Military Humor

This list of "bullets", purportedly from actual Brittish Royal Navy Officer Fitness Reports, made the rounds when I was in the Navy.

I think some are appropriate to mark Donnie Dipshits 100 days.

- His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity.

- I would not breed from this Officer.

- This Officer is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definitely won't-be.

- When he opens his mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot was previously in there.

- He has carried out each and every one of his duties to his entire satisfaction.

-He would be out of his depth in a car park puddle.

- Technically sound, but socially impossible.

- This Officer reminds me very much of a gyroscope - always spinning around at a frantic pace, but not really going anywhere.

- This young man has delusions of adequacy.

- When he joined my ship, this Officer was something of a granny; since then he has aged considerably.

- This Medical Officer has used my ship to carry his genitals from port to port, and my officers to carry him from bar to bar.

- Since my last report he has reached rock bottom, and has started to dig.

- He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.

- He has the wisdom of youth, and the energy of old age.

- This Officer should go far - and the sooner he starts, the better.

- In my opinion this pilot should not be authorized to fly below 250 feet.

- This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.

- The only ship I would recommend this man for is citizenship.

- Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap.

- He took over an unsat division and "maintained it".

Maybe we should call pensions "golden parachutes", then Retrumplicans would support them

Saw a story that House Returdlicans are going after federal employees retirement, because...of course they are!

Wake up! The attacks on Civil Servants have NOTHING to do with "efficiency".

They are going after Civil Servants, because they are one of the last, largest workforce that hasn't become "oh master job-creator, I'm just fucking thankful I have a job" lemmings.

I think of the jobs my parents generation had. Ones where your wages and purchasing power could put you solidly in the Middle Class. Jobs where you could actually get ahead, where you could supplement retirement with Social Security and Medicare, and live out your "golden years" with some fucking dignity. The Retrumplican Party hates those jobs.

They want employees so fucking afraid, that they will gladly give up overtime pay, pensions, benefits, and any semblance of dignity, just to be "thankful they have a fucking job."

I have said this before, but in 1980, I made, the equivalent in today's money, $96K a year working full-time as a Stock Clerk in a grocery store in Ohio. I saw people that bought modest suburban homes and sent their kids to college on that job.

Returdlicans never have a cross word to say about millionaire "job creators" that run companies into ruin, only to walk away with a multi-million dollar "golden parachute".

Everyone else that ends up with some "benefits" is described as a "Lucky-Ducky".

What pisses me off the most, are the 10's of millions of poor and Middle Class Americans that continue to vote for these cons.

Let my backyard go to clover and I've never been happier

Fairly large backyard with multiple flower beds, I got so tired of trying to maintain that manicured, suburban, golf-coursian look. Plus the chemicals, expense, work and grass-seed....ughhh!

Saw a show a few years ago about letting nature run it's course and thought, why not?

Know what I had to do to let the clover take over? Absolutely nothing! I just had to stop what I was doing.

With the increased pollinators, my lillies, giant cannas and irises have taken off. Not to mention a vegetable garden that actually produces.

If I get dandelions or chickweed, I just mow with a battery powered mower.

Sorry I don't have pics, but I promised myself to NEVER go down the "how to post pictures on DU" rabbit-hole ever again.

Still keep up the front yard....I'm not a heathen.

Mrs Max adds that she's sure there are other things in my life I've been happier about.

Any other folks tried this?

At some point, it become NOT whether the President will obey court orders

It becomes whether military officers and enlisted will.

It becomes whether airline charter companies will.

It becomes whether pilots and bus drivers will.

It becomes whether lawyers will.

It becomes whether law enforcement will.

Until ultimately, it becomes whether ordinary American citizens will.

At some point, each and every American is going to have to make that choice.

Am I going to stand at my neighbors door, and defend him when they come for his family, or am I going to open the door for the fascists?

At some point, this MAGAt shitshow is going to end.

Those that stood with it, will be remembered like the Vichy French.

Make sure you don't choose poorly.

To the world: It will NOT take a generation for America to restore its place as the beacon of Democracy and Freedom

We'll get that shit back in about 4 years, once the MAGAt dipshit movement is crushed.

But, rest assured, it will take multiple generations for ANY country that collaborates, cooperates, or supports this fascist Donnie Dipshit shitshow.

In fact, such countries will be lucky to survive the wrath of a sane America.

Please remember that Donnie Dipshit will NOT be around forever, but American Democracy will endure.

America will remember those who stood on the side of freedom and liberal democracy. AMERICA WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE THAT DIDN'T!!!

My message to the dictator of El Salvador

"Ahem...if you refuse to return ALL of the deported immigrants you've taken from Donnie Dipshit, and if you take ONE, SINGLE SOLITARY American citizen into your gulags, whether the most vile, disgusting, soulless, hardened, violent criminal (like our current asshatted president), or Mother Mary off the streets of Bethlehem, OH, the next Democratic President is going to turn your palace into molten glass.

Maybe, we'll even release those 80,000 prisoners into your general population, and stand by and watch.

America is going to regain its sanity and moral compass soon. You DON'T want to be on the wrong side when that happens.

Please see 1945 Germany and Japan for examples of how America deals with fascists.

WTF do you want, with these lame-ass attacks on the Democratic Party?

I don't know about you, but I sure as "eff" don't want a Donnie Dipshit type administration from the left to replace this authoritarian shitshow.

I don't want a fucking dictator from the right, or the left.

Dems aren't fighting hard enough, because they are using the normal avenues for redress common to democracy?????

Just what the fuck will be left of 250 years of American Democracy, if both the right, and the left, blow it up?

When this shitshow is over, I want the "rule of law" to remain to put some of these fascist fucksticks in prison...and by "prison", I mean one on American soil....NOT some South American death-camp that would take them for 30 pieces of silver.

Those complaining that the "Dems aren't being "tough" enough, should be careful what they wish for...you may just get it.

Maybe there will come a time when the shitshow gets so bad, there will be no choice left but to blow the entire 250 years of American Democracy to smithereens.

IMHO - We are not there yet.

Sorry, but we need at least one party to work within our 250 year framework of compromise, comity, mutual respect, decorum and sanity.

If working within the framework of democracy, costs us 250 years of Democratic government, then it was never worth fighting for in the first place, was it?

"Hitler was a decent guy. He treated me well" - Bill Maher

"He was so gracious to me. All this 'final solution' stuff is just an act."

They didn't call him the "Fastest Guitarist in the West" for nothing

Dr. Jimmy - The Who (Warning: Violent Content)

I have been reluctant to post this song from my favorite band. Your opinions...

To me, it's vile, disgusting, raw, beautiful and poignant.

It's also one of the best examples of Keith Moon's brilliance and one of the best vocal performances of Roger Daltrey.

In the context of Quadrophenia, it depicts the point where the main character has hit rock bottom.

If you have ever been a juvenile male, you've acted like the character of Jimmy in the song. That's just a fact!.

To me, Jimmy's misogyny and toxic masculinity is NOT aspirational...it's cautionary.