Weekend Open Thread
Conservative opposition to communism/socialism is based on an understanding of current events, world history, logic, common sense, human nature etc. Most of the folks that advance communism and socialism happen to be those who have never lived in a communist/socialist society. Although proponents of socialism in the United States believe that socialism would work if properly applied, those coming to the US from socialist countries usually disagree. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
FIRST!?
Blather
Ya shoulda been paying attention to the refresh and not just “Sitting at The Wheel”…
AHEM! KAAAA-BOOOOOOM! The Bunny of The Guns has endeavored, persevered, and completed another successful FIRE MISSION FIRE MISSION FIRE MISSION with a Time On Target conquest of ALL of His Adoring Deploreables and recapture His Rightful Place as FIRST Commentor on the Coveted EARNED NEVER AWARDED TAH Friday Weekend Open Thread. The King of Battle…THE King of FIRST rules again. How Sweet it is! (ht2 The Great One)
NOT EVEN CLOSE…40+ seconds until My Queen of Battle, THE Infuntree Dood of Dudes shows up.
Refreshing beverages, grilled wings of Formerly Feathered Fellows, Bacon Infused Cat Heads, and pound cake with canned peaches for all hands.
CONGRATS TO OUR FAVORITE REB!!
HOO-AAHH!
And some sad news…😔
“Former Georgia Bulldog Mascot Uga X Dies At The Age Of 10”
https://scrippsnews.com/stories/former-georgia-bulldog-mascot-uga-x-dies-at-the-age-of-10/
“Former Georgia mascot Uga X, whose eight-year run included back-to-back national championships, died Tuesday.”
“Uga X, part of the line of English bulldog mascots which began in 1955, was 2 when he began his run on the Sanford Stadium sideline in 2015. He was born on May 27, 2013.”
The bulldog, also known as “Que,” retired in a ceremony at the Bulldogs’ 2023 spring football game.”
“The University of Georgia Athletics took to social media to say their goodbyes.”
“We are saddened to announce that Uga X, fondly known as Que, died peacefully in his sleep earlier this morning,” they posted. “He will always be remembered as a Damn Good Dawg.”
The entire Bull Dawg Nation mourned the loss of this Damned Good Dawg. His Legacy…and his winning record…will live on thru out The Dynasty forward. He will spend all Eternity chasing (or not) whipped pussy cats of Auburn and LSU. Probably snacking on gator meat as we speak.
gabn/gabaf/rtr/hbtd
So sad.
I got to meet UGA IV.
Quite the honor.
KoB:
CONGRATS!
“Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who) – Drums Edit”
6 Minutes of PURE GOLD!
In Your Honor, King of Battle!
gabn.gabaf/hbtd/rtr
The Who…THE Greatest Rock and Roll Band…EVAH…and no…you can’t change my mind. We need to do what The Who are telling us and Texas is asking us to do and…Join Together With The Band…
Maximum R&B, and the Patent British Exploding Drummer. None finer.
Brought a tear to me eye! Keith Moon smiles. Then explodes.
Piddly.
Debated the opinion of Big O and George Harrison as to what you’re going thru. You may have “Dreams to Remember” on being FIRST but you will only have OAM in your dreams….WAH WAH (ht2 GH)
FIRST THIRD
Iwas on my email printing out FIRST in large letters but after I copied and pasted it wouldn’t work when I hit paste.
It’s lonely at the top, Jeffy…herding cats is easier than being King of the D’weeded and Adorable Deplorables. The D’weeded Ones eat you out of house n home and deplete the Class VI Supplies. The Adorables hog the blanket. The struggle is a real see saw. Here ya go take my place, have my seat, it’s for free…
Dang … missed it by that much!
Dang, just missed the podium.
Consolation 🍺 time.
Rats of the Cong to the King of Battle, and I hope he finds the WOT Throne Room kept to his liking. Me? I’m just gonna leave some trivia here for you all to enjoy, but … I’ll be back. Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!
DID YOU KNOW…?
What was the first “spin-off” series in broadcasting history?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2024
Time. Amazing how it moves in only one direction, isn’t it?
If you could go back in time, to any one event in your life, which one would you choose?
I was asked that question not long ago, and it put me to thinking (and yes, I did get a headache from it). After much cogitating, I realized that I couldn’t pick just one event to revisit. If I’m going to revisit, let’s see ‘em all.
One thing I’d never go back and change is my beginning this silly column, since I’ve learned that it means as much to you as it does to me. So let’s cut out the foolishness and get to why you’re here … the trivia!
Enjoy, friends.
Did you know …
… the first long-lasting lipstick was created in the 1940s? Devised by chemist Hazel Bishop (1906-1998), the lipstick was the first “no-smear” formula that was designed to last for hours after application. Bishop used her success with that invention to form her own cosmetics company. Additional trivia note: Bishop was the first woman to appear alone in a photograph on the cover of Business Week magazine, in 1951.
