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American Heroes Awarded Legion of Honor
Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler. Also a British businessman named Chris Norman.
American train heroes awarded France’s highest honor for preventing ‘true carnage’ http://t.co/YUdf3oPubm pic.twitter.com/eIw1fZNtBq
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 24, 2015
You left out Mark Moogalian, a Virginian who was living in Paris and teaching at the U of Paris. He was the first to jump the gunman (he and an unnamed Frenchman, according to the Daily Mail), and he was shot in the neck. Moogalian is currently in the hospital, which is why he wasn't at the medal ceremony. But he, like the others, deserves recognition and gratitude as well. Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (kGrdk)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 24, 2015 10:30 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at August 24, 2015 10:30 AM (jpm+0)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 10:30 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: _Dave_ at August 24, 2015 10:30 AM (l2dSQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 10:30 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 10:31 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: Mistaken identity at August 24, 2015 10:32 AM (9pK6I)
Who couldn't manage a phonecall until his handlers told him "you better."
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at August 24, 2015 10:32 AM (WjXce)
Posted by: Mistaken identity at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM (9pK6I)
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Name Star at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM (dhgmu)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM (R8hU8)
Posted by: CAIR at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM (HstNY)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:34 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at August 24, 2015 10:34 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Fritz at August 24, 2015 10:35 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 24, 2015 10:35 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 10:36 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: rickl at August 24, 2015 10:36 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at August 24, 2015 10:34 AM
Jihadi Jesse James.
Posted by: huerfano at August 24, 2015 10:36 AM (bynk/)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2015 10:36 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: kraken at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (sdxPm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (sPO/s)
In contrast, I looked at the pictures of the Obamas returning from their luxury vacay and what a scowling bunch. To be fair, teenage girls can be so moody and problematic however I have never seen Presidential kids look this miserable and angry. They have to know that whenever in the public they are going to be photographed and you need to smile no matter how much you don't want to. Of course, if you look at Michelle, this is where they get this from. What an angry, miserable woman.
Posted by: Cheri at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (kGrdk)
I guarantee that is what Obama's actually saying about it.
Either that or he's on the phone with David Cameron asking if any more of those 8-inch bionic penises are available. "For a friend".
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (S+N7W)
No community organizers or life coaches?
No social workers or substance abuse counselors?
No social justice activists or Code Pink spokespersons?
Hmm.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (4AVeu)
Minneapolis Trib: "Americans Shake Hands with French"
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (TxJGV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:38 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 24, 2015 10:38 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:38 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:39 AM (QyBQv)
Notice how France - *friggin' FRANCE* - rapidly steps up to recognize these Men. President Tee Time, *crickets*.
Posted by: Mistaken identity at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM (9pK6I)
Not just a Frog, but an avowed SOCIALIST Frog.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2015 10:39 AM (xcrCh)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 24, 2015 10:39 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (JxMoP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:38 AM (9mTYi)
At least they don't look like a lot of folks their ages, full sleeve tattoos, big f*cking barrel holes in their ears, lip and nose rings.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 24, 2015 10:35 AM (TOk1P)
Hey, he called them! Is he supposed to miss his tee time for something so trivial???
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (kKHcp)
Notice how France - *friggin' FRANCE* - rapidly steps up to recognize these Men. President Tee Time, *crickets*.
Posted by: Mistaken identity at August 24, 2015 10:33 AM
Work place violence,
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:41 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: kraken
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I'm for that, but there were no Marines there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:41 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: NotCoach at August 24, 2015 10:41 AM (rsudF)
http://yhoo.it/1PuLPL9
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2015 10:41 AM (TxJGV)
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2015 10:41 AM (go5uR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater
Indeed.
Posted by: George Will at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (zyIlW)
heh. You just know their moms are saying "What, you couldn't wear a tie?"
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:38 AM (9mTYi)
Yup. Someone at the Embassy should have made sure that they had nice suits. Again, not their fault because hey they're on vacation.
This is the part where I blather on and on and on about the Protocol division at State and how everyone there must be not only day drinking at work but also having let's shoot heroin into our eyeball working lunches.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner
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My job as an actor is just as hard as being a soldier.
Posted by: Tom Cruise at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Cheri at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (oiNtH)
The Marine sniper was there you just couldn't see him.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (P/aDH)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:43 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:43 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: kraken at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (sdxPm)
I think that got messed up in the rush to report this. I believe one was Air Force, one was National Guard and the other their friend.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:43 AM (fWAjv)
And a college student. I like that it's three young American men.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 10:43 AM (JtwS4)
Well to be fair they clearly have Marine-level balls, so it's an understandable mistake.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2015 10:44 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: alexthechick
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To be fair, they are pretty busy over at State scrubbing emails. Priorities.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:44 AM (9mTYi)
heh. You just know their moms are saying "What, you couldn't wear a tie?"
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (ODxAs)
My underware was clean. Gimme a break Mom
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:44 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer
News reports said Moogalian and one other, who wished to remain anonymous, will receive medals at a later date.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 10:44 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: wisenheimer at August 24, 2015 10:45 AM (qnhj2)
You've made your countrymen proud!!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:45 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM
It's even worse than that: twice over the weekend & once this morning FoxNewsRadio (!) referred to them as "three American tourists" and played audio from the college student only
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2015 10:45 AM (ZQfW9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:45 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: kraken at August 24, 2015 10:45 AM (sdxPm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:42 AM (ODxAs)
My underware was clean. Gimme a break Mom
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Sorry. AK fire on a train negates that warranty.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 10:46 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 24, 2015 10:46 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Shecky Youngfellow at August 24, 2015 10:46 AM (W5DcG)
Research isn't working, or maybe it's the Gates factor, but don't those guys look like Eagle Scouts to you? I'd be willing to bet on it. Maybe it's a secret.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 10:46 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:44 AM (9mTYi)
Speaking of which, in case everyone here was feeling a moment of oh look all is not lost!
So this just happened.
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyAbuja/status/634696612619661313
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:47 AM (mf5HN)
"We were on vacation, ma! Didn't pack a tie."
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:47 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
You have a friend.
There! Kerry is absolved of anything, again.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:48 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: Agent J at August 24, 2015 10:48 AM (ueOgE)
It's . . . (drumroll) . . . Michael Bloomberg. LOL. Because when you need an Aggressive Alpha Male to challenge another Aggressive Alpha Male, Nanny-state whiner Mikey Bloomberg immediately comes to mind.
Who needs to worry about millions of illegal alien criminals swarming across our border when 7-11's are serving cokes that are too big!
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 10:48 AM (kGrdk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 10:48 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (C278+)
Dow 600 freaking points off the low! Down only 300 pts. Feels like it's up 300.
Obama would point to this and say that it is another indicator of his economic genius. It's a rally!
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (BZAd3)
Quit.
*thump*
Blowing.
*thump*
*thump*
Or shooting.
*thump*
*thump*
*thump*
Shit.
*thumpthumpthump*
UP.
*thumpthumpthumpthump...*
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: wisenheimer at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (qnhj2)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (kff5f)
No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition-----> No one expects to be stopped by badass Americans on vacation
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Agent J at August 24, 2015 10:48 AM (ueOgE)
They do have that hateful pinkish hue that typically means - racist.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (BZAd3)
As a ferinstance: around six months ago a guy went kill crazy in a barbershop about 10 blocks from me. A guy with a license to carry just happened to be walking by and ended it. The police said that stopped a mass-murder in its tracks. Do you think anyone gave him a call to thank him? Maybe a medal?
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:47 AM (NOIQH)
What? They don't have stores in France?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: alexthechick
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I have actually observed some of that training. I was shocked and appalled. It was run by children, as far as I could tell. Really..., a group of millennials using cardboard cut-outs and dyed sheets for props. The training session involved all of the dynamics of a high school play, without the direction of adults.
I have pictures. AND, it was at a relatively high-zoot private facility.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:51 AM (9mTYi)
Cue "Happy Days Are Here Again."
oh. yayyyyy.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 24, 2015 10:51 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 10:51 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Kenway at August 24, 2015 10:52 AM (H3amq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 10:48 AM (gf8BH)
______________
Betcha dollars to donuts right now they were ordered not to wear uniform at ceremony because it would look bad in photos for certain overseas markets.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 24, 2015 10:52 AM (MIKMs)
Annnnnd Jordy Nelson appears to have torn his ACL.
