“Marine Corp study found all-male combat units performed better than mixed units. All-male units were faster, and more accurate and precise. Additionally, there was a higher rate of injury for females compared to males when performing the same task.”
“Early in the hearing process, Hegseth revealed how the mainstream media weaponized their influence by deliberately refusing to publish positive quotes about him.
He revealed, “People would reach out to me and say, ‘I’ve spoken to this reporter about who you really are, and I was willing to go on the record, but they didn’t print my quote. They didn’t print any of my quotes.’ Or, ‘I’ve worked with you for 10 years,’ or, ‘I was your accountant,’ or, ‘I was your chief operating officer,’ or, ‘I was your board member,’ or, ‘I was with you on a hundred different tour stops for Concerned Veterans for America.’
“No one called me. No one asked about your conduct on the record or off the record. Instead, a small handful of anonymous sources were allowed to drive a smear campaign and agenda about me because our left-wing media in America today sadly doesn’t care about the truth.””
A friend of mine’s daughter served on an aircraft carrier, gassing up jets 20 years ago.
One of the jet fuel hoses got loose and hit her.
She was a strong young woman, but she has suffered pain ever since–with the awful consequences of someone who can’t find relief with anything.
Support roles for women, sure. Combat or heaving lifting roles? No.
Do the Israeli women–and everyone serves in the Israeli army for at least a few years and has a rifle at home even now–do they serve in physically demanding roles that pit their strength against men?
“Top Pentagon Advisor Jamie Mannina has just been FIRED per email to @OKeefeMedia from Joint Staff Public Affairs Spokesman Joseph Holstead
Mannina was caught on OMG hidden cameras revealing plans “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to to ‘Protect People from Trump’.”
—-
“Top Pentagon Advisor Reveals On Hidden Camera Conversation “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to ‘Protect People from Trump’
Confirms Secret Meetings regarding AI: “That is sensitive information… We’re going to have to keep it between us…””
“So I am not over the Tim Kaine questioning and so I really feel the need to recap who democrats keep voting into Congress.
He ran with Hillary Clinton whose husband has been very credibly accused of r*pe by many women (one of whom I had the privilege of hearing speak about the horrific event), who has cheated on his wife since the moment they have been married, and the most famous instance of this is when he did it in the oval office.
Then he had no problem campaigning with Doug Emhoff who cheated on his first wife with the nanny and got her pregnant and we have no idea what happened to that child and then had a second woman credibly accuse him of beating her up.
Then he campaigned for a nominee in Virginia, who had to withdraw from the race because it came out that she was streaming home made p*rn with her husband for money on some bootleg version of OnlyFans.
That is who the democrat thought is the perfect person to attack Pete Hegseth about his prior infidelity?
Are you kidding me? Who thought this was a good idea?”
I’m watching the Pam Bondi confirmation hearing. It’s amusing to see so many Democrat Senators worried about Trump weaponizing the DoJ as Democrats and Biden have done. They fear the tables may be turned on them and their guilty minions, as they should be. There newfound concern is laughable.
“President Trump’s nominee for CIA Director calls out Adam Schiff.
“When a chairman of an intelligence committee misrepresented that a laptop owned by Biden’s son was somehow a Russian intelligence operation… I told the people the truth.””
“John Kennedy LIGHTS UP Democrats for Using the DOJ to Target Trump
“That’s the sort of thing that happens in a country whose Powerball jackpot is 287 chickens and a goat.”
“The most destabilizing act that I saw in the past four years, maybe in the history of the department, is when Attorney General Garland decided, on the basis of dubious facts and untested legal theories, to criminally prosecute a former President of the United States.”
“This is America. That had never happened before in America. That’s the sort of thing that happens in a country whose Powerball jackpot is 287 chickens and a goat.”
Israelis are heavily armed in the same way as Switzerland — there’s at least one army issued gun in every household. However, that’s not helpful at a music festival where most Israelis were shot nor is helpful when there’s more than one armed intruder in your house. Interestingly when I went to wikipedia for “guns per capita by country” Israel was not listed — so they are keeping that information secret
On the list, USA is number one but Yemen is second. Guns don’t seem to prevent violence. Then you have countries like Canada, Nordic, Balkans — a real mixed bag. Guns don’t seem to make a difference, one way or the other.
Senate confirmation hearings are bizarre for the non-Americans who live in a parliamentary democracy. Our cabinet ministers almost always come from the House of Commons and arent subject to any confirmation process. The idea the president can just pick any arbitrary person is different for those under a parliamentary system.
