Veterans Day Open Thread

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 08:48 PM

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1 Salute

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 08:49 PM (+b5CW)

2 2nd!

Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 11, 2019 08:50 PM (6HmzU)

3 Party time!

Posted by: ALH at November 11, 2019 08:50 PM (9HQoP)

4 Third?

Posted by: Surfperch at November 11, 2019 08:50 PM (tVQUs)

5 I served with some outstanding men and women.
God bless them all.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2019 08:50 PM (j5P46)

6 ⁂

Posted by: Surfperch at November 11, 2019 08:51 PM (tVQUs)

7 God bless our active, retired,and fallen veterans.

Watched a couple of F15s do a fly by today.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 08:51 PM (+b5CW)

8 Some numba

Posted by: Social Justice Worrier at November 11, 2019 08:51 PM (Bn2dy)

9 Here's the thread Jane was looking for.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Laments: Mimes, Why Did It Have To Be Mimes? at November 11, 2019 08:52 PM (MIvvh)

10 God bless those who have served or are serving our country.

Posted by: Surfperch at November 11, 2019 08:52 PM (tVQUs)

11 And Jane D'oh went to bed - come back Jane!

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2019 08:52 PM (32YRo)

12 Thank all of you vets for your service both violent and peaceful. If it weren't for you... well you know it all already. Just...

thanks. For fighting for me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2019 08:53 PM (KZzsI)

13 Interesting that most everyone takes Labor Day off but not Veterans day.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 08:53 PM (Tnijr)

14 Here's to all who have served in the military.

Posted by: ALH at November 11, 2019 08:53 PM (9HQoP)

15 "Watched a couple of F15s do a fly by today."

Watched the snow fly by today.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Laments: Mimes, Why Did It Have To Be Mimes? at November 11, 2019 08:53 PM (MIvvh)

16 The Democrats better understand that we took the oath and it lasts a lifetime - not just for our time in.

Posted by: oldgeezer at November 11, 2019 08:53 PM (Wb5vb)

17 Thank you to all who serve or who have served.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 08:54 PM (TdMsT)

18 A special thanks to my grandfather who as a medic was gassed in the trenches, did occupation duty and spent years blowing taps at the National cemetery at the Little Big Horn.

He died early due to his gas wounds.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 08:55 PM (+b5CW)

19 I do believe imma take CQ tonight so all yall can go to the tiddy bar. Which one a you drunk ass privates is gonna buff the day room floor when you get back?

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 11, 2019 08:55 PM (VcFUs)

20 Thanks to all U.S. veterans and their families who support them daily!

Posted by: JQ at November 11, 2019 08:56 PM (gP/Z3)

21 I predict that the sham-peachment is going to fail just as spectacularly as Nadler's hearing did.

Schiff is way overdue for his comeuppance.

Posted by: ALH at November 11, 2019 08:56 PM (9HQoP)

22 And I know you didn't realize you were fighting for me. And most of the time you were just fighting to see tomorrow, or to get a paycheck, or for the buddy next to you, but... you were, in a part, fighting for guys like me who couldn't do it and needed the fighting done.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2019 08:56 PM (KZzsI)

23 Enjoy the evening, boys and girls.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, LOL, get fucked at November 11, 2019 08:56 PM (T8HPM)

24 Ha! I'm watching the latest episode of "Evil" & one character is testing a supposed prophetess by asking her "Did Jeffrey Epstein kill himself?"

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 08:56 PM (Izzlo)

25 A crisp military salute to our valiant Veterans. Thank you all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy does whatever his television tells him at November 11, 2019 08:57 PM (HaL55)

26 'We are the dead... at Flanders' Fields'

Salute to the veterans, who served so no future generations should live under a tyrant's boot

Posted by: boulder t' hobo at November 11, 2019 08:57 PM (ykYG2)

27 When I was in Nike Hercules, I would ALWAYS take the holiday weekend duty so the lower enlisted could spend a full weekend with their dependa and Jody's ugly kids.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 11, 2019 08:58 PM (VcFUs)

28 And yeah, thank you all of the families who were at home while your sons and daughters, wives, husbands, etc were out fighting and serving for the cause of liberty. You served as much as they did. Without your sacrifice, we would lose it all as well. Thank God such people exist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2019 08:58 PM (KZzsI)

29 Hey everybody.

Pardon my venting, but I'm getting really sick of having to work full-time hours to keep a part-time job.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2019 08:59 PM (L2ZTs)

30 Salute to my Father, rest his soul, Korean War vet and Marine for 8 years and Air Force for the next 12 years. Passed away at age 55 from a service related disability.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 08:59 PM (2DOZq)

31 Thank you to all who have and do serve our great country. One uncle was in the Army Air Force in WWII, another in the Marines & an aunt was in the WASPs (Women Air force Service Pilots)

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 08:59 PM (Izzlo)

32
Let me repeat my thanks to all those who served and are serving honorably.

It hurts deeply to include the caveat honorably.

Honorably should be an absolute given.

The thank you needs to include those who patiently wait for the warrior, much too often they are not included.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2019 09:00 PM (KATBx)

33 God bless all those who have served and still serve.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2019 09:00 PM (Z+IKu)

34 Should have enlisted qdp.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:00 PM (Tnijr)

35 At my adult Sunday School class last week, the President of the class opened it by asking Vets to raise their hands.

Now, it's a large class, approximately 50 people total, with attendance normally running about 30 people. I've been a member of this class for over 20 years.

I know everyone fairly well, though not really socially. Most are a little older than I am. While I knew that a couple of others are veterans, as we share inter-service insults, I was very surprised to see eight guys raise their hands, which turns out to be right on the money demographically.

I looked it up, and here are the data: https://tinyurl.com/yablv67y

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (ZMWtN)

36 God bless you all. I am not worthy of any of your sacrifices.

Posted by: Leonard Pinth-Garnell at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (PxC/e)

37 Thank you to my dad and step dad who both served. I miss you both terribly.

Posted by: Jewells45 at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (dUJdY)

38 qdpsteve, are you anywhere near one of the larger defense contractors? Check out their job site(s). Uncle Lockheed has to hire 3,000 heads in the next 14 months here in north 'bama.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (VcFUs)

39 Interesting that most everyone takes Labor Day off but not Veterans day.
Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 08:53 PM (Tnijr)

Well, it's Remembrance Day here in Canada. Grocery store, post office, and the beer parlor were closed. And I am wearing my poppy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (/sgva)

40 The only person to thank Pooky today for his service was the one guy in the factory he's publicly clashed with. But the guy has been trying to make amends, so it was appreciated. Plus I got to slip in that Pooky has literally saved the world a few times, which helps him remember the GOOD times he had in the USAF.

Posted by: pookysgirl haz data skillz to pay the bills at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (XKZwp)

41 freaked, maybe

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2019 09:02 PM (L2ZTs)

42 Bif, thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look but as far as I can tell the only major DoD employer left in my area is Boeing, and they've shrunk quite a bit.

I've also been learning that it's coming to a point here in California that jobs are only pletiful if you're a member of certain, what I'll call, "preferred groups."

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2019 09:03 PM (L2ZTs)

43 Imagine how thankful ALL of the servicemen were on this date in 1918.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:03 PM (ZMWtN)

44 I don't get Veteran's Day off, had to go to work.

Posted by: ALH at November 11, 2019 09:03 PM (9HQoP)

45 Should have specified in the US AOP.

Anyway Labor Day is kind of dumb if you ask me. Even the name is stupid. Veterans Day would be a better day to take off.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (Tnijr)

46 Big hug and grateful smooches to all the Horde vets!

Posted by: vmom starting to feel not well damn you winter virii at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (G546f)

47 ALH, same here.
Had to work after being promised for weeks that today was a holiday. Then my boss "changed his mind" at the last second. (He's been doing a lot of that lately, right before I'm supposed to get time off.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (L2ZTs)

48 Plus I got to slip in that Pooky has literally saved the world a few times, which helps him remember the GOOD times he had in the USAF.

Posted by: pookysgirl haz data skillz to pay the bills at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (XKZwp)

Thank Pooky for me, and accept my thanks for your support of Pooky. Not everyone that serves, serves on the front line!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (BiNEL)

49 Every Veterans Day I give up another secret. This year I may or may not admit I know something about leaving an intoxicated guy tied up on a certain runway approach.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (6ypVs)

50 I don't get Veteran's Day off, had to go to work.

Me too and drove to work in freezing drizzzle, then came the snow and 30 MPH winds. Horrid day.

