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      1. Actually it’s my third but I space them so far apart they always seem like the first time…

      2. Extracted from The Coveted Book Of Firsts (Volume I) pertaining to VOV achieving a First – He was Good To Go on:

        14 Oct 16

        15 Dec 17

        06 Jul 18 – By the time stamp the comment was the first entry, but it failed to indicate some sort of “First, 1st” etc, in the comment.

    1. Lost by mere seconds. Was distracted by the opening to Gunsmoke. Hey, a man got to have his priorities. Guess I’ll go ogle the music videos now while I watch Gunsmoke.

      Yes, I can multitask!

  6. Curses, foiled again. Congratulations to VOV for his well earned FIRST. Remember, VOV, to Lord it over your minions.

    Happy Weekend to all. Let’s have a safe weekend. Now I’m off for my VA appointment followed by pharmacy visit to Navy Hospital.

  10. No way was I going to be first this week … I knew it as soon as the phones started ringing in the office. So, instead, here’s this week’s trivia column, with an introduction in which I accept my flogging about the error in last week’s column. Thanks, all, for helping me keep things right!

    DID YOU KNOW…?
    Was it really against the law during World War I in England to buy a round of beer for everyone in a pub?
    By Commissioner Wretched

    Before I begin, a mea culpa: I had a fact wrong in last week’s column. (“Gasp!” I know you’re saying. “He never makes a mistake!” Not so. I make mistakes all the time – usually, my first mistake is answering the alarm clock, and it all goes to heck in a handbasket from there.)
    I mentioned that the highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. That part was right. I even identified the highest point as Mt. Davis, which also is right.
    From there, however, it all goes downhill, so to speak. Mt. Davis is not 11,100 feet; it’s 3,213 feet. And the lowest point in Colorado isn’t the Arkansas River at 14,433 feet; it’s where the Republican River crosses into Nebraska, east of the town of Wray, at 3,337 feet (thanks to Roy Leonard for providing that fact).
    And, as Roy also points out, lots of eastern states have high points lower than western states. The choice of Pennsylvania and Colorado was an arbitrary one.
    I do want to say thank you, however, to the many of you who pointed out the geographical error in my last column. My many online friends were quick to note that I’d made an error, though it was also noted that my error rate is less than, say, the percentage of Native American blood in a certain senator, or the number of times the Cubs have won the World Series in the past 110 years, or something like that.
    Your help in keeping me on the proverbial straight and narrow is very much appreciated. And if you find any other facts presented incorrectly, be sure to let me know at didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com and I’ll correct them posthaste.
    Hoping I have this week’s collection of facts right … here’s the trivia!
    Did you know …
    … there is something called “geniophobia” and it involves fear of chins? No, not of developing double (or in my case multiple) chins, it’s the actual fear some people have of looking at a chin, or touching someone’s chin. (Chin up! At least you aren’t Jay Leno.)
    … President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) almost died during a tour of Fort Knox, Kentucky, during his term in office? Hoover was touring the location of the U.S. national gold reserve in 1930 when he became accidentally locked inside an airtight vault. The president came very close to suffocation before the vault could be opened. (Just being around all that gold would certainly take my breath away!)
    … it is not illegal for convicted felons to run for president? Many states have laws that bar felons from voting, but there is no federal law that prevents a felon from running for president. (Insert your own political joke here.)
    … the original purpose of a coffin in a burial had nothing to do with protecting the body of the deceased? For a long time, people have believed that coffins were used to prevent grave robbers or animals from getting to the remains. Not so, according to some sources: coffins were created to keep the dead person from coming back to haunt survivors. (I am guessing that it works, since we keep using them.)
    … some parts of Chinese culture actually allow marrying dead people? Called necromantic nuptials, police in China have cracked down on grave robbers who are exhuming female corpses to become potential brides of living men. (Now, I’ve heard everything.)
    … instant coffee has been around more than a century? A New Zealand inventor, David Strang (1847-1916) developed the first instant coffee, or what he called “soluble coffee powder,” in 1889 in Invercargill, New Zealand. (And billions of people have been grateful ever since!)
    … during World War I in England, it was actually illegal to buy a round of beer for everyone in a pub? The law was passed to prevent soldiers who were home on leave from getting drunk. Officials figured that a drunk soldier, knowing what was waiting for him back at the front line, would just refuse to return to his unit and desert the army. The war also caused pubs to be restricted in their operating hours and the strength of the beer to be greatly reduced. The penalty for “shouting,” or buying a round for the house, back then was a five-pound fine. (Well, would you go back to the war if you had a chance to get plastered and avoid it?)
    … the inventor of Peanut M&Ms, Forrest C. Mars, Sr. (1904-1999), never knew what that particular candy tasted like? He was allergic to peanuts.
    … artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989) had a novel and unique way to get out of paying for food and drinks? Dali would write a check to pay for his meals or drinks, but then he’d do a drawing on the check. This transformed the check from a negotiable bank instrument to a priceless work of art. Most recipients never bothered to cash the checks – the check was now a signed drawing by Salvador Dali. (Brilliant, no?)
    … deja vu, the sensation of having been somewhere or done something before, has a scientific explanation? It is believed that the experience is triggered by a person’s brain trying to apply a memory of a past situation to a current one.  When that fails, it makes the person believe the incident has happened before. (Or it could just be a glimpse back at a previous life. With my luck, I’d be reincarnated as myself.)
    … in the Caribbean sea, there are oysters that can climb trees? Well, not exactly, but close. Mangrove oysters attach themselves to trees that border the ocean at high tide, and when the tide goes out, the oysters are left clinging to the trees. This gives the illusion that the oysters are climbing the trees. (Yeah, and clams got legs, too.)
    … it is illegal to detonate a nuclear device within the city limits of Los Angeles, California? (Not that that’s a bad idea or anything, but …)
    Now … you know!