… diet soda floats in water, but regular soda doesn’t? The reason is the sugar in the drink. Sugar makes regular soda more dense than diet soda. (It also makes those who drink it more dense.)
… the state of Maine has an official treat? Since the 1920s, Maine has been the home of the Whoopie Pie – two cakelike cookies with frosting in the middle. It was declared the official state treat in 2011. (Whoopie!!!)
… the oldest tavern in the United States still in operation is in Rhode Island? The White Horse Tavern in the city of Newport opened in 1673 and has been open ever since. (Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, after all.)
… one cannot see the Sun or the stars from the surface of Venus? The thick atmosphere of the planet has so many cloud levels, a person standing on the surface would never actually see the Sun, stars, or anything else except an orange haze. (Of course, if you’re standing on Venus – under all that atmospheric pressure and in all that heat – where the Sun is would be the least of your concerns.)
… the first true broadcasting “spin-off” series occurred in radio? From 1935 to 1959, one of the most popular programs on radio was Fibber McGee and Molly, starring the husband and wife team of Jim (1896-1988) and Marian Jordan (1898-1961). One of the characters on that show was a blowhard named Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, played by Harold Peary (1908-1985). In 1941, Peary’s character was given his own series titled The Great Gildersleeve, making his show the first actual spin-off from an existing series. The Great Gildersleeve lasted until 1958, and both it and Fibber were made into short-lived television programs as well. Additional trivia note: Peary was talked into moving his series from NBC to CBS in 1950, but the sponsor, Kraft Foods, refused to allow the move – though the actor had already signed a contract. Peary was thus unable to continue legally in the role, so the part of Gildersleeve was recast with actor Willard Waterman (1914-1995), whose voice bore an uncanny resemblance to that of Peary. The two men were good friends, and as a mark of respect, Waterman refused to do the iconic just-this-side-of-nasty laugh of Peary’s Gildersleeve character on his version of the show.
There was a reason the it was originally called Rhode Island Plantation. Wonder who produced the rum that the Tavern sold and was used as “trade goods”?
https://library.providence.edu/encompass/rhode-island-slavery-and-the-slave-trade/rhode-island-slavery-and-the-slave-trade/
Now we know why the saying “Men are from Mars…Women are from Venus” came about. All those many cloudy levels, high pressure, they’re hot…
“…a blowhard named Commissar A. Seagull…” FIFY Kraft Foods…POS Company before John Skerry and Warren Buffet came along. Got it! I do salute Mr. Waterman’s respect for his friend.
Thanks in part to the ascension of Saint George of Fentanyl to his final reward, my neighbor state (no relation) purged the doubleplusungood reference to ‘plantation’ (link).
I’m glad for them, but there are far too many Italians to leave your car doors unlocked* for me to visit. Even with the virtue signaling.
*this is a joke. My cousins (RI Eyeties) are wonderful people. They only stole half my fillings this time when they mickyed me at Christmas this year.
Yeah, had heard of that…The Sainthood AND the changing of the name/logo. The Guv ONLY took the name off of the letterheads and such, the name remains. I had an article, in something can’t find now, that had discussed how the Tavern was a major meeting place for the early African Slavers. Over 1K ships went out from there. I just get a little perturbed when the entire scourge that was the slave trade is dumped on the Southland, when in fact, the ships (and the money to build/outfit them) came from well north of here. My Scots/Irish Clans came over in the early 1700, as indentured “servants”, never owned any slaves, and were never part of a “klan”. 99.69% of True Southerners would have like to string up the punk that murdered them folks in the SC Church. And most of us get along just fine with our better tanned fellow humans.
Hell, I gots relatives that would steal ALL of my fillings…without benefit of a mickey.
… only one college in the New England colonies remained open throughout the U.S. Revolutionary War? Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, was the only one to keep its doors open during the war, which lasted from April 15, 1775 until September 3, 1783. (Offering degrees in revolution, I don’t doubt.)
… Darth Vader wasn’t always supposed to be the father of Luke Skywalker? Fans of the Star Wars series of movies were shocked when in episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back, it was revealed that the Dark Lord of the Sith was the father of the hero of the series. But in the early drafts of the movie, Vader wasn’t Luke’s daddy at all. In fact, an un-named elder Skywalker was supposed to show up as a “Force ghost” while Luke was training with a Jedi named Minch, who eventually became Yoda. (Holy dramatic turn, Batman!)
… an element on the periodic table is named after the capital of Denmark? The silvery metal hafnium (Hf), element 72, was named for the city in which it was discovered: Copenhagen, Denmark. Its discovery in 1923 was achieved by scientists Dirk Coster (1889-1950) and George de Hevesy (1885-1966). Its existence was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907) as he was formulating the periodic table of elements. It was the next-to-last stable element to be discovered. Why is it called hafnium, you wonder? In Latin, Copenhagen is called Hafnia.
