralled me with a bunch of questions about a live project for a national client…missed the posting…and now what 13th”? Dagnabbit
Ah. Another one who rolls with the Friday drubbing. Congrats on being close enough to be frustrated. Of course, 2nd or 102nd, there can only be one winner. There was a tie once, b/c the time stamp only appears to the minute for us. But, no, that wouldn’t apply today.
Right, we all know 2nd place is the first fucking loser and I was too slow to even be the first loser damn…
Dirtteenths
I broke the top ten and didn’t realize it. Can you say Newbie here. Lol
Welcome aboard, Todd. Don’t be a stranger.
Oh, and if some chick bugs you about supplying a recipe, just roll with it. Ex-PH2 is trying to build up her cookbook. I think her cat ate the last one. Or maybe, she pawned it for money to keep her car running, or……..
Nope. I’m embedded in a firefight between the Good Guys and the Evil Bad Guys. And someone wants to try to pull off a Frank Buck trick (look him up), so that’s going to prove interesting. And then there’s all that icky romance stuff you guys don’t like, so that definitely has to go into it.
And I want crepes with beef and mushrooms for supper, so I have to go to the store and get tomato paste and bananas.
This Frank Buck trick?
Romance AND flying fries??
You really know how to have good time, Ex-PH2. 😉
No, it’s the one where he tried to rope an airplane – a Cessna, I think – to keep it from taking off. It was right out of ‘Bring ’em Back Alive’.
I think I’m gonna have to take some extra meds to keep up with you guys. I really like this group even if sometimes it feels like you guys talk in code sometimes I feel lol get the hang of it 🙂
Ask Jonn to FEDEX you a code ring.
Thanks I’ll do that 🙂
Todd: Don’t let anyone fool you re Ex-PH2. Her specialty is to make a great sammich each Friday for each of the first 25 on WOT.
Also, she goes by either Ex-PH2 or PHCM. She has been retroactively promoted with all back pay and allowances.
If you hang around, and I hope you do, consider throwing some bucks Jonn’s way after you’re here for a while. Yeah, we know, he runs the site on the cheap and the money will almost certainly go for cheap booze, but it’s the thing to do.
Welcome aboard.
Thanks for the heads up I’ll definitely pitch in for cheap Booze. In my world that’s the only kind of booze there is. Glad to be here
That only works on the 2nd Tuesday of each week. You have to get the special box of Cracker Jacks with the other decoder in the prize envelope.
Todd,
To be fair – there are a lot of long-running jokes/themes here. I even manage to catch a few of them from time to time myself.
Not to mention the military jargon that varies from tribe to tribe…
I’m finding that out. But I figure if I’m here long enough I’ll pick up some of the local language
That’s the wrong approach. You have to invent your own language, use it, and then let other folks think they’ve missed something, that their decoder ring is out of date. Keeps everybody sharp and no one gets too comfy that way.
Damn! That’s my problem. I thought all this shit was serious, and that I had lost my ability to decipher. Thanks for the enlightenment.
I think she pawned it for cat food money, personally.
That, or cat litter money…
[ducking and covering…]
The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) works balls.
While working his way to two holes.
And loves to use the Anal Intruder (with APL patented “gorilla fist” action) for that “just violated” feeling he loves.
Damn 20th
Skippy. Have you surrendered? Have you conceded? You ain’t even trying lately.
NEVER !!!!!! ???
Busy with the kids
da bug paid a visit to all last week ?
Trolling liberal web sites
Reading over 55,000 plus e-mails the FBI couldn’t find
Trying to deal with two houses (main one in Tucson and summer cabin in Sunspot, Nm)
And job hunting
????
Skippy,
I think we’re not buying Jonn the right kind of booze – he’s not letting us in on when he’s gonna open the thread.
I suspect collusion on the part of Jonn and Claw, with Claw doing some pay-to-play…
…
…
/or not
The Clintons own and have patented the pay to play concept ?
From what I understand if anybody tried or tries to copy it they end up in a ditch
Chicago style ???
Dadgum it–21
Somebody’s gotta work around here. . . 😛
BREAKING NEWS (for all the nay sayers about DIR Coomey):
FBI reopens Clinton email investigation and cancels all pending intelligence briefings democrat candidate.
XXX END XXX
Yeah.
We will see where it goes….
Can’t elect a felon!
That being said, they will probably wait until after the election.
When she’s elected she can pardon everyone associated with before they are indicted…nobody’s finishing anything the week before an election…
And Obama will pardon her on his way out the door.
Most transparent administration ever!
She can’t pardon herself, though …
Obama will do a pre-emptive Ford style pardon…
Expect a hissy-fit about some fictional sin of Trumps in 3.. 2.. 1..
