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Dec 18, 2023Liked by Jordan Schachtel

Well, the US Navy needs to figure out what pronouns to use first.

Then, will they have time for their drag queens to perform on the flight deck?

Decisions. Decisions.

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Hah. Exactly my point. The priorities have certainly changed!

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Retired Navy here.

My beloved Navy is no longer a lean, mean fighting machine.

Too busy with DEI instead of learning navigational skills.

And how many sailors did the Navy kick out for refusing to take the experimental mRNA covid death shot?

It appears that the Navy is now run by The Village People.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYE7gb51Xxk

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Maybe "Pre-programming" to lose ?

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Lots of military aged male illegals streaming across the southern border.

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The Muslim ones streaming across are just looking to do “the jobs Americans won’t do” since there is definitely NOT a 1,000+ year history of them taking over countries & killing “infidels” (who don’t believe a 25 year-old camel caravan manager never prophesied is the messiah).

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It took the Christian countries in Europe hundreds of years to get rid of the Muslim invaders.

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That programming started with inevitable defeat themed articles disseminated BEFORE O'Xiden was even sworn in. USAF was the first, saying USA cannot beat the CCP jets, then it was a Navy rep or stand in despairing that the CCP navy, #s of ships, missiles, and so on.

Of note, 12-18 mos. before Trump left office, DOD orders for critical parts, upgrades, supplies, etc. did more than fall behind. MIC dismantled production lines because orders were not forthcoming. F-16s in Belgium, I think it was, were grounded first; then worldwide. Fortunately, in Europe there are independent metal machining shops with the skills, hardware/software that could access the required grade of metals. Once the part(s) and fasteners were crafted, tested, it was a 5-day process for each jet. The metal shops outperformed themselves, but it took a while to restore nations' F-16 fleets in the air, and for their pilots to regain an edge.

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Yes ! Run by The Village People...... However , let's Remember ; Tower of Power & Average White Band usually performed on same stage so the entire show wasn't too bad ........ Loved that brass section ..... Drummers were Insanely Great ....... almost approached Bonham level ....... Nick , NavyBlueSmoke , LST-1195

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...it was a previous time where music was actually great.

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You must have been in the Navy under Clinton. I knew a guy in the Navy under Reagan and he said he worked 1 hour a day then hustled with side gigs in cash…and every sailor had an “island wife” along with an actual wife back in America.

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at a local veteranarian office, the form I was given asked me for my personal pronouns. I wrote, 'Trump/Russia'. Not a word was said. LOL.

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Great response!

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What we really need are some well cratfted antinouns that will avoid the misguided pronouns and solve the whole net zero, climate change insanity. After the worlds current problems are solved by the mental midgets now doing all they can to create total chaos.

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When I was in the Navy, no one had a first name when being addressed.

Oftentimes, you were just called by your last name in a informal setting.

In a more formal setting, it was just your rank and last name.

It eliminated the need for those pesky pronouns.

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Good info ! On my shipboard assignments I was called Nick . Quick responses were necessary on ships where danger had high likelyhood. I keep the name Nick as my name , in tribute to my crew on LST-1195 , it saved my life a few times during dangerous operations since everyone on the ship had a name different than everyone else. C.I.C. assignment was usually dangerous since my 20 cupsof Navy Desk Cleaner almost killed me with every mission ....... Nick , NavyBlueSmoke , LST-1195

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And some may be NA because of their taxpayer-funded “sex change” (not a real thing) surgeries.

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The sex-changers are exempt from being deployed.

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Dec 18, 2023·edited Dec 18, 2023Liked by Jordan Schachtel

Well first thing, we need to have a meeting and discuss our feelings about the topic. Perhaps a strongly worded letter would do the trick? Then maybe a DEI session or two about how not all Houthis can be judged based on "Allah Akbar, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse the Jews, Victory to Islam” -- after all, this is really the fault of the white man anyway.

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Yup. And don’t forget the phone call to Xi to get his permission.

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Remember when George W Bush took a victory lap at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?? He made China great again! At least you got some joy out of his 8 years as we slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent Muslims—totes worth it!!