Posted by: Jewells45 at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (dUJdY)

51 qdp, ya gotta get outta there. Or...check out the branch of LM in PalmSprings.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (VcFUs)

52 My dad served during the Korean war, stateside. He was an air force medic in Lowry AFB. He never saw combat, and because the war ended they let him out early which he was glad of because the work really was not to his liking, like picking up body parts while wading through slush and jet fuel after a crash.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (KZzsI)

53 

Posted by: Surfperch, wishing there was a Poppy emoji at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (tVQUs)

54
45 Should have specified in the US AOP.

Anyway Labor Day is kind of dumb if you ask me. Even the name is stupid. Veterans Day would be a better day to take off.
Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:04 PM (Tnijr)

I've always thought that Labor Day has a communist feel to it.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (TdMsT)

55 I got a draft notice in late 67 as I recall and enlisted in the NAV in EARLY 68, got out in LATE 70 and the 'lifers' who were mostly WW II vets said 'you'll be back' to which I said 'no effing way'. They were right and I was wrong. Those salty bastards were the backbone on the Navy as I suppose was the case in other branches, and you know what? That is probably the case today, as it has always been. It really takes a special kind of person (around 1 percent of the population) to hold up their hand during wartime (or anytime), and I am so proud to have spent my career drinking and skating in the company of better men. God, I love you people. That ain't just the Ezra Brooks talking.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (UUkQp)

56 And I am wearing my poppy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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When I received the 2nd hand truck I bought, there was a poppy hanging behind the rear view mirror. It's still there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (ZMWtN)

57 Well, it's Remembrance Day here in Canada. Grocery store, post office, and the beer parlor were closed. And I am wearing my poppy.

I keep a poppy in my car, at work on the cube wall and night stand.

Did you see the air drop over Dover of 750,000 poppies from a D-Day Dakota escorted by a couple of Spitfires?

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (+b5CW)

58
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (KCxzN)

59 Okay, vmom, you get to give Pooky ONE smooch, but it had better be on the cheek!

Posted by: pookysgirl haz data skillz to pay the bills at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (XKZwp)

60 And I am wearing my poppy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:01 PM (/sgva)

I would have expected no less, good on you sir!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:06 PM (BiNEL)

61 Bif, thanks again. I like the Palm Springs area. I just discovered Agua Caliente. :-)

True, I would leave California tomorrow if I could.

I like to play with my budget... I could mess around with some figures re what would happen if I tried to move to Parker AZ in 2021 or 2022. (That's the soonest I could plausibly go.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2019 09:06 PM (L2ZTs)

62 44 I don't get Veteran's Day off, had to go to work.

Posted by: ALH at November 11, 2019 09:03 PM (9HQoP)

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Hubs had to work also.

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:06 PM (RU4sa)

63 Had to work. Didn't have a poppy, but wore grandma's Flag pin.

Posted by: Infidel at November 11, 2019 09:06 PM (8/tIV)

64 I have two relatives, one on each side of the family, on the Wall. One Army, one Marine. RIP.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:07 PM (6ypVs)

65 Did you see the air drop over Dover of 750,000 poppies from a D-Day Dakota escorted by a couple of Spitfires?
Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (+b5CW)

No, don't have TV here in my house. My choice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:07 PM (/sgva)

66 64 I have two relatives, one on each side of the family, on the Wall. One Army, one Marine. RIP.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:07 PM (6ypVs)

My cousin is on the Wall.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (TdMsT)

67 Did anyone get to listen to Trump's speech today?

Posted by: ALH at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (9HQoP)

68 Thank you to all the vets.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (8AONa)

69 Did you see the air drop over Dover of 750,000 poppies from a D-Day Dakota escorted by a couple of Spitfires?

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (+b5CW)

Maybe Britain is not lost after all?

Remembrance Day

shorturl.at/cdFIX

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (BiNEL)

70 Hello Alton!

Posted by: Jewells45 at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (dUJdY)

71 Ah, here we are. Thank you to all of you who serve, have served, or have family who serve/have served. You are the people that make our country great.

Posted by: bluebell at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (aXucN)

72 43 Imagine how thankful ALL of the servicemen were on this date in 1918.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:03 PM (ZMWtN)

Well except for the ones who were in Russia fighting the Bolsheviks at the time

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (Izzlo)

73 Something patriotic for today:

https://tinyurl.com/yj59qor7

(Yeah I know, she's a little ample. That's okay with me.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (L2ZTs)

74 Janie got her thread
Janie got her thread

Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (Od33b)

75 Can't post links from here, else I'd link our awesome POTUS' speech to Veterans at the NYC parade. He is first POTUS to attend the annual event.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (x7OgJ)

76 Thank you to all veterans and their families.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (Od33b)

77
hey, Jewells

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (KCxzN)

78 They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBPSr4TsQkI

In memory of my long late Grandfather, who was on the battlefield on Nov 11, 1918.
Died 20 years before I was ever born. I think with the passing of my uncle (his son) a few years ago, there is no one now alive who actually knew him.

Who will remember him when my generation is gone? His grave along with his wife's grave alongside (my grandmother) and my parents will slip into forgetfulness.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (hVpH7)

79 "POTUS' speech to Veterans at the NYC parade."

That's my president.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:10 PM (Tnijr)

80 Diogenes, how is Mrs. D?

Posted by: bluebell at November 11, 2019 09:10 PM (aXucN)

81 I've always thought that Labor Day has a communist feel to it.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (TdMsT)

Well, comrade Ladyl, it's just a day for the workers of the world to unite, nothing wrong with that!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:10 PM (BiNEL)

82 To all veterans.

We chose, except for the draftee, our task. We stood our watch. Some better than others, but we stepped up, and were the insurance policy for peace between Great Powers.

Despite conflicts and losses, a Great Power War with nuclear weapons was what our service avoided.

Stand tall, veterans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:10 PM (u82oZ)

83 It's so great to have a POTUS who loves America!

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:10 PM (x7OgJ)

84 No, don't have TV here in my house. My choice.

I don't either. I think the story was on the Guardian (UK) website. Yes, I know. Guardian.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 09:10 PM (+b5CW)

85
I wore the uniform with PRIDE, but looking at the young men and women serving today, I am humbled.
It'd be an immeasurable honor to wear it again with them.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2019 09:11 PM (KATBx)

86 Well except for the ones who were in Russia fighting the Bolsheviks at the time
Posted by: josephistan
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Local story. Not important.

Posted by: Historians at November 11, 2019 09:11 PM (HTHlp)

87 I would have expected no less, good on you sir!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:06 PM (BiNEL)

Thank you.

Incidentally, I have a gimmick that prevents loss of the poppy caused by the stickpin from sliding out of one's garment. Take the black center of the poppy and glue it to some small lapel pin, the kind that has a stud on the back like a thumbtack, with a locking clasp for it. Insert glued-up pin through the original hole in the poppy, pass it through the fabric of you garment, and apply the clasp.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:11 PM (/sgva)

88 74 Janie got her thread
Janie got her thread
Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (Od33b)

But Janie went to bed.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:12 PM (TdMsT)

89 "Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:08 PM (TdMsT"

Indescribable feeling when you see the on the Wall, isn't it. Kind of surreal. I am in DC often and do the tour. Wall, WW II and Section 60.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:12 PM (6ypVs)

90 Perhaps you could get away with tweeting "Eric Ciaramella" in rebus form. You know, "A + Rick (from Rick & Morty) + Charo + a can of Mello Yello - the color yellow".

What do you think?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 11, 2019 09:12 PM (fx8EZ)

91 84, link is in 69

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:13 PM (BiNEL)

92 " It's so great to have a POTUS who loves America!"

After eight years of that blankity blank blank blanker it's like Dorothy waking up in Oz. Or someting like that.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:13 PM (Tnijr)

93 In working on my family tree I found that my great grandfather's brother enlisted in the British army in WWI and I was able to get one of the poppies from the Tower of London, and to enter his name in the rolls. He died in 1917 and is buried outside Baghdad.

Posted by: Lirio100 at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (JK7Jw)

94 Happy Veterans Day to all who served, including my Marine Dad, and Happy Birthday USMC. Semper Fi!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (r+sAi)

95 I wore the uniform with PRIDE, but looking at the young men and women serving today, I am humbled.
It'd be an immeasurable honor to wear it again with them.

Posted by: irongrampa
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I'm impressed by how *robust* most of these guys appear. It's the contrast with services populated with a significant number of conscripts, and, men who *want* to be there

Posted by: Historians at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (ZMWtN)

96 He died in 1917 and is buried outside Baghdad.

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Where outside Baghdad?

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (RU4sa)

97 My grandpa, who turned 90 yesterday, is a Korean War vet. When I was a kid and asked him sometimes about how it was, he said there was nothing really to tell; he drove a truck the whole time and that was it, only thing worth mentioning about Korea was it smelled terrible. So I always let it go at that.

