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The rampant plunge into teabagger inspired stupidity. Not 48 hours after founding member of the Liars Club and all around shitbag, John Hinderaker, published a hit piece of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer attacking her and other governors for actually trying to, you know, save lives – the Astroturfing began in Kentucky,
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Ok, it has been a few days between the events surrounding USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). There has been a lot posted about the decision made to fire the CO, CAPT Crozier. To be blunt, a lot of those thoughts are utter bullshit. Posted below are some reasons why. Generally, the
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Some days you just have to shake your head and cry. “So, what’s it going to take to contain this problem, guys?“ “Go talk to the crew and insult them and tell them that looking good in DC is more important than their lives – that oughta do it!“ I’ll
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This being April 1st, in a normal world, it would be time for a fun post poking fun at something or playing a bloggers version of an internet prank. But these are not normal times, and there is nothing funny about the current world situation. So instead, I ‘d love
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Today is the 28th of March, meaning its been over a month since I was back on the sacred soil in Japan. It seems like years have passed. That is all due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Where I work is down to minimal manning, and we are working a schedule
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If you are, as I am a travel addict- these last two weeks have been a nightmare. The area I live in just put a shelter in place order so it will be at least three months before I can go anywhere. I was lucky I got to Japan when
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If God is indeed just, there is a special place in hell reserved for Grover Norquist and his philosophy of “drowning government in a bathtub”. Unfortunately, we know the divine entity plays favorites, so Norquist probably got rich selling stocks weeks ago as some of his Congressional friends did. For
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Meaning it really does not matter that the COVID-19 virus started in China. Sure it makes MAGA hacks feel better thinking that blaming China will change the net effects of Nero’s Trump’s fiddling while the rest of the world burned. Blame China all you want. Post memes saying China Lied,
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During a recent conversation with a former squadron mate, the talk turned to the dismal state of American politics. He is of the conservative bent, but not of the wild-eyed MAGA hat variety. He made the assertion that Trump is an aberration, a unique creation of the times and the
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I have just returned from the sacred pilgrimage to the “Holy City” and my Alma Mater. The weekend was awesome and I also spent some time in the “Burgh” before heading south. Got to see my son. Unfortunately, this worthless SOB seemed to be following me around. On Wednesday the
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