“Brown’s Sugar.” Winner, winner, chicken dinner! I’ve become a smidgen less pessimistic about Trump’s chances for winning the election, after reading Zuckerberg’s shocking admission that the White House “suggested” a bit of censorship was in order. Big Tech has a pretty good grip on the mood of the country and I think they are sensing that “the times, they are a-changin.”
I’m still very concerned. The left is cornered. Barry and Big Mike will be exposed as frauds and traitors. They will do anything, ANYTHING now that they are cornered. They will use violence. It’s going to be ugly.
On a side note, I had a long conversation with a co worker yesterday: a very nice black woman. She cannot accept the facts. She is 100% sure if Trump wins, she will lose all her rights. She brought up A Handmaids Tale 22 times. Kept referring to Project 2025 and how it will require women to report their monthly cycle. Let that sink in. They truly believe this crap.
There is absolutely nothing we can do to change these people’s minds. No amount of facts. No referencing truth. Nothing will change their minds. And with this attitude, there is nothing but a fight ahead. And the media will blame Trump for oppression and dictatorship when he has to use force to put down the revolt. But then maybe we need to remove a few hundred thousand of these mentally ill people anyway.
I heard today via John Solomon on Charlie Kirk's podcast that the pollsters changed the projected turnout by 10 points in Dem favor. Of course Comrade Kamala shows better with such a weighting.
They manipulate the polls to try to make a steal more plausible. OTOH, it seems there is in fact some progress on election integrity in various states.
their slide into ignorance began in k-12 greg. it's been that way for fifty years running. i'll leave aside my thoughts on the fatherless households for now. k-12 is thee petri dish for all things anti-american and it's never going to get better until or unless america does something about that incubator for evil. i don't see that happening any time soon and that's why i agree that being optimistic concerning november is fools gold.
The fight has already begun - and is intensifying. It is part of the reason the communist left is retreating but flailing away at everything they can. The gig is up. Too many people know it. It's the proverbial genie having been let out of the bottle. But they still have power, they have control of all the cultural centers, albeit it is that very weakening of that grip which has them terrified. They know what they would do if the fortunes were reversed, and expect the worse from us. We need to hold our side - including Trump - to making sure their every nightmare comes true.
Today is apparently my day for posting quotations. How about this genius observation by the fictional idiot savant, Forrest Gump. "Stupid is as stupid does." I think it adequately describes your co-worker.
"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration."
“The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.”
“The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.”
There's the story about the Yankees visiting a stadium that had fireworks when their team got a homerun. Well, the Yankees got a home run and Stengel stood on the front steps of the dugout waving lit sparklers. I am not a Yankees fan by any stretch of the imagination however on can't deny their storied past.
There are always the extreme on both sides. There are also ones who will switch sides and determine this election. Have to feel more will be switching to the right side.
Having not read project 2025 it still seems like complete horseshit that it says anything at all about menstrual cycles, let alone that they want to monitor them on behalf of anyone. Did she even bother to actually READ it for herself and verify this dubious claim? Somehow I doubt it but now I am going to have to go do this for myself in the event anyone is so stupid to say this to me.
I feel your pain/the odds seem overwhelming. Not to get esoteric about it, but I think one of the things that attracts me to Trump is his mind set of never give up. This is more than the power of positive thinking. Consider all that he has done & been through & yet there is not much difference between Trump today & Trump coming down the escalator. There is not enough Botox in the world that can duplicate that persona/spirit.
Oh yeah, there are some. A woman I have known for years is an example. Great Mom, neighborly, lives in a suburban "conservative" Navy Town. To this day, she believes that "Black Lives Matter" was a philanthropic organization formed to prevent “systemic racism” . Even after directing her to their website that stated they were Marxists!
My sister, Loves Obama, and votes for Bernie Sanders. Hates Trump because… well… because…well, I just hate him.
Yup. Look no further than Zuckerberg's hedging as well as Pelosi trying to now sell the idea that she should have called in the National Guard on J6. All of the sudden these two POS's are now trying to get on Trump's good graces? Wonder why? And BTW, look for a pattern to emerge here of dozens of bad actors now looking to hedge...