Year or two ago, his mind's starting to wander more in his old age, he got to talking about Korea for some reason, and just casually mentioned getting shot at while making a delivery. One of those classic double-take moments for me.

So (and I'm sure everyone else already knows this) I guess the lesson is, just because a vet says there's nothing worth telling about his experiences, doesn't mean nothing happened.

Salute to all.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (2PXwn)

98 My grandfather fought, as a machine gunner, in the 3rd ID at the Marne in 1918.

I never met him. He married a French girl, brought her to America, and went on to have 2 other wives in 4 total marriages. Sequentially, for the Catholic faith that was in him.

My father had a stunning 28 years in the service, rising to being selected as a CDR LDO. He retired without that honor, retiring to avoid the then law on dual compensation ban. He was the greatest man I ever knew.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:15 PM (u82oZ)

99 Happy-ish Monday Evening, everyone.

& Solemn Remembrance for Veterans Day ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronological Critic ... at November 11, 2019 09:15 PM (LPnfS)

100
Indescribable feeling when you see the on the Wall, isn't it. Kind of surreal. I am in DC often and do the tour. Wall, WW II and Section 60.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:12 PM (6ypVs)

Vietnam War Army veteran
WO1 Robert F. Bahl, Jr.
enlistment date: 31 October 1966
Vietnam tour start: 13 November 1967
Hostile, Died While Missing, Air Loss, Crash
Xuan Que (5) Que Son Valley, Quang Nam, South Vietnam
1ST Cavalry Division, 2ND Brigade, Headquarters Company
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Panel 33E - Line 63

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:16 PM (TdMsT)

101
Maybe Britain is not lost after all?

Remembrance Day

shorturl.at/cdFIX
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH

I dunno. I saw this posted at another site, and thought it was very touching gesture. But somebody commented about not needing "Yanks" on Remembrance Day (a C-47 Dakota with US Army Air force markings) and somebody else about what a mess 750K poppies would make. Where they plastic?
An old WWII vet was along for the ride in the Dakota, he was something like 94.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (hVpH7)

102 84, link is in 69
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:13 PM (BiNEL)

Found it on Hooktube. Nice!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (/sgva)

103 VP Pence delivered some remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington today:

https://tinyurl.com/tdlfe3n

Posted by: Surfperch 🌺 at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (tVQUs)

104 88 74 Janie got her thread
Janie got her thread
Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:09 PM (Od33b)

But Janie went to bed.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:12 PM (TdMsT)

And everybody has lost their head

Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (Od33b)

105 Indescribable feeling when you see the on the Wall, isn't it. Kind of surreal. I am in DC often and do the tour. Wall, WW II and Section 60.
Posted by: Marcus T
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It takes a long time to look through 50,000 names. What bugs me is that I know that there names there that I have forgotten, guys I only knew a short while, or whose memory time has erased.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (ZMWtN)

106 SMH, he's buried in the Kirkuk British military cemetery. My great grandfather came to the US alone, I've often wondered if he knew his brother had died, I've heard there was little communication to the family back home. The brother was in the 5th Wiltshires. If I read the the records correctly he actually survived Gallipoli before going to Iraq.

Posted by: Lirio100 at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (JK7Jw)

107 59 Okay, vmom, you get to give Pooky ONE smooch, but it had better be on the cheek!
Posted by: pookysgirl haz data skillz to pay the bills at November 11, 2019 09:05 PM (XKZwp)

I'm gonna give you his hug and kiss to pass it on.

Posted by: vmom starting to feel not well damn you winter virii at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (G546f)

108 Watching dirty dozen on tcm

Posted by: Zeera BMGG Books Make Great Gifts at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (zUdXR)

109 93 In working on my family tree I found that my great grandfather's brother enlisted in the British army in WWI and I was able to get one of the poppies from the Tower of London, and to enter his name in the rolls. He died in 1917 and is buried outside Baghdad.
Posted by: Lirio100 at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (JK7Jw)

Baghdad? Wow. The Mesopotamian campaign is virtually forgotten anymore.

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:18 PM (Izzlo)

110 92. freaked - it's finally sinking in that this is real life! Even CBS Radio favorably covered Trump's speech.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:18 PM (x7OgJ)

111
Does this cellulite make my ass look big?

Posted by: AngelButt-123 at November 11, 2019 09:18 PM (f1Vqw)

112 thank you to the veterans

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." G.K. Chesterton

Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 11, 2019 09:19 PM (0O7c5)

113 Oh, and even though today is a work day for me, at least I got two free meals!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 11, 2019 09:19 PM (fx8EZ)

114 "It takes a long time to look through 50,000 names. What bugs me is that I know that there names there that I have forgotten, guys I only knew a short while, or whose memory time has erased.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (ZMWtN)"

That happens brother. Time and distance will do that. But it doesn't make it any less important. You're there. That's what matters.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:20 PM (6ypVs)

115 Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:20 PM (wiXsO)

116 Obviously, vmom is a smart woman.

Posted by: pookysgirl haz data skillz to pay the bills at November 11, 2019 09:21 PM (XKZwp)

117 Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (hVpH7)

This is the only site where I actually view comments, becasue so often they turn into a cesspit (and it happens even here but almost always by troll action).

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:21 PM (BiNEL)

118 I went to Texas Roadhouse for a late lunch today--they were one of the restaurants providing free lunch to veterans and I wanted to toss a little business their way. Bartender said they'd had 400 through the door in the first hour, and the seat next to mine had had 10 different people in it before I got there. And that's with 3 inches of global warming on the ground.

God bless 'em.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 11, 2019 09:21 PM (2PXwn)

119 My former supervisor was a gunner on a Huey . They were looking for volunteers as the position was dangerous but they offered him a shortened tour so he took it. Said it was better than walking.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 09:21 PM (2DOZq)

120 I'm sure this has been posted already, but here's President Trump's Veterans Day speech at C-SPAN:

https://tinyurl.com/sazmnsl

Posted by: Surfperch 🌺 at November 11, 2019 09:21 PM (tVQUs)

121 112 thank you to the veterans

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." G.K. Chesterton
Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 11, 2019 09:19 PM (0O7c5)

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Too bad we were fighting the wrong enemy.

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (RU4sa)

122 takes a long time to look through 50,000 names. What bugs me is that I know that there names there that I have forgotten, guys I only knew a short while, or whose memory time has erased.

The couple of times I went to the Wall I would look up the names of those from my home town. Didn't know them but I wanted them to know they were not forgotten.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (+b5CW)

123 Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:20 PM (wiXsO)

Reverse cowgirl?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (/sgva)

124 Thanks - Uncle D MAJ USMC Korea, Dad HM2 FMF USN Korea, Son GM2 USN GWOT, Uncles Dick, Dan, and Phil GMs USN WWII, Nephew G USMC Afghanistan, Nephew S USA Afghanistan, Nephew Lance MSGT USAF Afghanistan, Laura USMC post Vietnam, Lt. Sharon Lane RN USA Vietnam (KIA), and to Mr. Kane USAAF WWII. Shot down over Germany somewhere, evaded capture and walked to Switzerland with a fellow survivor for the remainder of the war. And lastly to bil Mark - West Point graduate, helicopter pilot - 82nd Airborne Division, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) Somalia.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (Y4EXg)

125 115 Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:20 PM (wiXsO)

Hope Mrs. Hannity is cool with that.

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (Izzlo)

126 Too bad we were fighting the wrong enemy.

Amen.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (xkSJa)

127 125 115 Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:20 PM (wiXsO)

Hope Mrs. Hannity is cool with that.
Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (Izzlo)

And we're back to throuples...

Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:23 PM (Od33b)

128 'Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.'

She'd break him.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:23 PM (Tnijr)

129
That happens brother. Time and distance will do that. But it doesn't make it any less important. You're there. That's what matters.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Well, that can be a burden also. I am, and they aren't. I never forget that. F*cks me up every now and then.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:23 PM (4bd7D)

130 WW I, in some cases those guy's fathers were in the War Between The States.
WW II, in some cases those guy's grandfathers were in the War Between The States.
Korean War, in some cases those guy's great grandfathers were in the War Between The States.

Vietnam War, in some cases those guy's great great grandfathers were in the War Between The States.

That's where I fall in this cycle. We are looking at a pattern of some kind.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 09:24 PM (UUkQp)

131 108 Watching dirty dozen on tcm
Posted by: Zeera BMGG Books Make Great Gifts at November 11, 2019 09:17 PM (zUdXR)

Freaking Clint Walker was a mountain of a man.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 09:24 PM (2DOZq)

132 Do the French celebrate Remembrance Day too, or is that just Britain & the Commonwealth?

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:24 PM (Izzlo)

133 Thanks to all of our vets and active military for their service!
I was Vietnam era and got a lucky lottery number of 320 while in college. My bro did 2 tours there (one he re-upped - I think that is the phrase.. nutball) and other bro was in the air force at the time.
I had too many friends come back all eff'd up.. woulda enlisted in Air Force or Navy if I had been drafted..

