Jim Wright

Skepticism is healthy, but the crux of the story is entirely credible. I was on the receiving end of a similar speech from a commander in western Iraq, back in 2003, long before Christian Nationalism became a military career path. Annointed leaders and bringing forth the apocalypse are not new.

No, and I won't.

Military leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaint A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ...

I watched this churchification of the military from the inside from roughly 2001 until I retired in 2014. I suppose it was predictable that it would end up here, yet still, I lack the vocabulary to describe my level of disgust at what the military has become today.

"database" is an 8-letter word. Never mind being "above her pay grade", it's likely above her "grade level".

Glass Half Full: At least we don't have to speculate any more as to whether military leaders will consider the legality or ethics of executing any order put in front of them.

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Trump will never know what real mass celebrations in the streets look like or how fantastic they will be.

If you didn’t believe me… here is someone who knows the system way better than most I suspect. Even without contingency plans like this, one never knows what they get when they kill a bad leader… there are a lot of bad people hungry to take his or her place.

After the Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs, companies line up for refunds The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Trump's tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question unanswered: What's going to happen to the money the government has already collected?

What we always knew it would be - another transfer of wealth to the wealthy. $133 Billion collected by the government, the vast majority of it passed on by importers to consumers, now to be refunded to those importers - but never down to the consumer.
Let me guess: "We didn't vote for this!"

It's been 40 years since Challenger; a full generational flip in leadership. Even the most junior engineers and managers present that day are very likely gone.

All it takes for history to start repeating is leadership no longer having a personal connection to tragedies and failures of the past.

If only it were that easy.

It was always BS, now we get to see him not make it to the Moon, either. But at least he absorbed billions of taxpayer dollars taking contracts away from teams that could have gotten the job done.

(HC Richardson) "We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”

I work for a Really Big Company. Over the past 5 years, proposal writing has transitioned away from the old school human "color team" approach to AI tools, like Rohirrim/others.

There is a direct and *inverse* relationship between percent of AI contribution and win rate. There's a "reality check".

Trump's Nobel Peace Lies María Corina Machado was given the choice between dictatorship and dishonor. In the end, she will get both.

I think I've learned everything I need to know about Machado and her potential to help the Venezuelan people from this one picture.

I'll put on my cynic hat for a moment. Had opportunity to observe protests in several different cities around the country over the past 10 months.
While a substantial number of people are invested in the protest, roughly half are either mildly interested lookie-lou's or social media clickbait types.

Things are likely going to have to get a whole lot worse before the average American is ready to face down an active firing line.

Revolutionary War timeline refresher: The Boston Massacre occurred in 1770. The war didn't start until 5 years later.

I think you "misunderestimate" the percentage of willing bad actors in federal law enforcement today.

I think it's entirely credible that every ICE unit has at least one member who's ready to fire into a crowd today, especially now they know command will lie as necessary to protect them.

I think you're making an assumption here that the response to protest will not escalate faster than the protest itself.

We are rapidly approaching the day when they fire indiscriminately into a crowd because "they feared for their lives".

I hope this is true!

The only internal bleeding this guy might have is from perforating an ulcer because he drank too much while celebrating.

Breaking:

The Pentagon continues to do stuff it has been doing all along...

Trump says second Venezuela strike possible if government does not cooperate Trump's comments to reporters aboard Air Force One suggested Colombia and Mexico could also face military action if they do not reduce the flow of illicit drugs to the United States.

Thereby proving it didn't have shit to do with Maduro to begin with.

Follow @listifications.app and then in notifications. It's pretty fun tracking what posts that these snowflakes will block you for

US admiral leading US troops in Latin America to step down Admiral Alvin Holsey will retire two years early, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday's seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boat...

Misleading story @reuters.com. Holsey announced his early retirement and stepped down from his position before the first boat murder event.
The guy who should be retiring early, as an E-1 with forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and prosecuted is Bradley.

Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

The Justice Department has waged an unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private information.

The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.

Late night dog walk

a soccer player is laying on the field in front of a banner that says fifa ALT: a soccer player is laying on the field in front of a banner that says fifa

FIFA needs to put an end to this, too, if it wants to be considered a "beautiful sport".

€120 Million is insufficient to force a change in behavior. They need to add 3 zeros if they want to be taken seriously.

By analogy, how many people would worry about parking illegally if the fine was only 10 cents? Add 3 zeros, make it $100, rules get followed.