Probably. The arrest of the Russian social media bigwig in France probably opened a bunch of eyes in monied tech world. That was a huge mistake by Macron, and might just be the hit that makes the steal even that much harder for the Harris campaign.
Good point… Can’t see the arrest but perhaps some good will come. Still don’t trust Zuck or anyone else who truly believes he’s smarter than the rest of us.
One of the bigger changes is Robby Starbuck! Here's what he's done to stop DEI.“So far, So far, you’ve [subscribers to his X site] helped me change corporate policy at Tractor Supply, John Deere, Harley Davidson, Polaris, Indian Motorcycle, Lowe’s, and now Ford. We are a force to be reckoned with.” He's asking for five bucks a month to support his efforts. Will be the best five bucks you ever spent.
If it was the White House then someone stabbed President Trump in the back. I seam to remember it was the FBI and others in the executive branch that went rogue. Why do I always feel like I am the object of a psychological operation. Perpetrated by our government and media.
He has done everything our Marine has done - underwater. Our guy will jump out of planes, but doesn’t want to insert underwater. That’s how hard it is. And then he got a real physics degree.
I love to read a feel good story early setting the tone for my day.Thank you Poca-Man and may Virginia choose salvation by voting MAGA red Nov.5th.The fact that Harris/Timpon must hold hands while campaigning and during an (interview ?) on friendly CNN should be a tell tale sign.As Selena Zito said in her last post there is no [there] there with the Kommela platform and flip flops on policy. Great post and easy-peasy poll.Roll on Poca-Man and we will see a MAGA 2024 win too big to rig.
Eagerly awaiting the debate between Donald Trump and Hee Haw Harris, who is basically a sock puppet. The debate should be moderated by Mel Brooks, in case a food fight breaks out like the one in Blazing Saddles.
I understand that their/side wanted it to be in front of an audience, open mic, seated, and notes allowed. A much as Trump is eager to get at her I hope that he doesn’t agree to these terms.
Virginia will be in play only because Glenn Youngkin cleaned the voting rolls and got rid of electronic voting. Yet the state is still filled with angry Democrats wanting to kill a republican president. Guess the old adage is true: I haven’t seen so many Democrats this mad since Lincoln outlawed slavery.
Biden and Obama used Section A to hire hundreds of Lawyers and other types and put them in the bureaucracy especially anything to do with the environment. When the Trumpster arrives, they know they will all be toast. They're defining that as the end of Democracy. None of the Section A hires will ever vote themselves out of a cushy jobl.
In the early years of our marriage, the early 80’s, my husband and I lived in an apartment in Arlington, VA. The nearest metro stop was in Clarendon which was part of greater Arlington. Clarendon was a dump - shabby houses, boarded up businesses, weedy sidewalks. Then the Vietnamese moved in. At first it was just small shops and restaurants but they worked hard, cleaned the place up and now it’s a booming and very popular shopping and dining area with a mall which is several stories high and one high end restaurant after another.
It’s telling and thrilling that they are standing with Trump. As you stated, they know communism and can see it happening.
BTW, it’s LoudoUn County. I lived there for 24 years and my daughter and family still live there. Though they aren’t among the DC bureaucrat wealthy who took over the county in the late 90’s.
Question: Did they take over the county because it had become a nice area to live or did government bureaucracy add numbers so much that they needed new/more places to live? Don’t recall that being the case during the Clinton terms. Just wondering.
Speaking of Vietnamese patriots, I always loved this anecdote. In 1967, Polish mercenary Rafal Ganowicz was asked what it felt like to take human life and he responded, "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed Communists".
trump does more in a week than harris and her cabal of goof offs could do in a lifetime. sadly there are tens of millions of cretins who will vote for her.
Tim Walz makes my blood boil. My deceased father-in-law volunteered for the Army in 1950 and was sent to Korea. An artillery shell landed nearby in a battle destroying the hearing in Cal's left ear, and killing three of his platoon. When he was sent home he had gone from PFC to master sergeant. He said that was primarily because so many in his unit had been killed. When the Army tried to give him a purple heart for his hearing loss, he refused it saying compared to the fatalities and horrendous injuries so many of his comrades had suffered that the hearing loss was nothing.
