Military/Veterans (Bloggers & Personal)
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Now, that you’re gone Joe, I just wanted to say thanks for everything you’ve done for the country. You’ve been around a long time, all the way back to 1775. You waged a lot of battles, fought plenty of bad guys and helped bring down evil empires. You crossed the Delaware with Washington, fought the Bloody British in a town named New Orleans, trudged endlessly through the steaming jungles of the South Pacific, climbed Pointe du Hoc to save the world, slugged it out with Victor Charlie in razor sharp elephant grass; battled sandstorms and Jihadis from Medina Ridge to...
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Democrat lawmakers in the House signed a joint letter suggesting infringements on certain veterans’ Second Amendment Rights because of a “mentally incompetent” diagnosis from Veterans Affairs (VA) rating agencies. The current regulation regarding VA pensions, 38 CFR 3.353, defines “mentally incompetent” as “A…person is one who because of injury or disease lacks the mental capacity to contract or to manage his or her own affairs, including disbursement of funds without limitation.” The “official determination” of mental incompetency is made by the VA rating agencies, who have “sole authority” in making such a determination. According to the regulation, the determination is...
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Several electoral and demographic factors in North Carolina could put the red state in play for President Joe Biden in November, political experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Democrats are setting their sights on North Carolina as opposed to other battleground states like Georgia for a rematch with former President Donald Trump. The narrow margin Trump won by in 2020, population changes in the state and the election of Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson might put North Carolina back on the map for Biden this cycle, according to political scientists and state operatives. “Looks like at this point, North...
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Prayer Request and Update – Lora Lora and I wish to thank all those (over 100 Freepers) who previously offered their kind prayers for Lora after she was diagnosed with cancer in her lower large intestine. See https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4213642/posts After several weeks searching to find a cancer center, Lora and her husband decided on the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is scheduled to begin the treatment protocol tomorrow, which consists of a combination of radiation and proton therapy – approximately twenty treatments over six weeks. The good news is that all indications seem to suggest the cancer has not yet...
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During the mid and late 1990’s, my mentor and boss at Defense Watch, the late Colonel David Hackworth frequently reported on the military’s descent into the PC maelstrom. What had merely been the rantings of the feminist fringe in Washington in the 1970’s and 80’s, had materialized into policy the moment the great draft dodger swore to protect and defend the constitution in 1993. The self-immolation of a phenomenal fighting force had begun. Highly decorated and a veteran of three wars, Hack knew more than anyone that the Pentagon’s perfumed princes didn’t have the intestinal fortitude nor the foresight to...
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I admit that this will open me up to accusations of ‘midwittery’, but my second favourite film of all-time is Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 classic “The Seventh Seal”.1So ubiquitous has this movie become (and so archetypal are its characters) that lauding it is like praising a glass of water for being so refreshing on a very hot summer’s day. Yet I keep coming back to it time and time again because of the many, many things that make it so repeatedly watchable and constantly enjoyable. From the stark black and white cinematography, to its gallows humour and witty dialogue, but also...
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The American edition, published in 1956, 468 pages, Translated by A.P. Maudsley The Diaz account is the best history book that I have read. It has all the advantage of a first person account and reads like a well written adventure novel. The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico by Bernal Diaz del Castillo is the only extant first person account of the campaign under the command of Hernando Cortez from 1519 to 1520. The campaign resulted in the discovery and conquest of the Aztec civilization in Mexico. Cortez himself wrote five long letters to Carlos V in Spain. Parts...
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A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 flight landing safety...missing external panel... The US Navy announcing an 18-month delay in delivery of the "USS Enterprise" aircraft carrier... "I could not be the man I am and abandon the fight at this point" Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowing to stay on even as his Liberal Party trails badly... In France a 15-year-old student taken into custody after threatening the principal of his middle school with a knife... Five wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's... North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un overseeing air warfare drills today urging more... "no new guns" Those...
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Remember how the press counted down the days Americans were held hostage by Iran during Jimmy Carter's reign of errors?
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There is no upside to the groups of people arriving daily. They bring horrors like political assassination, mass shootings, bombings, espionage and widespread sabotage. When “T” (Terror) day kicks off they will sabotage communications, transportation, roads and bridges, oil storage facilities, and there may be massive firearms or biological attacks on schools and hospitals. These people will be armed with military grade automatic weapons, explosives, and communications gear. The U.S. military, your own National Guards and police forces will not be adequate to cope with the assaults. In some cases airports, sea ports, and military bases will fall to Biden’s...
