A longtime immigrant citizen from Cambodia posted about going through hell to get here. I'm sure it was no picnic.
My reply was "Cambodian?! I tot you wuz Irish!"
If I get called an asshole my reply is going to be "Perfect assimilation!"
Friday, April 24, 2026
Piccolo's assimilation test.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
War crimes.
seems to be what the left is accusing Trump of now which is a joke.
Anything militarily useful is a legitimate target. Anything.
A power plant that so much as supplies a military organization so much as one single watt second to the military becomes a bona fide military target. If a bridge is crossed by anything military it becomes a legitimate target.
During WW2 Notre Dame was not flattened because the Germans did not use it for military purposes. For example they stored no ammunition in it.
The IDF hit a building a while back in (IIRC) Gaza. The wire services, AP and Al Jazeera that had offices there moaned and groaned about it claiming that bombing a wire service was a crime. The IDF pointed out that Hamas had intelligence assets in the same building and so to speak told them to settle it with their landlord. The complaints died down fairly quickly when it was pointed out that it was a bona fide target. (Choose your landlords carefully)
What IS a war crime is 'Human Shielding' which is hiding behind non combatant's backs. Iran is threatening to put thousands of civilians on their bridges in what will probably be a futile attempt to protect them. If the US or the IDF destroy the bridges they bear no responsibility. The responsibility is Iran's and Iran's only for using human shields. The school that got hit and killed a large number of children was next door to a military asset of some sort.
Iran has made a large number of police/military installations close to schools, hospitals and dense residential areas.
Of course the left will screech about civilian deaths but their anger will be misdirected. War is an ugly game.
WW2 claimed about 80 million lives. Of these about 25 million were combatants. Civilian deaths were about 2.5 time the number of military deaths.
To be fair about it, the US military appears to be pretty good at making an honest effort to keep civilian casualties down. Precision munitions have contributed to this also. We don't have to flatten a large area to hit a specific target anymore. Still, things happen.
Pete Hegseth gets accused of war crimes every time we sink a drug runner. It's not a war crime although some people say it is. The workaround is that cocaine and fentanyl being smuggled in is a clear and present to danger the people of the United States and that holds water. It most certainly is NOT a war crime.
As far as Mark Kelly's subtle 'reminder' regarding illegal orders, (his comments long these lines were an attempt to spread disharmony among the troops) no illegal orders have been given. have been issued.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Haircuts.
For the past 15 years I have kept my hair very short.
If I let it grow out I look like Einstein so I simply keep it clipped.
About 15 years ago at Camp Perry one of the Marine NCOs gave me a 'Navy Reg' haircut which was my style for a couple of years until I decided it was also too much maintenance and simply went to a high and tight which was easier to maintain.
A few years ago I went to a shave everything but the top and clip that down to about a quarter inch which looks stupid for a couple of days but grows in nicely. It works and makes sense to me and looks OK.
Truth is the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is about two weeks.
Back in the service I never could understand all the stupidity regarding hair. I was a GI and figured I was expected to look like one. I ran with 'presentable' as my standard and eventually was told to get a haircut which I did only I simply got myself a basic training shaved head which I sported until just before I got out.
One day my battery commander casually asked me about it. He was just curious. I simply said that hair was the stupidest thing in the world to worry about and I just wanted to shut everybody up. I had better things to do than measure hair length and argue with Top about it which many soldiers did. I told him I thought the whole thing was ridiculous and it saved me money because I could grow it more between haircuts.
He shrugged and said it was fine by him. He said that a specific length was mandated simply because something like 'neat and well groomed' was subject to interpretation and then we're all in trouble. I agreed.
I think the whole haircut thing came to a head when some private told Top "If the army wanted my hair cut they would give it to me for free."
That was about the stupidest thing I ever heard someone say in the Army.
I was the unit armorer and was in the supply room. There was a barber kit there that was allegedly for 'field use', it had hand clippers that looked like they were for shearing sheep. There was also a set of electric clippers elsewhere. I seriously doubt they had ever been used.