From the left side of the internet, Hesgeth is still getting mocked heavily for his drinking especially as it appears he stumbled on his last kid’s name. And when he couldn’t name any members of ASEAN is now part of the highlight package. Honestly — anyone who thinks they can be Sec’y of Defence should know it, I thought it was a “gotcha softball question” and was surprised when he fumbled.
The whole process though is a charade — nobody really answers the questions and depending on the party the questions can be pure farce as well. The charade is bipartisan — just reversed when Biden nominees were being confirmed.
It appears both Biden and Trump are claiming credit for the Gaza/Israel peace deal.
Some people are thinking Israel caved as they will release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages. This was of course the goal Hamas had in mind over a year ago. The destruction of Gaza infrastructure and about 40 000 civilian deaths makes this whole situation an argument for the Calvinistic idea of total depravity.. Speaking of it in terms of win/lose is grotesque.
HRW, we’re looking to our new state of Canada to fix all of this, whatever comes.
Seen online via a commentator:
~ New presidents are almost always surrounded by optimism from supporters on the cusp of their inauguration. Everyone is getting jobs and has big plans. Everything still seems possible. …
But this honeymoon is special for Trump because he was one of the few presidents denied one the first time he was elected. MAGA people will tell you that was 100 percent because of “Russia, Russia, Russia” and there is definitely some truth to that. But Trump also ruined his own honeymoon with his weird inaugural address, by beclowning Sean Spicer with all that Biggest Crowd Ever nonsense, and by running a chaotic operation.
This time the operation is more disciplined, and Democrats are demoralized more than they are outraged. It still seems possible that nearly all of Trump’s promises could come to fruition—at least superficially—like so many boxes with a Schrödinger’s cat in each one. After the inauguration, each box gets opened and we see which cats are alive, and which are … just resting.
But this time is all different because, à la Arthur’s restoration of England, it looks to a lot of people like nature is healing. As presidents become avatars of the culture war, people increasingly think the health of the land is tied to the health—or success—of the president. … ~
(We all need to relearn so much every 4 – 8 years amid the predictable mood swings to come on both “sides.”)
hrw, seems I heard they had no weapons in the Kibbutz, which seemed odd with safe rooms, but I guess the safe rooms were more for rocket attacks. Guns are not terribly useful if they are not easily accessible in times of emergency. As in locked safes to protect children (which we, of course, have and use. But not much good if you need a gun in a hurry.
Wandering Views 
“Top 5 moments from Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing:
5. Hegseth calls out the media for manufacturing fake stories to give Democrat Senators “ammo” to come after him.
4. Senator Gillibrand has a bizarre emotional outburst while arguing why women should serve in combat roles in the military.
3. Markwayne Mullin called out senators for showing up to work drunk.
2. Senator Hirono was caught slurring her words as she accused Hegseth of showing up to work drunk.
1. Audience starts laughing at Elizabeth Warren.
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1879319069951672538?t=2cBU5NndDJQWE085EC7X9g&s=19
Huh. Drunken politicians you say…..
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Not surprising.
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1879310230162710551?t=M1k7uTyR8DQSXX8uBwzKDQ&s=19
“Marine Corp study found all-male combat units performed better than mixed units. All-male units were faster, and more accurate and precise. Additionally, there was a higher rate of injury for females compared to males when performing the same task.”
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Smear merchants go looking for dirt, not facts.
https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1879265500628148386?t=icKHsg76bTtQnxQ5ZTYFhw&s=19
“Early in the hearing process, Hegseth revealed how the mainstream media weaponized their influence by deliberately refusing to publish positive quotes about him.
He revealed, “People would reach out to me and say, ‘I’ve spoken to this reporter about who you really are, and I was willing to go on the record, but they didn’t print my quote. They didn’t print any of my quotes.’ Or, ‘I’ve worked with you for 10 years,’ or, ‘I was your accountant,’ or, ‘I was your chief operating officer,’ or, ‘I was your board member,’ or, ‘I was with you on a hundred different tour stops for Concerned Veterans for America.’
“No one called me. No one asked about your conduct on the record or off the record. Instead, a small handful of anonymous sources were allowed to drive a smear campaign and agenda about me because our left-wing media in America today sadly doesn’t care about the truth.””
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A friend of mine’s daughter served on an aircraft carrier, gassing up jets 20 years ago.
One of the jet fuel hoses got loose and hit her.
She was a strong young woman, but she has suffered pain ever since–with the awful consequences of someone who can’t find relief with anything.
Support roles for women, sure. Combat or heaving lifting roles? No.
Do the Israeli women–and everyone serves in the Israeli army for at least a few years and has a rifle at home even now–do they serve in physically demanding roles that pit their strength against men?
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Recall them to active duty and court martial every one of them for treason. Start with the guy admitting it on video.
