Of course, anyone who's been through recruit training knows that a platoon of boots is in invariably woebegone and sickly. EVERYBODY has some form of crud, sometimes several varieties at the same time. It's what happens when you cram a bunch of people from all over the country into extremely close quarters. They get sick. Mostly it's harmless, low-grade shit, but watch the brass freak out if someone rests positive for TB.
That's why the military vaccinates. We started doing that before we even had a country: the Continental Army was the first in the world to mandate inoculations, a policy that predated the Declaration of Independence. But Pete Hegseth is no George Washington.
“Top Dumb” is almost too generous. Hegseth tried to turn military readiness into a Fox News segment, and the flu immediately enlisted. Nothing says warrior strength like making basic training a petri dish because vaccines hurt the feelings of the freedom cosplay crowd. The virus didn’t need propaganda, a flag backdrop, or a drunk little speech. It just saw stupid policy and said, “Permission to come aboard.”
Last major flu epidemic in the US was in 2009.. meaning new recruits were born after that date, and are the most susceptible to infection, not having acquiring "natural immunity" from the last round. Same thing as in 1917, when the majority of deaths were people born between 1890 and 1910, not having survived the epidemics of the late 1880s.
Emperor Piggy treats everything within his sphere of influence as HIS personal property and justifies this arrogation by claiming to be the Bestest President Ever. George Washington, overrated. Ditto Lincoln, and don't even get him started on that commie FDR. Do that is all settled as far as he's concerned, it's HIS sandbox and all the toys therein and he insists that his Godhead must be acknowledged and praised before he will let anyone else in to one corner and maybe, just MAYBE one toy that Piggy is not playing with right now
Kegsbreath will be shocked, shocked to learn that evil DEI vaccine betrayal existed long ago, done by an obscure guy named George stylizing himself as the "Commander of the Continental Army"
"During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777. "
Fun factoid... Spain made a substantial contribution to the Continental Army (like covering the payroll) on the condition that the troops were vaccinated. King Carlos IV was a fool in many ways, but he did make a huge contribution to the world, launching a few years later, the first mass inoculation campaign... sending smallpox vaccine throughout the empire.
Benjamin Franklin lost a four-year-old son to smallpox, and wrote in his autobiography that he "long regretted bitterly" not having the child vaccinated. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2653186
The. Fucking. New. York. Times... is running the entire "reflecting pool was vandalized by Antifa warriors" (and now has to be drained and repaired because "vandalism") like it's a straight story and not Pussbrain McPussgrab's complete fabrication. Monkey scribes, the lot of them.
(no offense towards real, actual, ethical monkeys, of course)
Oh. For. Fuck's. Sake. Does their story include an explanation of how Trump's $14 million Reflecting Pool upgrade was so easily foiled by some radical libs dumping algae into it? Was there no security, anticipating an attack by libs who hate our country? How did the algae multiply so rapidly? And did the radical libs ALSO cause the paint to peel off the bottom? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
How weird, I just started to comment that even the MSM wasn't buying that load of BS (LATimes, e.g., seemed very sceptical), but didn't account for how deep the NYT has sunk. Foolish me.
Of course, anyone who's been through recruit training knows that a platoon of boots is in invariably woebegone and sickly. EVERYBODY has some form of crud, sometimes several varieties at the same time. It's what happens when you cram a bunch of people from all over the country into extremely close quarters. They get sick. Mostly it's harmless, low-grade shit, but watch the brass freak out if someone rests positive for TB.
That's why the military vaccinates. We started doing that before we even had a country: the Continental Army was the first in the world to mandate inoculations, a policy that predated the Declaration of Independence. But Pete Hegseth is no George Washington.
"Then an eagle landed on his shoulder and everyone clapped." Marine Todd!!
“Top Dumb” is almost too generous. Hegseth tried to turn military readiness into a Fox News segment, and the flu immediately enlisted. Nothing says warrior strength like making basic training a petri dish because vaccines hurt the feelings of the freedom cosplay crowd. The virus didn’t need propaganda, a flag backdrop, or a drunk little speech. It just saw stupid policy and said, “Permission to come aboard.”
