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Article today in the local rag (NWF Daily News); A new bubble? Housing market heating up. https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170404/new-bubble-housing-market-heating-up Kind of reminds me of the early days leading up to the last housing bubble/financial crisis.

Mary Esther Manor (my neighborhood), I would estimate that about 80% of the residents are either active duty or retired military. This is a very low crime area, it's located just east of Hurl Fld, and it's about a 4 or 5 minute drive to either of Hurl Flds main gates. Current property values (2017) mostly range from 180K to 300K (most in the 200k range). 2013 video I found of this neighborhood; Note-If you have kids/something to consider; Location of registered sexual predators/offenders in this AO. https://www.city-data.com/so/so-Fort-Walton-Beach-Florida.html https://www.city-data.com/so/so-Mary-Esther-Florida.html

Here's one example-Scud Bunker A.K.A. Sloot Bunker (true story); Long ago, I attended a Force Protection meeting chaired by the Wing Commander (BGEN) at a certain AO location. One of the FP issues identified was that the Security Forces were spending way to much of their time pointing the perimeter cameras (at night) toward the inside of the camp. The Security Forces seemed to be obsessed with couples going into the Sloot Bunkers at night to fornicate. The Wing Commander order the SF CC to turn his damn cameras around and focus on the perimeter. He also recommended putting free condom dispensers in the Sloot Bunkers.

LoL, and DoD/Congress is worried about a bunch of young Marines looking at nudie pictures. This caught my eye/need more details. Excerpt; Another incident in 2007 involved Francis paying for a stay — and prostitutes — at the MacArthur Suite of the Manila Hotel in the Philippines. “During the party, historical memorabilia related to General Douglas MacArthur were used by the participants in sexual acts,” the indictment said.

A couple of my theories on this subject (sarcasm, i think/yes i'm currently violating GO#1 ROE's); Theory #1. This "problem" might be a subtle indicator of some of the negative effects from 26 years of fighting wars in countries where the troops can't blow off steam, drink or chase skirt. Also, General Order Number #1 hasn't been good for morale, etc. Heck, Muhammad's first Executive Order in 618 AD was the Islamic version of our current US military General Order #1 and today it's still in effect-1,400 years later. With these type rules/laws, It's no wonder that male Muslims become so radicalized at such a young age. How has this type of heavily enforced GO #1 worked out for Muslim females over the last 1,400? Theory #2. These Marines may be suffering from some form of ingrained, subconscious - DNA induced, PT-stress disorder (note PT in this case doesn't mean Post Traumatic). Mother Nature should also be placed on the chopping block for her failures, if this is proven to be true.

Possible punishment for these Devil Dogs; Nuts; Three dogs were sitting in the waiting room at the vet's when they struck up a conversation. The Yellow Labrador turned to the Black Labrador and said, so why are you here? I'm a pisser. I piss on everything....the sofa, the curtains, the cat, the kids. But the final straw was last night when I pissed in the middle of my owner's bed. The Yellow Lab said, so what's the vet going to do? "Gonna cut my nuts off" came the reply from the Black Lab. They reckon it'll calm me down. The Black Lab then turned to the Yellow Lab and asked, why are you here? The Yellow Lab said, I'm a digger. I dig under fences, dig up flowers and trees, I dig just for the hell of it. When I'm inside, I dig up the carpets. But I went over the line last night when I dug a great big hole in owner's couch. So what are they going to do to you "the Black Lab inquired"? Looks like I'm losing my nuts too, the dejected Yellow Lab said. The Black Lab then turned to the Great Dane and asked, why are you here? I'm a humper, said the Great Dane. I'll hump anything. I'll hump the cat, a pillow, the table, fence posts, whatever. I want to hump everything I see. Yesterday my owner had just got out of the shower and was bending down to dry her toes, and I just couldn't help myself. I hopped on her back and started hammering away. The Black and the Yellow Labs exchanged a sad glance and said, "So, it's nuts off for you too, huh ?” The Great Dane said, “No, apparently I'm here to get my nails clipped!"

Adm Harward Quote (rumor?); He called the NSA job offer a "Shit Sandwich".

It seems like Mikey is exhibiting all the early symptoms of being inflicted with a terminal case of "Susan Rice Syndrome".