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There was an attack warning tonight in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen...The US Central Command reports... The Palestinian Authority appointing a new prime minister... In Buenos Aires tonight Argentina's Senate voting against a sweeping decree from President Javier Milei... The Russian Ambassador in the United States Anatoly Antonov expects provocations associated with Russia's Presidential Election... Tonight, French President Emmanuel Macron saying France will not lead on Ukraine policy but follow the... Dutch Mediator Pushing Towards New Government With Bureaucratic Cabinet Ministers Not Led By Geert Wilders... A major disruption of the internet affecting African nations... The United...
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The French paper Marianne has published excerpts by secret military documents that are causing an uproar in Europe and the world, for dealing with the situation on the ground in Ukraine without the disguise of propaganda that pervades almost all reports on the subject. In the piece, the French journalists wanted to understand what happened to President Emmanuel Macron to make him consider sending troops to Ukraine? These ‘confidential defense reports’ explain the ‘panic’ at the Élysée palace. When it comes to the perspective of sending troops to fight the Russian forces, they were incredibly blunt in their assessment. “Several...
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John Barnett, the former quality control manager for Boeing until 2017, was in the "midst of" the whistleblowing case when he allegedly took his own life — but his attorneys are demanding answers from police, seemingly calling his sudden passing suspicious, considering the timing and Barnett's positive outlook on the future, RadarOnline.com has learned. The former Boeing employee was allegedly in good spirits and looking forward to putting the retaliation lawsuit against Boeing behind him. Barnett's legal team, Robert Turkewitz and Brian Knowles, who were repping him in the legal battle, said their client was "in the midst of a...
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On Sunday, the Armed Forces Press reported that West Point brass had made a recent decision to “update” the academy’s Mission Statement, which until that point, read as such:To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.With the approved revisions, West Point’s official mission now reads:To build, educate, train, and inspire the Corp of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character...
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A United States Navy medic who blew the whistle on an explosive report showing a massive increase in heart issues among military pilots has been blocked by the Department of Defense (DOD) from accessing his work computer. Navy Medical Service Corps Lt. Ted Macie shared shocking information about the surge in heart failure among military personnel.
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John Barnett, the Boeing whistleblower who testified about how the production standards were compromising the safety of 787 Dreamliner jets, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Barnett, 62, was cross-examined by Boeing’s lawyers just days before he was found dead. He was secluded from appearing in court to answer more questions on Saturday but failed to turn up. Barnett was found dead in his s truck, which was parked in a hotel parking garage, the BBC reported. His lawyer said he and his co-counsel had been calling Barnett’s phone, but he did not answer. “We then asked the...
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Retired Boeing quality control manager and whistleblower John Barnett found dead... Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran claim a drone attack on Israel's Ben Gurion Airport... Meanwhile the Israeli military says it struck deep into Lebanon today... In the UK Tommy Robinson released from jail after being arrested Saturday... Military maneuvers set for the Gulf Of Oman involving Chinese, Iranian and Russian warships... In Jamaica an emergency meeting including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussing the turmoil in Haiti... Around 50 people hurt when a Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand airline flight experienced a "technical problem" causing a...
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Shocking footage has shown dozens of conscription age men being detained by Ukranian border guards after attempting to flee the country. The footage, first posted by the X account Global Thinker citing Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Glagola, showed 34 men being forced out of a truck on the Ukrainian-Romanian border as they tried to escape possible conscription. Glagola reported: A can of draft dodgers: a Mercedes carrying 34 draft dodgers was detained near the Ukrainian-Romanian border. Today, March 8, a green Mercedes Sprinter was moving 3 kilometers from the border near the Porubne checkpoint in the Chernivtsi region. In the middle...
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VIDEORemember the much vaunted Spring Offensive in the Ukraine last year? Whenever you have a much hyped Spring Offensive broadcast in advance you already know it is doomed since you have given warning to the enemy to prepare for it which is exactly what happened in 2023 when a fully prepared Russia not only halted the Spring Offensive but pushed back as well. And now you have to get very very nervous because a German is calling for a Fall Blau II. What? The Germans haven't learned their lesson from the first Fall Blau 82 years ago? And now they...
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The Centrist Liberal Capitalist movement of President Emmanuel Macron trying to contain taxes and inflation for the moment. The Macron faction hoping to maintain a plurality of support from the French electorate in the upcoming June 7th European Parliament elections. Social issues emphasized to suck in voters further to the Left as the Right in France solidifies behind notions ranging from peace in Ukraine to limits on immigration and an end to disintegration of French culture and tradition... ...a unanimous vote in France's National Assembly this week for legislation to pay reparations to 10,000 gay people discriminated against by laws...
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