I got a call from Top and he told me to give Private Gino a haircut.
I protested. "I'm a pretty lousy barber, Top."
"That's why I picked you." he said. "Peel him like a grape."
Private Gino walked in and asked me how long I had been cutting hair. "First time," I replied. "I'm just going to shear you like a sheep because that's all I know how to do. Don't worry. It'll probably grow back in in OK."
Private Gino turned around and ran to the barber shop.
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I just got reminded of a small incident that happened to me in the Army.
I was probably still an E-2 and was coming out of the chow line and an officer stopped me and took my tray and told me to get myself another one. For a second I was WTF?
The lieutenant said to me "I want a typical meal to eat. I'm OOD and am checking out the mess hall."
"Fair enough, Sir. It's actually in my best interest. For a half second I thought you were too lazy to go through the chow line but figured there was probably a pretty good reason."
I just went to the head of the line and filled up another tray for myself.
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Sunday, April 19, 2026
I just saw a video of someone stealing shoes
from Muslims as they prayed. He was stealing them in pairs which is the badge of a rank amateur.
If you are doing that the best way is to steal only one shoe from each pair and really piss them off. It's far more maddening to find you have only one shoe as opposed to having none at all. Add insult to injury!
If you are going to do something like that at least do it right. It's far more entertaining watching 20 people with one shoe than 10 people with no shoes.
Besides you can piss off twice as many people per armload as you carry them off.
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Oh yeah, the best way to get rid stolen shoes is to wait until you go on a long road trip and every couple of hours throw one into the breakdown lane.
Nothing gets people wondering more than seeing one shoe in the breakdown lane. They stay alert and keep their eyes open looking for the other one to show up.
Why?
should I get new truck?
I really don't want one and the one I have is comfortable enough. I like it and it does everything I want it to. It's as comfortable as the well worn Topsiders on my feet. It is what it is.
Look at me and figure out who I am. I am an old guy living out my life with things I have grown comfortable with. Look at my vehicles. I own a 2009 Tacoma, basic non extended pickup and a 1991 Mazda Miata.
Both of these fit me to a T.
Old School.
What is interesting to note is the local car lot has a 2011 low mileage duplicate of my pickup for $15K and in the back of my head I would actually consider paying for it if the one I have $hits the bed.
I like simple machinery and over the past ump-teen years have seen only two new car features that interest me, heads up GPS and backup cameras. I put an aftermarket backup camera in my 2009 ride.
Anyway, the power steering went on me and I have to get it fixed.
Years ago when I first got the damned thing someone asked me about why I didn't get all the cool features, the bright, shiny objects.
"Because if you don't have them they can't break and have to be fixed," I replied.
He was kind of stunned for a few seconds and admitted "There's something to be said for that."
I suppose if the truck came with manual steering I would not be getting it fixed. A Tacoma is a lightweight truck and really doesn't need power steering. It's just one of those things carmakers have sold for so long that most people would not know what to do without it.
What do you do without it?
You simply drive it the same way you do with power steering. The manual steering box ratios are a little different which tends to compensate.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Trump vs The Pope.
Don't get me started.
The Pope fired the opening salvo and Trump returned fire.
Tango Sierra. Fair enough. Trump defended himself.
I am of the ilk that believes that when a church enters the political fray they should lose their tax-exempt status. See how he likes that one!
Friday, April 17, 2026
I see where the ballroom is on hold again because of a federal judge.
What they ought to do to those judges that keep obstructing the President is have them put some skin in the game.
It the case against the president stands the test of SCOTUS then it stands. Fair enough.
OTOH if the case is overturned by higher authority the losing judge should be busted to Justice of the Peace and assigned to someplace like Mayberry County where he spends the rest of his career dealing with small town drunks, missing pets, noise complaints and intervening in squabbles between Karens..
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Thank you, God
For sending me three miserable pain in the a$$ orange cats in my life.
And thank you Jesus for dying for my sins even though I haven't finished committing them. I'll try to throttle back.
Amen.
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