Weekend open thread
In the Azores, an archipelago approximately 900 miles off the coast of Portugal, a group of sperm whales huddles beneath the surface. While adult males are solitary creatures when not breeding, females and juveniles assemble in pods of 10 to 20 members, often vocalizing and touching each other when socializing, as seen here. The largest toothed predator in the world, sperm whales are a common sight in the Azores, where they congregate year-round.
Category: Open thread
First Eat it.
Seriously I just walked back in my office and hit refresh and BAM. Crazy.
It even tagged me posting the same minute as you too. If I hadn’t replied to that other post in the other feed, who knows….
Yep, sure did….
So I say First and 1/2 and Second and 1/2
😀
Its like everyone else is at lunch and not paying attention or something.
I hope they aren’t boycotting this contest just to make us two look like fools. Because that’s mean.
Msgt Eric, You know E-5s and below LOVE getting one over E6s and and senior staff ranks,Hello Chip. Joe
You paid “DA MAN” off to be first, Chip… we know you did… just another minion for “DA MAN”, keeping all of us DOWN!
I am going to organize all of the high school kids in America to march in protest. “Not my Weekend Open Thread First Comment!”.
#IAmFirstOnWeekendOpenThread
I self-identify as first. So there.
Enjoy your prominence, ChipNASA. Fame is fleeting. You don’t make cookies. I do.
Bernath Sucks.
Jonn’s being silly and early.
I think I’ve cornered the men’s room in terms of sucking.
sincerely
John “Faker 6” Giduck
Second!
I claim second because Chip did two posts. lol
That’s my record and the best I’ll ever do at this I’m sure.
I agree. I can’t be first and Second. Who do you think I am, Hillary??!?!?!?!?
Nah, Hillary always comes first, or somebody commits suicide mysteriously. (So many literal and figurative meanings to that)
So NOT SUGGESTING ANY HARM on the Clintons but, if if either or both of them are found mysteriously dead, then who do we blame?
/dun, dun , DUNNNNNN!!!!!!?????
//DRAMATIC conspiracy theory MUSIC
Nah. I ain’t going to bite this one.
This quewtion is booby-trapped!
It’s a trap!
Okay, THIRD!!! Or something.
If you are in a cold zone, with snow in your future, heat up some cider, add a slice of lemon to it or a cinnamon stick, get some favorite donuts or other munchies, and a stack of movies or books. Curl up in a rocker with a table handy, and put your feet up. Get the cat or the kids/grandkids in your lap, and have a good time.
Life is short. Make the most of it.
Kinda in the cold zone here in my kingdom.
15 degrees for an overnight low here. A little frosty this morning. High maybe today of 35 since the little storm front came through and scoured off the cloud cover. Lots of sunshine in the forecast for the next few days, but no temps above 45 till Turkey Day.
Forecast said a low of seven up at Old Faithful and West Yellowstone with a few flakes possible.
It’s slowly getting there. May have the persimmon slicing forecast in the next week if it’s gonna cool down back home.
Scooby must be hating that. BTW, is the Stately Claw Manor fully restored to its previous elegance? Mrs SJ sends her love.
Nope, Scooby is actually liking the colder weather as the potential cat targets on our morning walks are mostly sitting still sunning themselves. He has always been friskier during the colder months and likes to play snow bunny.
Yes, Stately Claw Manor is back up to snuff and is even better than it was before the shit storm struck. Altogether about 10K out of pocket to get 30K worth of upgrades done. Thank You State Farm.
Mrs. Claw sends her love right back at her. Who would’ve thought that our veterans of the Post Office wives would click the way those two did. They had more to talk about than you, me, and 3/17 combined.
Quick question. Sold the beach front property yet and strictly living out of the RV? (Smile) Just wondering.
No on selling the property. Yes on Full-Time RV’ers. Currently in Charleston to see Dolly Parton. Girls gave us tickets for my bithday.
Well Happy Birthday to you and if you get a chance say hello to Dolly’s twins for me.
She said tonight that she thought about running for Pres because we needed bigger boobs for candidates.
BTW, she hasn’t lost a step in voice or energy. 3 hour show that tore it up. Perfect voice. Amazing and she’s 70.
Glad to hear that. Always liked Dolly!
I’m going to find some nice treat to make the kids this weekend and have a puppy pile.
I’m hoping to have an outdoor fire this evening if it’s not too chilly.
Good time for hot dogs or marshmallows on sticks, isn’t it?
Ex-PH2, been helping out friends the past 5 years or so making maple syrup. Tapping, collecting and boiling the stuff. Boil it down in a discarded, but good shape, stainless steel milk tank with a wood fire under it. Boil it down to a certain point using a viscosity thingy, and then fine tune it by finishing up the process in turkey boilers.
Couple years back, we were sitting by the fire with hot-dogs & marshmallows on sticks when someone had a great idea (because of too many beers?). Grill the hot dogs or marshmallows over the fire THAN dip them in the boiling sap before putting them in your face. AWESOME!!
Good times, good friends, good food. Can’t be beat!
Oh! I wish I’d been there!
Ex-PH2, weekend recipe for you.
Spicy and Sweet Nuts
Heat Oven to 350 degrees.
Combine 1 cup each walnuts, pecans, almonds & cashews (or what ever combo you prefer) with 1 Tsp. salt, 1/2 Tsp black pepper and 1/4 Tsp each of cumin & cayenne.
Heat 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water & 1 Tbsp butter until butter melts. Stir into nuts, place nuts on a foil lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Let cool completely.
Invite friends over, distribute beverages and “show them your nuts”!
That’s definitely a keeper!
This is an old Cornish pastry brought up to date. ‘Figgie’ refers to raisins, not figs.
Ingredients:
8 ounces pastry crust
2 tablespoons butter, softened
6 ounces seedless raisins and/or currants
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg – beaten to brush on pastry
Hot caramel sauce
Whipped cream topping
Baking pan
Directions
Preheat oven to 400° F. Roll out the pastry in rectangle of 10 X 8 inches.
Spread butter on inside, keeping 1/2 inch clear all around on the edges. Sprinkle the center with fruit and sugar. (I include chopped nuts with the raisins.)
Brush edges with beaten eggs.
Roll up along long edge.
Place on greased baking pan (sealed side down).
Brush with beaten eggs. Prick top with fork.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Cut into slices.
Serve with hot caramel sauce and whipped cream.
NOTE: In the west country of England, “figgie” means raisins or currants rather than figs; the oven is called “ob’n” or “obbin”.
Good and hearty on a cold winter night.
