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Author: TriSec    Date: 07/25/2017 09:57:44

Good morning.

We'll get right to it - starting in my own backyard. One of Boston's most iconic attractions has been undergoing renovations for the last two years. Sunday evening, on a favorable tide, the USS Constitution was refloated and left drydock to retake her place of honor in the Charles town navy yard.


http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/07/24/uss-constitution-returns-boston-waters-repairs.html

Moving on to actual veterans, curiously enough eight veteran's groups are urging congress not to pass the latest so-called 'reform'. The groups are calling it unacceptable privatization, and are calling for emergency funding to preserve existing programs instead.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/07/23/veterans-groups-urge-house-to-reject-va-budget-plan.html

Finally, almost a nostalgic story. Remember when the Soviets used to do this stuff?

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/07/24/2-chinese-fighter-jets-buzz-us-navy-spy-plane-in-east-china-sea.html

And I have a day off tomorrow, so I hope to finally work on getting the ol' computer fixed.
 
 

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Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 13:06:55
Good Morning!


WTF WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?



Comment by Mondobubba on 07/25/2017 13:19:20
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!


WTF WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?



?

Comment by Scoopster on 07/25/2017 13:19:51
Mornin' all..

Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 13:20:55
Morning

Comment by Scoopster on 07/25/2017 13:23:07
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!


WTF WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?

I can kinda tell from how truncated today's blog is that Tri isn't in the best mood.


Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 13:24:56
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!


WTF WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?

I can kinda tell from how truncated today's blog is that Tri isn't in the best mood.

His computer is down and out right now, SO I think that is why. I saw what he posted on FB, and The artcle.

It was really frieghtening to watch.

Comment by Scoopster on 07/25/2017 13:24:56
I'm not sure how to take this. Either they're distancing themselves from that vulgar display last night, or they're shirking responsibility for letting it happen.




Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 13:25:26
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!


WTF WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?



?
The speech twitler gave at the BSA Jamboree.


Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 13:28:57
Quote by Scoopster:
I'm not sure how to take this. Either they're distancing themselves from that vulgar display last night, or they're shirking responsibility for letting it happen.


can I go with both?

What he did last night was truly abominable.


Comment by BobR on 07/25/2017 13:31:04
Quote by Scoopster:
I'm not sure how to take this. Either they're distancing themselves from that vulgar display last night, or they're shirking responsibility for letting it happen.



I'm not sure what they could have done to prevent it. Even if he provided a script beforehand, he always goes off-script. If they tried to drag him off the stage, the Secret Service would have stepped in.

Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 13:33:55
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
I'm not sure how to take this. Either they're distancing themselves from that vulgar display last night, or they're shirking responsibility for letting it happen.


can I go with both?

What he did last night was truly abominable.



See now I read that has the BSA doing a giant shrug and going "meh". If that is their whole statement it is lacking greatly. I get that a President is considered an honorary pres for the organization but it was the content of the speech not that tRump addressed them to begin with.

Comment by Mondobubba on 07/25/2017 13:34:33
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!


WTF WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?



?
The speech twitler gave at the BSA Jamboree.


Thank you, it is so hard to keep up with things. So much stupid shit, so little time.

Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 13:58:32


This should be a disqualifier.
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division, Brian A. Benczkowski, has disclosed to Congress that he previously represented Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions, whose owners have ties to President Vladimir V. Putin.



Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 13:59:11
Quote by wickedpam:

See now I read that has the BSA doing a giant shrug and going "meh". If that is their whole statement it is lacking greatly. I get that a President is considered an honorary pres for the organization but it was the content of the speech not that tRump addressed them to begin with.
EXACTLY!


Comment by Scoopster on 07/25/2017 14:03:58
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/25/2017 14:06:08
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:

See now I read that has the BSA doing a giant shrug and going "meh". If that is their whole statement it is lacking greatly. I get that a President is considered an honorary pres for the organization but it was the content of the speech not that tRump addressed them to begin with.
EXACTLY!



Trump politicizes everything. However, I think that Trump's speech has damaged the reputation of the Boy Scouts nationally. I do not understand the boos by the Scouts. I find that more disconcerting than Trump's speech.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 07/25/2017 14:09:31
I see D2S found a source for his Twitler Youth.

