Thursday thoughts – Biden, RNC, SF Patch, Abortion travel
Well, that was fast. President Biden says the US Government will pay the cost to rebuild the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore…seems he has traveled over it many times on his way to or back from home in Delaware, whether driving or by train.
“At about 1:30 [a.m. Tuesday], a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which I’ve been over many, many times commuting from the state of Delaware either on a train or by car,” the president said. Fox News
Only one tiny problem with that…this was a cars-only bridge. No rails. No trains. Biden wanders further into Senilityland daily. Don’t get all holy about it, Trump ain’t much better as far as I can tell.
Next up, on the other side of the fence – WaPo says the new Trump-installed RNC management is using “was the 2020 election stolen?” as a litmus test of new hires in an article on Salon.
Was the 2020 election stolen?” one prospective employee recalled being asked in a room with two top Trump advisers.
The question has “startled” some potential employees who view it as “questioning their loyalty to Trump,” according to the Post.
“If you say the election wasn’t stolen, do you really think you’re going to get hired?” one former RNC employee questioned. WaPo via Salon
Not a fan of either WaPo or Salon, myself, but I do keep wondering why, if the election was so patently rigged, why NO BODY has brought out any proof that would convince a judge in the four years since. I find it hard to believe that ALL judges are in the DNC’s pocket. But I am a bit of a skeptic.
The Army is falling over itself to investigate an Instagram post which purportedly shows a 20th Special Forces Group National Guard troop with an SS Totenkopf-style patch on his helmet.
The 20th Special Forces Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, posted the photo Sunday along with the caption, “That weekend feeling. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Don’t stop training. Don’t get complacent.” Military Times
Maj. Russell Gordon, a spokesperson for the 1st Special Forces Command, confirmed that 3rd Special Forces Group elements formerly used the “unofficial” emblem, which was “banned in 2022 by 3rd Special Forces Group leadership when it was brought to their attention.” Army Times
One idiot. And in Alabama, known for its lack of bigotry (/sarc). Disclosure – I was born there…a LOOONG time ago.) But I am sure this will be logged as a HUGE sign of all the bigots, reactionaries, extremists, right-wingers, etc. pervading our military. One troop with a since-forbidden dumb-ass symbol.) Someone’s immediate chain of command needs some serious counseling, too.
Let’s close with that essential bastion of military preparedness, the Right to Abortion when/where/how the poor downtrodden ‘person carrying fetus’ or whatever the currently acceptable term to the wokerati may be. The administration screamed that we MUST maintain that right, and instituted a travel compensation policy to repay preggers women to travel to abortion-friendly locales as a MILITARY NECESSITY. Guess they thought the Pentagon would be flooded with tales of woe and heartbreak by all those women needing to be repaid if they had to go out of state for an abortion when the state of their duty assignment didn’t allow it. No doubt a divisional deployment would be cancelled when 10,000 bursting-bellied ladies who really wanted to go, but were forced not to by a lack of availability to flush their unwanteds. Tripped off a hell of a pissing contest with SEN. Tommy Tuberville who held up multiple promotions over it, too (still haven’t seen any impact on preparedness from that, but it’s hard to see that particular snowball in the blizzard of relieved-from-commanders.)
According to Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh, the travel allowance policy was used 12 times from June-December of 2023. The allowances can be used for “non-covered” abortions, but are also approved for other procedures and treatments. Fox News II
TWELVE WHOLE TIMES. ONE A MONTH, from a combined military strength of just over two million people. Total expended a bit over $40,000…probably cost that much for Austin’s travel and testimony time lying about this to Congress.
This was all “impacting military readiness” yet affected a whole .000006 of the military. So how many ‘effectiveness essential” transgender transitions has the Pentagon funded.. and what are their MOS? They HAVE to be essential, right? So how many, and what do they do?
Category: "Your Tax Dollars At Work", 2024 Election, Biden, Dumbass Bullshit, Trump!
Joey Bidet is Choo Choo for some kickback.
They really are straining at gnats in order to create the military they deserve.
Depending on how they count it June through December 2023 could be 6 or 7 months so possibly as high as two per month.
I wonder how many were for of the other procedures are for IVF or other fertility treatments.
It used to be cool, until it was culturally appropriated.
I was going to say something similar, like “It’s not ᛋᛋ, it is Leibhussaren!”
Also, the US had Death’s Head Hussars in 1859.
