Malcolm Nance was on Stephanie Miller on Wednesday and said that any other appropriate carrier to replace the Lincoln would take a month to get there if one is available. He also said that to restock the larders of foodstuffs on the Lincoln would require supplies either from Europe or the States and would probably take just as long.
Also, Evan (I guess sarcastically) referred to the "flaming liberals from Stars & Stripes." Back in '67 or '68 when Vietnam was really gettin' good there was a long running comic strip by Al Capp called "Li'l Abner" and it occasionally dabbled in politics. In the strip Capp began portraying LBJ as a Texas Longhorn throwing his weight around the barnyard and acting as a typical "Bull in a china shop." In those pre-Doonesbury days it was viewed as pretty controversial and the Washington Post and perhaps other papers put the strip on hiatus but Stars and Stripes did not. In June '73 "S&S" dropped Doonesbury in the wake of the "Guilty, guilty, guilty" controversy but reinstated it about a month later. The Washington Post and the Boston Globe had also declined to run that one particular strip.
There was apparently a spike in military recruitment after Trump was elected because a lot of young people thought that he was actually being serious when he said he would keep us out of overseas wars (including my own niece and nephew!). It seemed as good a time as any to get the benefits of enlistment with none of the risks! Oh, well! Now, of course, recruiters are back to scrounging around seeing if they can get tatted-up ex-felon white supremacist drug addicts to enlist because there's not even a barrel bottom left to scrape at this point.
It's one thing to sacrifice and endure long deployments if you know you're fighting for a righteous cause to defend your country. It's another to know you're a sitting duck in the middle of a hot ocean, eating shit food, shitting in a bucket, and fighting History's Stupidest Fucking War for a bunch of preening morons in DC, including the fat orange pustule you still have to call your commander-in-chief.
Or even after he used the graves of fallen Marines in Arlington Cemetery to stage a political event. Desecrations in American culture don't get much more obscene than that, and yet...
He probably thinks things are going swimmingly (aside from a few whiners with "Trump Derangement Syndrome" in the ranks) because that's what he's hearing on Fox.
I can see Don-Don, war jet landing on the aircraft carrier, climbing out of the cockpit -- Dubya-style codpiece, swollen and thrusting at the surrounding cameras -- helmet in hand, "OPERATION IRANY OILS WELL THAT ENDS WELL" banner fapping in the wind. He approaches the microphone, does his "fellating the microphone" joke, and starts coughing up blood.
Every Dem candidate needs to be screaming from the rafters about this shit. It's rare when we have a chance to make inroads with military voters.
Just fucking blows my mind when you had Joe Biden who so obviously loved and respected our soldiers, and so many of them still back the filth who called them suckers and losers.
Gee, moldy showers, no toothpaste, no deodorant, no soap, no food......sounds like every jail in the USA. That's jails in which people who are presumed innocent are locked up, or who are mentally ill and waiting for a public hospital bed but who have not been charged with any crime. Please forgive me if I fail to feel adequate sympathy for sailors.
It's unacceptable all around. This country is just flat-out inhumane. Sanitation is the barest minimum and we even fail at that embarrassingly low standard.
Hey I have a question- remember the story that we went into Iran in the early days and saved a downed pilot in the middle of the night? Where is that guy and why haven’t they trotted him out?
“(Notably, just about every Navy family member who talked to MS NOW for that report said they had voted for Trump.)”
Idiots. They actually believed Trump’s “no more wars lies?
Malcolm Nance was on Stephanie Miller on Wednesday and said that any other appropriate carrier to replace the Lincoln would take a month to get there if one is available. He also said that to restock the larders of foodstuffs on the Lincoln would require supplies either from Europe or the States and would probably take just as long.
Also, Evan (I guess sarcastically) referred to the "flaming liberals from Stars & Stripes." Back in '67 or '68 when Vietnam was really gettin' good there was a long running comic strip by Al Capp called "Li'l Abner" and it occasionally dabbled in politics. In the strip Capp began portraying LBJ as a Texas Longhorn throwing his weight around the barnyard and acting as a typical "Bull in a china shop." In those pre-Doonesbury days it was viewed as pretty controversial and the Washington Post and perhaps other papers put the strip on hiatus but Stars and Stripes did not. In June '73 "S&S" dropped Doonesbury in the wake of the "Guilty, guilty, guilty" controversy but reinstated it about a month later. The Washington Post and the Boston Globe had also declined to run that one particular strip.
