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Small town kid. Joined the military. Stuck w/ it for 21 yrs. Stayed in defense. Planner & strategist. Inventor of the coffee egg cream & mocha coffee egg cream

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*but it is avoiding...

13.10.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two changes could reconcile many acquisition ills:
1. Let people say "yes". No is the easiest word because it sounds like a decision it is avoiding making a decision mostly from fear.
2. Treating innovation like it can be delivered with certainty completely taints exploration.

13.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The dog whistling they are doing about it being a "Soros-antifa" event is practically inviting Jan 6-like alumni to show up and counter-protest in a very "stand back and stand by" sort of vibe.

13.10.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Followed by "Critical thinking is a secret sauce!"

13.10.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and white shirt says it was my understanding there would be no math ALT: a man in a suit and white shirt says it was my understanding there would be no math
13.10.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is an excellent point.

13.10.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Miss a paycheck and I can see a general strike of all federal workers, uniformed and civilian, that would rival France.

(Which would be funny seeing certain DHS agencies as everyone points to a corner where they can go protest away from group)

13.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Are there ANY questions?

12.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Escabeche sitting in mason jars on top of an oak and cherry cutting board.

Escabeche sitting in mason jars on top of an oak and cherry cutting board.

Escabeche this morning. Great way to use veg and peppers that haven't found a home in another dish. Carrot, onion, jalapeΓ±o, green tomatoes, toasted garlic cloves.

12.10.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't elect a man or his party that claims to have "concepts of a plan". We have examples as to why.

12.10.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Therein lies my failure. A transplanted Californian in Rochester, NY not given to the trust of the locals to explain the regional ritual.

11.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And I drank it one day warm. I've never been the same.

11.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And then that poor E-3 gets his notice from DFAS, a couple years down the road when he's out and law and order comes back, that it all has to be paid back.

11.10.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sweet goodness, Utica Club was what we drank in college after we ran out of Beast, then Genny Light, and finally scratched out enough change in the couch cushions to buy those cheap gold cans of horrible goodness.

11.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll believe it when they all sign the discharge petition and a majority participate in drafting of articles of impeachment. Instead they'd rather let the monkey the handed a blowtorch and an AK run wild a little longer.

11.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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11.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Financial manager.

11.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

11.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 528    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 24

First they came for USAID and then the CDC...
Again...and entirely illegal and impeachable series of actions is how every dialogue on things like this needs to begin.

11.10.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the Trump version of Huntet Biden Burisma, but with dad actually involved while he's a sitting President. Starts with crypto scams ends with TikTok.

11.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like the stalking horse JTF for a Venezuela contingency when we had a perfectly good JIATF that could've been simply enhanced. Change my mind.

www.southcom.mil/News/PressRe...

11.10.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration knocks out at least 15 oversight websites, saying IGs 'lied to the public' It's not a shutdown issue: the White House is withholding funds from the umbrella organization for the government's inspectors general.

Not a result of the shutdown - Trump administration deprives public of easy access to thousands of IG reports, including those that expose problems at VA medical centers via @defenseone.bsky.social www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

02.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Suddenly this seems like the least absurd thing the U.S. could do for any diplomatic effort across the world compared to the current bizarre show we are living now.

11.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Between the 25th Ammendment and a straight up impeachment, there is a point when all of those defenders of the "unitary and plenary executive" need to realize as much as they love that idea, their first test of that authority was given to a monkey w/ a blow torch in one hand and an AK in the other.

10.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses For the partners of America’s active-duty service members, finding a stable, well-paid job is often impossible.

A reminder (from my 2019 @theatlantic.com reporting) that as military families go without pay this shutdown, many of them are single-paycheck households relying on the servicemember's income because the spouses have been pushed out of the workforce.

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

10.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Maybe he thinks they work like when drug companies give people 1500% off of perscriptions?

10.10.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not against the right of people to peacefully assemble and organize with like minded people. Great movements have gone that way. But parties man...people need to know that there are other ways. Parties are definitely not a suicide pact nor are they in the Constitution...as a way to frame this.

10.10.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's going to happen...as they probably know they are going to loses VA and MD in the next two elections.

10.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Followed by other reports that there may be 200 personnel assigned to civil reconstruction in Israel proper. Sounds to me like an big CMOCC designed to stabilize things so they can hand off occupation and building to the zoning commission called Gaza International Transitional Authority (GITA)

10.10.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Counter-argument: Impeachment works just fine. The people responsible for enacting it only have a partisan compass not a moral compass, and therein it fails. We elect representatives who falter when the task is required & cannot police their own when they must for the cause of our nation over party.

10.10.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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