And I think this one is ca 1850s, New Jersey Hussar:
In fact, the skull and crossbones insignia traces back to the 1400’s. It was originally a cap badge of the Magyar (Hungarian) light cavalry, the first hussars. Later, it became the predominant badge of Hussar regiments of European cavalry, hundreds of years before it was appropriated by the NAZI’s for their SS regiments. That skull and crossbones insignia was used by French, Prussian, Austrian, and Spanish hussar units throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. But the Nazis used it for all of about ten years.
So, this is just another example of the effing progs that have taken over and are destroying our military over bogus politically correct bullshit. But “women” with penises and “men” with vaginas in the ranks is laudable. Give me a break. Maybe that patch should be replaced with a pride flag.
Don’t forget the 17th Lancers!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Lancers
It’s really the Afrika Corps patch with the SS (and Panzer tanker) symbol in place of the swastika.
Not as offensive as communist and g@y symbols that are all over the military.
E-6 puts something on FB…OMG!!!!
Pedo Joe’s disaster in Afghanistan and near war with Ukraine and Houtis and destruction of the military with insane woke policies…
Meh.
David commented:
“One idiot. And in Alabama, known for its lack of bigotry (/sarc). Disclosure – I was born there…a LOOONG time ago.”
Yep…All of these Unsung Heroes were born in Sweet Home Alabama..😉🫡
“Alabama’s 33 Medal of Honor Recipients”
https://www.al.com/news/2016/05/alabama_medal_of_honor_1.html
Salute!
BTW, we were born in New Jersey and Massachusetts… “a LOOONG time ago…” (sarc)…😆😎
rtr/hbtd
Oh, The Horrors..
Wernher von Braun..
He lived in Huntsville, Alabama from 1950 to 1970…
Guess we are “Bigots” since one of us got to meet and shake his hand in the Mid-1960s…in Huntsville..
Y’All do know who about Wernher von Braun…Yes? 😉
And of course, we are “Double Bigots” since we attended many Rock Concerts at the Von Braun Civic Center in Hubtsville, Alabama…to include an Evis Presley concert in the Mid-1970s…😅
https://www.vonbrauncenter.com/
Whoops…Forgot Good Ole Elvis was a Southerner….🤣
Yep. The ninja family are true Carpetbaggers…Who Knew…😉😆🤭😎
Just in case folks don’t know the history of those durn Carpetbaggers…Durn It…🫡
“CARPETBAGGERS.Carpetbagger was the pejorative term applied to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, specifically those who joined state Republican parties formed in 1867 and who were elected as Republicans to public office. Southern Democrats alleged that the newcomers were corrupt and dishonest adventurers, whose property consisted only of what they could carry in their carpetbags (suitcases made of carpeting), who seized political power and plundered the helpless people of the South.”
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/carpetbaggers#:~:text=Carpetbagger%20was%20the%20pejorative%20term,as%20Republicans%20to%20public%20office.
We always extend an invitation for folks to attend an Alabama Game…or ANY SEC games…It is truly amazing how College Football in THE SOUTH brings folks Together, despite their Skin Color, personal beliefs, etc etc..
But what do we know…After all, we were born in New Jersey and Massachusetts..And one of us attended college in New York…as in the “gabn” college..
The Horrors! 😇🤣😂
sarc…
rtr/hbtd (Not sarc)…
I’ve heard it said the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee was if they were just visiting or had moved there.
Odie:
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Alot of Military Brats were also born in Germany and Japan…😉😎
And possibly made there.
As a carpetbagger from a family of carpetbaggers, not a lot of USMC bases in PA or NY. The difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee is the latter (like me and my parents) came to the South and stayed.
Like many military brats had to adopt a hometown. Mine is in the South Carolina Lowcountry and my parents are buried in a National Cemetery there.
Lots of Military Brats born in California or Washington State or Washington, DC as well…🫡😉😎
Yep.The South is full of “Bigots”.
That’s why currently folks are moving/relocating to The South…or want to be buried at Arlington VA…the former estate of Bobby Lee and Mary Anna Curtis…Amazing considering that some of them voted to change the name of US Army Military Bases..
Whoops…! 🤭
To Those Folks…Get Over It! 😅🤣😂😆
“Curtis”
I will Custis you till the day we die. 😉
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Yep…You and most likely alot others caught that…We tried to do the “Edit” and it did not work…
Thank You!
“Thank You!”
Anything for a Ranger Buddy. 🙂
To those who don’t know..
RGR 4-78 and a ninja family member were in the Same RANGER Class ..
Small World…
Just got back from eating at the local Mexican restaurant, I had a spinach enchilada.
I had a flashback to Florida, and all that fresh polk sprouting up everywhere we patrolled.
Now, I hated that shit growing up, but I remember dreaming about Dolly serving me up a big bowl full, like my Mom used to make.