I can see some prissy candyass of a MSM reporter interrupting the news saying that Trump should be disqualified because he once farted in class when he was in kindergarten.
They will drop it a few days before the fix elections
Naysayer. I am the head naysayer. I saw that article. Comey is still a rotten SOB. I can’t wait to find out the add’al source of emails and what pressure or obvious and clear apparent illegality prompted him to reopen this can of worms. F him. F the USAG. Signed, The Head Naysayer
The interesting thing about this to me is that the FBI reopened the investigation after finding other emails.
And here we were told that Hillary had turned over all emails that were not private.
Shocking to find out that she lied, isn’t it?
Well, she reportedly turned over all that weren’t snuffed from her end but that doesn’t acct for the other end of an email exchange. We’ll see. Or maybe we won’t. The Bitch of Benghazi ought to have been indicted months ago.
Talk about the law of unintended consequences!
“The New York Times reports that the F.B.I. obtained new Hillary Clinton emails after seizing electronic devices from Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin.
The F.B.I. began investigating Weiner after he sent lewd photos to a 15-year-old girl, after the girl who shared text messages she received from Weiner with the Daily Mail.”
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/28/nyt-fbi-obtained-new-clinton-emails-investigating-anthony-weiner/
Carlos Danger rides again!
Carlos Danger for Secretary of State. He can’t be any worse than Joe Biden.
Au contraire, Hack. Druncle Joe is pretty much an affable buffoon, but Carlos Danger is sexual predator targeting minors.
Not that either or those qualities make for a good SoS.
And Donald Trump and his supporters collectively and simultaneously ORGASM
FBI reopens investigation into Clinton email use
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/28/fbi-reopens-investigation-into-clinton-email-use.html
Drudge has a link to the Washington Post version of it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-to-conduct-new-investigation-of-emails-from-clintons-private-server/2016/10/28/0b1e9468-9d31-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews
If you own stock in Bleach Bit, you are going to be one rich mother effer after this weekend.
Sure after voting has already started and after Gowdy and company (and WikiLeaks-to be fair) showed them for the lackeys that they are, they “reopen” the case.
Ace had a nice sidebar the other day that noted that the FBI had questioned Angelina Jolie about Brad Pitt’s actions toward their son for longer than they questioned Hillary.
I have a theory that the FBI Director told Hillary that he would recommend against pursuing charges IF she dropped out of the election. She agreed, he held his news conference, then she “fucked him in the drive through”. He probably thought she got the better of him, The with all of the Wikileaks document dumps, he got his Man Card back and will break it off in her ovaries.
Hmmm. Then Comey is THAT stupid to believe an inveterate liar. That’s the nicest thing I can say about him.
It was said that “Blowjob Willie” Clinton was no different, that he’d make a deal and shake hands on it behind closed doors, then walk out in front of the snooze media and say the total opposite.
“Hillary demands that he release his findings immediately”:
Smoke, mirrors, and diversions. If what he found is actionable, it cannot be released because it is “evidence” in an investigation, and can only be brought to light after the investigation is completed, well after the election.
I considered: There has been much coverage, in social media, of how Comey has been bought off by Clinton. This has to have hurt her numbers. Sooooo, they collude, and Comey reopens the investigation. Nothing can be found out before election day, so she is safe there, and people are satisfied that the FBI and its director are above board and investigating her. All is well, and her sheeple will Vote for Hillary.
I may be wrong but I still believe Comey to be a guy without a political agenda. I think he wants to do what’s right within the law. Lynch , on the other hand is another story
You might be right, but there’s enough of a cloud around Comey that he should have recused himself from day one…nothing definitive just a lot “it doesn’t look right shit” surrounding he and the Clintons…he served and profited in the millions on several boards that donated to the CGI, his brother works for the law firm closely associated with the CGI tax prep and defense…
We were always taught that the appearance of a potential conflict or impropriety was enough to recuse oneself from any particular case…Comey, it seems missed those classes.
Yeah I didn’t realize he was that involved with the Clintons. Or at least enough to recuse himself. The more I see all this email stuff the more convoluted it gets.
I’ve seen less confusing algorithms than the relationship connections the Clintons have harvested over the years…if the Clintons weren’t the model for the Underwoods they damn sure should have been…
I gotta tell you , I’m not crazy about either candidate but I don’t want a chief executive that is going to govern and give political favors not to the Anerican ppl as is should be, but rather to who benefits her personally . It’s a sad state of affairs
Please visit the nearest local carnival. And carry a wad of cash. You will win the games and contests. Really.