Time for the Boy Scouts to lose their tax-exempt status.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 07/25/2017 14:12:21
Quote by Raine:


This should be a disqualifier.
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division, Brian A. Benczkowski, has disclosed to Congress that he previously represented Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions, whose owners have ties to President Vladimir V. Putin.


I'm surprised he even disclosed it. Unless doing so makes him a better nominee. Maybe it's required to have Russian ties to get a spot in Twitler's government.

Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 14:13:24



Comment by trojanrabbit on 07/25/2017 14:15:06
Quote by Raine:



And who's going to make him show up?
Seriously

Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/25/2017 14:18:00
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by Raine:



And who's going to make him show up?
Seriously



The Senate, as I recall, has a sergeant-at-arms. However, I am not sure how anyone can be compelled to testify.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/25/2017 14:29:18
In some breaking international news, Israel is removing the metal detectors from around the Temple Mount.

How bad is Trump? He makes Netanyahu seem marginally reasonable in that Bibi will back down after a mistake. Trump seems incapable of admitting error.

Comment by Mondobubba on 07/25/2017 14:34:23
Quote by Will in Chicago:
In some breaking international news, Israel is removing the metal detectors from around the Temple Mount.

How bad is Trump? He makes Netanyahu seem marginally reasonable in that Bibi will back down after a mistake. Trump seems incapable of admitting error.


Bibi is one of the biggest assholes in the history of the middle east. Which is saying something considering the number of huge assholes who have come out of that part of the world over the past couple thousand years.

Comment by TriSec on 07/25/2017 14:40:04
If I learn that any scouts from Waltham boo'd Obama last night, I'll kick their asses.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/25/2017 14:47:34
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
In some breaking international news, Israel is removing the metal detectors from around the Temple Mount.

How bad is Trump? He makes Netanyahu seem marginally reasonable in that Bibi will back down after a mistake. Trump seems incapable of admitting error.


Bibi is one of the biggest assholes in the history of the middle east. Which is saying something considering the number of huge assholes who have come out of that part of the world over the past couple thousand years.



I agree. I thought Ariel Sharon was arrogant and hamfisted, but he was better than Bibi. I fear that Trump is like a somewhat more arrogant Bibi with a lobotomy and worst tastes. (I fear that somewhere Yitzhak Rabin weeps over Bibi's arrogance, probably near where the Founding Fathers are weeping over the Trump administration.)


The Toronto Star has an article on the 17 most jaw-dropping moments of Trump's BSA speech.

Comment by TriSec on 07/25/2017 14:50:01
The BSA policy statement below is accurate. There are specific rules regarding scouts at political events. However, the BSA generally didn't have to worry about politicians behaving inappropriately when addressing scouts - until now.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/25/2017 14:56:32
Quote by TriSec:
The BSA policy statement below is accurate. There are specific rules regarding scouts at political events. However, the BSA generally didn't have to worry about politicians behaving inappropriately when addressing scouts - until now.



We have not seen a politician like Donald Trump in the White House before. They all at least would try to act politely in public.

Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 15:13:53
omg I just fell into a MAGA rabbit hole with their MOAR "march" on 9/16 - they are so grossssssssss!

Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 15:30:07
Quote by TriSec:
If I learn that any scouts from Waltham boo'd Obama last night, I'll kick their asses.

Tri, serious question -- what about the Adults -- the leaders that boo'd?



Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 15:30:32
Quote by wickedpam:
omg I just fell into a MAGA rabbit hole with their MOAR "march" on 9/16 - they are so grossssssssss!

What possessed you to go there, woman?

Comment by Scoopster on 07/25/2017 15:35:12
Is this what qualifies for political discourse these days?




Comment by livingonli on 07/25/2017 15:45:53
Quote by Scoopster:
Is this what qualifies for political discourse these days?



Sadly yes, thanks to the Trumpanzee.

Comment by livingonli on 07/25/2017 15:46:08
Good morning, everyone.

Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 15:48:56
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
omg I just fell into a MAGA rabbit hole with their MOAR "march" on 9/16 - they are so grossssssssss!

What possessed you to go there, woman?



I was looking at upcoming events on FB and it was just there so I was curious and peeked. Bad idea. Not sure they are gonna get the 1M then want to show up

Comment by livingonli on 07/25/2017 15:52:16
I had heard that Trump was supposed to be giving a generic speech on scouting, but as usual, he goes off-script and makes it all about him. Nothing like poisoning the minds of America's youth considering most younger Americans by surveys lean left politically.

Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 15:55:33
Quote by livingonli:
I had heard that Trump was supposed to be giving a generic speech on scouting, but as usual, he goes off-script and makes it all about him. Nothing like poisoning the minds of America's youth considering most younger Americans by surveys lean left politically.

and Riack Perry was his cheerleader on that stage--

It was disgusting.

Comment by Mondobubba on 07/25/2017 16:01:49
Quote by wickedpam:
omg I just fell into a MAGA rabbit hole with their MOAR "march" on 9/16 - they are so grossssssssss!


Do you need a shower and a hug?

Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 16:02:39
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by wickedpam:
omg I just fell into a MAGA rabbit hole with their MOAR "march" on 9/16 - they are so grossssssssss!


Do you need a shower and a hug?


A little eye bleach should do it


Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 16:08:35



Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 16:22:51
This should go well.

‘I’m going to fire everybody,’ says Scaramucci

“I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it,” Scaramucci said. “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired.”

Scaramucci, wearing blue-tinted aviator sunglasses and speaking to a small group of reporters in the White House driveway Tuesday morning, gestured to the guard booth on the outskirts of the complex to emphasize his threat.

“If they don’t stop leaking, I’m going to put them out on Pennsylvania Avenue — it’s a very clear thing,” he said. “You want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do? If you want to work in the West Wing, you’ve got to stop leaking.”




Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 16:24:12
Quote by Raine:




Interesting, this morning on TOP he was up and at work by 6am

Comment by livingonli on 07/25/2017 16:34:23
Quote by Raine:
This should go well.

‘I’m going to fire everybody,’ says Scaramucci

“I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it,” Scaramucci said. “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired.”

Scaramucci, wearing blue-tinted aviator sunglasses and speaking to a small group of reporters in the White House driveway Tuesday morning, gestured to the guard booth on the outskirts of the complex to emphasize his threat.

“If they don’t stop leaking, I’m going to put them out on Pennsylvania Avenue — it’s a very clear thing,” he said. “You want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do? If you want to work in the West Wing, you’ve got to stop leaking.”



Especially with all the positions that still haven't been filled. No wonder why he went bankrupt so many times.

Comment by BobR on 07/25/2017 16:36:51
Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 16:40:46
Comment by Scoopster on 07/25/2017 16:48:48
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Raine:
This should go well.

‘I’m going to fire everybody,’ says Scaramucci

“I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it,” Scaramucci said. “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired.”

Scaramucci, wearing blue-tinted aviator sunglasses and speaking to a small group of reporters in the White House driveway Tuesday morning, gestured to the guard booth on the outskirts of the complex to emphasize his threat.

“If they don’t stop leaking, I’m going to put them out on Pennsylvania Avenue — it’s a very clear thing,” he said. “You want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do? If you want to work in the West Wing, you’ve got to stop leaking.”



Especially with all the positions that still haven't been filled. No wonder why he went bankrupt so many times.

Looks like he already started - Sr. Asst Press Secretary Michael C. Short (a buddy of Priebus) has now "resigned".

Comment by livingonli on 07/25/2017 16:49:03
Comment by wickedpam on 07/25/2017 16:50:06



Soo Cuteeeee!! I needed that fluff

Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 17:04:07
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Raine:
This should go well.

‘I’m going to fire everybody,’ says Scaramucci

“I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it,” Scaramucci said. “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired.”

Scaramucci, wearing blue-tinted aviator sunglasses and speaking to a small group of reporters in the White House driveway Tuesday morning, gestured to the guard booth on the outskirts of the complex to emphasize his threat.

“If they don’t stop leaking, I’m going to put them out on Pennsylvania Avenue — it’s a very clear thing,” he said. “You want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do? If you want to work in the West Wing, you’ve got to stop leaking.”



Especially with all the positions that still haven't been filled. No wonder why he went bankrupt so many times.

Looks like he already started - Sr. Asst Press Secretary Michael C. Short (a buddy of Priebus) has now "resigned".


This is insanity.


Comment by TriSec on 07/25/2017 17:58:03
Quote by Raine:

Tri, serious question -- what about the Adults -- the leaders that boo'd?



Any such discipline would be up to the locals. I'm sure the Southern Councils approve, but I'd bet some other locales would be interested in a full report.

Comment by Raine on 07/25/2017 17:59:48
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