Driving home from Mass today when out of nowhere my son started belting out, “I can climb the highest mountain…” Me (astonished): Where did you learn St. Elmo’s Fire? Him: Watching Deadpool 2. ☠️ 😂

The PME wars have once again kicked off on Twitter.

When I was still fighting my forced discharge, I told my chain of command over and over that these policies wouldn't break me. Ultimately, they didn't. What broke me was how easily and quickly I was abandoned. What broke me was realizing how much of the "profession" was smoke and mirrors.

Dort is arguing with a priest over the symbology of the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony. Can’t makes this shit up

My kid is obsessed with Marvel, DC, and Disney so we got him a bookcase to display his museum pieces. He never takes them out of their cases. Going to add a couple of floating shelves because I foolishly thought this would be enough room.

most recent email i have received is a guy who told me i should be lynched. looked him up and he is a 68/69-year-old retiree in phoenix who doesn't appear to be married or have children. his facebook page is nothing but reposted memes and AI slop and he used to post a lot on gun forums

Are you telling me that the guy who claimed Obama was born in Kenya is a racist?

Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...

And the O6 gives a 2LT answer because he wasn’t expecting anyone to push back.

All in all, a good day to turn 53!

“Kneel before Zod.”

SIL spittin’ straight facts! 😂

This is a masterpiece!

Happy 1-year anniversary to this banger!

I'm no PhD economist, but did a massive, cross-sector tax hike on consumer goods and industrial precursors make doing business in the US more expensive or less expensive? Explain it to me like I'm Peter Navarro, Howard Lutnick, or Scott Bessent.

Both of these guys are full of shit. I attended CGSC in 2009. Taught there ‘12-13 and ‘23-25. There is no “Globalism” instruction, not that either of these clowns could define it anyway.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

From a low level insider, the baseline reaction described here is directionally correct. The sense of anger, however, was less that there was a deal with Tehran, it’s that the deal was elevated over Snowden, Ukraine, Syria, and the response to the Islamic State. A moderate win bracketed by loss.

Y’all didn’t realize they were using “Democracy dies in darkness” as a mission statement, not a salutary motto

US Central Command said American forces carried out five strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria between 27 January and 2 February, destroying what it described as a communications site, logistics node and weapons storage facilities. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=66414

This degree of movement so fast on an issue among American voters feels…almost unprecedented? Political scientists, help me out here.

Not the age cohort Andrews is wildly guessing about. Army brat on a ROTC scholarship; LSU c/o 1995. Went there because of a few reasons: sports — Shaq was still there, football; party scene; leave home. Have I mentioned it’s warm and the women are beautiful?

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...

PSA: Silver Diner has a pretty good açaí bowl.

I can never take the mask thing seriously because:

Rectum? Damn near killed him!

One thing about me is I’ll move the couch and rearrange the furniture for you but if you change your mind I’m going to suddenly need assistance just show I can ensure you share some of the pain.

This administration’s treatment of a NATO ally is both incredibly disgraceful and contrary to U.S. national interests.

Co-opting elites is but one way authoritarians stay in power.

My Latina SIL is worried. She’s a citizen; now carries proof w/her.

Alternate headline: POTUS sues the American taxpayer. www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/b...

You know who really ought to pay attention the result in TX Sen 9? Democratic leadership in Congress.

Some screen grabs from something I've been putting off for a few months now (note the sources). Definitions of Mil effectiveness from @proftalmadge.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @risabrooks12.bsky.social and others. 1/4

The dort mischaracterizing history and not actually knowing why staffs developed

Full rights and citizenship actually means they’re not a “foreign labor class.” And that’s what he’s angry about. He’s mad citizenship is universal rather than restricted to white people like before the civil war bsky.app/profile/gbbr...

It’s cold AF out, so I registered for the Cherry Blossom 5K.

The reason Napoleon won SO MANY of his battles and wars of choice was his deeply competent “HEAVY” staff that allowed him to partition his army into independent corp sized contingents that could act independently on a strategic, operational, and tactical level. His marshals were DEEPLY COMPETENT.

So cold out that Beaux didn’t go in the yard this morning. Trotted out the door and pissed in the middle of the driveway. 😂

Dort is really dumb y’all. I love that the first reply I saw is from a former SAMS Director stating, “Actually, Napoleon created the modern staff….”

Listen to Mike. He learned about small unit tactics when he failed to report to OBC.

The intent is to share the database across DHS to allow for instant identity verification, which is synonymous with PNG-ing Americans from things like flying, passports, pre-check, and a whole lot of other things. This is China-levels of governmental intrusion and surveillance.

Trump goes on a tirade calling Alex Pretti an agitator and “perhaps, insurrectionist.”

So it’s now the War Acquisition University but still the National Defense Strategy? We are an unserious people.

Who's ready for another government shutdown? We're probably going to get one. And AGAIN we have a special election (TX-18) during the shutdown (Dem likely). Will Speaker Johnson AGAIN delay swearing in a new Rep.? Once seated, he can only afford to lose ONE defector from his conference on any vote.

99% sure this was at the old Fulton County Stadium

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Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.

Can’t decide if I should attempt to go back to grad school. Part of me wants to out of a combo of spite / personal satisfaction. Another is saying F it.

Like many Americans, I’m a generation removed from poverty. My dad grew up in a 1-room shack w/no plumbing until he was 15. When he talks about his youth, I don’t get the impression it was from a lack of effort. Also, what about the historical barriers to credit faced by minorities + women?