Columbus Day shorts, aka Monday Morsels

Been almost a week since the news hit that potential First Gentleman Doug Emhoff smacked his lady friend around in Cannes back before he was married to Kamala. One would expect a media firestorm over it… after all, Justice Kavanaugh got grilled heavily over his behavior while still a teenager, right? Let’s be honest…since TAH mentioned it one week ago today, who has seen ANYTHING on the subject? Buehler?    (Someone did ask me whether I thought he had ever slapped Kamala around….I had this Dom DeLuise flash back “No! Not in the mouth!”)

Army AND Navy are ranked in the top 25 , for the first time since 1960. Both teams are unbeaten, which, at this point in the season, is the first time since 1945.

Army, which beat UAB 44-10, and Navy, which was idle, broke through for their first simultaneous rankings since Oct. 3, 1960.

Their coinciding appearance that season lasted just one week. Army was 3-0 and ranked No. 18 before dropping two straight games and finishing 6-3-1. Navy had entered the rankings a week earlier, at No. 17, and ended the season 9-2 and ranked No. 4.   AP

Gonna be a fun game – December 14 at FedEx field, home of the Washington Redskins Commanders…..

In the wake of the hurricanes down South, there are those on both sides of the aisle wanting a special session of the House to discuss FEMA funding.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said passing additional hurricane aid for states impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton “can wait” until Congress is back in session after the election.

“Well, it can wait because, remember, the day before Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and then went up through the states and wound up in Senator Tillis’s state of North Carolina, Congress appropriated 20 billion additional dollars to FEMA so that they would have the necessary resources to address immediate needs,” Johnson said.

Johnson said that as of Sunday, less than 2 percent of the already passed funding has been distributed. He said FEMA needs to “do its job” and disperse the funds to the affected communities. The Hill

Having been through a few hurricanes, my first reaction was  “you heartless SOB” until I read that last bit. Reminds me of all that COVID funding – unspent – and all the crooked uses that it was put through. If the first $20,000,000,000 isn’t close to being spent…leaving some time sounds like a sage plan. (Yes, I do like to write out all the zeroes to make a point.)

And, remember that Marine captain who adopted an Afghan baby girl, and had a court in Virginia agree that he was the best guardian for her despite her having surviving cousins? Lot of you commented at the time that it sounded fishy – well, the Marines at least partially agree.

When the Taliban regained control in 2021, Mast helped the girl’s aunt and cousin flee Afghanistan to the U.S., promising a better education for the girl. Once the family reached the States, Mast used the adoption papers to gain custody of the girl, who has since lived with his family—now in Hampstead, North Carolina.

During the five-day board of inquiry at Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps attorneys argued that Mast disregarded orders, misused a government computer and mishandled classified information in his efforts to secure custody.

While the board found some evidence of misconduct, it dismissed allegations that Mast made false official statements or disobeyed direct orders. The board’s report will be sent up the ladder to the Secretary of the Navy, who will close the case against Mast.

A report documenting the substantiated misconduct will be added to Mast’s personnel file, potentially affecting future promotions and assignments, and the legal battle over the child’s custody is not all said and done.

The Afghan couple who cared for the girl in their country is challenging the Virginia adoption, arguing that it should be overturned. Earlier this year, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled the adoption had been improperly granted. The case is now before the state Supreme Court.  Newsweek

A three-member panel of Marines said Tuesday that while Maj. Joshua Mast acted in a way unbecoming of an officer in his zealous quest to bring home the baby girl, it did not warrant his separation from the military.  AP

Articles mentioned this is all being entered in his official file. I have a suspicion that expedited promotion to O-4 is NOT in his future.

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