Cal stayed in the Army when he got home, then went to Army Reserve. When I met my wife in 1972 he was the full time first sergeant for a Reserve Engineering Battalion in Bryan, Ohio, which meant he was the boss in most things.
In 1974 Cal applied and was accepted to the first ever Command Sergeant Major school at Fort Bliss, TX. The next year he was promoted to CSM, and continued to run the Engineering Battalion for the weekend warrior Reserve major who was the boss on paper. CSM Lauren Calvin was one of kindest and best men I have ever know. When I first met him I had hair down to my shoulders and was scared shitless. He acted like the hair didn't exist and because his daughter was in love with me accepted me as a member of his family.
That man was natural leader. The caricature of a lifer sergeant screaming and cussing at his men couldn't be further from the truth. Oh, he could discipline, all right. He could make you feel about 2" high with his serious quiet voice, just by asking questions. My wife said she once told him "Please, Dad, just beat me!"
We were married in 1976 and Cal was still serving. My wife and I attended a couple of the annual military balls in Toledo. When I saw the number of full colonels and generals who knew and respected CSM Calvin, I learned who REALLY ran the Army. Although the Army had closed the Reserve Center in Bryan he commuted to the unit in Toledo, OH. In 1977 the little town of Stryker, OH where Cal's family lived was a financial mess. Several local leaders approached Cal and asked him to run for mayor. He had to say no because regulations would not allow him to run for political office. The local boys started a write in campaign which WAS legal, and Cal was elected in an overwhelming landslide. He served for 12 years. When he took over the town was under EPA findings and orders to build a sewage treatment system they could no way afford. Cal persuaded the citizens to go to monthly instead of quarterly billing and raise the rates to service the bonds they sold, which were paid off early. While mayor he persuaded several small industries to locate there, where before they had none.
During the Clinton years the Army was trying to chase off its higher paid noncoms and officers. One of the ploys they used was to require every serving man to pass the same physical fitness tests required of young soldiers to graduate boot camp. Cal was always in decent shape, but smoked for 40 years and had to work his butt off, but he passed. The next year he was 62 and the Engineering Battalion for their two week summer duty was detailed to build a road in Guatemala through dense jungle. Cal caught malaria and suffered flare ups the rest of his life.
My beloved father-in-law died in 1997. When they played taps and shot the 21 gun salute I cried like a baby. May God rest his brave and noble soul.
Tim Walz, you lying cowardly piece of shit, you couldn't carry CSM Lauren Calvin's boots. May you rot in hell for your stolen valor bullshit.
Eagerly awaiting pictures of Obama's mansions with the caption, "Built with tax payers money. Let's liquidate them and use the proceeds to fund a people vs. Obama law suit for illegally profiting while wrecking the country."
Even more insidious is how Tony West, Commiela’s BIL married to sister Maya, as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division used a secretive Judgment Fund account to funnel money to organizations of their choosing under - you guessed it - Obama. This fund is like a blank check since the cap for it was removed in 1977. West took a case that the government was poised to win, agreed to settle, and added claimants who had not brought suit increasing the settlement amount from 1 billion to 4 billion, basically buying votes and enriching political allies and activists. Then he went on to use this method of “honest graft” to shake down corporations. The Biden-Harris Administration has been using this strategy “to reward political allies on the taxpayers’ dime”, such as paying “$2 million to FBI Agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for releasing their anti-Trump texts to Congressional investigators…”
This kind of stuff is such a racket and not seen by or easily explained to the people who are just trying to put a roof over their heads and feed their families. So it continues under the cover of bureaucracy. /sigh
I definitely felt blindsided by this story though I vaguely remember hearing something about the case of the Hispanic farmers before it was all done. Like you, I knew Strzok and Page got money despite their misdeeds but I have never heard of this Judgment Fund. It’s so evil the way they steal from everyone to fund their organizations and friends. And it’s disgusting the way our elected officials in Congress keep giving up their Constitutional purpose to control the purse strings!