Thus ends your fantasy football update.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:52 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Chupacabras
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He should count his blessings that he wasn't charged.
Posted by: Erk Holder at August 24, 2015 10:52 AM (9mTYi)
So, so unbelievable. Just WRONG.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:53 AM (NOIQH)
I have an idea. Let's not cooperate.
Posted by: wisenheimer at August 24, 2015 10:53 AM (qnhj2)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner
Running over little old ladies with you car is courageous?
Oh, please, do tell.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 10:53 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (kZVsz)
That man is probably living in fear of the wrongful death lawsuit, or other such legal badness befalling him. He did the right thing.
Now he must pay. That's the new American Way.
this France thing. That's the True American Way.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 24, 2015 10:53 AM (kKHcp)
You...um...have not actually followed any news or seen any pictures, right?
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 10:53 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 24, 2015 10:53 AM (fFIVI)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (fWAjv)
It's better that they look like young American soldiers on vacation and not something they aren't - button downed preppies, for example.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (BZAd3)
Quit.
*thump*
Blowing.
*thump*
*thump*
Or shooting.
*thump*
*thump*
*thump*
Shit.
*thumpthumpthump*
UP.
*thumpthumpthumpthump...*
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (zyIlW)
I believe they got a little carried away for such a simple little gang initiation. I mean all the young Moroccan wanted were a few wallets. To beat him in that fashion was unfashionable. Wait until Ba-Rock gets a hold of them.
Posted by: Moochelle Obama
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (LA7Cm)
All trains will now be required to have at least two U.S. servicemen, one U.S. college student and one British business man aboard.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (4AVeu)
Those motorists who stopped to help the cop are heroes too.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (kGrdk)
Posted by: wisenheimer at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (qnhj2)
Since these guys are on leave, in a foreign country, the wearing of the uniform would be discouraged due to terror attack concerns against US personnel.
That has been the case since for the past three decades or so, more so since 9/11.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:55 AM (zyIlW)
Cue "Happy Days Are Here Again."
oh. yayyyyy.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
Also, it's not even noon yet. Lots of meltdowns yet can occur.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 10:55 AM (/Ho8c)
These guys should be hearing from Dick Cheney and Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 10:55 AM (xq1UY)
How the hell is Ayoub going to carry all of that loot when he's packing 10 AK magazines?
Posted by: Fritz at August 24, 2015 10:55 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2015 10:55 AM (oZr5y)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:50 AM (kZVsz)
TFG did call each one of them.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (/kI1Q)
He has since died. I was going to link the story for the related heroism of ordinary Americans, but decided it's too sad.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (JtwS4)
How the hell is Ayoub going to carry all of that loot when he's packing 10 AK magazines?
Posted by: Fritz at August 24, 2015 10:55 AM (UzPAd)
Buy 2 wallets, get a free magazine?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (QyBQv)
May ISIS/AQ/MB fear that *every* average American tourist be a potential threat.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (NOIQH)
Ummm...
1) Where does a homeless man get that kind of firepower? ANY firepower, for that matter?
2) Why does his motive matter? By wielding a weapon, he was threatening the lives of every person on that train.
3) Why on *earth* should I believe that, given the last 14 years of history?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Blano at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (xWW96)
I have pictures. AND, it was at a relatively high-zoot private facility.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 10:51 AM (9mTYi)
Sadly, that does not surprise me.
I'm not really joking that what appears to be the destruction of Protocol is greatly upsetting. It's only freaking *polite* to learn how to handle yourself when going to another country. That obligation is even more so when you are officially representing your country on the diplomatic stage. Manners are important.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 10:54 AM (BZAd3)
I was riffing on what their moms were probably saying.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (fWAjv)
When you have market brakes and govt buying of stocks, the market is totally artificial, there can't be a real market crash. The stock values are totally distorted, but values don't really have any meaning anymore.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:58 AM (zyIlW)
What difference, at this point, does it make?!/1//!!?!?!!?11/1/1/??
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 24, 2015 10:58 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:58 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:59 AM (fWAjv)
He has since died. I was going to link the story for the related heroism of ordinary Americans, but decided it's too sad.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 10:56 AM (JtwS4)
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Oh, sorry to hear that. I had not seen the update. But the motorists who stopped and subdued the gunman still deserve our thanks.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 10:59 AM (kGrdk)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 10:59 AM (zyIlW)
Boxcutter and (I think) a handgun.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 10:59 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2015 10:59 AM (go5uR)
Obama is also courageous.
Look how he is watching while ISIS continues to grow and murder and destroy the world's patrimony, as they've just done in Palmyra.
No one from this day forward will be able to see that amazing temple in person ever again.
Takes courage.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 11:00 AM (BZAd3)
http://tinyurl.com/m67k4uh
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2015 11:00 AM (oZr5y)
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:00 AM (HstNY)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:00 AM (mf5HN)
The terrorist who was thwarted in carrying out an attack on a French train by three Americans told his lawyer that authorities have it all wrong! He's not a terrorist at all, but was only hungry and wanted to rob passengers....
So there, he was just hungry, thats all.
Posted by: Colin at August 24, 2015 11:00 AM (vIeIs)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:00 AM (zyIlW)
1) Where does a homeless man get that kind of firepower? ANY firepower, for that matter?
____________________
IIRC, he initially claimed that he had found the gun in a playground, or some such nonsense.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (kGrdk)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (mf5HN)
The problem is that people don't believe in manners in general. "Please," and, "thank you," seem to have left the national vocabulary. That "distant but polite" demeanor to which ace alluded some time back is basically gone.
And since the culture has lost that idea, of course it has infected (or perhaps it was the other way 'round, really) our "public servants."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (kff5f)
In contrast, I looked at the pictures of the Obamas returning from their luxury vacay and what a scowling bunch. To be fair, teenage girls can be so moody and problematic however I have never seen Presidential kids look this miserable and angry. They have to know that whenever in the public they are going to be photographed and you need to smile no matter how much you don't want to. Of course, if you look at Michelle, this is where they get this from. What an angry, miserable woman.
Posted by: Cheri at August 24, 2015 10:37 AM (oiNtH)
Eh, you just know the Oblablas are that miserable type of person where nothing is good enough for them.
Always comparing what someone else got or has or is getting with what they're getting for fucking free on the taxpayer's dime-
and not only finding it lacking but offensive to their very core.
Miserable asshole gotta miz.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (KUa85)
He claimed he found them behind a bush. Just laying there.
Probably from a canoe accident.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2015 11:02 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (fWAjv)
I know. Wasn't trying to dig. Sorry if it came out wrong.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 24, 2015 11:02 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 11:02 AM (ODxAs)
He was on a watch list for years for a reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:03 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:03 AM (xWW96)
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyAbuja/status/634696612619661313
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:47 AM (mf5HN)
alexthechick: Could you add some commentary on this? Maybe it's the wrong link?
Posted by: m at August 24, 2015 11:03 AM (ELEPX)
Posted by: RWC
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Semi-auto pistol, utility knife.
Posted by: Erk Holder at August 24, 2015 11:03 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 24, 2015 11:03 AM (zoyKY)
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (B826y)
Posted by: Wind Breaker at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (/pOl7)
Huh.
Sounds legit.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:01 AM (zyIlW)
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LOL. Yeah, you know how it is on playgrounds these days. Can't have too much ammo.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (kGrdk)
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 10:58 AM (kZVsz)
Apologies. Didn't read the original.
And his other weapons were an unidentified sidearm and a knife.
But thank G*d for being in the right place at the right time.
A spotty wireless Internet connection may have played a role in preventing a horrific attack. The three American friends who tackled and disarmed the gunman said they switched carriages minutes before the attack after they were unable to connect to the Internet.
'We decided to get up because the WiFi wasn't so good on that car,' said Anthony Sadler. 'We were like, 'We have a ticket to first class. We might as well go sit in first class.'
As a result, they were in the carriage where Ayoub El-Khazzani emerged, shirtless, armed with an AK-47, a handgun and a knife.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:05 AM (0O7c5)
Where are you all living? It's please and thank you around here thank you very much.
Y'all must live in cities, which aren't really built for people.
