Many folks assume Nazis were competent, efficient, and thus effective (even though we kicked their asses). There might be a bit of truth to that. But many in Hitler’s inner circle were stooges appointed for ideological purity and personal loyalty, not competence or professional qualifications. (1/2)

This is insane and $50 million would be a small sum. The details in the article are worse than title. Government should protect rights, not deliberately violate them. abcnews.go.com/US/79-year-u...

“… federal officials were offended by Ms. Beckwith’s suggestion that immigration agents were going to violate the rights of migrants.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

After brandishing the firearm for no apparent lawful reason, he stuck it under his belt while struggling with the victim. It was pointed directly at his own groin before (predictably) falling out nearly within reach of the victim. Fortunate it didn’t discharge or wasn’t grabbed by the victim. Clown.

Some items on civil-military relations: warontherocks.com/2022/09/to-s... A clear and concise consensus statement of what civ-mil relations should look like. This is noteworthy because it is signed by 8 former SECDEFs and 5 former CJCSs.

An old BBC clip of Saddam gathering party leadership to conduct a purge of opponents and people whom he perceived to lack personal loyalty to him. www.bbc.com/news/av/worl...

My laptop finally accepted the update that the IT folks have been attempting to push for two months.

Reminder that there are streaming church services beginning pretty much anytime today that works for you. Here are a few with start times at 8:00, 8:55, 9:00, 9:15, 10:45, 11:00, 11:30, and 12:00 (all times eastern). (Updated times and links)

What’s a good gift for someone celebrating four years of sobriety?

One day, I will find the person who is not re-racking the weights in my basement gym. I will hunt him down.

My kids like cinnamon toast. I just mixed another batch of cinnamon and sugar. Recipe: - 4 round tablespoons of sugar - 1 scoop (29g) of Isopure unflavored protein powder - dump in a cereal bowl - cover it in cinnamon - mix - cover it in cinnamon again - mix The perfect crime.

This dish is called “I don’t know.” It’s what my daughter gets when we ask what she wants for dinner and she says “I don’t know.” It’s a banana, smothered in peanut butter, with scrambled, cheesy eggs, and salt.

Each school shooting causes life-long physical and mental trauma to dozens and sometimes hundreds of kids, dozens of teachers and support staff, and their families. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Please read the entire article. www.denverpost.com/2025/09/10/e...

I’m open to any suggestions on how to open this sink stopper. There’s no lever. And I don’t have anything to pry it open with. Really don’t feel like making a maintenance call in a hotel at 9:45pm. I guess I’ll wait until morning.

Your preparation for TDY is packing cargo shorts and browsing Yelp to see what sports bars and steak houses are available. My preparation for TDY is packing protein powder, creatine, lifting shoes, coffee-making supplies, gym clothes, and purchasing a short-term pass to a gym. We are not the same.

I just mixed a protein shake in my blender bottle and my Apple Watch congratulated me for washing my hands.

Some good news in a timeline too often lacking it.

Which one of these doors is upside-down?

it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license

There is so much unnecessary crap in @adobe.com Acrobat (notably AI tools that nobody wants), that it’s nearly unusable.

My kids go back to the bioweapon lab this week. I mean back to school. 😷🤒

Many people thought AI was going to put lawyers out work. They may have been right for the wrong reason. Some lawyers are putting their careers on the line by relying on AI. Professions apply specialized knowledge to abstract situations. ChatGPT can’t do that. www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/...

In the last couple of weeks, two strangers have said to me, “you look like you lift weights.” I do not look like I lift weights. I have to assume that what they really mean is, “you look like you don’t do enough endurance training.”

We just ate dinner at a restaurant. My son had to use the potty. When we came back to the table, my daughter loudly asked what took so long. My son, even more loudly, explained: “It was a shy one, so I had to push really hard to get it out!”

I occasionally see people trying to market their “Ranger School prep” training program. My “train up” was just a crapload of ruck marches. I know the school has changed a lot since I graduated from the last hard class in 2001, but does it really need to be any more complicated than that?

Our kids are great. They make their beds and brush their teeth as soon as they wake up. The problem is that they wake up at 4:45am.

I have never had any use for a kettlebell. God gave us barbells for a reason.

We used to be strict about keeping the dogs off the couch. Then we realized that the big dog just likes to sit there and watch the sunrise. We allow it.

Was reminded of Bentham’s argument that fear of crime can be a worse harm than crime itself. Everyone can be affected by fear of crime but relatively few people experience serious crime. And fear of crime can easily be manipulated for nefarious purposes.

Finished my workout. Now I can drive 45 minutes, then stand around for 15 minutes, then “warm up,” and do whatever it is that Army thinks my workout should be. Since it’s Monday, there’s a solid chance today we’re doing a long run, so I only did upper body this morning.

There’s a long history of good-natured smack-talking between the service branches of the armed forces. If ICE wants to count itself among them - and judging from this video, it does - then they should understand how much material they’re giving us with ridiculous videos like this.

My son insists it is too dark in his room when he goes to bed at 8:30pm, but seems to have no concerns at all about walking around all floors of the house in pitch dark at 5am.

Every day on my way to work, I pass a church with a giant hand-painted, wooden sign that says “abortion on demand” is murder. Does the pastor think women, when 6-months pregnant, casually walk into doctors’ offices and ask for abortions like they would walk into a nail salon and ask for a pedicure?

Just had a soldier ask me what “that badge” is, referring to my CIB, noting “I’ve never seen that before.” When I explained, he asked, “oh, kind of like a CAB?” I explained how the CAB didn’t exist until about 20 years ago and then I remembered I’m the old guy and many Soldiers were born after 9/11.

Any opinions on this? Shouldn’t the floor trusses be on top of the beam, rather than nailed to the side of it?

Every night at this time: “Ok, kids are in bed, kitchen is clean, the washing machine, dryer, and dishwasher are running. Time to take a shower and go to… oh crap, I forgot I have to prep my meals for tomorrow.”

Good night to everyone except my wife’s dog, who vomited on the white carpet.

Society wants us to do taco Tuesday. But we did taco Monday. The non-conformity runs deep in this home. 🌮🗓️

“Altman admitted that there is no ‘legal confidentiality’ when users talk to ChatGPT, and that OpenAI would be legally required to share those exchanges should they be subpoenaed.” “Admitted”? Was it a secret that an attorney is part of an attorney-client relationship? futurism.com/chatgpt-lega...

What is this timer for? It rattles and vibrates a lot when it’s running.

My kids wanted cinnamon toast for breakfast. I made a bunch. 4 slices each. What they don’t know is that the cinnamon & sugar is half unflavored protein powder isolate. 💪

Ah yes. Noted scholar and practitioner of international humanitarian law, Bret Stephens.

I don’t foresee an age where professionals have more leisure time. AI robot maids, self-driving cars, telework, and so on - these may eliminate some tasks. But freeing people from household tasks increases expectations at work. This is modernity. We free ourselves from home to be better employees.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

“Pastors… want parishioners… to remember that ICE agents might not be prepared to deescalate these scenarios either… an apparent ICE agent drove up in an unmarked vehicle and pulled a gun on a young man who was taking a photo of the car’s license plate…” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/ice-...

When reading the obituary of John MacArthur you see achievements in the cause of winning people to Christ, but also damage to faithful believers. This obituary also does not mention his partisanship and associated with Trump - both poisonous for the church. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/died...

Can someone explain to me in simple terms why our defense budget is increasing to $1 trillion, but nearly every HQ is being forced to slash costs, cut manning, and do more with less? Where is all of the money going?

I think our dogs have now seen every episode of Bluey at least five times.