MWhite

Hahaha ok

I see we have our Chalabi all picked out.

"The Executive Branch is the branch most prone to war, therefore, the Constitution, with studied care, delegated the war power to the legislature." — James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1798

The Iraq War AUMF vote destroyed multiple political careers and, via Hillary Clinton, helped decide at least two presidential elections. Congress’s big takeaway from that experience was to stop holding votes on wars.

(crashing in the sense of a wave rolling from north american eastward. not the other kind of crashing that airplanes do, which i thought about 1 second after i posted that)

In a period of 12 hours the SECDEF has gone after:
- boy scouts
- anthropic
- the ivy league

meanwhile, the largest build-up of air assets since 2003 - maybe more! - is crashing across the world.

Need more data centers.

Air Guard and Reserve troops say new Air Force rules add confusion for benefits A new Air Force policy meant to make health care easier for reservists and Air National Guardsmen may add to frustrations, troops say.

Air Guard and Reserve troops say new Air Force rules add confusion for benefits trib.al/SdpQGGp

MAGAs won't watch Star Trek if you strip out all the diversity and luxury space communism but you will lose the people who watch Star Trek.

Always

Noem’s luxury ‘deportation’ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets.

SCOOP: Noem's DHS has acquired at least NINE new jets in recent weeks, with another one on the way.

Half are luxury jets.

gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury...

Marines remain the few, the proud, the skinny under new standards The maximum waist-to-height ratio allowed for Marines is more stringent than the Defense Department’s requirement.

Marines remain the few, the proud, the skinny under new standards trib.al/tWkBNGJ

thats great!

you took the oath from Keyser Soze.

Pretty good aviation CW5 talk!

chief of aviation at Rucker. Noelle had the perfect southern-girl voice and was fearless. she'd just call up ANYBODY like "im so sorry, y'all, but can you explain this to me?"

and every time, they did. love Noelle.

Simone Biles Got ‘the Twisties’ — Military Pilots Know The Feeling | Coffee or Die When gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from several Olympic events last month with “the twisties,” one military community may have found her story hauntingly familiar: pilots. In a now-deleted Instagram p...

Lots of jokes about Warrant Officers and the 'rarely seen mythical creature' of CW5.

Also lots of Olympics talks.

well, at my last place, our reporter Noelle not only got a CW5 *on the phone*, she got him to talk about Olympic gymnastics.

Really fun story.
www.coffeeordie.com/article/twis...

Reporters call me for help with their FOIA fights because they like to hear me get mad and use a lot of swear words. And I’m always happy to deliver.

I never thought that I would have the opportunity to write a book, let alone two, for @uncpress.bsky.social's Civil War America series. Mark has been an absolute pleasure to work with. Do yourself a favor and pitch him your idea.

none of these people are honest or smart, but PLEASE, SOMEBODY, DO THIS:

Admin: "Greenland 'providing the shield' for the US"
ANYBODY: "Shield from who?"
Admin: "What?"
ANYBODY: "Who is the threat?"
Admin: "Any-
ANYBODY: "If its Russia, why aren't we dismantling thier army today in Ukraine?"

great story from Nic on Guard unit that stepped in to rescue French special ops in a 2023 firefight.

It's Day 4, y'all.

**Even AIs know** that "weekly columnist" is the easiest, plushest job in the history of the American economy!

That AI "trained" on the Rick Reilly and David Brooks archives and was like "best paid guy on the masthead FOR THIS? This is the way."

what is the palace intrigue angle here?

Oh, thanks, i misread/remembered.

(also, highlights that its funny that assault and attack are two different army jobs)

National Guardsmen awarded French valor medal for rescue of allied special forces The New York National Guard soldiers flew an all-night rescue mission in 2023 to reach an ambushed team of French commandos.

Confession: ive cooked away my brain today on this and, more so, the Bad Site.
im leaving for a bit. go read this good story Nic and I wrote about some Chinook pilots who were NOT at the SOTU last night (non-partisan, just simply whole different story).
taskandpurpose.com/news/nationa...

A screenshot of Flightradar24 showing Delta 9959 doing loops around Greensboro.

This passenger-less Delta flight is taking a joyride around the Triad this afternoon.

www.flightradar24.com/DAL9959/3e7d...

Munich is a masterpiece and this interview made me stop in 2 different parts for a thought i'd never heard before.

FFS people, winning is hard and you have to give a LOT to get there.

idk how you live since 2016 and don't absorb that.

Maine is Maine. take a deep breath and let them handle it.

95% chance he and i were both at several of the same industry events, standing around bored out of our minds.

Same energy.