Nobody Asked Me…

Great gesture, but…

Despite the Democrats’ government shutdown, our brave troops will be receiving a paycheck, thanks to an anonymous but extremely generous billionaire.

President Donald Trump identified the mystery man only as a “friend of mine” who did not wish to receive recognition for his actions. The $130 million donation will allow our military to keep paying the bills amidst the Schumer Shutdown. Unlike the leech Democrat congressmen who will continue to be wealthy regardless of how long they drag out the shutdown, our military put everything on the line for the paychecks, which could not have come without the billionaire’s generosity.

Trump described his conversation with the anonymous donor, “He called us the other day and said, ‘I’d like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown… because I love the military and I love the country.”

Full article, HERE from PJ media.

While this is deserving of kudos to that person, sadly, it’s not that easy. The money will go to the ‘general fund’, not specifically to the military unless it is authorized by… yes… congresscritters. Dammit…

Much as I hate to say it, I don’t see this happening.

And even worse, apparently SNAP/EBT cards will be funded for November or anymore until the shutdown ends, HERE. So we ‘may’ get an answer as to how long it will take for the major cities to start rioting over food…

Sigh…

Yet another step the Pentagon is taking… maybe a step too far?

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week.

In an Oct. 15 memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his deputy, Steve Feinberg, ordered Pentagon officials — including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — to obtain permission from the department’s main legislative affairs office before they have any communication with Capitol Hill.

Full article, HERE from Military Times.

The Pentagon is notorious for leaks… Going back further than the Pentagon Papers, but the leaks have been there. The number of classified programs that have been ‘leaked’ either intentionally or unintentionally is horrific.

Some of those leaks ‘might’ have been done to salvage other programs that sponsors didn’t want to lose, but I don’t know.

Last week the Pentagon limited the media’s ability to wonder around at will, which is a good start as far as I’m concerned. I personally saw them sniffing around areas I knew they didn’t have access to, trying to get a ‘quote’ from an ‘unnamed source’… sigh

Maybe they can also take a look at acquisition, and fix that CF while they are at it. THAT alone would save billions!!! Teaming ‘requirements’, coddling congresscritters programs, etc. etc…

But I do hope they get the military paid the end of the month. What is being done to them in unconscionable, and the blame falls squarely on the Dems for playing political games with the CR.

Talk about ‘inside knowledge’…

A grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey in September on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Comey pleaded not guilty on October 8. 

Comey’s legal troubles are just beginning, however, as federal prosecutors are seeking to remove Comey defense attorney Patrick Fitzgerald from his case, citing a conflict of interest.

Full article, HERE from Town Hall.

Since Fitzgerald was the so called ‘middleman’ getting information from Comey to the law professor, he’s at least culpable in the handling of classified documents…

And who knows what else he was involved in? I can’t help but wonder if Comey’s use of him as his attorney was to prevent Fitzgerald from being called as a witness?

Or was there going to be a claim of ‘attorney/client privilege’ among other things?

I don’t know where this is all going to go, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to need more popcorn and probably a dictionary to figure out what they are saying. The question will be ‘which’ dictionary to use… sigh

Interesting that this popped up today after NO coverage earlier in the week that I saw…

SACRAMENTO  — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office backed off plans to close parts of Interstate 5 on Thursday after mounting tension with federal and military officials over a White House-directed live-fire event off Camp Pendleton’s coast.

The governor’s office said they were told federal authorities were considering closing the freeway and when no order materialized by Wednesday, state officials began weighing whether to do so themselves. Driving that decision, they said, were safety concerns about reports that Navy ships would fire live ordnance over the freeway onto the base during the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration Saturday.

The Marine Corps insisted that “no highways or transportation routes will be closed” following a detailed risk assessment. Capt. Gregory Dreibelbis of the I Marine Expeditionary Force said Thursday that no ordnance will be fired from a U.S. Navy ship during the event, but Marines will fire high explosive rounds from artillery known as M777 Howitzers into designated ranges “with all safety precautions in place.” Simulated explosives and visual effects will also be used, he said.

Full article, HERE from the LA Times.

This makes no sense as anything but a political ploy. There are a ‘lot’ of things that get fired over the California coast into ranges inland. Why ‘this’ particular instance?

As noted, there was no Navy firing of anything in this demo. And the Marines had already done the requisite preplanning and safety investigations/briefs.

Or was it to penalize the Marines and folks who were planning to attend the displays? I-5 is bad enough with the normal traffic issues anyway, much less with 17 miles closed!