Only one (1) institute of higher learning is the Oldest State Chartered University in the Country. And THAT would be the University of Georgia. GO DAWGS!
Darth was also Baby Daddy to Leia. Was Obi Wan?
I’ll have an apple Danish…followed by a pinch of Copenhagen.
Yale University scattered to the four winds, but remained operational (unlike to-day?):
The complete history of Yale during the Revolutionary War has been replaced with politically expedient nearstory because they have to be better than their Founders.
“Light and Truth” indeed.
Today, Vader would be the transgender mother of Luke and Leia.
… the Great Lakes feature a lake on an island in a lake on an island? Bear with me a moment. Lake Huron has numerous islands, one of which is Manitoulin Island. On this island there is a lake, called Lake Mindemoya. Inside that lake is a small island known as Treasure Island, also called “the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake in the world.” (I hope you followed all that. My head hurts.)
… the athlete who earned the most money in history lived in ancient Rome? Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104 AD-146 AD) was a charioteer in the days of the Roman Empire. He is cited as the highest-paid athlete of all time, having amassed in his career earnings that, in today’s money, would be around $15 billion, according to some sources. (And his agent would get ten percent of it.)
Now … you know!
$9 Billion of that was earned through an endorsement deal with a sandal company.
I wonder if the great ancestors of Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) tried to steal some it based upon their fake Roman citizen, fake charioteer and fake heterosexual claims?
The Greatest Treasure was on Gilligan’s Island…and it was called Mary Ann.
How DO the athletes of today get by on their paltry multi million dollar salaries? Bless Their Hearts!
Thanks!, CW
Well, Mary Ann does start with MMMMM…
Naw. I’m going with Ginger. She was hotter.
That may be so, rgr769..beauty…the eye..the beholder and all that. Howsome ever, Mary Ann could cook! And that, Good Sir, is a very strong “asset”. That hotness will fade over time, but the cook just gets better. And even if neither one could cook, they could both make a sandwich out of me. 😉
I’ll see myself out.
Just like the famous Buhweet sammich as demonstrated in that SNL sketch by Eddy Murphy.
Lake Mindemoya does exist! (link)
Not that I’d doubt our One and Only CW!
Thanks for the link! I do appreciate a fact check … but I did say it existed. Looks like a pretty nice little strip of dirt in a lake on dirt in a lake.
“Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104 AD-146 AD) was a charioteer in the days of the Roman Empire. He is cited as the highest-paid athlete of all time..”
Valentino Rossi spits, kicks tire.
Tanks, CW. Ya musta been distracted by your very own Lois Lane and stopped your presses…on your F5 key. Your 26 Leaden Soldiers did a fine J.O.B. on the police call of the Throne Room…but not as fine a J.O.B. as you do on the trivia. Musta had an Engineer Squad in the mix again…the Class VI Supplies are depleted…again. Go back in time? Oh hells to the nah, Imma glad I made it this far and even OAM doesn’t want to delve into those memory banks.
Sooo…Ms Bishop helped improve the product that’s in the deadliest cartridge known to man? “She painted up her lips…” (ht2 Kenny)
“…diet soda” (sic…you been down heah long ’nuff to know that we call them all Co-Cola) ranks right down there with unsweet tea, sugared cornbread, stovetop stuffing, C-Rat Sanka Coffee, plasticized firearms, and other abominations against God and All That Is Holy. Pass me an AreSee and a Moon Pie, please. And God Bless Little Debbie!
I do know it’s all “Co-Cola” but I’m not supposed to mention actual brands unless they’re the point of the item … so I use “soda.” At least I don’t call them all “pop” any more, like I did when I was a skinny little Chicago kid.
Hack Stone knows a guy who used to work in the Reston Virginia office of All Points Logistics who wishes that he could turn back the clock to the Spring of 2013 and turn down the request from Phil Monkress to run a counterintelligence operation against military blogs that were exposing Phil Monkress’ claims of being a US Navy SEAL. Unfortunately the flux capacitor of his 1980’a vintage Jaguar was stolen when said vehicle was parked at the Bethesda Goodwill Thrift Shop while he was shopping for a new $3 leisure suit.
I wonder where Paul-mer (of the ballsack) Wickre is these days?
Probably trying to intimidate some HOA somewhere or shouting in the mirror after a long night drinking.
Probably changed his name again.
Loser.
Who is this you’re talking about? OH OKAY, I’d forgotten all about that T-bird swilling numbnuts sometimes named Psul until y’all mentioned him, didn’t he have some other loser in a PuRpLe sUiT saying he was coming for us?
It takes all types! 😆😅🤣😂
“Police: Woman Scared Of Weather Calls In Fake Burglary”
https://www.wtvy.com/2024/01/18/police-woman-scared-weather-calls-fake-burglary/?outputType=amp
“A Dothan woman faces criminal charges after police say she called in a fake report to police.”