    1. Would that be “Lawn Dart Dani Boi” the Blast from the Past wanna be aviator who blasted thru the trees, blasted a furrow thru the ground and is maintaining an altitude of minus (-) 6′ (feet) AGL? That Bernath? Thought so!

  12. This is probably something that Commissioner Wretched would point out. Maybe he has and I missed it. There is a woman in North Carolina by the name of Irene Triplett. She receives a small payment monthly from the Department of Veteran Affairs. That’s not unusual. What is unusual—in fact, unique—is that she receives the payment as a survivor benefit that was earned by her father’s military service in the Civil War. Incredible. (BTW, the last update on this that I found was 2017, and she was living in a nursing home.)

    1. I didn’t have that particular factoid, 2/17, but I’m going to add it to a future column. Thanks!

      1. Google Fu shows her still alive and kicking in a nursing home in NC. Her Pappy switched sides in ’63 after a stint in the hospital, caused him to miss Gettysburg. Good thing he missed that fight since the 26th NC Rgmt he was in at that point in time suffered massive casualties on day 2. (1st ex wife’s ggrandfather was a color bearer for them, went down as # 8 bearer to fall with the colors)

        She (Irene) could have drawn a survivors pension from either of his service records in that Confederate Veterans were recognized by the US Government as equal to Union Vets by Congressional App Act, FY 1901, signed 6 Jun 1900; Congressional Act of 9 March 1906; US Public Law 810, approved 26 Feb 1925; and US Public Law 85-425, Sec. 410 Approved 23 May 1958.

        Lest we Forget. Deo Vindice

  14. Hey all- Tomorrow is Wreaths Across America. I highly recommend going to your closest National Cemetery to see this event. The beauty is the hundreds and in some cases thousands of volunteers that come out to take part in placing the wreaths. I stand there and cry, every time, watching Scout Troops, school groups, families with kids in strollers and everyday Americans participate in decorating the final resting places of our veterans. Watching parents and adults teaching kids, telling them to read the names, lay the wreaths just so, gives me hope for this country. If you’re in the area, I’ll be at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Section 7, laughing, crying, smiling and hugging as many people as I can. But, if you do plan on going, leave very early as the weather will be good and several thousand are expected to help pay over 20,000 wreaths.

    1. Thank You for reminding us, Denise.

      Our family will be participating tomorrow at our local VA Cemetery.

