No-Tab Kegsbreath is a Disrespectful Piece of Shit

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was reprimanded Wednesday by an Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier who asked him and his guests to maintain “atmospheric silence and respect.”

Hegseth, his wife Jen and some of the secretary’s top aides were taking pictures, talking and laughing in front of the tomb, a memorial to unidentified service members killed in battle located at Arlington National Cemetery. Hegseth had been attending a Veterans Day ceremony during which President Donald Trump laid a wreath in honor of fallen soldiers.

The incident puts the defense secretary’s name back in headlines just one day after he narrowly missed impeachment.

Hegseth and his wife were taking pictures alongside some of the secretary’s top aides when the sentinel shouted at the group: “All visitors will maintain atmospheric silence and respect at all times.”

If a Democratic SecDef had done the same, the Republicans would be baying for his hide and the Democrats would let them have it. Because there is no justification for this.

And that the Trump Party is, presumably, standing behind him speaks volumes about where their loyalties lie.

Dear Cong. Dems: Wake the Fuck Up.

Tuesday’s vote was a procedural attempt to stop the impeachment push outright by sending the matter back to committee. The motion succeeded 211-204, with a number of Democrats missing the vote.

We showed up for the midterms and voted. Some of us stood in line for hours to vote.

You fuckers can show up for a scheduled vote at your place of work.

Shape up, do your fucking job, or ship the fuck out.

And This for an Armistice Day Lagniappe

The ending of Blackadder Goes Forth:

I'm surprised to this day that the British didn't mutiny like the French did. I'm surprised that nobody killed Gen. Haig.

Armistice Day

The guns fell silent at 11AM local time, or about the time this post goes live, on November 11th, 1918.

The Armistice had been agreed to about six hours before it went into efect. About three thousand men died between the agreement to stop fighting and the cessation of hostilities. In a war marked by extreme callousness to the wastage of human life on both sides, those deaths may have been the most futile.

Armistice Day was first marked a year later. The Brits later renamed it Rememberance Day. It is still named Armistice Day in France. For the Americans, Armistice Day became Veterans Day in 1954. For about eight years, in the 1970s, Veterans Day was jerked around to always be on the fourth Monday in October. But sanity finally prevailed and the day was restored to its intended day: November 11th.

This is the day to honor all those who have served in the Armed Forces.

If you have served, thank you. If a close family member served, thank you for supporting their service.

Please take a moment to remember those who have served. While we will always have veterans, it would be nice if so-called civilized humans could figure out a way to resolve differences without making more combat veterans.

And please do not patronize an establishment that is running a "Veterans Day Sale". Fuck all of those jagoffs who seek to make a buck off the holiday.

Jackbooting These Down, Here

Trump's new Chief of Staff reports to work:

The knives are out!

Of Course They Are

House Democrats are demanding that the Interior department retain documents related to President Donald Trump’s construction projects around Washington after whistleblowers warned that key paperwork has already been destroyed before Democrats take power, congressional sources tell CNN.

Nothing says "we know we have been breaking the law" like destroying documents.

That, and shooting witnesses, which I wouldn't put past them to do.

An Election Day Loser and Idiot Dems

Besides the Demented Orange Traitor and Handsy, a major loser was Sen. John Fetterman (Asshole-PA). See, he probably thought that the Democrats would end up with 51 seats in the Senate and that he would hold the balance of power, kind of like a certain jagoff who, in 2009-10, ensured that the insurance industry was protected instead of his constituents getting insurance. If worst came to worst, he could stagger across the aisle and flip the Senate back.

But it didn't work out that way. The Democrats may hold as many as 56 seats when the counting is done. That makes Fetterman just another minor annoyance.

Meanwhile, some idiots are arguing that the filibuster needs to go. They need to be stomped on, hard. The filibuster is the only thing that stopped the Klan Party from enacting the SAVE Act, which was a blatant attempt to disenfranchise women and minorities. It needs to stay.

Anyway, with the defeat of Handsy, the last of the Caucus of Three Morons are gone from the House (the other two being Pedo Gaetz and "Space Laser" Greene).

Blogroll Glitch

The blogroll isn't working right now.

I have no idea why.

The Bribe of Epstein (plus "Downfall")

After "Melania the documentary" bombed, Bezos is going to run a two-part "series" about her.

Which will, no doubt, result in a hefty payout to Melania that is well out of proportion to the revenue generated.

If it walks like a disguised bribe, talks like a disguised bribe, and smells like a disguised bribe, you can guess what it is.

On another note, apparently, the Orange Blob was in full denialist mode to 60 Minutes about the election results. Which is probably not unexpected, given his staff was feeding him unrealistic, if not fictional, polling results in the days before. And he really is up Putin's ass, equating President Zelenskyy's treatment of Putin to Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Trump needs some serious help, including someone who can chain him down and make him face reality. But that won't happen. What we'll be treated to is more performances of "delusional dictator in his bunker" performances and the follow-on "Downfall" parodies.

And remember that his new CoS is such a tough guy that he sold his house and got Vulgarmort to let him stay in base housing because people were chalking mean things about him on the sidewalk in front of his house.

More Demented Activity from Trump

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White, an announcement unconventional even for the norm-busting president. White said Saturday that he plans to meet with Trump on Monday at the White House.

Well, it now appears that somebody suggested Dana White as press secretary; Trump got confused and announced the wrong Dana White. And now that mistake isn't going to be fixed because doing so would humiliate Trump.

She never had a chance, anyway. Trump reportedly hates standing next to Black women who are in positions of power.