As a New Jerseyan(born & raised/probably die here) I have contributed by proxy to the carpetbagger problem. My son(former 11A) now lives in Columbus GA where he plies his trade as a trauma nurse in a local ER. My apologies 😎
BlueCordDad:
Thank You for seeing the jest in what we wrote about “Carperbaggers” as well as the fact we both were born “Yankees”…
One of us is a retired Queen Of Battle who at one time wore the Blue Cord…😉😇
Thank You for sharing about your Son. We know you are very proud of him.
I am indeed. When he got out in 2021, he asked if I thought he should go into the family business(police work). I said “absofuckinglutely not”. So he used his GI Bill, took some courses to upgrade his BA and got a Masters in Nursing. The end of 2022 he volunteered to go to Poland and spent 90 days working in a MASH type hospital on the Polish/Ukranian border
Wernher Freiherr von Braun…??? Ahhhh, yes: recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the War Service Cross with Swords…. as seen below:
Hmmm…not like our David to call in a FIRE MISSION FIRE MISSION FIRE MISSION down onto his own position by disparaging on ‘Bama Folk…or post items that would seem to be more at home in the SPoTW Thread. I knew before even finishing the column and getting to the comments that our very own (we have THE best) ninja would be on this like a Good Ol’ Boy on a BBQ Sammich. ninja, I do believe that your after action BDA would show 100/100.
“…Heroes were born in Sweet Home Alabama…” Major John (The Gallant Young) Pelham sez…”Grab Old Nap and the Parrot Gun and follow me, boys.”
The Blessed Southland is still overrun with Carpetbaggers and even worse…Scalawags. IYKYK
gabn/rtr/hbtd
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In fairness to David, we knew what he was trying to convey in his post (or at least we thought we knew…)…
We just did not understand the afterthought “Disclosure” about being born in Alabama “a LOOONG time ago…”
Perhaps we read too much into his comment…We just do not understand what being born in Alabama had anything to do with the Military.com article…🤔 Just our own personal assessment…
Sadly, there are those folks who STILL associate the term “bigotry” with Alabama or The South…
In 2022, Joe Biden pulled this BS stunt…
“Biden Links Republicans With Segregationist George Wallace, Whom The President Himself Has Praised”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-himself-has-stood-with-george-wallace-in-the-past
The War Between The States has been over how many years? Slavery in the US has been over how many years?
George Wallace has been dead how many years?
And what about us folks whose ancestors did not have any slaves?
BTW, do you all remember THIS Medal of Honor Recipient?
“Fighting the Nazis: A Creek Indian Wins the Congressional Medal of Honor”
https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/creek-indian-wins-medal-of-honor
“The Italian Campaign was a bloodbath. Allied forces slogged their way up the length of the peninsula against German forces dug into higher terrain. Here, Ernest Childers (Muscogee Creek) became the first American Indian to win the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II.”
Oh, The Horrors!
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Biden like 0bama is a compulsive, congenital fabulist/liar. He will say anything, no matter how preposterous, if he thinks it will help him politically.
Like it or not, the Deep South has a certain reputation (which I have rarely found to be true.) Think Dick Gregory said ” In the North they don’t care how close I get as long as I don’t get too big. In the South they don’t care how big I get as long as I don’t get too close.” I’m sure the pearl-clutchers will get all bent about ” Nazis! Could have told you it would be Alabama!”
Oh, and I’m hardly actively disparaging the stae. Not only was I born there but have a daughter in college there.
Just poking atcha…you know…’cause I can. Any man named after one of my Boyhood Heroes (that died on that wall next to one of my kin) is alright in my book.
You’re right about the certain (undeserved) reputation we have down here. The majority of all races in The South get along with one another just fine. Every group has its’ nutjobs that like to stir the pot for…reasons. I saw waaay under more prejudice against Black Troops from Northern White Troops than I saw from Southern White Troops when I was serving. Was asked by my Northern Compatriots on several ocassions “Gun Bunny why you like to hand out with the Brothers instead of your own kind?” My reply was “The Brothers ARE my own kind!”
It is, and always has been, the plan of politicians and race baiters to try and pit different groups of “We, The People”, stirred up against one another. Keeps the attention off of them and their nefarious activities.
One of the GREATEST Film ever made, “Blazing Saddles” came out 50 years ago.
Yep…50 years ago.
The movie mocked stereotypes as well as racism and bigotry.
Sadly, today, there are some today that think that movie is racist and discrimating..We know that is far from the truth…
Unfortunately, stereotyping still exists thanks to Hollywood, politicians who want to divide us, ignorance on some, etc etc.
