Sunday, June 20, 2021

In the Man Cave Dealing with Idiocy Wholesale & Retail

Hanging out in my man cave, cleaning and fixing guns. It's very therapeutic. 

Got a 1944 "Last Ditch" Japanese Arisaka rifle which needed some minor fixes to the wood stock. Produced at roughly the same time as my M1 Garand, the Arisaka betrays the plight facing Japan then, particularly when compared to the M1. The Arisaka, normally a very fine rifle, by 1944 had become rather rough: the wood cheap and poorly finished, the butt plate crudely nailed on, and the metal components showing that they got rushed out the door with a minimum of the fine Japanese craftsmanship we expect on manufactured items. That said, however, it seems to work well. By the way, the Imperial chrysanthemum (the "Mum") is partially scratched off. The story on that is not entirely clear. I have read from reputable sources that the Palace ordered the "Mums" ground off before the rifles were surrendered to the occupying US forces. Another source says, no, that happened at the insistence of General MacArthur. Who knows? I don't, and can't find any good paper trail to support either version. Either way, I have half a Mum, so somebody didn't do a thorough job.

Also spent some time replacing the recoil spring on an old Spanish "Star" 9mm. It proved a bear to disassemble as, clearly, nothing had been done to it in a long, long time. Cleaned it up, replaced the recoil spring assembly and promptly had the slide, now feeling rejuvenated, bite my hand. Blood, curses. We'll see how it does at the range. Likewise, I inherited my father's handguns, one an S&W .357 "Highway Patrol" Special, which when he bought it in the 1950s was probably the most powerful commercially manufactured handgun you could get. Beautiful gun. Works great. I took it with me all around the world.  His S&W Model 39-2, needed quite a bit of cleaning but looks like it will be fine.

Enough of the fun stuff. 

Still struggling with a range of health issues--off to the MRI machine this afternoon--and with the overwhelming feeling of being pissed off at what is happening to our country and to the West. I can't imagine what sort of a place we leave our children and grandchildren. It apparently will be one in which they must feel shame, deep, deep shame, for their nationality and must repeatedly assert that "whiteness" is a unique form of evil. Joy and entertainment are to be banned and replaced with a ceaseless propaganda stream misrepresenting, ignoring, deforming, and deriding the vast accomplishments of Western Civilization--aka, European people: the BEST civilization ever to emerge on the planet Earth. Millions upon millions of people all over that planet risk their fortunes and their lives to live under that Civilization. Yes, it seems that "people of color" (What a stupid phrase!) want to live under the brutal rule of white patriarchy. Our own southern border serves as a vivid testament to that fact. Strange how that happens, no?

Our foreign policy looks hopeless. 

The so-called Biden administration has destroyed the deal reached with Mexico and Central America on immigration, and the border, as a consequence, is now a hot violent mess. The Middle East is falling apart again, as the so-called Biden administration seeks to kiss the butts of the Palestinian Authority and the Mad Ayatollahs of Iran. The former Senator from Delaware's meeting with Putin? A bad, bad joke with America the punchline and punching bag. What genius came up with the idea of the former Senator giving Putin a list of areas in which we would not accept Russian hacking? So anything NOT on the list is OK? Will we now negotiate what exactly is meant by any particular category? Does anybody remember the story of how after WWII we listed the areas of interest to the US and failed to list the Korean Peninsula? Stalin noticed, and guess what?

OK, we now have June 19 as a federal holiday. The Republicans should seize the moment to remind people what June 19, 1865 actually meant. It meant word, by way of the Union army, had gotten to the most remote corner of the Confederacy, Galveston, Texas, that slavery "in the states under rebellion" was forbidden. Guess what? It was a Republican President who did that. Guess who were the slave owners? Democrats, but you knew that.

More depressing thoughts later.

233 comments:

  1. The destruction of the Chrysanthemum was at the order of General MacArthur by the request of the Emperor of Japan, post surrender. The Chrysanthemum is the Imperial property mark, and it was requested that it was to be defaced on all captured weapons. This for the most part occurred on all the weapon bring backs that happened post surrender in Japan. Pre-surrender bring back weapons will often retain their property marks. Since your Arisaka is a last-ditch rifle, it was likely captured in Japan post surrender. You should follow a YouTube channel called “Forgotten Weapons”. All kinds of in-depth information about things like last ditch Arisaka rifles. I recall specifically an episode on that rifle.

    My thoughts on June 19th. I always felt that this was something for black folks. It was their holiday. They had their own private gatherings and celebrations of the event as they saw fit. I don’t feel connected to June 19th In that sort of way that I don’t celebrate Ramadan or Passover. Now the white man has taken that away, as white democrats always seem to believe they know what is best for black folks. Turning their private holiday into a sales event, and marketing campaign does not provide benefit to the fates of black folks in general.

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    1. It was the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. Certainly not the Emancipation Proclamation. And not Juneteenth.

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  2. Note the language is that of 'dismantlement'. None of this is intend to 'fix' anything, it's to remove what is here, baby, bathwater, and heck, why not the rest of the household.
    America just raided your collection and is attempting to point every piece of hardware you've got at our collective foot.

    - reader #1482

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  3. So are we going to move Juneteenth to the closest Monday so everyone can enjoy a three day weekend like Memorial Day or Presidents Day or MLK Day for that matter?

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    1. If they're going to turn Juneteenth into just another drinking holiday with bar-b-q, it will be "celebrated" on the nearest Monday.

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  4. Interesting observation on your Arisaka. Lt Col (ret) John George in his book "Shots Fired In Anger" had much good to say about the Arisakas that he encountered in WW2. And over in the ETO, the K98K started off as a meticulously built rifle that, by the end of the war, also suffered a "Last Ditch" production. It had lost all of its finery in finish, both metal and wood~~~~yet it never lost its accuracy and reliability. One could make the same claim for the Arisaka.

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    1. The Soviets must have been making "Last Ditch Mosin Nagants throughout the war, then.

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    2. The Moisin Nagant was a pretty standard design, going back to the 1890s. Apart from revamping in in 1930 to have metric sights, not sure they did anything else to it. I have an M44 carbine, produced toward the end of the war. Very nicely made rifle and doesn't have any last ditchiness about it. Might also have depended on which factory made it.

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  5. Dip, health issues MRI? You okay?

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    1. G'day Whitewall.

      Totally 'off topic" but have you heard anything of David Duff?
      I've sent him a couple of e-mails but have had no reply.

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    2. Well hello David. I have done what you have and had no reply either. Others have tried the same as well. I don't know what to think. I have lost some of my window into the goings on in Oz as a result.

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    3. MRI yeah that worrisome. Hang tough buddy.

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    4. I sent the Duffs an e-mail, but have received no reply. David might be sick, or Pat might be down with something vicious. When I write to Lawrence, it is through the
      DavPat address, so have heard nothing from him either. David had prostate cancer a couple of years ago, and was treated with a very new regime, not typical of the NHS. My close observation of European medicine in general is that they are not usually very aggressive. They definitely practice a kind of triage, and, at 83ish, Dave is on the wrong side of that equation. Kindly keep me posted at Michael@Adamsnet.info.

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    5. Affirm~~~
      Same result here,
      miss him & his "nonsense"
      even, Bob's BS, a wee bit,
      JK is still scribbling here
      from time to time, wonder
      if he's had any updates
      from David or Fam...
      On Watch~~~

      PS here's David,
      w/ his last, Sunday
      in May, tongue in
      cheek missive~~~

      "I blame Trump!
      You may have wondered why I have been so quiet recently - or you may not, instead of which you were thanking God the old fool had finally shut up! Whichever, the reason is fairly obvious - nothing much is happening, certainly not enough to fire up my literary skills - and I heard that! Life in this ancient Isle has sunk to a level of total tedium. Politics have simply withered on the vine not least because Her Majesty's Leader of the Opposition has nothing to say and therefore does nothing! Meanwhile Boris bumbles on and as far as I can tell he does nothing either! It's all very boring but, beneath the tedium, it is also rather worrying because in politics nothing ever stops entirely - although snoozey Joe Biden gives it a try!

      Where and when and why will the 'S.H.1.T.' finally hit the fan? Internationally, of course, the answer is almost certainly China! They may not be direct actors but whatever kicks off they will be pulling the strings from behind the curtains. Well, it's no good worrying over those infamous 'unknown unknowns', sufficient unto the day thereof! Enjoy the peace and quiet whilst you may!

      By the way, I blame Trump because everyone does - for everything! [Sunday, 16 May 2021]

      "Let's Roll"

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    6. I just three days ago noted an email from Andra who communicates with Pat - the Memsahib - Andra included no untoward mentions re David. I'll recheck with her (she's in Cairns Oz) and as I have an alternate address for Lawrence I'll shoot him an email as well.

      There's alot of 'blogging weariness' going on as I certain all around here can relate to.

      JK

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    7. "...alot of 'blogging weariness' going on..."

      Too True, JK!
      Do hope, that all's well over in Zummerzet~~~
      My cure for the Summertime Biden Blues, nowadaze,
      is to remember the Patriots over in Maricopa County!
      God Bless them, and all the U.S. "Electoral Mess" repair
      crews, sacrificing their time with family & Friends, to do
      what MUST be done to begin to undo what's being done to US all!

      Tks for your news, and downunder inquiry 'bout David & Fam, JK
      and best to you and yours, as well~~~
      OW~~~
      Willie sings Gershwin~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5xafQXg1yI
      Let's Roll"

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    8. Ahoy Whitewall!

      Check your email.

      David from Oz - [AussieD?] OW

      Mr. Amselem.

      I'm not comfortable placing my address on this (any) blog in the JoeBama era so - out of respect to whom we are concerned I must be sparing on what I place on this thread. Suffice to say I don't think we may expect much in the way of "regular/future" posts there.

      (There is a 'breadcrumb trail' on here left some years ago. It is tedious and troublesome - purposefully - but there is a way to reach an *old *address I still have access to - at least for the CONUS curious - David from Oz I suspect maybe the only way "easiest" for us to connect might be - if you're the Oz Navy fellow I suspect you may be - might have to be a circuitous route using a military channel for us to establish contact.

      The sole *clue I can offer in the direction of that breadcrumb path is in a timeframe of back when the late unlamented McCain had utilized a (cough) "Syrian connection)" cough cough cough went by the name of Elizabeth O'Bagy.

      There was a period of time old farts like me used a process which 'formally' was known as steganography across the blogosphere.

      Oh hold on.

      That Michael fellow left his calling card up above? He and I have a mutual friend and Michael at least at one time knew I to reach me. Go through him.

      Michael. I no longer have that phone number with the *unusual area code - however if you can remember specifically where I was, ... well you managed to reach me then so maybe you ain't too old & decrepit to reach me again?

      JK

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    9. TKS,JK!
      OW~~~
      P.S.
      IMO the
      worst
      part of
      aging is the
      worry about
      the young in
      troubled times...
      Or as WLA put it:

      "...and with the overwhelming feeling of being pissed off at what is happening to our country and to the West. I can't imagine what sort of a place we leave our children and grandchildren. It apparently will be one in which they must feel shame, deep, deep shame, for their nationality and must repeatedly assert that "whiteness" is a unique form of evil. Joy and entertainment are to be banned and replaced with a ceaseless propaganda stream misrepresenting, ignoring, deforming, and deriding the vast accomplishments of Western Civilization..."

      The Global Killer's Boots
      are getting closer to
      __Stomping Out__
      the imagined "Peace"
      in their confused "Times".
      +++++++++++++++++++++++
      'Let loose the hounds'

      "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL,
      BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE
      MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS."

      Over n' Out~~~

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    10. There MAY appear a post there on or about 04 July. Give or take. Trying to figure the words out. Care must be exercised as the honorable fellow remains with us, from along our long path it's simply the short path that's affected.

      But he's a stubborn ol' git. Fer shure.

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    11. Affirm Anon,
      Got my ears on~~~
      In Stand-By mode...
      On Watch~~~

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  6. "More depressing thoughts later." So it seems.

    But how did the DIA get Dong Jingwei? Former vice minister of State Security in China? Did he choose them given his counter-intel work?

    For those not following this, see Red State.

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    1. He apparently knew about the Chinese infiltration of our civilian intelligence agencies; including the data breach of the CIA allowing the killing of our agents in China.

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    2. If this is true, it's an unmitigated disaster that US intelligence can't keep this under wraps. Why doesn't anybody take security seriously in the federal government?
      I cannot imagine that they could obtain this guy, and within three months determine that it's a time of maximum value to reveal it.

      - reader #1482

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    3. The defection of Dong Jingwei is only a rumor. He appeared at a security conference in China on June 23. Frankly, were I a disgruntled Chinese security official, the USA would probably appear a poor place to find a quiet refuge. If the Biden administration is waking up, accepting that the Wuhan Virology lab is indeed the source of a manmade virus, and retooling policy, it is probably because US-based scientists and other intelligence sources have made discoveries.

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    4. While we're at it, during my own short and inglorious diplomatic career, it was widely admitted that the US was critically weak in intelligence gathering capabilities. I also recall how, in one of the eraly training classes, we were told to write nothing that we wouldn't want to see out in public during our lifetimes. The only secrets the US seems able to keep are the academic records of the supposedly most intelligent pOTUS ever (the O).

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    5. He appeared at a security conference in China on June 23.
      This was claimed by a CCP news outlet. From what I have read there are no photos, video, or audio at that conference of him.

