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Category: Pointless blather

  • Another Bogus ID, Courtesy of the DRC

    Well, that didn’t take too long.  Looks like the DRC has “found” me.

    Again.

    For at least the sixth time.

    And just like the five previous times . . . they’re full of it.

    A little “birdie” sent me the photo of the guy the DRC has identified as me this time around.  That individual doesn’t need any more DRC grief, so I’ll pass on posting the photo here.

    I should probably be flattered.  I’m no great judge of handsome, but the fella in the photo I received seemed to be a rather good-looking guy.  I’d guess he has no problem in getting all the female companionship he wants.  I’m sure the DRC members are envious.

    And, yeah:  he was sporting a Trident, plus some Navy decorations.  So that means that – once again – I’m supposedly ex-Navy and a former SEAL.

    Geez.  Remember when I previously asked if our “good friends” in the DRC had the common sense to urinate in the toilet vice the trash can when they went to the head?  I guess we have our answer now.

    Listen up, you bunch of Dumb Royally Clueless j-holes:  best I can tell, I’ve never been closer than maybe 40 or so miles to where this latest guy you’ve falsely identified as being me lives today – and that was approaching 20 years ago.  I haven’t been anywhere near that close since.

    Again, for the record:  no, I’m not a former Navy SEAL. This is at the third damn time I’ve told you dipsticks that I’m not a former SEAL.  Are you too freaking stupid to understand plain English?

    At the risk of being repetitive:  I’ve never served in the Navy.  I’ve never set foot on an active Navy warship.  I’ve never been at sea other than on a couple of tour boat or ferry rides.

    “Never served in the Navy” means I’m not a former SEAL.  How about you let that fact penetrate your thick skulls, m’kay?

    Bottom line:  you’re barking up the wrong tree.  Again.

    That doesn’t surprise me, though.  IMO mercury is an excellent metaphor for you fools’ minds: dense, liquid, and toxic.

    Here’s the obligatory recap.  First, close to two years ago supposedly I was a now-retired and relatively well-known Army GO.  Second, I was wrongly identified as being The Hair himself, Don Shipley.  After that, I was allegedly a retired Special Forces Sergeant Major.  Fourth, I was supposedly a serving Army CPT   (or maybe by now MAJ) teaching ROTC.  Then a few weeks ago, according to the DRC’s fifth flight of false-ID fancy I was allegedly CAPT Larry Bailey.

    Hell, maybe there were other bogus IDs I missed.  I don’t really know; and I don’t much care.

    Now this time around, according to you DRC j-holes I’m supposedly a third different ex-SEAL – when in reality, I’m not. That’s at least the sixth time that you damn fools have “gotten it wrong”.

    They say everyone has a role in life.  The DRC IMO has now shown they have not one role, but two. The first appears to be serving as a counterexample regarding life in general.  Their second role – as shown by this ridiculous series of comically inept “identifications” – must be providing comic relief.

  • For One of Our Frequent Commenters

    Since one of our frequent commenters grew up in the nation in question, I’m thinking they’ll be interested in seeing this.  From Odessa, Ukraine:

    Darth Vader replaces Lenin monument

    It’s no joke.  And maybe I’m out to lunch, but to me it seems somehow . . . apropos.  (smile)

  • La Dolce Vita – Columbus Day

    It’s Columbus Day.  So, here ya go – a musical “blast from the past”, down-under style.  If you’re old enough, you might even remember this one.  Enjoy.

     

    For what it’s worth:  the singer’s professional name is “Joe Dolce” – and that also happens to be his real name. He was born in Ohio, and has apparently been a US ex-pat in Australia for close to 40 years now (since about 1978). This was his biggest hit.

    The song was a huge international hit in 1981.  It hit #1 in a number countries (15) – including the UK, France, Germany, Australia, and Italy; was #2 in Canada; and charted in the US.

    And yeah, he’s of Italian-American heritage.  His Italian-American grandparents were reportedly the inspiration for the song.

    If you have a problem with the song, I suggest you talk to Joe. I’m sure he’ll listen – as he’s on the way to the bank to cash his next royalty check. And then I’d guess he’ll refer you to the song’s title.  (smile)

    If you’re offended, I’d also suggest you find a quarter and buy a clue – or a sense of humor – and quit being outraged over nada.  As I noted above, the song was a #1 hit in freaking Italy.  So if Italians of the day didn’t have a problem with it and made it a #1 hit, I’m thinking you shouldn’t have a problem with it either.

    Happy Columbus Day, everyone.

  • Yer Sunday Funny: More Tales from teh Terminally Stoopid

    Figuratively speaking on the “terminally” – though I’m not sure whether we should be glad or sad about that.

    In Michigan, a man was allegedly afraid of spiders. So when he saw one, he tried to burn it to death with his cigarette lighter.

    While at a gas station. And while getting gas.

    Did I mention the spider was on his vehicle’s gas tank?

    I’m not joking.