I know I sound incredibly naive about all this. But the constant barrage of news stories about emails and the CGI. Have my head swimming. I have to take this in small doses and try and make sense of it. Lord knows between the physical and mental issues. I deal with it seems like a lot extra to try and absorb.
I didn’t think you were naive about it, it’s not common knowledge without a little effort regarding the relationships…and nobody in the MSM is going to put that work out there so we have to take it upon ourselves.
I really like you guys take on all this. With the MSM everything is clouded by bias. I come here it’s great to see folks willing to break it down Barney style so I can understand
Sometimes the gang here even gets the crayons out when I don’t quite get it.
Unfortunately, there is no Power Point presentation available at this time to make the entire mess clear to any interested parties.
Every version of Henry V ever recorded in every format.
Betty Boop cartoons during intermissions.
We serve stale donuts and cold coffee as refreshments. There’s only one restroom, so lock the door behind you when you go in there.
Awww, crap!
Late again.
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
For this board, we use the expression “Always a Bernath, never a Seavey”.
Late? no, you’re just a tad early for next Friday’s WOT.
34th…
Work gets in the way of important stuff.
Just in: Shane Ladner and Daniel Bernath are still pitifully sad losers, fakers, and idiots.
And the courts still throw their childish temper tantrums out the door and mock them in the judicial chambers.
While Y’all were “Claw”ing your keyboards in the quest for NUMBER ONE, I was outside, enjoying the balmy 80 degree fall air, and sanding, varnishing my “Trigger Stick”, ala the old Buffalo Hunter’s way to steady his rifle. I cut a piece of bamboo, (previously, cut and cured by me), and did some static testing. This evening, or in the morning, after the varnish is well dried, I will test it on the range. I got a photo of it that I included in this blog post that I just wrote: http://frankiessouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2016/10/enjoying-life-in-semi-retirement-mode.html
Some of us still have a couple of inches of snow in the Northeast Frankie…it’s not quite balmy yet…
Braggart
I’ve spent the last several days trying to sight in the new squirrel gun – hope to actually get out with it this weekend.
One thing I’m convinced of – that thing is more accurate than I am.
Another – Federal Ultra Match .22 ammo at the same price as a box of 9mm is way to stinkin’ high a price for a squirrel. CCI Match looks to make about the same pattern at 1/2 the price.
GB,
I like CCI Minimags for plinking, and Eley when things get serious. Well, as serious as .22lr can get, which is bragging rights and who buys the first beer serious!
I have been buying the Remington LR Hollowpoints “Bucket O Bullets”, in 1,400 round quantities. They produce a good group, as I shoot from 50 and 75 yards, as can be seen in the pictures at my blog post, here:
http://frankiessouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2016/10/fire-arms-they-can-feed-you-and-protect.html
If I could advise – .22s have their own preferences, and you would be well advised to buy a box of every brand you can find and shoot for group…you will be astonished at how well it will do with what it likes. And like you noticed already, sometimes less expensive ammo groups better than the pricey stuff.
You got that right, Frankie. The weather here is out-freeeeking-standing. To commissary today after NH. Great weather, great care, great day,
I do a lot of layup, laminating, and other building with epoxy. This weather is ideal for curing. Not so hot that it kicks in the pot, and not so cold that it won’t kick off. I have plenty of time to work both the liquid and the thickened bases, get them aligned, and correct compression pressure on them. I have 4 projects curing, from today’s work. I do some mid-summer epoxy work, but I am rushed using each batch.
I wish it was 80 in Tucson, and not 98 I’m tired of the damn heat it’s October and summer should be over with… already ??
“At least it’s DRY heat.”
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe
Bwwwwahahahahaha.
Actually, that does make a great deal of difference.
98 F in typical AZ humidity for this time of year feels at least 10 F cooler than it would east of the Mississippi. I found that temp pleasant shirtsleeve weather unless I was outside doing manual labor.
Yah, I know. Have lived in the high desert for many years. Still … hot is HOT; sometimes those evening breezes feel like furnace blasts.
Still … that’s what people say; and people who continue to live in a desert environment tend to get tired of hearing about the “heat/humidity” saw.
So I jumped at the first opportunity to play at role-reversal.
(^___^)
J.S. Feller
But Hondo it rained a few days ago it’s been a little sticky here
???
??
Anything above 95 dry or humid is just plain hot
But it’s way better then 117 that I missed this past summer
45th!
52!!!!!!!
Oh…what I’d give to be 52 again.
Does anyone have the formula to slow time?
Yeah. Hillary does. Just lie.
How to slow time?
Battalion staff meetings.
Screw at ?