In actuality this is how the whole of the government apparatus operates.
All those giant trillion dollar bills they pass are just filled with taxpayer money being funneled to agencies and foundations and NGO’s by the thousands and grants to all their pet groups and projects. They have redistributed all the taxpayers money to whoever is on their side and will do their bidding. It is one enormous system of nearly 100% pure graft and grift.
Until the money flow gets cut off nothing will ever change because both parties do it.
The House of Representatives has always had the power of the purse and could stop payment on every government employee’s checks with the swoop of a pen until they heeled to their wishes, but even a Republican majority has gone along with it.
Sadly, I don't think that Captain Cao will win. As with most "blue" states one or two major cities tend to dominate the vote tally. Captain Cao will win the outlying counties, but the DC suburbs will break for Kaine. Just the same, I do hope that people have had enough and will vote for a change in the Senate. MAGA!
Yes, Cao has an uphill battle in Virginia for sure. But even if he doesn't win, he is making a powerful statement and it FORCES all those Democratic voters in Virginia to be aware of him and his super-effective argument against Communism. Of course, many Democrats are very close-minded; BUT many are also still somewhat sane ordinary people, and encountering Cao's campaign materials CAN be part of the overall red-pilling process, which IS a win for us.
So Cao IS achieving a higher visibility for the anti-Communism message, AND, he is getting visibility for himself. There may be another office down the line that this will help him win, or Trump may scoop him up for a good position in his administration. Cao has started his political career, and he definitely will have a future in some position.
And who knows what catastrophes the Dems will bring on themselves between now and November. Maybe Cao will actually win the Virginia Senate seat.
Pretty hard to find but it appears the restaurant opened around 2008 and did well until the 2018 imbroglio with Sarah Sanders. The co-owner that kicked out the Sanders party closed it for two weeks after the incident apparently because of the backlash but reopened and claimed all was good, she would do it again if provoked(?) and within a year was projecting business was better than ever. I guess that robust projection lasted until around July 4th 2023 when they closed for the holiday and never re-opened. They are now saying they expect to reopen under a new name.
I recently heard, second hand, that the Page County, VA, (Luray) Republican Party chairman is not on team Cao. So letting Commie Kaine win the senate seat is ok with them, hmm…
“Brown’s Sugar.” Winner, winner, chicken dinner! I’ve become a smidgen less pessimistic about Trump’s chances for winning the election, after reading Zuckerberg’s shocking admission that the White House “suggested” a bit of censorship was in order. Big Tech has a pretty good grip on the mood of the country and I think they are sensing that “the times, they are a-changin.”
I’m still very concerned. The left is cornered. Barry and Big Mike will be exposed as frauds and traitors. They will do anything, ANYTHING now that they are cornered. They will use violence. It’s going to be ugly.
On a side note, I had a long conversation with a co worker yesterday: a very nice black woman. She cannot accept the facts. She is 100% sure if Trump wins, she will lose all her rights. She brought up A Handmaids Tale 22 times. Kept referring to Project 2025 and how it will require women to report their monthly cycle. Let that sink in. They truly believe this crap.
There is absolutely nothing we can do to change these people’s minds. No amount of facts. No referencing truth. Nothing will change their minds. And with this attitude, there is nothing but a fight ahead. And the media will blame Trump for oppression and dictatorship when he has to use force to put down the revolt. But then maybe we need to remove a few hundred thousand of these mentally ill people anyway.
Be prepared.
"Fate whispers to the Warrior, "you cannot withstand the storm." The Warrior whispers back: "I AM THE STORM."
Amen!
I heard today via John Solomon on Charlie Kirk's podcast that the pollsters changed the projected turnout by 10 points in Dem favor. Of course Comrade Kamala shows better with such a weighting.
They manipulate the polls to try to make a steal more plausible. OTOH, it seems there is in fact some progress on election integrity in various states.
their slide into ignorance began in k-12 greg. it's been that way for fifty years running. i'll leave aside my thoughts on the fatherless households for now. k-12 is thee petri dish for all things anti-american and it's never going to get better until or unless america does something about that incubator for evil. i don't see that happening any time soon and that's why i agree that being optimistic concerning november is fools gold.
