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Passion purpura - the medical term for a hickey.



Ever played that morbid "either/or" game when you were a kid? "Would you rather be blind or crippled?" - like that. I remember this one:

"Which is worse? Going to kiss your grandma and she slips you the tongue...or a hickey on a hemorrhoid?

Are we headed for another Civil War?

America’s summer of discontent proceeds, and violence increases

Dear God,

If you want us to impeach Trump, give us a sign.  Like, blot out the sun...any time in the next few days, ok?

Thanks,

Democrats

Note:  I found the video in my recommendations on my YouTube page and watched it last night.  There are shorter ones that tell his story, but this one is worth watching for the 32 minutes it lasts.

Dan Bullock (December 21, 1953 – June 7, 1969) was a United States Marine and the youngest American serviceman killed in action during the Vietnam War, dying at the age of 15.

Bullock was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He lived in North Carolina until he was about 12, when his mother died and he and his younger sister, Gloria, moved to Brooklyn to live with their father and his wife. He had wanted to become a pilot, a police officer, or a U.S. Marine.

When he was 14 years old, he altered the date on his birth certificate to show he was born December 21, 1949. He processed through the recruiting station, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on September 18, 1968. As a member of Platoon 3039 in Parris Island, he graduated from boot camp on December 10, 1968.

Bullock arrived in South Vietnam on May 18, 1969 and was assigned as a rifleman in 2nd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was stationed at An Hoa Combat Base west of H?i An in Qu?ng Nam Province. He was killed instantly by small arms fire on June 7, 1969, during a North Vietnamese army night attack while making an ammunition run to resupply his beleaguered unit. Bullock was just 15 years old.

After he was interred, his gravesite did not have a marker. In 2000, one was finally provided.

On June 7, 2003 a section of Lee Avenue in Brooklyn, where Bullock had lived since age 11, was renamed in his honor.

Two hate groups fight each other in public, yet only one side gets blamed.  Why is that, you ask?

That's because the media is part of one of the hate groups.

As far as I'm concerned, journalists are behind used car salesmen on the trustworthiness scale, but can take heart they're still ahead of Nigerian email princes and Congress.  Barely, but still ahead.

I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line our once - esteemed Fourth Estate became seditious Fifth Columnists.

2017 - 1984 = 33

Later than Orwell predicted, but Big Brother has come of age.

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

  - George Orwell, 1984

Please note:  these quizzes are for entertainment purposes only and not to be taken seriously (and not as an indicator of your insecurity). 

"You Are 96% Capitalist, 4% Socialist"

You're a capitalist pig - and proud of it.
You believe that business makes the world great...
And you'd never be ashamed of being rich!

Are You a Socialist or Capitalist?

My results.

Note: The results are to be taken with a grain of salt and this quiz is intended for entertainment purposes only. Not valid where prohibited and your mileage may vary. As always, no wagering.

"You Are 28% Politically Radical"

You've got a few unusual political ideas, but overall you're a pretty mainstream person.

Chances are that you're turned off by both the radical right and looney left.

Are You a Political Radical?

If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.

 - Ron Paul

Warning: *Some* offensive language and if you're a Democrat, that will be the least offensive thing to you.

The author is an Aussie, but knows more about American politics than many Americans. (and most all Democrats)

He's bloody brilliant.

The Deep State

I've seen some faux outrage and absurd virtue signalling over this new ban on transgender in the military in the comments under this blog post LGBQT community takes a second hit and this earlier one John McCain Backs Transgender Ideology Slams Policy 

"Discrimination!!!"

One person claims he served in the military, but I guess it was so long ago he's forgotten that the United States Military is not a place for social experiments.  It has one purpose and one purpose only:  to defend the nation from our enemies through superiority, readiness and lethality.

It's not discrimination to deny transgenders to join the military, no more than it is to deny those with flat feet or being too short - or too tall -  or not having good enough vision.   As an American, you have certain rights guaranteed you by the Constitution, but there is no inherent right to serve in the military.  We deny the right to serve to not only those with physical disabilities, but also to those with criminal records,  drug users or even those with various medical conditions.  (the Marines have been known to deny otherwise perfectly healthy individuals who happened to have an arm tattoo)

It's also not discrimination to deny someone with a mental illness to serve in the military, and it's accepted by medical professionals that gender dysphoria is a mental disorder.  Those suffering from this ailment are nearly ten times as likely to commit suicide as the overall population. 

Those who have transitioned need to maintain constant medical treatment because their body is constantly rejecting the operation.  Others require a constant need for hormone therapy and this affects their readiness and hampers their ability to be deployed on a moment's notice.

One needs only to look back at history to learn how the dissolution of gender leads to the eventual fall of a culture.  Camille Paglia, (a noted scholar who also happens to be a lesbian) points out "Historically, the movement towards androgyny occurs in late phases of culture as a civilization is starting to unravel.  You can find it again and again and again throughout history, in the Greek art, whether it's the Hellenistic era or the Roman Empire.  What you invariably get in response to this decline in culture are people who are convinced of the power of heroic masculinity on the edges of the weaker culture, whether they're the Vandals or the Huns or whether they're the barbarians of ISIS."

If we are to remain a powerful and sovereign nation and keep the barbarians from our gates, the military must maintain a strong, lethal and alert fighting force.  Any compromise or placation would be detrimental to the entire country.   It's not discriminating to think that way;  it's survival, both as a nation and as a people.  I'm not sure why certain persons are arguing this unless their intent is to weaken this country.  If that's the case, then they're more dangerous to the survival of this country than are our enemies. 

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero