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-

at First Grok…

What the web didn’t know… understanding “first” — if I say “first” it isn’t always in the same context. Most people know that if I ask for the first page something occurs the “first page” isn’t the only page I am asking about. Oh well, if at first you don’t succeed, try using a person with a book at hand.

Stranger in a Strange Land

Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Publication Year: 1961
Premise: Valentine Michael Smith, a human born and raised on Mars, is brought to Earth as an adult. He is a “stranger” who must learn what it means to be human, and his journey challenges Earth’s culture, religion, and social institutions.
Key Themes: The meaning of love, sex, religion, and money; challenging social norms.

Origin: The term was coined by American author Robert A. Heinlein in his science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, published in 1961.
Fictional Meaning: In the book, “grok” is a Martian word with no direct English equivalent. Its literal translation is “to drink,” but its conceptual meaning is far more profound.
Profound Understanding: To “grok” something means to understand it so thoroughly and intuitively that the observer and the observed merge into a single entity; the observer becomes a part of the observed. It implies a deep, empathic comprehension and integration of something on a molecular or fundamental level.
Cultural Adoption: The term was adopted by the counterculture of the 1960s and later became popular in computer programming and tech circles to describe the deep, immersive understanding required to master complex systems. Robert Anton Wilson “Schrodinger’s Cat” … Tom Wolfe “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” John Muir “Volkswagen repair manual” used in many DIY for women car workshops.

Pages p.12 "Back even before the healing which had followed his first grokking … p.14 "Smith had been aware of the visit by the doctors but he had grokked at once that their intentions were benign. p.43 lawyers and owning a planet p.57 girls … p.67 martian held still p.72 the man from mars. p.221 used as the 50s “dig”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_on_Planet_Earth

Footnotes from this week

conceptual history… how long machines have been thinking… actually, how long people, aka blood-brains have been considering turning some of the workload over to other-brains.

seems much slower than first thought.

all jive. all jibe. words so far apart… Mindfulness, typically cultivated through deliberate practices, is characterized by non-judgmental attention to the present moment —

Sideband: name taken over by the weakling of tech. using as opposite of Woke, all the while being mere substitution for Grope. Make up your AWKen GREP will ya.

οἶδα the wordle RAH groped for but didnt grasp

OpenMemory treats time as a first-class dimension, letting your agent reason about changing facts.