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Archbishop for U.S. military personnel: Morally acceptable for troops to defy orders

Archbishop for U.S. military personnel: Morally acceptable for troops to defy orders

| January 21, 2026 | 50 Comments

Timothy Broglio, Catholic archbishop responsible for U.S. military personnel, argued that it was morally acceptable for service members to disobey orders that go against their conscience. He expressed concern that troops could end up in a situation that they find morally questionable. However, Broglio acknowledged that doing so would put these service members in a […]

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Pardon puffery

Pardon puffery

| January 21, 2026 | 14 Comments

I read on MS-NOW (formerly MSNBC – wonder how many million $ that one letter change cost? Right now the current high is DoD to DoW at an estimate $125,000,000. In fairness,  though, Defense is six letters and War is three, so it is a 9 letter change. But by the same standard, it’s now […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| January 21, 2026 | 5 Comments

Smith & Wesson M&P FPC Mexico sends 37 cartel members to US in latest offer to Trump administration Mexico’s security minister said Tuesday that it had sent another 37 members of Mexican drug cartels to the United States, as the Trump administration ratchets up pressure on governments to crack down on criminal networks it says […]

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Poll: Left and right support for political assassinations higher than you think

Poll: Left and right support for political assassinations higher than you think

| January 20, 2026 | 29 Comments

The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) discovered in a recent poll that women were more likely than men to believe that political assassinations are justified. Respondents were presented with two political figures, President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Respondents were asked questions related to the justification of assassinating the two individuals. The […]

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A Tale of Two…

A Tale of Two…

| January 20, 2026 | 69 Comments

  It was the best of time, it was the worst of times. That’s the opener to “A Tale of Two Cities”, widely cited as one of the greatest opening lines in history, along with “Call me Ishmael!” and a few others.* We’re gonna tell a tale of two programs. Too short a column for […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| January 20, 2026 | 6 Comments

Sig Sauer MPX K NC police bust $2.8 million gold scam in sting outside Walmart, spurring chase and crash: Officers Police in eastern North Carolina took down a $2.8 million gold scam this week during a “controlled gold drop” outside a Walmart, leading to a chase and crash, Kinston officers said. The “large-scale” gold-based fraud […]

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Holiday Open Thread

Holiday Open Thread

| January 19, 2026 | 102 Comments

Dr. Marthin Luther King had a dream that different groups of people would sit at the table of brotherhood and be judged by the content of their character. Commenters on this website do this very thing. Plenty of folks get judged by the content of their character here. Sometimes, this evaluation comes in the form […]

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A New Name You Should know

A New Name You Should know

| January 19, 2026 | 10 Comments

Well, I got sandbagged twice while waiting for the wife to get home from church. I like to think I am fairly savvy on Holocaust stuff, and I despise Fakebook, yet I read a post there that made me go “whoa” and start looking to see if there was any historical truth – and there […]

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