My friend Peter, over at Bayou Renaissance Man is up for a literary award!
Quoting him here-
I was happily surprised to find that my first Western novel, ‘Brings The Lightning‘, has been nominated for the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance‘s Book of the Year contest for 2017.
Haven’t done a car lately, and a side conversation today got me thinking about Hurst branded cars…
Back in the 60s/70s, if you had a 4 speed, and could afford it, you put a Hurst shifter on it. Hurst also lent their name to various brands, the Hurst Olds 442, some Chryslers, Chevrolets, Pontiacs and this one…
A Rambler…
There was one of these in town back in the day. The guy that owned it did come out and race it on a regular basis. It was as quick as a lot of the other cars out there…
Out of the box, for $2998, it ran F-Stock NHRA, and with minimal mods it got into J-Stock.
It was basically a Ford 390CI engine, mated to a T-10 transmission with a Hurst shifter, but it fit into the Rambler/AMX performance line back then.
Between the AMX and the SCrambler, they had a couple of pretty hot cars… Back in the day.
There were 1512 of them manufactured by American Motor Corporation, and there is still quite the fan club. They also still appear regularly at various race tracks around the country…
I almost hit a woman yesterday in OKC when she blindly stepped out into traffic while fiddling with her phone…
So it’s kinda ironic that I get this in a email last night…
PLEASE get off the damn phones if you’re trying to cross the @$!$%& street!!!
h/t JP
Hyperbole or just plain old tantrums???
The President is giving an address to Congress tomorrow night and the Dems/Media are continuing to meltdown… Some are supposedly going to not attend, some supposedly are going to crowd the aisle then turn their backs, and… and…
This year, Democrats will be using their tickets as part of an organized effort to invite the families of illegal immigrants, DREAMers protected by former President Obama’s executive orders on immigration, and Muslim-Americans they claim will be harmed by Trump’s temporary travel ban. (A court has stayed Trump’s travel ban.)
Full article, HERE.
And you can bet the media will twist it anyway they can. Just like some bloggers who are still in denial are doing…
Personally, I think it would be funny as hell if ICE were there, just checking… Don’t ya know…
And then there’s this…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Trump has misled the public to a degree that “there are plenty of grounds right now for the current president” to be impeached. But the public is not fully on board yet, Pelosi said, because “many of the president’s supporters are not ready to accept the fact that their judgement may not have been so great in voting for him.”
Full article, HERE.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Chiraq continues to kill people at an even greater rate than last year!
Four people were killed and 10 others were wounded over the weekend in Chicago as violence this year continues to outpace last year.
As of Monday morning, the city had logged 103 homicides, compared with 101 this time a year ago, according to data compiled by the Tribune. At least 513 people have been shot this year, compared with 466 over the same time last year.
And what is being done by Rhambo et al? Zip, nada… Full article, HERE.
And an interesting OPED from the Washington Times by Kelly Riddell, HERE.
It’s getting to the point that it all comes down to credibility, and it seems most outlets are sadly lacking… Right, left, or otherwise…
It’s pretty bad when the ‘better’ coverage comes from the BBC and Pravda. Never thought I’d be saying THAT! 🙁
In other news, Trump came out saying he was going to up the military’s budget by $54 billion (3% of the current budget) and the left is screaming… Claims abound that ZOMYGHADELeventy… Entitlements will be cut/zeroed, yada, yada, yada…. Spend more than any country in the world, yada, yada… The reality is the US spends about 3.3% of GDP vs. 5.1% for Russia vs. 2.1% for China vs. 15.1% for Saudi Arabia (documentation HERE). Of course, you CAN twist those numbers… Or just go with totals, like THIS.
Just remember, figures (statistics) lie and liars figure…
If you’re an engineer that is… 🙂
ENGINEER IDENTIFICATION TEST
You walk into a room and notice that a picture is hanging crooked. You…
The correct answer is “C” but partial credit can be given to anybody who writes “It depends” in the margin of the test or simply blames the whole stupid thing on “Marketing.”
