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One of Brent and my favorite authors of history is Mark David Ledbetter. He is a professor of language in Japan, and obviously a great study of American history. He has written 3 books so far in a series about American history, called America’s Forgotten History, which are available on Amazon in kindle form for some nominal cost. He is also a member of R> and perhaps the ONLY saving grace to that place. He goes by Matty Van as Martin VanBuren is his hero. Here is an interesting piece of his about the onset of the Civil War.

“The great American tragedy is raising its ugly head once more, as it does occasionally. People on both sides are viciously accused by people on opposite sides, sometimes justly, … Continue reading →

VDH @ Amgreatness

A few gems:

Good grief.

Apparently the whole Navy is too busy getting busy on the bridge to pay attention to anything.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/20/uss-john-s-mccain-collides-with-merchant-ship-in-pacific.html

It isn’t like cargo ships suddenly have cloaking devices.

I blame nonsense like this:

Every clown in that video should’ve been keelhauled sideways for a month. Instead they probably all ended up in Surface Warfare Officer School and made watch standers on our Destroyers in 7th fleet.

Shakin My Damn Aviator Head at this foolishness.

edited for linking –mlh

At the White House today, President Donald Trump assembled reporters. In a speech in the Rose Garden, the president said, “The sky is blue.”

But CNN’s I.M. Anidiot criticized Trump for not using the phrase “but only on sunny days,” saying this is clear evidence of being a Science Denier.

MSNBC’s Brian “I Took Fire and Almost Died” Williams reported that because Trump failed to mention clouds, the speech was a policy failure. Williams went on to say, “I know all about clouds because I have flown above them when Chuck Yeager and I first broke the sound barrier.”

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Apologies to astronomy buffs, goofy-goggle-wearers and druids, but I’m not all that excited about it.

Well, one thing would be fun – around 2:43 I’d like to see this tweet:

Just to drive the media crazypants.

I am starting to think our media warriors believe the battlefield consists of the bubble of their own making.

Once more, just like the NBC tape, the John McCain comments, the Mexican Judge, the travel ban, the inaugural crowd size and so forth, they think the POTUS is fatally wounded because in the bubble , by bubble rules, he must be.

Trump is blessed that his opponents do not operate in anything approaching the reality for a majority of American people.

Our elites have lived in the abstract so much they have lost comprehension for viewpoints from actual reality.

So we now have Antifa running amok with full throated support from Media, Dems and GOPe.

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Elsewhere these days there has been talk of a UBI – a Universal Basic Income. As one might expect, it has been proposed by Lefties as the basic means to guarantee all people a subsistence level of income. There are numerous arguments about why this is not a great idea, but I don’t believe we need to look at that here. We all grasp the underlying reasons society would not be benefited by this.

But beyond this, there is a looming question, not necessarily of our or even our children’s lifetime, of what happens when there are no longer jobs. The scenario runs like this. AI improves continuously until it is able to run everything – and better than humans. It is always on the job, it is … Continue reading →

Here’s an update from Reuters, linked by the inexplicably popular gCaptain.

About a dozen U.S. sailors are expected to face punishment for a collision in June between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippines cargo ship, including the warship’s commanding officer and other senior leaders of the ship, the Navy said on Thursday.

The headline is in factual error, but the story sounds well-researched. Only one officer will be relieved of command, of course. More than officers will be disciplined — at least one enlisted man will be shuttered in some way.
Alongside the tales of heroism and sacrifice, there remain of course the more tiresome details of administration and fault-finding.

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At the White House today, President Donald Trump came out strongly against impaling puppies on swords. In a speech in the Rose Garden, the president said, “I condemn this barbaric practice in the strongest terms.”

But CNN’s Smarty McSmartypants criticized Trump for not using the phrase “those icky bullies,” saying this is clear evidence of his secret support. MSNBC’s I.B. Sillee reported that because Trump failed to use any words that start with the letter “q,” the speech was a policy failure.  Rep Maxine Waters called a press conference to object to Trump’s use of the word “barbaric,” calling it “an obvious dog whistle to Islamophobes.”

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