“According to information released by Dothan Police, they received a 911 call on Tuesday, January 9 about a burglary in progress at a home on Johnson Circle.”
“Upon arriving on scene, officers were able to confirm there was no burglary happening at the house.”
“After talking with the woman who called in the report, 39-year-old Kelley Carole Giniebra, it was determined that she had falsely reported the crime to police in order to get officers to quickly arrive at her address.”
“She did this, according to DPD, due to being scared of the bad weather happening that day.”
“Giniebra was arrested and charged with one count of Making a False Report to Law Enforcement.”
It’s Dothan, dude.
Surprised she did not try to have sex w/ the responding officer.
Well, she is kinda better looking than E.Jean Carroll, so there’s that 🙄
Word.
Someone hit that craycray witch with the ugly stick.
Stick hell, the whole darn tree.
IMO she’s ugly enough to make shit scream and run away!
Apropos of these days:
The D-rats want to burn the USA to the ground just so they can rule over the ashes.
They honestly feel the Chicoms, Russkies, Norks and Iranians will let ’em tyrannize us in peace. Silly Democrats.
On station.
Your Funny Comedy Skit Of The Week!
We watched this 7 minute skit in 1984…laughed so hard that tears were streaming outta our eyes..
Well, 50 years, we watched it again…It is still HILARIOUS…
Sadly (tongue in cheek statement), in 2024, some folks may be offended by it. Poor things. NOT! Not us…!
Enjoy…We Did!
“Rodney Dangerfield, Bob Nelson and an Entire Football Team (1984)”
ANOTHER Hilarious skit that no matter how many times one watches, it will bring a chuckle..
Think alot of you know this skit..
7 Minutes of Pure Gold…”4 Hours!”
Enjoy! We Did!
John Pinette … a very, very funny man gone far too soon.
This one came out about 2 days ago..
3 Minutes..
“Joe Biden-Sniffin (Parody Country Song)”
ANOTHER Classic…
“Sam Kinison’s first appearance on the Tonight Show with David Letterman, 11-14-1985”
6 Minutes…
Enjoy! We Did!
Seizure warning… Someone tried to turn a trip experience into a video. Memory from dead man’s trip:
For a minute there I thought your Seizure warning had something to do with Commissar getting a serious case of “Lip Cramp” from his reading all the replies to his posts yesterday regarding Texas and their well-placed razor wire protecting their border from undocumented invaders.
Judging by his arguments, I wouldn’t be surprised if he would feel at home watching the video.
His fingers are probably bloody stubs by now after blowing that thread up, probably won’t be back for days. 
Texas had to do what it did to make up for Team Biden refusing to stop future Democrats coming in. Trump only needed a fraction of the total money sent to Ukraine to finish up that wall. If they would have let him do just that, this issue with Texas may not have gotten as far as it has gotten.
It would be epic if Donald Trump wins in November. We could clown the left out over the fact that Trump would be starting his term rather than leaving. Biden and the Democrats keep creating more problems, hoping for a Trump victory so that he could reverse a lot of these problems, including proper control at our borders.
Commisar is probably passed out with his junk in his hand after hearing Trump was ordered to pay that Carroll lady(?).
He has likely assembled his Antifa clan for a celebratory circle jerk for the reading of verdict.
He probably set it up so he is the pivot man.
I heard he is also hosting a double Dutch-rudder tournament.
OK, here’s the 3rd video on Potential History’s series on the war of the Pacific. The video game ad runs from 0:19-1:11, so you can skip it if you want:
*War in the Pacific
All boxes of yours and others are gray. Will look again later.
Huh, it’s working on my end. Here’s a mobile link for this video:
https://youtu.be/I6HoQhxLCwU?si=59PYNlqufpj1lXhE
If you want me to, I can get you the mobile links of the other videos I posted.
It’s working now. Might be my tablet, provider or the other 9 pages I have open that’s the issue.
😎
Top Thirty. Hack was driving around the Capital Beltway a futile search for Elaine Ricci. Figured she would be standing next to a broken 1980’s vintage Jaguar, but no dice.
#FindElaineRicci
Look toward All-Points Logistics.
THIRTY-sump’n and I award myself Honorary First once again.
((((OVER))))
People who don’t clean up after their Dogs out on the beach ruin it for everyone, leaving piles of Phildo everywhere.
Epstein did not kill himself.
another UP YOURS to the “Feebies” monitoring us, the commies!
Kudos and blessings to those defying the Biden Administration on the US-Mexican Border!
Piles of Phildo. I love it!
But but the correct reference is: Steaming piles of Phil Monkress.
Phil Monkress is, of course, the CEO of All-Points Logistics.
This is the man – not really – more like an errant fart that took on “solidity” (CEO of All-Points Logistics) who steals from the American Taxpayer through goverment set-aside minority contracts based upon his fraudulent and potentially felonious Native American, Navy SEAL and Law Enforcement claims.
As Lori Benton looks on….