SOCIAL SKILLS
Engineers have different objectives when it comes to social interaction. “Normal” people expect to accomplish several unrealistic things from social interaction:
*Stimulating and thought-provoking conversation
*Important social contacts
*A feeling of connectedness with other humans
In contrast to “normal” people, engineers have rational objectives for social interactions:
*Get it over with as soon as possible.
*Avoid getting invited to something unpleasant.
*Demonstrate mental superiority and mastery of all subjects.
FASCINATION WITH GADGETS
To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories:
(1) things that need to be fixed, and
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don’t understand this concept; they believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and feature-poor toys.
FASHION AND APPEARANCE
Clothes are the lowest priority for an engineer, assuming the basic thresholds for temperature and decency have been satisfied. If no appendages are freezing or sticking together, and if no genitalia are in plain view, then the objective of clothing has been met; anything else is a waste.
DATING AND SOCIAL LIFE
Dating is never easy for engineers. A normal person will employ various indirect and duplicitous methods to create a false impression of attractive-ness. Engineers are incapable of placing appearance above function.
Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. They are widely recognized as superior marriage material: intelligent, dependable, employed, honest, and handy around the house. While it’s true that many normal people would prefer not to date an engineer, most normal people harbor an intense desire to mate with them, thus producing engineerlike children who will have high-paying jobs long before losing their virginity.
Male engineers reach their peak of sexual attractiveness later than normal men, becoming irresistible erotic dynamos in their mid-thirties to late-forties. Just look at these examples of sexually irresistible men in technical professions:
* Bill Gates.
* MacGyver.
* Etcetera.
Female engineers become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until about thirty minutes after their clinical death. Longer if it’s a warm day.
HONESTY
Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human relationships. That’s why it’s a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can’t handle the truth. Engineers sometimes bend the truth to avoid work. They say things that sound like lies but technically are not because nobody could be expected to believe them. The complete list of engineer lies is listed below.
“I won’t change anything without asking you first.”
“I’ll return your hard-to-find cable tomorrow.”
“I have to have new equipment to do my job.”
“I’m not jealous of your new computer.”
FRUGALITY
Engineers are notoriously frugal. This is not because of cheapness or mean spirit; it is simply because every spending situation is simply a problem in optimization, that is, “How can I escape this situation while retaining the greatest amount of cash?”
POWERS OF CONCENTRATION
If there is one trait that best defines an engineer it is the ability to concentrate on one subject to the complete exclusion of everything else in the environment. This sometimes causes engineers to be pronounced dead prematurely. Some funeral homes in high-tech areas have started checking resumes before processing the bodies. Anybody with a degree in electrical engineering or experience in computer programming is propped up in the lounge for a few days just to see if he or she snaps out of it.
RISK
Engineers hate risk. They try to eliminate it whenever they can. This is understandable, given that when an engineer makes one little mistake the media will treat it like it’s a big deal or something.
EXAMPLES OF BAD PRESS FOR ENGINEERS
* Hindenberg.
* Space Shuttle Challenger.
* SPANet(tm)
* Hubble space telescope.
* Apollo 13.
* Titanic.
* Ford Pinto.
* Corvair.
The risk/reward calculation for engineers looks something like this:
RISK: Public humiliation and the death of thousands of innocent people.
REWARD: A certificate of appreciation in a handsome plastic frame. Being practical people, engineers evaluate this balance of risks and rewards and decide that risk is not a good thing. The best way to avoid risk is by advising that any activity is technically impossible for reasons that are far too complicated to explain. If that approach is not sufficient to halt the project, then the engineer will fall back to a second line of defense:
“It’s technically possible but it will cost too much.”
EGO
Ego-wise, two things are important to engineers:
* How smart they are.
* How many cool devices they own.
The fastest way to get an engineer to solve a problem is to declare that the problem is unsolvable. No engineer can walk away from an unsolvable problem until it’s solved. No illness or distraction is sufficient to get the engineer off the case. These types of challenges quickly become personal—a battle between the engineer and the laws of nature.
Engineers will go without food and hygiene for days to solve a problem. (Other times just because they forgot.) And when they succeed in solving the problem they will experience an ego rush that is better than sex— and I’m including the kind of sex where other people are involved.