      Also, Thank you for the comment you provided. It is so true:

      “Watching parents and adults teaching kids, telling them to read the names, lay the wreaths just so, gives me hope for this country.”

    2. Made me think of the long-honored custom of laying flowers at graves on Decoration Day long ago….

      On a small piece of ground just outside of Berryville, Virginia, a few hundred yards from a busy highway, sits a small, unassuming chapel. To the chapel’s rear and one side are graves. Makes sense. It’s a cemetery. I visited the place yesterday. There is a monument to the area’s Civil War dead. On it are many names. One surname was listed four times: Grubbs. The Grubbs were all in the same company, with one an officer and the others EMs. I wondered about them, and I still do. I walked around and visited individual graves, some containing confederate soldiers’ graves, both Veterans and those who fell in battle. One Veteran’s tombstone bore a name and a simple remark: “A brave soldier.”

      Among the graves I came upon was one that stopped me cold. It was nothing terribly special to look at. It had a nice headstone and a ground plate at its foot that read, “Patriot.” The grave contains the remains of Washington’s aide-de-camp, a man whose own father was a Loyalist who abandoned his Virginia home for England when war came, and disowned the son. Imagine that. The young man went on to great things. He was a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, then became Governor of Virginia, followed by a key role in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It was he who delivered the Virginia Plan at the convention. Later, he became the nation’s first Attorney General and then succeeded Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State in Washington’s cabinet. His name was Edmund J. Randolph, the most famous patriot you probably never heard about in school.

    3. MRS D and I will be at the local event tomorrow, third year we’ve done it. Miss Denise, you’re absolutely right about what it teaches the youngsters, it can be very touching.

    4. Thanks for this posting, Denise. I have been remiss in doing so this year because, well, just because.

      My VFW Post is experimenting this year with helping to get Wreaths to civilian cemeteries with veterans’ graves. We are picking up Wreaths at 8am, taking them to a local funeral home and from there will distribute them to a few local cemeteries. We are just facilitating – we contacted a few places where we have conducted services and the cemeteries have arranged the actual placement. If this looks feesible, we will do a larger distribution next year and include a ceremony of some sort to send off the volunteers.

      Be thinking of all the volunteers and family members around the country at noon Saturday. It is a very emotional time for all of them/us. And rewarding.

      1. Some of the boys and I will be placing in the local Church yard. Burials back to the early 1800s.

        Even safety glasses and goggles don’t keep the blowing wind out of your eyes.

  15. Congrats, VOV!

    Shucky Darn! Missed it by that much!
    Was busy baking Christmas goodies and let the time slip by.

    So far made beef jerkey, peanut butter/chocolate blossom cookies, apple & strawberry thumb-prints, chocolate-cranberry biscotti, hermits ( molasses type of cookie dating back to WWII for the troops), crockpot Christmas “crack” (VERY easy to do) and chocolate with whiskey (bourbon) balls(think I might need to make another batch because of all of the sampling) ;).

    Here’s hoping that all of you fellow Dickweeds have a great weekend.

    And thanks Hondo, for the great tunes.

      1. Sky, FYI I wear a size sample of everything. Priority mail would get it here before the cookies cooled. just saying.

        Tanks!

        1. I got plenty to go around 5th/77th FA, except for the ….”hickcup”…..bourbon balls. 🙂

      1. (A) did not know SFC D had already posted.

        (B) did not know my spoof of a web site actually used to be a website.

        (C) final ex wife was actually the devil’s daughter; the supposed girl of my dreams turned out to be my worst nightmare.

          1. Yes, yes, and hell to the yes. Was trying to pull the song artist out of my stroked up brain to post it when this post came in.

            I sure should have bewared that devil woman with evil on her mind…she’s gonna get cha…

            The best learned lessons are the hard learned lessons.

            Contrary to 26’beans famous last words crack, that one was the final ex-w.

            Marriage is the leading cause of divorce.

      1. Now, there’s a guy with a story. BA in English Lit. Rhodes Scholar. US Army Captain and helicopter pilot. Another fellow who paid his dues and could have done many things. He chose music.