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The Bush family is evil. I find it extremely interesting that Prescott Bush's association with the Nazi's in WWII was hardly mentioned at all during GHW's or GW's presidential campaigns. This should be proof enough that there really isn't a 2 party system and we have only been lead to believe we had a choice when voting.

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Sorry to say I’m one of the fools who voted for UniParty Puppet 43 twice. The abject evil of the globalists was not apparent to me prior to the vitriol toward outsider Trump, then the Covid Plandemic. Bush is backing DeSantis so you can be sure Ron will never be “over the target” like DJT was if RDS ever becomes POTUS.

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I hear you! I wish I could take back my votes for GHW and GW. Let me add that I was also one of the fools that voted for Romney and McCain, however, there was no way I would have ever voted for Obama. We were screwed no matter who we voted for and truthfully, I knew that at the time but had no other choice. I always knew there was corruption but never in my wildest dreams would have ever known how bad it really is if it were not for Trump. I will admit that I was very depressed when I realized how bad our government is and the many evil things that have been done all over the world for power and money.

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Climate czar Kerry can recite the “strongly worded letter” 🤣 in an impressive monotone since he’s a war hero & all.

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LOL!

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Not to worry.

They have hyper-sonic missiles. We have a transgender Admiral. What could possibly go wrong???? Go wrong. Go wrong.

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With the recent leak of DMED data by a Navy whistleblower showing >600% increase in cardiac issues amongst Naval Aviators, likely the same among all services, from the clot shots, it seems the readiness numbers are quite low, realistically speaking. Add that the entire fleet of Ospreys is also grounded, and the trans Navy is not as effective as the Navy would have us believe

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It is completely demoralizing to the pilots. I know first hand as one of them is a family member. There is a known mechanical defect with the Osprey which likely was the cause of previous crashes. The Navy knows about this defect and has ignored it for many years. I must admit that I am thankful the Ospreys have been grounded but I don't delude myself that the Navy will actually fix the defect and then start flying them again.

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To me, the health of the aviators (and everybody else who was forced to take the shot) is more important than the Osprey matter. I thought years ago the Osprey should have been permanently grounded. I recall the story of the F-35 pilot landing on a carrier when he was struck with a cardiac event (he survived) after the shot. He crashed but survived, described on the radio that he felt like he had been slammed in the chest with a baseball bat. Toxic leadership is what we have throughout the Pentagon. It brings tears to my eyes.

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Only Officers that should be Ever commissioned ; should be Mustangs .... Warrant Officers ..... They always have more respect & admiration from the enlisted ranks , since they actually understand the gravity of the situation and know our chances of going home horizontally , are much greater than usual officer ! Those Mustangs and Warrant Officers make better decisions except for the rare few whom go through usual officer training ...... Don't get me started on 90 day wonders , that are soaked in woke culture ...... Nick , NavyBlueSmoke , LST-1195

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Me, too. I am angry at what they have done to the military and how veterans are treated, also. The sad truth is that our government doesn't give a rat's ass about our troops and will send them to war without batting an eye.

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Dec 18, 2023Liked by Jordan Schachtel

One of the most important books ever written about our world's seas and oceans, how precarious the situation...and by one of the best journalist writers of our time. Jordan you would really like this book: THE OUTLAW SEA

William Langewiesche

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780865475816

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Thanks for the recommendation

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You probably know him, or of him, William Langewiesche. His last name is even harder to spell/remember than yours :). But you will like all of his books and I think have a lot of mutual respect. Not sure what he's up to these days, but his books and writing are profound and important. Thanks for all the amazing work you do, the research, the awareness of history and fighting to preserve and document truth in a world being utterly consumed by lies.

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Dec 18, 2023·edited Dec 18, 2023

America has been captured by the globalists and are fast tracking her demise.

All manufactured chaos will not end well. It’s all a farce to ruin the country. Not sure why Americans are tolerating it.

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At this point, where the take-over is well-advanced, exactly what would you like Americans to do? That ship sailed quite awhile ago. Prepare and defend, survive and thrive.

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We the 🇺🇸 are going through insane, criminal government and elites for the first time.