Nothing is more threatening to the engineer than the suggestion that somebody has more technical skill. Normal people sometimes use that knowledge as a lever to extract more work from the engineer. When an engineer says that something can’t be done (a code phrase that means it’s not fun to do), some clever normal people have learned to glance at the engineer with a look of compassion and pity and say something along these lines: “I’ll ask Bob to figure it out. He knows how to solve difficult technical problems.”
At that point it is a good idea for the normal person to not stand between the engineer and the problem. The engineer will set upon the problem like a starved Chihuahua on a pork chop.
To explain, CATIA is a CAD design tool we use where I work (pronounced caateya)
THE BALLAD OF CATIA FRED
(Sung to the tune of “The Beverly Hillbillies”)
Come Listen to muh story ’bout a man named Fred,
A poor college student with computers in his head.
An’ then one day he was lookin’ for ideas,
His professor said, “Hey! There’s money in CATIA’s.”
(…keyboards, that is…digitizers…mainframes…)
Well the first thing you know ol’ Fred’s an engineer.
The kinfolk said, “Get the heck away from here!”
They said, “Washingtony is the place you oughta see!”
So he bought a bag o’ donuts and he joined the Lazy B.
(Boeing, that is…big planes…little paychecks…)
On his first day at work they stuck him in a cube,
Fed him some more donuts and sat him at the tube.
Said, “Your drawin’s late, but we know just what to do:
Instead of forty hours, gonna work ya fifty-two.”
(…overtime, that is…black coffee…Lucky Strikes…)
Well the months went by an’ things was lookin’ bad.
Some schedules they dun slipped and the managers was mad.
They called another meetin’ an’ decided on a fix:
The answer was so clear: “We’ll work him sixty-six!”
(…tired, that is…no-doz…espresso, donuts…)
Then the months turned to years an’ his hair was gettin’ gray,
But Fred kept a tubin’ while his life just slipped away.
He was waitin’ for the lottery to help him out the door,
Then he ate another donut and his body hit the floor.
(…dead, that is…heart attack…logged off…)
Not saying that I know a few folks that fit this… Nope, not at all…
The unsung (on purpose) heroes of the intelligence world…
Many sailors and airmen have been lost on ‘missions’ that never existed, or were never actually attributed, their deaths noted as ‘training accidents’ in some cases…
Today, I’d like to draw your attention to two of those ships.
First, and arguably the more ‘famous’ of the two is the USS Pueblo, AGER-2 (Auxiliary General, Environmental Research) a former Army transport, laid down in 1944 and later transferred to the Navy. She was reclassified in 1967 to the AGER class and built out with the ‘correct’ equipment for her mission.
U.S. Navy bureau of Ships – Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1129207 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Less than 8 months later, on 23 Jan 1968, she was captured by the North Koreans supposedly for deliberately entered their territorial waters 7.6 nautical miles away from Ryo Island. The United States maintains that the vessel was in international waters at the time of the incident and that any purported evidence supplied by North Korea to support its statements was fabricated.
This plaque, with the USS Pueblo’s emblem was presented to SN L.J. Marshall when they returned from captivity.
U.S. Navy bureau of Ships – Official U.S. Navy photo NH 68501 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
FN Duane Hodges was killed in the capture of the Pueblo, prior to the docking at Wonson.
The taking of Pueblo and the abuse and torture of its crew during the subsequent 11-month prisoner drama became a major Cold War incident, raising tensions between the western democracies and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and People’s Republic of China.
As usual, the media were no help, as the prisoners were routinely beaten/tortured and it was even worse after this picture with the ensuing caption was released by Time in Feb 1968. The crew had convinced the NORKS that it was the Hawaiian good luck sign…
North Korean picture, reprinted by Time Magazine in February 1968
Finally release on 23 DEC 1968, the crew was directed across the bridge at Panmunjom, Korea, then loaded on busses can carried to the UN compound.