  18. Tomorrow, Staff Sgt. Justin Gallegos’ posthumous Silver Star will be upgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross, during a ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

    His Teenage son, MacAiden Gallegos, will accept the award during the ceremony.

    “Soldier Killed in 2009 Battle of Kamdesh To Receive Distinguished Service Cross”.

    Salute.

    https://www.stripes.com/news/soldier-killed-in-2009-battle-of-kamdesh-to-receive-distinguished-service-cross-1.560584

      1. Bro AP, y’all probably know/remember American Legion Magazine did a story on this battle for the May 2013 issue. Focus then was the upgrade to MoH for Clinton Romesha. Being pushed in the same article was the book “The Outpost” by Jake Trapper.

        Wonder if that news hound that profited from the blood of these heroes did anything for the men or families that suffered that day. The AL article did mention SSG Gallegos and the other heroes we lost that day.

        Thanks for the post. *Hand Salute*

        rtr

  19. Picked up a four pack of Goose Island IPA pounders in cans. Ritz crackers in ten round stack packs and a tub of Hood cottage cheese, small curd. Salt shaker and Tobasco sauce.
    Fine dining tonight.

  21. In 2015, Jonn did a post on Major Mathew Golsteyn, a Green Beret who had initially received the Silver Star, but was taken away from him:

    https://www.azuse.cloud/?p=60634

    “Major Golsteyn was told by a panel of senior officers after a six-day hearing at Fort Bragg, NC that he should accept their offer of a honorable discharge for “conduct unbecoming an officer”.”

    “The story is that Golsteyn once took a lie-detector test with some CIA dudes during which he admitted that he had murdered a suspected Taliban bomb-maker. The Army has conducted an investigation and could find nothing beyond his admission that they could use at a trial, so they took an administrative action instead and removed from his records his Special Forces tab and his Silver Star medal which was being considered for an upgrade to the DSC”:

    Well, now he may be facing charges for mMurder:

    “Former Green Beret Faces Murder Charge for 2010 Afghanistan Incident”

    https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/12/13/former-green-beret-major-faces-murder-charge-for-2010-afghanistan-incident/

    1. He was obviously not wise enough to be a special operator. He should have learned how to beat the lie-box or refused to answer the question.

      1. Don’t know the whole story, but it seems like it was something needing doing. (taking out the bomb maker that killed Marines, that is)

        Not sure of UCMJ cases but IIRC, lie box tests aren’t admitionable in court. Didn’t Jonn do a post on this a good while back?

        1. After WW II, many SS and Nazis who survived the war ended up dead. It wasn’t for what they were going to do. The war was over. It was instant punishment for what they had done. In one incident, it wasn’t individuals who were to be killed but an entire camp of SS POWs being overseen by Americans. Bread for the POWs was laced with arsenic. It was eaten but was badly applied, resulting in hundreds of SS taking ill but not dying. I don’t believe anyone worked very hard to try to find those responsible. Shit happens in war. Shit happens in peace. Shit happens.

      2. Those d@mn thing are truly easy to beat, IMHO.

        The charlatans that make money running them are so almighty smug that /they/ can weed out lies, and yet no court of law will accept them as evidence.

        I truly despise the machines, and the scumbags that operate them. Despise them.

    2. Not good. Dumb thing to do in either case, not that I trust the Army Times to be reliable in their reporting, either.

    3. Thanks again, Pat, looking into it. If you’re not careful I’ll ask Dave to put you on retainer.
      And you won’t thank me.
      *grin*

      1. Is this a prelude to Red Dawn?

        Crewmen were given a card in phonetic Spanish that reads, “No, senor comrade, I do not have toilet paper.”

        2. Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Spanish phrase book and Bible; one hundred billion bolívar fuertes; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Caracas with all that stuff.

          Fooking Air Force always went first class here. Us Navy fliers had inflation, a marginal at best radio, sea dye markers in yum-yum yellow to draw sharks, and any one of several flares to shoot at one another when it got boring in the life rafts.

    2. Russia says they are prepared to defend Venezuela when it’s needed. Apparently with strategic nuclear bombers. Since the only threat they are facing is from within, I’m wondering if Rep Swalwell gave the Russians the idea to use nukes.