Yes, Einstein invented it. It’s E = m times C squared.
MC Hammer in Times Square? What?
Heehee!
VP Candidate Pence’s Aircraft went off the runway at La Guardia. Did the pilot get his taxi instructions from some guy walking, limping, out of a cornfield adjacent to the Sisters Airport in Oregon?
Saner heads prevail at Big Air Force:
“While the Air Force is theoretically supposed to be diverting the A-10’s operating expenses to feed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the people in charge are now planning to keep the plane running.”
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-air-force-now-plans-to-keep-the-a-10-warthog-flying-1788309985
Turn the Warthogs over to the Marines, the Navy and the Army. They appreciate the less-than-sleek models in a way the Air Force never will.
Appreciate? Nay, we love the ugly bastards! No sound in the world makes you feel more protected than BRRRRRRRT!!!
Word.
And it can bring the scunion….
Down in Casselberry, Florida, some dude pulled a Whitgenfeld type stunt:
Man run over by own truck after leaving strip club
I think that the lap dance was more than he could take. He ran from the scene, leaving his truck, with his ID inside, embedded in the house.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-truck-runs-over-driver-orange-20161025-story.html
Is that the boyfriend of the girl who ran into the cop car taking a topless photo of herself for her bf?
18 y.o. & drunk – and the story made the German and British news outlets… talk about morning-after remorse.
Her parents must be so proud. Maybe they can get an Honorary Chief Petty Officer rank bestowed upon her.
Present. forty-eleventh or something.
Okay. I have a legitimate question unrelated to gerbils, question marks, or the Bitch of Benghazi. I have long maintained, despite what I have heard with my own ears, that the report is “Present or accounted for.” Put another way, a troop is here (present) or, if not, I know where he is (e.g., Leave, sick…etc.) Yet, time and again I read or hear “Present AND accounted for, which is nonsensical. So, which is it and if you say OR then have you heard AND yourselves? Or am I wr-wr-wr-wr-wr….not correct?
In all the years that I rendered the oral report status of my troops, I never once said “AND” as part of the report.
It was always “All Present, However many Absent, OR their actual status. (on CQ, on Guard, on KP, Sick, Lame or Lazy, etc.)
That “All Accounted For” left way too much wriggle room for Bullshitting your way through the Morning Report.
Just like when talking on a radio we were taught never to say over and out as it caused confusion. On the other end
You forgot to say over. Over.
Roger Roger.
What?
Airplane!
(Gotta study the classics!)
Same with Roger wilco. Redundancy.
Was my experience that the Platoon Sergeants had turned in a morning report well before the first formation to be compiled by the Company Clerk and went over by the First Sgt, then turned into Bn by 0800.
Formation was all about passing word, doing inspections or starting a movement.
“OR”. I.e., “present” means the swinging dicks are right there in formation. “Accounted for” means that those who would normally be in ranks are elsewhere: I know where they are; they are where they were authorized/directed to be.
All present or accounted for.
See paragraph 11-3 (f.), p.7-4
http://www.usarmyband.com/pdf/FM_3_21_5.pdf
[blockquote]f. [b]Report[/b]. When all units have completed the manual of arms, the battalion
commander then directs [b]RECEIVE THE REPORT[/b]. The adjutant returns to his position at the center of the command and commands REPORT. Unit commanders in succession, from right to left, salute and report [b]“_________ Company, [i]all present or accounted for[/i].”[/b] The adjutant returns each commander’s Salute. After receiving the report, the adjutant faces about, salutes, and reports “[b][i]Sir, all present or accounted for.”[/b][/i][/blockquote]
Is that like…
“I, state your name”
“I state your name”
“This aint OCS smartass, you are enlisting!”
Excellent. Thanks.
It’s “or”. The only time “or accounted for” is actually used, though, is in a formation where actual numbers/accountability doesn’t really matter, for instance a ceremonial formation.
Well, in the OD Army, it was actually used on a daily basis.
I thought I would share this life hack for any vet spending a ridiculous amount of time on hold with a VA call center. If you call the. Ebenefits help desk and say you have a ? About your claim they will connect you to the regional office. ( why they call Call centers regional offices I don’t know. ). They will connect you through a special direct line they have. So instead of being on hold 45 mins to an hour. Your only on hold for about 2 to 3 mins. Hope this helps someone
Like this? “Hi. I’m calling because I have a question mark stuck in my ass and it hurts.”
I’m sure if they grant service connection for ? In the ass but hey. Ya don’t know if ya ask LOL
I’m just worried they’re gonna ask how that question mark got there. Light bulbs and gerbils are easy but punctuation may be embarrassing. Of course, nowadays, a good stiff exclamamtion point up the butt is just dandy, so maybe it won’t be all that.
