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Semper Eye
Semper Eye

Scott Casimiro, a former United States Marine Corps sergeant, lost an eye while overseas. Instead of the standard replacement, his false eye is emblazoned with the gold emblem of the Marine Corps. Here, he participates in the Marine Corps Ultimate Challenge Mud Run in Swansea, South Carolina. Photographer Jodi Martinez is herself a member of the U.S. Air Force as part of the Combat Camera unit, which documents overseas exercises and humanitarian efforts.

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  7. Everyone have a wonderful Veterans Day. It is particularly wonderful with the election over and the Hildebeast consigned to the trash heap of history.

      1. First reference I saw to the “11th Day” today. You know the history of Veterans Day. If not, there’s Wiki. So, on this Veterans Day, chief among those I think about is my grandfather, gassed on the battlefields of the Great War, dead in the postwar at age 27 from the gas, a proud member of New York’s Fighting 69th (Company B, 165th Infantry Regiment, Rainbow Division.)

        1. I used to be part of the 27th IBCT, and one of our infantry BNs was the 69th, which is still based in NYC.

    1. At least you can see his face.

      The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) face is generally covered in semen.

  10. And got in somewhere under 100.

    Have a good day, all, even if you’re still at work.

    Kidlets and missus have the day off, at least.

  11. And of course, channeling my inner Jane Curtin:

    “This just in, Assholio Danny-boi Bernath is STILL disbarred!”

  12. Son-of-a-bitch….this work shit gets in the way of screwing around sometimes…

    In any event thank you all for your service! And thank you all for putting up with my occasional rants and off the wall references. I really enjoy reading your words and seeing your responses to my abject stupidity.

  14. UMPTEENTH! And DITTO Bill M’s comment about Hitlery Rotten Cankles being consigned to the ash heap of has-been politicians!

  16. Great weekend to be enjoyed. Tulsa’s Veteran Parade and actives. Saturday and Sunday, Wanemacher’s Gun show. Eleven acres of guns and related items. Joe

  17. Happy Veteran’s Day to all of you, and thank you for the service and support you’ve given to this country and her people, both in your military days and beyond.

  19. On a separate note, because it’s useful to see that things aren’t always black and white, here’s a picture I found from those so-called ‘special snowflakes’ at Yale showing support for our veterans on this day. Yes, some students are upset and feel they need their exams delayed, but others -the majority, I’d wager- march on and have plenty in common with the rest of the country. I just find it helpful to keep both parts of a complex whole in focus.

    http://imgur.com/a/DQANo

    1. Nice… but, it may be a “trigger” for one of those “special snowflakes” to act out in a temper tantrum.

      1. Actually, I support any and all triggering specifically meant to push snowflakes over the edge.

        Rip that mask off. Snowflakism must be put in its place.

  21. Cool eyeball for Casimiro. Knew a kid in HS that would take out his glass eye and pass it around. Nowadays you could pack a camera in them and up-link the video.

    Nobody whinning about the election around here.
    There are fields to tend and wood to cut and besides its hunting season.

  22. Friday is my second favorite F word.

    Happy Veterans day! Except to the fake vets like Adam Adam of Anchorage, Alaska. Adam Appel works balls.

    Holden

  24. RE; Painted glass eye.

    ESPN’s show E;60 did a segment on a 7 year old named Beckham Zobrist who lost an eye and was teased about it in school. He had his eye painted to reflect his support of his team the Chicago Cubs.

    Suddenly, he was the coolest kid in the school.

    It is amazing how little things make a big difference to both self image and the acceptance of others.

    The segment can be seen here: https://youtu.be/a-Iqmd0cUpw

  25. Yeah! Pence is taking over the transition team! Yeah! Yeah! FatAss Cristie the Bridge Blocker is being shuffled back. Great move!

  26. Actually, I was first.

    As a side benefit to my serving as a door gunner on the super secret orbital troop deployment platform I was given a genetic enhancement that makes me completely undetectable in case of need for solo drop deployments far behind enemy lines.

    I was there. You didn’t see me.

    Genetic enhancements have consequences.
    I won.
    Get over it.

  27. Oh yeah. Nearly forgot…

    The CIA is so fully converged atm that it’s nearly useless, soooo…

    Alex Jones (Infowars) for head of CIA!

    At least then it’d be entertaining.