  25. Sympathy for the Devil indeed.

    What with the Cohen-Mueller-Trump freak show this week, it’s unclear how many of the TAH crew managed to catch Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s simpering appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

    Aside from all the softball questions by Democratic committee members, it seems to me what was most interesting was how Pichai was able to evade answering almost anything that had the potential of drawing blood. One example was when Rep. Ted Poe held up his iPhone and asked if Google was able to track his movements.

    Much gleeful tittering was made of this by the media technorati because the iPhone is, after all, an Apple product, but here’s the thing: Pichai never actually answered the question.

    Other multiple examples revolved around how Google search results showed a clear political bias. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, in one instance, wanted to know why a search query for the word “idiot” yielded a picture of President Trump. That earned her a Pichai mini lecture on how keywords and algorithms determine search results.

    And not once did anybody ask, since humans are ultimately responsible for the coding to determine the algorithms, how bias, by way of a technical end run, might going on by those doing the programming.

    https://www.recode.net/2018/12/11/18134984/live-google-ceo-congress-hearing-china-testimony-house-judiciary-committee-censored-search

    1. Someone should have asked him about Googles participating in the Egyptian uprising. Remember Obama raising hell back in 2009 over Egypt shutting off their internet?

    2. He should be getting indicted for lying to congress soon. Was his testimony or Comey’s the week’s bigger demonstration of lying?

  26. “Former Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus Selected To Join Navy With Backing From Mattis”:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-trump-chief-of-staff-reince-priebus-selected-to-join-navy-with-backing-from-mattis/2018/12/14/b12c269e-ffb4-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html

    “Reince Priebus, a former chief of staff to President Trump and Republican power broker, could join the Navy after a months-long process in which Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recommended him and a board of officers selected him as a reserve officer, according to defense officials and a memo obtained by The Washington Post.”

    “Priebus, 46, will be required to attend two weeks of training in Newport, R.I., and drill once a month as a reservist if commissioned. He would join a list of Navy reserve officers with political connections that include Sean Spicer, Trump’s former press secretary, and Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s former presidential campaign manager.”

    1. They direct commission human resources officers? Sheesh.

      Good on Priebus for being willing to serve. Can’t imagine coming in with the SecDef’s recommendation and the President’s cell phone number will endear him to many of his co-workers. He’ll have to work his ass off to earn some trust.

  28. I’m so glad I found this (see link below).

    Being an Army Retiree covered by TRICARE Retiree Dental Program, I thought I had until 31 December 2018 to enroll in the new Federal Employees Dental and Vision Program (FEDVIP).

    Did not pay attention to the enrollment time period 12 November to 10 December 2018 (My Bad).

    Well, I am lucky…don’t know if anyone else did the same thing I did.i.e. procrastinated, but it looks now that we have an extra three months to enroll.

    Thank Goodness!

    “FEDVIP Gift: Military Retirees, Others Get Extra Three Months To Enroll In Dental Vision Insurance”

    https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2018/12/14/fedvip-gift-military-retirees-others-get-extra-three-months-to-enroll-in-dental-vision-insurance/

  29. Late to the party, as usual, but in the top 100 I hope.

    Been down with a head-cold from Hell for the past 2 weeks, finally went to the Doc Tuesday & he gave me some meds that have me at least getting out of bed and doing chores around the house now.

    Happy weekend to all my fellow TAHellions.

  31. Remember Stafford, New Jersey Mayor John Spodofora who for six years pretended to be a Vietnam veteran that Jonn frequently featured on TAH?

    https://www.azuse.cloud/?p=79827

    Well, as we all know, he did not get re-elected. A reporter from the Stafford local newspaper must have felt sorry for him, because he wrote a “glowing” article on Spodofora.

    And yes, there is a tiny mention of Stolen Valor:

    “After 30 Years in Public Office, Spodofora’s Legacy Marked by Efforts to Make Stafford the Best It Can Be”
    https://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/after-30-years-in-public-office-spodoforas-legacy-marked-by-efforts-to-make-stafford-the-best-it-ca/1793231

    😝🤧

    1. What a good riddance to a prime example of what is wrong with politics in this countries POSer.

      From the article ” infamous stolen valor controversy”. 4 freaking words. 4 freaking words. more than 30 years of public service. Bull shit. more like more than 30 years of screwing the tax payer.

