The Frankish Reich

"But instead of charging Margolin, the Marine Corps moved him to an air base in Miramar, California—referred to as a “coveted gig” by Marine attorneys. At the time of his transfer, in August 2014, Ewers served as the staff judge advocate to the commandant and was directly involved with what duty stations his judge advocates were assigned to, attorneys said. “When [Margolin] didn’t get processed for separation, you could have knocked me over with a feather,” said a retired judge advocate who served with Margolin. “If you think people didn’t notice the clear and abundant favoritism, in the words of the immortal Judas Priest, ‘you got another thing coming.’ But it was par for the course with that group: You were either in their little tribe, or you were sucking eggs.” Margolin retired two years later with full benefits. “I’ve seen enlisted Marines court-martialed for less,” said a retired senior defense attorney. Margolin is currently serving as a supervisory immigration judge in Santa Ana, California. He did not respond to interview requests." https://thewarhorse.org/sharkys-and-the-golden-boy-military-justice-abandons-the-vulnerable-to-protect-the-powerful/

The lol emoji is for that last sentence.

Thanks. This is actually a very thoughtful essay on the whole tragedy.

If the divas fight will it be in burkas?

Off topic: Chad Kelly made $583,000 (I think Canadian) last year. Not bad. I hope he is saving some ...

I looked it up ... the AFL's minimum salary was 9K for rookies, 10K for vets. But that didn't come until a CBA was ratified in 1968. Yes, even 9K was a very handsome salary back then, but it wasn't that way in the early 1960s.

This is what I mean. It starts small (some evil group of people is secretly running something behind the scenes), and we've seen that once someone takes that step it's not that difficult to convince them that Charile Kirk was wearing an exploding mic and that Mossad did it.

My dad worked at the airport back in those early days. He'd have stories about the Bills player loading bags back then. The exception was Cookie Gilchrist, who always acted 100% The Star.

Mossad is slipping. All those 3rd Base Coach signals are pretty bush league.

Yeah, it's ever-shifting. I need to send a progressive poster to Hawaii to keep the overnight advantage. Because it is important.

I kind of miss COVID lockdowns. Everything is so damn crowded again.

Whew. That was a close one. Thanks to Big Blitz for calling in the code blue. When I last checked, the Top 10 threads were dominated by those started by MAGA types. I can now breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Maybe Tucker will spot Ray Epps in the crowd at Utah Valley University. Just admit that you loved Tucker until he went in too deep on the conspiracy theories for your taste.

Oh, and that happened just now. Some of us mistakenly thought he was a fringe kook ever since he left The Weekly Standard.

This thread has gone strangely quiet. We used to get weekly gushing updates about Tucker's latest gem. I hear Laura Loomer is now considered the slightly more sane (less insane?) one in MAGA world. Takes some doing.

Flacco has 9 lives, and he's only used 8 of them. I predict a few big games before he finally rides off into the sunset.

Let's say you're a government official. You are accused of accepting $50,000 in a takeout restaurant bag. Your response: A. "I don't even know what you're talking about. Of course I've never done such a thing" B. "There was an investigation and I've done nothing wrong." Only people who have actually taken $50,000 in a takeout bag answer B.

Well, no. Not yet. Both sides think they can make public opinion think the other side is at fault. Too soon to tell.

There are multiple factors in gold's rise. A quick look at the value of gold in Swiss francs suggests that about 1/3 of the rise in the price in USD is due to excess inflationary expectations in the US. Gold is up YTD about 30% in USD, about 20% in CHF. I have long had about 10% of my retirement portfolio in gold, so I'm (personally) happy, but generally concerned. Laddered TIPS are also great, and I've shifted to about a 60/40 domestic US to international equities mix over the course of the year. Some International equities are seeing a boost from the dollar's depreciation.

(((They))) took out Charlie! Isn't that the way QAnon used to do it?

Some things don't go away. It takes them a while to bubble up in public consciousness, but they don't go away. We understand there's a video of him taking the cash. That video will surface. Note that Homan himself did not repeat the Leavitt talking point that he didn't take the money ...

Here come the FAA sickouts. Burbank first. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-06/burbank-airport-air-traffic-control-tower-temporarily-unmanned-amid-government-shutdown Will they deny it's a sickout? Of course. Is it a sickout? Of course it is. Can they prove it's a sickout? No, not unless they controllers were stupid enough to send emails over official channels or post something calling for a sickout, etc.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5542714-bondi-bribery-allegations-trump-border-czar/ NBC News: there's video of Homan taking the Cava bag full of $50,000 cash. Karoline Leavitt: Your facts are wrong, he never took the cash. Question to Pam Bondi: Did he take the cash? Answer from Pam Bondi: The investigation is closed. Question: so where is the cash? Answer: the investigation is closed (Bondi will not repeat the "he didn't take the cash" talking point)

It was just locker room talk.

This one is not arguable: a weak dollar is our policy. And it is happening.