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:05 AM (B826y)
Because I know when *I* rob first class train passengers, I always disrobe first.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 11:06 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:06 AM (0O7c5)
___________________
Yes, it's curious how he had money for travel (and guns and ammo), but somehow not for food.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 11:06 AM (kGrdk)
Wouldn't it be cool that in actuality, the passengers were all lined up to get their shots in?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GW0Vnr9Yc
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:06 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:06 AM (B826y)
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Every syllable of that sentence totally arouses me.
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (HstNY)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: m at August 24, 2015 11:03 AM (ELEPX)
Oh it's the correct link.
That is an official US Embassy tweet which is, I hesitate to say written, utilizes what can best be described as 12 yo text speak.
Because Official and Important and Dignity, bitches!
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (mf5HN)
His lawyer claimed he just happened upon the AK and all the ammo sitting out in a park. Serious You Guys.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (S+N7W)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (B826y)
I think the point I'm trying to make is TFG is just a scold. You'll hear from him if he jumps to the conclusion that you did something wrong, but he has to be shamed into encouraging actual quantifiable heroism.
Though he is pretty big on ceremonies about "first blah-blah-blah to join blah-blah-blah".
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 11:08 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:08 AM (xq1UY)
She added: '[I saw] somebody who was very sick, somebody very weakened physically, as if he suffered from malnutrition, very, very thin and very haggard.'
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Getting your ass beat by Americans will tend to do that to you.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:08 AM (fWAjv)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (B826y)
Soldier's Medal and Airman's Medal at the least for the two servicemen. Although, there's a lot of gray area here, since they were on leave, not to mention the status of an "armed enemy" as it relates to the medal criteria.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2015 11:08 AM (xcrCh)
Posted by: Yo! at August 24, 2015 11:08 AM (q+zA9)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (kKHcp)
US Army Jump Wings at Jump School graduation at Ft. Benning, GA. They're called 'blood wings'. Nineteen-year-old me thought that was pretty cool.
Posted by: troyriser at August 24, 2015 11:09 AM (Bvf82)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 24, 2015 11:09 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:09 AM (zyIlW)
All for one, motherfucker. And one for all.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:09 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:09 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:09 AM (zyIlW)
Yes, and I like your point upthread about how someone at the Embassy might have thought to buy suits for the kids.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (SJi0a)
Your honneur, I am here to represent a servant of Mohammad, praise be upon Him, and faithful slave of Allah, Ayoub El-Khazzani...
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (B826y)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2015 10:45 AM (ODxAs) Sounds like a typical young American vacation. Hookers in Amsterdam,terrorists on the train.Oh, and not two soldiers. An Airman and a Soldier. The Airman scored high enough on the test to have a choice. (Sorry, I couldn't resist it)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (jKUeC)
Which is really an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 24, 2015 11:06 AM (kGrdk)
Being a part of ISIS has its perks.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (fWAjv)
Uh-huh.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 11:11 AM (LA7Cm)
Yes, but I want to see Obama's shit-eating smile.
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (B826y)
See... this is why people hate lawyers. Seriously.
I get that she's required to defend him to the best of her ability. I get that she's going to attempt to represent things in court in the best light (for her client) possible.
But instead of flat out, bald-faced lies to the public, how about "No comment at this time?"
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (NOIQH)
Get to hear the zoomie brag.
Some of us grunts had a choice also.
Being called a 'zoomie' wasn't one of them.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (ry4ab)
To be fair, teenage girls can be so moody and problematic however I have never seen Presidential kids look this miserable and angry.
Aka, Resting Bitch Face.
Just like momma.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (4dbPD)
Wish I'd tracked this story as it went along. First I read, one of the two Marines was in critical condition after being shot in the neck. He turned into the Air Force guy injured in the hand. This post is the first time I've read that others intervened before the Americans, or that the injured passenger was... shot in the neck.
It'd be a wonderful study in how news & rumors are reported during the fog of battle. What's the rule? 72 hours? At least!
On the other hand, that's about how long it took for the propaganda machine to disappear the Iraqi Colonel John Doe #2 in the OKC bombing...
Posted by: mindful webworker - news not news at August 24, 2015 11:13 AM (VQjKe)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (JtwS4)
I know, right? As soon as I saw the picture, I thought "Sheesh, I know they're on vacation and didn't pack nice stuff but couldn't the Embassy have fronted them the cash for a suit? They're in freaking FRANCE I'm pretty sure they could have found something nice."
You can tell that they're trying to look nice and dressed up. The least that could have been done is to haul them somewhere for grown up clothes.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:13 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Wind Breaker at August 24, 2015 11:04 AM (/pOl7)
Which is why I HATE preseason football games. You put key players at risk and for what? So the NFL can make more money out of people who don't like baseball and just can't wait for football to start, so they have to have it in August.
So Nelson's out for the season because of a totally meaningless game.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:13 AM (u0lmX)
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyAbuja/status/634696612619661313
That is an official US Embassy tweet which is, I hesitate to say written, utilizes what can best be described as 12 yo text speak.
Because Official and Important and Dignity, bitches!
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (mf5HN)
Thanks; yes, that's pretty bad.
Posted by: m at August 24, 2015 11:13 AM (ELEPX)
This will just antagonize Muslims, who will perceive it as as encouraging people to attack them.
Thanks you so much for joining us on the thread today.
My mom never scolded me enough.
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at August 24, 2015 11:14 AM (WjXce)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:12 AM (zyIlW
I know that. I couldn't resist. Saw the shot and took it! My son in law is a career soldier. Good man.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 24, 2015 11:14 AM (jKUeC)
His lawyer claimed he just happened upon the AK and all the ammo sitting out in a park. Serious You Guys.
See... this is why people hate lawyers. Seriously.
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So the French also have a Steve Dallas school of lawyering as well?
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:14 AM (ry4ab)
They hate good and celebrate evil. As simple as that.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (u0lmX)
OTOH the klansmen who tried to build the death ray are typical of the threat posed by white Christian males.
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (E5UB0)
Mailia probable couldn't score any choom.
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (C278+)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (zoyKY)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (zyIlW)
For their pleasure?
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (2Ojst)
You think there are some terrorists meeting somewhere in France going," Achmed, you don't remember where you left the AK and the ammo? Really!? Really!? I had to smuggle all that into the country in my body! The barrel alone nearly killed me!"
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (uhftQ)
What is the native language in Nigeria?
I was confused by the "qun" abbreviation - thought is was "queen" (which made no sense), but can't be any easier for someone whose first language is not English.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (NOIQH)
Right? I'm not sure about France, but in the US he would have netted himself... what? Better than a thousand dollars?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:16 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (evdj2)
Last I checked, they weren't big fans of J-O-O's.
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (zyIlW)
How would YOU feel if Brako and Mooch were your parents?
Me?
Pretty much the same face that those kids are wearing.
But to be fair, I think the older one's expressions do take after her mother.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:15 AM (C278+)
Puff puff pass dad.
Damn!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (fWAjv)
never seen
No FIFY. Wish I could fix it for you, but, it will take a bigger movement.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (xq1UY)
This will just antagonize Muslims, who will perceive it as as encouraging people to attack them.
Don't start no shit, won't be no shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (4dbPD)
But selling them would have been illegal.
/s
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (P/aDH)
dressed up. The least that could have been done is to haul them
somewhere for grown up clothes.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:13 AM (mf5HN)
i think how they were dressed was just fine....they wore what the had and didn't take some stinking french handout.......
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (0O7c5)
I, for one, an awaiting the WH photo of Sir Golfsalot staring at a Legion of Honor medal.
Preferably, Sir Golfsalot will have taken the photo himself with a selfie stick.
'Murica!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (BK3ZS)
Puff puff pass dad.
Damn!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:17 AM (fWAjv)
OK...INTERCEPTION!!!!
*toke toke toke*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Posted by: King Barry at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (2Ojst)
The lawyer is relating what her client told her. I think she wants to put out there that the guy is crazy. Problem with muzzies is that they all sound crazy to normal people so who knows? I say not crazy.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (iQIUe)
You can tell that they're trying to look nice and dressed up. The least that could have been done is to haul them somewhere for grown up clothes.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:13 AM (mf5HN)
I'm going back and forth between thinking that the guys themselves specifically decided to go casual because they're just cool, casual regular guys, or that the SoS Protocol Droids specifically decided to send them to the ceremony underdressed in an attempt to make them look bad.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2015 11:18 AM (xcrCh)
You left out Brian Williams, the *real* hero in this story.