      There went my BP average for the day.

  32. Dumbasses

    Your Navy … Navy Times

    Navy kicking out four petty officers accused of barracks sex crimes with a child
    By: Geoff Ziezulewicz   1 day ago

    Four sailors accused of barracks sex crimes with a child at a Pacific Northwest sub base dodged court-martial and received non-judicial punishment. They are in the process of being separated from the Navy, officials said this week. Two of the accused were assigned to the ballistic missile submarine Nebraska, shown here. (Navy)

    Four petty officers accused of sex crimes with a child in the barracks of a Washington state base have received non-judicial punishment and are being kicked out of the Navy, officials confirmed this week.

    The four avoided court-martial because an officer reviewing the case found insufficient evidence to take the charges to trial, according to Submarine Group 9 spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Michael Smith.

    “The Sailors were not taken to court martial because there was insufficient evidence that they were aware the victim was underage,” Smith said.

    Citing the Privacy Act, Smith declined to identify the sailors or offer more details on the charges or the investigation into the incident.

    “The sailors were held accountable for their actions and are being processed for separation,” he said.

    The allegations involved a Sept. 19, 2017, incident in the barracks of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, the main sub base in the Pacific Northwest.

    The alleged victim was a girl who was younger than 16-years-old but older than 12, according to charge sheets.

    Sailors involved were all 3rd class petty officers assigned to submarine commands.

    Investigators alleged that the four sailors discussed having sex with the girl at a smoke pit and then went to a barracks room.

    There, the alleged sex crimes occurred “with the door open, and with open recording of the group sex using photography and video equipment” according to the charge sheets.

    The alleged incident took place last fall at a base in Washington State.

    By: Geoff Ziezulewicz
    Article 32 hearings were held for each of the accused. A hearing officer reviewed the evidence and made a recommendation to superiors on whether the cases should go to trial.

    The hearing officer recommended non-judicial punishment — or NJP — for the sailors, “because there was insufficient evidence to refer the charges to court-martial,” Smith said in an email this week.

    The sub group’s commander, Rear Adm. Blake Converse, followed the recommendations and the four received NJP late last month, “which also resulted in the four sailors being processed for administrative separation,” Smith said.

    Smith said it was not clear when their removal from the service will end.

    Authorities began investigating the case after an anonymous tip last year, Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials said in September.

    One of the sailors, assigned to the ballistic missile submarine Nebraska, initially faced charges for failing to report the offense and for committing a sexual act upon a child, as well as for letting a non-family member stay in his room overnight, according to charge sheets.

    Another, assigned to the submarine Henry M. Jackson, was charged with producing child pornography because the sex acts were digitally recorded.

    Charge sheets stated that the third sailor, who also faced child pornography production charges, served with the Naval Submarine Support Center Bangor, while a fourth defendant charged with sex crimes against the child was also assigned to the Nebraska.

    1. “The Sailors were not taken to court martial because there was insufficient evidence that they were aware the victim was underage.” Um. Ah. Um.

      1. YGBFSM! smh

        What is AW1Ed’s Navy coming to?

        Again, consenting adults, do what you want to, just don’t involve me or mine.

        Underage? Bubba, Thor, Julio, and Mr. Tiny await!

      2. Yeah, I’m with you guys. They say she was under 16 but over 12. Pretty sure it should have been obvious she was underage.

        1. It might be hard to tell with the Bremeloes. Sometimes those heifers can look a little rough…

      3. A Fort Bragg story.
        If you meet somebody in a 21 and over only club your most likely gonna believe they are over 18. A fake ID and some make up has got more than few troops in trouble.

        1. We really could use a JAG on this matter b/c it appears, under the UCMJ, that while there is a defense to a rape charge if the person consented and the alleged rapist showed that he reasonably believed the person to be at least 16, there would still be a carnal knowledge charge available UNLESS the person was at least 16. According to the article, the charge sheet read that she was not yet 16. Aside from that, there’s the porn production charge. I guess this is one of those situations in which we will not ever get the whole story.