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  7. As to our new federal holiday, if the Republicans have any spine, every Juneteenth they would say something like this; "We celebrate this Juneteenth to honor Lincoln's Republican Army on liberating the last vestige of slavery by the Democrats. Unfortunately, the Democrats then replaced slavery with Jim Crow, segregation, the lynchings of 3,446 blacks and 1,297 whites, and black designated gun control for the next 100 years. Finally, with majority Republican support, President LBJ was able to make illegal the Jim Crow and associated Democratic policies and enforced the anti slavery 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to our blessed Constitution. "

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    1. Dear Br'er amr,
      That sounds fair to my
      one good db~recertified
      Con-Rep Rt-ear, but, why
      not The Day the Wild Wild
      West was, finally unsaddled
      and at long last, Dismounted~~~
      OW~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  8. The Model 28 Highway Patrol is my favorite revolver!

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  9. Rupp v. Bonta is probably better known as Rupp v. Becerra. Becerra preceded Bonta as CA Attorney General. The case number appears to be 19-56004.

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  11. Velcome aboard my vayfaring stranger, aka DR...
    Have you heard the one where a Priest, a
    Rabbi, and a Minister, walk into a bar?
    On Watch~~~

    https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/A_priest,_a_rabbi_and_a_minister_walk_into_a_bar

    "Let's Roll"

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    1. Oh Jen that outfit is fit only for pikers and cheapskates.

      The most credit I got approved for there was a measly $250,000. Of course I suppose if I'd supplied 'em any credit references I coulda maybe qualified for that to which I've become accustomed.

      Knowing all these fine folks comments here Jen regularly orders up $5000 bottles of wine to just supply the soup kitchens closest to our gated communities I seriously doubt any of us are gonna waste our time with that outfit.

      And what's that with a mere six-digit zipcode? Orter give you a clue we don't do with lessern fifteen-digiters!

      JK

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    2. Spam...the well beyond sell by date. Even rust around the rim.

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    3. "My name is Jennifer from New Jersey"

      HiYa Dearie, still tough times I see
      for the "Real Housewives" in New Jersey,
      You'd think that since Joe and Teresa
      pled guilty to multiple fraud, things
      woulda settled down in the Meadowlands,
      but NO...CAT FIGHT!...comes now Jennifer,
      trying desparately to find funding for
      her latest Nose~Job... "Read All About It"

      https://realityblurb.com/2021/06/21/jennifer-aydin-unfollows-margaret-josephs-after-being-left-out-of-her-event-as-traci-lynn-johnson-reportedly-joins-rhonj-cast/
      OW~~~
      Hmmm got an idea for the "NEW Friday Night Fights"~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1a8mdMBahk
      Go to Your Corner Girls~~~

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    4. Looked up that address: it's a double-wide in the desert.
      Great place to go for a loan!

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    5. ... and a Sunburn too!
      Tks for doing the dirty
      work, Graham~~~
      OW~~~
      El Paso~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UVVS5-9HvA
      Marty Robbins~~~

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  13. ```He's Back!
    'w/Good Intentions';+}
    But, the "Comments"
    Remain Closed"~~~

    *
    « I blame Trump! | Main

    Thursday, 01 July 2021
    OK, I'm back and I intend to stay - no, really!
    Yes, I know things round here have been a bit 'hit 'n' miss' - or perhaps 'miss 'n' miss again'! - but I am returned and I intend to stick around this time - who groaned? I am helped somewhat because 'les affaires politique' seem to be escaping from the 'boring-snoring' Biden blanket - so you better watch out! Here in 'God's little acre', Boris continues to bimble and bumble on with - so far! - no ill effects. Of course, he is aided by the utterly useless and supine Sir Keir Starmer, Her Majesty's non-existent Leader of the Opposition! Not that some Left-wing firebrand would do any better. The country has been flattened by this Covid-crap and is in no mood to get very excited about anything. Eventually, that will stop and the opposition fires will light up again but whether they will be effective only time will tell.

    Posted by David Duff | Permalink

    Comments
    ...
    "The comments to this entry are closed."

    Tis good to hear convivial
    chatter, emanating from the
    Host's AWOL Squawk-box~~~
    Warning US: Sleepy Slow Joe's awakening
    may signal trouble on the track ahead~~~
    however, certain interpreters suggest
    that the local DUFFer, is miffed,
    having NOT been invited to
    Her Majesty's Tea Party...
    If they ever get the
    Comm-Link fixed we
    may yet get a wee
    bit O'commentary
    from the farside
    of thee Pond~~~
    On Watch
    w/a wink
    an blink
    over
    out~~~

    *
    https://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2021/07/ok-im-back-and-i-intend-to-stay-no-really.html

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  14. https://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2021/07/and-lo-sod-descended-and-then-rose-again.html?cid=6a00d8341c5caf53ef0282e10e1d23200b#comment-6a00d8341c5caf53ef0282e10e1d23200b

    Apologies fellow Diplomadders

    JK

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    1. Yea!
      Thanks for the Heads-up, JK!
      Also noticed that the "Comments" section
      is now functioning over at D & N, as well!
      Happy Days, and a hand salute to SoD for his
      no small role, in the ascension, Over There~~~
      OW~~~
      ];=}>

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  15. "More depressing thoughts later." Dip

    Sorry if this is premature or off topic guys,
    but this just came in from "Real America's Voice"--
    posted at the Warroom: Trevor Louden reporting to Steve Bannon...

    "Biden Administration Riddled With Chinese Operatives"

    Could this mean the CCP is now running the show?
    It would explain the Biden Regime's political
    appointments, propaganda, Legislative programs,
    and his obvious Marxist moves...
    traitorus occupation, and fences
    around DC, as well as removal
    of the walls and fences from
    along our southern border...
    etc etc etc
    "Say it ain't so, Joe"~~~

    On Watch~~~

    https://rumble.com/vjlq7j-biden-administration-riddled-with-chinese-operatives.html

    "Let's Roll"

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  16. "Still struggling with a range of health issues--
    off to the MRI machine this afternoon"- WLA

    So what's the prognosis Skipper?
    Any 'rocks' found topside,
    which can be disolved wit
    the newly developed UFO
    Space Force-Ray Gun-MK3~~~
    On Watch~~~
    ...one Long Horn
    and one Big Eye...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sIV-TSzYx0
    "Let's Roll"

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  17. "More depressing thoughts later."

    But For Now Folks -- Don't Worry -- Be Happy
    There's Good News out of Georgia,
    finally percolating to the~~~
    {{{Surface Surface Surface}}}

    Like a Gusher on Jed Clampett' Farm -O' Brother!
    Kemp & Company's heads are in the noose now~~~

    Stunning News viz Georgia Election Audit, announced on
    Bannons War Room Published July 13, 2021 2,559 Views

    Listen Up:
    https://rumble.com/vjsjk1-stunning-news-out-of-georgia-election-audit.html

    Then there's this Follow-up:
    Massive Error Rate In Georgia and Apparent Fraud
    Bannons War Room Published July 13, 2021 4,924 Views

    https://rumble.com/vjsjnx-massive-error-rate-in-georgia-and-apparent-fraud.html

    CAUTION IS ADVISED as the Reporters NOTE: much to the chagrin of the Warroom Posse, at present the investigators are exposing civil wrongs, Criminal Charges to follow, if Bannon is reading the Tea Leaves corectly~~~

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  18. {{{All Hands On Deck -- Turn to Ships Work}}}

    Traffic: Received

    The Military Is Not Ready To Fight-Bannons War Room
    Published July 15, 2021 2,814 Views
    https://rumble.com/vjvwqe-the-military-is-not-ready-to-fight.html

    Steve Bannon is a Piece of Work, and
    Jack Posobiec is a chip off the old block~~~
    Speaking of Un-Restricted Warfare

    On Watch~~~
    Mush Morton - Wahoo
    Dive Dive
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IygfSQSBMtU
    "Let's Roll"

    V/R Cheer's Skipper~~~

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  19. A New HOT Day Dawning in the Desert~~~

    Finchem: We’ve Got Enough To Show Criminal Obstruction
    Bannons War Room Published July 15, 2021 8,743 Views

    https://rumble.com/vjwj4i-finchem-weve-got-enough-to-show-criminal-obstruction.html

    'Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles'
    but they're getting caught up by their short hairs, and the dirty end of their sticks...the bastagges, DAVOS,Their New World Order, my arse~~~
    OW~~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  20. AhSo~~~ well this kinda, sorta, makes sense, I thtink! ];=|~

    Rumble- at the War Room ... Regime Wrestling With Rise of Technology
    https://rumble.com/vjxke6-biden-regime-wrestling-with-rise-of-technology.html

    James Poulos, Exec Editor of the "American Mind"
    at the Claremont Institute~~~

    On Watch~~~
    Drive Safely Dipsters,
    and HAF-Family Wkend!
    "Let's Roll"

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  21. The Tale of Who Knows Who (& Whaddaya Know)

    Just for Youself OW

    http://coldfury.com/2021/07/17/fly-the-friendly-freaky-skies/

    Deah Lawdy you ever imagine anysuch?!!

    ***

    Diplomad - Where you be?

    Getting nearabouts Duff-level round these parts I'm here to tell ya ...

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  22. ImagiNation is "funny... you go around willy nilly"

    Yeah Brother!
    In this case
    'Cold Fury' captures it,
    When folks ask if I'm flying
    -in for an event, I usualy say,
    Only if I'm the 'Pilot in Command'
    Truth be told though, I gave up my
    Private Pilot License decades ago,
    and still have no desire to go airborne,
    anywhere. Moreover, mingling in crowds goes
    beyond my Risk Managment guidelines... nowadays,
    just too many jerks who require attitude adjusting!
    Besides, my not wanting the burden of double-stack mags!

    Yup, Tis a might quiet over in this 'hood these days,
    but am enjoying the archives, and the traffic over at Duffs
    place, and the makeover there, has a Pro yet tasteful ambiance,
    and too the content is timely, informative & entertaining...

    Maybe Dip & the Boys'll have something cooking over here too
    when the time is right to become more active and politically
    involved? Seems everything the current CCP regime does tho, spells
    doom, until the stain of the Election steal is offset by exposure to the MAGA LIGHT and a liberal (sic) application of parasitic disinfectants andsomesuchstuff~~~
    On Watch~~~

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiDkKPt4FaA

    "Let's Roll"

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    1. looking grim.. Mr. Mad has had absences before...hopefully he'll pull through whatever it is.. to watch the ongoing tragedy in DC.

      - reader #1482

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    2. "...he'll pull through whatever it is..."

      That's what I was thinkin,1482. Considering the
      shaky ground in some of Dips previous Deployments
      or Postings--expect he'll have the all-terrain
      vehicles gassed-up and ready to rocket, to or from,
      the "Man-Cave"! As may be required by time & circumstance~~~
      Guessing we are all, in one way or other, planning
      for contingencies too, HeLL, I even went out re-stocked
      my tackle box, and bought a new Heavy-Duty Surf Rod!
      Aparrently even the sharks are restless out there, AnyhOWl,
      its comforting to know that I've got groceries in
      my back yard wet locker, if n' when we need'em~~~
      Thinkin tho, I "might need a bigger tackle box" too...
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  23. Worried about you. Praying for your health! we need people like you, you know the deep state, and can show us what to watch out for!

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  24. I have to assume that you have a significant medical problem that is causing you to stop posing. I wonder if a family member would be willing to tell us what is happening (in general terms). Surely, you know that the Diplomad has an extensive following. Many of us have been reading his posts since before the Indonesian tsunami.
    Please respond.

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  25. Finally decided to drop a line as well, hope doing well Dip.
    Will still look every day for anything new.

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  26. We are waiting patiently for your return!

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  27. Hi Guys & Gals, OW here~~~
    Went over to the other LI...
    Talk on the street is not
    encouraging, going forward:
    ...
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    0 4Exiliado | August 3, 2021 at 9:41 pm
    Oh, no. Don’t be silly.
    The honeymoon is just starting, and don’t be surprised if they get 100% of the vote in every upcoming election.

    Don’t believe me?
    It’s been done before and we are clearly heading in that direction.


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    0 1Recovering Lutheran in reply to Exiliado. | August 3, 2021 at 10:36 pm
    Indeed. The Franz von Papen Republicans who colluded with the Communists to deliver the White House to Biden* seem to have a weird belief that everything will go back to normal in 2022 and beyond, the massive cheating will mysteriously cease, and the political pendulum will swing and put the GOP back in control of Congress (where we will be treated to More Failure Theater (TM)). They seem blissfully unaware of the political tsunami that is heading their way, a double whammy of ballot fraud and voter apathy (why vote for Republican candidates who think you are a dangerous terrorist because you don’t believe the 2020 election was squeaky clean?).


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    0 1Ironclaw | August 3, 2021 at 10:03 pm
    Imagine if the fake news misleadia wasn’t pulling out all of the stops to prop up the pedophile…


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    0 0paracelsus | August 3, 2021 at 11:31 pm
    The worst part is that we all still keep laughing at the Germans of the late ’20s and early ’30s and saying (out loud yet), “How could such a supposedly smart people ever let themselves be bamboozled like that!”


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    0 0MajorWood | August 4, 2021 at 12:38 am
    I’m gonna party like it’s 1933.

    https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/honeymoon-officially-over-bidens-job-and-economy-approval-ratings-drops-in-two-polls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=honeymoon-officially-over-bidens-job-and-economy-approval-ratings-drops-in-two-polls

    BOUT SUMS UP THE MOOD in my 'hood too,
    saying a prayer for our host, and those
    of US feeling a need to read,
    some true Good News~~~
    On Watch~~~
    ...Out Here in the Fields w/the Gang~~~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um2Kl956pUM
    "Let's Roll"

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  28. Keep on checking in to see if you're back and keep finding that you're not. My hopes and prayers that you're doing OK or at least on the mend. I'll happily light several candles and say several additional prayers at Mass once the restrictions are eased in Sydney. Take care Sir.