Posted by: Soothie at August 24, 2015 11:19 AM (n6Y1A)
If I were one of those guys, I'd trade the lame medal for an evening with Sophie Marceau.
http://tinyurl.com/m67k4uh
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Given the generally buff nature of the Americans in question, I am sure Sophie wouldn't mind either.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:19 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (xWW96)
210,
Yeah, me too. Took the HDRiding Academy with a former Navycombat medic in June. We were teasing each other and I mentioned, "yeah, I know,the Air Force isn't really the military". One of our other classmates got this really puzzled look on her face and the Navy guy and I just laughed and told her it would take too much to explain. Served some TDYs with Navy guys in my career and we were always treated better.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (jKUeC)
#JihadiLivesMatter
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (sPO/s)
They sure dont know how to dress. Mooch is always awful and the girls need to wear dresses long enough to cover their cooch.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (iQIUe)
Well, to be totally honest, she will be scoring less dick than her dad with that face.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 11:21 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 11:21 AM (gf8BH)
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So long as there are no provocative women on their shirts, then we are ok with it.
Posted by: SJW at August 24, 2015 11:21 AM (gmeXX)
This 18yr old gossiping so take it for what it's worth. My daughter worked with a kid this summer that graduated from Sidwell Friends, and told her he was at a party that Mailia was at and that she was heavy into the weed.
Again 18 yr olds gossiping take it with a grain of salt.
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:21 AM (C278+)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (7ObY1)
Meanwhile, the suspect's father defended him as a 'good boy' today, and insisted that he would never want to kill anyone.
#JihadiLivesMatter
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (fWAjv)
why hasn't the entire family been packed up and kicked out of the country?
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 11:21 AM (4dbPD)
Why? Have they stopped making paper bags and booze?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: DJIA Death Watch at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (evdj2)
Yeah, thanks to *these* guys he will never kill anyone, bucko.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Uh, isn't that the same thing that the illegal in San Francisco who killed Kathryn Steinle said?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (9mTYi)
You think you've got problems, we've lost Geno Smith for at least 4 gam ...
Ok, never mind.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (OGm46)
The koran forbid working?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (fWAjv)
No doubt about it, he was planning to turn his life around.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (xq1UY)
Yep, he "found" in in a federal agent's car or something. What luck, eh?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:23 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:22 AM (0O7c5)
You big meanie.
And he has six brothers. YAY!!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:23 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl
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You might ask the same thing about Obama's relatives here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (9mTYi)
My assumption when alex pointed this out was that the SoS Protocol Droids simply didn't give it a thought.
Which I think is worse.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (JtwS4)
All threads degenerate into either Trump or gun threads.
Though actually it's been a while since we had one turn into a gun thread. Maybe Trump with guns?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (9krrF)
>>Uh, isn't that the same thing that the illegal in San Francisco who killed Kathryn Steinle said?
Yep, he "found" in in a federal agent's car or something. What luck, eh?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:23 AM (NOIQH)
they can't tie him to the theft of the weapon.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (0O7c5)
But only for the good of Allah, mind. Nobody enjoyed it. Otherwise that would be gay.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (kxP8b)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Si, si. The gun was jes there under the bench. And I wanted to shoot some sea lions, but instead it just went off three times and killed that woman! Ay!
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Dr. Fritz, Master Phrenologist at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (9mTYi)
sigh...yep
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (0O7c5)
Ok, never mind.
Posted by: JackStraw
You think you have problems? we still have RGIII
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (C278+)
Yes, and I like your point upthread about how someone at the Embassy might have thought to buy suits for the kids.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (JtwS4)
I know, right? As soon as I saw the picture, I thought "Sheesh, I
know they're on vacation and didn't pack nice stuff but couldn't the
Embassy have fronted them the cash for a suit? They're in freaking
FRANCE I'm pretty sure they could have found something nice."
You can tell that they're trying to look nice and dressed up. The
least that could have been done is to haul them somewhere for grown up
clothes.
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You and my dear mom and sister both, alexthechick. I can hear it now. "If you are going to meet the President of France and be in front of the entire world, you are going to look presentable! Don't worry about the money, I'll have Dad wire it, just go out and get something decent!"
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (xq1UY)
So sad.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM (xWW96)
No.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: SarahW at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (3fTXW)
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One word: Cake
Posted by: Marie Antoinette at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
Yep. Totes haram if you enjoy it.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (ry4ab)
"And make sure you have on clean underwear!"
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 11:26 AM (2Ojst)
Every thread is a Trump thread. All Trump All The Time. It's 10:00PM Do you know where the Trump is?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 11:26 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at August 24, 2015 11:26 AM (TYZLQ)
well they are not scrawney.
(at lease they guys in the green shirt and blue shirt)
since it looks like they know their way around the weight room their BMI will prolly list them obese like most lifters get classified
Posted by: Yo! at August 24, 2015 11:26 AM (q+zA9)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 24, 2015 11:26 AM (jKUeC)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (5npD/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 11:26 AM (gf8BH)
ordering the materials for the fence....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM
I'm betting the Head Frenchie didn't care.
IMO, heroes don't have to wear suits. Heroism is a wear-what-ya-brung game.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (SNBrO)
If I had a son, he would look like Ayoub El Khazzani.
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (E5UB0)
Have these guys been invited to shake hands with TFG?
If so, I hope they tell that dog-eating Muslim crackhead "FY."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (uhftQ)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Mirror Image Mooch at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (k8tEg)
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (gmeXX)
Yep, he "found" in in a federal agent's car or something. What luck, eh?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:23 AM (NOIQH)
they can't tie him to the theft of the weapon.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:24 AM (0O7c5)
Wasn't that pistol lost several years before? I seem to remember reading that.
If true, that would make it a typical crime gun, passed around from criminal to criminal. It's not uncommon for one gun to have multiple homicides with multiple murderers on it, because criminals rent them out to each other all the time.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (xcrCh)
Posted by: maddogg at August 24, 2015 11:20 AM
I'm betting the Head Frenchie didn't care.
IMO, heroes don't have to wear suits. Heroism is a wear-what-ya-brung game.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (SNBrO)
If they had bathed that day, they'd have one up over the Frenchies anyway.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (2Ojst)
Ok, never mind.
Posted by: JackStraw
You think you have problems? we still have RGIII
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (C278+)
Browns. Fan.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (mf5HN)
, or that the SoS Protocol Droids specifically decided to send them
to the ceremony underdressed in an attempt to make them look bad.
My assumption when alex pointed this out was that the SoS Protocol Droids simply didn't give it a thought.
Which I think is worse.
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You may have called it right. Obummer's administration is the great "I don't give a damn" in terms of protocol and public presentation. Even when Bubba and Peanut were in the White House affairs were run with the dignity appropriate to the situation. Obummer doesn't give a damn, or believes etiquette is White privilege, and so his loser image extends downward and outward.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:29 AM (ry4ab)
Actually, had the same first reaction re the clothes (and kinda wondering where Embassy Paris and US/NATO were on this - easy for them to make sure the guys had "appropriate" dress for such an honor).
But.
Changed my mind. Consider this, horde.
How f***ing "American" is it to accomplish a heroic task like this, while on vacation, then get Europe's highest award from the French president whilein your jeans and polo shirts?
America, F**k Yeah!
Think about it.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2015 11:30 AM (QDnY+)
If you're a millennial, o.k. Otherwise, that's probably a little low-ball.
Posted by: m at August 24, 2015 11:30 AM (ELEPX)
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:30 AM (C278+)
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:31 AM (gmeXX)
You and my dear mom and sister both, alexthechick. I can hear it now.
"If you are going to meet the President of France and be in front of the
entire world, you are going to look presentable! Don't worry about the
money, I'll have Dad wire it, just go out and get something decent!"
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (ry4ab)
"And make sure you have on clean underwear!"
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That too!
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:31 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (uhftQ)
Posted by: Mike at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (ylrkv)
Missed my AK when I unpacked.
I'm sticking to it.