A Vietnam Vet, especially a Vietnam POW, are sometime seen/depicted as a disheveled, homeless pyscho wearing a ponytail, fatigue jacket and begging on the streets for food and money…We know that is far from the truth…
Southerners are sometimes seen/depicted as Redneck, tobacco chewing, ignorant individuals who live on a planatation, with folks fanning them with palm leaves while they drink their mint juleps..We know that is far from the truth…
Californians are sometimes depicted seen/depicted as being ALL Left Wing Radicals, whose hobbies include riding a Surf Wave, smoking pot and destroying and burning campuses…We know that is far from the truth…
US Military Officers, especially Military Academy graduates, are sometimes seen/depicted as being arrogant, stupid losers who don’t care/give a heck about their Soldiers…We know that is far from the truth…
Woman who serve in the US Military are sometimes depicted/ deemed useless, especially ones who are pregnant…We know that is far from the truth…Often wondered why the men who are involved in their pregnancy are never called out, since it takes two to tango….
We could go on and on and on about stereotyping…
One of the funniest stories we share with others is based on our friendship with folks from other Countries. Some of our Non-US friends actually thought EVERYONE, we mean EVERYONE, in the US LOVED Obama, to include us.
They were shocked when we told them “Nope…Not true..”
We were shocked that they even HAD that AWFUL thought in their heads…
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We forgot to add that LEOs are sometimes seen/depicted as being in a negative way…We all know that is not true…
Dick Gregory was invited to our school in the 1970s…A school in the Deep South…His show was Sold Out…
The 70s…50 years ago…
Time for folks to get over it and move on…
As long as the thought process of thinking that Southerners are Bigots, then it will never stop…
As shared, so ironic that folks are MOVING/RELOCATING to The South…
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It sounds like those trying to “bring up the past” feel like they missed out on something.
Well, King, I was smart … I moved south from Chicago in 1970 and haven’t gone back (except to see family and catch a Cubs game or two).
I get a a bit tired of the Alabama bullshit as well.
If access to women’s healthcare (abortion) is necessary for combat readiness, why doesn’t the DoD institute a policy directing that all service members who identify as female, or any other gender that could conceivably (see what Hack did there?) get pregnant must be on birth control? Seriously, unwanted pregnancies are a threat to protecting our country, and they are preventable. So what say you, Woke Liberals?
The last time we checked, it takes 2, i.e. a sperm and an ova, to make a baby…
Perhaps it is time to implement in DoD a Vasectomy policy…😉😆😇
Vasectomies do not kill a life…
After all, responsible pet owners do neuter their critters…😎🫡
Not yet. 7 mos in the pic and turns eight next month at 112 pounds.
USAF Retired..
Thank You for sharing your picture of your sweet puppy…
A beautiful dog!
We were once chastised when we made a comment to a couple whose 3 year old dog KEPT humping our legs…Our question to them was “If you neuter him, would that not fix his behavior?”
Oh, the wrath we experienced from them…We were considered Barbarians for even addressing the issue..
Oh, well. We never went back to their home…and what we heard is that dog is still humping legs…or heads…😆😂🤣😅
What’s the difference between a pit bull humping your leg, or a chihuahua humping your leg…
The pit bull has a bite on your nuts while he is doing it.
And he gets to finish.
Why is there a small horse on your couch…
That was when he was only 7 months old. he filled out in the meantime. He is of working dog lines vice show dog and is a bit oversize for the breed standard.
Not a horse but a Housewolf. He has been trained not to get on the furniture these days. He tends to be a bit intimidating when people meet him but is well trained. He’s getting a bit gray around the muzzle these days
I can vouch for vasectomies. They are about 99.5% effective. Great way not to have children or more children.
This will be the next outrage when they hear about it.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-embassies-banned-from-flying-pride-flags-new-government-spending-bill/%23:~:text%3DTucked%2520in%2520the%2520massive%2520government,work%2520toward%2520repealing%2520the%2520provision.&ved=2ahUKEwiN9PzM85aFAxVD3skDHeNNBckQFnoECBkQBQ&usg=AOvVaw0kUT6JhqQ0Oi9GvHXXK1II
How about the company that owns the ship pay for the damage instead of us taxpayers.
A novel idea. But that would mean “we the peons” would be able to keep our money.
Granted, it needs replaced, we can get the money from them “later”. But wait until they see the costs for bridge building in America compared to what they pay.
In regard to bridge building, NO CHICOMS need apply.