The fight has already begun - and is intensifying. It is part of the reason the communist left is retreating but flailing away at everything they can. The gig is up. Too many people know it. It's the proverbial genie having been let out of the bottle. But they still have power, they have control of all the cultural centers, albeit it is that very weakening of that grip which has them terrified. They know what they would do if the fortunes were reversed, and expect the worse from us. We need to hold our side - including Trump - to making sure their every nightmare comes true.
Today is apparently my day for posting quotations. How about this genius observation by the fictional idiot savant, Forrest Gump. "Stupid is as stupid does." I think it adequately describes your co-worker.
here's one i have always admired:
"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration."
.....Casey Stengel
He was such a colorful guy.
“The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.”
“The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.”
There's the story about the Yankees visiting a stadium that had fireworks when their team got a homerun. Well, the Yankees got a home run and Stengel stood on the front steps of the dugout waving lit sparklers. I am not a Yankees fan by any stretch of the imagination however on can't deny their storied past.
There are always the extreme on both sides. There are also ones who will switch sides and determine this election. Have to feel more will be switching to the right side.
Having not read project 2025 it still seems like complete horseshit that it says anything at all about menstrual cycles, let alone that they want to monitor them on behalf of anyone. Did she even bother to actually READ it for herself and verify this dubious claim? Somehow I doubt it but now I am going to have to go do this for myself in the event anyone is so stupid to say this to me.
You would get in trouble, but it would be nice to tell her that being so stupid, she deserves to lose her rights for her own safety.
I know a few like that. Dense as dirt.
I feel your pain/the odds seem overwhelming. Not to get esoteric about it, but I think one of the things that attracts me to Trump is his mind set of never give up. This is more than the power of positive thinking. Consider all that he has done & been through & yet there is not much difference between Trump today & Trump coming down the escalator. There is not enough Botox in the world that can duplicate that persona/spirit.
Oh come. No one is that stupidly ignorant
You need to get out more. Half of Americans are that stupid.
Oh yeah, there are some. A woman I have known for years is an example. Great Mom, neighborly, lives in a suburban "conservative" Navy Town. To this day, she believes that "Black Lives Matter" was a philanthropic organization formed to prevent “systemic racism” . Even after directing her to their website that stated they were Marxists!
My sister, Loves Obama, and votes for Bernie Sanders. Hates Trump because… well… because…well, I just hate him.
i'm surrounded my women like that. dumb as dirt.
Yup. Look no further than Zuckerberg's hedging as well as Pelosi trying to now sell the idea that she should have called in the National Guard on J6. All of the sudden these two POS's are now trying to get on Trump's good graces? Wonder why? And BTW, look for a pattern to emerge here of dozens of bad actors now looking to hedge...
Down the road they will say "that's old news". Happens every time.
Agree but it makes me wonder what they have on Zuck if he is coming clean
Yuck-Zuck’s just trying to get ahead of the game for when Trump wins.
Now that there’s probable proof FBI was involved in election interference he’s probably not sure what they have on him
Yup. The FBI has also got to be planning several escape routes.
Probably. The arrest of the Russian social media bigwig in France probably opened a bunch of eyes in monied tech world. That was a huge mistake by Macron, and might just be the hit that makes the steal even that much harder for the Harris campaign.
Good point… Can’t see the arrest but perhaps some good will come. Still don’t trust Zuck or anyone else who truly believes he’s smarter than the rest of us.
He's still giving away Zuckbucks so I don't think he's quite rehabilitated yet.
My bet he was just covering bases and assuming no damage could be given. He did his part and now over to the next guy.
BubblePuppy, you made me realize the apostrophe in "Brown's Sugar" went right over my head! Too funny!!! Good one, Don!
That one little apostrophe has made it possible for me to listen to “Brown Sugar” again. Thanks, Don!
Brown's sugar is funny, but he kicked her to the curb long ago. Probably got tired of the cackling.