These guys don't look like the New Man the feminists are always going on about.
And a new suit....? The pants would have to fit, if you get my meaning.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (lePNR)
Because it would be a shame for the biggest victim to be our diversity.
Posted by: blaster at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (ZFt7y)
Yes, and I like your point upthread about how someone at the Embassy might have thought to buy suits for the kids.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:10 AM (JtwS4)
Is the Embassy under TFG?
They are embarrassed by the whole affair.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (R8hU8)
If you're a millennial, o.k. Otherwise, that's probably a little low-ball.
Posted by: m
Not many opportunities in the last 6+ years.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (/Ho8c)
http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/08/foo-fighters-unleash-rick-roll-on-westboro-protesters/
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2015 11:33 AM (TxJGV)
Posted by: Michael J Bilek at August 24, 2015 11:33 AM (CLMU8)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (mf5HN)
Well hey according to some you have the greatest QB ever of all time to set foot on a field, uh holding a clipboard and unable to unseat Josh McCown for the starting position.
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:33 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: maddogg
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When I initiated that thought, I assumed that some would think it superficial. It isn't. A ceremony (which this was) gains or loses respectability based upon the pomp associated with it. Someone from State should have seen to it that these guys were better dressed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:33 AM (9mTYi)
If true, that would make it a typical crime gun, passed around from
criminal to criminal. It's not uncommon for one gun to have multiple
homicides with multiple murderers on it, because criminals rent them out
to each other all the time.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2015 11:28 AM (xcrCh)
i don't know if it was years....i do know that he can't be tied to it....also....the bullet hit a bollard first and then hit her.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:33 AM (0O7c5)
Isn't there some group in the US military that just slaps the pin right into your chest?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 24, 2015 10:40 AM (kKHcp)
In the submarine service, when you got your "Dolphins" the rest of the crew had that day to tack them on you, i.e. punch them while you're wearing them...
Didn't take long for the sharp posts to punch through the little caps holding them on, every punch after that when into the skin....
I got lucky; I qualified in one patrol, and I got them on the plane home from Holy Loch... I did have to walk down the aisle as a sort of gauntlet, but most of the guys were either sleeping, or too hung over to give a shit....
Posted by: Dirty Randy at August 24, 2015 11:34 AM (jjaLl)
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:30 AM (C278+)
Thank you, I expect such condolences will be needed between 12-14 times this season.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:34 AM (mf5HN)
He claimed he found them behind a bush. Just laying there.
*****
Punchline #1: Mohammed works in mysterious ways
Punchline #2: I knew it was bush's fault.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man with a bionic penis at August 24, 2015 11:34 AM (NeFrd)
"Not many people can keister an AK-47."
You smuggle it in in pieces...so I hear...
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Or you can be a declared Muzzie and walk down the street with it under your coat while the Euroweenie cops look the other way because they were told to do so.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:34 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:34 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August 24, 2015 11:34 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Yo! at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (q+zA9)
Hey Val, let's minimize this French-American connection thing because I don't want to have any spillover into the Bergdahl matter when he receives an Article 15 that comes without imprisonment. The rabid right wing military cabal will go absolutely bonkers, so let's keep it on the down low like a Reggie gig.
Posted by: Barack the Compassionate at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: Zombie Charles De Gaulle at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (D0NZx)
They are embarrassed by the whole affair.
Posted by: Velvet
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It is possible that none of them speak French. They could not read Le Figaro for the news.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (9mTYi)
This is the NY Jets I'm talking about here. We are already mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (C278+)
Posted by: NotCoach at August 24, 2015 10:41 AM (rsudF)
Not necessarily. The only awards authorized for acceptance and wear, at least on the Army side, are the French National Defense Medal, and the French Commemorative Medal.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:35 AM (OiH3z)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (QzAEb)
IIRC they are called "frogs".
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (uhftQ)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/24/train-attack-france-highest-honor/32252247/
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (E5UB0)
Don't you think it a bit trivial to be pissing and moaning about how those guys are dressed for their medal?
Posted by: maddogg
No. It's an important public ceremony getting coverage around the world.
As has been said, can't expect these guys to have packed for a day up the Palace, but the US Embassy staff should have been on the ball.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (kdS6q)
I'm sorry for your loss.
Posted by: wrg500 at August 24, 2015 11:30 AM (C278+)
Thank you, I expect such condolences will be needed between 12-14 times this season.
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The Devil is doing his usual work in the preseason, as usual. I am, as usual, anticipating the Bengals having a winning season, making the playoffs with 2/3 the starting team due to injuries, and then forgetting how the game is played somewhere in the first 2 playoff games.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (ry4ab)
Fellow passenger Jasper Schuringa, a Dutch film director, jumped on Abdulmutallab and subdued him as flight attendants used fire extinguishers to douse the flames.
Did we give this guy a medal? Did he get PRESS???
No... the US did nothing for this guy who jumped on a still burning terrorist who had just tried to blow up an airplane...
The US is about to RIF a Sgt. in Special Forces, partly because he confronted a Police Chief in Afghanistan who had raped a little boy....
You get more of what you reward.... less of what you punish....
The French WANT Heroes... our Government? not so much...
Posted by: BB Wolf at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (qh617)
...Abudindo al-Nuffins family said he was starting college this fall & was going to marry his baby momma with the money he made from releasing his rap album...
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (ZQfW9)
Punchline #1: Mohammed works in mysterious ways
Punchline #2: I knew it was bush's fault.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man with a bionic penis
Burning bush?
Since when did you have a bionic dick, Muldoon?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (OiH3z)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Feh at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (B826y)
Posted by: Chupacabras at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (kdS6q)
Run by an administration that didn't even think about putting flags at half staff when a terrorist murdered them.
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (zt+N6)
As
has been said, can't expect these guys to have packed for a day up the
Palace, but the US Embassy staff should have been on the ball.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix
Agree. I don't fault the guys at all--just our incompetent Dept. of State.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (/Ho8c)
"Or you can be a declared Muzzie and walk down the street with it under your coat while the Euroweenie cops look the other way because they were told to do so. "
NOW you tell me.
Posted by: Aziz the Really Sore Terorist at August 24, 2015 11:39 AM (uhftQ)
I advise the press to not make more of this French matter than is actually warranted. The Americans did a good job, but any other nationality would have responded equally well if only they were not pushed aside by the attention seeking Americans.
Posted by: Marie Harf at August 24, 2015 11:40 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August 24, 2015 11:40 AM (NeFrd)
WTF is she wearing?
Why is she wearing doll clothes?
Posted by: SMFH
lol, that is an awful outfit in any circumstance, much less a major honorary ceremony.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 11:40 AM (/Ho8c)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/24/train-attack-france-highest-honor/32252247/
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (NOIQH)
Wow. Just... wow.
Diplomatic posts to friendly countries are often given to friends of the President, wealthy donors, etc. I get that. But for cripes sake, send them to finishing school if they haven't already gone, so that they don't make these stupid mistakes!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:40 AM (OiH3z)
I suspect they stopped too soon.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 24, 2015 11:07 AM (kff5f)
Indeed. And they could have found a warm, safe, moist place to stuff that nasty assault rifle, too. And all the mags...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2015 11:40 AM (aRgrb)
Why is she wearing doll clothes?
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (zyIlW)
Sadly, I think that's either Chanel or maybe Vivienne Westwood. If it was Westwood that would be explanation enough.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (ry4ab)
Will it be the Good Andy Dalton or the Bad Andy Dalton on opening day? That guy is the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde of the NFL
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (zt+N6)
Look at what US Ambassador to Fran, Jane Hartley, is wearing (the blond in the small photo - you can enlarge it):
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Oh for crying out loud... *facepalm* My sainted grandmother wore better dresses to church on any given Sunday. Well that photo explains much.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (ZQfW9)
*****
He was just starting to turn his train around.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (NeFrd)
Oh, please. Where do you expect the Embassy staff to find a couple of sport coats in Paris on such short notice?
Other than on every third street corner, I mean.
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (ZQfW9)
Why is she wearing doll clothes?