I think that as long as it shows you had said exclamation point in your ass while you were in service you should be good. As far as gerbils I think I’ll have to refer you to Richard Gere in that
Now you’ve got it, Todd. Welcome to the craziest joint on the web–again.
Thanks. The asylum feels like home already
“You can check out any time you want, but you can never never leave.”
Dammit I hit the report post on accident. Damn I phones with their tiny letters. No I forgot what I was gonna say
Now I remember what I was gonna say Graybeard. Que the guitar solo
LOL. And an awesome guitar solo it is!
One of us! One of us! As part of your orientation in-brief, you will now be served a summons to appear in court as a defendant in the case of Bernath Vs. Humanity.
I’ve heard of Bernath he’s the old guy who is either pictured as a phoney Navy Chiief or as drag queen. So what will I be testifying to? That he’s a fake sailor or a real fruit loop.? Either way I’m in
Todd,
Bernath is an honorably discharged Navy E-5 who served in Vietnam area Waters.
He is also a disbarred Attorney who files numerous pro-se Law suits. If you have time read through all the entries on him. He is a nut job, but a nut job that can make things very difficult for you.
I just the video of Don ” the hair” and Diane Shipley when they paid him a visit in Florida. I hear his name bandied around but this is the first time I took the time to research what a POS he is I’ve seen Photoshopped pics of him before but that was about it
Not just that, he’s a bully who enjoys making people’s lives difficult and miserable. Don Shipley (SCPO, USN, Ret.) and his lovely Mrs. never did anything to Bernath and he went after them with junk lawsuits just for shits, giggles and notoriety, IMHO Bernath is a pretty sick individual.
The more I read about him the more I see just how sick he is
@Proud~
You forgot to tell him that bernath is Sparkle Pony who likes to fornicate with Swamp Donkeys and suck Glittery Gargoyle Gonads. 👿
Dance Hidabeast dance!
I saw something purporting to be a video of her needing help to get up one step.
Here only dancing is done with words.
*Her only*
stupid typo-prone fingers….
Maybe she’s shaking because the FBI has suddenly found grounds to reopen their investigation of her and this link is from the Washington [Com]Post, a DNC Pravda newsrag:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-to-conduct-new-investigation-of-emails-from-clintons-private-server/2016/10/28/0b1e9468-9d31-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html
James Walls, phony UH-1 pilot is still slurping balls.
And Killer Killam still has his job lying to the veterans in Tarrant County, TX.
And PV9 Gainey still believes his time spent in the DEP still counts as active duty.
Late today – but better late than never.
This just in: per the State Bar of California, Daniel A. Bernath IS STILL DISBARRED. It appears that this status is highly likely permanent.
The reason for this status may be found here.
Hope it was worth it, Danni-boi.
By the way: have you paid the State Bar of California the fees associated with your disciplinary hearing and disbarment yet?
Doubtful, Hondo, but he’s still looking for you.
You don’t say. (smile)
AS TO the fees he owes, has he ever paid even a dime of the Yelp judgement against him? I heard that he was despised among Attorneys for “Poaching” clients from them.
For you Sea Going types:
8 Interesting Facts About DDG1000 – US Navy’s Ship From The Future
http://gcaptain.com/8-interesting-facts-ddg1000-us-navys-ship-future/
I particularly like this facet of it:
The Zumwalt has a tumblehome hull, meaning its sides slope inward above the waterline, so it cuts easily through big waves, making for a much smoother ride than other ships. Chase said there’s no listing back and forth, especially in heavy seas.
“It rides marvelously,” Kirk said of the 15,500-ton destroyer. “I would say it feels like a really souped-up sport utility vehicle. … It’s like a very big SUV that’s made to go very fast.”
How will it do in a North Atlantic storm, though?
The crew deploys the floats and if necessary, revs up to air speed for take off.
Better than the Knox Class FFG I was on, I hope! Walking on bulkheads (walls to our nautically challenged friends) and hoping my triple chained helo in the hangar wasn’t swinging like a clapper in a bell. Winter in the North Atlantic ain’t no joke.
WORD there.
My first NA was on a surveillance ship listening for russkie subs.
My 2nd was on LPH-7. Hit a hurricane we couldn’t get away from. Peeled our flight deck like a sardine can.
3rd was on DDG-35. Walked on more than a few bulkheads on that one.
Then I wished up and volunteered for EOD.
wished up. Fucking autocorrect
Went up.
“Wished up”. I like that. Did you do your school here at Eglin AFB? I have a friend, former Army EOD type 1 ea. Female. Great person, crazy as crazy can be, but that seems to be a prerequisite for EOD types.
