Weekend Open Thread
Folks on this site have seen their fair share of leftist arguments on “what is good for the country”. Many Democrats blame those who reject the Democrat argument as “fascists” or other derogatory label. They’ve even accused President Donald Trump of “being a dictator.” The Democrat Party portrays itself as the party that will fight this “power grab” while also working to provide a more equitable, fair, affordable, etc., America. However, the proof is in the pudding and actions speak volumes. Enjoy your weekend.
Category: Open thread
Can Hack Stone continue his reign of terror as a kind and benevolent dictator dictator by scoring a third consecutive Weekend Open Thread First Comment, or will the crackheads with blowtorches and pliers dispatched at the behest of Psul of The Ballsack twelve years ago last night finally put an end to everyone’s favorite Director of Media Relations? Magic 8-Ball says…
Drat it all! Hack Stone denies the Commissioner his FIRST!
Foiled, again!
Now that we have that taken care of, Hack Stone can focus on preparing dinner. Since it is Friday during Lent, the main entree is Kung Pao Shrimp.
USA! USA!
Don’t hate Hack because he is beautiful. Hate him for selling crappy software.
CONG-RATS to you and your Magic-8 Ball Hack.
First!
Denied!!!
^
Third!
Drat, drat, and double drat! (Bonus points if you know where that came from.) Hack Stone denies me my FIRST, so I genuflect in his direction. Well, phooey. How about some trivia, then? Rule wisely, Hack … and like Ah-nold said, “I’ll be back.”
DID YOU KNOW…?
Did the man credited with inventing the game Monopoly™ actually invent it?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2026
Now we’re ready to close out February!
The second month of the year (and the shortest) is about to be history. Was yours a good one? I certainly hope that it was.
Spring is right around the corner, you know. Three more weeks or so, and we’ll celebrate the annual renewal of the world, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Those south of the Equator will be entering autumn.
Interesting, that.
So is trivia – interesting, I mean. Enjoy!
Did you know …
… figs are not fruits? Not technically, anyway. A fig is actually an inflorescence. What’s that you say – you don’t know what an inflorescence is? Well, an inflorescence (okay, I just like saying it) is a cluster of flowers and seeds around a stem. In other words, when you eat a fig, you’re actually eating flowers. (Makes me think the cows have something going there.)
… the word “money” is relatively new in English? While the concept of money has been around since humans first figured out exchange systems, the actual word didn’t appear in English until the 14th Century. It was derived from the Latin word moneta, which was another name for the Roman goddess Juno. Why Juno? Because the Romans first minted coins near Juno’s temple around 300 BC. (Money is also relatively rare in my wallet.)
… television productions can sometimes go overboard with regulations? Consider: During 2014, the television series Downton Abbey showed a plastic water bottle in the background of a promotional photo for the show. Downton Abbey was set in the 1910s and 1920s, long before plastic water bottles existed. Made aware of the goof, the producers issued an edict for the set: all things modern were banned on the business side of the cameras. The ban extended to water bottles, of course, along with modern watches, modern jewelry, and even actors’ underwear. (Jeez, you make one little mistake, and then …)
… three presidents died on July 4, and one was born that day? Presidents John Adams (1735-1826), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), and James Monroe (1758-1831) all died on the fourth of July in their respective years, while Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was born on Independence Day. (A popular day for more than one reason, it seems.)
… the first observance of Memorial Day was in 1868? The first official ceremony was held May 30, 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery. It was then called Decoration Day and the first observance was presided over by General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Grant recorded that about 5,000 people attended on a day that was “too warm for comfort,” and those in attendance endured a two-hour speech from another general and future president, James A. Garfield (1831-1881). (What could he possibly have had to say that took two hours?)
