Grumpy retired Army guy. I was grumpy before I retired, I just am old enough now for it to be in character.
David Mangan
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Dec 07 2024
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Does anybody care anymore? Hell, I’m having a hard time finding people who care about 9/11. To me it was yesterday. But I had troops under my command who were born AFTER that day. My dad was born in 1940. My grandfather was a gunner’s mate on a US Navy destroyer. A year and a …
Nov 30 2024
The absolute evil of open borders
Anyone NOT living under a rock (or only watching MSNBC for their information) will know that a violent gang from Venezuela is operating within the USA’s borders. Tren de Aragua was first noticed kicking in doors in Colorado. Since that time, we’ve found them in pretty much every major city in America, and a few …
Nov 28 2024
Gearing up for the big meal
We’ve invited some friends and neighbors to come over for Thanksgiving. One of those families is a clan of Vikings from up the road. And I mean this literally. The dad is 6’5″, and not a single one of his family is under six feet tall. Even his teenage daughters. We’re expecting more than a …
Nov 27 2024
Crazy couple of days
So, I have a new job. My retirement pays the bills, but I need fun money because motorcycles are expensive, and trips on motorcycles are even more expensive. Unfortunately, I got hired and they immediately needed me to work extra shifts to cover someone who was sick. What was supposed to be a part time …
Nov 24 2024
We knew this was true seven years ago.
Does anyone remember the name David Daleiden? He was an undercover journalist who recorded the ghouls at Planned Parenthood talking about how they sold off the parts of the babies they had murdered. One of the ghouls even joked about getting a Lamborghini with the money. And then a certain Cackling Whore of Scat Fransicko, …
Nov 19 2024
Some of the music that helped form me.
I don’t know why I can’t embed it. I blame my lake of skill, as well as the fact that I tend to loathe modern technology, which probably explains my lack of skill. But… Go have a listen. I grew up with classical music, big band, and jazz from my father. When we moved to …
Nov 13 2024
Once again, we were right, the experts lied, and the average Joe suffered because of it.
Safe and effective my ass. A mother has spoken out after her Covid-19 vaccine injury was finally diagnosed following years of chronic fatigue and excruciating nerve pain that was dismissed by doctors. The jab was never safe, and it was never effective. It was never going to be effective simply because of how fast a …
Nov 11 2024
In my mind
My first duty station was the 2nd Infantry Division, 2nd MP Company, 3rd Platoon. FRONTLINE! We were an “outlying” platoon, meaning that while the Company and most of the Soldiers were stationed at Camp Casey, my platoon was in charge of the Western Corridor and we were stationed at Camp Howze. The Western Corridor was …
Nov 09 2024
They hate you
Over the course of my time blogging on these old inter-tube thingies, I have stated more than once that the Left hates you and they want you to die. Ahem. A federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump’s supporters as they surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, …
Nov 08 2024
Clean up
About five years ago, my father and I spent a week pulling downed trees out of the woods and cutting them into rounds for firewood. We then stacked them in a field, and left the to season. I figured that mom and dad would grab the wood as they needed it. Well, that didn’t happen. …
Nov 05 2024
This election
Can be summed up by one quote from one of America’s greatest philosophers: Robert A Heinlein. “Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such …
Nov 02 2024
RIP Peanut, and what government does best
Have you heard of Peanut the squirrel? If not, here’s the simplified recap: A man living in New York named Mark Longo ran an animal rescue, and he had both a pet squirrel and a pet racoon. The squirrel, named Peanut, was the star of multiple online videos that helped raise money for the man’s …
Oct 30 2024
Are we deplorables, or are we garbage?
Or are we Nazis? Fascists? Ever since Drooling Joe the Chinese Hand Puppet body-checked the Cackling Whore’s speech the other night, I’ve seen people making jokes about it. Which is good, Laughing in the faces of the communists is an effective strategy. However, don’t lose sight of the fact that these people have made an …
Oct 25 2024
Every. Single. Time.
Were I to give bits and pieces of information and opinions to someone who has come from afar and wants to visit multiple places in the USA, one thing I would say is if there’s a Martin Luther King boulevard/avenue/road, stay away from it. Memphis police are investigating a shooting that left a woman injured outside …
Oct 16 2024
Expectations
I’m part of a men’s group here in town, and we’re all wrestling with our lives. I’d say my age is average for the group, although we have men as young as 21 and some that are 55+. It’s a group that holds each other accountable. We challenge each other. We don’t accept bullshit, and …
Oct 14 2024
Happy Columbus Day
And I refuse to ever call it “Indigenous People’s Day”. Why would I want to celebrate groups of people who murdered, raped, kidnapped and ate their enemies? Does that seem harsh? Maybe it is. But it’s also true. Would you like to know the last group of people in the USA who gave up their …
Oct 11 2024
When they tell you who they are, believe them
Ann Barnhard has pointed out for some time that one of the big tells from the satanic cabal that currently controls many of the institutions in this world is that they are literally forced in some form or fashion to admit that they’re working for the Enemy, and not for God. Think Jorge Bergoglio holding …
Oct 05 2024
And on more pleasant going-ons
Yesterday I found out that the local TLM Catholic church had planned a Rosary procession around the city park. I’ve been told for years that the Rosary is one of the most powerful weapons that the Catholic Church has. So…. We did all three sets of mysteries. Yes, I know JPII put the Luminous Mysteries …
Oct 03 2024
Talking about money
Hey, you remember Drooling Joe saying there wasn’t any more he could be doing for North Carolina? And how Secretary Mayorkas, a deeply corrupt and evil man, said that FEMA was out of money? You won’t believe where all that money went to! Actually, you probably will believe it. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted …
Oct 02 2024
Dumbing kids down on purpose
Apparently, kids today aren’t being taught how to read a book. I have no words. Being unable to read a book in its entirety means that you are incapable to following a logical conclusion. You can’t start at point A and get to point B. And you certainly can’t figure out truth from fiction if …
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