    Luckily the resulting fire was quickly extinguished without injuries – except to the gas pump involved, which was destroyed.

    Idiot.

  • “Holy cow, I think he’s gonna make it!”

    Some tunes are tied to a particular person, time, or place. Others are broader in their appeal.

    Then there are some songs that are tied to a particular time of life. This is one of the latter.  Enjoy.

    The male singer was, well . . . to be charitable, he was homely.  But the man could indeed sing.  (The ladies involved – there were two – were anything but homely.) And Jim Steinman could certainly write catchy rock-n-roll.

    Yeah, it’s rather cliche; it’s overdone, and it’s dated. But then again: don’t everyone’s teen years always seem that way in retrospect? (smile) And IMO this one captures some aspects of that time of life better than most.

    A few bits of trivia about Paradise by the Dashboard Light, courtesy of Wikipedia:

    1. Yes, that’s indeed MLB Hall of Famer and longtime Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto doing the “play-by-play”. Whether he knew the context in which his vocals were to be used has been disputed. Rizzuto later claimed he did not know the intended context when he recorded the vocal.  However, Meat Loaf (the male vocalist, who was present at that recording session) later stated that Rizzuto was fully aware of the intended context but later feigned ignorance to deflect criticism.  Decide for yourself who you want to believe.

    2. The lady singing in the audio here is not Karla DeVito, who appeared on the song’s music video (above) and toured with Meat Loaf; it’s Ellen Foley. DeVito lip-synched Foley’s vocal for the video; she sang it on tour.  Both ladies are accomplished singers (as well as quite attractive).

    You may recognize Foley from her work on television a few years after this tune was recorded – she played the character Billie Young during the second season of the TV series “Night Court”.

    3. Todd Rundgren played guitar on the tune; Edgar Winter played saxophone. The song’s author Jim Steinman played keyboards and is also credited with “lascivious effects” on the recording. (smile)

    4. Meat Loaf had previously appeared in the now-cult-classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.  Due to that fact, a recording of a live performance of the song was made on 35mm film and distributed to theaters showing “Rocky Horror” for use as a short subject before midnight screenings (the film was beginning its journey to midnight feature cult classic at the time).

  • Nine years of This Ain’t Hell

    Nine years ago this day, I was put in a time out at the Conservative forum, Right Nation, and I got tired of being muted, so I started this blog. I knocked around the internet trying to find my niche and started out by exposing the anti-war protesters, mainly the military folks who lied about their service to get media attention.

    I met TSO at the Iraq Veterans Against the War Winter Soldiers performance art series where we chuckled through the testimony. I brought him to the blog soon after. IVAW kind of petered out after we shined the light of Truth on the organization and it’s membership, so then we kind of switched over to finding general phonies as a sideline to commentary on military matters.

    These days we spend more time talking with lawyers than we spend writing stuff, but the fun never ends. Last year we had over 3.8 million unique visitors my first year as a full-time blogger. There are now countless folks who do what we used to do by ourselves in regards to Stolen Valor. However, I don’t see the phonies going the way of the communists at IVAW, though. More phonies are ending up in court because of their bad behavior, so that’s always good.

    Folks are always asking me about my health, so I’ll tell you that things are the same now as they were last year – you know, the year that I beat the DRC’s death clock. Unfortunately for them, I’m probably going to outlast all of them, despite their predictions. The quality of my life will be a lot better, too, mostly thanks to the VA coming through for me in most instances.

    My birthday gift will come out of the California Bar Association, though.

  • Score One for NASA

    NASA has been busy.  And this time, “They done good”.

    What am I talking about, you ask?  Well, here ya go:

     

    A higher-resolution image may be viewed here.

    In case you don’t recognize at first glance what’s shown above, perhaps this might help.

     

    This article has further details. It’s a relatively short article, and the animated sequence alone found there IMO is worth the time it takes to read the article.

    Well done, NASA.  Damn well done.

  • It’s the Cover-Up That Gets Ya Every Time

    Even though the NFL plays football, this looks more like a slam dunk to me than anything else.

    You shouldn’t have prevented the other two guys involved from testifying, Tom.  You also shouldn’t have ordered your assistant to destroy your old phone immediately before your initial interview with investigators – particularly when you knew investigators (and your employer) wanted to examine it.  You shouldn’t have hidden the fact it had been destroyed from everyone for roughly 3 1/2 months. And you damn sure shouldn’t have claimed that destroying your old phone was merely something you routinely did on getting a new one when you hadn’t done that to its immediate predecessor.

    You should have owned up and come clean.  You’d probably be playing after the 1st game this season if you had.  And your team likely wouldn’t be out two draft picks and $1M, either – though it might have lost some $$$.

    But I’ll give you this much:  you stuck to your story, even after it became clear it was as plausible as ISIS suddenly converting to Buddhism en masse and turning pacifist.

    But it was . . . well, it was stupid.  This guy puts it all in perspective damn well.

    Enjoy the in-season vacation.  And the addendum to your legacy.