… the man credited with inventing the popular board game Monopoly™ didn’t actually invent it? Charles Darrow (1889-1967) is credited with inventing the game, which he sold in 1935 to Parker Brothers and thus became a millionaire. But Darrow did not invent the game. Rather, he found a game made in 1904 called The Landlord’s Game, created and patented by Elizabeth Magie (1866-1948), and developed his own version based on it. The games are very similar in many ways (both, for instance, have railroads, utilities, and even a jail), but when Magie tried to sell her game she was told it was too complicated and too overtly political. Magie’s game was created to illustrate the economic teachings of Henry George (1839-1897), a progressive economist who felt that unchecked capitalism was dangerous. Darrow discovered Magie’s game when a friend taught him to play, and he made several cosmetic changes to it, then patented it and sold it as Monopoly. While the game made Darrow a very wealthy man, Magie only received $500 for her original work, and no credit toward the creation of Monopoly. Additional trivia note: Lest you think Darrow a thief for taking Magie’s original game and using it to make his own, you should know that her patent on The Landlord’s Game, issued in 1904, had expired by the time Darrow patented his version in 1935. (No good deed goes unpunished, it is said.)
… penguins swim faster than they walk? Birds, of course, fly faster than they walk, but penguins cannot fly. So they make up for it with their swim speeds. A penguin can swim between five and six miles per hour, with bursts of up to 15 mph. Their walking (waddling?) speed is between 1.7 and 2.4 miles per hour. (Well, what’s there to walk to in Antarctica?)
… a businessman once made half a billion dollars in one day? Howard Hughes (1905-1976) sold his 75% holdings in Trans World Airlines in 1966. Hughes received a bank draft for $546,549,171 in return for the holdings that day. (Some guys have all the luck.)
… the fire extinguisher was invented in the early 19th Century? Captain George William Manby (1765-1854), a British author and inventor, created the first portable fire extinguisher in 1818. Manby’s design held three gallons of potassium carbonate under compressed air pressure. (Buckets of water were used prior to 1818.)
… a breed of shark can live in fresh or salt water? The bull shark is able to live in both kinds of water because it is able to regulate salt and other substances in its blood. A shark attack in a freshwater creek in New Jersey in 1916 is attributed to a bull shark. Bull sharks have also been found in the Mississippi River.
… kilts are not native to Scotland? They originated in France. (I’m glad they migrated.)
Now … you know!
Here’s one for you, I heard on a show this morning that THIS month of February is the first one in 827 years to have FOUR of each weekday in it?
If you think about it, you will find it occurs far more often. Like at least once a decade. 52 weeks and one day per year means each date changes one day per year except leap years so in a field of seven days, the day/date relationship will coincide every few years, not over centuries.
“Drat, drat and double drat!” Herman Munster?
Congrats to the Hack. Did he know that today is Elizibeth
Taylors birthday and has nothing to do with being first?
Nope, not Herman Munster.
How did Hack Stone not remember Dick Dastardly?
Interesting that you bring up the topic of things that people assume are fruits are not actually fruits. Just this week, Hack Stone was working his side gig to supplement his income until his last 338 paychecks from his job with a proud but humble woman owned business clears, and a fell worker in adjacent cubicle was consuming a banana. Hack Stone mentioned to him that somehow while Hack Stone was on Al Gore’s Amazing Internet (peace be upon him), he discovered that bananas are part of the berry family. Since Hack shared that bit of information, the cubicle mate shared that wombats are the only animal that excrete feces in cubes. Do what you want with that information.
https://www.sciencealert.com/wombats-have-cube-shaped-faeces-scientists-just-figured-out-how-they-poo-it
Oddly enough, Hack, I’ve featured both items in previous columns. (I’ve been writing this silliness since 2016. There isn’t much more out there that I don’t have on file somewhere.)
Some interesting data in this video. Maybe some of it could inspire your next column.
I remember seeing Muntz TV skywriting over Riverside CA around 1967.
MadMan Muntz!!!
Happy weekend.
Honorable mention and hopefully a participation ribbon!
Imagine, if you will, the pillorying St John of Hyannisport would get today if he stood up and said, “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”.
In 60 years democrats have gone from serving to become demonrats more concerned with getting.
He would likely have downed an adderal, grabbed an intern and headed to pool to sooth the pain. And that is what his country did for him.
Why an intern when there were Hollywood stars about? I remember my sainted Grandfather hung a picture of the first family in the sitting room; my not so saintly father had the Marilyn Monroe pictures from Playboy hanging in the bathroom.