Anyone but me feel Comey is trying to redeem himself after a mini-revolt among FBI personnel? Maybe, just maybe wideload conned him and he fell for it. Not to worry … if he doesn’t quickly throw in the towel, I would not be surprised if obummer relieved him for insubordination or some such foolishness.
Watergate, anyone?
Here’s one more link about Hitlery, t talks about her latest off-camera meltdown and tirade. Given the amount of people who have confirmed her nastiness in the past, I DO NOT put this past her:
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=45388
Many/Most simply do not know how foul-mouthed/abrasive/rude/profane wideload is. Of those who do know and still will vote for the compulsive liar, it’s about “Oh, she’s going to be the first woman President and I’ll be part of the process to get her elected” or “She’s a Democrat” or “Fill in with any other nonsensical reason”.
IF elected, I predict she will not finish her term due to health problems. Those problems have been almost totally ignored by MSM.
The MSM believe they are part of a great movement and their loyalty now will insure they will always be favored by the Democrats when they are in almost total control of every aspect of an individual’s life. (They are furiously working towards that end.) They aren’t going to be exempt. How many will be needed to simply read on TV the daily propaganda given them by the Democrats? How many in North Korea? A few dozen, total? Cuba? Don’t need any investigative reporters b/c, well, there will be only investigations of those terrible Conservatives and others advocating less government intervention in our life. The MSM will learn they have been their own worst enemies. They can congratulate themselves now. I wish I could live long enough to see the MSM become of no consequence to the vast majority of Americans and not just those who actually research the news and think for themselves. There will be no cherry atop the pile-of-shit sundae the Democrats are creating.
Who says Clinton doesn’t get the votes from veterans? Seems she’s heavily favored among World War I veterans:
http://www.duffelblog.com/2016/10/early-voting-data-shows-world-war-veterans-overwhelming-support-hillary-clinton/
(It’s a Duffel Blog post, guys.)
So three volleys and Taps makes us reliable Democrat voters? Who knew?
In Chicago they get to vote twice, too.
Snow in the VT and NH mountains already. Finished up latest job just in time before it hit.
Doing my oil change in my snow blower tomorrow. Not putting my Ducati away till the salt/sand goes down.
Yeah, and doing a run of the generator for a couple of hours this weekend. Be nice to know beforehand if it’ll run if and when needed.
I heard that they’re not going to throw salt on the roads this year because BLACK ICE MATTERS!
I was just just over at The Stunning Agency website. They have updated their survival tips; instead of throwing a flaming squirrel into a tree to signal distress, they recommend that you toss your Samsung phone into the tree.
Got my Consumer Reports mag today. A brief article talks of how approximately one MILLION Samsung phones were recalled due to batteries (?) causing fires. They are being replaced/repaired with batteries that, in theory, won’t catch fire. Problem is, one of the replacement phones allegedly caught fire while in the possession of a traveler on an airplane. I believe the new Samsung phones have been banned by some/many/all airlines. I’m thinking reconditioned Samsung phones will be going for a song on the internet.
John Giduck – the turd with a face!
JUST WHEN you thought you’d seen the epitome of candyassed puddin’-tame snotheaded stupidity from milquetoast stank-ass hippies in college, get a load of THIS from UC Berserkely:
http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/26/video-uc-berkeley-protesters-built-a-hum
I wonder if “He who must not be named” consulted on the construction of the wall. He favors hanging at Berserkley, and he’s a self-admitted expert on everything. Just axe him.
And, 147th.
Well, since “The Vagina Monologues” are no longer in vogue on college/university campuses now, and since he’s no longer “Balls Deep for Bernie”, hes got to have something to do with his time…
And if you read the article, the stankass hippies are becoming more and more marginalized because of what they are doing. They do themselves no favors by acting like self-centered fools.
Some day, someone will block their access to something important.
Hopefully, PH2, it will be the only fire exit in a fully consumed multi-story building.
Zika-Commie was last seen cowering in a corner sucking his thumb.
Good grief. Have all the males at Berkeley turned into meepy girly-men? It wasn’t that long ago that the football team might have lined up at the bridge and started calling audibles.
I’ve just finished reading Jeff Shaara’s book A Blaze of Glory about the battle of Shiloh. It struck me, once again, like some lame-ass epiphany, that those in Union blue paid a bitter price in blood with the eventual result being the end of slavery.
And not once have I ever heard a black person say: “Dawg, I appreciate the sacrifice; I surely do.”
