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30 years ago today, I launched off of USS America (CV-66(6) on one of the first missions of Desert Storm. According to my logbook, we got 5 hours airborne flying over Saudi Arabia and looking both into Iraq and into Jordan. America was not flying any strikes that first night
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But sometimes, that change is for the worse – not for the better. Certainly, that was the case with Sheldon Adelson, who died yesterday at the age of 87. His legacy is NOT a good one. He destroyed politics in not just his own country but in Israel as well.
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Is admitting you are powerless over Twitter. As an extra added bonus – Google Play is not offering Parler on their app stores, and Apple is strongly considering it. Man, it must suck to incite a riot against your own country and have it blow up in your face. And
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If you are an American and watched what happened at the Capitol today – and are not outraged – then you are a defective person. And probably have been for a long time. Soonergrunt, long time commenter at Balloon-Juice, summed up these thoughts of mine very well. The list of
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And 2020 was definitely a year that should be stripped from the history books. The question is, will we remember the things we need to remember? I tend to doubt it. As much as I love Christmas, I have come to hate New Year’s Eve – primarily because I am
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I made this video in the run up to the election. It’s reminder of how truly terrible the current President is and why January 20th, 2021 cannot come soon enough.
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Andy Slavitt is a former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a position he held from March 2015 to January 2017. He is also the founder of the company Health Allies and worked as its CEO until 2003. Since 2017 he has been on the
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Seven years ago, I came across this funny little exchange representing the challenges of being Santa Claus in this brave new world. I thought I would repost it today as a humorous break from the current misery. Enjoy. Dear Santa, How are you? How is Mrs. Claus? I hope everyone,
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I’ve been holding off posting anything because I wanted to watch the outcome of Trump’s efforts to pull off a coup de etat following the election. I was anxious and am still worried that Trump would try to steal the election and usurp the results to ensure he stays in
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The 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. Today is Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day. Almost 100 million dead in the Wars of the 20th and 21st centuries-an astounding number. “Either war is finished-or we are.“ I do understand the difference between Veteran’s Day and
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