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  29. Back in the day, as they say, I had both a Model 39-2 and a Model 28 Highway Patrolman. The 39-2 got me some funny looks from the purists, but the ONY time it faltered was with a sub-standard handload. Otherwise it would cheerfully digest everything from hot Milpec 2Z ball to mild vintage Wichester factortuyh stuff and an assortmet of handloads; sometimes, just for giggles, mixed ih the same mag.

    Speaking of mags, when I bought it, second-hand, back in 1979, it came with a few mags. All good except one, whicfitted perfectly, but would mot latch. It lackad a notch for that purpose nad was, in fact, a genuine ex-mil, mag for a Walther P-38.

    Then I twigged; the Model 39 was basically a P-38, rammed up the backside of a chopped Browning HP.

    The Model 28 was rather hefty, being built on the "N" frame, and rather "drab", being essentially a "poverty-pack Model 27. However, it was great for things like ten-pin matches. That ting swallowed a vast amount of serious reloads and some "interesting" factory stuff; "Hirtenberg" for example, without shaking loose.

    The classic Model 19 would not stand anything like the thrashing the 28 would.

    All gone now; just a lonely 9mm 1911 for service matches lurking in the safe.

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    1. Dang Cuz, between you, me, Dip, an all other Diploids aboard this train, plus of course, to this RANDOM QUOTE~~~via a hat/tip from, a 'mostly Cajun' type twas... “The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of govt.” said Wisdom Via the late great Thomas Jefferson! Who was apparently re-revealed, to have loved a dark skinned Gal, bless his n' her hearts...!

      AnyhOWl Br'er Bruce, your reminding us of WLA's, last, not final, I pray, insightful advice, was his "Hanging out in my man cave, cleaning and fixing guns. It's very therapeutic." A Bullseye!~~~I've so many elderly BB & Pellet rifles on my racks, along with a few 22. heirlooms, plus shotguns, carbines, and one lonely voice in particular, has been speaking to me in my dreams, and has now broken into my conscious reveries ~~~ FIX ME~~~it calls out, still not sure if I need crisis counseling, or if I should just clear a clean spot on my bench for a thorough examination, and perhaps emergency surgery, on what may beCOME the endtimes for a proud & distinguished:
      IVER JOHNSON US Carbine Cal..22 Win. Magnum RF
      Was a Gift to me by an old soldier, after I mentioned, the use of just such a weapon, by a Game & Fish Comm. Warden back in the '70s , who, from time to time had to invoke its powers to stop a charging, 'red-eyed' Wild Boar in dense marshes, or maybe twas when protein for his brood was required at his table -coincidently he had been a submariner too once upon a time...
      Now off to prep for the diagnostic phase, if you don't hear back from me on the Subject...the piece perished on the bench!
      Tks again to all the Commenters and the POSTer in Chief, as we sift through the Dogged Days of Summer 2021~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"
      and Amen~~~

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  30. Nike's Cyber Symposium HW
    See ya in Class Tomorrow!

    https://home.frankspeech.com/
    OW~~~
    Roll Tape~~~
    Toe Tappin heel stompin
    & A$$ kick'n
    Bumper Music tooo~~~

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    1. Err Not Nike's
      meant
      Mike's the Pillow Guy~~~
      We will be tested by the CCP, going fwd
      and their bought & Paid for Rats & Rinos>>>
      "Let's Roll"

      OW~~~

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  31. Annnnd just like that blogger decided that vox dai's blog broke their blogging rules. Kel suprise

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    1. Same to you Kepha,
      nice to see you stop by~~~
      Guess you're getting ready
      to go 'Back To School'~~~
      'a labor of Love'~~~still?
      DeSantis is under fire here
      from the Fake News et al trying to
      blame him for his stand on parents
      and kids rights to unmask.

      From Legal Insurrection:
      https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/panic-porn-media-buried-key-detail-about-florida-teachers-dying-of-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=panic-porn-media-buried-key-detail-about-florida-teachers-dying-of-covid

      Media Buried Key Detail About Florida Teachers Dying Of COVID
      These hit jobs on DeSantis are about his prominence in the Republican Party, about 2024 or 2028 … they have nothing to do with WuFlu, with masks, or with schools

      Posted by Fuzzy Slippers
      Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 08:31pm

      All the best for a rewarding
      and much appreciated School Year
      of Service, to the Kids & Folks!
      On Watch~~~
      Its a Jungle out there...
      https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=it%27s+a+jungle+out+there+randy+newman+
      "Let's Roll"

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  33. Checking in every day for our blogger’s news!

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  34. Not sure I've ever commented here before, but have been here practically from the beginning.
    Godspeed and get well soon sir, regardless of what ails you.

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  35. Was wishing a new thread on the current events in Afghanistan

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  36. "A new thread on Afghanistan" eh?

    Early this day I placed on D&N:

    https://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2021/08/gramsci-sch-wamsci.html?cid=6a00d8341c5caf53ef026bdee8badb200c#comment-6a00d8341c5caf53ef026bdee8badb200c

    Ten Years After

    https://malcolmpollack.com/2021/08/15/half-a-league-onward-repost/

    Q Mr. President, thank you very much. Your own intelligence community has assessed that the Afghan government will likely collapse.

    THE PRESIDENT: That is not true.

    Q Is it — can you please clarify what they have told you about whether that will happen or not?

    THE PRESIDENT: That is not true. They did not — they didn’t — did not reach that conclusion.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/07/08/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-drawdown-of-u-s-forces-in-afghanistan/

    Respectfully Mr. Amselem, We need your assessment now!

    I know it's disheartening but

    JK

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    1. Yeah JK got a 'gut reaction' didn't tickle, to the EVAC "Eligibility Requirements"

      (...)
      If you are an IV holder or pending IV applicant who has an approved petition and has submitted all required documents to the National Visa Center or you have been interviewed and your case is pending at Embassy Kabul, fill out this Repatriation Assistance Request so the U.S. Embassy can contact you for further processing and register your interest in any option that might be identified for relocating to the United States.
      (...)

      AND an even bigger kick in th 'nADS in reaction to Fred's comment:
      "Fred says:
      August 15, 2021 at 12:03 pm
      Get to Mexico then walk across the Southern border. The border is wide open. The Biden administration is only considering stopping Americans from traveling across state lines, not foreigners.

      Almost hOWled, but nothing Funny is coming out of the OVAL OFFICE lately, especially knowing when they pull the plug on him they'll more than likely, will be coming after rank n file citizens next, not to mention the mobs that they trained up in the Western cities, to attack defenceless citizens! Let's hope the innocent have stayed home in the Man Cave, and practiced how to turn the worms w/ pappy's Double Barrel~~~ 'God help US everyone'~~~
      OW~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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    2. "THE PRESIDENT: That is not true. They did not — they didn’t — did not reach that conclusion."

      Well JK, Nothing to see here, Jake Sullivan said on National News a lttle while ago, that Joe BiteMe has it all under control now, and, how fortunate we all are that he didn't send in any troops who may have gotten killed if the POTUS sent them in against the Taliban. Presently he and his regime has Kabul airport occupied with troops, that he had strategiclly placed for just such an emergency! Sounds like Jake, the BS artist is now in a position to be elevated, if not exalted as the Chief's Consigliari~~~
      OW~~~

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    1. Yes Beth,
      and certainly a predictable one,
      once Soros'ChiCom owned Rats & Rinos,
      accomplished their dirty tricks during
      the 2020 National Election and since...
      So now, dear dear American Patriots, what does our foreign
      and domestic enemies plan while we watch TV and see what
      is being done to those who dared hope for a brighter future here and overthere~~~ Is it Time to retire Biden and his marxist machinary, and at last declare the farse, the 2020 election, as the evidence shows: "Stolen, from the American people"! I'll back my State legislature & County Sheriffs all the way!

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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    2. Yes Beth. Yes it is a disaster.

      Had we stuck with [Trump's] "phased withdrawal" it still woulda been bad but at least all those translators and people operating in concert with us at peril to themselves (and their immediate families, would have made it out before we abandoned Bagram (the airport).

      Only an idiot would have left Bagram, de-militarized, before those poor people could be safely moved to safer ground - whether Guam, elsewhere overseas, or, I would daresay, even to CONUS.

      I am ashamed "that" was allowed to happen.

      Too often we more fortunate folks bandy about such sayings as "A fate worse than death" but ...

      JK

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  38. A menu of crow

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSIxWLzEuo

    JK

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  39. Affirm JK~~~
    And, 'Time has come
    the Walrus said', to
    feed it [CROW], Feathers
    and All, to these, 'Rat & Rino
    traitors and Election thieves!
    Whilst 'we the people', must STOP,
    Swallowing the Biden Regime's LIES!
    Before HIS acquiescence to the CCP
    "One Road, One Belt"-infastructure aka
    the Chicom 'silk road to hell' initiative as
    adopted by the Chinese Govt in 2013 and made
    part of the the Chinese Constitution in 2017.
    such duplicitous Rat & Rino policies makes US all
    slaves, that's what we'll get for our trillions
    in American infrastructure development dollars,
    and the Chinese continue on the road toward
    becoming masters of our universe~~~
    (unless you believe that you too, will get Fang Fang, Cash
    and a sweet-seat on the Intelligence committee~~~
    On Watch~~~
    Highway to Hell...Gravitas Plus: The Belt & Road initiative
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjx1iuY9D2s

    "Let's Roll"

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  40. I keep coming back to see your response to the last months of clusterfuckery, as I truly appreciate your insight. Please come back.

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  41. In my best Simon and Garfunkel... Where have you gone DiploMad a nation turns its lonely eyes to you, Woo, woo, woo....

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  42. My Dad,
    G-d rest his Dansk
    diplomatic heart n'soul, he
    didn't talk a lot, more was
    said by his timely aphorisms
    and adages, applied at the precise moment for our learning
    for teaching us "Skrælings" (wild indians), aka All American kids,
    the most important facts of life! One of his succinct jewels
    comes readily to mind-"the more you stir in it-the more it stinks".

    He left it to us 'Indians' to figure out the nuances of his pronouncements. Another, probably the most difficult, for me to internalize, was his most genteel, and most often employed caution,
    to we young band of Skrælings ... said in his soft voice with almost a pleading skowl on his brow:

    ~~~"If you don't have something nice to say--say nothing at all"~~~

    So while I keep Dip, in my prayers, I suspect he like most of us don't see too much, NICE in the NEWS, to talk about or that might help US defeat what is bearing down on US, unless, we have some tools that need oiling in the proverbial Man~Cave. Till then, and In the words of my favorite VIKING:
    "Don't trust any son of a bitch, not even your own Father" which of course was preceded by a long Tale about a tricky father illustrating his point -- so don't jump to conclusions, to fast, if you know what I mean~~~};+>

    On Watch~~~
    my Chief my Chief
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfayNuB3H_8
    "Let's Roll"

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  43. Where are you Dip?

    You are sailing close to being considered "adrift".

    [Adrift = AWOL for those who have not had the privilege of being a sailor.]

    Seriously we could do with some critical analysis of the US actions in the Afghan situation.

    The military side is pretty clear to anyone who has worn a uniform but the diplomatic/policy side is something else.

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  44. Well, THIS is embarrassing/infuriating:

    "I understand that the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division has told the commander of the British special forces at the Kabul airport to cease operations beyond the airport perimeter.

    Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue has told his British Army counterpart, a high-ranking field-grade officer of the British army's 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, that British operations were embarrassing the United States military in the absence of similar U.S. military operations. I understand that the British officer firmly rejected the request."

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/82nd_airborne_commander_tells_brits_to_stop_rescuing_the_stranded_because_theyre_making_the_us_look_bad.html

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  45. Wish I could hear some of your analysis on this situation. Hope whatever's keeping you away... goes away.

    My guess is that US intelligence and possibly military assets are basically working involuntarily for the Taliban in Afghanistan right now on logistics and locations regarding stamping out the remaining Taliban resistance.
    Our evacuation effort and military forces in Kabul are surrounded and will certainly be wiped out if the US does not cooperate. Effectively, Biden handed the Taliban some 20k+ American hostages.

    Could we do something in reprisal if the Taliban sent 40,000 goons and ANA armor to wipe out the Kabul airport? Sure. But we're not going to send the US military back into Afghanistan, and the Taliban knows that as sure as they know the sun will rise tomorrow.

    We weren't even in this bad of a predicament when we abandoned Saigon.

    - reader #1482

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    1. "remaining Taliban resistance" <-- that is... "remaining resistance to Taliban rule"

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  46. Any opinions?

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/landonmion/2021/08/21/breaking-state-department-hit-by-cyber-attack-notified-of-serious-breach-n2594514

    The United States Department of State was found to have been a victim of a cyber attack and alerts surrounding a potential serious breach were made by the Department of Defense Cyber Command.

    And while the administration says the breach likely occurred a couple of weeks ago, it is not yet known when it was discovered by officials, according to FOX News.

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    1. Only the perpetrators can reasonably know the motives and goals accomplished. The rest is going to be speculation. Yes, they can say with some certainty that they *were* hacked. And they might even be able to confirm some of their data being loose in the wild. But they cannot say with reasonable certainty *who* committed the attack. That's the nature of cybersecurity incidents. It's terrifically easy to plant inconclusive evidence.
      That said, an attacker *can* prove that they perpetrated an attack by furnishing crypto keys for traces left behind. To prove responsibility, one leaves an encrypted message, then provides the key in a public forum with a crypto-signed digest of that key for further proof of ownership.

      It would be impossible for someone unaffiliated with the attack to assert authentic responsibility illegitimately (ie, if only one party claims to be the source of the attack and provides the key, they are definitely involved with the attack at least in the sense that they owner the key or received the key directly or indirectly from the attackers)
      Contemporary cybersecurity makes the wild west look like a period of high accountability by comparison.

