What Does Tom Tiffany Have Against Democracy?

Let’s see…the US Senate recently passed a bill titled Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 essentially on a voice vote of 100 – 0. Unanimous. This is modeled on a WWII program that provided weapons to the allies fighting Hitler before the United States entered the war. Given the…

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And What Are They Saying About Ukraine In Finland?

from social media. leaving off name attributes to protect the innocent

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Putin’s Actions May Bring Him Exactly What He Doesn’t Want

One of the points that Russian President Vladimir Putin was supposedly concerned about was the spread of NATO to nations that border Russia. Besides his desire to re-acquire the Soviet empire, he says that he feels that NATO is a threat to Russian independence. You may parse those sentiments anyway…

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Christmas Music: US Army Band from Fort Shafter HI

sort of a Christmas tradition for me. full disclosure, the flute player second from left is my son.

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One take away on gun control per the Rittenhouse case from Kenosha.

I am not going down the various rabbit holes around the Rittenhouse case. But one thing came out of the case that should trouble a lot of people. About a week into the trial, Judge Bruce Schroeder threw out a charge that Kyle Rittenhouse was a minor in possession of…

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The Military Really Needs To Step Up On Sexual Assault And Mental Health.

And the Army in particular needs to have an immediate and thorough investigation at Fort Hood TX like…RIGHT NOW! Today’s news includes another sad story about a young soldier who apparently took his life after reporting a sexual assault. The body of Sgt. Elder Fernandes was apparently found hanging from…

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Donald Trump’s War On Christmas!

With all of the brouhaha around the United States Postal Service and the effects on mail in ballots for the coming election, there are a number of other impacts being overlooked. Of course the side effects are the collateral damage on e-commerce in general and maybe Amazon in particular. But…

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Who Is Guarding Our Borders?

Right now, this is a legitimate question. If President Donald Trump is putting together invading forces of up to 75,000 people to send into our cities using members of the border guard, ICE, and the US Coast Guard…who is left to guard our borders? Or did we finish the wall…

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Sen. Duckworth On Putin Bounties

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Putin’s Bounties vs. Trump’s Regime

Several weeks ago, the New York Times, published an article outlining intelligence reports that Russia was offering bounties to the Afghan Taliban for killing American soldiers. Other media outlets and apparently foreign intelligence agencies corroborated the reports. What was the first response from the White House? Well nobody briefed the…

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