I don’t offer many cooking tips, but this one is sure to make a hit, (or get you hit):
Cut a lemon in half.squeeze the juice from each half on the skin. Then, at the neck area, lift the skin from the meat, and slide the two lemon halves under the skin, hull side up, pulp side down, before baking. The well browned, glazed turkey sitting in the middle of the dinner table amongst the “family china”, during the salad, will be the topic of conversation.
HA! I wanna see a photo of that topless turkey!
JSF
I’ll take some breast meat, please.
(^____^)
So THAT’s how my cousin did that!
Don’t forget to say “It’s a girl” when you bring it to the table!
Up here in MN it looks like we’ll be plowing/blowing some snow. Purdy late comin’ this year.
Bourbon, neat, will keep me toasty tonight.
Eleventeenth!
Thank you for buzzing in guys, I was really starting to get a complex about this. As if I didn’t get the memo….
Sorry, TDY this weekend. Just now got into the Q and checking in on the WOT.
DARN IT.
Top 7 this time, though.
Recalculating, I think I count as 5th. Hard to tell sometimes with Chip posting convulsively and MSG mounting a spam-attack.
I think that’s the highest I’ve ever gotten.
Plans in my AO include replacing a speed sensor with Favorite Son-in-law in their vehicle. Rain forecast for early afternoon, but hoping to have it pass through by the time I’m off-duty.
May take the grandsons on a walk tomorrow. Possibly see if I can thin the squirrel population as well.
Are you planning to light the squirrels on fire and throw them in a tree?
If I even see a squirrel, Hack, and if I get a good shot in – then I’m planning on squirrel stew.
On the other hand – the speed sensor installation went relatively smoothly for a pair of shade-tree mechanics. Had lots of help from a pair of grandkids as well.
In unrelated news, my 10mm socket and box end wrench are AWOL. I need to go set some replacements.
What’s up dudes?
Is it just my impression or are we getting more pop up ads than usual?
I think the pop-up ad people have found another way around the blockers.
I cannot get around here on my phone – have to be on a ‘puter with a good pop-up blocker.
So – short answer, yes.
I’ve noticed that, too, not just here but on other sites. I don’t know if it’s Google’s ad stuff, or what the deal is, but I tried to read an online article this morning that was so loaded with ads, it was impossible. So I copied it to Word. It’s so much better.
Ghostery (browser add-on for computer, standalone browser for phone) is your friend.
This site ain’t bad, but there are some that just require some computerfu. For those I use Linux, and its iptables to block ip addresses. Wireshark will tell you the ip’s of the offenders and iptables will block them. Build a script containing the offending ip’s and lay it on them when they get nasty. Another script is then used when you are done which clears the blocked places. A pain, but like my phone, there is just too much crap coming down the line.
awaiting moderation – got new internet service last week. New IP address, and perhaps too much adult beverage and input a wrong email addie above.
Now that wasn’t very nice.
Well at least we don’t get the Spandex Fetish sites on the blog ads any more. Probably because no one comments on Paulie much.
I’m sitting in a corner of Joint Base Charleston’s thrift shop while my bride shops. Hope I don’t nod off and she leaves me here.
Who has the car keys? Take a nap.
You may wake up with a price on your head. Literally.
But would anyone pay the price?
Nicely done Chip and Eric…some of us weren’t boycotting but clearly we were either working or sleeping…
Working. We were all working.
my story and sticking to it. Ignore the sound of muffled laughter.
hahahaha
Right, we were working….really terrific work too all the best people doing terrific, really great and terrific work…
Terrifically!
Working, or “making sawdust”, in my “Sawdust Factory”. I cut, sanded, and labeled a half dozen plugs for AR Magazines. Florida and some other states mandate that we can only hunt deer with a rifle with a 5 round capacity. My plug blocks out 25 rounds, making the 30 round magazine into a 5 round box. Sorta like a “Duck Plug” in a shotgun.
Huh. So, 6 mags with 5 rounds ea. in your gear to get you back up to your 30 rounds/deer, huh?
In my daily range drills, I have been working the “quick mag change” exercise. You never know when you might be getting over run by a 30 deer herd of irate bucks.
Saw it on video. Deer have no respect for humans in their path. They will trample you without remorse.
Had an appointment this afternoon, so I was commenting through the stories until after noon and got lucky. It won’t happen next time though I’m sure. Especially since it is Black Friday and many people will be online shopping then.
Anyone here besides myself and (I presume) AW1 Tim actually been to the Azores? My first landing there, as we were taxing to the line, I noticed an Air Force C-130 off in the weeds, looking a bit worse for wear. Crosswinds, anyone?
I was there once. At 3 am. Hung around the terminal until we refueled and then were off to Europe on the milk run. Not much to see but I hear it’s a lovely area.
Could that C-130 have been this. I think it was 1984
http://www.baaa-acro.com/1984/archives/crash-of-a-lockheed-c-130e-hercules-in-lajes/
That’s the one!
I have RON/refueled many times for destinations further east. Mostly at night, but one time during daylight hours. My only memory is that the island was very green and lush.
Ditto on RON/ refuel. Got stuck there for a few days (C5 broke down) sucked nothing to do. C5 must’ve really been broke, I was used to the Aircraft breaking in Rota, Spain and Aviano, Italy for a day or two. Oh yeah can’t leave out Torrejon Air Force Base, Spain before they shut down that was a guaranteed spot for the aircraft to develop a mechanical issue.
Stopped there on the way to FRG for REFORGER (also for fueling the C-141 we were riding in ) one the Air Force ramp guys that was stationed there was talking to a few of us and of course the question came up “hey man , how is it being stationed here?” He points to a village on one of the green hills that bordered the runway in the distance and said “See that village up there?” Our group all nodded in unison. He then said “There’s one girl up there…and she’s butt ugly”.
Stay away from the townies. As part of a Navy P-3 detached squadron on an Air Force base, we had a bit of a different perspective. Great facilities and a *ahem* target rich environment, zoomie female-wise. Great food in town at the Chicken House, and George the Crooks was the bar to be in. And I never brought any sperm whale scrimshaw home, ever. *grin*
Lucky!
Ol’ Poe was there for a few hours on a very lovely day back in 1961 enroute from Ft. Campbell to Turkey for an airborne exercise on a lumbering old C-124.
We were transported to the base mess hall for a meal. Two things I remember seeing while we waited to reload was seeing a U-2 take off (sumbitch rolled a short distance down the runway then suddenly went almost straight up) and that some of the local trinket hawkers had six fingers from inbreeding.
We were later informed we never saw that U-2.
Transatlantic in a 124??? Damn!
Screw the U-2, why no pictures of the six fingered types?