      - reader #1482

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    2. Oh Come On goils-its a real
      'who done it' aint it~ huh--
      any chance under the Sun,
      along the Silk road,that the
      CCP, together with the slap-stick
      routines of the Biden Regime clown show,
      and the shuckin n'jivin DemocRat party complete
      with a deep state fulla swamp suckin intell advisors,
      featuring a purple gang of anti-America NBA type ball busters,
      plus a gaggle of 'NO NOSEd NEWS-HOUNDS', hot on the trail
      to NOWHERE, MAN...Until its just the right Time to Welcome
      Communists to walk right in, and sit right down, while
      Hunter Biden, paints US a picture of what the Fraud entitled the 2020 Election, really is! Yes all that, in addition to the World-Wide Wuhan Covid DEATH attacks accomplished--prematurely dead elders incinerated to ash, leaving even dumber survivors as replacements... just maybe tho, with some help from Divine Providence, and a contingent of well armed and trained patient Patriots, we just may yet get, a 1/2 of a chance, to salvage our Constitutional Republic, for this, I, and I'd hope WE pray~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  47. Praying that things get better for our host.

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  48. Amen and Amen, K~~~
    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  49. https://turcopolier.com/the-mujahideen-resistance-to-the-taliban-begins-now-but-we-need-help-ttg/

    ...

    And Scott?

    Associates in the UK reliably inform the SAS commander told his US counterpart to "Sod off."

    JK

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  50. Time to come out of hiding and speak, oh great one......we could use your wisdom about right now...E Texas rancher

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    1. Been meaning to ask Ms East Texas,
      How are things on your side of the
      GREAT STATE of Texas? Seems that yall
      are giving as good as your getting even
      from Texass Dems... be safe, regards to
      the Mister~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  51. As a Public Service,
    if any Diplomadic Patriots
    hereabouts are interested in
    joining up with a "Constitutional
    Sheriffs" Posse" CSPOA.Org perhaps
    a visit to Sheriff Mack's site will
    get you saddled-up ;~) aka kick started.

    https://cspoa.org/?utm_content=12847088&utm_medium=Email&utm_name=Id&utm_source=Actionetics&utm_term=Email

    Take Back America
    before it's too late.
    Best Regards,
    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  52. https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/why-taiwan-matters-to-the-united-states/
    I think Bolton's assessment is good, but may undervalue our strategic interest in the chip fabs going into Taiwan under TSMC. Intel has basically bet the farm on Taiwan's Q1 2022 3nm chip production, and the whole industry is clamoring to get on board their follow-on 2nm process subsequently.
    If those fabs come online and start producing as expected, we will have little choice to be involved in their defense. That sucks in some ways, because it's pretty clear that the government of Taiwan is not cut out to act in its own defense, but if they keep those chips coming, they remain strategically important.
    If those fabs are taken by CCP, that's a double net loss to the US, which will echo through our defense industry as we scramble just to secure microchips that are far inferior to what CCP would be using for its own military.

    - reader #1482

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    1. Feels like a sticky 'sticking point' brutha - reader #1482

      "If those fabs are taken by CCP, that's a double net loss to the US, which will echo through our defense industry as we scramble just to secure microchips that are far inferior to what CCP would be using for its own military."

      Sounds like a JOB that only DJT has the
      negotiating, skills/balls/chutzpah, to accomplish!

      L@@king into my Krystal Ball, I see revealed
      a perfect storm of "Paybacks are a Bitch" heading
      China's way~~~ Lord Knows they owe US a bundle,
      not only for the China Flu they poisoned US &
      the world with but also for their gross Economic
      thievery of American Manufacture! Plus election tampering!

      Yes they hired trained and paid for the Pandemic poisoner facility, as well as their bought and paid for collaborators, "our enemies within", who delivered not only the stolen goods, but our very lifeblood, drained by the CCP gangsters.

      Seems to most Americans that those damages resulting from the CCP acts of war and terrorism, should be accounted for, in order to restore our Balance Sheet, and in addition, the former "Good Will" with the World, that "China" has almost destroyed...

      So, in the mean-time let's look forward to the export from Taiwan of the Next-Gen/s Chip "fabs" including complete design specs and materials list, required to build the "fab' factories here in the Good old USA! In order to compete, Toe to Toe with WORLD Foreign enemy #1... or perhaps we might also include a comprehensive boycott of all "made in China" products, since we seem to only discover their origins, after the "old folks" happen to discover the CHINA logo tag UNDER a Bright Light, w/a magnifying glass, while standing on their heads! BTW, beware of gift shops while on vacay, they are filled w/ "Made in China" fraudulent CRAP!

      Oh btw, #14 + sum, great link! only thing is I now have to read it all, cover to cover, to be, August 23, 2020 informed.

      P.S. I sure would like to hear Dip weigh-in too, remember the last time a "Bolt from Bolton" landed over~here Dip was very Diplomatic, and recounted his overall positive experiences with
      JB @ foggybottom while the popular sentiment aboard, was that he,JB, the now full of himself muckraker, should,
      thin-out the 'stashe~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  53. I wish Biden would just come out with it: "Listen, I'm not in control here... the Taliban is calling the shots, and they are not going to *let* us extend our evacuation. If we stay past that, the Taliban will blow up the airfield and then take our soldiers captive. At that point, airstrikes would only be a matter of retaliation. That's the reality of the situation we are now in, so we're going to have to abandon some allies there."

    While acknowledging truth is always respectable, the follow-on question of "how did we get in this situation" illustrates major flaws in the administration, so we'll just pretend that we are 'deciding' whether we can extend the withdrawal deadline, when for the last two weeks we've actually been 'begging' the Taliban for an extension.

    It's despicable... failures... then lies on top of failures. The media pretends to hold Biden's feet to the fryer, while regurgitating the "Biden has chosen" line. There's never been a choice.

    - reader #1482

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  54. Well put #1482 'bout sums it up,
    I'd just add for 'End of Game' emphasis...

    It seems to me "There's never been a ['wise'] choice,"
    by or for Biden, his always decomposing slate of choices
    appear to be stuck, somewhere between the proverbial Rock
    and a Hard place. His character, or more honestly, the lack of it, dictates his predisposition to inevitable personal, moral, and political failures... 'We the people' have known his dark & phony sides for a long time now...too bad for US, the
    electorate, is so rarely courageous,
    or even wise enough, to defeat the
    entrenched beasts -- the creeps
    who empower and embrace "Biteme"
    our delivered and paid for POTUS,
    compliments of the communists
    both Foreign and Domestic...
    But, Wait one~~~
    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  55. I always suspected the Afghanistan project would fail the moment the U.S. pushed for presidential democracy rather than reinstating the old king. You can't have a Western-type democracy without adherence to societal and philosophical norms and Afghanistan never had that. Corruption with confused lines of authority was the result. Whereas in a monarchy - even one with a parliament - the go-to address for corruption is the top and everything trickles down from there.
    The U.S. withdrawal did not have to be such a defeat. But that's the sort of thing the radical lefties in government wanted for many years: a military defeated abroad can be recalled and re-tooled to convert citizens into subjects and the more messes created the more crookedness those in power can pursue while the eyes of the people are elsewhere.

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    1. It would take 100 years of functional indoctrination with no respect for local customs. There would need to be pretty much no living generation that remembers 'the old ways'.... certainly not any generation in leadership.
      20 years was a start, if 'fixing' was the goal.... there were probably a few people with sane values as a result of that 20 year blip of indoctrination, but they're smart enough to have fled the country, no doubt.

      - reader #1482

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  56. Yes indeed Ole Sol- a fragile thread of Wisdom,
    from the early days of Solomon1 -- and too, a
    sobering reverie, a lesson, or lament, for the
    fallibility of our humankind~~~ Amen
    On Watch~~~
    Thanks...
    "Let's Roll"

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  57. https://i.imgur.com/iTMRkdz.png

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    1. Yeah that's the Gas Bag, Anon! I
      Noticed his'plugs' are falling out,
      no wonder the SOB, keeps shit'n in
      the Punch Bowl~~~
      "Let's Roll"
      OW~~~

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  58. Dip - Our prayers are with you mate and hope you're doing ok.

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  59. Sad to learn of the deaths of the
    Sailor, Marines, and other innocents,
    living & dying in an Islamic hell-hole
    called Afghanistan~~~

    The American marxists, and their Chinese & Islamic collaborators, have similar plans to ensure that many more American Patriots, & innocents too, will suffer similar fates... mainly because our G-D n' Country, has better plans, than imprisonment & slavery for our citizens~~~

    So in tribute and sorrow too, here's a Hymn, and other Patriotic music that touches my heart, and has helped me to feel what I believe to be comforting, as well as Eternal Truths~~~

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDpAYkMQV6k

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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    1. Have since learned that a U.S. Army Soldier
      was also killed in the alleged "ISIS-K" attack.
      Prayer & Thanks goes out to family, w/ a salute
      to the Soldier, for his service and ultimate sacrifice~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  60. Get well and don't forget your posting password!

    - reader #1482

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  61. I too come here for logical analysis. Hope Dip is okay....

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    1. I believe Dip
      is okay Anon~~~
      Leastwise, dealing with
      this stage of the coup,
      and his health, as well
      as can be expected...
      otherwise one of his fam
      would've left a note imho~~~
      On Watch~~~

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  62. Looking like the Taliban will get a plane load of cash as well as the billions of armaments.
    Not over by a long shot.
    Hope your well and just on a long vacation in Tahiti Dip.

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    1. "...Not over by a long shot..."

      Concur Skip,
      Thoughts are w/ India, Taiwan, Oz et al
      as Communist China continues to overload
      their collective derrieres~~~

      Meanwhile the Biden Regime & Marxist supporters over here, Bald-Face lie to the American Citizenry -- and 'Plugs n' his progressive pussies pee in their boots!

      On Watch~~~
      Now's the time for all good men and women to
      come to the aid of their country's Freedom~~~

      "Let's Roll"

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  63. Hoping Dip is well, and looking forward to a return of the good man.

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    1. Me too Unk!
      Tks for stopping by
      Take care, be well~~~
      OW~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  64. Rumble — Joe Biden Is Deceiving The American People -
    It’s A Wrecking Operation -- SIGN IN TO SEE 43 COMMENTS

    Finally, somebody is recognizing, and stating clearly, its not
    'Plugs stumbling dementia, it is in fact: "DEATH To America" by Design~~~

    Here's Frank Gafney w/ Steve Bannon @ Warroom

    https://rumble.com/vlyehh-joe-biden-is-deceiving-the-american-people-its-a-wrecking-operation.html

    FOLLOW UP: the ChiComs cattle call to U.S. Progressives to
    stomp out all U.S. resistance to the CCP Gangsters Global plans~~~

    https://rumble.com/vlyetp-woke-capitalists-protecting-allies-in-the-ccp.html

    On Watch~~~
    PTL & Pass the...
    composed by Frank Loesser, 1942
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOPvtVZwo8

    "Let's Roll"

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  65. Good to see that thoughtful bit of a
    Hat Tip, and to read the 'GO GET'em from'
    ~~~Over~There~~~too... great to know that at
    least one score-keeper, is wearing glasses!

    Wednesday, 01 September 2021
    The darkest hour comes before the dawn
    So Sleepy Joe's not for "remaking other countries" anymore?

    Well let's take a look at the scores on the doors then ...

    For

    WWII: Germany, Italy, Japan. Cold War: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, South Korea. Others: Israel, Ukraine (minus Crimea), Rojava.

    Agin

    Vietnam, North Korea, Iraq, Syria (minus Rojava), Cuba (just missed a sitter there), Afghanistan.

    You're winning, Uncle Sam!

    Stiff upper lip old boy, and remember: 14 years after that helicopter flew off the roof of the Hotel Saigon the wall came down and Communism / Socialism collapsed, freeing billions of people totally or partially from the most murderous ideology and regimes in the history of mankind!

    That was the greatest victory in the history of warfare.

    So broad sweeping generalisation statements like "we're not remaking other countries anymore" are wrong-headed.

    Pick and choose, "Watch and shoot" as my old section corporal used to say, and "It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it, and that's what gets results" as Bananarama and Fun Boy Three used to sing.

    Don't quit while you're ahead. "If you're going through hell, keep going" as Winnie once said.

    Keep going, and go for the whole globe.

    You can do it.
    SoD -- https://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2021/09/the-darkest-hour-comes-before-the-dawn.html

    by David & Son of Duff | Permalink

    Thankee, Cousins!
    Appreciate all yer stuff!
    w best regards to David & Son...

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  66. What a complete and utter betrayal of the people in uniform on the ground who have done and were doing the hard yards.

    Who in their right mind in a command situation gives the enemy the date on which you are going to launch an operation - in this case the withdrawal from Afghanistan?

    The Biden administration didn't have the decency to let one of its closest allies, Australia, know it was going to happen to allow for a proper evacuation of our personnel and those Afghanis who had assisted us..

    On top of that not allowing the military enough time to get out the sophisticated equipment is unforgivable and just handed the "Hairies" a gift to use against the West at a time of their choosing.

    And then followed the death of the US personnel at Kabul airport as a result of this idiotic decision by an inept and callous administration. Those of us who have worn our country's uniform know there is a risk associated with the profession of arms but that is different to being put in harms way by the ineptitude of politicians.

    US and coalition service personnel can hold their heads high for doing there part of the job with skill and valour. The Democrat administration should hang its head in shame for its betrayal of its own uniformed personnel and those of its friends and allies.

    Hang in there cousins you have a lot to be proud of in your armed services and a lot to be angry about with your current federal political administration.


