staging — firing line

our military used to carry weapons, now, they carry hatred

Only the dead have seen the end of war .. George Santayana 

Fighting Bully wars makes you a bully, not a warrior.

First, they come for your neighbor, then, they come for you —

we are shifting from the academic to the armed-alarmed angry. from a US to an RA world. in 1965 there was a draft; army serial numbers told the tale of your entry : draftee [US], or volunteer [RA], [AR]. Now, people don’t have to be drafted to kill, they volunteer in record numbers . The generation that grew up on games and reality TV is ready to enjoy live action Greatest Game.

Both Article 90 of the UCMJ, the charge of willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, and Article 92, failure to obey an order, say that they apply only to lawful orders. https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/category/book-reviews/

What happened to the 3BlockWarrior? — stillborn. A fiction used to raise training funds. The corruption of defend into war is completed. We now, knowingly, kill anyone the Draft-dodger says, like compliant stormtroopers. see the boat: kill the people. We kill with little more than his tweetgasm after a restless night of FOX-hunt.

https://www.military.com/topics/firings-and-resignations

the new way: “due to loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command,”


Bullet Points:

  • FREE as in someone pays —
  • Maggie to MAGA … a circle of jerks.
  • let them rot with their rotten ideas . fetid fantasies.
  • In kind, unkindnesses:
  • graham cracker. you gotta blow something up
  • charlie kirk: dead wrong
  • rowboat wives — cleavage leverage

so far:


  • May 15: Department of Homeland Security asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with deportation operations in the interior of the country.
    June 7: Trump calls on 2,000 National Guard troops to protect ICE agents and federal buildings amid immigration protests in Los Angeles.
    June 9: The president deploys an additional 2,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to allow ICE and other federal agents to “safely conduct their duties.”
    June 10: During a Senate hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggests the administration could send troops to any city over the objections of local leaders.
    June 17: Pentagon announces it mobilized 700 military personnel to support ICE in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.
    June 20: Judge asks for a briefing on whether the L.A. deployment violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the military from conducting civilian law enforcement in the U.S.
    June 30: Commander in charge of California’s National Guard troops asks Hegseth to pull 200 troops from Los Angeles so they can return to fighting wildfires.
    July 3: About 70 Florida National Guard troops deployed to provide security to “Alligator Alcatraz.” And 200 Marines are sent to the state to help ICE with logistical support.
    July 31: Pentagon ends the deployment of most National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
    Aug. 8: Virginia mobilizes 60 Guardsmen to support ICE.
    Aug. 9: Nevada’s governor activates the state National Guard to support ICE.
    Aug. 11: Trump declares a public safety emergency in D.C. and deploys the National Guard.
    Aug. 14: D.C. Guardsmen step up patrols to secure landmarks.
    Aug. 16: West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio say they’ll send Guardsmen to D.C.
    Aug. 18: Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana send National Guard to D.C.
    Aug. 22: Internal documents obtained by Fox News depict a plan to deploy troops to 19 Republican-led states to assist DHS with illegal migrants.
    Aug. 24: Trump threatens to send the Guard to Chicago, Baltimore, and New York City.
    Aug. 25: In an executive order to address the “crime emergency” in D.C., Trump calls for a standing National Guard quick reaction force.
    Aug. 27: Troops deployed to D.C. are on sanitation and landscaping duty as part of their mission.
    Aug. 29: Reports emerge that military leaders worry over “social, political, and operational risks” of Guardsmen working with law enforcement.
    Sept. 2: Federal judge rules Trump’s use of the National Guard in L.A. violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
    Sept. 4: D.C. sues the administration over the deployment of the National Guard.

also — https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-terrorist-attack

without quarter: https://apnews.com/article/boat-strikes-survivors-hegseth-

AND, the reason you fire JAG upon entering office… more coming: https://apnews.com/article/boat-strike-survivors-hegseth-congress-legal-details-

T2: neighborhood swatchtika

NB: T2 posts are political/ mainly about militarization of US civilization. 

–if the National Guard in DC just calls the cops because they’re being followed, why are they there.

[“Hey man, if you’re going to keep following us, we can contact Metro PD and they can come handle you if that’s what you want to do. Is that what you want to do?” a National Guard sergeant asked O’Hara, who did not respond.]
In addition to the alleged First and Fourth Amendment violations, the lawsuit states that the officers are liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, and battery…. [Joshua Kastenberg, a former Air Force lawyer and current law professor at the University of New Mexico, said the sergeant himself had a right to call the police if he was being harassed or if it interrupted his duties. 

“We have the right to freedom of speech, but when your speech is intended to provoke others, you’re also responsible for the provocation that ensues,” Kastenberg said. “Frankly, a National Guardsman calling the police instead of exercising violence on his own or confronting is exactly what we want the military to do. We have never wanted the military to take matters into their own hands.” — T&P]

they clearly needed more resilience training. perhaps instruction that they were not there as a noise patrol or a neighborhood watch they were there to stop crime not created.. they failed the second block war.. they actually ought to get back to guarding the sandwich shops and subways.

Borderliners: [The new fee applies to anyone who receives humanitarian parole after Oct. 16, Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s [aka, Krusti Gnome] office said Thursday.

The agency says it is to prevent fraud and increase accountability.

“Through the implementation of this new fee, President Trump and Secretary Noem are guaranteeing that foreign nationals, who wish to stay here, have skin in the game and do not exploit the system. This immigration parole fee notice is another tool to stop the degradation of our immigration system and restore law and order to our country,” Homeland Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.]

Skin in the game, aka, welcome to the casino, sucker.

your shut-down forces hard at work in rubber boats on the Rio Grande.

privatization of government .. The troops don’t get paid, but we get new toys to populate Barbies dream house ..

REFS: Task & Purpose. AND Dan Rather’s “steady” substack

Second, a timeline – :

January 9: Doctors against the confirmation of RFK, Jr (18,000+ signatures) 

January 13: Public heath professionals against the confirmation of RFK, Jr. (700 signatures)

April 14: House Republicans against cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill (12 signatures) 

April 22: Colleges and University Presidents against Political Interference with Academia (644 signatures)

May 6: Current and former federal judges against the arrest of Judge Dugan in her courthouse (150+ signatures) 

May 30: Palantir ex-employees against Palantir’s work for the Trump admin to construct a searchable database merging all private information of all Americans (13 signatures) 

June 9: NIH Staff against cuts and changes to mission (484 signatures)

June 27: US Catholic Bishops against cuts to healthcare in the Big Beautiful Bill (20 signatures)

July 1: Every former NASA science chief against proposed budget cuts to NASA (7 signatures) 

July 16: DOJ alumni against the confirmation of Emil Bove (900+ signatures) 

August 25: FEMA staff against cuts and changes to mission (192 signatures)  

August 30: EPA staff against cuts and changes to mission (620 signatures)

September 4: Federal judges against the Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket to give rulings in favor of Trump admin actions without any legal justifications (10 of 12 judges interviewed) 

September 19: Senate Democrats for recognition of Palestinian Statehood (46 signatures) 

October 7: College Presidents and other Officials against so-called academic compacts (7 of 9 universities did not accept the compact)

October 18: Members of the Pentagon Press corps against only writing on articles pre-approved by the Trump administration in return for physical access to the building (55 of 56 news outlets did not accept the agreement)  

October 22: Democratic Senators against Israeli annexation of the West Bank (46 signatures)