There was apparently a spike in military recruitment after Trump was elected because a lot of young people thought that he was actually being serious when he said he would keep us out of overseas wars (including my own niece and nephew!). It seemed as good a time as any to get the benefits of enlistment with none of the risks! Oh, well! Now, of course, recruiters are back to scrounging around seeing if they can get tatted-up ex-felon white supremacist drug addicts to enlist because there's not even a barrel bottom left to scrape at this point.
It's one thing to sacrifice and endure long deployments if you know you're fighting for a righteous cause to defend your country. It's another to know you're a sitting duck in the middle of a hot ocean, eating shit food, shitting in a bucket, and fighting History's Stupidest Fucking War for a bunch of preening morons in DC, including the fat orange pustule you still have to call your commander-in-chief.
Trump called our war dead suckers and losers and MAGAs thought he'd treat our military with decency and respect?
Or even after he used the graves of fallen Marines in Arlington Cemetery to stage a political event. Desecrations in American culture don't get much more obscene than that, and yet...
In the leadup to the election in 2024, there was a house down the street from me with a sign in the yard.
"Support our Troops"
Trump/Vance '24
I think I'll walk down and knock on the door and see how he's feeling.
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He probably thinks things are going swimmingly (aside from a few whiners with "Trump Derangement Syndrome" in the ranks) because that's what he's hearing on Fox.
You know, this sounds like a problem related to transgender people in the military. Or maybe testosterone levels.
I'm sure Heggy-bear will take care of it.
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Was this headline supposed to be sung to the tune of "My Darling Clementine", or am I losing it?
See also: "Barrett's Privateers" by Stan Rogers.
Who is going to just up and arrest Trump? Who's got the balls? Mandami? Next time he's in NYC.
We have 12 nuclear powered aircraft carriers. TWELVE. What wars are the other 11 fighting that that not one can be spared to relieve this one?
Only about half are deployed at any one time because the others are usually in for repairs or upgrades, time for rest/retraining of the crew, etc.
The wars of long overdue repairs due to continuous deployments and deferred maintenance
I saw a list. 6 or 7, I forget exactly, are in dock for service, some of them really long term.
I can see Don-Don, war jet landing on the aircraft carrier, climbing out of the cockpit -- Dubya-style codpiece, swollen and thrusting at the surrounding cameras -- helmet in hand, "OPERATION IRANY OILS WELL THAT ENDS WELL" banner fapping in the wind. He approaches the microphone, does his "fellating the microphone" joke, and starts coughing up blood.
I so want to see Donnie climb out of a fighter cockpit and down that little ladder.
Then, I want to see it sped up and set to Yackety Sax.
“Gonna need a bigger cock… pit!”
God, I love how Evan writes!
Every Dem candidate needs to be screaming from the rafters about this shit. It's rare when we have a chance to make inroads with military voters.
Just fucking blows my mind when you had Joe Biden who so obviously loved and respected our soldiers, and so many of them still back the filth who called them suckers and losers.
Gee, moldy showers, no toothpaste, no deodorant, no soap, no food......sounds like every jail in the USA. That's jails in which people who are presumed innocent are locked up, or who are mentally ill and waiting for a public hospital bed but who have not been charged with any crime. Please forgive me if I fail to feel adequate sympathy for sailors.
Welp, seems like the families all voted for their kids to obey Herr Leader. Not sure how to twist this.
It's unacceptable all around. This country is just flat-out inhumane. Sanitation is the barest minimum and we even fail at that embarrassingly low standard.
A complete failure of leadership. This incompetent boob will get active duty people killed and completely discredit the United States Military.
Hey I have a question- remember the story that we went into Iran in the early days and saved a downed pilot in the middle of the night? Where is that guy and why haven’t they trotted him out?
Millions of war fighting dollars straight into deep pockets.
Because it was all utter bullshit?