Johnson told them this is the promised land.
Happy Friday, you gents! Hope you all had a great week! So, drats! Didn’t get first again. Well, when you snooze, you lose. Especially after a night of fun drinking with my brother I had yesterday. I’m only a little hungover 🙃.
Anyway, exciting news: I’m leaning towards continuing my education to get my bachelor’s in Applied Science. This will take me out of holding a wrench at some shop and put me into, I hope, the seat of an Automotive Engineering Technologist. Think of the guys who set up those crash tests. They do more than just that, but, regardless, it’s an interesting field to get into.At a minimum, I won’t be the guy at the bottom anymore.
Also, I’ve had a political reorganization as of late. Well, less of a reorganization and more of a redefining: I’m now comfortable calling myself a Liberal. Does that mean I’ll be spouting nonsense and diatribe like our resident retard, Commisar? No, he isn’t a Liberal. What I’m doing is reclaiming that term from the socialist left after they hijacked it where it originally meant someone who supported limited government, free trade, sovereignty, and actual inalienable rights that existed before the institution of government, not the fake rights that a certain tyrannical wing of our government wants to push in the form of “illegal alien or transgender rights.” Though, if any of you feel like you want to keep using the term “Liberal” to describe the dipshits on the Left, I can hardly disagree or disaud you. Maybe to differentiate me from them, call me a “True Liberal” as opposed to all the fake ones out there.
Anyway, I skipped sharing some of my government answers last week because of reasons, but I’m continuing them this week. So, enjoy 😁:
Do you think political polarization is increasing or decreasing in the United States? What are the primary reasons for this?
I believe it is increasing. Whereas 20 years ago, disagreements over policy was civil. There were no shouting matches. No threats of violence or death over political agreements. I remember that time. It wasn’t a climate ruled by hatred or fear, but by optimism of the future. Nowadays, to cite extreme examples of polarization and balkanization: the attempted assassination of President Trump (Not once, but twice! In the same year!), the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the burning of cities and calling it protests. Minor examples are: the usage of hyperbolic name calling (Liberals calling Republicans Nazis or alluding to it. Republicans, in turn, calling Liberals a variety of insults) in the public square, in the media, or online. The media attempting to malign Trump supporters in a way that supports a narrative agenda (Nick Sandman case against CNN, that resulted in a settlement). And also, violence or extreme othering directed at people for displays of political opinion or allegiance. As for what caused all of this, that is a complicated answer. I could call one side mostly responsible for this, but that will prompt further argument from the side I finger and this does nothing to help the situation. Instead, I will say this: violence and murder in our public discourse has absolutely NO place in our republic. There is absolutely NO negotiation on this. When either side starts justifying violence against the other, we NO LONGER have a civil society where ideas and thoughts can be peacefully debated on their merits and demerits. What we have instead is a split, balkanized society. We don’t even talk to each other anymore about anything meaningful. And that is a tragedy. I mean, I didn’t even think 20 years ago where I would need to remind people that dissent is NOT disloyalty.
How did ending the FCC’s fairness doctrine affect our media? Do you think this change has increased misinformation & disinformation? Why or why not?
The ending of the FCC’s Fairness Doctrine certainly did influence our media today and to a degree that is hyper partisan. It would be idiotic to not acknowledge this as now, we have Echo Chambers, thought bubbles, safe spaces, and extreme intolerance to opposing view points. Where the media used to inform, now they divide and all for the drive of the all powerful American Dollar. This isn’t how our society is supposed to function, with people being informed by their chosen media as if the other side is evil incarnate. Now, as for the increase in dis or misinformation increasing as a result, I’m hesitant in my own use of those terms. I have personally witnessed government leaders and those who are a part of the Federal bureaucracy dismiss new information out of turn as mis or disinformation and then proceed to propose new policies and legislation for the banning of information labeled as such. Information, whether factual or not, ARE protected by the 1st Amendment and giving the government the power to determine what is true and what is not is incredibly dangerous and IS a bridge too far for our American Experiment. The determination of the validity of information is done through facts, evidence, and the use of reason. NOT through government intervention. Also, I hate the terms misinformation and disinformation. Why not simply call them lies? It’s only a 3 to 4 letter word. But to answer that last part of the question, yeah, the propensity to lie will go up due to the “For-Profit” models of certain media companies.