FTR - what the govt engaged in with Zuckerberg is classic textbook fascism.
“Fascism is the melding of corporate & political power.” - Benito Mussolini
Elmer Fuddian face, another chuckle inducer.
I think Zuc is also seeing the "bud light" effect.
Shocking? Surely you must jest.
One of the bigger changes is Robby Starbuck! Here's what he's done to stop DEI.“So far, So far, you’ve [subscribers to his X site] helped me change corporate policy at Tractor Supply, John Deere, Harley Davidson, Polaris, Indian Motorcycle, Lowe’s, and now Ford. We are a force to be reckoned with.” He's asking for five bucks a month to support his efforts. Will be the best five bucks you ever spent.
If it was the White House then someone stabbed President Trump in the back. I seam to remember it was the FBI and others in the executive branch that went rogue. Why do I always feel like I am the object of a psychological operation. Perpetrated by our government and media.
Retired Navy Captain Hung Cao has one hell of a resume. South Carolina has Lindsey Graham.
I just contributed to Hung Cao's campaign on winred.
What a superb candidate for Senate.
He has done everything our Marine has done - underwater. Our guy will jump out of planes, but doesn’t want to insert underwater. That’s how hard it is. And then he got a real physics degree.
Yeah, but what pronouns does he use?
I am. You are. He/she is. We are you are they are. Remember? Third grade grammar. It’s all you need to know. Ignore the noise
You mean South Carolina has Aunt Fancy.
Elect Donald J. Trump, the president of the people, for the people and among the people.
Trump's new campaign slogan!
I love to read a feel good story early setting the tone for my day.Thank you Poca-Man and may Virginia choose salvation by voting MAGA red Nov.5th.The fact that Harris/Timpon must hold hands while campaigning and during an (interview ?) on friendly CNN should be a tell tale sign.As Selena Zito said in her last post there is no [there] there with the Kommela platform and flip flops on policy. Great post and easy-peasy poll.Roll on Poca-Man and we will see a MAGA 2024 win too big to rig.
Eagerly awaiting the debate between Donald Trump and Hee Haw Harris, who is basically a sock puppet. The debate should be moderated by Mel Brooks, in case a food fight breaks out like the one in Blazing Saddles.
Hee Haw Harris. I like that one. Funnier than Cackles. So many to choose from!
I understand that their/side wanted it to be in front of an audience, open mic, seated, and notes allowed. A much as Trump is eager to get at her I hope that he doesn’t agree to these terms.
Virginia will be in play only because Glenn Youngkin cleaned the voting rolls and got rid of electronic voting. Yet the state is still filled with angry Democrats wanting to kill a republican president. Guess the old adage is true: I haven’t seen so many Democrats this mad since Lincoln outlawed slavery.
Biden and Obama used Section A to hire hundreds of Lawyers and other types and put them in the bureaucracy especially anything to do with the environment. When the Trumpster arrives, they know they will all be toast. They're defining that as the end of Democracy. None of the Section A hires will ever vote themselves out of a cushy jobl.
Youngkin was on Megyn Kelly's podcast yesterday. He acquitted himself very very well.
In the early years of our marriage, the early 80’s, my husband and I lived in an apartment in Arlington, VA. The nearest metro stop was in Clarendon which was part of greater Arlington. Clarendon was a dump - shabby houses, boarded up businesses, weedy sidewalks. Then the Vietnamese moved in. At first it was just small shops and restaurants but they worked hard, cleaned the place up and now it’s a booming and very popular shopping and dining area with a mall which is several stories high and one high end restaurant after another.
It’s telling and thrilling that they are standing with Trump. As you stated, they know communism and can see it happening.
BTW, it’s LoudoUn County. I lived there for 24 years and my daughter and family still live there. Though they aren’t among the DC bureaucrat wealthy who took over the county in the late 90’s.
Question: Did they take over the county because it had become a nice area to live or did government bureaucracy add numbers so much that they needed new/more places to live? Don’t recall that being the case during the Clinton terms. Just wondering.