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    1. Roger that David~~~
      With humble, and proud
      thanks for your caring
      and insightful critique,
      of the deadly fiasco we've
      had perpetrated on us & our Milfors~~~

      Proffered, by the International brigades of traitors,
      who've bought and paid for the "Made in China" labels,
      dispersed world-wide, to collect the wherewithal, to cut
      our throats & kill off our protectors, our kids~~~
      Since Nobody in Government seems willing to suggest
      a viable remedy, let me be one of the first:

      BE FREE_BOYCOTT ALL THINGS MADE IN CHINA [till further notice]

      P.S. caught the misses with a New large packet of 'Emory Boards'-- I pointed out to her the China label on the throw-
      away cellophane wrapping, then confiscated the embargoed product, which she protested was so hard to find. I reminded her about the actual cost of doing business w/ China, she acquiesced... I then went to my 'Mr Fix It' toolbox, and returned a dozen or so, slightly used boards, I had saved from the trash, to clean electrical contacts. Smile restored, we vowed to find an alternate supplier - American Made or Allied. I added that there's always the trusty ol' metal file, like the one that came with my USN ditty bag! And, IT Still works GREAT~~~

      Thanks again for
      your precious words,
      David from Oz~~~
      V/R On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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    2. Something I didn't know, as it got blotted out by the covid-craze... we treated with the Taliban.
      Who knew? I didn't. I don't pay much attention.
      Our delegation should consider themselves lucky that they didn't get turban-bombed like Rabbani.
      Mistake from top to bottom... everybody involved should be fired.
      I can understand impatience with corruption and lack of progress in Afghanistan, but whoever sold us on a 'short course rehabilitation' was lying out their butts.
      It's a 100 year operation to rehabilitate a *culture*. Europeans got the *actual* short course (1650-1800AD... basically from the start of enlightenment and ending just before Marx & goons twisted everything into a knot of doom). It involves getting the message out to *parents* that their children will be *successful* if they attend westernized schools with western values. (Sorry democrats, sending the mixed signals that Taliban-style culture is 'ok' undermines all of us...)
      Parents do *not* want their children to be screwed over like they were and will gladly send their children to places of *opportunity*.
      But that's not it.... in fact, it likely won't be 'it' until everybody who grew up tribal-ist is long gone.

      "We left and things went to crap, therefore it is certain that no matter when we left, everything would go to crap anyways." <-- This logic is completely asinine... "I folded before the flop, therefore I never could have won."
      And now we have scotus baiting the dems to pack the court. Don't do this... if they're going to make a major reversal, wait until 2023 when the democrats don't own both houses. None of the conservative(ish) judges are old... just give it a little time and forbearance.... send the cases back over and over and misspellings... whatever.. don't bait the progs when they have two branches!

      - reader #1482

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    3. "...It's a 100 year operation to rehabilitate a *culture*. ...before Marx & goons twisted everything into a knot of doom). It involves getting the message out to *parents* that their children will be *successful* if they attend westernized schools with western values. (Sorry democrats, sending the mixed signals that Taliban-style culture is 'ok' undermines all of us...) Parents do *not* want their children to be screwed over like they were and will gladly send their children to places of *opportunity*. But that's not it.... in fact, it likely won't be 'it' until everybody who grew up tribal-ist is long gone..."

      Yes, Tis the tale of the Tape, Reader #1482~~~
      Still the Video of the Afghan Kids being handed-
      off over the walls, to our GIs, illustrates imho,
      at least a glimmer of hope for a better life beyond~~~
      ...heart-rending escape scenes, as preamble to the misery
      in store for the families left behind~~~
      Saying a Prayer~~~

      On Watch~~~
      Bye Bye, for now, American Pie~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGCVp73RjxQ
      "Let's Roll"

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  67. Replies
    1. The topic and
      Your correction,
      Got me to thinkin
      about that Bee Gees
      tune/refrain:
      Staying Alive
      Staying Alive
      Whether your a
      Brother or a Mother~~~

      OW~~~
      Stayed up too late
      now my toes are tappin...
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz3CPzdCDws

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  68. Comes Now an UpDate from Queensland OZ:
    VIA Sen. Matt Canavan

    Rebellion Brewing In Australia
    Bannons War Room Published September 2, 2021 4,555 Views

    https://rumble.com/vm0mrs-rebellion-brewing-in-australia.html

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  69. Canavan is always worth listening to.

    He is a Senator in our National Parliament and from rural Queensland.

    Down to earth and as the saying here goes "True Blue"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceWKrsJX9N4

    ignore the ad at the start

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    1. Thanks for the IFF on the Good Senator from Oz~~~
      the designator, "True Blue" that you linked,
      caused a sig. leak in my tear duct system~~~
      whilst mopping up, noticed the memorial
      tribute to Steve Irwin, "Crikey", in
      the margins, reminded me of Bindi &
      my daughter, a Florida Sea~World
      Community Amb. way back in 2016-17...
      Believe Bindi was an Ambassador for
      "Australia Zoo", and came over here to
      hang-out, and gave a Pep-Talk to the
      Sea-World Group, my daughter spoke
      highly to me of the event,
      & especially, 'Bindi from Oz'...

      I texted my daughter, and asked her to
      remind me what she thought about Bindi~~~
      She Replied: 'Bindi was so kind and smart, and very humble... I remember she came off as just another young adult around our age instead of a celebrity. Very friendly and approachable. Although, I've noticed a lot of Australians tend to be like that! Getting to meet and chat'
      Aye, true, but once they get to know you 'Katy bar the door'!
      Really tho:
      Couldn't say it better myself, of course I'm a bit partial to my cousins the OZites, since one of the latest members of the extended Family Clan came from Downunder -- became a US citizen, joined the underwater USN, married a USN Gal, and now have 1. lil girl & 1. lil boy... Plus they made him a Chief... Clever Ozonians & the Big Wheel keeps on turning~~~

      Just too close on Bindi, noticed that "Crikey" is now entering it's 4th Season - looking forward to seeing it over here someday~~~
      Best Regards to you & yours David!
      On Watch~~~
      Prepare to Dive~~~

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  70. Seems like the analyst surprise at the speed with which the Taliban dismantled that ANA may be due to new drone-driven tactics shared from the azeri conquest of armenia in the nagarno-karabakh disaster. The crazies have new tactics that are going to take some time to figure out and respond to.
    It also explains how the NRF went from having a thousand Taliban trapped in a turkey shoot, to being routed in only a day. Pakistani UAVs turned the tide.... because Pakistan isn't afraid of offending its pajama-boy class by using force to achieve a strategic goal.

    The populace of the USA is soft and squishy beyond reason.. we can't even be inconvenienced by *think* about violence in support of freedom elsewhere... hopefully our experienced soldiers will run for office in bulk and bring some sense to this government.

    Both Trump and Biden found it easier to treat with the Taliban than with each other. The freaking T-a-l-i-b-a-n. But abortions and gender dysfunction, why don't we make politics about that while the new caliphate spreads????

    And what does our twitter-class have to say about this? "The war was unwinnable, which is why we left." No.. .the was was unwinnable *because* we left. There is a concrete reason we didn't ditch Afghanistan either before or after nabbing KSM and OBL... To keep 9/11 from happening again. Now, we've asked the Taliban "not to do it again", and they told us they wont. Good enough for Trump and Biden.

    Never been more disappointed in my own country. Yes, I don't know that Trump would have followed through, but he set the thing in motion and released 5000 taliban prisoners. He's nowhere near free of incompetence in this. Biden pulled the trigger, but Trump setup the shot. Teamwork where it shouldn't be.

    - reader #1482

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    1. "...The populace of the USA is soft and squishy beyond reason.. we can't even be inconvenienced by *think* about violence in support of freedom elsewhere... hopefully our experienced soldiers will run for office in bulk and bring some sense to this government...."

      For Openors: Right Smack in the MIDDLE of the NEON Target, #1482!
      May I introduce "Sean Parnell" American Warrior, home from the Battlefield,wrote the Book/s and STANDS ready, willing, and able to FIGHT the FIGHT for America's Constitutional Republic Honor, and for our Kid's and their Kid's Future, Freedom, and Lives!~~~

      TODAY Endorsed as 'Candidate for Governor' in the Commonwealth of PA BY: OUR # 45 DJT past POTUS, CinC and a dedicated Dad, and Family Chief, and Businessman who gets things done RIGHT etc etc etc~~~

      Biden’s Deceiving Intent Exposed On What Was Really Happening In Afghanistan``Bannons War Room September 6, 2021 2,514 Views

      https://rumble.com/vm6bp7-bidens-deceiving-intent-exposed-on-what-was-really-happening-in-afghanistan.html

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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    2. OOps
      Correction to Par. 3

      TODAY Endorsed as 'Candidate for Governor'

      Change to:

      TODAY Endorsed as 'Candidate for Senator'

      OW~~~

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  71. https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-state-dept-says-it-has-no-resources-to-rescue-trapped-flights-in-afghanistan-no-reliable-means-to-confirm-details-report
    The State Department is worthless.

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    1. Roger your last Beth~~~
      Foggy Bottom has sunk to a new low,
      now sharing dark spaces w/ the Deep State
      and other nefarious bottom dwellers~~~

      Still some hope tho...

      Almost mystically, certainly timely, picked up by a zephyr,
      a long-distance missive, but a bit of a thread, airborne wafting back across the Pond, close-by the White Cliffs,
      then back here, Voila compliments of a known commenter,
      from hereabouts~~~
      The Fragment Reads:

      “The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” ― Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850 France...
      search him online and you will love his timeless observations.
      Posted by: Whitewall | Monday, 06 September 2021 at 13:13

      The Complete Thread & Post Here:
      https://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2021/09/its-ok-i-wont-say-i-told-you-so.html

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

      Delete
    2. The World Feels It’s Out Of Control In America
      Bannons War Room Published September 7, 2021 2,874 Views

      Yes, and another Populist Frenchmen,
      a modern one, speaks out to offer=up
      his POV, viz the Biden Regime's Sucker
      Punch to the oligarchs beanie brains,
      in addition to pissing on we the peeps~~~

      https://rumble.com/vm75wh-the-world-feels-its-out-of-control-in-america.html

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  72. AhSo glasshopper~~~
    it ends with yall's bloated bellies...
    plus the herd of CCP Commisars the
    peoples guests at a necktie party

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
    THIS IS WHY THEY RELY ON SUBVERSION AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AS OPPOSED TO OPEN MILITARY CONFLICT: China Can’t Feed Itself. “In short – China is desperately short of crucial grains and oilseeds needed for domestic human and animal consumption. Understand, food security is not an unknown issue in China. So too is it widely known that CCP media organs and official ministries routinely lie about a range of food-related issues, from grain and oilseed production to hog population and slaughter figures. The CCP even went so far as to engineer the collapse and takeover of Swiss agriculture and chemical conglomerate Syngenta several years ago to short-path China’s rise to being a tier one agriculture research powerhouse alongside the United States, Japan, and the European Union. . . . Despite China’s rosy claims about its 2020 production, its year-long buying binge for available global inventory of grains and oilseeds indicates significant flooding-related production woes in several major agricultural reasons in the Yangtze River and Amur River basins. 2021 is shaping up to be potentially as bad. Notably, the critical crop-producing province of Heilongjiang (16% of China’s total corn production, and 40% for soybeans) is showing significant excess moisture stress during the critical corn development stages between pre-tassel and silking, with excess moisture also being a major factor in yield drag for soybeans during seed-fill. The general time period for both crops to reach these reproductive stages are July through end of August.”

    Plus: “Adding all of this up, we see that China has an astoundingly large quantity of protein to produce and import for its population. Taken together with the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s fears of social upheaval due to food insecurity (and the stain upon the party from the Great Leap Forward), the impetus for much of China’s belligerence in global fishing and crackdowns on commodities trading become clear. Broadly speaking, the confluence of supply side and logistics disruptions has formed into a perfect storm, where China cannot as readily meet its current food demand through production, trade, acquiring foreign food manufacturers, and even illegal activities such as illicit fishing. Which begs the question – what can we extrapolate from this information to better-predict China’s behaviors in the coming months, the US’ responses, and the impact to global stability?”

    It doesn’t beg the question, it raises the question. But yeah, it’s a good question.

    Share219
    Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 10:59 pm

    10-4 Neighbor
    & a Hat-Tip 2
    On Watch~~~
    @^@

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  73. Batting next in the disorder,
    is the CDC vax slugger,
    in all his masked glory
    Now performing at
    Steyns online:

    Fauci Bats a Thousand
    by Mark Steyn
    Mark's Midweek Notebook
    September 8, 2021

    ~Anthony Fauci appears to have perjured himself in his touchy exchange with Senator Rand Paul regarding whether or not his agency funded "gain-of-function" Coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Alas, the court eunuchs of the US media couldn't be less interested in the story, so Fauci is still taken seriously when he warns about the irresponsibility of going unmasked to crowded sports events - as opposed to the irresponsibility of outsourcing gain-of-function to a politicized science lab under Communist control and with the security protocols of the average dentist's office.
    <...>The ChiComs are cunning; they are not complete arses, as almost all our leaders are. Four-and-a-half million people are dead...the original super-spreader was Anthony Fauci...looks increasingly like he was.

    https://www.steynonline.com/11676/fauci-bats-a-thousand
    On Watch~~~
    Thanks Harpo~~~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16vDiX_PCo

    "Let's Roll"

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  74. At Ground Zero~~~
    A Native New Yorker/Islander,
    reflects on the Pathway to 911~~~

    https://rumble.com/vmc9ry-biden-to-visit-all-three-911-attack-locations-saturday-against-most-peoples.html

    Biden To Visit All Three 9/11 Attack Locations Saturday Against Most People’s Will Bannons War Room Pub. September 10, 2021 5,908 Views

    On Watch~~~
    Remembering the 911 Victims, 1st Responders, + Survivors, and
    Damming to Hell the Sh!thead Perps, & Traitors, who continue to facilitate the Islamist, ChiCom, and the Prog Rats & Rinos --
    whose primary objective is to kill "WE Americans" & destroy
    our Blessed Constitution~~~

    "Let's Roll"

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  75. Good to hear from Gov. DeSantis:

    "God Bless Our Great Nation"

    Ron DeSantis
    Sat 9/11/2021 1:27 PM
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    Wt,

    The 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, should prompt us to reflect on the thousands of lives lost and the enduring legacies of those who perished in the attacks.