Yeah, definitely not a suit. But she sure seems happy to be there, all smiles as she's wedged herself in the middle of the guys getting the award.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (ry4ab)
I don't think it's trivial either. It's part of the general cultural degradation that says that insisting on appropriate dress - a jacket and tie - is elitist or snobby or something. Nobody is saying they should be wearing tuxes. But hey, everyone has the absolute right to slob around at all times, at church, at work, getting awards, at weddings- so you have Mooch and her daughters dressed terribly, young people showing up for job interviews displaying tats everywhere and wearing pajamas in the daytime.
Yes, they are brave heroes. Yes, they should be wearing suits and ties.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:42 AM (u0lmX)
Given that it's August, France is pretty much closed for vacation anyway. Maybe they just wanted the guys to look like average French tourists.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (OGm46)
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*facepalm*
That's the Ambassador to France?
I would have guessed that they picked her up at some brasserie.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (9mTYi)
Palace, but the US Embassy staff should have been on the ball.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix
Be glad they didn't buy clothes for these guys. Knowing the Obongo Administrations leanings, the Embassy would've outfitted the guys in teddies with stockings, high heels, and feather boas.
Because diversity.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (zt+N6)
Good Andy Dalton through the first three quarters and the first half of the fourth. You know, to give you hope and warmth and happy feelings.
Then Very Bad Andy Dalton.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (zyIlW)
Polos and khakis - making sure they look like that dude at the big box electronic store that helped you pick out a new tv.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:44 AM (NOIQH)
I would have guessed that they picked her up at some brasserie.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (9mTYi)
What's the over/under on how much money she bundled for the Democrats?
She looks an escapee from a mental institution.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:44 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:44 AM (zt+N6)
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Since we are having a pointless debate over the dress of heroes (what else is new at AOSHQ) - allow me to make an observation. Their dress actually makes them look normal and relatable and maybe that is a good thing.
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:44 AM (gmeXX)
If you look at the pictures of the guys getting their medals, they are
all wearing different colors of the exact same polo shirt. Unless they
sideline as a boy band, I'm thinking these clothes were provided by the
US Embassy or some official group.
Given that it's August, France is pretty much closed for vacation
anyway. Maybe they just wanted the guys to look like average French
tourists.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (OGm46)
i noticed that too....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I wanted them to wear bicycling Spandex.
Posted by: John Kerry at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (9mTYi)
Until Ayoub called them queer.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (4dbPD)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:38 AM (OiH3z)
Yep. They were on vacation and clearly packed only casual clothes - they had no idea they were going to be getting a friggin' medal from Hollande! The State Dept. should have helped out but hey, when the First Lady frequently looks like she fished her outfit out of a trashcan somewhere, what can you expect?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (UypUQ)
What was she wearing? Couldn't make it out.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (R8hU8)
Nuh uh. You have a coaching staff from CB West.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (JtwS4)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/24/train-attack-france-highest-honor/32252247/
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (NOIQH)
Wow. Just... wow.
Diplomatic posts to friendly countries are often given to friends of the President, wealthy donors, etc. I get that. But for cripes sake, send them to finishing school if they haven't already gone, so that they don't make these stupid mistakes!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:40 AM (OiH3z)
But... but.... her Uncle Jeb Clampett was a BIG Obama donner....
Posted by: BB Wolf at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (qh617)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (zyIlW)
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Not the form of limited government I am looking for.
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (gmeXX)
They could be wearing this:
http://tinyurl.com/qy95f2n
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (zyIlW)
More likely they'd look like they were auditioning for a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (oKE6c)
Gee, What Middle School? Is it a mystery?
Freedom Christian Middle School. All three are serious Christians.
Sadler's dad is the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church.
Anyone see any of that mentioned in ANY story?
Posted by: Nip Sip at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (0FSuD)
Man on phone: "What are you wearing?"
Jake: "Ummm...khakis?"
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (NeFrd)
*cough* yoga pants *cough*
No one should see the FLOTUS in that.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (NOIQH)
The Devil is doing his usual work in the preseason, as usual. I am,
as usual, anticipating the Bengals having a winning season, making the
playoffs with 2/3 the starting team due to injuries, and then forgetting
how the game is played somewhere in the first 2 playoff games.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:37 AM (ry4ab)
Will it be the Good Andy Dalton or the Bad Andy Dalton on opening day? That guy is the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde of the NFL
Maybe this year they will finally have broken him of the habit of getting all excited and passing into double coverage to speed things along instead of reading the field first. I don't mind an extra play or two to get there instead of an INT in the opposition's red zone.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:41 AM (NOIQH)
To be fair, I would be happy and smiling if I were wedged in the middle of those guys.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 24, 2015 11:32 AM (/Ho8c)
Opportunities no doubt aboundbutI'm guessing many stories of American valor and sacrificego unreported because such stories are detrimental to The Narrative. Look at the difference in CNN headlines in its US and International editions, for example.
I'm not being paranoid about this. An enormous amount of effort and ingenuity goes into media manipulation and progressive agitprop, both domestically and internationally. Ibelieve the MSM is leery about reporting stories regarding heroic Americans going up against bloodthirsty, kill-crazyjihadis because Obama has been getting pressured to do something, anythingabout ISIS--and stories like this might spark public interest along those lines. Can't have that.
Posted by: troyriser at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (Bvf82)
After the awards ceremony, two of the men took the Ambassador to Brasserie Chartreuse for lunch and then on to Hotel Fontanel for a Menage a Trois.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (OiFtZ)
"Not many people can keister an AK-47."
You smuggle it in in pieces...so I hear...
The front sight post must SMART.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (xcrCh)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:45
Yes, I *snorted* at that one.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (zt+N6)
Sadler's dad is the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church.
Anyone see any of that mentioned in ANY story?
Posted by: Nip Sip at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (0FSuD)
Oh, can't let that get out! It makes Christians look good!
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: SarahW at August 24, 2015 11:25 AM (3fTXW)
Yeah, good run down on his role and outline of the whole event at the Telegraph.
**QUOTE**
" She later told BFM TV: "My husband told me he saw a man who he thought appeared strange because he went into the toilet with his bag and stayed there for a very long time.
"Then the man came out and he saw that the man was carrying a weapon and another person was tackling him from behind.
"He told me, 'Go, this is serious.'
"I just moved a few seats away and my husband rushed at the man to take his weapon, a Kalashnikov.
** end QUOTE **
The Jihadi managed to f
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (UypUQ)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (OiH3z)
Hartley is a long time Dem operative and a big Obama bundler. All of his ambassadors were donors it seems.
Just be thankful James Taylor wasn't invited to sing Fire and Rain or some other crap.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (u0lmX)
That's not true. She generally looks like she commandeered a dropcloth, and set it off with a WWE championship belt.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (oKE6c)
anyway. Maybe they just wanted the guys to look like average French
tourists.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (OGm46)
i noticed that too....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:45 AM (0O7c5)
High class tailors in Europe are NEVER closed, if you have sufficient money. They understand the prestige game....
Our government no longer does... because its the best Government money can buy.... (which is how you get an ambassadorship...).
Posted by: BB Wolf at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (qh617)
Jake: "Ummm...khakis?"
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August
He sounds hideous
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 10:57 AM (mf5HN)
Yes. *insert rant on the general lack of manners here*
Posted by: Lea at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (lIU4e)
Its respectful to dress the best you can for a national ceremony with their heads of state, but they probably wore the best stuff they had at hand. Its not like they packed a tux for the ball with Princess Svetlana or something.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (39g3+)
*****
Now THAT would require a trigger warning.
Oh, and a front sight warning.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (OGm46)
"What am I bid for this find ambassadorship to a friendly nation? Going once, going twice ... "
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:50 AM (oKE6c)
"Obama to send bundler Jane Hartley to Paris"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qjoueww
Quelle surprise!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:50 AM (9mTYi)
I don't see a problem with what they're wearing.
Posted by: SMFH
If your kid was meeting the President, Pope or whatever, would you consider that occasion appropriate attire?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2015 11:50 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (mf5HN)
That's it folks! Good night!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:50 AM (OiH3z)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (
I suspect State has that fuckers songs on reel to reel continuous loop if they needed to. You gots a friend
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 11:50 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:51 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at August 24, 2015 11:46 AM (JtwS4)
We also have the Browns front office.
