Saturday, July 11, 2026

I just read that Trump is yanking the student loan program for useless degrees.

which actually makes sense because the likelihood of a woman's dance studies major to find suitable employment enabling them to pay the loan back is rather dim.

I've read a couple of tales of woe about people that can't retire because they're still paying off college loans which is sad. Actually I think these people have probably made other poor choices but I won't get into that yet.

Then again maybe I will. After all, I am writing this as I go along. 

When you started college your Uncle Mike had just bough himself a brand new second hand used pickup he got a deal on and offered you his old one for free because he knew you needed it to get back and forth to school. The vehicle he offered you was mechanically excellent but had faded paint so you begged off and went out and spent $20K on a car and added it to your college load. Bad decision.

After graduation you entered the work force and for ssome reason actually managed to find some sort of semi suitable employment and started to climb. You spent your first bonus on a trip to Hawaii instead of putting it toward your student loans. Bad choice.

You really thought you needed new cars every few years. More bad choices.

You could have gotten them paid off in 4 or 5 years by going into the military as an officer but your lame excuse was that you don't like people telling you what to do which is what happens to you at work constantly. Another lousy choice.

Then your Uncle Horace left you a big windfall in his will and for some reason or another you pissed that away instead of paying off your loans. 

Yanking the student loan program from those with useless majors will mean we will have fewer people like you running around.














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Friday, July 10, 2026

What happens when the system fails good people.

They either move or simply take the law into their own hands.

People forget that the system has a duty to the people it serves. If the system is designed to protect the people and their property and fails to do so then the system has no business interfering with the people stepping in and taking care of themselves.

One of the things the system tends to do is takes a true mentally ill troublemaker off the streets for a couple of months, clean him up and then release him if he promises to keep taking his meds.

He doesn't live up to his end of the deal and starts acting up. Rinse, repeat.

The people eventyually grow tired of it and lash out and the system goes after the people that are tired of being victims.

I think that in many instances of this that failure of the system to take care of the people should be an affirmative defense.





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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Sarcasm strikes again.

I corrected someone that quoted Neil Armstrong when he walked on the moon.

I pointed out that a second or two earlier Buzz Aldrin had pointed to something and told Neil, "Hey! That looks like Alice Kramden!"

"Really!?"

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

I have started to try and lose weight.

What is interesting to note is that lately I have not had much af an appetite which I suppose will help.

We shall see what we shall see.







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Things are starting to settle down a bit


which is good.

It looks like a hot July is in the making but that could change in a heartbeat.







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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Many of the Founding Fathers paid dearly.






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One day my First Sergeant called me in

and told me he had gotten a call from my father asking me about the date I had returned from leave.

"What's that all about?" he asked.

I said I'd find out and called Dad. He reported to me that the neighborhood kids had tossed some kind of IED into the neighbor's new in-ground swimming pool and cracked it. He wanted to make sure I had gotten back OK from leave and was properly signed into the battery because he knew I was probably a likely suspect.

When I explained what the call as all about to Top he said that he had handled a couple of calls like that over the years.

Then he laughed. "Blew up the guy's pool, huh? Years ago we had a guy accused of something like that on leave. He as at the battery and the incident happened in Oregon if I remember. The call came from a police chief. He had been here when the incident occurred also."

I made this post because yesterday someone complained about the fireworks and I warned them of the consequences of getting on the wrong side of the kids. 




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Friday, July 3, 2026

I love this story. SR-71 Blackbird.

Happy 4th!





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Ahh, yes. Major Jason Watson.

The officer that ran his mouth on the Capitol steps a couple of days ago.

He's reportedly an Air Force Academy graduate with 17 years in service. If you know, you know. If not I will explain things to you.

Most of his classmates have either gotten out after they served their required payback or they have been promoted ahead of Watson. 

He does not appear to be a standout officer. 

He was basically a logistician which is an honorable and much needed career field.

One thing is almost for certain. He's going places, but not in the Air Force. Most likely he's getting the boot for running off at the mouth on the Capitol steps.

Of course a lot of people are screaming that he has rights under the first Amendment but the fact is he doesn't. He's subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and as such he has violated numerous articles of it and can be tried by courts-martial and is subject to be punished as directed by the Courts-martial board.

If he wanted to run off at the mouth he should have resigned his commission first and then he would have all of his First Amendment rights restored. Instead he chose to ignore the UCMJ. 

What happens to him is his problem. 

Personally I think that after everything is over and done with and he is sentenced that President Trump give him the final humiliation. He ought to pardon him and restore him to duty.

McMurdo Station can probably use a mess officer.




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Thursday, July 2, 2026

I just read a brief article on seniors who can't retire


because they are STILL paying off college loans.

While I'm sure there is a VERY small handful of people with a bona fide reason it sounds like a life of poor decision making to me.

(Someone fell down a 300 foot mine shaft and got paralyzed for life) 

All I know is that debt is slavery and the three bank loans I ever took out were paid off in record time because I hated being in debt.




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