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1879340368925495371?t=z1b7bX-0zUyL7SNObHgLOQ&s=19
“Top Pentagon Advisor Jamie Mannina has just been FIRED per email to @OKeefeMedia from Joint Staff Public Affairs Spokesman Joseph Holstead
Mannina was caught on OMG hidden cameras revealing plans “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to to ‘Protect People from Trump’.”
—-
“Top Pentagon Advisor Reveals On Hidden Camera Conversation “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to ‘Protect People from Trump’
Confirms Secret Meetings regarding AI: “That is sensitive information… We’re going to have to keep it between us…””
https://x.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1879323394950184970?t=wqpu6crsmMltpEBbH6-G0w&s=19
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Just pathetic.
https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1879314703429575034?t=EIrtjYHAR5zgMr4lF81SxQ&s=19
“So I am not over the Tim Kaine questioning and so I really feel the need to recap who democrats keep voting into Congress.
He ran with Hillary Clinton whose husband has been very credibly accused of r*pe by many women (one of whom I had the privilege of hearing speak about the horrific event), who has cheated on his wife since the moment they have been married, and the most famous instance of this is when he did it in the oval office.
Then he had no problem campaigning with Doug Emhoff who cheated on his first wife with the nanny and got her pregnant and we have no idea what happened to that child and then had a second woman credibly accuse him of beating her up.
Then he campaigned for a nominee in Virginia, who had to withdraw from the race because it came out that she was streaming home made p*rn with her husband for money on some bootleg version of OnlyFans.
That is who the democrat thought is the perfect person to attack Pete Hegseth about his prior infidelity?
Are you kidding me? Who thought this was a good idea?”
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I’m watching the Pam Bondi confirmation hearing. It’s amusing to see so many Democrat Senators worried about Trump weaponizing the DoJ as Democrats and Biden have done. They fear the tables may be turned on them and their guilty minions, as they should be. There newfound concern is laughable.
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Bam!
The hypocrisy from the Democrats is astounding.
A sitting Senator calling out his drunken and womanizing coworkers.
https://x.com/Shawn_Farash/status/1879224491089580135?t=AqhxkGOK2vcXmFgaaNIqiQ&s=19
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The more we know, the more Wray is exposed as a partisan fraud. Good thing he’s quitting. It will save Trump the trouble of firing his weasel butt.
https://x.com/mercedesschlapp/status/1879238302307701016?t=glf935C9nwQo_uCo0i5Tvw&s=19
“The Washington FBI office strongly recommended to Director Wray not to raid President Trump’s home because he was cooperating with them.
Wray ignored them and raided Mar-A-Lago as a political stunt.”
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All by design.
https://x.com/RealEJAntoni/status/1879338424693637350?t=yYZ8JFN_Wt2PjA0A_mu2xQ&s=19
“This is the worst start to a fiscal year EVER:
– Spending is up 10.9%
– Receipts are down 2.2%
– FYTD deficit up 39.4% at $711 billion
They’re handing Trump a ticking time bomb…”
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Michelle, where were those weapons Oct 7? Seems they were mostly unarmed.
mumsee
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My guess is complacency.
mumsee
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Pam Bondi is a star.
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Bam!
Call out the fraud.
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1879597725064560847?t=fdqBe7j9UaBUz8Az7k4Ovg&s=19
“Bondi to Shifty Schiff: “I’m not going to mislead this body, nor you. You were censured by Congress for comments like these.”
—-
He knows Dems and Liz Cheney destroyed evidence, but now suddenly he’s worried about it? What a phoney.
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1879598567813488860?t=p0Izfh5dYnByOSB_bMfAyw&s=19
“This is a masterclass on dealing with a pompous, slimy, show trail politician. Bravo, Pam Bondi.”
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Once again Schiff is exposed as a fraud. Thanks for nothing Cali.
https://x.com/IanJaeger29/status/1879562088303280261?t=bF3JLQpc8AB-CUIihZXGIA&s=19
“President Trump’s nominee for CIA Director calls out Adam Schiff.
“When a chairman of an intelligence committee misrepresented that a laptop owned by Biden’s son was somehow a Russian intelligence operation… I told the people the truth.””
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Once again X and “right wing media” do the job of exposing truth, which the MSM won’t.
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1879563630469108218?t=t9-AG1ODZlvsZMdVf8rWtQ&s=19
“In an extraordinary series of events, the Pentagon has terminated a top official for what he said on tape, and no word from the DC press.
This is why we say ‘we are the media.’
They’re no longer merely not reporting news.
The MSM is now in the news suppression business.”