Supposedly Manseal is sober and being respectful and hard working which means he and Josh Gordon should be tripping and running a Ferrari into a school bus of nuns and orphans any second.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:51 AM (mf5HN)
*****
Now THAT would require a trigger warning.
Oh, and a front sight warning.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (NeFrd)
Nah. Once it's in there, pull the trigger without warning.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:51 AM (oKE6c)
This is true, and its likely they would have found one that would have at least loaned them suits for the occasion. Probably the French government has a special agency in charge of comportment and etiquette that talked to the guys, I doubt they just walked in one day for the medal unannounced.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:51 AM (39g3+)
That's the Ambassador to France?
I would have guessed that they picked her up at some brasserie.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2015 11:43 AM (9mTYi)
What's the over/under on how much money she bundled for the Democrats?
She looks an escapee from a mental institution.
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She got Paris, so I imagine the woman bundled up enough money to require an armored car drop.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (ry4ab)
national ceremony with their heads of state, but they probably wore the
best stuff they had at hand. Its not like they packed a tux for the
ball with Princess Svetlana or something.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (39g3+)
No one is blaming the men. They're blaming the Ambassador and the Embassy for failing in one of the basic components of their job.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (OiH3z)
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Who cares, its trivial and we would be mocking the left mercifully if that was the focus of the NYT.
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (gmeXX)
Its not like they packed a tux for the ball with Princess Svetlana or something.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
Some of us do.
Posted by: Charles C W Cooke - Noted Fop and Cravat Fancier
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (kdS6q)
Fast and Furious?
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (TYZLQ)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (
What about Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens)?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (oKE6c)
blaster @ 300, LOL (with a grimace)
and buzzion @ 357, LOL!
I fully understand the shoulda-been-dressed-up point of view, but am increasingly comfortable with my "very American" take on their dress as well. Their dress and demeanor simply add to their very American-ness, and in the context of being heros I think this has exactly the right impact on Euros and Frenchies whose minds are open or functioning anyway.
And with that, off to the gym.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 20
If he/she was an overworked, underpaid, service member? Yes. We spend $$$$$ on fucking queers to change sex, we can afford a sport coat and shirt. I find no fault on these young heroes.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (QyBQv)
Posted by: bananaDream at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (vLk7c)
Or part of the Goldie Hawn collection from Overboard.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ol3xm38
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (aVYsC)
I can taste those warm breezes, pink sand and Rum Swizzles.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (OGm46)
That's a very long and established tradition: you send big time donors to cool spots to be "ambassadors" while the staff handles everything there and you hang out to party.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2015 11:50 AM (kdS6q)
i met Mother Teresa while wearing purple corduroys ....she was fine with it.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (0O7c5)
http://tinyurl.com/pyu8kxt
Yes, that "Ambassadress" looks like deWinter, and sure, I admit it, this is a Dumb-Ass comment.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (xq1UY)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/24/train-attack-france-highest-honor/32252247/
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (NOIQH)
Thanks! I could not figure out who that lady was.
Posted by: Lea at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (lIU4e)
If the French really cared, they'd have hooked the guys up. Its Paris, they could get fitted tuxes in an hour day or night.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Sphynx at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Aziz the Really Sore Terrorist at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (uhftQ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (0O7c5)
Mother Teresa wore purple corduroys?
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Caroline Kennedy at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 24, 2015 11:53 AM (fWAjv)
Jindal's ordered the flags to half mast.
Yes, I'm being petty and noting that he did that more or less immediately upon being informed of the news unlike Dear Leader and the servicemen who were killed.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (mf5HN)
"The front sight post must SMART."
It does. It's still stuck in there.
Posted by: Aziz the Really Sore Terrorist at August 24, 2015 11:54 AM (uhftQ)
Probably nothing compared to the shoulder stock.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (2Ojst)
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Dressing men in their 20's is a basic component of their job?
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (gmeXX)
Yeah but if you can do both, you're James Bond
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (OiH3z)
Probably all the others, too.
Seriously, how do we ever get anyone to do clandestine intelligence work overseas when we have incompetent political hacks and assorted Bozos running diplomacy in country? In a hostile country, you'd be throwing your life away.
Susie, ambassador to murderous Third World hellhole: "Oopsie, I accidentally tweeted your name, description, and intelligence mission to the world. My bad."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:56 AM (oKE6c)
If I had a son, he would look like Ayoub El Khazzani.
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 24, 2015 11:27 AM (E5UB0)
And he couldn't go fishing, because, regrettably, he didn't find any dynamite with that AK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2015 11:57 AM (aRgrb)
Yeah but if you can do both, you're James Bond
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James Bond is hollywood fiction.
Real heroes are normal men who probably think that wearing kackis and a polo is dress atire. We need more real heroes and less James Bonds (because they don't exist).
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:57 AM (gmeXX)
I'm stunned by just how FAST this all happened. Guess I'm just used to the lumbering red-tape monster that's North American decision-making, but that France would decide to make this major award and then just DO IT this quickly is amazing. It's practically a battlefield decoration. I'm not surprised the guys didn't have any formal clothes to wear, and no time to get any either.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at August 24, 2015 11:57 AM (VBbCO)
That would be a sweet gig. Tahiti, Bahamas, etc.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (LA7Cm)
Monaco.... in Europe... good beaches... and close enough to jump in a car to get to skiing in the French, or Italian Alps....
But so small it would not be much work...
Posted by: BB Wolf at August 24, 2015 11:57 AM (qh617)
So...you're saying it was a religiously motivated attack on a poor, homeless migrant?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Dianna at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (DV/Ik)
"Obama to send bundler Jane Hartley to Paris"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qjoueww
Quelle surprise!
------------
"At least $500,000" is why she got the post, and not Ireland as mentioned in-story. I would have preferred Ireland myself.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (gPuuk)
"Probably nothing compared to the shoulder stock."
I begged them to get the folding one and not the wooden one, but nooooooo.
Posted by: Aziz the Really Sore Terrorist at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (uhftQ)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (ahRaP)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: LII(nvestor) at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (ZbV+0)
Being as nondescript as possible is a good thing.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (zyIlW)
Dressing men in their 20's is a basic component of their job?
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (gmeXX)
In this case? Yes. This was a high profile event involving Americans receiving an award from the French Government. This impacts US-French relations. Part of their job is to make sure that everything goes smoothly and that proper protocol and etiquette are observed. Helping obtain suits and ties, or at least jackets and slacks, for the three men is perfectly reasonable thing for the State Department to do.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:59 AM (OiH3z)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:56 AM (oKE6c)
Moot point.... that info was all in the OPM hacked data anyway...
Posted by: BB Wolf at August 24, 2015 11:59 AM (qh617)
Posted by: Fritz at August 24, 2015 12:00 PM (UzPAd)
So...you're saying it was a religiously motivated attack on a poor, homeless migrant?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (NOIQH)
It's The Crusades all over again!
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 12:00 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: exdem13
Check out the frock that Michelle wore on her way home from vacation. I think that it is her graceful elegance and luminous disposition that really pulls this outfit off.
http://tinyurl.com/n9ohh7g
Posted by: Cheri at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: blogforce one at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (G2IJo)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 11:48 AM (OiH3z)
The Gracie-influenced Army combatives? Those combatives? Not sure I grasp the practical side of going to ground with an enemy in a combat environment contra everything ever taught by the old SOE and OSS cadres, which teach you that a good way to get killed is to roll around on often rubble-strewn, dangerous ground, wrestling with an enemy who might or might not have a knife or other close weaponand whose buddies might or might not be approaching and looking for the opening to bash your brains in.
Insofar as running is concerned, the amount you described sounds like a bare minimum to me. If you want to fight, you need to be fit. Roadwork is a tried-and-true means ofachieving that end. Of course, I was infantry many years ago but my son, currently an infantryman stationed at Ft. Carson, Colorado, tells me they still emphasize lots of running in the infantry, which--in his case--means running for miles up and downhills with church-steeple pitch.
Posted by: troyriser at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (Bvf82)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (zyIlW)
Congratulations to the weak sisters who sold Apple on the low of 92 during this mornings debacle. It's recovered to 107 1/2, up 1 1/2 on the day. Let this be a strong lesson in panic selling, but thank you for filling the volume gap on the low side. You're welcome.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (OiFtZ)
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Dressing men in their 20's is a basic component of their job?
