The military isn’t made for law enforcement! But also murder and / or other crime are state crimes, not federal laws, and so true or not, and regardless of the wisdom of using the military this way, such crime is not sufficient to satisfy the factual predicates of 12406(3)

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

In the books Boromir insists on blowing his horn when the fellowship leaves Rivendell. “I will not go forth as a thief” Theoden sounds Rohan’s arrive with a horn. Rohan isn’t there for an ambush. Not like thieves. Not cheats. Not afraid. For Theoden doesn’t fear even death. Death is his battle cry

Gotta say, was impressed by the list Strategy: A History The Influence of Sea Power Upon History Command and Control Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents The Social Contract Social Theory of International Politics Discipline and Punish Are Prisons Obsolete? Three Cups of Tea (lol)

deep fakes of alpha podcast bros with melodramatic audio, spouting positive morality tales from classic books Visual: Dude pumping iron in the gym V/o: Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

All Will Ferrell movies have unassailable comedic premises, hilarious first and second acts, but then struggle to find a conclusion and have forgettable absurd 3rd acts. Elf, talledega nights, blades of glory, step brothers, other guys, anchorman…

General Vandergrift. The biggest road on MCB Pendleton is named after him. Led 1st Mar Div on Guadalcanal, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Made commandant in 1944. First Marine to attain a fourth star. Saved the Marine Corps after the war with his “Bended Knee” speech to Congress.

Why does being a Marine matter? Why are we all so crazy about it? Listen my children, and you shall hear, a tale from the bad days of Afghan relocation, and how being a silly Marine changed lives.

If you want to make it to Veterans Day you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.

On this pass through of Lord of the Rings I’m a real Theoden stan. Big theoden guy. King makes good. Redemption arc. Eomer is a great hype man. Was there any man so brave, so good, so steadfast, as Theoden King?

3018 TA. Sauron is now master of middle Earth. Only the Gondor stands before him- hobbits are now battlefields.

If Senate Dems get off on this, you know, they could just stay home and repeatedly smash their own dicks with hammers. Same result, and they’d only be harming themselves in the process

“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...

A bill of Dems choosing? On a date certain? It’s like I’m allowed to ask my parents for any piece of candy in the store. I can ask. They have guaranteed me they’ll say no. But I get to pick which they’ll say no to!

In the extended edition of two towers, after helms deep, when the Uruk Hai run into Fangorn… reminds you that cuts are made for reasons. The theatrical cuts are flawless and perfect youtu.be/u8a_UpuYVTg?...

You can’t win elections by losing negotiations. On Tuesday voters showed the fuck up in an off year, after a brutal year fighting prevent the worst abuses of power. And Dems in Congress take that gift, that sacrifice, and are poised to secure zero policy wins based on it. Feckless losers.

Ive worked on some campaigns, and fought in a war. Neither makes me an expert. I’m not. But both experiences inform my opinion that what voters really want, above all else, is someone who they trust to fight for their interest, and not sell out their position, when the doors are closed.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

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I know the bsky collective has decided anyone associated with DHS is ICE because ~messaging~, but just reiterating that this is BP Which, yknow, wildly waving a gun around flagging multiple other LEOs seems like the sort of thing other agencies might want to distance themselves from

If you want to make it to Veterans Day you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.

Before you say it, Judge Wolf took Senior Status in 2013 and President Obama appointed his replacement in 2014. His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill. What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.

He's not talking about me, i'm 36.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Catholics favored 30.5 over Navy.

Powerball jackpot tonight is 467,000,000. So to get to a trillion, I’d only have to win a jackpot like tonight’s … 2,141 times. To put it another way, I’d have to win the lottery, once a week, every week, for … 41 years Hot streaks like that? Very rare. Have to be quite lucky. Fingers crossed.

Details matter. The counter that details are pedantic and messaging is more important are frustrating My whole problem with the other side is their callous treatment of facts and details and nuance. Accurate and truthful details matter, and matter when talking to a general audience most of all

Current state of play in NG lit LA - reh'g en banc denied for 9CA panel's stay of TRO. Merits appeal continues Chicago - 7th cir declines to stay TRO. DOJ appeals to SCOTUS, SCOUTS asked for briefing on "regular forces" Oregon - bench trial complete, district court has issued permanent injunction

this is a perfect 30 rock joke

I thought the “most going through a divorce energy post of the week ” award was all locked up for this week, but Elon with a strong play for it here, and making a case for top of the year

Can I tell you about someone else whose followers included adult content creators

Socialists know quotas and salt mines, not freedom. Freedom’s Route 66 under bald eagles and billboards, the hiss of a Coke can in July, a Bass Pro hat in church. It’s backyard fireworks, Walmart ribs, and the right to max out a credit card chasing the dream they’d regulate to death.

I don’t know anything about intelligence or authorities but do you mean to tell me the Storm from X-Men is not only real, but she’s in charge of national intelligence?

The wording of this is highly unusual, and suggests that Justice Jackson is expecting the First Circuit to rule on a stay pending appeal (a longer pause of the district court's order) in the next few days. I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.

Referring the admin’s emergency petition to the whole court would have slowed down getting the payments out. We expect a First Circuit decision within the next day, day and a half. Monday a.m. tops. Stay tuned.

begging people to actually read the story about Ketanji Brown Jackson issuing the SNAP administrative stay before ranting about the Supreme Court Did It Again

are you reading national guard litigation documents and wondering: ok but so the heck what? what happened, does it matter, should i care, and what does any of it mean? if so, buckle up, here's your takeaways:

From the Halls of Montezuma

look at this jag off. Midwest representation at it's finest.

say we are playing football. Ref throws a flag, blows the whistle. play is dead, the ball backs up 5 yards. everyone just does it because... its the ref, that's who is in charge of making those calls, they maintain a veneer of objectivity, and without a neutral arbiter, we don't have a game at all

On lawfare’s Rational Security pod this week, I heard two things that stuck in my brain, and felt worth repeating The first was Ben Wittes really grappling with having advocated for an infrastructure that allowed for lethal strikes, and see it twisted into something farcical and unrecognizable

The Senate has defeated an effort by Democrats to force a war powers vote on the U.S. military buildup re: Venezuela. Sen. Rand Paul R-KY & Sen. Lisa Murkowski R-AK were the only two GOP Senators to break ranks.

Arsenal of Democracy

I may have committed a little 💡🌳☀️

Does anyone know where the love of God goes While at the green light Gatsby glowers -The Wreck of the F Scott Fitzgerald

It’s an under appreciated skill. I was a veteran backdrop for an anti J6 thing on Capitol Hill one time, and some electeds spoke, and there was an anti-Israel protester trying to yell over the speakers, and you had to just stone face it, give no hint, cause it’s getting recorded for tv clip packages

I don't know if Tucker has got enough politician in him to be a US Senator. But he's got a lot of nerdy energy. I was guessing DLI, but he was active duty enlisted artillery, then got into West Point while enlisted, and went cyber. Supports Ukraine. I respect what he's doing here.

Does anyone know where the love of god goes When West Egg parties drag into wee hours? - The Wreck of the F Scott Fitzgerald

lesson for the veteran-sphere: “veteran” isn’t sufficient to carry a brand or cause on its own. You need a uniquely valuable product or premise Selling a commodity like coffee and your only angle is “veteran” quickly spirals to the absurd, precisely because the concept can’t be owned or defended