Speaking of Vietnamese patriots, I always loved this anecdote. In 1967, Polish mercenary Rafal Ganowicz was asked what it felt like to take human life and he responded, "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed Communists".
trump does more in a week than harris and her cabal of goof offs could do in a lifetime. sadly there are tens of millions of cretins who will vote for her.
Tim Walz makes my blood boil. My deceased father-in-law volunteered for the Army in 1950 and was sent to Korea. An artillery shell landed nearby in a battle destroying the hearing in Cal's left ear, and killing three of his platoon. When he was sent home he had gone from PFC to master sergeant. He said that was primarily because so many in his unit had been killed. When the Army tried to give him a purple heart for his hearing loss, he refused it saying compared to the fatalities and horrendous injuries so many of his comrades had suffered that the hearing loss was nothing.
Cal stayed in the Army when he got home, then went to Army Reserve. When I met my wife in 1972 he was the full time first sergeant for a Reserve Engineering Battalion in Bryan, Ohio, which meant he was the boss in most things.
In 1974 Cal applied and was accepted to the first ever Command Sergeant Major school at Fort Bliss, TX. The next year he was promoted to CSM, and continued to run the Engineering Battalion for the weekend warrior Reserve major who was the boss on paper. CSM Lauren Calvin was one of kindest and best men I have ever know. When I first met him I had hair down to my shoulders and was scared shitless. He acted like the hair didn't exist and because his daughter was in love with me accepted me as a member of his family.
That man was natural leader. The caricature of a lifer sergeant screaming and cussing at his men couldn't be further from the truth. Oh, he could discipline, all right. He could make you feel about 2" high with his serious quiet voice, just by asking questions. My wife said she once told him "Please, Dad, just beat me!"
We were married in 1976 and Cal was still serving. My wife and I attended a couple of the annual military balls in Toledo. When I saw the number of full colonels and generals who knew and respected CSM Calvin, I learned who REALLY ran the Army. Although the Army had closed the Reserve Center in Bryan he commuted to the unit in Toledo, OH. In 1977 the little town of Stryker, OH where Cal's family lived was a financial mess. Several local leaders approached Cal and asked him to run for mayor. He had to say no because regulations would not allow him to run for political office. The local boys started a write in campaign which WAS legal, and Cal was elected in an overwhelming landslide. He served for 12 years. When he took over the town was under EPA findings and orders to build a sewage treatment system they could no way afford. Cal persuaded the citizens to go to monthly instead of quarterly billing and raise the rates to service the bonds they sold, which were paid off early. While mayor he persuaded several small industries to locate there, where before they had none.
During the Clinton years the Army was trying to chase off its higher paid noncoms and officers. One of the ploys they used was to require every serving man to pass the same physical fitness tests required of young soldiers to graduate boot camp. Cal was always in decent shape, but smoked for 40 years and had to work his butt off, but he passed. The next year he was 62 and the Engineering Battalion for their two week summer duty was detailed to build a road in Guatemala through dense jungle. Cal caught malaria and suffered flare ups the rest of his life.
My beloved father-in-law died in 1997. When they played taps and shot the 21 gun salute I cried like a baby. May God rest his brave and noble soul.
Tim Walz, you lying cowardly piece of shit, you couldn't carry CSM Lauren Calvin's boots. May you rot in hell for your stolen valor bullshit.
Dennis, I have been privileged to have you as a reader for 20-plus years
Thank you for sharing the story
What a story! Your family was fortunate to know him. And the US was clearly the better for his service in so many ways.
O/T Ric Grenell has a 10 question list for CNNs interview with the Kommila/Timpon circus.No chance of them being asked, sadly.
The most accurate name for her is Kommiela.
Eagerly awaiting pictures of Obama's mansions with the caption, "Built with tax payers money. Let's liquidate them and use the proceeds to fund a people vs. Obama law suit for illegally profiting while wrecking the country."