Although both CDR Bucher, all the officers and crew subsequently appeared before a Navy Court of Inquiry. A court-martial was recommended for the CO and the Officer in Charge of the Research Department, for surrendering without a fight and for failing to destroy classified material, but the Secretary of the Navy, John Chafee, rejected the recommendation, stating, “They have suffered enough.”
You can follow this LINK, to read some of the experiences of the Pueblo crewmen.
There are some who tie the Pueblo incident into the Walker spy ring, as the communication and encryption equipment aboard Pueblo was still used until the 1980s due to the amount of systems and upgrades required. There were some indications that Walker was, in fact, never asked for equipment itself, only the keycodes.
The USS Pueblo is still carried as a commissioned ship, even though she sits tied up to a pier in the Taedong River in Pyongyang as part of a museum.
For more information and links, you can visit the Wiki, HERE.
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The second incident, while much more deadly, was over in less than two hours…
According to Israeli sources, at the start of the war on 5 June, General Yitzhak Rabin informed Commander Ernest Carl Castle, the American Naval Attaché in Tel Aviv, that Israel would defend its coast with every means at its disposal, including sinking unidentified ships. Also, he asked the U.S. to keep its ships away from Israel’s shore or at least inform Israel of their exact position. However, USS Liberty’s position was never sent to the Israelis…
The USS Liberty, AGTR-5 (Auxiliary General, Technical Research) was a civilian cargo vessel SS Simmons Victory, a Victory Ship, the US Navy acquired and outfitted as an intelligence collector.
U.S. Navy bureau of Ships – Official U.S. Navy photo 45-166.02.01 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
She had done patrols for two years before she attacked was in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula, about 25.5 nm northwest from the Egyptian city of Arish on 8 JUN 1967, during the Six Day War.
Sadly, this attack was carried out by the Israeli military, both with multiple aircraft (Mirage and Mystères) attacking and three Motor Torpedo Boats that fired both guns and torpedoes at the Liberty.
Her insignia was very simple and ‘discreet’ if you will… Freedom though Knowledge.
U.S. Navy bureau of Ships – Official U.S. Navy photo NH 83352-KN from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Since the US was neutral, she was sent to do SIGINT collections off the coast staying outside territorial waters. Due to concerns, C6F decided to move her further out to 100nm, but due to communications foul ups that message wasn’t received until after the attack.
Commander McGonagle, the CO raised the issue of ship safety and requested a DDG as an escort, but VADM Martin, C6F, refused the request, basically saying the ship had all the ID she needed.
Sadly that proved not to be true…
Even after being overflown by Israeli acft earlier in the morning, a combination of false reports, confusing information and inability of MTB crews to actually calculate speed led to the Israeli air force attacking USS Liberty at 1357L Sinai time.
The Mirages and Mystères made multiple passes, including rockets, cannon and napalm drops until they had used all ammunition. Additionally, and a key point, the ship’s flag was knocked down.
U.S. Navy bureau of Ships – Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1123119 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Eight crewmen were killed in the initial attacks and seventy-five injured, while Commander McGonagle, though injured remained in command. He got a message off to C6F, saying they were under attack, and VADM Miller started acft their way then recalled them (reason unknown).
At 1420L, a cease fire was passed via the Israeli command center, based on a possible ID as an American ship. at 1435L, the MTBs attacked, firing a spread of five torpedoes, one of which impacted the starboard forward side killing 25 more sailors and intel specialists, wounded many more.
The MTBs continued their attacks using guns and cannons, including strafing damage control parties and crewmen trying to launch life rafts. A final cease fire was ordered at 1530L, as USS Saratoga’s acft were in route (once again recalled).
USS Liberty was able to stay afloat, and was met by destroyers USS Davis and USS Massey, and the cruiser USS Little Rock, who transferred medical personnel across to treat the wounded. They also escorted Liberty to Malta for repairs.
This picture was taken as she neared the pier at Malta, you can see the hole left by the Torpedo and the cannon and missile strikes on the ship and superstructure.