  28. So I show up to work today and my company announces a 20% reduction in our hours which equates to a 20% pay cut. Going to be fun paying down my wife’s medical bills now. Happy fucking holidays from my employer.

  29. The penguins would declare war.

    kerry antartica

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands inside the historic Shackleton hut near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.

    3. A perfect example of the failures of this administration in regards to foreign policy. Absolutely no reason for the nation’s top diplomat to be in Antarctica and yet he’s there to be “historic” n’ shit.

      I wish he’d get stuck there and never come back.

    8. Breaking News:

      Kerry medivac’d out of Antarctic due to lack of available meds in remote region.

      There was no available supply of Midol when Kerry suddenly was consumed by severe cramps during a series of hot and cold flashes.

      2. He prolly got a severe frost bite of his smelly ex-stank-ass hippie taint. Good ol’ Lurch. He is starting to make Cankles look like a better choice for SOS. I guess he was there to negotiate an anti-globul warming treaty with the penguins. A fitting assignment for him on Veterans Day.

  31. Well, I guess I’m number 44 today, but I was out enjoying a Veteran’s Day lunch with my veteran hubby.

  33. Had an interesting adventure today, most of which isn’t really worth discussing. BUT, I stopped for a quick lunch at a Burger King and was shocked to find a POW/MIA tableau set up in the dining room. Of all places, a Burger King? Yeah, it choked me up. Had to search out the manager and give her a big thank you on behalf of all of us.

  35. Mmm, apparently The Donald is technically considered the “President designate” for now. He doesn’t officially become “President elect” until mid December when the Electoral College results are certified.

    1. Where did you get that? Never heard that one and I am a bit suspicious of its correctness.

      1. For purposes of the Electoral College procedures, it may well be that the President-Elect does not exist until the votes have been certified. However, that doesn’t mean anything outside of the process; that is, for all other purposes, it is correcto call D. Trump the President-Elect and M. Pence the VP-Elect.

      2. Was watching Stuart Varney on Fox Biz the other day, and he was corrected on air that Trump is really a “President Designate” until the Electoral College stuff gets put to bed. Yea, it seems looks semantics, and doesn’t change anything in this case.

  36. “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.”
    US Constitution

    The babies who are whining about the electoral college should note that the manner of distribution of electoral votes (48 of 50 states have winner take all) have a tough road to travel if they want that changed, especially in the current landscape. Republican-controlled legislatures won’t get on board and those that aren’t know what a change may do in the future: ensure the ‘wrong’ (i.e., Republican) side wins. Ain’t gonna happen. Better to keep looting and rioting than to take some time to learn these things, I guess.

    1. The babies who are whining about the electoral college should note…

      An amusing aside to this is that Mr. Trump himself complained about the Electoral College last election. I’m reasonably certain that had he won the popular vote, and Clinton won the EC, the complaints from Mr. Trump would continue today.

        1. And what? I did not vote for Trump. I voted against Clinton. If Trump whined about the EC, so what?

      1. Can you amagine the 400 pound dude bellying up to the all you can ingest dessert counter spotrtin’ the early 90’s cammo BDU emblazon’ with:

        Sniper
        Sapper
        PJ
        EOD
        ESWS
        NAC
        Special Forces
        SEAL
        DV
        Ranger
        Pathfinder
        Pilot
        SS

        All one can really say to the fellow is, “load up buddy, you have clearly earned it”.

        1. If he was grazing at the salad bar, he might have also been seen with:

          4-H
          FFA
          USDA
          Angus

    2. The unbelievable happened Friday. After parading and seeing and being seen, Mrs Dennis – not chevy and I went out for supper. The criterion was it was not to be at a place that give free meals to Veterans. I didn’t want to mix with phonies. As soon as we walked in the hostess asked if there were any Veterans in our group, I said yes. She lead us to a table and asked to see an ID card. She explained they would not tolerate phonies. Later, the waitress said she wanted to double check and wanted to see my ID again. I saw no advertisements, I didn’t asked for a free meal but got one anyway, and I had to show proof. I like it.

  38. Who was asking about the front end problems (last weekend) on their ’93 F150 4×4? If you have any updates on the diagnostics, I’d like to hear about how it’s going.