The “fairness doctrine” had nothing to do with fairness and everything to do with removing conservative talk radio from the public airwaves. The liberals couldn’t compete with Rush, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, and the gang, so they had to go. I actually attempted to listen to Al Franken’s show on AFN a couple of times. Pointless, factless rage and hate. Nothing that would sway my opinion of liberalism, just reinforcement of my existing beliefs.
How much do you think special interest groups and lobbyists affect congressional action or inaction on behalf of the American people? Do you think the unrestricted flow of money from corporate interests into our political campaigns (i.e. Citizens United) should be allowed? Explain your answer
A significant deal. Special interest groups, representing corporate interests, substantially influence Congress members through donations and lobbying. Its to the extent that both Left and Right voters identify it as a really big problem, which is a rarity. Corporate voices influencing our politics is a problem because I don’t remember reading anywhere in the Constitution that corporations were constituents or that they can donate money to negate the views and Will of the People. As for whether they ought to be banned from donating to politicians (e.g. Citizens United), the answer for me is a firm yes. The pursuit of unlimited profit is something that creates power. And power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Why should that be different for them?
Is the increased use of Executive Orders by sitting presidents a threat to American democracy? Why or why not?
No, the Executive Orders are not a threat to American Democracy as they have been with American Democracy since the start: the Washington Administration. This is another example of things the Executive Branch is doing only being a problem with Trump in office. The truth is that, while Trump is unique in the obscene number of Executive Orders he’s written, these orders aren’t the worst our people have seen. I can cite certain examples: FDR ordering the internment of American Japanese and Lincoln suspending Habeas Corpus. Besides, the courts are an effective check on Executive overreach. Whilst I agree with the current administration that the rulings on some of their Executive Orders was specious in legal reasoning, the judge do serve an important constitutional role. It is unfortunate that the courts are at the center of hyper partisan politics, which gums up the courts with high volume, Trump writing many Executive Orders is a non-issue. Let him. The Republic still stands. The notion that high volume of executive orders is a threat to American Democracy is only hyper partisan hyperbole.
I hope all of you have a Great Weekend!
Except you, Commisar.
Try to justify this shit….
And he is not the first victim of this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/26/buffalo-refugee-border-patrol-death/
He was a refugee from the Bangladesh genocide.
ICE has also done this to underage detainees. Dumping them miles from their home or from where they picked them up after finding out they were not here illegally.
And not notifying anyone to ensure their care or to help them get home.
How the fuck can I if the story is behind a paywall?!
Go read the true account. Or, have someone read it to you. Slowly. And then, try to justify YOUR shit.
Dismisssed.
As usual, you’re full of shit. Bangladesh genocide? Give me a break.
The gentleman in question was given a courtesy ride home, he was dropped off at a coffee shop near his address as he requested. Days later… I repeat… days later, he was found dead. Not of exposure, but from an unknown medical condition. ICE was under no obligation to take him anywhere, he could’ve easily been released from custody and shown the door.
Prove me wrong. I triple dog dare you.
100% facts…SUCK IT!!!
Well hell son, you were supposedly an LEO at some point. When you arrest someone and they get out of jail, -bond, bail, own, recognizance, etc. did y’all give them a ride home? Or at least to where you picked them up? NO!!!!
Try again!
Do better!!!
Once again you have been shown to be wrong.
It’s far too easy with you. Every time you come here to try to destroy us you only reveal your own short commings where logic is conserned.
You really shouldn’t come here and try to make any sort of logical point. You never manage to come close.
On the other hand, you have been more cognizant about how you refer to the members of this board. You no longer refer to ALL of us as being ignorant, and for that I am grateful.
Now you need to concede that it is not a MINORITY of the men and women on this site who are well educated, but MOST of the participants who are educated beyond the bounds of the average citizen, but also above YOU in academic circles.
