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I tried to create an image of a king who turned everything brown with a touch. This could serve as a symbol of how the Democrats turn things into crap. The image generator initially created depictions of King Midas. The second attempt showed a sort of “fantasy land,” again not exactly what I had envisioned. […]
Shutdown: Federal lawmakers received pay while troops went without
Readers on the site are familiar with a rich man’s offering to pay the troops during one of the paydays during the shutdown. While Congress personnel continued receiving their pay, servicemembers and federal workers faced going without pay until the end of the shutdown. Not all Congress personnel accepted their pay during the shutdown, but […]
Valor Friday
In the days before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the US was solidly staying out of the Second World War. For many young men who longed for glory and to fight fascism, the American reticence to join the war was too much. They ran off and joined the Canadian or British military. About 9,000 Americans […]
Friday Follow-ups
A few quick minor items. We wrote about how the BBC aired a program on President Trump in which they falsely edited and conjoined edited quotes an hour apart to make it look like he was urging his follower to storm the ramparts and pillage, plunder, and sack (you thought I was gonna throw in […]
Daily FGS
Ruger LCR Man arrested for shooting at victims near Lubbock bar, evading officers Story by Urijah Jaushlin LUBBOCK, Texas— Twenty-eight-year-old Juan Lara III was arrested on Wednesday on two charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and one charge of Evading Arrest, after an incident that occurred overnight on Wednesday. According to an affidavit […]
Bonus Walt
We normally don’t have that much on the Brit Walts (Walter Mittys who dress up and play pretend ‘over there’), but today Mason ran across a doozy. The folks on the Foggy Isle go one better than we do this time of year – we do Veteran’s Day as a catchall for all of […]
Fired Trans Troops Sue Air Force
Transgender members of the Air Force sue over losing retirement pay By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of 17 transgender members of the Air Force are suing the U.S. government over what they say is the military’s unlawful revocation of their early retirement pensions and benefits. The lawsuit, filed in federal court Monday, […]
House Votes Yes
By a 229-206 vote, the House of Representatives passed the long-awaited spending bill. President Trump was expected to sign it before you read this. The Senate approved the same package on Monday night after seven Democrats and one independent who caucuses with the Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans in supporting the measure. […]
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