    It is also a time to remember the sacrifices made by so many men and women in our military, as well as their families, in the years since to help protect our country. Empty chairs at the dinner table, missed holidays and birthdays, and precious time with friends and family have all been forfeited in pursuit of a mission for the good of the nation.

    I was honored to have the opportunity to spend time this week with some of Florida’s veterans – many of whom served in wars following September 11th – and thank them for all they have done fighting for the United States of America.

    Our service members selflessly give so much to our country, especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedom. *These brave warriors deserve our utmost appreciation and gratitude, not only today but every day."

    No words or actions can encompass our gratitude for all that our veterans and active-duty military do to protect us. It is imperative that our service members know that they will always have our support. They are truly the best America has to offer.

    Sincerely,

    Ron DeSantis

    *Amen, and Thank You Governor!
    Well said and greatly appreciated~~~

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  76. anybody here know the whereabouts of Dear Mr. Dip?
    really wish someone who knows of his disposition could chime in here.

    - reader #1482

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  77. Where are you Dip? You have been "adrift" far too long.

    An "acknowledgement" flag to let us all know you are still OK would be really good.

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  78. Always GOOD to hear old shipmates
    ~~~{{{{{PINGing}}}}} on the hull
    of the Good Ship DIPLOMADIC-SS2021~~~

    For what it's worth, the only intel
    I can offer is that DIP is OK, or we
    would've been advised by his Kin~~~

    Considering the 'High Stakes Game' we Freedom
    Loving Pats have been drafted into, expect we
    are all bringing our gear, and our selves, into
    the best shape we can >-shipshape-> and expect,
    no less from the admirable Skipper~~~

    Pretty sure the duty corpsman will
    report as soon as WLA is off the
    Binnacle list and making ready
    to get underway~~~

    Till then I've been reviewing the
    LOG archives, and keeping his
    last briefing/post as pertinent:

    Sunday, June 20, 2021

    "In the Man Cave Dealing with Idiocy Wholesale & Retail

    Hanging out in my man cave, cleaning and fixing guns. It's very therapeutic."

    <...>

    "Enough of the fun stuff.

    Still struggling with a range of health issues--off to the MRI machine this afternoon--and with the overwhelming feeling of being pissed off at what is happening to our country and to the West. I can't imagine what sort of a place we leave our children and grandchildren."

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  79. G'day All,

    The attached appeared in a magazine down here called Quadrant. Makes for interesting, and disturbing, reading if correct.

    https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/qed/2021/09/thoroughly-modern-milley/

    Treason is a description that springs to mind.

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    1. Hello David from Oz. A new bit up at D&N concerning your neighborhood.

      Delete
    2. G'day Whitewall,

      Many thanks for the heads up.

      Delete
    3. "Treason is a description that springs to mind."

      Affirm David of Oz!
      L@^@ks like you are MIDDLE of the Target~~~
      as is, Gen Millie's next Performance review--
      before he slithers off to China for, what I expect,
      is his "Just Deserts" for the soured 'Fruit Salad'~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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    4. ...and bye the bye, David, I've bookmarked the "Quadrant",
      and also cheered on, the Tom Lewis article viz
      "Jumpstart Our Nuclear Navy" a straightforward
      and readily doable program, now, before the
      neighborhood bullies begin to believe
      that Oz may become just as easily
      reachable as Taiwan, or say Cuba~~~

      As an ol' USN 'Chief of the Boat',
      used to chant to rookie Boat~Sailors
      at a watering hole down in Key West,

      "DIVE DEEPER--STAY DOWN LONGER
      >--GO MOTHER--> 4-BATTERIES"
      He was an excitable, Senior Chief,
      and knew just how to tweak the new
      crewmen to the presence of the USSR
      Boats in the local waters, and only,
      90 miles South~~~

      Proudly, all hands
      got to wear
      a Battle ~'E'
      shortly thereafter~~~

      On Watch~~~
      "Oh there are No Submariners Down in Hell"...
      and then there's the other side of the story~~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbV_APw-xig

      "Let's Roll"

      Delete
  80. Replies
    1. click/click ~~~Skip
      OW~~~
      ;+} & at the very least
      keep your powder dry~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  81. Speaking reverently, 'bout my cousins from OZ,
    seems that the BEEFY herd from the Melbourne/
    Richmond 'anti-lockdown' scrum, are a bit
    tougher to corral than the Run o' Mill
    heifers the new CCP type Gov downunder
    is used to~~~
    "Crikey!"

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/18/australian-freedom-fighters-battle-totalitarian-tyranny-and-government-covid-lockdowns-protestors-overwhelm-police-efforts-to-beat-them/

    As the SIGN clearly SAYS:
    "THIS IS NOT ABOUT A VIRUS
    ITS ABOUT GOVERNMENT
    TOTAL CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE"~~~

    Thankfully! The folks, here stateside, can contact their own Sherrif ONE of approx 3000 "Constitutional Sheriffs", who might be able to
    talk some Constitutional Sense into hard-hatted/headed & badged Marxist types...Flashing back to the Bundy Ranch fiasco~~~ jeez!

    AnyhOWl if you need a CONSTITUTIONALLY righteous Sheriff
    you can check-in here: https://cspoa.org/ Future reference:
    The "Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association"
    While you're browsing, you may want to consider joining the Posse?!

    P.S. "The Conservative Treehouse warns" Google is attempting to block this video: They provide a {Direct[alt] link to Rumble for the Video
    HERE:
    https://rumble.com/vmo7t9-anti-lockdown-protestors-break-thru-police-line-in-australia.html

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  82. Hey, 'Let's Roll.' This is not your goddam blog. We are holding a vigil for an online friend and mentor and we don't need paragraph upon paragraph of rambling schizo Boomer BS littering it up. Put a lid on it.

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  83. "Hey, 'Let's Roll.' This is not your goddam blog. |We| are..."
    ..."|we| don't need paragraph upon paragraph..."

    Yo! 'Rivets for Brains', I'm "On Watch", with reference
    to the "Wee"turd/s in your pocket,
    your 'damnation of God',
    and the alleged "Vigil"
    you're "holding online".
    Evidently you haven't
    learned much from the
    Diplomat, you label as
    your"friend and mentor"...

    Oddly, for one laying claim to being
    the anointed 'vigil' monitor in chief here,
    you choose to revoke the promise that you
    made to Dip to depart, during your last
    low-brow sock-puppet overreach iteration...
    trolls are amusing from time to time, but
    like most, Rats, Rinos, & communistas, they
    don't age well in the USA, as their 'silencing the
    speaker' tactics, become quite obvious and toxic to
    even the most casual observer, yes, Trolls 'get old' fast.

    As for my "lid", I don't wear it below-decks, but
    do so when ashore...give me your coordinates and
    I'd be happy to show it to you... till then, DIPs
    blog remains what it has always been to me,
    a 'Political Forum' that invites those of good will,
    and a modicum of social skill, to interact and share
    their Political thoughts, but leave the personalized
    ad hominem invectives at home where your mommy can
    provide continuing guidance, and kiss yer boo boo
    as necessary~~~

    Btw, if a simple majority of the
    commenters here on "The Diplomad"
    Blog or the Boss himself would like
    me to 'stand down', I'd be willing
    to entertain the notion~~~

    On Watch~~~
    That is all.
    "Let's Roll"

    PS };+} the remedy for 'too many paragraphs'
    is quite simple really, don't read 'em all at once~~~

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    1. yer all good Mr. Watch... on on.. hoping Mr. Mad rejoins soonly!

      - reader #1482

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    2. tks for the thumbs-up, dear brother-reader #1482,
      I'd settle for a tie, and am hoping with you, and
      many other WLA fans, that Mr. Mad rejoins asap~~~
      Till then, as usual, he and his Fam, remain in
      my thoughts & prayers, as do you and yours~~~

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

      Delete
  84. For those of you/US who have sworn to defend...
    Here's the latest polling data which signals
    that the Fraudulent 2020 Election results
    are melting like 'candles in the wind'~~~

    Joe Biden Is Completely Upside Down
    Bannons War Room Published September 22, 2021 2,827 Views

    https://rumble.com/vmuin6-joe-biden-is-completely-upside-down.html

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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    1. Why don't you start your own nonsensical blog "Let's Roll"?

      Delete
    2. Good Question, Musty!
      But, since you've only just now,
      (September 2021) arrived, I'magonna
      give you some time to figure it out,
      for your own self~~~
      ON Watch~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ieZ2sWoGkk
      "Let's Roll"

      Delete
  85. Replies
    1. Such reports on my constitution
      have been greatly exaggerated...
      Although it is true, I do
      sing a bit off key, and don't
      hit the high notes as well as
      I did back in Military School,
      however, I do still manage to kick
      ass and take names as neckassery~~~
      You HAFND Musty!

      On Watch~~~
      3 Cheers for the Red, White, & Blue too:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tun3zP1urPo
      "Let's Roll"

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  86. ~~~~~AZ/MARICOPA (Forensic) AUDIT UPDATE~~~~~

    Still a work in Progress...
    Boris & Steve translate,
    the particulars:

    https://rumble.com/vn02py-epshteyn-this-is-the-moment-weve-been-waiting-for.html

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  87. The Battle To Save America's Judeo-Christian Heritage
    Bannons War Room Published September 27, 2021 2,683 Views

    https://rumble.com/vn1lju-the-battle-to-save-americas-judeo-christian-heritage.html

    ~~~and Amen,
    With thanks Steve, for the 'wisdom and guidance' offered to US by your wise, faithful, patriotic, and devoted guest~~~

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  88. Please log into your settings on Blogspot and turn off anonymous commenting. Also, please don't leave us hang if you are indeed retiring. Say farewell.

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    1. ..."turn off anonymous commenting"...
      Wonder what you want to accomplish Sal...?

      I particularly enjoy the contributions of
      several "anon" commenters here at Dip's place...
      perhaps in these trying Pol~Cat times, the anon option
      may offer a less exposed flank for some contributors...

      A recent case in point:

      AnonymousJune 30, 2021 at 9:50 AM
      ...
      David from Oz - [AussieD?] OW

      Mr. Amselem.

      I'm not comfortable placing my address on this (any) blog in the JoeBama era so - out of respect to whom we are concerned I must be sparing on what I place on this thread. Suffice to say I don't think we may expect much in the way of "regular/future" posts there.(There is a 'breadcrumb trail' on here left some years ago. It is tedious and troublesome - purposefully - but there is a way to reach an *old *address I still have access to - at least for the CONUS curious - ... I suspect maybe the only way "easiest" for us to connect might be - if you're the ... Navy fellow I suspect you may be - might have to be a circuitous route using a military channel for us to establish contact.
      The sole *clue I can offer in the direction of that breadcrumb path is in a timeframe of back when the late unlamented McCain had utilized a (cough) "Syrian connection)" cough cough cough went by the name of Elizabeth O'Bagy.~~~

      Well I'd guess vou get the drift, Sal, a little anonymity can go a long way, and at times, be quite prudent~~~

      Yes many of us here, Anon/s or others, have expressed our concerns and goodwill toward Dip & Fam in reply to WLA's comms... seems the least we can do, is to keep the home~fires burning and share a thought or two with the WLA clan by continuing to share responsible and diplomadic style thoughts, words, sentences, if not "paragraphs", when able. In Fact Sal, I was hoping to here one of your cogent reports on the social situ out in the NW corner~~~
      AnyhOWL, untill "Dip, Shall Return" best regards to all, be safe, and God Bless America~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  89. Is there no one in the Diplomad family that checks this blog and comments?
    It would be a tremendous kindness if someone in the family gave us some sort of indication of the situation.
    PLEASE, send some sort of message.

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    1. Hi babs!
      As I believe you know, sometimes over the last 6 or so years that I've been reading and reacting to Dip's Posts, he has had to take an unannounced 'Leave of Absence'... for months at a time -- Sometimes he signals us of his mission, such as after his Father's Death in a departing Post. I believe that is what he did in his 6/21 Post:

      ..."Still struggling with a range of health issues--off to the MRI machine this afternoon--and with the overwhelming feeling of being pissed off at what is happening to our country and to the West."...

      Personally, I don't believe any of us have a right to expect further explanations about his health, or his future plans, especially when factoring in the fractured state of the Union,
      and those running it.

      I suspect Dip has been monitoring his Blog, and has received all of our concerns about his personal welfare... since we know not about his current state, health or otherwise, I myself choose to continue with his Blog's mission, to inform this crew about political affairs, as best we, or I can. True, I can barely shine a candle of insight or enlightenment, to that of WLA -- but I do believe, we as a group can improve our expressive writing/feeling skills, just by sharing our honest observations, in a strait forward manner -- Lord knows we couldn't do worse than the MSM...

      Now lest my scribbles be taken as "blowin smoke", I'll cease and desist commenting for a while, as I'm also busy studying 'Constitutional Law' with a highly regarded Constitutional Sheriffs org~~~

      Best to all of WLA's
      caring commenters & friends

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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    2. It may not be Diplomad's health that's the reason for his extended silence. He may have run afoul of the new Administration and its rules for social media postings by former employees of the State Department: https://fam.state.gov/FAM/03FAM/03FAM4170.html

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  90. TGIF
    AhSo...
    Speaking of the dying of
    Imperial'mums n' things
    Here's a heads_up, posted
    by LI's Leslie Eastman,
    Friday, October 1,
    2021 at 09:00am
    legalinsurrection.com

    ..."Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the emergency will end Thursday"...

