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Teacher, Retired Air Force Officer, Former HR Manager, Longtime Civil War Student, Sci Fi fan, Hokie Forever.

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Throwback time. Lordy, Lordy, look who's forty!

07.03.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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High school science today.

05.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At CBS News, where staffers are apparently barred from reading history books, the hostilities between Iran and the US don’t begin until 1979.

04.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 2149 πŸ” 452 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 44
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What the National Park Service Has Flagged Thus Far. It's Much Worse Than I Thought. Note: This is a long post.

I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks πŸ—ƒοΈ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

03.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 345 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 12

It’s an absolute dereliction of duty that the Trump Administration didn’t have a plan in place to get Americans out of danger.

03.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 955 πŸ” 258 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 12

It's like they're vampires and the truth is garlic and sunlight.

03.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Accurate.

03.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The grift that keeps on grifting.

03.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 3028 πŸ” 834 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 24
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Trump is lying.

I serve on the Intel & Armed Services Committees.

There’s no intelligence that Iran posed an imminent threat to the U.S. or the American people.

03.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 2569 πŸ” 932 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 35
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High school math today.

03.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

02.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 6884 πŸ” 1753 πŸ’¬ 310 πŸ“Œ 59
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β€œIf we’re not careful, we’re going to get a judge killed. It’s just that stark,” says retired federal Judge John Jones, a George W. Bush appointee.

A 60 Minutes investigation found that judges who ruled against the Trump administration have received threats. cbsn.ws/3OEfxrr

02.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
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Aquatics today.

02.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The haul from today's US Army Heritage and Education Center used book sale.

01.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's actually my scarf. All members of the 69th Bomb Squadron wore that scarf with their flight suits.

28.02.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In between Throwback Thursday and this kid's birthday.

28.02.2026 05:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After TR was elected vice president he went into the mountains of Colorado and killed a mountain lion with his knife.

I mean, I don’t endorse killing mountain lions, but TR could have beaten Pillsbury Proud Boy unconscious with his pince-nez.

(Hat tip to the Daily Show for the Vance nickname.)

27.02.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Historian of Reconstruction not surprised the man is historically illiterate besides many other things!

27.02.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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It's not hyperbole to suggest that today we have a federal government that doesn't so much represent or resemble a federal administration as it does a family crime syndicate.

27.02.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 19113 πŸ” 5831 πŸ’¬ 588 πŸ“Œ 272
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High school Agricultural Technology again today.

27.02.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But will everybody know your name there?

27.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The day after the Lincoln Forum ends is Dedication Day and the Fortenbaugh Lecture.

27.02.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember when news anchors on TV were paragons of good grammar. Today's anchors are cringe-worthy with their sloppy grammar.

27.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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High school Agricultural Technology today.

26.02.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some high school science today.

25.02.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Autocrats are famous for stemwinder speeches.

25.02.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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High school math today.

23.02.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.

The vanity of RFK Jr's video & the show of brutal dominance in MMA fighting (to be featured on the White House lawn) is a corrupt masculinity that reflects the regime's rottenness.

As a lifelong practitioner of a traditional Japanese martial art, I have thoughts.
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22.02.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Terrific lineup of historians.

22.02.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't believe the Constitution requires the president to be a homo sapien.

21.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0