Speaking of timely and accurate data……
While looking around for the previous post-look what I stumbled onto on the US Navy’s web site. What’s wrong with this picture? The Carrier Air Wing The typical air wing aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft...
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I realize with Arnold banging his housekeeper, its hard to focus on anything else ( don’t people use condoms anymore?). But one United States Senator has his eye on the ball: U.S. Senators Carl Levin...
View ArticleWhat was the number of that truck driving school again?
Why can’t we just catch the contracting officer in a compromising position? It’s got to be easier to blackmail your way into a successful bid than this shit:
View ArticleNo pix past the Styx.
If the world is ending tomorrow-why do I have to go to work today? I should have gotten on a plane a week ago and been spending this week on an Asian beach somewhere-with drinks and companionship....
View ArticleIn defense of Newt Gingrich…..
This post is dedidcated to commenter Stu. What does it say about today’s Republican party that a Presidential candidate cannot state the truth about Paul Ryan’s budget plan without immediately being...
View ArticleA new low……..
Three years ago. ( three years! That alone is appalling)-when I was contemplating my expulsion from paradise and the reality of having to take up residence in Gehenna on the Tennessee, a commenter here...
View ArticleSummed up in one paragraph…….
John Cole describes Paul Ryan’s evil and disgusting budget proposal: Medicare costs are increasing too fast, so in order to get those costs in line, we’ll use the Ryan plan! We’ll give trillions away...
View ArticleUnrequired hysteria.
I have been watching with considerable interest, the generally unhinged reaction of many prominent mil-blogs and other commentaries about President Obama’s speech last Thursday regarding Israel and the...
View ArticleI’m sure MPRI would take him back
Our boy Allen West is at it again-wading knee deep in to the mud of hypocrisy. The House on Thursday narrowly shot down an amendment to scale back military operations in Afghanistan, highlighting...
View ArticleA different kind of Memorial Day post
I’ve been out of pocket this weekend-down in Pensacola, playing golf at AC Read, watching the boats go across the sound, and catching up with some friends. He let me in on some very sad developments...
View ArticleToo stupid to be allowed to live……
John Cole has it right. The current crop in Congress is positively evil: Considering they haven’t created one job since taking office, and haven’t so much as advanced one plan to create jobs since they...
View ArticleNo man can serve two masters.
Thanks to Maurice for the title of this post. This is a Navy Focused post. It would seem our boy Harvey is at it again-by usurping the chain of command: UNCLASSIFIED// FM COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK...
View ArticleOdds and ends-TGIF!
Today was an interesting day. Not interesting in a good way, interesting in a reaffirmation of bad choices, kind of way. And, as an extra added bonus, I get to spend the rest of the month wondering who...
View ArticleChicken Hawk
Another good sea story-repeated from another post I made at another blog-a long time ago and in better times: A long time ago and in a galaxy far away…………… The term did not have the same perjorative...
View ArticleCatching up with the times.
You can now follow Skippy-san on Facebook! Some ass-wipe stole my nom-de- guerre on Twitter, so when you get those crotch shots, they are not from me! Come help me fill up my wall!
View ArticleThere are lots of dedicated public servants like him.
Lawrence Eagleburger passed away this weekend. He is one of the few professional Foreign Service officers to rise to become Secretary of State. One of the things that gets lost in the whole stupid...
View ArticleThere will be no vindication for you……
Profanity ALERT! Dear Andrew Breitbart, Just because Congressman Weiner was forced to confess and apologize for something that is none of your fucking business-that does not, somehow,...
View ArticleHe’s probably right
Joshua Green makes the case why Weiner should resign. I have no idea what will become of Anthony Weiner now that he has tearfully confessed, at great length and in uncomfortable detail, to tweeting...
View ArticleHistory as allegory
A commenter at Sullivan’s blog has it nailed down: I think it helps to understand that, for right-wing populists, this thing we call “history” is less about real people who did real things in the real...
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