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From Breitbart:
“The press treats every shutdown like the asteroid about to kill the dinosaurs. It might not sell papers anymore, but it definitely triggers clicks and shares. Markets, by contrast, treat it like what it usually is — a Washington melodrama that doesn’t dent the real economy.”
And the public? With every shutdown, we learn just how inessential so much of our government is to our day-to-day lives, and how much we need to prune it, drastically.
Unnamed Drivers (And Voters)
Exhibit #1:
Additional note: 3 years is a “limited term”.
I’m not often in favor of yet more laws to be passed, but I think that if someone is injured or killed in an accident caused by one of these no-name drivers (or an illegal alien driver), the state in which the accident happened should have a prima facie legal cause for suing the issuing state, for millions of dollars.
That, and the affected state should impose a mandatory life sentence without parole on the no-name (or illegal alien) driver — public executions no longer being fashionable.
I am getting so sick of this bullshit.
Burning The Doors
From Longtime Friend and Reader Martin K.:
Martin adds:
“I am gravely disappointed at the Belgian law enforcement authorities: why do I not hear the musical sound of heavy police batons bouncing off the skull of this illegal migrant egg-fryer?”
I should point out that Martin is German — and given how often I slag off the Krauts, I am amazed that I have any German Readers at all, yet I have a few — but as a Longtime Reader, his rather poetic comment should come as no surprise.
I also suspect that at times his opinion of his compatriots may be even more scathing than mine.
Bitte schreib mir öfter, mein Freund. (With the usual apologies for my horrible German.)
Thursday Landscape
Shaftesbury Avenue, London (2017)
Cutting The Fat
SecWar (how I love that new title) Pete Hegseth has apparently read the Riot Act to the fat cats at the upper end of the chain of command:
“The era of politically correct, overly sensitive don’t-hurt-anyone’s-feelings leadership ends right now at every level,” Hegseth said at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia.
He also announced at the meeting new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness as well as an end to “woke” culture in the military, according to the Associated Press.
Hegseth also said he is changing fitness and appearance standards for the military, while setting the “Golden Rule” test.
Hegseth began his speech by saying: “Welcome to the War Department.” He also said: “The era of the Department of Defense is over.”
The secretary said the mission of the Pentagon is “warfighting: preparing for war and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.”
“Our warfighters are entitled to be led by the best and most capable leaders,” he said. “That is who we need you all to be.”
“We lost our way, and we became the ‘woke’ department, but not anymore,” Hegseth also said.
The secretary said that he is sending out 10 new DOD directives regarding physical fitness and grooming requirements, including a return to “the highest male standard” for combat positions.
“If you do not meet the male level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test, or don’t want to shave and look professional, it’s time for a new position or a new profession,” he said.
Hegseth added that “it’s tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops. Likewise, it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the world. It’s a bad look.”
Everyone agreeing with Pete, raise your hands…
Watch what happens to recruitment numbers…