I hear someone is looking for a man with six fingers. Something about his father dying.
Transatlantic on a C-124? You and I must have served in nearly the same era. I did a Transpacific on a C-124, as well as C-121 and C-118 Aircraft, when the 506th went to the Philippines for an exercise with their troops. Saw all the scenic spots out there, like Wake Island, Guam, Okinawa, Hawaii, and put boots on the ground for a couple of weeks up in the North end of Luzon ending up at Crow Valley Bombing Range, for a “Mad Minute” live fire exercise.
I spent 15 months there, and had a great time! The food was great and so was the view. I did love the shopping there, as they actually had clothing for us ladies out there who are NOT a size zero. The MWR did a fairly decent job hosting tours and events, considering you can circle the island in less than 3 hours. I would go back if I was still Active Duty.
This just in: per the State Bar of California, Daniel A. Bernath IS STILL DISBARRED!
If anyone is interested, the reason why may be found here.
Yo, Danni-boi:
Too bad, so sad
Sucks to be you
Received your due
Court said, “Screw You . . .
. . . and the horse you rode in on.”
I believe he is now considered to be contumacious, or something like that.
con·tu·ma·cious.
känt(y)o͝oˈmāSHəs
1.
archaic, law
(especially of a defendant’s behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
2.
current, common
(especially of a person’s behavior)
poser asshole non-CPO, loser POS
Now, y’all know that Daniel A. Bernath is unable to comprehend words of greater than three letters.
Notwithstanding which Daniel A. Bernath remains contumacious, amongst other pejoratives.
Yep, I had to look it up too after someone here posted the word on FB. lol
I’ve been called Obstinate before, but I knew what that meant. If someone called me Contumacious I might give them a black eye and say, “The fuck I am!” which would probably prove their point I guess.
IMO, yes. Obstreperous as well.
Any news of the refiling of that crap he wrote that was due several weeks ago?
It is being used as toilet paper.
2nd-hand toilet paper.
The STATE OF OREGON BAR stated that Danni-boi is a LIAR, FRAUD and DEADBEAT DAD!
The NANP stated that Danni-boi was NEVER MADE an Honorary CPO
Danni-boi has been, nor will ever be, an honorary or initiated CPO!
I hope that kinks your red rubber Robinson, Danni-boi…
That should read:
Danni-boi NEVER has been, nor will ever be, an honorary or initiated CPO!
fucking fingers/keyboard…
Uuuuhhhm, THIS?
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/or-supreme-court/1447944.html
Uh huh, good find.
Can one have two stars on a CIB without being a WWII Veteran?
The reason I ask is I recently saw someone wearing two stars. He did not appear to be of WWII vintage. There were no 11 MOS types around to ask.
I didn’t want to confront the guy without being sure; but, I need to know. Did I see a phony or did Dorian Gray enlist?
Somalia? DS1? plus DS2.
To date, a separate award of the CIB has been authorized for
qualified Soldiers in the following qualifying periods:
(1) World War II (7 December 1941 to 3 September 1945).
(2) The Korean Conflict (27 June 1950 to 27 July 1953).
(3) The Republic of Vietnam Conflict. Service in the Republic of Vietnam conflict (2 March 1961 to 28 March
1973) combined with qualifying service in Laos; Dominican Republic; Korea on the DMZ; El Salvador; Grenada; Joint
Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea; Panama; Southwest Asia Conflict; and Somalia, regardless of whether a Soldier has
served one or multiple tours in any or all of these areas. The Republic of Vietnam Conflict Era officially terminated on
10 March 1995.
(4) War on Terrorism (Afghanistan, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM) and (Iraq, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM).
Korea +
or
Vietnam
DS/DS
GWOT?
Sorry that’s a very disjointed cut and paste.
Look here. (There’s a listing of the plaques with the names alphabetically)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Infantryman_Badge
Toward the bottom of the page it says 234 people are listed at Ft Bragg as having 3 awards.
“Major General David E. Grange, Jr. was the Commanding General at Fort Benning, Georgia between 1979 and 1981. As a triple CIB recipient himself, Grange understood that being awarded three Combat Infantryman Badges was a very rare achievement and thought a list should be compiled to celebrate the recipients’ distinction. With his urging, the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning began collecting names of known 3rd CIB recipients.”
Korea on the DMZ (4 January 1969 to 31 March 1994);El Salvador (1 January 1981 to 1 February 1992);Grenada (23 October to 21 November 1983);Joint Security Area;Panmunjom, Korea (23 November 1984);Panama (20 December 1989 to 31 January 1990);Southwest Asia Conflict (17 January to 11 April 1991);Somalia: (5 June 1992 to 31 March 1994);Kosovo: (June to August 1999; Task Force 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment)
Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom : 5 December 2001 to 31 December 2014 – Operation Freedom’s Sentinel : 1 January 2015 to a date to be determined);
Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom : 19 March 2003 to 31 August 2010 – Operation New Dawn : 1 September 2010 to 31 December 2011);
Syria and Iraq : Operation Inherent Resolve (15 June 2014 to a date to be determined).[6]
While it’s theoretically possible, I’d guess it’s less likely than getting dealt a natural Royal Flush when playing 5 Card Stud with nothing wild.
Having a 2-star CIB would require service as an infantryman in an infantry unit of Brigade or smaller size during 3 different CIB periods – not service in three different conflicts. There have been four CIB periods/eras: World War II era, Korean War era, Vietnam era, and GWOT era. ChipNASA gives the CIB period dates below.
The problem comes from the extreme length of the Vietnam CIB era – over 44 years (1 Mar 1961 to 10 Mar 1995). ALL conflicts during this period are covered by one award of the CIB. So one would have to serve in that period – PLUS two others – and qualify for the CIB in each.
Someone who served as an 18 y/o infantryman during the Korean War period could have also served during the Vietnam CIB era (many did). But that same individual would also have been roughly 66 on 11 Sep 2001. That’s a tad old for me to believe, without serious proof, that they also served as an infantryman in an infantry unit of Brigade or smaller size after 11 September 2001, and engaged the enemy in ground combat. I haven’t seen too many infantrymen in their 60s.
The above is why all known 3-time CIB recipients are World War II/Korea/Vietnam. The length of the Vietnam CIB era makes it virtually impossible for any other combination to occur.
Thank you
If you have BurntNuts in your State’s Bar, liberally douse with Jet Fuel and crash. This should remove those troublesome pest once and for all.
Our next tip will be what kind of Maple Syrup to use on TwatWaffles.
I would have been 1st, but decided against going for it because of possibly starting the Apocalypse what with Trump winning and the huge moon this week (1st one since 1948) and then me being first. Trifecta Apocalypse guarantied.
