From the “Those Who Do Not Learn From History…” Dept:

History is replete with examples of why an effective government needs a professional and apolitical civil service to faithfully execute the laws and defend the Constitution. President Jackson's disastrous implementation of the spoils system of patronage is exactly why the Trump administration's desire to implement Schedule F's successor is a dreadfully dangerous idea at best... :(

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From the “Suspend Habeas Corpus Rights? Yours First, Mr President!” Dept:

The Great Writ of habeas corpus is a fundamental right derived from centuries of legal tradition and one that should not be taken lightly or suspended by fiat. The ability to challenge one’s detention by the state and force them to provide evidence as to why your liberties should be curtailed is a right no citizen of a democratic society should be deprived and we shouldn’t let the current administration even progress it past the informal proposal stage!

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From the “Are You Feeling A Bit Minnesotan? Uff da!” Dept:

There's about as many variations on the Minnesota hot dish as there are lakes in the state. This more Minnesotan variation on American Chop Suey is certainly one of my favourites even if it doesn't have tater tots or Lutheran Binding! :)

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From the “Love It When Good Things Happen To Awesome People!” Dept:

If there was anyone that was truly deserving of a happy ending for what she has given the world, it was Taylor Swift. And now she's finally repatriated the original masters of her first six albums giving her complete control over her music for the first time. It couldn't have happened to a better human being... :)

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From the “There’s a Time And A Place!” Dept:
A sign reading, “silence and respect” sits near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, May 6, 2015, Arlington, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue)

From the “There’s a Time And A Place!” Dept:

It should be the easiest speech a President ever delivers on a solemn occasion where we honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. It is not a partisan political speech nor should it be self-aggrandising. Sadly, this was not the case... :(

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From the “Remembering WHY They Made The Ultimate Sacrifice!” Dept:
ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 26: A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 26, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Nearly 1000 service members entered the cemetery at pre-dawn hours to begin the process of placing a flag in front of more than 260,000 headstones. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

From the “Remembering WHY They Made The Ultimate Sacrifice!” Dept:

There's certainly a temptation to take the easy way of being embarrassed to be an American citizen in these trying times. But that would cheapen the sacrifice of those who have served to preserve and protect our country and our Constitution and that's a line I can never and will never cross!

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From the “The Left Hand Truly Has No Idea What The Right Hand Is Doing!” Dept:

What should have been a trivial fix to a problem that Equifax should never have created in the first place but did due to their *EPIC* stupidity and poor programming practises ended up showing that Equifax has thoroughly earned the reputation of being the dumbest and worst credit bureau we're forced to deal with!

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From the “Beware of Qatari Royals Bearing Gifts!” Dept:

If I wasn't allowed to offer an EPA employee a $15 lunch after mending their computers for ethics reasons, there's no way in hell President Trump should be allowed to accept a "gift" from the government of Qatar of a Boeing 747-8i Intercontinental "Palace in the Sky" massively upgraded at taxpayer expense that he couldn't possibly be allowed to fly as an Air Force One and would eventually end up as his personal property once his term ends. Some "gifts" like this one from a not-so-friendly regime should be flatly refused...just ask the Trojans what happened when they forgot that rule!

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From the “You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry!” Dept:

You may not always see a mother's protective instinct come out to play but only a fool would think that they're not going to see it when they're messing with her cubs as one unfortunate nurse at Womack Army Hospital found out!

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From the “Should We Or Should We Not Follow The Advice Of The Galactically Stupid?” Dept:

In an industry known for breathtaking stupidity and complete lack of any idea of security, Equifax is arguably the worst of the three major credit bureaus and frankly has been for decades well before that infamous data breach they facilitated through sheer incompetence in 2017!

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From the “Trying To Be Strong…” Dept:

Jóvá teszem! In Magyar, it means "I will make it right!" And that's the reason why I rang up Capital One to try to give them a fair chance that we might both cleanse the way from last night's unpleasantness and have a happier ending to the story...

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From the “Capital One’s Fraud Department Most Certainly Is!” Dept:

Who knew that an unsolicited credit card arriving in the post would lead to an evening of utter misery dealing with a bank's so-called Fraud Department and the three major credit bureaus? Anyone who has been paying attention to just how easily subverted the credit reporting system is aided and abetted by banks that are absolutely hopeless at detecting actual fraud they're not committing themselves!

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From the “Riposa in pace, Papa Francesco!” Dept:

Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of caring for the poor and forgotten as well as the climate much like his namesake St Francis of Assisi. But I suspect it will be his humble and plain-spoken ways and deft pastoral touch that will be the defining legacy of his papacy.

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From the “How Is This *NOT* Man Overboard?” Dept:

Secretary of Defence Loose Lips is at it again posting military operational plans on Signal. But at least he didn't have a journalist seeing those details...this time, it was his wife who I'm pretty sure has less of a security clearance than the Pentagon janitors. It's man overboard and he clearly needs to go but it seems clear his boss has other ideas... :(

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From the “Mission Accomplished: He Certainly Removed All Doubt!” Dept:

The Secretary of Defence tries to defend the indefensible and fails miserably! There's no way a SecDef that no defence minister in the world can ever trust again can stay in the job after a scandal in which not only actionable intelligence of a sensitive nature was compromised, it was done in the most silly and stupid way which just beggars belief. Any junior officer or official would have already been cashiered out of the service...it's time for the "warfighter's SecDef" to actually do the honourable thing for once and resign for the good of the service.

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From the “If That’s Their Idea of Operational Security…” Dept:

Get ready for another rendition of that dance we all know as "The Potomac Two-Step". Cabinet officials discussed classified military operations details on a commercial and insecure platform called Signal and willfully violated OPSEC (operational security) if not the Espionage Act in the process...and that was before the National Security Advisor added a journalist to the chat. This is *WHY* we need people who know what they're doing minding our national security... :(

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From the “Idiocracy Was Not Supposed To Be A Documentary!” Dept:

The Uhmerican House of Representin's "budget blueprint" tells you all you need know about how stupid they think the American people are. The truly sad thing is that their view of the electorate's stupidity is probably more optimistic than it ought to be which will allow them to get away with complete dereliction of their duty to protect America's most vulnerable citizens... :(

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From the “There’s A *HUGE* Reason Superman Is A Timeless Hero!” Dept:

Last Friday, the American people and the world were witnesses to the most unabashedly savage political hit job ever seen in the Oval Office when President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was ambushed by VP Vance and President Trump. In so doing, they proved themselves to be disgraceful and weak cowards who have sold every shred of honour of this country and are perfectly content to do Vladimir Putin's dirty work in destroying the most successful alliance this world has ever seen.

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From the “For Brown Nosing: Ten. For Brains: Zero!” Dept:

President Trump's hiring criteria for senior positions seems to boil down to one essential skill: how well can they stick their nose up the bum of the boss? You'd think the Senate who is supposed to use the "advise and consent" prerogatives in the Constitution would weed out the worst and most unqualified of them but you'd be utterly wrong. "Abdicate and cower", more like... :(

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From the “Dar Roberts Would Have A Field Day With This One…” Dept:

President Musk through the Office of Personnel Management pulled one of his old HR tricks out of the bag of stupid management practices when he sent a "justify your existence in five bullet points" EMAIL to the entire Federal civil service. Stupidity this blatant and contemptible really deserves only one possible answer...

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