So that everyone doesn’t go through what I just did, also because most of you are NOT laboring under my standard operating procedure of “the question is not whether I’m paranoid, the question is whether I’m paranoid enough”, Amazon is having internal system issues effecting the ability to log in. This includes resetting one’s password. …
Silverman on Security
My Take On The D.C. National Guard Colonel’s 6 January Memo To Congress
Earlier John noted the reporting about COL Matthews’ memo to Congress alleging that the Department of the Army is attempting to cover its six (for the non veterans reading this, read six as tuchas) regarding decision making made by LTG Piatt, the Army’s then Director of the Army Staff, and (now) GEN Charles Flynn, then …
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We Are Already Right of Boom! Russian Irredentism Towards Ukraine, the US’s & NATO’s Response, & Ukraine’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity
Probe with bayonets. If you encounter mush, proceed; if you encounter steel, withdraw. — attributed to VI Lenin As I type this, the Russian military is continuing a mobilization, movement of forces, and military build up along its border with Ukraine. Analysts are all over the map on whether this means an invasion is imminent …
A Bit of Personal Thanksgiving Tradition To Pass the Time: The Story Behind the Cornbread Stuffing
Now that my workout is done and while I drip dry a bit before showering the grime off and then getting the turkey I spatchcocked and wet rubbed last night in the oven, and since we could use a new open thread, I figured I’d regale you all with the story behind the cornbread stuffing …
The Durham Investigation, the Steele Dossier, & Misusing the Department of Justice For Partisan Political Purposes
Cole asked me to do a post on the Durham investigation and how the usual suspects – Greenwald, Taibbi, the Fox News/OAN/NewsMax/Breitbart/Shapiro/other conservative news and digital news sites, and other Trump world axis of shitbirds – and now CNN with their coverage of it yesterday, are using Durham’s indictments. Specifically, that they are using it …
9 PM CST Waukesha PD & Emergency Services Update Press Conference
In just a couple of minutes, the Waukesha PD will be holding a 9 PM CST update regarding the vehicular incident this afternoon at the Waukesha Christmas Parade. Here’s KARE 11 live feed: Update at 10:10 PM EST Well that was largely uninformative and anticlimactic. Open thread!
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On the Now Far Too Many Days That the Ideals That Are the Real America Are Tested, It Is Important To Remember When They Are, or Have Been, Actually Lived
Last night in the comments to my post on the Rittenhouse case and trial, Cacti posted this comment: There are two types of people who become lawyers. Those who do it because they believe in the system, and those who do it because they don’t. I’ve seen plenty of legal pros move from group 1 …