Yes, you are Pete. Yes you are. And now we have to deal with a situation where one guy with the nuclear codes is a demented old fool and the other guy is a blackout drunk. I grew up during the Cold War and air raid shelters, all that, and this is giving me the same kind of clenched stomach muscles and tight jaw that I got as a kid. This is some scary stuff. And from the looks of it, the Republican senators who could prevent this catastrophe from taking place have all caved and are ready to rubber stamp it. But here’s the picture that the current nominee to head the Department Of Defense is presenting to the world and the world is aghast.
— GIL (@Keith196177) January 23, 2025
I’m not even going to ask you to join me in a chorus of “it gets worse” because you know that’s the direction it’s going. Now we have the nominee not knowing the difference between a digestive system and metabolism. Well, I guess we should be glad he’s not up for the same post as RFK, Jr., then, right?
Yeah you don't have to eat that much when you're an alcoholic.
— Lucy Monostone amygdala6 on blue (@boney_robin) January 23, 2025
Protein and booze, breakfast of champions. And while we’re here, let’s just go all the way down the rabbit hole, shall we? In for a penny, in for a pound.
His is basically telling everyone that he is such a profiling drinker that he can drink gin like it's water. This is not the flex he thinks it is
— Over 10,220 Days Since 49ers Won a SB (@notjb8666) January 23, 2025
Does he cover them while he showers? 🤔
Or has he not showered for 10 years as well?🤔
— Ben Johnson🇺🇸🦅🥊🤼🚵🏃🤓🪷 (@bensahuskie) January 23, 2025
That was my question, does he don gloves to take a shower, or maybe he actually washes his hair and body with his hands, like the rest of us do, ergo “washing his hands” in the process.
Is that the same guy that gave homeless people fake money hoping they would get arrested and called it helping the homeless get off the streets?! 🧐
— Shelinda (@shelindalewis) January 23, 2025
An aircraft carrier was misplaced during Trump’s first administration, maybe that will become the new normal. With Hegseth in charge, it all could go missing, aircraft carriers, F-35s, helicopters, you name it. It’s all up for grabs. Hell, Pete might gamble a few away in a poker game when he’s in a blackout, who knows?
This man was perfectly placed according to his actual real world skills: he was a Fox News weekend personality. That was a sound use of material. To take the same material and attempt to make him into an administrative and military leader of considerable ability is rank insanity — but evidently MAGA thinks that this is all good for shits and giggles, so that’s the direction we’re going.
I don’t know if anybody in the Senate is going to grow a conscience at the last minute and decide to save America from this catastrophe. Let’s just say I’m not counting on it.
Since you’re here, let’s share some dark humor from the Cold War days. The only way to deal with an impending apocalypse is to laugh at it.
Today is not a good day to stop drinking. Just ask Pete.
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Why should anyone be surprised? MAGA figured it worked out with Trump being a “personality”, why not Hegseth?
And he wants to be my latex salesman…er…Head of Department of Defense? I don’t think so…
Ursula, I think in the beginning of your piece you said you grew up during the Civil War, I suspect you meant the Cold War.
Or is she being prescient?
I’m not worried. I know how to “Duck and Cover.”