So instead I’ll just happily settle for being in whatever the hell place I’m in, enjoy still being upright, read the lively repertoire here and eat great food this weekend.
Dammit!
You still have Hillary to take your frustrations out on.
😀 😀 😀 😀
If you want some cheap thrills, find the Victoria’s Secret website, click on that, and the ads for it will pop up in one of the sidebars to keep you entertained.
You guys are so transparent.
Ex-PH2 – that is sooooooo yesterday. 😉
The way pop-up ads work, if you click on a website that advertises through Google’s ad service, then wherever you go on the googlenet, a link to that site will show up. If I click on an ad for cat food, I will not see the end of cat food ads until I click the ‘do not whatever’ button.
Does Al Gore get his pro rata share?
After all …
Mr. Trump has apparently picked GEN Michael Flynn for NSA advisor. Naturally, NBCNews does have to find something wrong with him, however small it might be.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-national-security-adviser-pick-has-medals-baggage-n685681
I’m looking forward to finding out who cleans out raymiemabye’s desk and puts his junk in a cardboard box for him.
Well, those lying scrunts (of both genders) of the MSM/DNC propaganda arm are right on their game. Funny how, according to them, the Clinton Crime family didn’t have any “baggage” and were eminently qualified to run the country again. All those muslim nation mega-dollars to Hill/Bill and their purported charities were irrelevant or didn’t happen. If NBC news is involved in any way, I make a point not to watch it.
rgr769 off the topic but did you read my piece on the Arkansas AG being able to go after the Clinton’s and take the heat off Trump? Cav questioned Arkansas having jurisdiction to which I responded that if a corporate entity has a physical presence in a state, they then fall under that state’s civil and criminal jurisdiction.
Am I right?
As far as application of state law and its penal code re the conduct of their charities, yes. But I question whether she would have jurisdiction to bring a RICO or other criminal case in the AR federal court. She clearly could not prosecute the Hill Gangs security violations. Those are strictly federal offenses.
I don’t like Flynn’s ties to Turkey, nor some of his rhetoric during the campaign, but I do certainly like that I heard someone call him the best intelligence officer in JSOC they’ve met.
And if I recall, he pushed for HUMINT expansion in DIA when CIA was having rather questionable results in that area, too. That’s another plus. Some comments that his leadership left the place in shambles is a worry.
People are rarely one dimensional – if he’s very good at re-cultivating actionable and deep intelligence sources, I’ll certainly give him a welcome chance, despite his faults in other areas. If he becomes more politically focused than intelligence-focused, that’s going to be a problem. Until then, we wait and see and wish him the best.
He also provided great insight into Intelligence and the important work Civil Affairs was doing and how connected “we and they” were, due to the amount of information we receive used by the intel-weenies to create intelligence.
But at the end of the day, Trump could appoint Gandhi to his cabinet and anti-trump folks would throw down and find negative shit about him to say.
Or Mandela…
Oddly enough, there is stuff to complain about with Gandhi – I believe he had his grandnieces sleep naked with him (sleep, mind you). To him it was a test of his chastity, but that’s gotta have been pretty fucked up for the grandnieces.
But overall the point is we don’t need people to be paragons of virtue to contribute to society. If Flynn had more of a public role I think it would be slightly less palatable, but frankly he’s not -or, shouldn’t be- setting policy, he’s chasing bad guys. And he’s apparently good at that.
Wanting something different is like wanting an guard dog that’ll protect you from strangers,.. but also wanting him to be playful and calm and other qualities that have nothing to do with his utility as a guard dog. Given the choice between a competent, personable National Security Advisor, or an asshole who is fantastic at his job (and no, I’m not calling Flynn an asshole here), I’d rather the asshole. It’s a critically important job.
Anyone that thinks ‘Slamonazi-ism isn’t a threat to the West in general and the US specifically has no business being influential on our Defense establishment. Flynn knows what he is talking about. I’d pick a 100 like him over any of the PC tools of 0’s national defense gang.
The issue, and the nuance in it is relevant to national security, is the distinction between Islam and Islamic fundamentalism. Islam, in many (but not all) of its incarnation is not a threat. Fundamentalism, in many forms, including Islamic, most certainly can be.
I want someone who can draw that distinction and be a pit-bull against the people who seek to cause harm to us or others. The ones who just go about their lives I have no quarrel with and neither should anyone in national security, since it removes the focus from where it should be.
Oh. You mean the so-called moderate muslims that really don’t want to kill or subjugate us like their good book says their god and prophet commands them to do. I assume there are such people, but their numbers are small and they have no influence on their co-religionists. You might want to review the internat’l Pew poll research on this issue.
I have seen the Pew poll, and I think it shows a lot of interesting things. For example, you seem to suggest that Muslims are fairly monolithic in what their books requires of them, no? So that whole Sharia law thing, they must want that?
Except then when you look at the results, you see that in a place like Azerbaijan (97% Muslim,mostly Shia) only eight percent of those clearly monolithic Muslims want Sharia. Yet in Afghanistan (100% Muslim, 85-90% Sunni), it’s 99% that do. In fact, if you look just below that in the Pew report, you’ll see vast differences between Muslim beliefs by region. Almost as if it’s not so much the religion as the culture in those areas which is problematic.
Anyone who is responsible for our strategy against Islamic fundamentalists better understand the different sects within Islam, the cultural differences in play and regional politics. Understanding who your enemy is and isn’t is pretty important in war. I mean, if you want to win, at least.
Here’s a Pew Research quiz on political lean, Left or Right. I kid you not. I took the quiz and a bubble with “You” inside of it came up–literally off the right side of the scale.
http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-party-quiz/
Me, too. And I have been registered as a Democrat for 40 years. I guess I’m like old Scoop Jackson–my party left me behind when it started to become the CPUSA.
I got the same results – and I’m actually fairly moderate in my political leanings. Who comes up with these results???
Yeah, oBaMa has done such a swell job in the ME and No Afr. The Arab Spring and the Red Lines come to mind, not to mention (but I will) making an enemy of Israel and chumming up to Iran. Worrying about Trump? Don’t. He could try to screw things up more than oBaMa has, but he would most certainly fail.
Since I even understand the different sects of Islam and their various world views, I am sure Gen. Flynn does as well. The Sufi’s don’t follow the Jihad command of their book, but all Salafists in both the Sunni and Shiite branches believe and support it. They want you and everyone else on the planet to submit to their Sharia system. Obviously, there are “jack” muslims just like we have Jack Mormons. But you can’t ignore that fact that the “good” book of Islam commands either death or subjugation for everyone on the planet. And a large percentage of both the Sunni and Shiite branches of that faith want to exterminate Israel, its Jews, and become the sole world religion and world wide political religion. Kinda like old fashioned Communism/Marxism. I am reasonably certain Gen. Flynn knows who we can & can’t work with in the never ending struggle these savages.