We have one of these that just moved into our neighborhood.. 😂😀😆😜😄😅
Bummer! I said that’s a bummer man.
Rewriting Rage Against the Machine lyrics?
Today’s con man Teddy show.
Phonying 5 medals and Phony Rambo tales of killing aside…..
Which of the following is the worst?
Teddy Daniels – PHONY AMERICA FIRST.
Reality – Teddy Daniels has always been ME FIRST.
Meal Team 6 veteran!
Anonymous,
In 2011, he was allowed to join the Army at age 35,
with a fat boy waiver,
and f’d up college football foot and ankle waiver.
Before 2001 (when he was age 25),
he would have NEVER been allowed to join ANY branch.
By 2011, with a bad cop history,
he’s an 11B bonus baby fat boy,
bonus used to pay off his child support arrears.
Worst example of taxpayer bang for the buck.
Now on double disability… and internet conning on top.
And yes, there is NO RECORD of either that Commendation Medal nor that Achievement Medal, from the US Army FOIA nor the NPRC / US Government FOIA DD-214, Form DA638, and other docs.
However, March 2023, Teddy Daniels put up pics of 4 medals certificates on Twitter,
including these 2 Army Achievement Medal certificates, supposedly earned during the SAME WEEK of training in Colorado?
IF he claims 2 AAMs from the same week in 2011 with these 2 certificates, that no one has any record,
WHY was he wearing only 1 AAM in early 2012?
And still only 1 AAM into 2013 for his Washington Post pictures?
Answer: Bob Neener
rgr769,
Possible… But with the myriad of errors,
it’s more likely he spent 3 months buying the blank certificates, and then filling them in himself.
Oh, joy… Bradley Manning, Beau Bergdahl and him– thank you, lowered standards!
Where is his CIB in that pic? He was awarded the ARCOM for A-Stan service wasn’t he?
rgr769,
The photo above is BEFORE he deployed anywhere.
He is wearing 1 ACM and 1 AAM at 0 years 11 months service, at a Fort Carson, Colorado Army Ball.
Contradicts his “medals certificates”,
that he posted on Twitter March 2023,
that claim 2 AAM for the same WEEK of PFC training in Colorado, and 1 ACM for the SAME MONTH.
Also, 1 ACM for Afghanistan duties, that is legit.
Contradicts his DD-214 and ALL FOIA records, which prove ZERO ACM and ZERO AAM earned in 2011 before deploying in 2012.
And now “All-Points Logistics” first.
Phil Monkress cannot pass on this hire.
Green Thumb,
Phil would pass, once he hears Teddy crying disability, and showing an aversion to taking work orders or supervision from anyone.
Fortunately, Hack Stone was able to obtain a transcript of the interview that Phil Monkress had with Teddy Daniels.
Phil Monkress: would you have any qualms about going on to military blogs in order to intimidate actual veterans who have been exposing my false claims of being a Navy SEAL?
Teddy Daniels: I’m still here, aren’t I?
Phil Monkress;” I will still need my additional 10% over commission fee to line my pockets without my co-workers knowing. Is that going to be a problem?”
Teddy Daniels: “Not as long as I still get a place on your Thursday afternoon calendar.”
Here’s the ARS Argentina Pesos receipt.
Present once again.
Medical info for those who may have or may at some time have prostate cancer:
[Warning: graphic descriptions follow](at least for some wusses)
After my radiation, and healing from that, a phenomenon occurred where small veins grew one the surface of the rectum, radiation induced changes that result in events of blood in the stool.
Finally, this week, saw a specialist that has the fix.
Research this: Flexible Sigmoidoscopy with Argon Plasma Coagulation.
In layman’s terms, they stick a tube where the sun don’t shine, pump in some gas, and light it up.
The doctor is literally going to burn my ass.
All this time I thought it was just an idle threat by some punks.
More seriously, it is good to know that they have developed a procedure to handle ‘minor’ complications like this.
I will be out of the running for the WOT First (h/t KoB) Throne next Friday due to still being under the after-effects of the anesthesia.
Y’all have a blessed weekend.
(I’ve been waiting for a chance to use that joke…)
Sorry about yer time ‘in the hot seat’, GB.
May He look over you and yours with favor.
(low-key, thank you much for the honesty and info. Dudes don’t like to talk about things like this and I find it… refreshing? Elucidating? Revelatory? Mandatory? Alltheaboveatory?)
Thank you Roh-Dog.
One of the hardest things about going through something like this is the feeling of being alone, uncertain about how “normal” something is.
After I was diagnosed and finally, 4 years later, progressed to the point where I was having treatments, there were a number of men in our church that came to me to say that they, too, were looking at prostate cancer treatments. By just sharing the fact that I was, I was able to encourage them that they were not alone.
Here, Wilted Willy reached out to me when I was first diagnosed 6-ish years ago, for the same reason.