Yep, I've got a globe and there's a subtle point i''m trying to make with my silly comment. Oh, i probably should've added Pakistan to the list. Hopefully, in the next four years, we can reduce the number of countries requiring a heavy dosage of USAF delivered HE.

Yep, i don't think "Bradley" has made the offical conversion to "Split-Tail" status "Yet".

Hopefully we got the most bang for the buck with these long range/large payload bombers and swung by Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, and Syria to hit a few targets while enroute to Libya.

I always select mute when viewing this mutt. Only two good things about her (.)(.)

IMHO, the Electorial College needs a wee bit of tweaking. Maybe a fairer way to divide the electoral college votes would be to partial them out, below state level, based on Congressional Districts/Senate seats won. Of course, to do this, we would have to hold the Senate elections every four years to coincide with the Presidential election cycle. Downside; the political parties would still find a way to rig the system/districts. The current 538 electors (Electoral College Votes), correspond to the 435 House of Representatives and 100 Senate seats, plus the 3 electors for the District of Columbia. Example of how something like this might look for California; The 55 California electoral votes would be given out for the 2016 election cycle as follows; 1. The Republicans would get 23 electoral votes to put into the Republican Presidential nominee electoral vote basket (Note; The Republicans won 23 Congressional Districts in California). 2. The Democrats would get 32 electoral votes to put into the Democrats Presidential nominee electoral vote basket (Note; The Democrats won 30 Congressional Districts and 2 Senate seats which in California = 32). Example of how something like this might look at a National level; The total 2016 National Presidential electoral vote tally would look something like this (I think a few seats are still being contested or votes are being counted); 1. The Republican Presidential nominee would get 290 electoral votes (239 House of Representatives districts + 51 Senate seats won = 290). 2. The Democrat Presidential nominee would get 243 electoral votes (192 House of Representatives districts won + 48 Senate seats won + 3 Washington DC electoral votes won = 243). 3. Independents/others won a total of 5 districts/seats = 5 electoral votes? Totals; 290 + 243 + 5 = 538 electoral votes.

Or when we used reliable/well vetted sources, on Saddam's WMD program, like Ahmed Chalabi and Curveball. These two lying clowns definitely influenced the "it's time to go to war" decision of the President and key members of the NSC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball_(informant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Chalabi

Tidbit; General Mattis will be our first Secretary of Defense "ever" that's single. General Mattis A.K.A. "The Warrior Monk" is a life-long bachelor, who has never been married and has no children. My recommendation; The first order of business for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on day one, should be to get this dude hooked up/laid.

Maybe he will run for President in 4 years. I can see the slogans/Tshirts now "Mad Dog 2020". Question; Does anyone know the real story about this particular incident that happened at the Rhino LZ (2001/Afghanistan)? Did the USAF bail out General Mattis/USMC by taking the initiative and rescuing the wounded SF troops? https://m.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/24spkh/mattis_veterans_are_not_victims/

The rest of the story; Yep, the top dog (Nixon) received a pardon but this act of clemency didn't flow down the chain of command. In typical fashion, most of the Watergate co-conspirators/worker bees were hung out to dry without any hope of a pardon. The Watergate 7 (none received a pardon); four of the seven were convicted, fined, and did jail time. One had charges dropped prior to trial, one had his conviction overturned on appeal, and one was acquitted at trial. Here's a few more that didn't receive a pardon for their Watergate involvement; These three were convicted and did jail time; Jeb Magruder, Dwight Chapin, and Ed Reinecke. Note; If history repeats itself then Hillary's staff may meet the same end.

Yep, I did a wee bit of profit taking on Fridays close.

I'm all for trading these libs, that want to abandon the good ole USA, for some hard working illegal Mexicans and well vetted "Christian" Syrian refugees.