U.S. Navy bureau of Ships – Official U.S. Navy photo NH 87479 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Although this event took place 50 years ago, there is still dispute as to whether it was an intentional attack on a known US intel asset (as some profess), or an attack against a supposed (Egyptian) enemy ship. One fact is clear, LBJ and others in power did NOT want a full investigation at the time.
The 34 names are engraved on the National Cryptographic memorial at the NSA, a memorial stone in Arlington Cemetery and this plaque in the Israeli Navy Museum…
Memorial Plaque in Israeli Navy Museum, placed there by the MTB squadron veterans.
The plaque says (translation): “We express deep sorrow for the 34 friends who died from our hands, in combat they should not have been involved, on a ship” – The names of the fallen in the incident – “May their memory be blessed. The veterans of MTB Squadron.”
Commander McGonagle was awarded the Medal Of Honor for his actions as the CO during the incident. He remained on the bridge for 17 hours, refusing treatment until he was satisfied his sailors had been taken care of and they met with the USN destroyers.
For more information and links, you can visit the Wiki, HERE.
The VA has finally gotten regulations out for the water issues at Camp LeJeune!
VA has published regulations to establish presumptions for the service connection (SC) of eight diseases associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The presumption of SC applies to active duty, reserve and National Guard members who served at Camp Lejeune for a minimum of 30 days (cumulative) between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987, and are diagnosed with any of the following conditions:
– Adult leukemia; Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes; Bladder, kidney & liver cancer; Multiple myeloma; Non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, and Parkinson’s disease.
Environmental health experts in VA’s Technical Workgroup conducted comprehensive reviews of scientific evidence, which included analysis and research done by the Department of Health and Human Service’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Environmental Protection Agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the National Toxicology Program, and the National Academies of Science.
Veterans with 30 or more cumulative days of active duty service, at Camp Lejeune during the contamination period are already eligible for certain medical benefits. In the early 1980s, volatile organic compounds, trichloroethylene (TCE), a metal degreaser, and perchloroethylene (PCE), a dry cleaning agent, as well as benzene and vinyl chloride, were discovered in two on-base water supply systems at Camp Lejeune. The contaminated wells supplying the water systems were shut down in February 1985. The area included in this presumption is all of Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River, including satellite camps and housing areas.
Beginning in March, the disability benefits may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans who will have to submit evidence of their diagnoses and service information. The estimated taxpayer cost is $2.2 billion over a five-year period. As many as 900,000 service members were potentially exposed to the tainted water, although VA estimates that roughly 23,000 veterans will apply and qualify for the benefits.
HERE is the link to the Federal Register for the actual rule, it becomes effective 15 MAR 2017. Please pass this along to any Marines you know who served at LeJeune during those dates.
And a little history…
Dog tags have a simple purpose; they exist to identify people. The term “dog tag” is informal, but it is the nickname for those two pieces of non-corrosive metal hanging around military personnel’s necks. It is possible to look back through history and find instances of something similar, but dog tags as we know them today did not come about until the mid-1800s. Dog tags contain much more information than just a name. Over time, more and more information has been added enabling them to be as helpful as possible.
Roman Legionnaires had dog tags, called signaculum. They contained very basic information such as a person’s name and group. They were made of lead and had a leather rope attached for wearing around the neck. The Chinese military started using them in the mid-1800s. However, soldiers in the United States fighting in the Civil War had to improvise to identify themselves on the battlefield. They wrote information such as their name and address on a piece of paper and then pinned it to the back of their jacket (on the inside of course). Some soldiers did not do this and instead opted to etch the info into their belts or knapsacks. During the Civil War American businessmen spotted an opportunity. Recognizing there was a market for nametags within the military they advertised pins displaying a soldier’s name, rank, unit and military status. Tags usually had a shield or an eagle on them, along with a phrase that represented war. One of the phrases used was “War for the Union.”
Tags were issued to the Prussian Army in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. These had a German nickname “Hundemarken” and were based on an identification system for dogs.
In 1906, the US Army officially began providing them; the British Army followed suit in 1907. US and British tags were made from aluminum. Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand retained the same basic id discs well into the 20th century. 1916 brought a change. Both the US and Britain issued two tags. If a soldier died, one disc was removed to assist with recording the death the other was left with the body for identification once it was removed from the battlefield. It has remained this way with more and more militaries adopting tags.