          1. What is this puzzling obsession with filming everything people do and posting it for the world to see? Especially illegal or questionable things?

            1. David: I believe it would fall into the category as stupid as hell. One of my favorites is the morons who selfie themselves with wads of cash shortly after a robbery, or doing the gangsta thing with a firearm (always held sideways, the way the real gangstas do) when prohibited from having contact with a firearm due to a felony conviction.

              Yeah, real morons. Hope they can’t reproduce.

  33. I would like to dedicate the following to Bernasty, the dear departed. Well, maybe no so much dear, but definitely departed. His own enemy.

    I Fall To Pieces
    by Patsy Cline

    Can’t seem to be able to provide the link for bringing up the song. Maybe another could do that.

  34. You can go to NavyTimes.com and read this article, which was posted today, 14DEC. Suggest you avoid if you are easily pissed by corruption. Article is too lengthy to drag to this site but can be found as indicated:

    “Navy releases new details on retired admiral and former Trump nominee’s ‘Fat Leonard’ censure”

  35. Saturday afternoon ramblings.

    I was thinking;
    If only 11 million people have Obama-Care, how will 24 million people die if it is repealed? Will an additional 13 million people be randomly shot, poisoned, or ……
    I was thinking;
    If Donald Trump deleted all of his emails, wiped his server with Bleachbit (like Hillary) and destroyed all of his phones with a hammer, would the Mainstream Media suddenly lose all interest in the story and declare him innocent?
    I was thinking;
    If women do the same job for less money, why do companies hire men to do the same job for more money?
    I was thinking;
    If you rob a bank in a Sanctuary City, is it illegal or is it just an Undocumented Withdrawal?
    I was thinking;
    Each ISIS attack now is a reaction to Trump policies, but all ISIS attacks during Obama’s term were due to Climate Change and a plea for jobs?
    I was thinking;
    We should stop calling them all ‘Entitlements;’ Welfare, Food Stamps, WIC, ad nausea are not entitlements. They are taxpayer-funded handouts, and shouldn’t be called entitlements at all.
    I was thinking;
    If Muslims want to run away from a Muslim country does that mean they’re Islamophobic?
    I was thinking;
    If Liberals don’t believe in biological gender and promote transgenders, why did they march for women’s rights?
    I was thinking;
    How did the Russians get Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC to steal the Primary from Bernie Sanders? How did Russia get Donna Brazile to leak debate questions to Hillary Clinton in advance of the debates?
    I was thinking;
    Why is it that Democrats think Super delegates are fine but they have a problem with the Electoral College?
    I was thinking;
    If you don’t want the FBI involved in elections, don’t nominate someone who’s being investigated by the FBI.
    I was thinking;
    If Hillary’s speeches/screeches cost $250,000 an hour, how come so few show up to her free ones?
    I was thinking;
    The DNC is mad at Russia because they ‘think’ they are trying to manipulate our election by exposing that the DNC is manipulating our election.
    I was thinking;
    If Democrats don’t want foreigners involved in our elections, why do they think it’s all right for illegal’s to vote?
    I think . . . I’m going to quit thinking for a while!

    1. You the Man Chief. You go have a cold beer now, or the beverage of your choice.

      Tell ’em I said to put it on my tab.

  37. On this date in history, 16DEC:

    16 December 1907 – The Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads, Virginia to circumnavigate the world in 14 months, a journey of 43,000 miles that included 20 port calls across six continents. Fourteen thousand Sailors and Marines participated in the voyage, leaving a lasting legacy at home and abroad.

    Nothing like satisfying sea duty obligation in one tour and then going back to shore duty. I’ll tell you, though, I think back then, a Sailor would be very lucky to have shore duty one out of every ten years. Not like today when there are prescribed sea/shore rotation, depending on pay grade and rating.

  38. Wrong one, kids, but Hond’s won’t work. He’s an evil genius that one! There will be a stampede for first when it finally opens up for comments. What a sacream

  43. Claw is not going to like this, Master Chief. An army of lawyers won’t deter him or intimidate him.

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