——
They’ve been suppressing news that hurts Dems for decades. People have caught on to their fraudulent act.
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Yet now Dems are worried it may be turned against them. And they should be.
https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1879567371108581639?t=FpJrXiUmd6Ehke43X66ZBA&s=19
“John Kennedy LIGHTS UP Democrats for Using the DOJ to Target Trump
“That’s the sort of thing that happens in a country whose Powerball jackpot is 287 chickens and a goat.”
“The most destabilizing act that I saw in the past four years, maybe in the history of the department, is when Attorney General Garland decided, on the basis of dubious facts and untested legal theories, to criminally prosecute a former President of the United States.”
“This is America. That had never happened before in America. That’s the sort of thing that happens in a country whose Powerball jackpot is 287 chickens and a goat.”
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I guess the rules change suddenly based on party affiliation. These are unserious people. They’re a joke.
https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1879543419267432908?t=BB-59lScUhKgHNtL4Gffkg&s=19
“Dick Durbin: The AG isn’t the “president’s wingman.”
FLASHBACK: AG Eric Holder, Obama’s “wingman”
“Eric Holder: “I’m still the president wingman”
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Speaking of frauds, I see lyin’ Biden is on trying to take credit for the peace deal between Israel and the terror group Hamas. What a joke.
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I would expect no less of Biden. He needs to go out in glory, even if it is only in his head. Peace to him now for I fear much unrest in his future.
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Mumsee,
Israelis are heavily armed in the same way as Switzerland — there’s at least one army issued gun in every household. However, that’s not helpful at a music festival where most Israelis were shot nor is helpful when there’s more than one armed intruder in your house. Interestingly when I went to wikipedia for “guns per capita by country” Israel was not listed — so they are keeping that information secret
On the list, USA is number one but Yemen is second. Guns don’t seem to prevent violence. Then you have countries like Canada, Nordic, Balkans — a real mixed bag. Guns don’t seem to make a difference, one way or the other.
hrw
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Senate confirmation hearings are bizarre for the non-Americans who live in a parliamentary democracy. Our cabinet ministers almost always come from the House of Commons and arent subject to any confirmation process. The idea the president can just pick any arbitrary person is different for those under a parliamentary system.
From the left side of the internet, Hesgeth is still getting mocked heavily for his drinking especially as it appears he stumbled on his last kid’s name. And when he couldn’t name any members of ASEAN is now part of the highlight package. Honestly — anyone who thinks they can be Sec’y of Defence should know it, I thought it was a “gotcha softball question” and was surprised when he fumbled.
The whole process though is a charade — nobody really answers the questions and depending on the party the questions can be pure farce as well. The charade is bipartisan — just reversed when Biden nominees were being confirmed.
hrw
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It appears both Biden and Trump are claiming credit for the Gaza/Israel peace deal.
Some people are thinking Israel caved as they will release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages. This was of course the goal Hamas had in mind over a year ago. The destruction of Gaza infrastructure and about 40 000 civilian deaths makes this whole situation an argument for the Calvinistic idea of total depravity.. Speaking of it in terms of win/lose is grotesque.
hrw
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HRW, we’re looking to our new state of Canada to fix all of this, whatever comes.
Seen online via a commentator:
~ New presidents are almost always surrounded by optimism from supporters on the cusp of their inauguration. Everyone is getting jobs and has big plans. Everything still seems possible. …
But this honeymoon is special for Trump because he was one of the few presidents denied one the first time he was elected. MAGA people will tell you that was 100 percent because of “Russia, Russia, Russia” and there is definitely some truth to that. But Trump also ruined his own honeymoon with his weird inaugural address, by beclowning Sean Spicer with all that Biggest Crowd Ever nonsense, and by running a chaotic operation.
This time the operation is more disciplined, and Democrats are demoralized more than they are outraged. It still seems possible that nearly all of Trump’s promises could come to fruition—at least superficially—like so many boxes with a Schrödinger’s cat in each one. After the inauguration, each box gets opened and we see which cats are alive, and which are … just resting.
But this time is all different because, à la Arthur’s restoration of England, it looks to a lot of people like nature is healing. As presidents become avatars of the culture war, people increasingly think the health of the land is tied to the health—or success—of the president. … ~
(We all need to relearn so much every 4 – 8 years amid the predictable mood swings to come on both “sides.”)
Enjoy the ride.
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hrw, seems I heard they had no weapons in the Kibbutz, which seemed odd with safe rooms, but I guess the safe rooms were more for rocket attacks. Guns are not terribly useful if they are not easily accessible in times of emergency. As in locked safes to protect children (which we, of course, have and use. But not much good if you need a gun in a hurry.
mumsee
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