Every country has different tags, different ways they make them, different materials and even different info. For example:
– Several countries including Canada, Israel and Denmark use tags that break in two.
– The ball chain is the most common necklace to support the tags. In the past a string was often used.
– Most tags are ovals or rectangles.
– The three most common things on the tags are; name, blood type and serial number. Some countries add religious affiliation.
– The Soviet Union did not issue dog tags in WWII. Instead, they opted for a cylinder with a piece of paper in it providing the details. They began issuing oval tags after the war.
Use of dog tags today extends well beyond the military. They have become a fashion accessory and some businesses offer the opportunity to create personalized tags. They are also used within the medical industry since a lot of information can be put on them including patient allergies, blood type, and emergency contacts. These are typically referred to as medical ID tags, but they are the same concept as dog tags.
As if anybody trusted Wiki-anything, there is this…
Bot wars over changes…
Yasseri believes the work serves as an early warning to companies developing bots and more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools. An AI that works well in the lab might behave unpredictably in the wild.
Ya think??? Sigh…
Full article, HERE.
And Amazon is claiming 1st Amendment rights in a murder trial!!!
Amazon is sticking to its guns in the fight to protect customer data. The tech titan has filed a motion to quash the search warrant for recordings from an Amazon Echo in the trial of James Andrew Bates, accused of murdering friend Victor Collins in Bentonville, Arkansas in November 2015. And it’s arguing that the responses of Alexa, the voice of the Echo, has First Amendment rights as part of that motion.
Full article, HERE.
Project Veritas is at it again, this time with 200 hours of recordings from inside CNN, while it’s 2009 data apparently, it’s still pretty educational as to how they run the ‘business’, HERE.
And one more to think about…
Last week, The Wall Street Journal revealed that members of the intelligence community — part of the deep state, the unseen government within the government that does not change with elections — now have acquired so much data on everyone in America that they can selectively reveal it to reward their friends and harm their foes. Their principal foe today is the president of the United States.
From the Washington Times, HERE.
I swear we’re living in Bizzaro land…
I’m really beginning to wonder if the left/loonies/POS/etc. are going to push to the point that we have to respond??? And do they realize what that response is probably going to be???
Sigh… I don’t WANT to live in interesting times again… BTDT, threw the damn t-shirt away!!!
And once again ‘activist’ judges are making stuff up on the fly…
Note that they do not accurately describe an actual ‘assault’ weapon, merely use the pat phrase (and quote Sandy Hook in the majority opinion)…
The ruling from the Richmond-based court goes further than other appellate courts that have reviewed similar laws in stating clearly that “assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment.” The majority opinion, written by Judge Robert B. King, refers to the banned firearms as “weapons of war” that the court says are most useful in the military.
In a strongly worded dissent, Judge William B. Traxler Jr. said his colleagues have “gone to greater lengths than any other court to eviscerate the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms.”
Full article, HERE.
Once again, a democrat state has taken it on itself to determine what ‘rights’ their citizens have to self-defense, target shooting and hunting…
Now the ‘interesting’ question is, will they take those same guns and magazines away from the LEOs?
Is it time to rename the 4th Circuit to the 4th Circus???
Sigh…
I’ve pretty much kept quiet about the election and the meltdowns that have been occurring, but these two from the POS (Perpetually Offended Snowflakes)…
Post-Trump Stress Disorder??? Article, HERE.
Post-Election Stress Disorder??? Really??? Article, HERE.
The clinical definition per the Mayo Clinic is:
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.
An election is NOT A TERRIFYING EVENT!!! Geez…
At the VA yesterday, there were a number of us ‘chatting’ about this, including a couple of folks that really DO have PTSD. One old Marine grumbled, “They want PTSD, I’ll GIVE them PTSD (rest of comment redacted due to language).” I gotta admit that was some creative cussing and he never repeated himself once!
It’s time for some people to get a friggin’ life and understand that reality wins… Sigh…