I don’t want anyone here to feel like they are alone, or face something unusual like I’ve got (this is a known but not common after-effect of radiation treatment) and not know that they’ve got a battle buddy beside them.
ROFL
But is it true that Michelle Obama enjoyed the exam so much that she repeated it 3x daily for a month?
My dad had something similar after prostate cancer radiation. That was around 1986, and radiation therapy wasn’t the pinpoint procedure it is now. The old man got seriously cooked. I had no side effects after I went through it in 2018, but that fookin’ Lupron. It’s evil. You heal up quick now!
Thank you SFC D.
The prognosis is very good.
Pings sent to The Greatest Healer for you, Graybeard. Older brother went thru all that this past year. Once the discomfort part past, he’s good as new. So far, I’ve tested negative. Best bud got the word right after Thanksgiving that he has stage IV colon cancer. Doing the chemo thing right now on him. Another bud’s brother has had stage IV, with chemo, for 3+years now. Doing as well as could be expected.
Hang tuff…you got this.
Thanks, brother.
Honestly, God has been very very good to me though this all.
For all that it was cancer, it was a very slow-growing one caught very early (annual check-ups, y’all!), the worst of the radiation was having problems making it the 30 miles back home to the bathroom before I peed in the car after drinking so much to keep my bladder full for the treatment. Secondary was the loss of strength/endurance and intolerance for extremes (for Texas) of heat and cold. That will return/improve over time.
The rectal bleeding is, honestly, an annoyance that is only mildly disturbing (knowing it is not the colon cancer that got my grandmother and uncle). The specialist said that getting some infection into the blood system from this is not a worry.
The chance of me being there for our 2-year-old granddaughter’s wedding is still pretty good. Hopefully with most of my mind left. 😀
Of all the things that I have lost, I miss my mind most of all. 😀
I’m just gonna leave that one alone. It just seems to easy…
I’ve misplaced a good chunk of mine, too. No big deal, wasn’t using it anyway.
I believe in the old fashioned way, multiple brain cells per drink.
Was it Norm or Cliff who said only the weak cells die off from drink?
I’ve heard of cauterizing wounds and all, but wow.
When the specialist was trying to explain it in layman’s terms, I said “So, it’s basically a flashburn.” (Pulling on my EMT and first-aid training.)
He liked that explanation. He kept repeating it to himself.
That is a layman’s term easily understood or explained. No medical background needed.
Please make sure the doc doesn’t get “flashburn” confused with “flashbang”.
I’ll just leave this here.
For any of you who STILL want to give this turd some slack,
perhaps because he claims to be “America First”,
or sings your political songs,
or pushes for this Amendment or that Amendment,
or goes for this guy or against that guy (often with more lies)?
I can’t help but conclude,
IF Teddy Daniels were a Democrat,
or running for Sheriff in Texas,
or running a charity in Nevada,
or getting government contracts in Florida (to this day)…
MORE of you would be all over his narcissistic arrogant fat ass.
SHAME on any of you,
who would let partisan politics cloud your thinking on a phony,
who would rather give a free pass to a lying embellishing phony
on your own side of the aisle,
than throw turds from BOTH sides of the aisle under the bus
when they deserve it.
NOW I’ll count the thumbs……
Someone woke up angry. You might be better off counting fingers instead of thumbs. You’re probably gonna get a lot of them. And decaf might be a good option.
Hey! I am the Thumb!
SFC D,
See my reply to Odie below.
Anyone here wants to show me the finger, let’s see ’em.
Make it graphic, with your name on it.
I’ll wait.
🙂
I get all the phony military veteran claims, and how it pisses most off that it happens, but currently this country has bigger problems I’m my opinion than somebody claiming to be something their not.
We have 2 wars we are supplying, only 1 of which is an ally but gets strings attached on use of money and weapons.
Ukraine, not an ally, gets a blank check to prop up that government while some gets shoveled back to a select few (“allegedly” )
We have a HUGE border crisis that everybody in power says they’re working on or that the border is secure, nothing to see, keep the line moving. This way to the great egress.
The fake veteran thing is a problem on both sides of the aisle.
I’m not voting up or down on your comment as others may/may not. Just giving you my opinion on what I consider to be bigger problems.
Odie,
Same was true in Clyde city and Callahan County, Texas.
And you know how we ALL felt here,
about anyone out there
who was trying to ignore, or provide cover for,
either Leroy Foley or Rick Jowers.
Almost 4 years ago… a string of (MP and) VG articles.
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?page_id=90114&q=foley+jowers
“Buck” Travis was unavailable for comment…
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I think he is a fucking turd.
And I am the Thumb. The Green Thumb.
Please do use my name in vain!
Most of us, who are principally not D-rats, are not giving this bombastic turd a pass. But TAH has not put him up as a valor thief. Nor has Military Phony. You have put up docs proving he has a legit CIB and a PH from his service in A-Stan. At most, he is a minor embellisher. Apparently, only the AAM’s are bogus. He is a scammer IMHO.
rgr719,
Yes, because his CIB and PH are awarded for actions on THE SAME DAY.