Yet.. I honor each and every one of them that served. Their country called, and they answered. It was shameful the way our guys were treated coming home..
So, when I see a post on Twitter, etc,, that says "Happy Veterans Day", I wince..nothing "happy" about it.. it is a remembrance.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 11, 2019 09:24 PM (438dO)

134 I didn't go anywhere today.

Hubs had to work.

Cold, snowy outside.

Just me and the cat watching movies.

Didn't even get hassled by phone calls, since my family never calls.

Nice, quiet day, as always.

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:24 PM (RU4sa)

135 120. thanks Surfperch!

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:25 PM (x7OgJ)

136 The namesake for my first ship was on the Wall.

Going to the Wall was very emotional, like when I unexpectedly found the Normandy Beaches US cemetery.

Very Humbling.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

137 "Well, that can be a burden also. I am, and they aren't. I never forget that. F*cks me up every now and then.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:23 PM (4bd7D)"

I'll tell you what I tell my family. It wasn't meant to be - and that's it. God has a fate for all of us, and it's not for us to understand. Yet.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2019 09:26 PM (6ypVs)

138 125 115 Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:20 PM (wiXsO)

Hope Mrs. Hannity is cool with that.
Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (Izzlo)

And we're back to throuples...
Posted by: Insomniac at November 11, 2019 09:23 PM (Od33b)
**************
Phrasing... as J.J. likes to remind me. LOL

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:26 PM (wiXsO)

139 Thank you to veterans and your families.

Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:26 PM (7vvoJ)

140 I went to Texas Roadhouse for a late lunch
today--they were one of the restaurants providing free lunch to veterans
and I wanted to toss a little business their way. Bartender said they'd
had 400 through the door in the first hour, and the seat next to mine
had had 10 different people in it before I got there. And that's with 3
inches of global warming on the ground.

God bless 'em.

Posted by: Dr. T

............
We just had a new one open here in the far western burbs.. I'll have to throw some biz their way..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 11, 2019 09:27 PM (438dO)

141 Thanks, rickl.

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:27 PM (RU4sa)

142 Great story about a volunteer caretaker of Philadelphia's Vietnam & Korean War Memorials

https://tinyurl.com/ydvdq6hb

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:27 PM (Izzlo)

143 rickl

You were talked about, with pride and concern, when creeper and I met this weekend. Hope you are doing well, and that you can bask in both of our best wishes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:28 PM (u82oZ)

144 I am looking forward to David French's next article excoriating Trump and dreaming of an Elizabeth Warren presidency cause Trump is icky...

Trump eyes executive order tying foreign aid to religious freedom - https://go.shr.lc/2CAVP7u

The White House is reportedly drafting plans to condition U.S. foreign assistance on religious freedom.

According to a report Monday evening in Politico, the proposal could cover both American military and humanitarian assistance.

Citing "two White House officials," Politico cautioned that the proposed executive order is in the early drafting stages with many of the important details still up in the air.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at November 11, 2019 09:28 PM (9BmSv)

145 Do the French celebrate Remembrance Day too, or is that just Britain & the Commonwealth?
Posted by: josephistan

Yes, this is a big national holiday in France. The Great War affected them terribly, as they lost so many men, and most of the war was fought in France and wrecked a lot of the north and northwest of the country.

You may think of the French as cowards and wimps, but I wonder what this country would be like if 1/4 of it was literally wrecked by war and so many men were killed by a war that came to kind of an indecisive conclusion.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:29 PM (hVpH7)

146 They have the mobile Vietnam memorial wall. It must be 20 years old now.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 09:30 PM (2DOZq)

147 *grabs bullhorn*

To all my fellow veterans out there,

Thank you for serving this Great Nation of ours through thick and thin; war and peace; draftee or volunteer.. you've stood the watch and we wouldn't be able to do those things that we take for granted each and everyday without your selfless sacrifice.

Semper Fidelis

* executes crisp hand salute takes one backward step does about face and marches off *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 11, 2019 09:30 PM (+ldAm)

148 Egad I just saw the new Army Ad. Looks like a Star Wars poster.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:30 PM (Tnijr)

149 @ 136

Did you walk the Beach at low tide to the water's edge, turn and look back?

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2019 09:30 PM (KATBx)

150 148 Egad I just saw the new Army Ad. Looks like a Star Wars poster.
Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:30 PM (Tnijr)

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Yeah, I'm gonna pass on seeing it.

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:31 PM (RU4sa)

151 Egad I just saw the new Army Ad. Looks like a Star Wars poster.
Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:30 PM (Tnijr)

Sure it wasn't for the Space Force ?

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 09:31 PM (2DOZq)

152 For Veteran's Day, why not spend some time with a poem by one of America's greatest war heroes. Audie Murphy won every military honor America could offer and a few from our WWII allies to boot. "The Crosses Grow on Anzio"

https://tinyurl.com/CrossesGrow

Posted by: Zaklog the Great at November 11, 2019 09:32 PM (5npKA)

153 Too bad we were fighting the wrong enemy.

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:22 PM (RU4sa)

{{{SMH}}}
On point as usual!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:32 PM (BiNEL)

154 'Sure it wasn't for the Space Force ?'

You tell me...

https://tinyurl.com/ye9wwx7n

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:32 PM (Tnijr)

155 I have to go back to work tomorrow. It's more fun to chat and linger here. Alas.

May you all enjoy the blessing of being part of a great nation. I say the US of A has done more good for the world, on balance than any other nation. We can argue about the British Empire. It also did good. But I'll still chose America.

Yes, the elites are a mess, but not the bulk of Americans outside of Dem enclaves. Look at the 2016 election map to see the greatness of America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:33 PM (u82oZ)

156 Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:29 PM (hVpH7)

I never thought they were cowards or wimps. I'd call them unreliable.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 09:33 PM (2DOZq)

157 SMH!!!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:33 PM (TdMsT)

158 To those who served I thank you.

Posted by: eleven at November 11, 2019 09:33 PM (tH5fk)

159 "Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death." Sun Tzu

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at November 11, 2019 09:34 PM (BsCoj)

160 Egad I just saw the new Army Ad. Looks like a Star Wars poster.
Posted by: freaked
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Well, at least we got rid of that hateful "The Marines Are Looking For A Few Good Men" ad.

Posted by: Hillary at November 11, 2019 09:34 PM (fZcn6)

161 142. I lived a few blocks away from the Vietnam memorial. Rolling Thunder would do their annual observance there. Hard not to get choked up.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:34 PM (x7OgJ)

162 Brig. Gen. Alex Fink ( snicker ) characterized the ad campaign as "the most complex and most integrated marketing campaign in the history, of the United States Army.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:34 PM (Tnijr)

163 Salute to all.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 11, 2019 09:14 PM (2PXwn)

Sometimes avoidance is deemed better than upsetting your family or looking upset yourself.

A man I know from mutual interest in antiques was a Korean War vet too and made light of it for years. Out of the blue this summer, he apparently needed to talk and told me at length about the severe cold in 1950 and showed me some frostbite damage and told me how horrible the pain was when things were healing. Prior to that day he smiled and acted as if nothing happened the whole time he was there.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 09:34 PM (U7k5w)

164 I'm in bed and thought I'd check in. Thank God this Smart Military Blog put up a Veteran's Day thread.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (ptqGC)

165 Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:32 PM (Tnijr)

More like ' white guys need not apply'

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (2DOZq)

166 Interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/twg5att

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (ZLI7S)

167 141 Thanks, rickl.

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:27 PM (RU4sa)

Thanks, SMH. I felt pretty good today. I had an appointment with my primary care physician, then went shopping and had dinner at Chick-fil-A.

Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (7vvoJ)

168 Yeah, I'm gonna pass on seeing it.
Posted by: SMH
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:36 PM (fZcn6)

169 164 I'm in bed and thought I'd check in. Thank God this Smart Military Blog put up a Veteran's Day thread.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (ptqGC)

Welcome back, Jane. We were afraid you would miss this.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:36 PM (TdMsT)

170 Nice, quiet day, as always.
Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:24 PM (RU4sa)

That sounds nice to me SMH! I had to brave freezing drizzle, then blowing snow. UGH.. I wanted to just stay home today!

Posted by: Jewells45 at November 11, 2019 09:36 PM (dUJdY)

171
Thanks, SMH. I felt pretty good today. I had an appointment with my primary care physician, then went shopping and had dinner at Chick-fil-A.
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (7vvoJ)

That sounds like a decent day, Rickl.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:36 PM (TdMsT)

172 rongrampa

Alas, no. But in my mind, I have, many times.