Must be a new trend. This is from my local AO/we even had a couple schools placed in lockdown. Clown sightings cause scare in Pensacola; https://weartv.com/news/local/clown-sightings-cause-scare-in-pensacola This covers what the local, good ol' boys, think of these clowns. https://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f22/pensacola-clowns-752657/index2/

No Clowns Found on Fort Campbell: Official; Excerpt; A clown warning was issued via Twitter on Sept. 24 by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland. The tweet warned residents to "watch for clowns in your area". They could be child predators seeking kids. Social media reports of clowns terrorizing children on Fort Campbell, are false, a base official said Thursday. "The MPs responded, as they always do, and found no evidence of clowns anywhere," said Robert Jenkins, a Fort Campbell spokesman. "We've had people say they've seen them. There has been no evidence of a clown invasion of Fort Campbell." Reports of clown sightings on the installation began appearing on Facebook pages around Sept. 22. One woman reported a clown jumped over a fence and started pushing her child on a swing. Another said she saw a clown wandering outside her house. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/09/29/no-clowns-found-on-fort-campbell-official.html

Operation Euphrates Shield is now well underway; Turkish/NATO backed FSA forces versus US/NATO backed SDF/YPG Kurdish forces. I'm still not sure how to characterize this particular piece of the on going conflict in Syria/NATO versus NATO proxy war or something else? The SDF/YPG just released the video of a Turkish Tank being destroyed yesterday, in northern Syria (1 KIA/2 WIA). After watching the video I'm surprised that the entire crew wasn't killed. It has been reported that Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missiles were used (9M133 or NATO designation AT-14). These missiles (HEAT/tandem warhead) can penetrate 40 plus inches of armor (up to 52 inches depending on model). The first missile in the video that hits the building looks like a dud since only the small forward tandem, reactive armor defeating, warhead appears to function.

The U.S. policy on "Special Weapons" is we will not confirm nor deny their presence or absence. That being said, it might be wise to do a semi normal PNAF mission now versus waiting for things to spiral totally out of control and "attempting" a ENAO mission.

At least the Turks haven't cut our fuel supply "yet". Example; DLA-owned fuel stored throughout the Western/Eastern Turkish NATO Pipeline System (TNPS), Yumurtalik Pipeline, and 5 Turkish COCO facilities. These are 2006 quantities/fees charged; I'm sure they have changed since 2006. E.1.1. Storage. $1.12 U.S. dollars per barrel per year for 500,000 barrels (79.500 m3). E.1.2. Transportation. Transportation of up to 2,700,000 barrels (429,300 m3) of F34 annually from point of entry to delivery points specified in Annex D for the following costs: E.1.2.1. Into Incirlik Air Base by pipeline from Adana NATO—$0.36 U.S. dollars per barrel E.1.2.2. Into Tank Truck at the following locations: E.1.2.2.1. Adana COCO—$3.00 U.S. dollars per barrel E. 1.2.2.2. Elazig COCO—$5.01 U.S. dollars per barrel E.1.2.2.3. Diyarbakir—$5.38 U.S. dollars per barrel E.1.2.2.4. Batman—$7.12 U.S. dollars per barrel E.2. Antalya. In case the fuel is off-loaded at Antalya Sea Terminal, public transportation fee shall be charged separately. DESC shall be responsible for funding costs to transport F34 from Antalya to Mersin if MOD-ANT has no product in the Eastern TNPS to

Hero one day and facing Impalement the next. Turkey arrests pilots who shot down Russian bomber; Excerpt; Two Turkish military pilots who shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber over Syria have been arrested in connection with the failed coup last week, the country's justice minister said Tuesday. The day after the coup attempt, the mayor of Ankara, Melin Gokcek, said on CNN Turk the pilots were involved in the uprising. Specifically, he said one of the pilots belonged to a secret "parallel state" organization allegedly headed by cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-exile in the United States. Gokcek told CNN Turk that "our relations with Russia have been spoiled by these villains." https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/07/19/Turkey-arrests-pilots-who-shot-down-Russian-bomber-linked-to-failed-coup/6671468942405/?spt=sec&or=tn Fourteen Turkish warships are still unaccounted for, their commanders suspected to be among the plotters who sought to overthrow President Erdogan; Excerpt; The 14 missing ships were reportedly on active duty in either the Aegean or the Black Sea and have not tried to make contact with naval headquarters or report back to the port. The commander of the Turkish navy, Admiral Veysel Kosele, has not been heard from since Friday. Many suspect the warships may be heading to Greek ports. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/rogue-turkish-warships-missing-since-coup/