Posted by: SH at August 24, 2015 11:55 AM (gmeXX)
Smoothing over the rough spots for Americans abroad is their job. And unlike lobbying for stupid tourists who've gotten caught with drugs or have lost their passports, this would have been an enjoyable task. Embassy staff used to WANT to make their country look good to foreigners; guess that's another thing that's fundamentally changed in the Age of Obama.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at August 24, 2015 12:02 PM (VBbCO)
"Obama to send bundler Jane Hartley to Paris"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qjoueww
Quelle surprise!
I figured as much. It was the safest bet on three planets.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 12:02 PM (oKE6c)
The flaw in that plan is Europe. Don't want to be in Europe, the next decade is not going to be good to Europe.
I want to be on the beach for the apocalypse with, well you guys, footing my bill.
I promise to enjoy myself for you.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 12:02 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 12:03 PM (39g3+)
That's STYLE ICON Michelle Obama to you, peasant!!
Posted by: MSM at August 24, 2015 12:03 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: LII(nvestor) at August 24, 2015 12:04 PM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2015 12:04 PM (4dbPD)
Posted by: exdem13
Check out the frock that Michelle wore on her way home from vacation. I think that it is her graceful elegance and luminous disposition that really pulls this outfit off.
http://tinyurl.com/n9ohh7g
Posted by: Cheri at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (oiNtH)
Number one: Don't EVER mention Mooch and "pulls this outfit off" in the same sentence ever again.
Number two: Looks like the Obama girls inherited Mooch's RBF.
Number three: They all look like a pack of ungrateful brats which, I expect, they actually are.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2015 12:04 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2015 12:04 PM (gPuuk)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 12:04 PM (39g3+)
I promise to enjoy myself for you.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2015 12:02 PM (OGm
It's called masturbation
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2015 12:05 PM (QyBQv)
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2015 12:05 PM (TxJGV)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 12:05 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at August 24, 2015 12:05 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 12:05 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 24, 2015 12:05 PM (4AVeu)
Its respectful to dress the best you can for a
national ceremony with their heads of state, but they probably wore the
best stuff they had at hand. Its not like they packed a tux for the
ball with Princess Svetlana or something.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 24, 2015 11:49 AM (39g3+)
No
one is blaming the men. They're blaming the Ambassador and the Embassy
for failing in one of the basic components of their job.
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Yes, and yes again. If the Embassies and the State Department can't take care of the small image-making stuff like this, how does that reflect on their ability to handle and publicize policy matters, and should we be trusting them to do so?
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 12:06 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 12:06 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 24, 2015 12:07 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Edna Mode at August 24, 2015 12:07 PM (dQJCS)
Being as nondescript as possible is a good thing.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 24, 2015 11:58 AM (zyIlW)
Their names and faces and hometowns are out there. You think it would be easier for the Muzzies to find them if they were dressed up at an awards ceremony? I don't see how.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands) at August 24, 2015 12:07 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 24, 2015 12:08 PM (fFIVI)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 11:47 AM (
What about Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens)?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 24, 2015 11:52 AM (oKE6c)
*sings*
Now I've been crying lately
Thinkin' how I got muzzlethumped
Why won't you let me shoot you?
Why must my jihad be dumped?
Cuz there on the edge of freedom
There rides Kick Ass Train
Oh, American tourists stomped my ass
And left me hog-tied in pain
Posted by: Yusuf Islam at August 24, 2015 12:10 PM (KUa85)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel
Actually, I think it was better to do it like this. These guys are on holiday - they have to go home, they can't just wait around for weeks to get an award. Or go back to the U.S. and then make another trip to France. Maybe the French were actually being considerate (!) in doing things so swiftly. And under the circumstances, being dressed the way they were when they took the asshole down wouldn't be considered déclassé, it's to be expected. That's how I like to think about it, anyway.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at August 24, 2015 12:11 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at August 24, 2015 11:36 AM (uhftQ)
Exactly!! Damn, I wracked my brain for 5 minutes before I gave up and called them "thingies" or whatever...
Posted by: Dirty Randy at August 24, 2015 12:11 PM (jjaLl)
Posted by: not the mama at August 24, 2015 12:11 PM (BP45w)
Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2015 12:11 PM (zt+N6)
combatives? Not sure I grasp the practical side of going to ground with
an enemy in a combat environment contra everything ever taught by the
old SOE and OSS cadres, which teach you that a good way to get killed is
to roll around on often rubble-strewn, dangerous ground, wrestling with
an enemy who might or might not have a knife or other close weaponand
whose buddies might or might not be approaching and looking for the
opening to bash your brains in.
Insofar as running is concerned, the amount you described sounds
like a bare minimum to me. If you want to fight, you need to be fit.
Roadwork is a tried-and-true means ofachieving that end. Of course, I
was infantry many years ago but my son, currently an infantryman
stationed at Ft. Carson, Colorado, tells me they still emphasize lots of
running in the infantry, which--in his case--means running for miles up
and downhills with church-steeple pitch.
Posted by: troyriser at August 24, 2015 12:01 PM (Bvf82)
Ground training was always the bare bones beginning of training. Even the combatives instructors would admit that you don't want to go to the ground if you can help it. Starting with ground fighting was chosen because you could focus on a few basic positions and use it to teach concepts like dominance, aggression, etc. The idea was always that you take those concepts and build on them into the standing fight. The problem is that units don't implement the actual full combatives program and incorporate it into their training, but instead make it a check-the-block thing.
As for running, if you want to build up endurance there are far better ways to do it. Road marches, sprints, and shorter distance release runs are a much better way of doing it than long distance formation runs that too many commanders seem to favor. I've seen more soldiers broken by overrunning than by anything else. The former are also skills that you're much more likely to use in combat than the latter.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 24, 2015 12:12 PM (OiH3z)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 12:12 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 24, 2015 12:13 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Annalucia at August 24, 2015 12:13 PM (a5bF3)
Oh for crying out loud... *facepalm* My sainted grandmother wore better
dresses to church on any given Sunday. Well that photo explains much.
Posted by: exdem13
Check out the frock that Michelle wore on her way home from
vacation. I think that it is her graceful elegance and luminous
disposition that really pulls this outfit off.
http://tinyurl.com/n9ohh7g
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1. My opinion on the declassé nature of the current Administration is hereby 100% vindicated.
2. That is not a frock, that is a man's shirt elongated to a 16th century chemise.
3. the First Lady could beat the Golfer in Chief in arm wrestling. She could beat me in arm wrestling too, no doubt.
4. Another reason to vote GOP, we don't get a government that resembles Casual Friday or the mail room at any IRS office at the high levels.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 24, 2015 12:15 PM (ry4ab)
"I wonder why. Was he channelling Sylvester Stallone?"
No. Out of solidarity, he was protesting Mayor DiBlasio's unjust crackdown on topless women in Times Square.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 24, 2015 12:15 PM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at August 24, 2015 12:16 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 24, 2015 12:16 PM (UhRGU)
They bum rushed and hog tied *and muzzle thumped* a terrorist, then plugged an injured man's
bullet hole with their fingers to stop him from bleeding out. They can
wear whatever the fuck they want.
Posted by: not the mama at August 24, 2015 12:11 PM (BP45w)
oops, forgot the muzzle thumping. They could show up in flip flops for that.
Posted by: not the mama at August 24, 2015 12:16 PM (BP45w)
Hint: none of them will say much about the incident itself, but all the booze and pussy they got afterwards.
Posted by: Soona at August 24, 2015 12:18 PM (P25Hh)
@41 Airborne. The other definition of "red wings."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 24, 2015 10:49 AM (xq1UY)
I'll let that pass...this time.Hockeytown, USA!
Posted by: Zombie Terry Sawchuck at August 24, 2015 12:35 PM (hRytD)
Posted by: Mom at August 24, 2015 01:17 PM (SZa8B)
Frankly, I'm glad these young men are focused more on being good than looking good.
It's better to look good than to feel good.
Posted by: Fernando Lamas at August 24, 2015 01:41 PM (hRytD)
That being said: keep some "photo ops" clothes in the helicopter for changing into. Even the Clintons managed to look pulled together for these sorts of things.
Posted by: Lurkette at August 24, 2015 04:14 PM (CgOBQ)
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