Young nation, first time for us.

This is why we put up with it.

That and there’s no technical workaround or way to buy them, so the Americans are lost...

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Everything old is new again.

Do I have enough fingers to count up the imperial powers who have taken upon themselves the duty to protect maritime trade? Probably not.

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The US is finding out now what little dogs do to big wheels.

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Maybe some of these resources can be deployed to the Rio Grande?

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The answer is simple.. What happens when any inept, incompetent, failed goup becomes responsible for law and order or IN THIS INSTANCE safe secure interantional trade ?

What is worse is adding... when that group, administration etc is a proven failed group with a proven record of disastrous shambolic mismanagement of evertything they touch....you have an Afghanistan...

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT AND IN THIS CASE A LOOMING CATASTROPHIC DISASTER AWAITS... AS THEY HASTEN TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME MISGUIDED, MORONIC IDIOCY N THE MIDDLE EAST

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Dec 18, 2023·edited Dec 18, 2023

The world, outside of the west of course, realizes that the US has long been writing cheques it can't cash. The American Empire is circling the drain, and the world will be a better place once it has completely collapsed.

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Ms Claudia; yes the Empire ends. America will be better for it after a period of suffering- which is internal and not caused by loss of Empire.

However the world will suffer greatly for our departure, however... you deserve no less.

I’ve been around as you can see, you “the world” deserve each other.

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I don't think the world will suffer, only the west. America has been doing unbelievably horrendous things unchecked for decades, including creating biological weapons. The sooner the US loses power and runs out of money, the safer the world becomes.

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What happens? It can no longer preserve World Reserve Currency status (oil for USD $).

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Natural gas is now the most important fossil fuel…and America is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas.

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Russia has ten billion times the NG US has

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And thanks to Biden we are producing more natural gas than Russia. Trump would reduce our natural gas production to placate Putin.

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yes biden and greta thunberg producing NG. Russia has ten billion times the NG US has they cant run out. biden blew Russias pipeline in the biggest industrial sabotage in world history including the biggest amount of pollution released into the air

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Yep, and now American natural gas from Louisiana is supplying Germany!! I’m loving it!!!

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yes for 800% more then Russian gas. I would love to see your house blow up scumbag

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Well of course, the entire problem comes down to messaging. That's it!

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The administration is weak, either leave the area or destroy them. You can’t just sit there and hope you intercept everything

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I am having my communications still being blocked by evil S.O.B.'s .... I pray my Commander In Chief, Donald John Trump is returned soon to front stage center . Until that occurs We The People, will not have every shackle of slavery , released from Us ...... so we Can Celebrate Our Victory in MAGA ....... God Bless White Hats & especially Q Q+ , Space Force & All SOF ......... Nick , NavyBlueSmoke , LST-1195

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1. Who are the Houthis?

2. How do we know they are backed by Iran? Because the US government, who wants to go to war with Iran for decades now, said so?

3. How would this uknown group obtain and maintain missiles and drones capable of attacking ships and lands far away such as Israel?

4. Why are they attacking now? Never heard of them being allies of Hamas prior to this, especially since Hamas and Gaza are hundreds of miles away across the Red Sea.

5. Things that make you go hmmmmm.

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> 1. Who are the Houthis?

A semi-nomadic Arab tribe in Northen Yemen, that has long had on-again-off-again conflicts with the more settled tribes to their south. Sometimes the participants in this conflict acquired the backing of outside powers. Most recently they have been involved in a civil war in Yemen for nearly a decade, with the two sides being supported by Iran and Saudi Arabia.

> 2. How do we know they are backed by Iran?

This has been well known to those who paid attention to what was happening in the Middle East.

> 3. How would this uknown group obtain and maintain missiles and drones capable of attacking ships and lands far away such as Israel?

Just because you didn’t know about something, doesn’t mean it didn’t exist.

To answer your question, presumably from the same Iranians that had been supplying them to fight their civil war.

> 4. Why are they attacking now? Never heard of them being allies of Hamas prior to this, especially since Hamas and Gaza are hundreds of miles away across the Red Sea.

Presumably because their Iranian backers ordered them to.

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