    Roll out the SAkE~~~
    Anyone here got Biden's ear?
    Mayhaps the BiTMe Dynasty and its Deep-Dark 'State of Fools' will experience a mind blowing epiphany, and come to finally accept that
    the--->jig is up... let's hope so anyway~~~

    OW~~~
    Roll'em
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA4JV4mWLb0
    ...back to work boys n' girls~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  91. OH & BTW, for those who have not yet revisited Mr. Dip's referenced predicate --Post & Commentary Thread, to this, his 6/20/21 Post~~~
    Which is, the Post/Thread Dated: Friday, February 17, 2017
    "The Coup Attempt Continues --Some eight days before Trump's inauguration, and in the midst of the Russia hysteria, I wrote I have never seen such a pile on as the one we are seeing with Trump. The press, the leftoid idiots on the street and in Hollywood are joined, of course, and most troubling, by at least some of our intel agencies which have allowed themselves pressed into the service of one political party.
    We could be seeing nothing less than an attempted coup by the bureaucratic mandarins and their minions in our federal government against an incoming president. It is not just political appointees at the top of key agencies who are involved. Let us not forget that, in their long march, the progressives have targeted such key institutions as the CIA, FBI, NSA, Homeland, and State for special attention. These agencies are now increasingly staffed from bottom to top by products of our progressive universities and are becoming full-time believers in the progressive vision of the world....
    We all have heard the news... Michael Flynn has been forced out of his position after a concerted media and Democratic Party campaign, a campaign abetted by anti-Trump bureaucrats. "Journalists" relying on half-stories, innuendo, and rank speculation "leaked" by intel agencies drove the assault on Flynn, and, of course, on Trump... our democracy is now threatened by those who see themselves as the rightful and permanent ruling class in DC....Let's review the gist of the case...against Flynn and the Trump White House. As far as I can tell it consists of the following three hard and irrefutable facts,
    1) Uhm;
    2) Err; and
    3) Ah.
    <...>
    Posted by DiploMad at 1:04 AM Email This BlogThis!Share to Twitter

    EDITED TO FIT BY
    OW~~~
    See some comments
    below for the flow~~~

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    1. ... [below excerpts from] 40 comments:
      SalvorhardinFebruary 17, 2017 at 1:40 AM
      Would not high level SIGINT be controlled in such a fashion that there is a clear record of who not only could access it, but who actually did access it?
      Reply
      DiploMadFebruary 17, 2017 at 2:09 AM
      Apparently new regs implemented by Obama just before he left greatly weakened control over SIGINT and made it much more available to a wide selection of people.
      Reply
      SalvorhardinFebruary 17, 2017 at 4:11 AM
      Frown. Why would he do that? Unless, of course he is using Harry Reid philosophy of disregarding down the road ramifications.
      Reply
      AnonymousFebruary 17, 2017 at 5:15 AM
      The EO by Peace Prize is chilling. He has in effect opened up the NSA databases to internal law enforcement. And "everybody" knows that despite what they say, every phobe call, email, text msg & social media post now reside in Utah. Unbelievable how zero beefed up the surveillance state and all the usual lefty suspects never picked up a sign and took to the streets.
      https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html ~~~BC~~~
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      east texas rancherFebruary 17, 2017 at 10:41 AM
      The list will be small and it will be rather easy to determine. I have heard the name Ben Rhodes tossed around. My question for Dip is this....what was that last executive order Obama signed regarding Top Secret info that gave extraordinary power to our Spy depts. I heard it briefly talked about yesterday but I can find nothing about it...to be able to do an internal coup.True or False?
      Reply
      LionelFebruary 18, 2017 at 1:26 AM
      It's here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html?platform=hootsuite&_r=0&mtrref=pjmedia.com&gwh=3DA19F5D2F0D56F81F017C53E4B0D25C&gwt=pay
      Reply
      AnonymousFebruary 17, 2017 at 1:56 AM
      I think the main claim for which Trump supposedly asked for his resignation was because he misled Pence into making a semi-false statement.... that's Trump's call... but when DNC rigging their primaries came out, all the media could talk about was "who let the secret out! let's get 'em.." now that the shoe is on the other foot, they couldn't give a crap 'who let the secret out'.
      I claim forthrightly to be a hypocrite, so I'm never in danger of being one. - reader #1482
      Reply
      StargazerA5February 17, 2017 at 9:54 AM
      Looks like the Trump administration is purging State: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-dept-layoffs-under-rex-tillerson-being-carried-out/
      Reply
      AnonymousFebruary 17, 2017 at 11:04 AM
      Add to this the recent revelation--from Wikileaks, which has been accurate so far--that the CIA was deeply involved in surveillance of foreign elections, especially in France, in 2012. Does an outside power have access to CIA databases? Or was this leaked by our new admin to discredit Obama? ...this will have repercussions.
      Reply
      George W. PottsFebruary 17, 2017 at 12:20 PM
      4) See: # 1)
      Reply
      ...
      MsherFebruary 17, 2017 at 1:13 PM
      A number of my comments disappear. Am I offending a moderator? Second try today....
      This doesn't make sense to me....
      [clicka da link]
      https://thediplomad.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-coup-attempt-continues.html
      OW~~~To explain if I must...Was RE-visiting the Archives and fell fast asleep at the switch, dreampt, I think, of slipping into a rabbit hole and heard the Mad Hatter Cackle: "Those who forget the Past are Doomed to Repeat it" I do so declare:
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  92. “ I'll cease and desist commenting for a while, ”

    Well, that didn’t last long, did it?

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    1. "Well, that didn’t last long, did it?"

      Time: is not on our side Steve, so
      the answer to your question depends on
      a variety of factors. By my clock it
      was over a day, 30 hours or so, certainly
      long enough for other commentators to
      get a word in edgewise, if they had
      something that they wanted to express
      or simply just share with the group, no?

      Truth is, I thought it politically
      newsworthy to share the Japanese
      Prime Minister's story viz lifting
      the COVID emergency...contrasted to
      the US & Oz Governmental abuses of
      their citizenry. To sum, In imho,
      I did indeed 'cease & desist for a
      "while" just as I said I would...

      Now Steve, If you'd like me to
      stand~down for longer than 30 hrs,
      I'd certainly consider it as you seem
      to be genuinely concerned about the
      required time for self-imposed 'cease
      and desist'orders, Please advise asap,
      lov ya brutha~~~

      One more thing:
      In my previous commentary, above, on WLA's
      Post/Thread Dated: Friday, February 17, 2017

      ~~~The Coup Attempt Continues~~~

      I noticed these 2 later additions to the thread,
      (below) seemed to me, that both recognize the
      relevance to our current state of affairs,
      anyone care to comment or shall we remain
      mum, and hope, nay Pray, the boogeymen...

      Dakorillon November 15, 2020 at 12:58 PM
      And this post is just as germane today, as it was nearly 4 years ago.

      Reply

      AnonymousJanuary 19, 2021 at 8:40 PM
      Military interregnum before Trump returns.

      On Watch~~~
      Personally,
      in addition to
      prayers & scribbles
      I now send my GOP
      donations to folks
      like Wendy Rogers
      who pass the word~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  93. This just in, want to say "OFF w/his HEAD, but don't know yet if it was "SIGINT" or just good 'old fashioned sleuthing' by Durham & Team:

    "White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan figures prominently in a grand jury investigation run by Special Counsel John Durham into an alleged 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign scheme to use both the FBI and CIA to tar Donald Trump as a colluder with Russia, according to people familiar with the criminal probe, which they say has broadened into a conspiracy case.

    Sullivan is facing scrutiny, sources say, over potentially false statements he made about his involvement in the effort, which continued after the election and into 2017. As a senior foreign policy adviser to Clinton, Sullivan spearheaded what was known inside her campaign as a “confidential project” to link Trump to the Kremlin through dubious email-server records provided to the agencies, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity."

    Now if they can just get some convictions, and fix the Electoral/VOTING systems, we may even begin to start repairing some the damage that the Rats Rinos & CCP have inflicted on our 'once upon a time' honorable Republic~~~


    https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html

    On Watch~~~

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  94. {{{{{Hey YOU up on the Bridge: NOW HERE THIS}}}}}
    Been doing some constructive snoozing down here
    in the bottom of the Archival bilges, aboard
    the good ship USS Diplomadic these past few days~~~
    Fairly Dry and smells earthy good down here,
    considering it's been 10 years or so since the
    old news was pumped-overboard...AnyhOWl,
    I stumpled over an old Sea~Chest,
    once owned by a SeaSnake named,
    PRO~me~thesis stenciled on the box.
    So I cracked the Lid and took a
    gander at the contents~~~

    Item !:
    Wednesday, July 13, 2011

    The Trunk of Prometheus

    "It was now July 13, 2035. The law was in effect. The end would come soon. He knew it. He could face it.

    Dickson was a realist. In his nearly 70 years of life on earth, he always had prided himself on a hard-headed, objective, cool, analytical approach to that life.

    He wasn’t a joiner. He found himself unable to wax enthusiastic over any politician, political movement, or whatever cause du jour fired up the students or the other faculty at Metro University. He did not sign petitions. He did not march or write angry missives. Whenever he heard that something, anything, was very popular with the students or faculty he made sure to avoid it.

    Dickson kept to himself as much as he could. He taught his required two classes a week, and then fled the bright, shiny campus for his one bedroom apartment in the unfashionable, gritty, and crime-filled Eastern District, yellow Gadsden “Don’t Tread on Me” flags hanging from almost every window and balcony. There, among the grubby working stiffs, he found relief and solace. They had no curiosity about him or what he did or did not do. They did not judge him. They did not prescribe for him. He could think, and he could read. Yes, read. That was his greatest vice. That and his penchant for contraband beef, contraband liquor, and contraband cigarettes--a penchant the denizens of the Eastern District shared with him.

    The District was a tough place: a “no go” zone for the agents of the MEA (Meat Enforcement Administration) and the TEA (Tobacco Enforcement Administration). He, along with the rowdy inhabitants of the District [sniff ah``da Brooklyn Docks], refused to comply with the “Anti-Carbon Social Contract” which required all citizens to give up unhealthful and bad environmental practices to benefit Gaia, and, incidentally, the mighty “Gore Euro Yuan Organic Food and Products Inc.,” which produced all the approved food in the country as well as 100% of its solar panels, and had just put on its governing board the nation’s President, the four Vice-Presidents (one from each major racial grouping), all 2,000 members of Congress, and the 760 members of the Supreme Court. Some District denizens were rumored to posses firearms and to engage only in heterosexual sex. Even Dickson assumed this was just anti-District slander.

    The Rest of a GREAT STORY here:

    https://thediplomad.blogspot.com/2011/07/trunk-of-prometheus.html#comment-form

    On Watch~~~
    All critical comments Boos, Catcalls,
    but not rotten fruit, are Welcome, IMO,
    including Historical & Literary critiques~~~
    Tks in advance };=}>

    PS Hat tip & Get Well wishes
    to the Post's author~~~

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  95. I've created a telegram channel: https://t.me/Gobucs1030
    It concerns advocacy for Appalachian whites. If you have telegram and are interested in Appalachia consider joining.

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    1. Cowabunga my white bragh from a different Ma! And,
      Speaking as a highly 'privileged' adopted Appalachian son,
      into the HIGHlands & Watersheds of the NY-NJ-PA Mountains...

      ...I am indeed, certainly, aware of the current plight and blight endured, by our southern MAGA cousins, who have sacrificed their Jobs/work etc etc etc to the growing Collective, aka the US Democrat wing of the CCP!

      While my first instinct in reply to your appeal, was to take out my check-book...I stopped to think for a moment, about how far the once proud "Ridgerunners" I knew, and grew-some with, had fallen? Yes, I've heard about their 'Core' shift from self-reliance, to a 'welfare state' of affairs, including chilluns without daddies, and manhood decent from hunting, Jugs n' Homebrew, pickn n'grinnin, to street drugs and hangnout over at the fringes...

      Mayhaps, that's why Sen. Capito (R) from "West by God" Virginny decided to sell-out to the Rats & Rinos on the 'debt ceiling bill'?...only thing is it'll be a lot worse after Christmas, expect the Rats'll be fiddlin whilst the 'US Markets' they've wounded, go belly-up~~~ and streets worldwide fill w/ Peking & Afghan perps to cinch-up the CCP "Belts & Roads".

      As I'm not connected to the "telegram channel" as yet, please let me know more, about the specifics, to better comprehend
      your Appalachian efforts~~~
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

      Delete
  96. Replies
    1. Not I, 'Vic~~~
      but do have an upcoming mission this Fall
      which will take me through the Carolinas,
      if the fates allow... I may just stop-by
      to get an autograph on my caste~~~will
      advise~~~
      if I get a msg to share mit D'mad crew~~~
      OW~~~

      Delete
    2. Speaking of IM systems Sid'
      I've been doing my TG homework:

      "Telegram is a cross-platform, cloud-based
      instant messaging (IM) system. The service
      also provides end-to-end encrypted video calling,
      VoIP, file sharing and several other features."

      Quite a story in an of itself.
      Tks for sharing it SidVic-Now,
      back to work on my Con-Law HW.
      Keep the Faith~~~
      On Watch~~~
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lib9BfFu0IQ

      "Let's Roll"

      Delete
  97. Replies
    1. Roger that, Loud & Clear, Scott~~~
      Hope he received it 5x5 as well~~~
      OW~~~
      Over~~~

      Delete
  98. Btw, and to continue, a brief exploration
    of Dip's poignant political allegorical Post~~~

    ~~~"The Trunk of Prometheus"~~~

    I Found the 3 comments/replies to be quite
    informative, predictive, and in the end stalwart~~~

    Was particularly pleased to read/learn from "Rogue Male's"
    commentary, and link to Scott Johnson's Post over on
    Power Line, opened 'doors of my perception' to a mighty
    Professorial Hero...

