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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Jan 05 2024
Muh Democracy
If I have to listen to another Democrat hue and cry about “our democracy”, I’m going to puke. There’s a reason we’re not a democracy. We are a Republic, although at this point I would say we’re post republic and post-constitution based on how the government acts. Democracy is mob rule. Our founding fathers knew …
Jan 04 2024
I have another funeral tomorrow.
This one is going to be a hard one, since I know the family. The deceased and my father were friends. They lived relatively close to us. I went to school with his kids. I can’t say I stayed in touch with any of them after I graduated, but still, there’s a personal connection there. …
Jan 03 2024
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
The Kung Flu Plandemic by the numbers. A.K.A. you were lied to, repeatedly. As we can see, Covid-19 presented no more threat of death than flu to those aged under 75. In point of fact, there is a greater risk to the young in falling over and breaking their necks than dying from Covid-19. Conclusion: …
Jan 02 2024
They’re not even hiding it
The sheer amount of corruption at the Federal level can’t be hidden anymore, so they just “ignore” it. The charges that are dropped relate to bribery of politicians and illegal campaign contributions. Quelle surprise. What is so infuriating about this is obvious: it’s not that SBF is getting off on these charges–how much time he …
Jan 01 2024
The New Year
If I could give you a graphic representation of my farewell to 2023, it would be me, middle fingers upraised, mouth foaming as I spit curses at the passing year and telling it to go straight to hell and spend eternity choking on the barbed cock of Satan. Sadly, I don’t think that 2024 is …
Dec 30 2023
It’s going to get worse, before it gets worse
Someone points out that we’re already in a recession, even if nobody wants to admit it. Let’s take a look at three key areas. If honest numbers were being used, they would show that GDP growth has been negative for almost the entire time that Joe Biden has been in the White House. That would indicate that …
Dec 29 2023
A fish rots from the head down
And the US military is rotting. U.S. Military Lt. General says she will replace qualifications for queerness in her hiring processes. She then suggests passing laws banning se* change surgeries for minors puts servicemembers in danger. pic.twitter.com/Hhf6NPlZ8w — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 25, 2023 This so-called “leader” a FLAG OFFICER IN THE MILITARY OF …
Dec 26 2023
Sick as a dog
I don’t know quite what I have. It’s a respiratory virus, it hit my lungs, and it knocked me off of my feet yesterday. Literally. I could be up for about five minutes and then I had to go lay back down. My fever broke last night, and I seem to be getting better. At …
Dec 22 2023
Evil does exist
Ahem. So far the Biden Administration has lost over 85,000 unaccompanied minors–they take them in at the border, process them, fly them around the country, and they are never seen or heard from again. If you or I did this, it would be human trafficking. Federal contractors do it every day. Not all of them …
Dec 19 2023
The fact that this even has to be said astounds me
Cold weather and batteries DO NOT MIX. EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—Here in Wisconsin, where fewer than one-tenth of 1% of vehicles are fully electric, it’s rare to see an EV outside the city. That’s why the latest international climate conference, Conference of the Parties (COP28), which advocated widespread adoption of electric vehicles, should have Wisconsinites concerned. When the temperature …
Dec 19 2023
The CDC stirs up the panic porn once again
“Tripledemic”? Really? I never got the Covid jab, although there was a period of time where I was going to lose my retirement for that. I’m done getting the flu shot. It doesn’t work, and what evidence is out there regarding the flu shot seems to point to the shot actually making things worse. At …
Dec 15 2023
I’m going to put this here
And I’ll expound on it later. What I say might shock some folks. But for now, here is this.
Dec 14 2023
The death of Academia
The fate of “higher” education in this country has been written about for decades now, although the kerfluffle regarding the Ivy-league sociopaths have drug it back into the spotlight recently. There’s nothing like defending genocidal calls on campus to make people wonder just why they should send their children to your institution. And now the …
Dec 11 2023
Sorry, my give-a-damn is busted
So for those who don’t know, I spent three and a half years in Los Angeles courtesy of Uncle Sam and USAREC. Three and a half years drowning in one of the most “progressive” cities/counties in the country, with all the joyful accoutrements that one would expect from such a place, i.e. public defecation in …
Dec 07 2023
Pearl Harbor Day
My father was born in early 1940. My grandfather was a gunner’s mate on a US Navy destroyer. Time at home was scarce, and well apprciated. And then the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on this day in 1941. And my father didn’t see his father for four years. Can anyone reading this imagine that? Even …
Nov 29 2023
Henry Kissinger is dead
My entire life I’ve heard of Henry Kissinger, the USA’s most famous diplomat, yada yada umptifratz. Can someone older and wiser than myself point me to one of his successes? Something in his repertoire that warrants all the accolades he’s been given? ANYTHING that shows he’s actually done some good in this world? I’m not …
Nov 24 2023
Open Tabs
Amongst the various open ta bs that I currently have on my browser are two various recipes for chaurice (the Creole version of Chorizo), the Syracuse Casing Company website, Banana Ink stickers, various school websites for my return to the classroom, and then these two articles that have given me a bit of indigestion after …
Nov 20 2023
Bring back tarring and feathering
Via the Epoch times, in an article about how the IRS is planning on fining you for “underpayment of taxes” (as if the Byzantine tax code of the FUSA actually lets you figure out what you’re getting skinned for) comes this little blurb that made me see red once again. The federal government made direct …
Nov 17 2023
Just in case you need a reminder
You cannot trust the government. There is currently a cult of pedophiles that has dedicated itself to worshiping Satan and is blackmailing young girls into harming themselves. Alarming, right? I’m sure that you, like me, believe that something needs to be done to stop these miscreants from carrying out such twisted, evil deeds against impressionable …
Nov 12 2023
Been a little busy around the homestead lately
And quite frankly, I haven’t felt the urge to write. Hell, I haven’t felt the urge to do much except crawl into a hole and pull it in after me, but here we are. On the topic of “things that make me scream at my computer” is this headline from the garbage bird-cage liner, “Americans …
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