You really need to avoid college campuses.
TDS much?
They didn’t stand for some bullshit far right nationalist political stunt.
The constitution says the protections apply to “all those under the jurisdiction of the US”; which includes immigrants.
Go fornicate yourself, you fake liberal.
That all depends on why you mean by “liberal.”
Most of you fucks have no idea what the word means. Neither does the Democratic Party.
Here’s my explanation from above:
“Also, I’ve had a political reorganization as of late. Well, less of a reorganization and more of a redefining: I’m now comfortable calling myself a Liberal. Does that mean I’ll be spouting nonsense and diatribe like our resident retard, Commisar? No, he isn’t a Liberal. What I’m doing is reclaiming that term from the socialist left after they hijacked it where it originally meant someone who supported limited government, free trade, sovereignty, and actual inalienable rights that existed before the institution of government, not the fake rights that a certain tyrannical wing of our government wants to push in the form of “illegal alien or transgender rights.” Though, if any of you feel like you want to keep using the term “Liberal” to describe the dipshits on the Left, I can hardly disagree or disaud you. Maybe to differentiate me from them, call me a “True Liberal” as opposed to all the fake ones out there.”
IMO Major Moonbat is simply a brainwashed useful idiot who only thinks and believes what his crowd’s herders and handlers tell them to, like the rest of his herd, he has NO life of his own and clings to that hateful crowd for a sense of belonging.
Upwards of 1.2 Million Useful Idiots were executed during Stalin’s purges. Larsie boi should pick up a history book.
You’re correct, but it wouldn’t do him a bit of good, he’s swallowed every bit of propaganda from his herders and handlers hook, line and sinker thinking he’s someone his higher echelon would actually want to keep “after the revolution” while he and his crowd would end up in mass graves. They THINK and say they’re going to start a revolution while at least 90% of them can’t even start a lawnmower!
They’re generally not illustrated.
True.
We know what it once meant. Your political alllies have done what they always do, redifine a word to suit their purposes. Do you know what we call people who do that? C’mon, you know the word, say it with me!
FRAUDS
OH, here we go again, your own personality disorders along with your TDS sends you on yet another shit-for-brained verbal diarrhea expulsion thinking that you actually know something about what you speak. *NEWS FLASH* dipshit, you think that you’ve been on some lifelong road of suffering, hating yourself, others and the rest of the world thinking it all owes you and nobody has ever suffered worse than you. WELL, others have faced and conquered worse than you have, and maybe it’s time for YOU to look in the mirror and stop expecting the erst of this world to wipe your ass for you!
Please enlighten us as to what a liberal is.
Well, in AH’s defense (BTW, you are wrong) but I digress,, you all don’t know what a racist, fascist, dictator, oligarch, homophobe, insert a liberal go-to accusation here,, etc. etc.
Damn son!!!
Come on!
Am I wrong, though? With the definition of a Classical Liberal which I was tailoring after?
Part 2 of argument:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Nope. You weren’t wrong. My mother, may God rest her perfect soul, was a life long democrat, but she didn’t believe in the BS the ones that took over that name and party are peddling!
Oh, must’ve misread your post. Sorry about that.
My meaning was to call Commissar’s BS and that of his brethren
Yeah, I realize that now. Sorry for my momentary poor reader comprehension skills.
Back on WOT after awhile due to the 60+deg on my porch where the PC is. My Cousin Carol Rogoff was a Liberal and was a Freedom rider Civil rights worker and she and her 3 friends went down south and her 3 friends were killed by the kkk and she was shot in the leg in a different incident. This was around July 21st 1964. Her dad whom was a doctor had to fly down to get her home. Uncle Jake was in the 4th wave going ashore in Normandy to treat the injured troops. I was onboard the LPH-3 when this stuff happened. I had to google the incident to refresh the old noodle after all these years.
Does it, Lars? You once took an oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States, do you still believe in it? Will you support American citizens before illegal aliens? The actions of your fellow travelers speak far louder than their failure to stand. You’ve all shown your faces, the masks are off. We see you for who you are. And it ain’t pretty.