  39. While y’all were refreshing, to try and be first, I was busy. I was cutting and grinding some venison, and then ground a couple of Pork butts, to mix 50/50 for sausage. The venison came from one of the biggest does that I have seen in this part of Florida.

    1. Do you use Prague powder or other nitrite?

      I like to make boudin over the holidays but the Yanks up here don’t care much for it and finding pork liver is pretty sketchy.

      Sausage casing runs about $4.79/lb in NE Massachusetts, about twice the price of pork butt. I’ve never tried the collagen casing but it might be more efficient for occasional sausage making.

  40. Thursday Night Football, Browns vs Ravens.
    Joe Haden #23 on the Browns. Mr. Haden shook the hands and patted backs of the active duty presenting the Colors. May be a clip of that on YT. Sure seemed heartfelt on his part, he went beyond the “thank you for your service” that predominates.

  41. 77th – Top 100.
    What I get for being off line most of the day.

    Regardless, a good Veteran’s Day to all you real vets from an old civilian.

    I didn’t even get to make my FB montage of photographs of my family members (4 generations) who have served. But we are thankful for all of you.

  42. Unfortunately, I missed the Veterans Day activities.

    I’m home from the hospital, but I keep falling down.

    Yesterday morning, the ambulance had to come and pick me up from off the floor.

    I just now fell down again, but after a long struggle, I eventually got back on my feet.

    The Community Health Nurse was supposed to come and see me, but didn’t make it.

    When she called, while answering the telephone, I fell on the floor again.

    The local Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Community Based Outpatient Clinic says they’re going to send me a walker, so I can stand up.

    I hope it gets here soon.

    Maybe I can get my neighbors to check on me.

    I keep my apartment door unlocked for access by emergency personnel, just in case, although I sleep with a loaded Ruger “Security Six” .357 magnum revolver.

    Other than that, I think I’m doing very well.

    While I was in the hospital, the Department of Medical Affairs increased my Service Connected Disability Rating from Twenty Per Cent (20%) to Seventy Per Cent(70%), mostly due (I think) to my exposure to Agent Orange while serving in the old Republic of Viet Nam, so that should make life a little easier.

    Still, I wish I could stand up and walk, and drive my pickup truck.

    It sure is lonesome here, always falling down.

    1. John,
      You may want to consider different living arrangement where you can have assistance in these situations.
      Will the VA spring for one of those Alert Bracelets?

      1. @ JUST AN OLD DOG :

        I used the Emergency 911 Button that I wear clipped to the my neck of my shirt to call the ambulance.

        I think I’m getting stronger, but I’m still awful wobbly.

        It’s hard to get a drink of water.

        My insides hurt from constantly falling down.

        The middle of the night is bad, because there’s no one around, and no one I can call.

  43. Sorry if this is a repost:
    The flood of Trump-fearing American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential campaign is prompting an exodus left-leaning Americans who fear they’ll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution. Canadian border residents say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global-warming activists, and “green” energy proponents crossing their fields at night.

    “I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. “He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn’t have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?”

    In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming.

    Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies. “A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions,” an Alberta border patrolman said. “I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, or any gemelli with shrimp and arugula. All they had was a nice little Napa Valley cabernet and some kale chips. When liberals are caught,they’re sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high-hairers.

    Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy. In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the ’50s. “If they can’t identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age,” an official said.

    Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD’s, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones. “I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can’t support them,” an Ottawa resident said. “After all, how many art-history majors does one country need?”

    2. Well, geez, man, I never watched Lawrence Welk so I don’t know who the accordion players was, either.

      I’d be more impressed if the Canucks asked how many parties were on their party line in 1956, what was name of the Ed Sullivan Show before it was Ed Sullivan, and how many Mouseketeers there were in 1952.

      1. Myron Floren was the accordion player.

        I don’t know about the Canucks, but we had eight neighbors on our rural residence party line in West Hog Flats, Indiana.

        Toast of the Town.

        None? The TV version of the Mickey Mouse Club/Mouseketeers didn’t start till 55.

        Hope I helped. But maybe not.

        BTW, my source back home tells me there hasn’t been a kill frost yet to ripen out the persimmons, so no predictions yet on what the winter is going to be like.

        1. Your answers were correct, Cubby.

          I have a sunflower seedling growing in a pot on my front steps. The grass will have to be mowed again if we get rain by Wednesday. And the bachelors buttons are trying to bloom again.

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