I wonder if the drop in rates is because since it is not mandatory, troops are on their own to find a provider and pay for it.
I hope that eagle had a nice long crap down Hegseth's back after it landed on his shoulder
Last major flu epidemic in the US was in 2009.. meaning new recruits were born after that date, and are the most susceptible to infection, not having acquiring "natural immunity" from the last round. Same thing as in 1917, when the majority of deaths were people born between 1890 and 1910, not having survived the epidemics of the late 1880s.
just stop keeping records, this all goes away …
First DFT was defeated by Iran. Now he is being defeated by ALGAE.
Emperor Piggy treats everything within his sphere of influence as HIS personal property and justifies this arrogation by claiming to be the Bestest President Ever. George Washington, overrated. Ditto Lincoln, and don't even get him started on that commie FDR. Do that is all settled as far as he's concerned, it's HIS sandbox and all the toys therein and he insists that his Godhead must be acknowledged and praised before he will let anyone else in to one corner and maybe, just MAYBE one toy that Piggy is not playing with right now
Kegsbreath will be shocked, shocked to learn that evil DEI vaccine betrayal existed long ago, done by an obscure guy named George stylizing himself as the "Commander of the Continental Army"
"During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777. "
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/smallpox-inoculation-revolutionary-war.htm
(Amazing that this hasn't been memory-holed by this shambolic grifter convention known as the US Government)
Fun factoid... Spain made a substantial contribution to the Continental Army (like covering the payroll) on the condition that the troops were vaccinated. King Carlos IV was a fool in many ways, but he did make a huge contribution to the world, launching a few years later, the first mass inoculation campaign... sending smallpox vaccine throughout the empire.
Benjamin Franklin lost a four-year-old son to smallpox, and wrote in his autobiography that he "long regretted bitterly" not having the child vaccinated. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2653186
Everyone hopes that their child in the military will not be hurt or killed in operations.
Nobody ever suspects that their warrior child might die of the flu.
On another thought, in fly and flu, I remember that y and u are related in the development of European alphabets.
And what comes up on shuffle?
Swamp - Talking Heads.
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Round
https://youtu.be/W7pu7D-msHw?si=bhEnrnCsSdAKLj-W
The Specials
I await the next episode of The Real Reflecting Pools of DC.
The pilot was a banger.
It's the tallest pool ever!
A lot of people didn't know that until Orange Death Warmed-Over pointed it out.
It's like the pyramid's only greener.
And shaped differently.
older.
The. Fucking. New. York. Times... is running the entire "reflecting pool was vandalized by Antifa warriors" (and now has to be drained and repaired because "vandalism") like it's a straight story and not Pussbrain McPussgrab's complete fabrication. Monkey scribes, the lot of them.
(no offense towards real, actual, ethical monkeys, of course)
I didn't realize the Algae Liberation Front had joined Antifa. Those Soros-bucks must really be flowing.
WaPo, also too.
AP went with “Trump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism, without offering substantiation.” At least that’s accurate.
That whole "vandalism" story will end up TOTALLY DEBUNKED and a year from now MAGA dipshit morons will still be claiming it is true.
Oh. For. Fuck's. Sake. Does their story include an explanation of how Trump's $14 million Reflecting Pool upgrade was so easily foiled by some radical libs dumping algae into it? Was there no security, anticipating an attack by libs who hate our country? How did the algae multiply so rapidly? And did the radical libs ALSO cause the paint to peel off the bottom? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
It was obviously algae imported by foreign agents, as we all know there's no such thing in America.
Evidence, please.
In Two Weeks....
Sit tight, Shirley the evidence is coming.
*laughs in professional Pool Boi*
How weird, I just started to comment that even the MSM wasn't buying that load of BS (LATimes, e.g., seemed very sceptical), but didn't account for how deep the NYT has sunk. Foolish me.
"Forget it Jake, it's reflecting pool." . . .