The litany of Phony Rambo tales that supposedly occurred beforehand, proven impossible by the FOIA,
makes him a MAJOR embellisher.
Meaning… A SERIAL LIAR.
5 medals unverified are
2x ACM
1 added at 0 years 11 months on ACTIVE DUTY,
1 added to the jacket mini medals and love me mall shadowbox about the year 2020,
2x AAM
1 added at 0 years 11 months on ACTIVE DUTY,
1 added to the jacket mini medals and love me mall shadowbox about the year 2020,
1x Army Overseas Service Ribbon,
added at 2½ years on ACTIVE DUTY.
Most of his unit earned this upon successful completion of full deployment orders to Afghanistan.
Not Teddy, who came home early, and doesn’t have the time.
Again, not on the DD-214, but is certainly on the DD-214 for ALL the other members of his unit who completed their Afghanistan tour.
This weekend the Daniel Bernath Post of The Dutch Rudder Gang Association will be hosting a chili cookoff to help raise awareness of EFGS (Empty Fuel Gauge Syndrome) in the parking lot of the Merritt Island corporate headquarters of All Points Logistics. Please come out and help eradicate the threat of random aircraft crashing onto private property.
Chili sounds good. And the empty fuel gauge syndrome awareness will leave no doubt as to how much gas one has in the tank after eating.
Phil Monkress will be checking and filling the tanks to ensure depth and accuracy.
Bet, Phildo knows (his way around a)….
7240-177-6154
Entered into the FSN inventory 01 Jan 63
You do fantastic work Claw.
Thank you ain’t enough.
Only my doctor has a key to that tank and I go for inspection every 5 years.
He seems happy with the results and pencils me in for a date in the future.
So far, he hasn’t bought me breakfast which makes me think I’m being used.
Odie, Hack Stone, Green Thumb, and Roh-Dog,
Similar but different,
does anyone have any intel on a CHILI FEED
taking place in 2024 in Elko, Nevada?
Or was 2022 the LAST chili feed?
[Feb 19, 2022
POW-MIA Elko Awareness Association Annual Chili Feed]
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=318056887041501
Someone needs to host a chili cook off to raise awareness of chili cook offs raising awareness.
And then have the “Most Poser-est of Them All” chili cook off contest at All-Points Logistics in Merritt Island, Florida:
“The No More, No Less and the No More, Ike Densmore Challenge”.
I will leave it up to you good folks to think of the best contestants and judges. But just as a heads up, Lori Benton is there to provide legal advice.
For me, Ranger Stephen “Cio” Burrell, The Least Most Dangerous Man in the World (and author) as a contestant and The Fat Shit Sack a’ Rollin’ Patrolling – Turd Bolling (Ambassador Worldwide Protection Agency – both national and international) as a sampler and judge (semen aside).
Thoughts?
Looking for your nominations.
Is there a raffle of an IPad with that airspeed app Apple created to commemorate our beloved Lawn Dart Danny? Asking for a friend of the DRGA.
If any of you Adorable Deplorables have the Pluto TV Streaming service, the RiffTrax channel will be showing their version of Reefer Madness at 15:45 (Eastern) this afternoon. Hack Stone heartily endorses this documentary to end the scourge of the Devil’s Lettuce among American youth.
There were multiple versions of that comedy masquerading as a drama and morality tale? Don’t get me wrong, I think marijuana is worse for you than the pro-legalization folks let on, especially with the more powerful cultivars and multiple ways to indulge where the THC level is elevated. But, that movie was so over the top, it has hurt the cause of keeping Mary Jane illegal for recreational use. I try to keep an open mind about possible medicinal benefits for people suffering from cancer or PTSD, but my understanding is that the benefits derive from the CBD component, not the THC.
Reefer Madness is one of the many movies that either never registered a copyright for or the copyright lapsed and every low rent video distributor would crank out a shitty copy of a VHS tape or DVD disc. Same deal with Night of The Living Dead, and for some unknown reason several episodes The Beverly Hillbillies in the early seasons.
As to (see what Hack did there?) Reefer Madness and RiffTrax, RiffTrax is somewhat a sequel of Mystery Science Theater 3000. RiffTrax does their running commentary on films they could not do on MST3K due to licensing fees or content (nudity, profanity, violence). Some of the films that get the “business” from RiffTrax include the previously mentioned Reefer Madnes, Night of The Living Dead, Plan 9 From Outer Space and Sharknado 1 and 2. Give them a viewing you have the opportunity.
Aaah…got it. I had heard about RiffTrax before, but it didn’t click when I read your initial post. And I had also forgotten that a lot of those low-budget movies from that era ended up in the public domain. I think the episode where Red Forman and the kids were parodying Reefer Madness on That 70’s Show was hilarious.
