John Tammes
@john_tammes
Retired Army Officer (hey, I was enlisted first). Was second row for a couple of rugby clubs, but those days are long gone. Lutheran (MO Synod) fwtw.
You want a background on how we got here? Then you need to read this. Who knew a Dutch bank basically invented the stablecoin in the 1600s? books.google.com/books/about/Ho…
Truth. And yet half my feed is convinced battleships are “too big to build today” Newsflash: they are tiny compared to ships allies like South Korea are building
If you go to her berth in San Pedro, the Iowa is dwarfed by the surrounding cruise/container ships.
"It was all in the file. Some of us thought he had it. Glad we know where to look now."
Authorities are advising locals to "stay away" from The Meatball. "It may look tasty, but we don't know what it is really."
"Whiskers found it first. We have to give her credit.
I pretty much agree with this - and I would add that those who tell people to leave the Blue States...when do you stop running? "California sucks...you need to go." OK, they move to Colorado. Now Colorado is getting terrible. Run again? Where? Do we end up with 180 million people…
You did not "put the Shah back in power". Mossadegh was non-democratically selected by the Iranian Parliament, and he proceeded to rip up the Iranian constitution to overthrow the monarchy. CIA involvement was not the defining factor in the Shah removing him. The Iranian army,…
American backed regime change has a terrible track record last 20 years. Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan. Remember, Iran is partially controlled by mullahs today because we designed regime change to put the Shah back in power. We don’t know how things will work out. Humility is key.
I'm not sure what has happened to me today. Suddenly, it hit me that I have it awfully darned good. Family, material possessions, friends, work, faith, etc. The me, eating dust in NE Afghanistan in 2004, or trying not to get blowed up in Iraq in 2008, or almost 100% ready to flip…
You could just RT me instead of sort of rewriting my post to pretend it’s yours. Cripes. lol
You could just RT me instead of sort of rewriting my post to pretend it’s yours. Cripes. lol
"I have the experience. And I have more energy than any other candidate."
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