I have discussed that landing in the blog from a military analysis point, and in depth. Esp. after I went to the Eisenhower Museum for a talk on the Omaha landing.

Had a Great Uncle that lost a limb there on the 6th. He never talked about it. Sigh. A story lost to time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:36 PM (u82oZ)

173 I'm in bed and thought I'd check in. Thank God this Smart Military Blog put up a Veteran's Day thread.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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Lot of vibes were targeting Savannah.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:37 PM (2qPhT)

174 164
I'm in bed and thought I'd check in. Thank God this Smart Military Blog put up a Veteran's Day thread.
Sure beat fingernails on the blackboard Yoko Ono last night.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at November 11, 2019 09:37 PM (BsCoj)

175 Rickl.. glad you had a good day

Posted by: Jewells45 at November 11, 2019 09:38 PM (dUJdY)

176 HURRY STAR FORCE. EARTH ONLY HAS 169 DAYS LEFT.

Posted by: SPACE BATTLESHIP at November 11, 2019 09:38 PM (ykYG2)

177 143 rickl

You were talked about, with pride and concern, when creeper and I met this weekend. Hope you are doing well, and that you can bask in both of our best wishes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:28 PM (u82oZ)

Thanks, NaCly Dog.

Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:38 PM (7vvoJ)

178 Re: Rise of Soywalker

My son, a much bigger Star Wars fan than I am, said that Disney has finally gotten pissed at Kennedy for running this series into the ground.

It will be awesome if this is the SW movie ever to lose money. To open in the teens for the box office rankings of that week.

Posted by: Whistleblower Axeman, Who Reads Stuff on the Net (EDKH) at November 11, 2019 09:38 PM (DuZls)

179 Nine Line headquarters here had a Vets Day celebration Saturday. Son went with a female army vet friend, and they were the first two on a Huey ride.

They both sat in gunners seats, and son said it was extremely windy, cold, and noisy. The pilot got a little sporty, which they thought was fun.

Son said it was the smoothest copter ride he ever had, though.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:39 PM (ptqGC)

180 176 HURRY STAR FORCE. EARTH ONLY HAS 169 DAYS LEFT.
Posted by: SPACE BATTLESHIP at November 11, 2019 09:38 PM (ykYG2)

Posted by: josephistan at November 11, 2019 09:39 PM (Izzlo)

181
179 Nine Line headquarters here had a Vets Day celebration Saturday. Son went with a female army vet friend, and they were the first two on a Huey ride.

They both sat in gunners seats, and son said it was extremely windy, cold, and noisy. The pilot got a little sporty, which they thought was fun.

Son said it was the smoothest copter ride he ever had, though.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:39 PM (ptqGC)

Wow--that is very cool!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (TdMsT)

182 Oh come on:

"The new pitch showcases cyber protection and scientists researching the Zika virus."

Is this what the Army should be doing? WTF is going on here? I WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN CHARGE!

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (Tnijr)

183 I say the US of A has done more good for the world, on balance than any other nation. We can argue about the British Empire.

We tried but... Algerians. Que sera...

Posted by: the French at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (ykYG2)

184 SMH

Blessings on you and Ex-ex! Creeper and I talked about you. Your ears should burn ... with pride.

Now, got to go.

May your dreams be magnificent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (u82oZ)

185 Nikki Haley sounding Trump positive on Hannity.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (ptqGC)

186 Thanks to all Horde members who served or who still serve.

I am proud that my fathers and his brothers served in WWII (and my mom's eldest brother), that her two younger ones served during Korea, that many cousins served in the 60s and 70s and that some of their sons and daughters served in the Gulf Wars and in Afghanistan.

I was pleased to see so many people donating and wearing poppies today when I went out on errands, but was sad to notice that this group included very few of our community's newer additions.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (U7k5w)

187 Thanks to the vets in my family:
Dad-- Army, 82nd Airborne WWII
Uncle Bob-- Army, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Uncle Don-- USN, Panama, WWII
Cousin Rusty-- USMC, Vietnam
Cousin Steve-- USN (submarine duty), Vietnam
Two great-great-grandfathers-- Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 11, 2019 09:41 PM (pPNCa)

188 I miss all y'all we met in Texas!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:41 PM (ptqGC)

189 Dad served in the Army in the late 1950s. I don't know if he was even naturalized yet when he was drafted. He loved his time in the Army. He was stationed in Germany for a while, and learned his lifelong trade courtesy of the Corps of Engineers.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (x7OgJ)

190 Thanks y'all.

Posted by: SMH at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (RU4sa)

191 I don't think I've ever seen poppies on Veterans Day. It must not be a thing where I live.

Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (7vvoJ)

192 Devin Nunes coming up next on Hannity.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (wiXsO)

193 just wanted to pass along my thanks to the other vets and their families. And to the others commenting about not being worthy of our sacrifice, well from my standpoint if you live your life well, carry out your duties as a citizen and generally try to leave this country/state/town better than you found it, then you are fully worthy. In fact, that is the reason for the sacrifice.

MM1/SS USN 1991-1999

Posted by: Chris Van Dis at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (XhuAl)

194 Alas, I had to work today.

Whole lot of us Veterans here in these grey boxes. And I salute each and every one of you, and hold you in the highest possible regard.

Thank YOU, one and all.

Whole lot more of us Veterans, lie beneath the earth, in their black and lonely boxes, evermore.

Visit them, touch their tombstones, linger a bit in their presence, if you will?

Eternity will duly note your reverence and respect.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 11, 2019 09:43 PM (QzJWU)

195 130 Eromero
Our historical society that I work for had a program not so long ago about guys who fought in the second world war whose fathers had fought in the Civil War. It seems some old vets were attractive prospects for young girls because of their pensions and they had kids late in life. It was interesting this teacher had his kids research and they found 8 examples.

Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2019 09:43 PM (483gv)

196 191 I don't think I've ever seen poppies on Veterans Day. It must not be a thing where I live.
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (7vvoJ)

It's not normally a thing here in NJ, but for whatever reason some of the people collecting donations were passing them out.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 09:43 PM (U7k5w)

197 188 I miss all y'all we met in Texas!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:41 PM (ptqGC)

Miss you too. Please give my best to your family!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:43 PM (TdMsT)

198 rickl, any day with Chick-fil-A is a good day, a grand and glorious day! This is the day that The LORD hath made! Revel in it, rickl.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 09:43 PM (UUkQp)

199 Nikki Haley sounding Trump positive on Hannity.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:40 PM (ptqGC)
**************
Yes. Good interview.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:44 PM (wiXsO)

200 @192-More fun with phrasing!

Posted by: pookysgirl haz data skillz to pay the bills at November 11, 2019 09:44 PM (XKZwp)

201 Prior to that day he smiled and acted as if nothing happened the whole time he was there.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 09:34 PM (U7k5w)

I once worked at a contractor where the security officer had the same last name as I did. Turns out we were not related as far as we could tell, but that link was enough to get him talking. Turns out he was at the Frozen Chosin and came back in one piece and had a few stories to tell. Never had a similar discussion with him again, but he was a helluva man!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:45 PM (BiNEL)

202 Nikki Haley will be on Hannity.

And anywhere else that she can market her hot new book: "I Really Really Am Not Mitt Romney In a Skirt. No, Really."

Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 09:47 PM (/+dbF)

203 I am so sad my veteran Daddy didn't live to see his only grandchild become a Marine. But son's deployment under Mincing Barry Obama would have killed him. My dear mother died unexpectedly one week after her precious grandson arrived at Parris Island.

Yet my lib in-laws lived through it all. I hope some day I will understand why.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:47 PM (ptqGC)

204 From the end of the last thread:

> I've never done sci-fi cons, but I understand that back in the day, they were pretty wild.
Used to be.
Now they've all been taken over by communist feminazis.

A friend of mine had helped run and had worked on the local science fiction convention for decades.

A couple of years ago, he made a comment on a panel at the convention that triggered a feminazi snowflake, who filed a formal complaint.

The board of the convention, considering the many years that the guy had worked on the convention, was merciful - they merely required that my friend issue an abject apology for his terrible non-politically correct statement.

My friend: "No, I'm not going to apologize."
The board: "What do you mean, you're not going to apologize?"
My friend: "I mean that I'm not going to apologize."
The board: "But your work is so valuable here - we need you."
My friend: "I'm not going to apologize."

So that's that. I fully expect the science fiction convention to go out of business in a few years. Hard to get people to shell out a fair amount of money for an entertainment event run by left-wing humorless scolds.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 11, 2019 09:47 PM (I2/tG)

205 Didn't even get hassled by phone calls, since my family never calls.

I would have called you, but you know, working.

Well, that and no phone number.

Of course, there's the lack of actually knowing you or hubs in meatspace to consider as well.

But I would have called!

Maybe.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at November 11, 2019 09:48 PM (xkSJa)

206 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 11, 2019 09:43 PM (QzJWU)

If you are in the DC area, visit Arlington National Cemetery, it will give you valuable food for thought!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:48 PM (BiNEL)

207 Salute!

Posted by: G marks the spot at November 11, 2019 09:48 PM (ZJ/ol)

208
Yet my lib in-laws lived through it all. I hope some day I will understand why.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:47 PM (ptqGC)

Sigh...that is hard.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 11, 2019 09:49 PM (TdMsT)

209 You may think of the French as cowards and wimps, but I wonder what this country would be like if 1/4 of it was literally wrecked by war and so many men were killed by a war that came to kind of an indecisive conclusion.

In WW2 there was also the issue of the British Army getting itself outflanked so hard it couldn't help much. A look at a map has Dunkirk on the French/Belgian border. The screwups were not all on the French side.

Posted by: the French at November 11, 2019 09:49 PM (ykYG2)

210 We went to the memorial service for my aunt in Phoenix over the weekend. It was great seeing almost all of the cousins I grew up with and their progeny.

Among the attendees was my uncle who deployed 3 times to Viet Nam and retired as a Lt. Col. from the Army. He's getting old but the fire is still in his heart. Most of my cousins lean left but they all thanked him for his service. It was amazing. He was the uncle that used to call me a candy rabbit when I whined as a kid. I love that man.

Posted by: DR.WTF at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (aS1PU)

211 91 I don't think I've ever seen poppies on Veterans Day. It must not be a thing where I live.
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2019 09:42 PM (7vvoJ)

I always though poppies were a Brit thing?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (BiNEL)

212 Nikki Haley sounding Trump positive on Hannity.

Just wait until she hits Dancing with the Stars.

Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (/+dbF)

213 Jim Sunk New Dawn, thanks so much for sharing your weaponry with D'oh Boy. Same to all the rest of the horde at the MoMe.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (ptqGC)

214 thought

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (BiNEL)

215 I miss all y'all we met in Texas!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:41 PM (ptqGC)

Ditto!!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (dUJdY)

216 off sock, although I'm probably not going to hear a lot of argument from the French side.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (ykYG2)

217 Thinking of my uncle this evening who's ship was torpedoed in 1942 off the coast of Cape Hatteras N.C.. This area off the shores of Outer Banks was called "Torpedo Junction".

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at November 11, 2019 09:50 PM (BsCoj)

218 201: I bet he was. The guy I know is amazing, and you'd never know he was as old as he is. I always like sitting with him at auctions as he has an encyclopedic knowledge of art and furniture (he was in the flooring business for many years). This conversation was a total one-off and I don't know what started it as he seemed to want to just talk not to take questions. I let him vent.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 09:51 PM (U7k5w)

219 Special respect goes out to those whom serve and have served...except Bergdahl...fuck him with a rusty trident

Posted by: Builder Berg at November 11, 2019 09:51 PM (9sE8A)

220 Proud to be part of this extraordinary collection of patriots.

Posted by: exhelodrvr at November 11, 2019 09:51 PM (SzsYz)

221 Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 11, 2019 09:47 PM (I2/tG)

As in islam, there is no joy in progressivism!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:52 PM (BiNEL)

222 Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2019 09:35 PM (ZLI7S)

The Express has some of the ceepiest we're going to hoover all of your data warnings I've seen. Do we trust them?

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 11, 2019 09:52 PM (gd9RK)

223 Devin Nunes says right now the Republicans have no witnesses. F-SCHIFF.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:52 PM (wiXsO)

224 rickl - Delco gives out poppies . In 2017 the library system distributed poppy seeds to comemmorate the GW.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (x7OgJ)

225 Hrothgar @ 201, I had an instructor in explosive ordnance school who was Army in Korean War. Guy had a weps truck sploded under him and lost part of one heel. Told me the army was too dangerous and when discharged joined the Navy. As a SeaBee CM. When I met him he was a Construction Mechanic Chief and one salty Cherokee, bonafide war hero. Drank a few (dozen) beers with him, I am one lucky s.o.b.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (UUkQp)

226 Nikki Haley sounding Trump positive on Hannity.

****************

I see somebody wants to run for prez in 2024.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Everywhere at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (+dsLj)

227 I always though poppies were a Brit thing?

Poppies were a common Veterans Day lapel decoration when I was growing up in Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (pPNCa)

228 I never thought they were cowards or wimps. I'd call them unreliable.
Posted by: Easy Andy

My late uncle served in Europe in WWII, and he thought they were unreliable too, having seen them..."in action".

This was largely the Free French Army formed outside of occupied France prior to the invasion.

The French Army at the start of the war was sometimes a tough bunch. They courageously fought a holding action outside of Dunkirk to allow the British to get their army off the beaches and back home....to continue the fight.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (hVpH7)

229 Special respect goes out to those whom serve and have served...except Bergdahl...fuck him with a rusty trident
Posted by: Builder Berg at November 11, 2019 09:51 PM (9sE8A)

Save a few tridents for MAJ Hassan and Bradley Manning!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (BiNEL)

230 My late Dad's oldest cousin was one of the last prisoners released from the Hanoi Hilton.

He served as long or longer than Crash McCain. Didn't try to make a political career out of it, came home to his wife and kids and ran a business.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (ptqGC)

231 >>The Express has some of the ceepiest we're going to hoover all of your data warnings I've seen. Do we trust them?

No idea. I just came across it and it sounds interesting.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (ZLI7S)

232 I had three veterans in my family: my grandfather who was drafted into WWI but didn't go overseas; my father who was in Gen. Patton's army in WWII; and my husband who was in the Navy during Desert Storm. Note to Don Q: hubby was on the old USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2).

My father had two Bronze Stars but never told anyone, not even my mom, how he got them. Whether it was because there was something traumatic about the reason behind them, or just because he didn't think he'd done anything all that heroic, I'll never know -- he passed away 10 years ago, and was one of the last WWII vets still living in my hometown.

Posted by: Secret Square at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (9WuX0)

233 223 Devin Nunes says right now the Republicans have no witnesses. F-SCHIFF.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 09:52 PM (wiXsO)

He's an embarrassment to humanity. Why, you stupid fuck, Schiff, don't they have witnesses? Because you're a damn Bolshevik!

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (U7k5w)

234 Thinking of my uncle this evening who's ship was torpedoed in 1942 off the coast of Cape Hatteras N.C.. This area off the shores of Outer Banks was called "Torpedo Junction".
Posted by: Sherpa_K2
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Operation Drumbeat. The Germans had free rein. My mother spoke of going down at night to The Battery in Charleston, SC, and seeing the sky lit by burning ships offshore.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (fZcn6)

235 Thank you to those who serve, those who have served, and thank you to those who will server. Bless you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (l9m7l)

236 This nation owes Devin Nunes a debt of gratitude. Farm boy and look at him now.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (BsCoj)

237 For those who follow north of the border events, what do you think of the woke network that fired Don Cherry over his not PC comment in relation to immigrants not honoring war heros with poppies?

Posted by: Ranger Gord at November 11, 2019 09:55 PM (9YABs)

238 Jane D'oh.

The honor was mine, ma'am. The boy can SHOOT!

But meeting you and your quietly brave hubby, that was also an honor, and quite the pleasure, besides.

Anyway, I barely got to break much of the arms out of the back of the car, busy as things got, there.

Next time, I'm going to want Son D'oh to shoot some of the better stuff I'll bring to the event.

Hopefully also, both your and your hubby will be up and around more, too. You're behind in your "round count" downrange at a TxMoMeet.

We must remedy this shortfall, yes?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 11, 2019 09:55 PM (QzJWU)

239 Devin Nunes says right now the Republicans have no witnesses. F-SCHIFF.

Stuff like this is why I keep asking the question, how many innocent people did Schiff railroad when he was a prosecutor?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at November 11, 2019 09:57 PM (xkSJa)

240 My family's service goes back to the Revolution. I am the keeper of the history books, letters, and documents.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:57 PM (ptqGC)

241 My time in service literally changed my life. For the better. my biggest regret is that I didn't recognize the opportunities I had and take advantage of them more fully.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 11, 2019 09:57 PM (08g2o)

242 My late Dad's oldest cousin was one of the last prisoners released from the Hanoi Hilton.

He served as long or longer than Crash McCain. Didn't try to make a political career out of it, came home to his wife and kids and ran a business.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (ptqGC)

***

Jane.
My cousin checked into the Hilton in August of 66. He actually escaped a year later but thru bad luck was recaptured.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2019 09:58 PM (axyOa)

243
Salute!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 11, 2019 09:58 PM (13CQC)

244 No idea. I just came across it and it sounds interesting.

Pah. So I clicked all the things and it said "Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself..."

These people can't even meme.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 11, 2019 09:58 PM (gd9RK)

245 For those who follow north of the border events, what do you think of the woke network that fired Don Cherry over his not PC comment in relation to immigrants not honoring war heros with poppies?
Posted by: Ranger Gord at November 11, 2019 09:55 PM (9YABs)

Already dealt with that in the previous thread. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:58 PM (/sgva)

246
Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (UUkQp)

There are still incredibly good people walking among us, we need to notice, cherish, and honor them. Life is far too short for us to fail to do this!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 09:59 PM (BiNEL)

247 Already dealt with that in the previous thread. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2019 09:58 PM (/sgva)

This!!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 10:00 PM (BiNEL)

248 I've been drinking so I ask forgiveness - maybe - for what I'm about to say:

I don't think I'd put on the uniform again for what this country has become. My loyalties have changed - after decades of assault by the domestic enemy's that I swore an oath to defend against - aka the Democratic Party. My loyalties now are to God, my family, my friends and to all fellow patriots, REGARDLESS of their color or gender or creed or whateverthefuckever. The only thing that matters to me is what's in their hearts and if their hearts believe in the America that I grew up in - blemishes and all... blemishes that through all of our history we have struggled to make amends for - then they are my brothers and sisters. To the end.

To all the rest...Shame on you and may the devil take the hindmost.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:00 PM (mNUzX)

249 Videos currently near the top of my Other People's Videos blog, (linked in nic):
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Return to Makin Island
dysfunctionalveteran - Mar 20, 2009 - 7:25
h/t Grannymimi on A♠
True story of the recovery of 19 US Marines Killed in Action on Makin Island in WWII and their return home to Arlington National Cemetery 58 years later.
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Armistice Day and the Battle of Casablanca
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered - Nov 11, 2019 - 12:50
On Armistice day (now Veterans Day) in 1942, the United States was just entering the war against Nazi Germany. The History Guy remembers the forgotten history of the Battle of Casablanca.
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Manitowoc Minute - Veterans Day, Packers Win and Battle Ax Home Invasion
Charlie Berens - Nov 11, 2019 - 3:16
Manitowoc Minute host Charlie Berens thanks our Veterans on this Veterans Day, talks Green Bay Packers stuffing of the Carolina Panthers, Michigan man defending his home with a battle ax and much much more.
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President Trump, First Lady Attend New York City Veterans Day Parade
Right Side Broadcasting Network - Nov 11, 2019 - 25:57

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for vids at November 11, 2019 10:01 PM (UYkjZ)

250 NEGATIVE FIFTH!!!

(That's better than FIRST on the ONT, which isn't up yet.)

Posted by: FireHorse at November 11, 2019 10:01 PM (sWmEa)

251 The French Army at the start of the war was sometimes a tough bunch. They courageously fought a holding action outside of Dunkirk to allow the British to get their army off the beaches and back home....to continue the fight.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 11, 2019 09:53 PM (hVpH7)

***

We give the French a lot of guff. But. Got to serve with some French Recon guys in Desert Storm. They were some solid troops and I'd fight with them any day.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2019 10:01 PM (axyOa)

252 Posted by: Secret Square at November 11, 2019 09:54 PM (9WuX0)

My WWII vet father and uncles said little about their experiences. After my parents split up, my uncle wanted to let me know a little about what the war was like and showed up on campus one afternoon and dragged me out of a class to see "A Bridge Too Far". My father was part of that battle, and although it didn't focus on the American forces, he thought the scenes about Arnhem would help me to understand what he (and the uncles who served in Europe) had seen. You can't imagine the professor's shock at being told I was leaving to see a movie, but later he said that his own father was part of the Occupation forces after the war

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 10:02 PM (U7k5w)

253 He served as long or longer than Crash McCain. Didn't try to make a political career out of it, came home to his wife and kids and ran a business.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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A guy I know was there. His F-105 collected a heat-seeker 25 miles from Hanoi. If asked, he would talk about it. Here's a brief narrative:
https://tinyurl.com/ydpujegx

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 10:03 PM (4bd7D)

254 My husband's side of the family includes a way far back ancestor who served in General Washington's guard during the Revolution--we knew about him courtesy of my grandmother-in-law who belonged to the DAR.

Posted by: Secret Square at November 11, 2019 10:03 PM (9WuX0)

255 Jim Sunk New Dawn--

You're a gem. D'oh and D'oh Boy hope to bring some shooty things to the next MoMe.

And our kid had better shoot well. Every Marine's a rifleman.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 10:03 PM (ptqGC)

256 Thank u for your service.

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2019 10:03 PM (QJIMk)

257 The French Army at the start of the war was sometimes a tough bunch. They courageously fought a holding action outside of Dunkirk to allow the British to get their army off the beaches and back home....to continue the fight.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative
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If the French had dropped their weapons, Dunkirk would have ended much differently.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 10:04 PM (4bd7D)

258 All I have to say about the French is that their most elite troops are the Foreign Legion.

Which, by definition, consist of NON-FRENCHMEN!

Heh.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:05 PM (mNUzX)

259 THE GENERAL IS A FINK!

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 11, 2019 10:06 PM (LxTcq)

260
Anyone who's hearing the Nikki interviews, does she indicate what her next step is? I suppose Senate or something, although I don't see why people who've had a few years in the political sun can't just go open a drywall business.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 11, 2019 10:06 PM (13CQC)

261 Well, husband is trying to sleep and I'm keeping him awake.

God bless, all.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 10:06 PM (ptqGC)

262 Thanks, veterans! 2100 in ETEX and it's 31 degrees read and going to 25. My nadz is retreating to a position not held since I was 8 years old? May not go to the stand in the morning, even if the mythical father of all bucks is there pushing down trees like a D9. I'm done here moronkind, done in by demon rum and such.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 10:06 PM (UUkQp)

263 I don't see why people who've had a few years in the political sun can't just go open a drywall business.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 11, 2019 10:06 PM (13CQC)

Graft be easy,yo!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 10:07 PM (BiNEL)

264 I've been drinking so I ask forgiveness - maybe - for what I'm about to say:

I don't think I'd put on the uniform again for what this country has become.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout [etc.]
________

Yeah, I've been drinking, too. I would forgive what you said if there were anything to forgive.

As to the rest of your post: Ponyal, compris and 10-4.

Posted by: FireHorse at November 11, 2019 10:08 PM (sWmEa)

265 Graft be easy,yo!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 10:07 PM (BiNEL)

And few drywall people get major interviews or the spotlight.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 10:08 PM (U7k5w)

266 pushing down trees like a D9
-----
There are big cats in the woods?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 10:08 PM (KoKdw)

267 Anyone who's hearing the Nikki interviews, does she indicate what her
next step is? I suppose Senate or something, although I don't see why
people who've had a few years in the political sun can't just go open a
drywall business.

"Flag-Ban" Haley has held the reins of power.

Power corrupts. Absolute power make you a life-long addict.

Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 10:08 PM (/+dbF)

268 Heard a story waiting in Heathrow Airport a decade ago from an older couple from Vancouver flying to visit one of their kids in Israel.

The husband somehow managed to get out of Czechoslovakia ahead of the Holocaust, emigrated to Canada, and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot. One of the reasons why he signed up is that you qualified for Canadian citizenship more rapidly if you were in the service.

So, he was qualified to become a citizen, and had to attend a court hearing where a judge interviewed a group of potential citizens regarding their suitability to become Canadian citizens.

At the urging of his buddies, he wore his dress RCAF uniform to the hearing. The judge came in, started the hearing, looked at the guy, and said: "I guess I don't have to lecture you on your obligations to Canada."

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 11, 2019 10:09 PM (I2/tG)

269 Woot woot!
Let's go Mr D'oh!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2019 10:09 PM (axyOa)

270 If the French had dropped their weapons, Dunkirk would have ended much differently.

Posted by: Mike Hammer
________

If the French had picked their weapons up in 1936, Dunkirk would be alt history.

Posted by: FireHorse at November 11, 2019 10:10 PM (sWmEa)

271 I don't see why people who've had a few years in the political sun can't just go open a drywall business.

"I've worked in the private sector. They expect results."
-Egon Spengler

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 11, 2019 10:11 PM (oVJmc)

272 Sweet jeebus. Joe Biden town hall on CNN.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 10:11 PM (ptqGC)

273 I'm done here moronkind, done in by demon rum and such.

Francis Elroy Duffy, is that you?

https://youtu.be/83qxmqAI768?t=357

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at November 11, 2019 10:12 PM (xkSJa)

274 Some other notes on the French:

They refused to allow our bombers, flying out of England, overflight rights when Reagan sent them to bomb Khaddaffi's house leading to much longer mission profiles and pilot fatigue. Thanks assholes.

