Floating a Trial Balloon
Floating a Trial Balloon; America is Sending Our Adversaries Another Bad Message, Rest Assured, They Heard It
U.S. News/Policy
The Power of the People–From Civil Rights to Salvation!
The Power of the People – From Civil Rights to Salvation! Today’s America is far different from that which I grew up in the 1960’s.
The Denial of Objective Reality
The Denial of Objective Reality; “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.” ~ Matthew 12:25 Greetings my fellow Americans! If there’s one thing that’s likely to be obvious to anyone grounded in the notion of a reality, and Creator, outside and above ourselves, …
The Deep, Deep State of Intelligence
The Deep, Deep State of Intelligence. Lede: I only had one Intelligence job in the Cold War Army. 90 days as a Brigade S-2 in the Fulda Gap got me read on monthly to the Division’s “Black Book” latest on terrorists and the Soviets. It was an eye-opener on what our people knew. As a DoD …
Watch: Farmers May Have Figured Out Exactly What’s Causing the Egg Shortage
Farmers May Have Figured Out Exactly What’s Causing the Egg Shortage; On January 12, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for the month of December. The data showed that inflation had ticked down 0.1 percent to an annual rate of 6.5 percent. At the same time, the food index rose 0.3 …
May The Force Be With Us.
“In this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are.” –Yoda Defense One just printed an admission by the Navy Secretary which warns if the defense industry can’t boost production, arming both Ukraine and the US may become “challenging.” Gosh, who would have ever thought that? Could it be OSD, the JCS, and the individual …
What We’re Up Against
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine Every combat general knows he must be aware of what he is up against. The military uses intelligence sources to tell them the disposition of the enemy, where they are, how many they are, how strong they …
Why Are We Paying Able-Bodied Men To Not Work
I was just reading the US labor report for 2022. Did you know that there are over 7,000,000 men age 25-45 who have quit their jobs and live off of government benefits since 2019? Also, I see that there were 779,000 jobs posted just last month. Why? We are paying able-bodied men…to NOT work. There is a …
Anthony’s Pizza
Anthony’s Pizza; A retired Army Colonel’s observations from the AAFES Food Court. First if you know what an AAFES Food Court is, then you will appreciate this (Army Air Force Exchange System aka PX/BX) I live in DuPont, WA, located right across I-5 from JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord or for the Army types Ft …
Radical! Who Is Hakeem Jeffries?
The new leader of the House Democrats says to Nancy Pelosi, “Hold my beer”! The national news media has not vetted Hakeem Jeffries, and for good reason. They don’t want the American public knowing just how tame he makes Nancy Pelosi look.
The Crisis Syndrome
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” That pithy and cynical quote is attributed to Winston Churchill, but Rahm Emmanuel resurrected it during the Obama administration by saying “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Now, it has become a standing policy with the DNC. Absent a real crisis, Democrats and their …
Oh Kamala!
In 60 years of observing to the state of our union, I have seen nothing like the open and notorious ineptness displayed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
“Given ’em Hell Harry:” Reflections on Plain Speaking President Harry S Truman
Harry S. Truman is one of my favorite presidents. And I’m not even a Democrat. So why, then, is “give ‘em hell” Harry one of my favorite presidents?
The Washington Post Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Conservatives have been saying, for a long time now, that the credentialed media were quite biased in their reporting, mostly, though not quite entirely, biased in a leftward direction. Yes, my site has focused much of its attention to The Philadelphia Inquirer, but it’s hardly alone; we reported previously how The New York Times found …
Mike Thiac on the death in police custody of Tyre Nichols
As a sworn law enforcement officer with over 3 decades of experience, I have few comments on the death in police custody of Mr. Tyre Nichols.
Two Special Counsel Theories – One DoJ Conclusion
There are two theories about Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special counsel to Investigate Joe Biden. Both point to DoJ corruption.
This Year the Epidemic Seems to be the Discovery of Classified Documents in the Most Surprising and Unexpected Places Part 1
A new Precedent, Continuation of Previous Years, or What is Going on With These Classified Documents Showing Up in the Strangest Places?
White Memphis Police Officer Relieved of Duty Over Killing, But Attorney Argues He Wasn’t at the Fatal Encounter
A sixth officer from the Memphis Police Department has been relieved of duty in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols, 29, following a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said on Monday that Preston Hemphill, who has served as an officer since 2018, was relieved of duty when the department began their …
Drone sales, diplomacy, deployment, and force projection
Chemical weapons are called the poor man’s atom bomb. The drone is becoming the poor man’s carrier. A three-year-old meme on Facebook discussing the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani shows how force projection has changed in the last few decades: Sucks to be him. And I don’t question there were a few more people in the loop …
Democrats Love Precedent, Except When They Don’t
Democrats shouted the word “precedent” from the mountain tops all of last year before the SCOTUS Dobbs Decision. They screamed it almost as much as they screeched “democracy”, as in a threat to our… Of course, these were just words and crocodile tears, nothing more.