…against… I always type too fast at the end. It must be from hearing, “hurry up and finish” too many times.
Now that would be a trick. . .
Not fucking first, yet again. Rigged.
Cocksuckers.
ChipNASA works for “DA MAN” and he’s keeping out asses DOWN!
I knew it!
Yep, don’t forget to wear your internet diaper pin and throw facebook tirades about it. 😛
I laugh every time you write that in response to many things, but I laugh hardest when you react to being other than 1at on the WOT.
My F5 button refuses to work on Friday’s for some reason.
Pffft, there is always next Friday.
Will we soon see a mysterious wave of keyboard failures in government offices, where the “T” key goes missing or otherwise becomes damaged or unuseable?
That would never happen, right?
Invest now in ‘T’ key futures?
Now that’s one of the funny things I’ve heard about that’s a cool simple little prank. I’ve been tempted to use that trick when I PCS’d but I have to wait until my replacement is someone much younger so they don’t understand it well.
I’m late to the pow-wow
But present and accounted for
Trumps selection of Attorney General is going to have the left soiling their panties,,,,
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-attorney-general.html?_r=0
The guy is NOT a fan of same-sex marriages, abortion, or illegal immigration.
There are a few comments he made in the 80s that kept him from getting a Federal Judgeship.
They are already in full attack mode. Check out Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News tonight and his guest, Jonathan Allen.
James Walls, phony UH-1 pilot is still slurping balls on the Facebook cult page.
Clark D. Schreiber, phony combat veteran, is broke and still sucks cock for free behind Flying J’s.
Colt Bulot, another Special Forces phony, is still another Special Forces phony.
Jerry Foster, phony Navy Commander takes it in the ass from his enablers.
Thomas Reister, is not a combat wounded veteran and still has not enrolled in a remedial grammar class.
Daniel A. Bernath fondles goat cock with his pinky fingers.
Okay, okay, okay. For all those with anticipatory anxiety disorders, whether they are climate activists or libidiots with persecution complexes, there IS help at hand.
I found this on WUWT’s site, a study done on exactly that kind of thing. The actual ‘fear’ of climate change can be slotted into the mental disorders category with the results of this study. Kid you not.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/11/18/good-news-treatment-may-be-available-for-terrifed-climate-activists/
My way of coping with “climate change”
1) Cold weather.
Put on long johns & sweater, turn up heat and enjoy warm beverage while reading a book, watching movies/tv, reading TAH, or making sawdust in shop.
2) Hot weather
Take off appropriate amount of clothing, close blinds, turn on air and enjoy cold beverage while reading a book, watching movies/tv, reading TAH, or making sawdust in shop.
3) Snow
Use shovel or snowblower.
Enjoy warm beverage while reading a book, watching movies/tv, reading TAH, or making sawdust in shop.
Enjoy snowmobile if you have one.
4) Rain
Use umbrella.
Enjoy a beverage while reading a book, watching movies/tv, reading TAH, or making sawdust in shop.
5) Sunny
Get outside and do something!
See, life is not that complicated!
I think you nailed it!
I know that was tongue-in-cheek, but the issues people are concerned with regarding climate change (whether you believe it’s man-made or not) aren’t how hot or cool you are, but things like coastal properties being submerged, a wider range for infectious disease transmissions, etc.
Just my two cents. Hysteria about climate change is bad, but that hysteria isn’t about someone having to wear shorts instead of pants or carry an umbrella if it rains. 😉
Now back to the usual open thread mayhem…
so its about moving away from the water or wearing insect spray…got it.
I view it as the same brain cramp that accompanies a religious epiphany, which is frequently followed by a persecution complex when a lot of people respond in a negative way to the ‘convert’.
This has taken on all the trappings of religion, as opposed to valid science.
If, for example, you were to tell the alarmists that the polar vortex is weakening, which may very likely increase snow totals AND lengthen the winter season (a possible start to the reverse of warming), they will become as agitated and hysterical as the protesters were last week over the election’s results.
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“Republican group endorses Pelosi for minority leader”. Funny.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/18/republican-group-endorses-pelosi-for-minority-leader.html
Jeebus, what a frightening mug on her!
Hmm, I wonder,,, would IDC SARC hit it?
She has that rack going for her.
I think that counts as lemon-juice on the cut.
And she is pug-ugly, face and personality.
Wrap her face in the flag and do her for your country!
I love my country – but not that much.
Let me go fight some ISIS jerks, and do them with some applied 5.56 to the noggin.
Don’t forget the bacon fat. . .
I’m thinking that he did… made her go WOO WOO WOOOOOO and she got teh crazee after that.
IDC SARC has that effect on teh wimmens…
Isn’t she 82 or something? Does anyone besides me think that continuing to deny her advanced years by keeping her clutching grasp on politics as usual is a form of senility? Could she just go home and enjoy her grandchildren? They probably don’t even know who she is.
Just watching her beginning to implode is a lesson in how not to approach your seniority with some grace and dignity. So stop being a damned fool and admit that you’re 80 something, Nancy, and go home and be grandma!
She scares me.
Geezo Pete, I am SO enjoying being retired and have all that stuff under my belt to use for my creative endeavors!! Am I out of touch or something?
Will her grandchildren claim her?
I’m not sure I would.
You’re only saying that because she only has two expressions due to all the surgeries done to preserve her.
Resting Bitch Face & that fake photo shoot smile. I don’t know which is scarier.
It’s the rather prominent upper jaw malocclusion. She could probably bite an apple in half if she had any remaining strength in her jaws.
Present. Hate it when work gets in the way.
This just in!!!
“President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis on Saturday, amid reports he could be a candidate for secretary of the Department of Defense.”
HOLY SHIT! This better be true, but I could only find one source for the rumor:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/11/trump-to-meet-with-gen-mattis-on-saturday-231622
sighs. Disregard. Apparently there is a little law that states retired officers must be out of uniform for 7 years. Why the fuck even interview the dude then? Just to make my heart beat fast only to stab it repeatedly? Now I feel like the democraps do.
well, if an assistant at DOJ can be kept in a “temporary” position for over two years (it ain’t legal after like 9 months absent a nomination) I can’t imagine a quick exception not making it through both houses of Congress. After all, a sitting President has a phone and a pen and can do ANYTHING.