For all you wanna-be mushers out there, you’ll be happy to know that the Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race kicked off yesterday in Jackson Hole on snow that had to be trucked into downtown (Big /Sarc). The race covers eight communities/counties in western Wyoming over the course of 10 days for a total distance of 350 miles. The available purse totals 165K and stage 7 ends in Driggs, ID on 3 February with a final banquet.
Will the dogsled carrying Alaska Bob’s DD-214 be participating?
If it is, it’s a pretty slow team and won’t qualify for any of the purse money as that DD-214 has been on the trail now for going on five years.
Also wondering if and when it does show up whether or not it even lists an unearned NDSM (since his BASD was 14 Oct 75). / s
Claw,
4½ years later,
I’m now curious how that Harley of Alaska Bob Glaves is holding up. It’s now 5 Alaska winters for a big old Harley that was used to raise funds for a ride from Washington state to Washington, DC, but in a huge stroke of coincidence and convenience,
only made it as far as STURGIS… for BIKE WEEK.
Bonus for anyone who has an update on his
miraculous 4½ year survival from terminal cancer.
[Doctors have said Glaves has about a year left to live, but he said he’s not going to spend that time feeling sorry for himself.]
Or an update on (insert nickname here) Kelly Cook.
The original news story that got the ball rolling….
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/wall-before-i-die-vietnam-war-veteran-starts-ride-to-d-c-memorial/
To b e fair, the doctors did not specify which year he had left to live.
Driggs, Idaho. The cultural center of the universe. I grew up 4 miles east of Driggs, graduated (barely) from high school there.
https://redvintageco.com/products/1980s-driggs-idaho-the-cultural-hub-of-the-universe-long-sleeve-cotton-t-shirt
I thought Tennesseans were made of harder stuff?
Also, you bed down with the union and this clause is in your contract, yet you still complain?
Maybe I’m missing something here or everyone is just too sensitive these days:
Synopsis: Bridgestone’s contract with the union states if a member is calling out due to an impassable emergency (in this case snow) the employee needs to furnish a letter from the local LEO.
The article provided in lieu of the video (FU, YT) asks rhetorically:
Risk is my other-other middle name, sweetfart.
(Link to channel 5 ‘news’ Nashville story)
Mudda-fuckin’ inexcusable IMO!
Yes, I had to go to work on this day to treat the roads to melt ice. I live at the top of one hill, a short but steep valley to cross before getting to the top of the other hill and back on level ground. My village is run by idiots and they sent nobody out to treat city streets because of road conditions.
It was a fine balancing act to get speed up to climb the hill and not slide off the road.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9cDpBYXZphQ
Anybody surprised by this?
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-says-uncovers-mass-fraud-225706554.html
And in related news, we have this little gem…
https://news.yahoo.com/nato-signs-key-artillery-ammunition-091558725.html
More surprised it’s being reported.
Yeah, that was my surprise, too. Probably just the old proverbial tip of what’s been skimmed off.
Next you’ll be telling us that there is gambling in Casablanca.
That would be shocking news indeed.
How it started:
How it’s going. It’s both funny and said that Renault could be a stand-in for either Biden or Zelenskyy.
Stand with Texas…
https://tldavis.substack.com/p/texas-rebellion
Ft. Hood, of course.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-soldier-dead-hospitalized-off-base-altercation-shooting
A name now in the national news.
This is from 11 months ago.
Listen to the self bio starting at 5:05.
Lieutenant Colonel Pete Chambers
Joined the Army 1983
served an honorable career spanning 39 years
infantryman
paratrooper
Green Beret
Special Operations Flight Surgeon
Purple Heart
Bronze Star Medal
Retired Lt. Col.
Retired Special Forces.
Hmmmm.
Legit and verified?
Or yellow flags?
Fox News is reporting three American serve members were killed in Syria. If I ran keeps up this wave of aggression, the Biden-Harris Administration will have no other option than sending Iran another few billion dollars.
The Harris-Bidet misAdministration for Mostly Peaceful® Egalitarianism is watching, Hack.
You don’t want to anger them, do you?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/3-american-troops-killed-25-injured-attack-jordan-base-near-syria-border
3 service members are dead
It’s a good thing that Donald Trump is not in office, he would be dragging us into conflicts all around the world in order to line the pockets of his friends and relatives. Joe Biden is doing a heck of a job in maintaining the peace.
Bite-me has make a killing in Ukraine
WtFf!
I thought we’ve spent trillions on electromagnetic spectrum dominance and C4ISR! Lemme guess, the “anti-drone layered defense network” was only set to ‘stun’. Or did they “g(r)ift” those systems to that non-ally country using up all our ammo to prolong a stalemate (at best).
I swear if congress doesn’t get to the bottom of how…
RIP.
When the main mission of the Internet is running cover for Democrats.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/social-media-stunned-snopes-fact-check-reversal-president-bidens-backwards-hardhat