Spoiler alert! “Lisa Frankenstein” review:

if you’re a regulation grownup, you probably haven’t even heard of this movie, or if you have you didn’t consider seeing it. A teen horror flick, right? Turn of the Screw meets Pretty in Pink, or sump’n. But if you’re at all ll interested in the literary and cinematic tropes that have accreted around Mary … Continue reading Spoiler alert! “Lisa Frankenstein” review: →

Recent Email To A Brother In Arms

We were briefly together at CSW, Quantico until I was pushed into Peru to initiate a counterdrug riverine program. Followed that with a tour at II MEF conducting counterdrug riverine training to all five Andean ridge countries. Then the South America desk of officer following 9/11 and wrote all the orders to set up Gitmo … Continue reading Recent Email To A Brother In Arms →

The Army Has Commandeered My Efforts In Mongolia

https://www.army.mil/article/265513/us_army_advisors_strengthen_partnership_with_mongolia They even took over the US Marine Training Exercise: Khaan Quest and stole/ kept the name for some reason.

Controlled Descent My Arse!

The next thing I know I’m a “Lance Criminal” and running circles around a helicopter in the dessert trying to get hydraulic fluid back where it is supposed to be. Chocolate Mountains USMC Training Area, Yuma, Arizona circa 1985 There I was, no shit back in the Nam... I never prayed so hard than when … Continue reading Controlled Descent My Arse! →

Lord, I Thank Thee That I am Not As That Man..

So , Alexei Navalny, a political opponent of Putin’s , was imprisoned and has died in jail. And this proves Carlson was treasonous to interview Putin! And this proves we should bankrupt our own country and neglect our own border to prop up Ukraine ( the word means “border”, btw) ! Putin is the devil … Continue reading Lord, I Thank Thee That I am Not As That Man.. →

Winning the Peace: Final Chapter

The title is supposed to make you think about the goal of war not being the enemy laying down arms but in the end-state that we desire. In other words, what should peace look and feel like to you? I have posted, some have said ad nauseam, Winning the Peace OPs before but my previous … Continue reading Winning the Peace: Final Chapter →

Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 8)

The Pentagon is forever planning and procuring for the war that the military industrial complex wants to fight instead of the war that we’re actually fighting. The Pentagon dreams of fighting China and/or Russia with really dreamy dog fights and dom-submarine versus sub-submarine stalk and kills, but gets no joy from fighting the kinds of … Continue reading Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 8) →

I Set My Alarm For This?!?

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