“Mattis retired from the USMC in 2013, and would need a special congressional waiver if nominated by Trump to serve as Defense Secretary.”
http://conservativefiringline.com/secretary-defense-mad-dog-mattis-running/
Think a congressional waiver would be a problem? Yeah, me neither.
I seriously doubt they’d have an issue giving him a waiver. Because Fuck Yeah.
Back when Hack was recruiting, getting a waiver was damn near impossible. “Sure, sir, he is missing three fingers, but he scored a 67 on his AFQT, and this is the last day of the month.”
I was in Basic Training in 94 with a guy who got told “join the army or go to jail” for hitting a guy with a bat a few times.
I didn’t hear of anyone else getting that option after 94, not that it didn’t happen of course.
But I knew recruiters getting guys with felonies waivers to get in after 9/11.
I knew I should have gone and signed up again. (Sigh.) Missed my Big Chance to get a 2nd gedunk medal. I’m sad.
NSC …
laws apply only to Republicans
spinning up warrant officers is a worthy goal regardless the topic
LOL
I believe the only appointive positions for which such restrictions apply for retired military officers are within DoD. Matis may be under consideration for a position outside of DoD.
In other news:
President 0bama is still holding on to his delusions, as evidenced in an interview with the German press:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-with-us-president-barack-obama-a-1122008.html
Pa.The.Tic. to the nth.
82rd and still employed.
Ha!
All the way!
(Wrong 82nd?)
You still beat me, anyway. Work always gets me in to these threads late.
No, no, no LC.
MCPO explicitly and clearly typed “82rd” – which group has the motto “some of the way”.
You are the 2th to notice.
Thanks!
God Bless America … because you can’t do this in North Korea, Russia, Iran or China.
1000 TAH Dollars for who can break the code above …
God bless America, indeed.
And that is not a comprehensive list. Add all those countries with some form of thought-police: Canada, Sweden, Germany, France
Not to mention Venezuela, Mexico (unless you are well connected), Uganda, Somalia…
Here we can be as politically uncorrect as we want – even engaging in what, in some places in the Good Ol’ USA, would be called harassment.
Heat/Kitchen. Snowflakes cannot last.
2th…
2th? I didn’t know you were from the South, did you invent the 2th brush as well?
You are now the 3st.
So who is 1rd?
I just re-red that “some of the way.” Pithy.
Thought you’d like that!
Can I re-blue it? Wait, no, that’s just for guns.
BTW: We would have been on Mars 3 years ago if Chip was not hunched over his keyboard every Friday clutching a can of Mountain Dew and a 12 pack of foot long Slim Jims … just waiting for TAH Weekend Open Thread to appear. As the Director of Interstellar and Planetary Exploration and Repopulation Program (IPERP) you would think he has something better to do. I am not judging … just saying.
ChipNASA is one of many minions for “DA MAN” and was able to be first because he paid off “DA MAN”.
BTW – “DA MAN” is holding me down!
You are so right, last year he personally arranged to reposition the moon so I could enjoy a late night bonfire with friends.
True story …
You know what is really funny??
1. I have a mountain dew on my desk.
2. I have a extra large slim jim on my desk uneaten.
MCPO is psychic or has a hidden camera in my cubicle.
😀 😀
He has peepull. They report everything to him.
So, my wife says to me two nights ago, “The phone isn’t working.” Uh-oh. She was referring to the landline. Just before that announcement, I saw that Google was down. “No matter,” thought I, “It will be up soon enough.” Uh-oh. Phone down? Google? Maybe…Yep. No maybe about it. Cripes. I guess I really should pay better attn to emails from the phone company and answer the phone every once in a while.
There you are. Some of us have been wondering about ya. Especially Lars.
Just kidding about Lars. But he has been noticeably absent the past few days.
Glad to see you’re back up and running.
I had the most serious case of TAH withdrawal! It was horrible. I tried to watch the TV but that just made matters worse. Do you have ANY idea what kind of crap is on that idiot box?
Which is why I don’t have one of those idiot boxes except to watch the occasional John Wayne DVD on.
Welcome home.
Gave up TV a while back.
Just what IS on that idiot box that anyone would pay to see? You can read several books and have a better time.
Judge Judy.
She’s on four times a day (on weekdays) out here and the cable bill is well worth the price of admission.
Sorry, Judge Judy makes me barf.
I’m with Ex-PH2 – a good book beats the idiot box.
Who could ever forget when Jesse MacBeth made an appearance? Spoiler alert, Judge Judy ruled in his favor. I would love to see some of the more notorious valor thiefs featured here make an appearance on the show. Psaul is too busy making appearances in real courts to fly to California so he can have his ass handed to him, but wouldn’t it be awesome to see Bernath argue in front of and with Judge Judy? Byrd would have to put his crossword puzzle down and give Bernath some “Judge Judy justice”.
Claw: OPSEC
2/17 disappears
Lars disappears
2/17 reappears
Lars does not reappear…
Graybeard and Claw: We do not talk about that. 2/17 was visiting the in-laws and having a wonderful time as we all do when visiting the in-laws. Any connection to any alleged disappearance is purely alleged. No humor was harmed in the making of this alleged explanation.
F150 Update. The 4WD is now, at best, a 3WD! It wasn’t pretty but my baby is running like a top on teflon again.
I was wondering how that went.
I have to install a speed sensor on a Dodge Caliber this eve. It should not be nearly as agonizing… I hope.
FWIW – it wasn’t.
Just hope that fixed the problem.
Election Update. H. “Wide Load” Clinton, the Bitch of Benghazi, gets to lament that she lost to Trump every godawful day of her remaining life. What’s not to be happy about?
Could we agree on Twitchy Bitch of Benghazi in all future references to her?
Works for me.
Hard to let go of Cankels McPantsuit or Das Hildebeast, but whatever floats yer boat.
I do like Granny McBotox for San Fran Nan, though.
Speakin’ of Nanny Lugosi, I wonder how soon she’d melt if someone left her out in the sunlight too long?
Or tossed water on her.
So I says to a clerk over the phone, “What time are they open til?” and she replies, “5 p.m.” I point out to her that it’s 5:09 p.m. and she corrects me, saying that it’s 4:09. Says I, “It’s 4:09 Central Time but it’s 5:09 here.” She insists that it’s 4:09…Clinton voter. No doubt.
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Did they not teach her about time zones in her high school?
Do they dare to teach anything in publik shkoolz these days? I wonder if the Teacher dares to correct a student or says “YES Billy, two plus two equals five because YOU said it does. Here’s your gold star and don’t forget to feel good about yourself!!