Even more insidious is how Tony West, Commiela’s BIL married to sister Maya, as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division used a secretive Judgment Fund account to funnel money to organizations of their choosing under - you guessed it - Obama. This fund is like a blank check since the cap for it was removed in 1977. West took a case that the government was poised to win, agreed to settle, and added claimants who had not brought suit increasing the settlement amount from 1 billion to 4 billion, basically buying votes and enriching political allies and activists. Then he went on to use this method of “honest graft” to shake down corporations. The Biden-Harris Administration has been using this strategy “to reward political allies on the taxpayers’ dime”, such as paying “$2 million to FBI Agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for releasing their anti-Trump texts to Congressional investigators…”
This kind of stuff is such a racket and not seen by or easily explained to the people who are just trying to put a roof over their heads and feed their families. So it continues under the cover of bureaucracy. /sigh
https://nypost.com/2024/08/23/opinion/kamalas-brother-in-law-fleeced-taxpayers-for-billions-to-give-to-left-wing-groups-and-lawyers/
Yes-- I saw this story too, and it is DEFINITELY one that we need to get the word out on. It's OUTRAGEOUS. Thank you for highlighting it here.
PS, I had heard about that horrible $2 million payout to Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, but hadn't realized it was done through this program.
We need to scream to high heaven about this sick activity of Tony West.
I definitely felt blindsided by this story though I vaguely remember hearing something about the case of the Hispanic farmers before it was all done. Like you, I knew Strzok and Page got money despite their misdeeds but I have never heard of this Judgment Fund. It’s so evil the way they steal from everyone to fund their organizations and friends. And it’s disgusting the way our elected officials in Congress keep giving up their Constitutional purpose to control the purse strings!
In actuality this is how the whole of the government apparatus operates.
All those giant trillion dollar bills they pass are just filled with taxpayer money being funneled to agencies and foundations and NGO’s by the thousands and grants to all their pet groups and projects. They have redistributed all the taxpayers money to whoever is on their side and will do their bidding. It is one enormous system of nearly 100% pure graft and grift.
Until the money flow gets cut off nothing will ever change because both parties do it.
The House of Representatives has always had the power of the purse and could stop payment on every government employee’s checks with the swoop of a pen until they heeled to their wishes, but even a Republican majority has gone along with it.
It will all not end well for the country.
Sadly, I don't think that Captain Cao will win. As with most "blue" states one or two major cities tend to dominate the vote tally. Captain Cao will win the outlying counties, but the DC suburbs will break for Kaine. Just the same, I do hope that people have had enough and will vote for a change in the Senate. MAGA!
Yes, Cao has an uphill battle in Virginia for sure. But even if he doesn't win, he is making a powerful statement and it FORCES all those Democratic voters in Virginia to be aware of him and his super-effective argument against Communism. Of course, many Democrats are very close-minded; BUT many are also still somewhat sane ordinary people, and encountering Cao's campaign materials CAN be part of the overall red-pilling process, which IS a win for us.
So Cao IS achieving a higher visibility for the anti-Communism message, AND, he is getting visibility for himself. There may be another office down the line that this will help him win, or Trump may scoop him up for a good position in his administration. Cao has started his political career, and he definitely will have a future in some position.
And who knows what catastrophes the Dems will bring on themselves between now and November. Maybe Cao will actually win the Virginia Senate seat.
From your keyboard to G-d's ears. Let's work to make it happen!
And maybe Can can succeed Youngkin? (VA does not allow its governors to serve two consecutive terms)
CAO...smellcheck at work
The Ren Hen closed btw. Any idea why?
Karma, would be my guess.
Pretty hard to find but it appears the restaurant opened around 2008 and did well until the 2018 imbroglio with Sarah Sanders. The co-owner that kicked out the Sanders party closed it for two weeks after the incident apparently because of the backlash but reopened and claimed all was good, she would do it again if provoked(?) and within a year was projecting business was better than ever. I guess that robust projection lasted until around July 4th 2023 when they closed for the holiday and never re-opened. They are now saying they expect to reopen under a new name.
The dogma ran over her karma...
I recently heard, second hand, that the Page County, VA, (Luray) Republican Party chairman is not on team Cao. So letting Commie Kaine win the senate seat is ok with them, hmm…