I have no less that TWO Great-Great Grandfathers that fought for the Union in the Civil War and I’ve still yet to hear anything from snotnosed candyassed unicorn-lusting milquetoast libs other than shit-for-brained White Guilt propaganda.
FUCK the political left.
Well that’s the TARP money at work
A little nostalgia, from 1968. English lyrics to a romantic Russian song.
https://youtu.be/xazMJtUXCbg
Is this old news? MG John Rossi’s death ruled a suicide.
I read about MG Rossi’s death in July 2016 and as you, read the same article that he took his own life.
Thought about forwarding the info to Jonn FYI purposes, but figured he would read the post here on WOT.
Thanks for sharing.
Wait!!!! Stop the presses!!!!
Since I don’t have a TV (don’t want one) I have to check the scores online.
Bottom of the 6th.
Cubs 0 Indians 0
Holy Cow!!!! Holy Moly!!!! Holy Hannah!!!!
Indians 1, Cubs 0
I tell ya, it’s gonna happen.
The series is going back to Cleveland, and in one of the games there Cleveland is going to enter the 9th tied or trailing but close. And the scoreboard operator is going to put up a sanitized (and likely shortened) version of this NSFW clip on the video board at Progressive Field.
I’d give one helluva lot to be there when that happens. It would have to be like the bottom of the 8th at then-Chase Field in Phoenix on November 4, 2001 – when a guy named Randy Johnson came in to pitch in relief.
Knew a guy who was at Chase Field that night (I was traveling that day). He said it was a truly unbelievable, electric moment.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Cubs win!! Cubs win!!! Cubs win!!!!
These two teams are really playing to win. This is THE BEST World Series EVER!!!!
Dunno. The 1991, 1997, and 2001 series were also pretty damn good ones. So were the 1986 and 2011 series, even if they ended on a rather anticlimactic note. (2011’s Game 6 is damn hard to beat as the greatest WS game ever IMO – though last night’s game and Game 7 in both 2001 and 1991 come damn close.)
This one so far does look to be a good one. Let’s see how it looks after 5 games.
So was 2002. I was at Game 6, when Barroid Bonds tanked the grounder in the outfield.
One of the best comebacks ever.
I loved that result (I detest Barry “My Head Just Grew 3 Hat Sizes” Bonds with a passion). I’d forgotten that one also went 7 games – for some reason, I thought it ended 4-2.
Still, for sheer drama the 1991, 1997, and 2001 series were better. Each ended with a tight, one-run game 7 that was decided in either the bottom of the 9th or in extra innings. IMO a World Series just doesn’t get any better than that.
The 1985 (my error above when I typed 1986, but 1986 also qualifies similarly) and 2011 series had moments for the ages – the Derkinger blown call in game 6 in 1985, the Bill Buckner error in 1986, and perhaps the most dramatic World Series game in history in 2011. Only game I can think of that would rival 2011’s game 6 would be the end of 1960’s Game 7, where Mazerowski hit his walk-off HR to beat the Yankees – and it ended in regulation vice going 11 freaking innings. (I didn’t include the 1960 World Series in the “great series” list I posted above because I was too young at the time to be a baseball fan and have no memories of it.)
You know what, API? This is THE best World Series EVER!!!! The Cubbies finally get to the Series, ditto the Indians, and they are playing like banshees on a hunt!
I WANT the Cubbies to WIN, yes, I do, but damn! This is GOOD BASEBALL!!!!
I’m like 127th this week… but I’m sitting in front of my computer in my underwear posting this.
There ain’t enough brain bleach in the world to get that vision out of your minds 🙂
May God embrace the person I lost last week. Since my real identity can’t be shared because Wittless and Bernath haven’t COMETH I try to explain a few things.
The person went into the hospital not feeling well and was always in excellent health. Tests blew us out. Leukemia.. We asked the doctor what do we need to do? Blood tests, bone marrow, lets get rolling. I’m so sorry but their in the last stages and has days. Into a coma and declared brain dead and we turned off the machine all in four days. I didn’t have enough time with this loved one and my hearts broken…LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO SWEAT THE LITTLE SHIT and remember to tell your loved ones I LOVE YOU.. Rest in peace BVS…
Cancer Sucks!
The ones that I have lost didn’t go that fast, Reb, but far to fast for me to absorb.
This song pretty well describes my feelings with several of the ones that I have lost to that ugly damned disease:
I’m sorry, Reb! Prayers for you and your family.
