The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Return to England No longer happy to stir up contention and strife from afar, an over-rated royal prince and his jam-making wife have decided to return to England to deliver a few more potboilers to the British public. Having acted her heart out to dwindling audiences while residing in Montecito, Meghan now wishes to take her diminishing returns back to jolly England where she can wheelbarrow her title across the landscape in her usual pretentious manner. Virtue-signaling is her strong suit. So anticipate staged outings where she will deliver hugs to other women, pop into homes for elderly veterans, and make a general nuisance of herself. Prince Harry, for his part, will try to take advantage of his aging father and it will not be beneath him to use his children for manipulative gains against King Charles. Best of all, the words "prince" and "princess" can roll of the parents tongues with delight. We didn't give a ...
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Randall Lane: The Price Tag to Own a Journalist Gosh. I cannot convince anyone to send me BitCoin, buy me a new car, or perhaps drop sixty cents into my palm. https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/forbes-fired-cco-randall-lane-secret-payment/ Journalism as a corrupt product. Journalists as influence peddlers. Editors who enrich themselves by promoting the work of others. It is common. Cheaters cheat. And liars lie. What you will find here is an uncommon product: Not platformed, no philanthropist in the background, zero financial gain. Just Swofford's opinion. Thanks to each one of you for taking the time to read this site.
Afghanistan The buffoonery was hard to watch. The Talib swept into Kabul and then spent their time preening in Qatar for photo ops. Back on the home front, they made it their mission to send the non-testicular class away from the workplace and back into the homes. This collapsed what little healthcare infrastructure that existed. Mannequins in storefronts were beheaded and perfume sales went underground. Little girls were removed from schools. Every fool knows an illiterate mother cannot teach literacy to her child. Lashings prevailed. Laughter of the women disappeared from the public square (haram) and I bet some industrious clowns were busy lopping the heels off women's shoes (the clattering of heels causes men to lust....). Hamid Karzai, with his coat of many colors, was no Jewish Joseph. The granaries were not filled, but he certainly filled his pockets. The Talib? Worse by degrees. So now they come...
The Strait of Hormuz: Fun with a Graphic Dr. Mohsen Rezaee (born September 1, 1954) is a prominent Iranian politician and senior military officer who currently serves as the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and Military Adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. https://x.com/ir_rezaee
A Commander-in-Chief Stumbles When I was a Vice President on the board of our local MOAA chapter, one of the hardest things to endure was the retired senior officers who would "hold court" at the dinner table. Fonts of wisdom with captive audiences, I would respectfully listen... and learn. And I made myself a promise that I would never become "that person" who wore the uniform. My dress blues might still hang in the closet. But I have become that quiet American regarding my Naval career. "He happened to be an Admiral, retired...." Perhaps he had been seated at my table in the past? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln-strait-of-hormuz Yes. Absolutely give honor where honor is due and respect where respect is due. But that honor, that respect, is extended to the E3 sailor who cleans a latrine and then makes your breakfast (albeit, hopefully not in that order!) and the E4 who works pumping fuel into jets on th...
The Women of Ceuta If I am quoting from selections in my library, written by Islamic scholars, will I still receive the dog whistle of "Islamophobia" for bringing uncomfortable truths to light? https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16057659/Hundreds-Ceuta-migrants-stage-protest-demanding-Spain-asylum-left-sleeping-beach-following-invasion-medics-fight-disease-outbreaks.html Let's take a moment, and digest a few things from my library - direct quotes - regarding the women of Islam. Let me just go to the Sunni side of the house, regarding their codified jurisprudence. Concubinage (sex slaves) in time of war (Rape of females): "It is not permitted for any of them to have intercourse with a girl from amongst the captives until she has been allotted to him in his share, in which case he may have intercourse with her only after the istibra of one month." "If he has made her pregnant, the child becomes his...." Domestic abuse: "The husband may hit his...