Oh, The Irony…Future Army Officers being trained by the bigot South, let alone being exposed to bigot Southerners..(sarc..)😉😎😆🤭
“Army ROTC Shifting Its Footprint To The South and Southwest”
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/03/26/army-rotc-shifting-its-footprint-to-the-south-and-southwest/
“The Army’s leading source of new officers is launching one of its largest structural realignments in decades, Cadet Command officials told Army Times.”
“By 2030, Army Cadet Command plans to establish or expand at least 13 Reserve Officer Training Corps units at colleges and universities across the South and Southwest, where four-year college enrollment rates have sharply increased in recent decades. The program, known as ROTC, brings in more than half of the branch’s new officers across all components annually.”
“The 18 programs downgrading from host to extension unit status are mostly located across the Northeast and Midwest, regions with declining four-year college enrollment, said a Cadet Command planning official who requested anonymity to detail the pending changes. The planner added that the merging programs largely “have not met” commissioning quotas “for the majority, if not all, of the last 10 years”.
No offense to our TAH Brothers and Sisters who were born and raised in Hawaii…
Just pointing out that when we were stationed in Hawaii (Yeah, SOMEONE has to do it), we sometimes ran across folks who referred us as “Haoles”…and not in a loving way…🥴
We have a child who was born in Hawaii “a long time ago…”😆😉😎🫡
Ok. We will stop with our Southern Ranting and Raving…😘
rtr/hbtd
Worked with a native Hawaiian wayyyy before my Army adventures, his favorite expression was “Puckin Haoles”. He only said it to people he liked.
We stll love the Spam Musabi…😋
That’s some awsome stuff right there!
SFC D:
You NAILED IT!
We tried making it…Utmost failure on our part…Oh, Well…😉
We had some folks turn up their nose and REFUSED to try it, all because of the ingredients…Boy, do they not know what they are missing…
Then again, these are the same folks who think Taco Bell is authentic Mexican food, Benihanas is authentic Japanese Food, Outback is authentic Austalian Food, Olive Garden is authentic Italian Food…😆😅🤣😂
I’d never heard of it until an IT contractor made it in Iraq. And Outback is just Texas Roadhouse with different spices.
Texas Roadhouse with different spices and no Yuengling!
Have you ever tried to order a Foster’s Lager in the Land Down Under? Nobody in Australia drinks that shit, they just export for stupid Americans to consume, much like Heineken.
The locals were always cool to me.
I just always remembered it was “their” island and showed respect.
I was the “smart mouth liddle brudah” when I got out and worked on the piers, got invited to a lot of Hawaiian family get togethers. Good times.
Seen a lot of chicks get pregnant right before deployment.
Some cam to term, many did not.
This was years past. Still, back in the day, intercourse was prohibited downrange. Not that many followed the rules (men and women – hat tip to the Air Force for providing the lion’s share of temptation).
But an STD (which actually, if counted as a casualty, had one of the highest prevalence and incidence rates) was a Article 15. So, if that was the case, what was pregnancy?
Just my two cents.
I had a company commander one time who wanted to use the totenkopf for a company logo. Took some work to talk him off this stance as he believed nobody would know what it was. He also variously proclaimed he could get from anywhere on the internet to an SS website in six clicks and that we should be singing “a good SS marching song” (instead of the division’s song). Despite his blond hair and blue eyes he was simply a respecter of the SS’s military prowess but he sure rang alarm bells!!
A coworker had split his head open as a child, and the Dr sewed it shut. He says when he got to basic, his shaved head showed it. It looked like a nazi cross, and his drill instructor went out of his way to point it out.
A good many people tried to present evidence to a judge, but when the judge refuses to hear the case, there is nowhere to go, and that is what almost all of them did. Of course, this happened in blue states, where the judges had significant ties to the socialist democrats, thus of course they were not interested in legalities. The evidence was out there, but when the “justice system” does not allow it to be brought forth and heard, nothing comes of it.
Well, the bridge disaster in Body-more, Murderland has drawn attention to Francis Scott Key. The media getting into a lather over long dead white dude who owned slaves. Shit never stops…
Yeah, I saw that. Buncha whiny muh-fuggers ain’t they?🤣
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I thought he was washed up on a beach in Puerto Rico and raised by its inhabitants.
rgr769:
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We are stealing what you wrote..!!!
Thank You! 👍👍👍🫡
Shouldn’t the company that owns the ship pay for the damages????
I wonder how much insurance they carry on the ship.
I have read that most of the entities involved are well insured, and that 2023 is considered a very low-payout year for insurers, so they can afford heavy claims. Probably little way to claim a claims limitation like White Star got after the Titanic tapped that ice cube.