SFC D, I cannot upvote this enough!
He and his crowd blindly follow the orders of their herders and handlers without question.
Waitaminute… I thought WE were the cultists, the echo chamber, the bootlickers, etc..,
MMMMMyeah, this site is nothing but an “echo chamber” of right-wing …” according to Major Moonbat.
Except the distinction is “immigrants” who are here legally. Not illegal immigrants.
(No surprise a domestic terrorist wouldn’t know the difference. Resume fucking off.)
Are you saying that the US government has no constitutional jurisdiction over illegal immigrants within our borders?
The US government has the jurisdiction to have them removed from within our borders. That is the only jurisdiction that matters.
You’re not going to respond to my question? Coward.
Immigrants maybe. Illegal immigrants never. Why must everyone trying to make a case for how immigrants are treated always leaves out the beginning wording of ILLEGAL immigrants.
Because they want to make a case for illegal rights being the same as American rights, even though many of the “illegal migrant’s rights” the demonrats are pushing for are fake. The only rights the illegal have are the rights to not be killed without due process (trying to kill a ICE Officer voids this, obviously), the right to their possessions they can reasonably carry with them on their way out the country (provided they are leaving voluntarily as opposed to non-voluntarily), and a right to legal representation (but that is less of a right and more of a privilege depending on how a given country wants to handle deportations).
Their so called “due process” rights are limited to the due process of an administrative hearing before an immigration judge to determine if they are entitled to stay here. If not, they are subject to be deported. Unless they are being criminally prosecuted before a criminal court, they have no rights of due process. Deportation proceedings are not criminal.
Yes. Outside of expedited removal.
They have the right to self deport. Free plane ticket home plus a cash stipend. And that ain’t bad.
Another one of you arguing that the US government has no jurisdiction over illegal immigrants within the US.
Interesting take.
A you sure that is the argument you want to make?
The US has jurisdiction to find, detain and deport. Prosecute if there are other crimes. Illegal aliens have no right to special treatment, no right to even be in the country.
Let’s remember that Major Moonbat HAS said he belongs to antifa, an outfit that has been declared to be a terrorist organization.
If they asked to get in (and, thereby, respected U.S. sovereignty) they would be– otherwise they and their anchor babies don’t have sh*t.
Lars, if you consider that a “far right nationalist political stunt” it is you, yourself who are a traitor to your country, and your oath.
What you are upset about is that the entire rational world (which excludes you, detached from reality as you are), the entire rational world has clearly seen what type of lowlife scum you and your ilk are.
You mentally ill midget, you need help because you are literally insane.
I’ve always loved that word, “ilk”. I don’t think I’ve ever used it other than in a Lars related post. I suppose I should thank him for that.
Nah.
“They didn’t stand for some bullshit far right nationalist political stunt.”
Bullshit to support US Citizens over ILLEGAL Aliens?
“ The constitution says the protections apply to “all those under the jurisdiction of the US”; which includes immigrants.”
You left out the Fn ILLEGAL part!!
Dumbass!!!
Wow!!!!just wow!!!!
Try to use that expensive ass education from
Brezerkly and do better!
Damn son! Your ignorance is exhausting!
Remember, he actually *dropped out* of UCB — as someone here recently pointed out to me.
It appears to me that he has dropped out of life itself given his grip on reality.
FIRST 23rd on the WOT,
Thirty-something, present and unaccountable as I award myself yet another Honorary First.
((((OVER))))
“Ten suspects, nine of them enlisted U.S. Navy service members and several associated with criminal street gangs, were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a violent assault that happened at a house party in Jamul last year…..’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/10-suspects-including-9-us-053924347.html
What the hell is going on with the military? I keep seeing stories of personnel with gang or other group affiliations.
To think when I joined in July 85, they grilled everyone for like 15 minutes asking in a 100 different ways if we were gay.
Mike
USAF Retired
You can take the rat out of “da hood”, but all too often you can’t do vice versa! I remember the day I enlisted, back when the question “Are you a homosexual?” was asked, to which a “Yes” answer was instant disqualification.