For six years, Anthony “DickPic” Weiner worked for Chuck Schumer, truly a royal asshole in his own right. DickPic then decided against working for a living altogether and ran for public office as a NYC councilman. He had that gig for seven years until Chuckie decided that he and DickPic needed more power. Chuckie moved from the House to the Senate and DickPic moved from NYC Council to the House, taking Chuckie’s seat. DickPic was elected and re-elected seven times before he resigned, due to his penchant for emailing nude pics of himself to young women. Little Anthony (I saw a pic) had it made. He married Clinton’s favorite carpet in 2010 and has never had to work for a living but, like so many people who have too much time on their hands, Little Anthony screwed it all up. Chuckie doesn’t call any more. Huma Mahood Abedine took a walk, and the little girls aren’t much interested in a 52-year old has-been and coulda-been. Now, Little Anthony is in the news again and rumor has it he will soon be hit by a bus. And Trump is smiling.
Accidents happen. Its just that Team Klintock has a graveyard full of them.
Let’s see, JFK Jr. was Hitlery’s opponent in the NY Senate race until his death in that plane wreck. IMHO human life means nothing to Hillary if she sees someone as an obstacle in her quest for money and/or power thus my personal opinion that she is a 24K Sociopath as well as a megalomaniac.
Putin’s excellent fall cruise is hitting some speed bumps, and even the civilian press is taking notice:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a23584/admiral-kuznetsov-sad-smoky-voyage/
My crew was flying surveillance ops on the Kuznetsov Battle Group when it un-assed the Med after the collapse of the USSR a million years ago. Pretty ballsy for an unarmed P-3, but back then I was eight feet tall and bullet proof.
Love the P-3. Used to watch them touch and go at BGR on windy days. Some awesome crabwise landings.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-29/fbi-found-tens-thousands-emails-belonging-huma-abedin-weiners-laptop
Yuge! Libtard heads exploding!
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. — “Marmion”, Sir Walter Scott
So how you all feel about this?
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/10/21/university-florida-offer-counseling-students-offended-halloween-costumes/
lolololol 😀
Trauma counseling?
I can see it for the creepy clown costumes. Those would scare the quills off a porcupine.
But for other costumes, the school has to kowtow to spoiled brats on taxpayer money? Gee, if that isn’t a scam, what is?
Our Tax dollars at work for the continuation of the pussyfying of America….smh..
Good. Every minute they spend with their counselor or group talking about their feelings they are not doing something even more stupid.
In the category of things to fantasize about doing: greeting the end of each session in appropriate costume.
Just out of curiosity, has the latest marriage of Dennis H Chevalier aka the blob fish/cheese slayer gone to the divorce courts yet?
The Cubs get clubbed – again. On the bright side, the Cubs down 3-1 are probably in a good place. The pressure shifts to the Indians to close. Chicago gets their excellent rotation of Lester, Arrieta, and Hendricks queued up. Now it’s just a matter of getting to the 7th game…and see what happens.
* Comebacks from WS 3-1 deficits have happened a handful of times. The most recent ones were Pirates over the Orioles in ’79 & Royals over Cardinals in ’85
Royals over Cardinals isn’t really a good comparison, Devtun – that series was a 2-2-1-1-1 format. KC won the last 3 games, but game 6 that year was at KC – and they also got a bit of help during that game. (smile)
This year’s WS is 2-3-2 format – which means the Cubs need to win not only 3 in a row, but the last 2 on the road. That situation has occurred 19 times in the World Series. The team trailing 3-1 in that situation has won the World Series 3 times: 1958 (Yankees over Milwaukee), 1968 (Detroit over St Louis), and in 1979 as you mentioned. In the other 16 cases, the team leading 3-1 ultimately won the series.
Frankly, I hope Cleveland wins. I personally would be OK seeing either team win – but I have a relative in his 90s. He spent nearly his entire adult lifetime in Cleveland until he had to move in with relatives elsewhere for health reasons. He lost his wife during the past few years; he’s still doing well, but I frankly don’t expect him to be around too much longer.
He lived to see Cleveland win another title in a major sport after a 52-year major sports drought (the Browns in 1964 was the last major sports title the city had seen prior to this year’s NBA title). But he isn’t really a big basketball fan – and he absolutely loves baseball.
I’d love for him to see another Indians World Series title before he passes.
And if it the series goes back to Cleveland, well, see my comment above. That’s simply gotta happen if the series goes 6 or 7 games. (smile)
You guys are missing the REAL significance of this World Series.
The last time the Cubs were IN the World Series was 1945. I don’t remember if Dizzy Dean was still playing for them, but he was a helluva pitcher by the standards back then, when there weren’t any IT measuring methods. You just knew someone had a hot fastball or a drop ball or a very deceptive slider.
I know that Cleveland has had a drought, too, but that’s only since 1998.
So what is more important – the stats, or the fact that the Cubs finally got their game back?