I think the only thing they teach in school through 12th these days is “Republicans and white people are evil racists who hate everyone. Oh and they’re super rich too! If you are white, your parents are rich and don’t tell you because they’re selfish and don’t want you to have any of their money.”
Or something like that.
Had that same problem growing up in Indiana right next to where the Eastern and Central Times Zones separated two counties.
We called it Fast and Slow Time. Lived in fast time but had to go to work in slow time.
Same deal down at Fort Benning. Lived in slow time, had to be on post for fast time.
Oops, should have hit the reply to 2/17’s comment at 5:13 pm.
I had a similar problem when I was stationed at Chanute. The not chevy family would go to Illinois State games; although the University of Illinois was closer, the family could go to State games without mortgaging the car. Whenever Illinois State would play Indiana State in Terre Haute (AKA terrible haute); I’d call Indiana State to purchase tickets and ask for the game time. The ticket seller would always get a laugh when I’d ask, “And what time is there now?”
I don’t get it. Explain this better to me.
An explanation would be kinda hard. It’s one of those “you had to be there/lived that” deals.
Much like the great bacon seed debate of a couple of years ago.
I thought bacon came from pigs.
Short explanation: Columbus, GA is on Fast Time while right across the river Phenex City, AL is on Slow Time. Same deal if you call Nashville, TN from Louisville, KY. Nashville is on slow time and Louisville is on fast time.
Bacon does come from pigs. Well, actually it comes from a hog. A hog is a pig until the pig hits the market weight of 180 pounds.
So why does a package of bacon only weigh … like a pound and a half?
This conversation is clearly way over my head.
Why, that’s simple, Master Chief. If the market weight of a pig is 180 pounds, the pork belly which produces bacon is 10% of the weight of the pig. After curing, smoking, and cutting the pork belly, and sending the pigskin to a tannery to be made into leather for fine purses, shoes, and saddlery, the number of full packages of bacon is 10.
Why 10 pkgs, you ask? Well, I’m glad you did. The pigskin weighs 3 of those pounds and once the pork belly is removed from the pigskin, those 3 pounds of removed pigskin have reduced the pork belly weight to 15 pounds, which, when divided into packaged amounts, provide the seller with 10 packages of bacon weighing 1.5 pounds each.
If you have further questions, please find a hog farmer. He’ll be able to answer all of them.
Holy Shit. I feel like I just read the bible of bacon there.
Please ma’am, tell me more!?!
Well, pigskin is the best leather for workboots as it is lighter than chrome-tanned steerhide and very tough. It is also waterproof. Pigskin is the best leather after mulehide for work gloves, but if you want an elegant pair of leather gloves or a pair of good driving gloves, pigskin is the best option. I had a good pair of pigskin gloves that lasted until my dog ate them. I came home from work and found a thumb and two fingers on the floor, and a very guilty-looking German Shepherd.
But how do the hogs end up at the Camp Del Mar Enlisted Club every Friday night?
Someone leaves a trail of apple peelings dipped in hard cider.
Probably the same way the showed up at the e-club at Quantico, va. They BUSSED them in from DC.
Oh, those hogs! They are hauled in usually on payday by livestock trucks. One such company that does that, is “Sweat Hogs, INC”. featuring the very best in used livestock. bwahaha
I see that the bacon seed debate is still going strong and will continue until someone links the meme that shows bacon seeds being showered by a watering can.
Till then I guess there’s no use of continuing the debate by talking about hog jowl, fatback, chitlins, pork belly futures, or the best way to cook up the squeal.
Pork bellies closed at 47.80 cents/lb. for Dec16 delivery on the Friday COMEX.
128th! I would have posted sooner, but I was over in Bethesda and saw a house for sale on Wilson Lane. It has all of the latest features. Did you know that they now make mailboxes with doors?
Is the carport still there?
That’s what gave the whole property its awesome curb appeal.
You can check it out on Zillow. He took the tent with him. We use it as our mobile sales office when we set up business at the River Road ramp for I-495. You wouldn’t know it by looking at him, but Psaul really knows how to spin that cardboard sign. College sure prepared him for life.
I did check it out. YGBSM!!
Originally listed for 965K, recently reduced to 925K for a 56 year old, 2098 sqft bi-level with a one car garage and a back yard that looks like a goat herd was penned up there.
A place like that would be lucky to sell for 160K out here where I am.
But the mailbox door has been replaced, and a fresh coat of tar on the driveway to cover up the Jag oil stains, so everybody must be in a bidding war over it.
Thanks for the tip, Hack. I always enjoy looking at overpriced homes.
Plumbing?
John Giduck – the turd with a face!
Well, as I was perusing the newspaper this Friday morning, I found a grumbling complaint by one rather irate fellow about an op-ed piece by Garrison Keillor, the Prairie Home Companion dude who likes to bring up the fallibility of Lutherans on a regular basis.
Here’s a link to it, from WaPo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-voters-will-not-like-what-happens-next/2016/11/09/e346ffc2-a67f-11e6-8fc0-7be8f848c492_story.html?utm_term=.78812691e507
In it, he refers to Trump voters as uneducated, and unfortunately for him, the article was published in my local newspaper on Nov. 11, Veterans’ Day. He seems to think it’s okay to ignore the simple fact that his high school teachers, whom he mentions, were WWII vets who probably got their degrees on the GI Bill, as did many people of the Vietnam generation, like you and me.
I know, I know. He’s an arrogant ass, with no basis for the attitude. His whiny repartee that ‘my candidate didn’t win’ holds no water with me. But out of pure curiosity, I wondered if he was a draft dodger during the Vietnam era, and by golly, he sure was, as he says in this 2006 Prairie Home Companion article about ‘be all that we can be’: http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/deskofgk/2006/old_scout/02/28.shtml
A bigger phony than Keillor has yet to show up here. I’m just glad I can’t get his show on the radio. And he can stick his whining right where the sun don’t shine.
As Molinari said…”Ahhh…arrogant and stupid in one package! How convenient!”
Always figured him as a poofer, a bit light in his loafers as it was. Nothing wrong with that, of course. But a coward? I’m shocked!
/sarc
Keillor is even phonying up shit about being a draft dodger.
When the big draft of 69 came about, he was too old (born in 42) to have been included. They started with birth year 44.
Even if he had been two years younger, his lottery number would have 168, a fairly high number to have even been issued an induction notice.
So yeah, he’s kind of stealing recognition by even saying he was a draft dodger. He’s probably all butt hurt about not getting pardoned by Ford along with the rest of the stank assed hippies who migrated to Canuck land.
Thank you for that info, Claw
Sorry I missed all the fun. I was going to have a short day until some idiot dug into a buried line and took out 5000 customers.