Bingo, but when they questioned us it was like this.
Are you a homosexual? How long have you had homosexual tendencies? So you’re saying, you’re not a homosexual? And they rapid fire the questions at you. You had to be on your toes that was sure.
Mike
USAF Retired
Back when I went through MEPS, they even paid close attention to the reactions of guys during the hernia check, and if they even remotely thought you had any pleasurable reactions from that, they placed you on their “Disqualify any way you can” list!
At one time (88-91, roughly), 69th Signal Co. was the biggest gang in southern Arizona.
When Airborne Brother was in (late 70’s early 80’s) many of the guys in his unit were dope heads, toking on a roach on the way down.
When they brought in the drug dogs, the guilty guys scattered dope around all the packs, so the dogs couldn’t ‘hit’ on the packs that had the dope.
While Airborne Son was in, they had (and may still) a problem with gang members joining to get advanced training for gang activities when they got out.
It started with lowering standards to fill vacancies in the ranks. It comes and goes. It has happened several times and it led to Abu Ghraib, Haditha, etc.
People that should have NEVER been on the IS Military, were able to get in when the standards were lowered.
I served with an E5, that had almost 20 years in service (let that sink in! Can you picture him?) that often misspelled his own damn name! I kid you not!!!
He joined the Army after one of the Clinton Reductions in Force!
When I was in NCO schools during the WOT I saw some genuine quotas being pushed up the ranks myself. In WLC they allowed those who couldn’t pass a PT Test or height/weight to graduate, although they got rated “marginal”. Back when I first enlisted, a failure of wither in any leadership school got you sent back to your unit!
The dumbest thing I ever encountered in PME was my class mate at the NCO Academy. We students stayed in billeting but the commandant decided our rooms would be inspected. One student announced since he was a TSgt, it was BS that his room was going to be inspected. He decided since he paid for the room any room problems were between him and the folks who ran billeting. He declared his room was not to be inspected. The rest of us just saw the inspection as another box on a list to be checked. This was not the hill he needed to die on.
Hammerhead was eliminated from training with prejudice that very afternoon, he wouldn’t get another chance. I can’t imagine how he explained that to his commander when he returned to his unit.
Present & unaccountable.
Took Mrs. GB to the Dr today. She’s had a viral infection (mostly over) with a secondary bacterial infection, but should be OK soon.
Lost several good folks this last week: pancreatic cancer (long term), cascading systemic failure (sudden), and another to cancer (unknown which kind). Couple of my students facing stresses in their schools, physical ailments, and family members in medical crisis.
A reminder: we are mortal, tomorrow is not guarantied, and God is our only hope.
On the upside, beautiful weather, favorite first D-i-L came over and we had a nice visit, eldest grandson has a young lady of interest in his life, other grands doing well over all. We are richly blessed.
God bless you all.
GB, May God bless you and yours as well!! You are absolutely correct, tomorrow is not guaranteed.
“Sheppard Air Force Base Airman who traveled to Colorado to kidnap and sexually abuse a child was sentenced to life in federal prison…..”
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/sheppard-air-force-base-airman-sentenced-life-federal-prison-traveling-colorado-kidnap
Mike
USAF Retired
Hopefully,, he finds MUCH LOVE in prison!!! I hope he gets used and passed around for half smoked cigarettes!!! Every damn day!!!! It still won’t be enough, but it will be a start!!!
What. A. Shitbag. Hopefully the C.O.’s will “forget” to keep him separated from the general population.
Just what I was thinking, IMO chomos need to be “accidentally” left alone among the lifers in prison. I have heard stories about how the ones put in Protective Custody, known as “Punk Central” among the general population end up with their food being spit in as well as traces of bleach in it, the inmates in general pop still end up getting to them!
Not first!!!!!Again!!!!
GOP primary election on Tuesday, March 3
for Dare County Sheriff at the OBX Outer Banks in North Carolina.
Can you spot the 3 legitimate candidates for Sheriff?
Can you spot the 1 con man?
Enjoy !
https://www.outerbanksnews.org/breaking-news