    Reply
    Rogue Male July 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM
    OT, with apologies, but would love to read your take on Angelo Codevilla's review essay on Barry in the Claremont Review of Books.

    http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/07/crb-the-chosen-one.php

    Further, it was great to read and remember
    my friend, and long term Commentator here,
    Kepha, at the weigh-in, with predictions
    not only beyond the perceived AL GOREish aLle Gory,
    but toward, the nearly accomplished, 'Islamic
    slum invasion'... only just, forestalled by Trump's
    defeat of "Shillary" but, now back on a toxic track
    via the continuing hellish collaboration between
    Biden/Obama, mit a hefty dose o Global Marxism...

    Reply

    Kepha July 13, 2011 at 9:44 PM
    Before we ever get to an Al-Gore-esque dystopia of the sort described in this posting, the Muslims will have turned out land into the typical Islamic Slum surrounded by desert, and we'll have deserved it.

    And last, but not least by a long shot,
    The ubiquitous ANON, a patriot in doublet n' buckler,
    saddling-up to meet and defeat the beast on the field
    of honor, over on this precarious side of BagDad~~~

    Reply

    Anonymous July 14, 2011 at 9:30 AM
    With the "arsenal" of books I own, the jack-booted thugs will be coming for me soon. They'll have to pry my paperback from my "cold dead hands".
    http://www.steelbookshelf.com

    Reply

    THE PATRIOTS within,
    G-D Bless you all~~~
    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  99. I keep hoping... would love to hear Mr. Mad's opinions on the last five months! Hope things are improving.

    - reader #1482

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    1. ~What Would Winston Say~

      Forsooth, ordinal number 1,4,8,2~~~
      I Do too hope the things we now
      see happening, will lead US to
      a healthier happpier future
      for our beloved Constitutional
      Republic, our kids, lovers,
      leaders & dear friends too...
      praying we'll be ready for
      the demands of the FIGHT,
      now being waged against,
      We Freedom Loving People,
      here & around the world```
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"
      P.S.
      Apple Cider Cheers
      + Pumpkin Pies
      w/ a dollop of
      whipped cream
      on top~~~
      ];~}

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  100. Four months and counting Señor Dip

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  101. Whatever is going on with our Diplomad can not be good. I wish him well.
    Lets hope a simple post of "Hi all I'm still alive" gets posted tomorrow.

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  102. "...hope a simple post of
    "Hi all I'm still alive"
    gets posted tomorrow."

    May it be so, MG,
    like, 'Phoenix Rising'~~~

    Also, I sometimes believe in the old saw,
    ~~~'No News is Good News'~~~
    Suspect, nay, pray there are many patriots
    who are maintainng 'radio silence', whilst they
    prepare for the struggles ahead with our enemies,
    inside and outside our porUS borders~~~
    Truth is, we've come a long way since
    the dark days of the stolen Election
    and the revelation of the the number
    of 'Traitors and disguised Enemies,
    that America and her freedom loving
    Citizens must, in the end DEFEAT~~~>
    I'm also so darned PROUD of the fight
    I see everyday in so many leaders and
    just folks, or "Fire Breathers" as
    Steve Bannon calls them, as they weild
    their swords or keep them at the ready,
    while they carry-out their thoughful and
    decisive 'Plans of the Day'for countrymen
    Children and Families, 'Bless em ALL~~~

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  103. Speaking of Heroes,
    and on the off chance
    that you missed it...
    Here's Steve Bannon:

    "Did you fight to make America great again?"

    Bannon Keynote Pima County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
    Published October 24, 2021 12,619 Views

    Hope you all can spare a 1/2 hr, or so
    of your very precious time to listen~~~

    https://rumble.com/vo6djc-bannon-keynote-pima-county-gop-lincoln-day-dinner.html

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  104. I stumbled upon the following on QUORA a few minutes ago:

    https://www.quora.com/profile/Diplomad-2-0 - it indicates he is active on QUORA today.

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    The Soviet Union has been disintegrated for 30 years. Why is the West still afraid of it?
    Who fears the USSR ?
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    I found Lewis on Linkedin in May of 2021. I asked him how he was. He did not respond but did connect with me (which I had not requested).

    W. Lewis Amselem

    Contact Info
    W. Lewis’ Profile: linkedin.com/in/w-lewis-amselem-01690430
    Website: thediplomad.blogspot.com (Blog)
    Phone: 305 972 5131 (Mobile) - Area Code 305 appears to be the Miami area of Florida
    Email: amselem@aol.com
    Connected: May 5, 2021

    I’m an Irish REBEL Abroad.

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    1. pretty sure that quora is a fake... linkedin may be more legit.

      - reader #1482

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  105. I read a lot of the Quora answers, and to me it seems legit. Especially the Falklands answer.

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    1. I'm reading more and more of those Quora answers, and even discounting the Falklands answer (which seems tote legit) all of the answers are completely hilarious and in keeping with Ol' Dips sense of humor. I feel he may just be weary of the seriousness of everything when it comes to posting thoughtful pieces for us to read here on his blog. He'll be back in his own time.

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    2. I stand correcrted, agreed, sounds like this blog has been fully abandoned... it was a good ride.

      - reader #1482

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    3. Since I have nowhere else to blather about this and it seems apropos - what the hell is with Quora now having additional subjects/ghettos where they charge more to see those answers?
      I was pleasantly surprised some years ago to realize Quora is really worth paying a subscription fee for, and I paid gladly. But now they are erecting paywalls within their own site to paying customers? I mean WTAF.

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  106. I keep checking... One of these days...

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  107. Maybe the PC Police got to him!

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    1. Wouldn't be the first Patriot who
      was snatched and held incommunic-
      ado by marxist regimes, Senor Anon
      nor, the 1st Pat to minimize comms
      or release chaff in his/her wake~~~
      Till Then:
      "Won't Dance, can't make me"...
      ON Watch~~~
      OFF Duty...
      "Let's Roll"

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  108. ~~~Just Another Holiday Autopsy~~~

    "I can't imagine what sort of a place we leave our children and grandchildren. It apparently will be one in which they must feel shame, deep, deep shame, for their nationality and must repeatedly assert that "whiteness" is a unique form of evil..."

    Strange how that happens, no?" --WLA
    ...

    YES, it continues to be quite strange Dip, but indeed predictable!

    "...The exchange of gunfire between over a dozen men was just one of the gang shootings that delivered Portland to what its police chief called a “grim milestone” of 1,000 shootings.

    Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and the police defunding movement had taken Portland from 388 shootings in 2019 to over 1,000 this year. Murders in Rose City rose by 83% breaking its previous high score set in 1987. As the Black Lives Matter race riots got underway, Portland went from 23 shootings in March 2020 to 104 by July of that same year. By March 2021, there were 93 shootings. Gone were the pleasant days of 2019 when Portlanders might complain about 30 shootings. The summer of 2021 saw around 400 shootings: more than in all of 2019.

    Rose City Park with its cedars and rose gardens located right next to a golf course is exactly the sort of amenity that its upscale residents moved there for. Now it’s a brutal war zone.

    But trapped in their woke fantasies, the city’s Eloi can’t come to terms with what’s happening.

    Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem, Hadar’s mother, an “insectional feminist” who “dismantles patriarchy”, and advocated for “Palestinian rights”, denounced her daughter’s “white privilege”.

    “We are a white family of privilege,” the leftist hipster artist confessed. “No one in our family wants to see the result of this be more police presence at parks. That’s not the answer.

    What was the answer?"
    ...

    "Portland Democrats cut $27 million from the police budget. Over 200 police officers have left the force leaving the city with far more armed gang members than cops. The failing city has stopped investigating and intervening in some crimes not just because of the pro-crime ethos of BLM, but because the manpower doesn’t even exist to deal with the runaway crime wave."
    ...

    "Portland Democrats cut $27 million from the police budget. Over 200 police officers have left the force leaving the city with far more armed gang members than cops. The failing city has stopped investigating and intervening in some crimes not just because of the pro-crime ethos of BLM, but because the manpower doesn’t even exist to deal with the runaway crime wave --Sultan Knish, the Right| margin.

    just in time for Halloween, and "Branden's" trip to Glasga, he, The Sultan Knish, closes with a view of the hell that emerges from the Bowels of Marxism~~~

    "The suicide notes are scattered across the streets of Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The coastal cities that claimed to be on the leading edge of technology and culture have become hellholes where the Eloi elites tiptoe past human waste, dodge bullets while on a night out, and then huddle in their tiny apartments for fear of the Morlock hordes.

    They believe that they are a superior race, standing on the right side of history, and ready to inherit a utopian earth, when they are really little more than a Morlock snack."

    Trick or Treat~~~
    + Pointy Hat Tip
    to Daniel Greenfield
    http://www.danielgreenfield.org/

    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  109. ~~~"Dealing with Idiocy Wholesale & Retail"~~~

    "Joy and entertainment are to be banned and replaced with a ceaseless propaganda stream misrepresenting, ignoring, deforming, and deriding the vast accomplishments of Western Civilization--aka, European people: the BEST civilization ever to emerge on the planet Earth. Millions upon millions of people all over that planet risk their fortunes and their lives to live under that Civilization. Yes, it seems that "people of color" (What a stupid phrase!) want to live under the brutal rule of white patriarchy.~~~WLA

    Well, unless the Sewer'Rats of VA
    are permitted to keep counting fake
    ballots for Former Gov. McAuliffe,
    till next week sometime, believe
    the Fat Lady is singin the BO Blues~~~

    THIS ONE is for YOU Meester DIP:

    "Parents Retake Control In Virginia,
    Leading Glenn Youngkin To Victory
    Over Terry McAuliffe

    "Parents want to retake control of their children’s educations
    from the far left educational infrastructure and the teachers unions. It’s the civil rights issue of our time. Democrats who don’t run from Critical Race Theory and its variants will be swept away, even in blue Virginia."
    Posted by William A. Jacobson
    Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 12:45am
    via: https://legalinsurrection.com/

    On Watch~~~
    Dancing a Jig,
    w/no hands Ma~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  110. "The Coup Attempt Continues" - The Diplomad

    Hand Salute, and a hearty, Hail, fellow Diplomadics,
    well met, and very appreciated on these pages
    and beyond, in my humble opinion~~~

    To Wit, Here but for the brave and caring hearts
    of a few of our American brothers and sisters,
    endowed with the strength of a loving G-D~~~
    Sadly WE TOO, the American people may be
    damaged by the enemies within, or buy the
    communists, and their useful idiots here and
    abroad... yes, by those like Brandon who've been
    bought and paid for, by the current Intl.regime...

    If you have some time, this Thanksgiving season
    Please click the links, and if possible try to
    scrape up a little xtra lettuce for the almost
    Forgotten Heroes of Jan 6th~~~

    Rumble — We Must Take A Stand For The Men
    Wrongfully Languishing In The DC Prison

    https://rumble.com/vorof3-we-must-take-a-stand-for-the-men-wrongfully-languishing-in-the-dc-prison.html

    BTW here, MTG Pulls no punches or
    Shortens-up on those well deserved ass kicks:
    Rumble — MTG Explodes On The Gov’t For the
    Sickening Torture Of Political Prisoners

    https://rumble.com/vorlz1-mtg-explodes-on-the-govt-for-sickening-torture-of-political-prisoners.html

    On Watch~~~
    Have a Good One Dip & Fam,
    Wild Turkey all around!
    “Let’s Roll”

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  111. Just checking and hoping for something new. Next time for sure...

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  112. Good to see your John Henry, MG!
    Over on this side of the mighty
    Mississip... we too are hoping
    to hear good tidings from Dip
    when he's ready to interject.

    Back to your side of the equasion,
    Had a note from my fav Bird Colonel
    Wendy Rogers, man that girl can FLY:

    UPDATE: Indict Fontes, and Audit NJ

    Lt. Col. Wendy Rogers
    Thu 11/4/2021 3:21 PM

    Hi WT,

    One thing I've been wanting to see, by way of follow up on the Arizona Audit, is charges brought to those who committed the fraud.

    Now it turns out we may see them!

    I'm Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers. I am the Arizona Senator fighting for election integrity and promoting audits of all elections! Help me fix our broken elections!

    Arizona's Attorney General is investigating the former Maricopa recorder, among others- and it's about time!

    The Gateway Pundit reports:

    Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has opened a formal criminal investigation into the fraudulent 2020 election and his office is now examining the suspects.

    The Gateway Pundit reported that Mark Brnovich is still awaiting the router and Splunk log analysis but he is digging deeper to “hold people accountable for breaking the law”, according to Arizona Senate President Karen Fann.

    Roger Geisler, a special agent with Brnovich’s major-fraud unit, questioned Adrian Fontes, the Democratic former Maricopa County recorder, on Monday about issues stemming from the election.

    Another investigator also attended the one-hour interview of Fontes, arranged late last week by Geisler.

    For my sake, I want to see charges brought. This guy thinks he's invincible and beyond accountability. He is a big proponent of the "Big Lie" and his fraud and malfeasance in the 2020 election is criminal!

    That's the thing. It is not enough just to bring the fraud to light. There must be consequences. Jail the perpetrators. Increase the penalties. Stop the fraud.

    ANY INSIGHTS YOU HAVE on AZ or
    MARICOPA Co. developments, would
    be greatly appreciated as well, MG~~~
    Tks~~~ Water~Tight OW~over n' out~~~
    In 'Hell or High Water'~~~
    On Watch~~~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ7PqEcuOOg

    "Let's Roll~~~

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    1. p.s.
      Happy Birthday Dad, 11-12-13~~~
      Tks for becoming an American,
      the hard way...
      your #1 son,
      The Dannebrog:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSwV-DJivQU

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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