The Ayatollah Khomeini called Paris home before he went back to Iran after the fall of the Shah to initiate the world's greatest terror regime.

They withdrew from NATO in the '60's and subsequently didn't pull their weight during much of the Cold War.

They collaborated with Nazi Germany in WWII freeing up countless German divisions for employment elsewhere. And as a side-note were an inspiration for today's GOP which is better known as the Vichy Republican Party. Heh,

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:12 PM (mNUzX)

275
All I have to say about the French is that their most elite troops are the Foreign Legion.

Which, by definition, consist of NON-FRENCHMEN!

Heh.
Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout

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Did you ever see the old French military victories Google hoax? It was a real thing for a while, you'd type that into the search bar, hit "I'm feeling lucky," and you'd get what's shown in my nic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 11, 2019 10:12 PM (13CQC)

276 Sweet jeebus. Joe Biden town hall on CNN.

Are the Ds cutting their losses and done with debates?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 11, 2019 10:13 PM (oVJmc)

277 Some other notes on the French:

They refused to allow our bombers, flying out of England, overflight rights when Reagan sent them to bomb Khaddaffi's house leading to much longer mission profiles and pilot fatigue. Thanks assholes.

One plane with a two man crew did not return from that mission.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 11, 2019 10:13 PM (gd9RK)

278 229
Love to see those scumbags publicly flogged in a most heinous manner...

Posted by: Builder Berg at November 11, 2019 10:13 PM (9sE8A)

279 'Are the Ds cutting their losses and done with debates?'

Might as well because it's gonna be Joe. Believe it or not.

Posted by: freaked at November 11, 2019 10:14 PM (Tnijr)

280 Governor Coonman Ralph Northam said he "has not ruled out confiscating assault weapons from gun owners."

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (wiXsO)

281 I neither distrust Nikki Haley or think she is the be all and end all or possible presidential candidate.
I take her for what she is. I think she genuinely likes- on a personal level-PDT and respects him and I believe she told him things that Tillerson and Kelly and others said about him--or at least confirmed those things.
How do I know? Because Trump likes her and seems to trust her.

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (o1fzk)

282 SEAL dogs on Smithsonian channel.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (ptqGC)

283 As long as we're piling on the French:

Algerian separatists thought if they blew stuff up, maybe France will just say it's not worth it and leave, and they were right. (Draw your own conclusions.)

Posted by: FireHorse at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (sWmEa)

284 Joe Biden is the Kaboom candidate.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (LxTcq)

285 ONT!!!

Posted by: FireHorse at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (sWmEa)

286 And few drywall people get major interviews or the spotlight.
Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 10:08 PM (U7k5w)

Did any of our brilliant truth seeking media ask Nikki if she ever bothered to inform the PRESIDENT of this treasonous conversation?

Did any of our brilliant truth seeking media ask Nikki if she had any idea why they would include her in an open discussion about participation in a coup?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at November 11, 2019 10:15 PM (BiNEL)

287 286: Nor did she volunteer this info.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 10:17 PM (U7k5w)

288 Good, let the Dems go with Joe.

It's only name recognition that he has and when he has to actually go out and make speeches and do rallies and people see him for the feeble-minded old codger that he is, his support will dwindle.

No way he can keep up with Trump.

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2019 10:17 PM (o1fzk)

289 Blanco @ 273, that is exactly what I was thinking. And why I ain't been hung or electrocuted by now is a mystery to me. And a lot of other people too. Fools and drunks, and etc.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2019 10:19 PM (UUkQp)

290 In support of the French (reluctantly), they do make:

A lip- smacking salad dressing; some really awesome crusty bread; and some out of this world fried potatoes. But I can get all those at my local grocery store/fast food establishment...so Meh.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:19 PM (mNUzX)

291 288: Hillary will be the nominee

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 10:19 PM (U7k5w)

292 Did any of our brilliant truth seeking media ask Nikki if she ever
bothered to inform the PRESIDENT of this treasonous conversation?

Did any of our brilliant truth seeking media ask Nikki if she had
any idea why they would include her in an open discussion about
participation in a coup?

SHH

Your impeccable logic will upset and disturb the Nikkites.

Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 10:20 PM (/+dbF)

293 Military History Question:

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

Nobody knows since its never been tried.

Heh.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:21 PM (mNUzX)

294 "Algerian separatists thought if they blew stuff up, maybe France will just say it's not worth it and leave, and they were right. (Draw your own conclusions.)"

That's pretty much right.

Still hoping the Algerians fix their sh!t but, I've been waiting since 1978 for that, so.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 11, 2019 10:21 PM (ykYG2)

295 Sweet jeebus. Joe Biden town hall on CNN.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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*?*

Surely it is past his bedtime.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2019 10:22 PM (ZMWtN)

296 Your impeccable logic will upset and disturb the Nikkites.
Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 10:20 PM (/+dbF)

And I'm not one of them. I've yet to see a woman of either party I found fit to lead, and I say that as a woman.

Posted by: CN at November 11, 2019 10:22 PM (U7k5w)

297 I still remember the press conference Haley had with Trump when she announced her resignation. It was an absolute lovefest. Nikki was positively glowing as she looked at Trump when he spoke about her, and beamed when she thanked him.

Again, am I a big fan of hers? Not quite.

But maybe she DID tell Trump. Maybe he asked her to, or tested her loyalty somehow and she passed.
He seems to trust her.

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2019 10:22 PM (o1fzk)

298 know who else Trump "loved" in public?

Mad Dog Mattis.
John Kelly.
Rex Tillerson.
Matt Bevin.
Chairman Xi.

Kim Jong Un.

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Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 10:26 PM (/+dbF)

299 I don't think I'd put on the uniform again for what this country has become.
Sure, no prob. You don't have any issues with those who came to the same conclusion in, say, 1968, do you?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 10:26 PM (oRpiG)

300 Sure, no prob. You don't have any issues with those who came to the same conclusion in, say, 1968, do you?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 10:26 PM (oRpiG)

Yeah, big prob. I would have issues with them. And to compare the two gives me proof of extra-terrestrial life...because you don't come from the same planet I do.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:31 PM (mNUzX)

301 Your impeccable logic will upset and disturb the Nikkites.
Posted by: mikeyG at November 11, 2019 10:20 PM (/+dbF)

You don't have to be a fan of Haley to assume she did advise Trump since the two guys were shortly fired thereafter and Trump is promoting her book. That there is impeccable logic.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 11, 2019 10:34 PM (2DOZq)

302 298, Let me know when Trump shills for any of their books....

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2019 10:36 PM (o1fzk)

303 @300 You hiding behind your drunkenness now, with your advance apologies and all? Not too late to yank your horns back in, but hurry.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 10:38 PM (oRpiG)

304 Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 10:38 PM (oRpiG)

My horns stay out. But just for you, sparky.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 10:45 PM (mNUzX)

305 First of my line to carry arms in America was in King Phillips War.
I'm the last.

Posted by: Le Garde Vieux at November 11, 2019 10:54 PM (ms2Wv)

306 @304 Ok pally, here we go. When you get to decide for yourself when the country is worth fighting for, you are calling anyone who has a later or current commitment a sucker. You are putting your personal judgement above theirs. You are saying you are a better patriot than all the others who have put on the uniform. Now you will say that this is not what you said, but you would be wrong. And you do not get to say that.

Additionally, the really special part, is that you also deny anyone else at any other time to come to the same conclusion you claim is valid for you to make. This is just incredibly extra-terrestrial, as you want to put it. IF it is all right to quail from defending the country because another party is in the majority, you do not get to condemn others for doing the same thing.

Anyone who currently has a commitment to the defense of the nation, or has family or friends in that position, is insulted by your drunken rant. You are speaking as a fool. Read this again when you are sober.

Regulars will note that I have not descended to mere name-calling.
It is wrong to allow someone to carry on this way without a challenge.
This poor man is having an ethical breakdown, and he deserves a loving smack up alongside the head from his friends here (as if he had any), and an invitation to work on his drinking etiquette.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 11:04 PM (oRpiG)

307 Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 11:04 PM (oRpiG)

That was a well thought out response and I will give it the consideration it deserves. In the meantime I stand by what I said.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at November 11, 2019 11:17 PM (mNUzX)

308 @308 Go to sleep.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 11, 2019 11:29 PM (oRpiG)

309 As it turns out, soldiers sent to fight and die for foreign lands are more interested in the foreign lands than their own lands.

Let me be the first to assert that not fighting for; Saudi Arabia, Israel and other associated Middle East shitholes has allowed me the binocular vision (vis. Crenshaw) to recognize that it's cheaper to buy oil than kill our citizens.

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