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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Aug 26 2023
The Tour of Honor
For those who don’t know me as well as some, I’m what people might call a motorcycle “enthusiast”. Although perhaps that word is not quite right as I’m less enthusiastic about the machine and more enthusiastic about where it can take me. I like to ride. A lot. I purchased my currant iron horse in …
Aug 17 2023
If it’s tourist season, why can’t we shoot them?
Kalifornians discovered Idaho back in the 80’s, and they haven’t stopped showing up. This isn’t a new phenomenon. The common attitude from Kalifornians back then was “Oh, we’ll show you unenlightened hicks how things are supposed to work!” As if the reason they left their pathetic shithole state and moved up here was because somehow …
Aug 13 2023
Random observations from a small town fair
Due to certain familial and social obligations, I found myself in various activities in a small town of Northern Idaho as they had their town celebration. I won’t say that it was unpleasant. Quite the opposite. Also, I would like to thank whomever it was that convinced young women to wear yoga pants that leave …
Aug 11 2023
The death of America (Long live America!)
Back on the ye oldde Goolag blog, I had a tag that I used quite a bit called “The Death of America”, highlighting all the various ways that this country was dead and gone. A zombie, shambling around with no brain, no heart and no soul. Yesterday, our host asked if we were awake yet. …
Aug 10 2023
Clown World and Death Cults
There are times when I wonder if the people put into administrative and bureaucratic roles in our government are either evil, or simply incompetent. I’m going to have to go with “Evil” on this one. Remdesivir may be the most despised drug in American history, earning the nickname Run Death Is Near for its lethal …
Aug 08 2023
Yes, they really are coming for your children
This is deliberate enemy action. Just when you think the world cannot get any wackier, Disney says, “Hold my Bud Light” and totally proves you wrong. According to a new report from Breitbart News, the Walt Disney Company has followed in the footsteps of what was once the most popular beer brand in the world by …
Aug 07 2023
Chiming in
Given the various lawless areas all seem to have quite a few connecting issues, here’s another link in the logic chain. The issue wasn’t gun laws, it was race. “The study found that in areas with higher black populations, mass shootings are likelier to occur compared to communities with higher white populations,” CNN reported. “The …
Aug 06 2023
Petrichor
Like our host here, I too have spent much of the day in a rather disagreeable mood. However, I was able to at least have some small measure of enjoyment. We had rain today, after weeks of rather warm weather. And the smell of the rain on the soil is something that I’ve always enjoyed …
Aug 04 2023
Speaking of transitions
I’m old enough to remember when almost everybody thought that grooming young children for sex was a bad idea. A University professor has claimed kids should be exposed to adult genitalia to prepare them for the possibility of seeing a naked trans person, in a shocking jab at swimmer Riley Gaines. Of course it’s a …
Aug 01 2023
Red on Red
What happens when two of the Democrat Party voting blocks follow “their truths”, or whatever the hell they want to call it? The military calls it “Red on Red”. Two enemy groups attacking each other. All we have to do is sit back and watch. Sibley was “blasting music and dancing with his pals at …
Jul 31 2023
I don’t have a single bit of proof
But here’s what my brain is coming up with regarding the Obama’s personal chef, his death from drowning, and Barry showing up in bandages and a black eye. Barry plays for the home team, if you get my drift. I’m not even sure that Michelle Obama (aka Big Mike) is a real woman. Yeah, yeah, …
Jul 30 2023
If I could do one thing to improve America’s long term prospects
I would destroy the publik skool sistim. And quite frankly, I’d take out a lot of the “higher” education system as well. At this point, when someone brags about their degree in my presence, I automatically assume that I’m dealing with a brainwashed drone who knows nothing about anything. When it comes to education in …
Jul 29 2023
Not my favorite quote from W.C. Fields
My favorite is actually “Who is the despicable scoundrel who has stolen the cork from my lunch!” But then, I’m Irish and Italian mixed with Viking, so a little drink has never quite been enough.
Jul 27 2023
The Frenzy of Global Cooling Climate Warming Change
And I do need to thank Kim du Toit for that little descriptor. Maybe it’s just me, but I have seen a frenzy of propaganda recently regarding how we’re all gonna die and how we just need to give up our money and our personal freedom to the government in order to save Mother Gaia …
Jul 25 2023
What a load of hogwash
Yet another idiotic article proclaiming that eating meat is global warming climate cooling change. This really is a religious cult. University of Oxford experts say eating just 100g of meat per day – less than a single burger – creates four times more greenhouse gases compared with a vegan diet. And this is where I say that these …
Jul 20 2023
I’m tired of being right
We told you this would happen. Lots of people, not just myself, said that women were going to be forced to deal with male genitalia in the showers under the guise of “Trans rights”. Lo and behold…. An 18-year-old military recruit forced to shower with biological males as part of the Biden administration’s transgender policies …
Jul 17 2023
Gosh, what are the odds?
I mean, I’m totally sure that the people attacking a movie that exposes child sex trafficking and pedophelia are doing it for the noblest of reasons, right? *cough* What IS IT with these Leftist rags trying to tie ‘Sound of Freedom’ to Q? Guys, gals, whatever you call yourselves, CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING is sadly very …
Jul 15 2023
Random night time thoughts
I’ve test ridden the H-D Pan American, and it’s a tremendous motorcycle. I want one. But if I had my druthers, I think I would return to a bike that had one of these. Don’t ask me to explain. If you know, you know.
Jul 14 2023
Context
Every time I open the local rag, I’m treated to some insinuation that the earth and all its inhabitants are going to die from global cooling climate warming change. Many people today actually believe that. Let me add some context, compliments of Borepatch. The plain truth is that the earth has been far warmer on …
Jul 10 2023
I thank the Good Lord I’m retired
Because if I were still in, this would probably end up with me in Ft. Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks. Diversity is our strength. Except, apparently, the more diversity the military seeks, the less strength it requires. That seems to be the lesson of the Army’s physical fitness standards, which do not apply to people who are …
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