At least I get paid by the hour.
Just wanna slap the boy, don’tcha?
Well, dipshit is lucky to be alive, and I’m sure his employer is gonna get hit with a nice bill.
Tack on a sizeable fine had they not called 811 to have the lines marked. There’s a real good reason they make ta do that.
Frankly, I am glad such dipshits exist. They do keep us employed…heh heh
“Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
AW1Ed grins.
And if you look closely, you’ll note Vegas was dubbed over. He originally said Dallas.
Also, the release date of January 1964 was pushed back from original release date of November 22, 1963.
Yeah, weird.
Great minds think alike, eh? (smile)
A bit of historical trivia about the above: the original version of that Major Kong monologue referenced Dallas, not Vegas. However, the movie (Dr. Strangelove, of course) was also scheduled to be released not long after Thanksgiving,
19621963.The audio was hurriedly reworked between November 22,
19621963, and the movie’s release to overdub “Vegas” where “Dallas” had originally occurred.Here’s an equally strange bit of history for you, because it ties into a curse.
In theater, no one ever uses the title of the Scottish play in rehearsal. They either refer to it as the Scottish play or Old Harry.
The reason for it is the alleged curse on it: if the title is used prior to opening night, something will happen to stop opening night.
My father decided in 1963 to produce Old Harry, hired a professional actor to play the usurper’s role so that his students could work with a stage pro, and ignored the so-called curse, using the title of that drama constantly.
The play was scheduled to open the Friday night of the week that Pres. Kennedy went to Dallas, TX. That Thursday, he was assassinated, and the play opening was delayed.
So, yes, there is a curse on Old Harry. And the strange thing is that the play is about a murdered rightful king and a usurper.
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but turn they do. So I wrote immediately after the Benghazi negligence by Wide Load. Matters didn’t go as I thought they would but, in a sense justice has at least partially been served. Clinton lost, sure, but this is very sweet. It’s Wide Load’s being nailed again and again and again on her bullshit account of Benghazi. The nailer? Mike Pompeo, Trump’s selection for CIA Director. De-freakin-licious. If you want to hear some gems, start about 3:30.
Is the Teflon eroding in that video? He speech is almost too deliberate. She avoids direct answers to direct questions, repeats her answers, and does not really answer any of his questions.
Deflection and misdirection – she should have practiced more.
Now she’s powerless. Karma works slowly, but thoroughly.
Amazing how none of this made it to the public via the mainstream mess media, and they say the aren’t biased? Soon we’ll hear calls for Trump’s impeachment because it’s rumored that he once farted in class when he was in Kindergarten.
220th!! WOOO HOO!!
As I am here having an early breakfast, I am grating some cheese for an omelette and I wonder when I will ever see the proof I asked for nearly four years ago about a flooding event in Irving, Texas from a guy we all know smells worse than limburger.
YO, DENNIS CHEVALIER…Still waiting, asshole.
Well I wanted to post this for all to see, below are the times on Monday For a special event up in Minnesota. it will be on FOX and Friends The times are below… I’ve been working with FA since my days being trapped in a hospital bed at Bethesda and Lewis and throughout my rehab From my Bo-Bo below is what I was able to cut and paste from my e-mail I received If you are up in Minnesota hit me up and I’ll send you a address on where it’s at With our partners at U.S. Bank, Freedom Alliance will give a newly-renovated, mortgage-free home to retired Army Staff Sgt. Marko Milosevic and it will be broadcast live on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel. Marko Milosevic enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and served for nearly 14 years. He was a member of the elite 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and deployed twelve times to Iraq and Afghanistan. Marko was awarded two Bronze Stars, one with Valor as well as several Army Commendation Medals. In 2014, Marko was medically discharged. He suffers from a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS), and nerve damage in his arms and back. Today, volunteers with several veterans’ charities and is helping to establish a Veterans Court in Beltrami County, Minnesota. This is the 8th home that Freedom Alliance and U.S. Bank have donated to wounded veterans. Again, this presentation will be aired LIVE on Monday, November 21st, on Fox & Friends. Portions of the presentation will air in each of the three hours that Fox & Friends is on the air. While these times may change, we expect interview times as follows (all times Eastern): 6:30am EST: Interview with Staff Sgt. Marko Milosevic 7:30am EST: Interview and preview of Marko’s new home with Tom Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance and Mike Ott, President of U.S. Bank’s Private Client Reserve 8:45am EST: Official presentation of their new home to Marko and Samantha Milosevic Please tune in to help us honor Marko and his service to our… Read more »
Monday, November 21st, on Fox & Friends. Cool, Skip. Very cool.
Noted!
Been doing stuff. Still have a bunch of stuff to do. Anyone who enjoys dealing with stuff, drop on by.
HERE SERGEANT!
“Sparks, I want to see you after formation, you here me!”
A few points to ponder here on Sunday morning before the day’s football games start:
Will Moerk ever make the E-9 list?
Will the non-CPO ever shave off that rats nest?
Will QuEeFeRs41 ever sober up?
Will Psaul ever sell the Wilson Lane property?
Will Gainey ever give us a Sockpuppet Report on Killams VA doctor visit?
Is the Clothing Sales Store at Fort Huachuca still selling 3rd award CIBs?
Will Jimmy Walls Left Low Ball ever drop?
Is Sticky Bums still baking up lies in Hoser land?
And did the yellow leather work gloves make an appearance at the Tomb of the Unknowns this year?
Just a few tidbits of thought. I’m sure there are a bunch more out there that are ripe for discussion.
I hope Jonn highlights this story:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gold-star-family-slain-california-soldier-booed-flight-022057689.html
Some first class A-holes booed a father and his family when the pilot asked all passengers to allow the family to disembark the plane first. They were delayed and so needed to catch the next flight, and they were on their way to Dover for their son’s remains (he was KIA in Afghanistan).
I sent this Reuters article off to our Glorious Leader. It should make all of you grumbling grunts quite happy, if it does happen.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN13F0SM
I thought everyone here would appreciate hearing about my friend Ben Marconi. We were ROTC cadets together- Ben’s military career was ended by injury before it really began, but he went on to serve as a cop in San Antonio, like his dad. Earlier today an as yet unknown gummed took Ben’s life as Ben wrote a ticket in his patrol car outside police HQ in San Antonio.
http://www.odmp.org/officer/23035-detective-benjamin-marconi
Ben was an incredible leader, a tough guy, and the kind of man that you would want around in a hard situation. He was definitely an influence on me. This is an incredible loss, and I can only imagine what his family is going through. The city of San Antonio was lucky to have Ben around in a hard situation for over 20 years.