Happy Feet Friday

Big Crosby, with an assist from Xavier Cugat and his orchestra, performs "Siboney".

March or Die

That was the unofficial motto of the French Foreign Legion when it was based in Algeria. And it's my motto, now. We must forge ahead with courage, discipline and hope for a victory that may be a while in coming, but which we will obtain, may it please God, through our diligence and commitment to succeed.

I will not bother to add my two cents to all the analysis swirling around out there which purports to explain the debacle of this past Tuesday. Suffice it to say that it was a heterogeneous maelstrom of ideological fanaticism, TDS, stupidity, laziness, lack of critical thinking, political and media corruption, short-term economic distress, a spastic hankering for the shiny new thing, and perhaps a heaping helping of the genuinely diabolical. We can't do anything, directly, concerning the Democrats: the ascendency of their party is temporary but virulent and must run its course like any other plague. We can do something about working on combatting their war on America by radically reforming the opposition. We must, first and foremost, prevent the inveterate (and invertebrate) reachers across the aisle of the GOP - i.e., the RINOs - from further consolidating their influence and control. In the face of the unified and well-organized power-mongers of the Democratic Party, these people are worse than useless, the merest Vichy Republicans. That means throwing our resources behind the best the party has to offer, and I will state right here and now, I do not think that includes J.D. Vance, whose continuing connection with the odious Tucker Carlson, as well as his very public waffling on the war with Iran, positively disqualifies him, in my opinion. 

Just some initial thoughts after a very rough week from yours truly. I welcome yours.

Related  Oh, and for God's sake, no more Thomas Massies! "Hegseth Releases Defiant Statement After Republican Midterm Defeat – Responds to Massie’s Planned Impeachment Vote".

Has anybody ever heard of a Democratic congressman bringing impeachment charges against a Democrat in the executive branch? Massie is a self-righteous, virtue-signaling nincompoop. Good riddance (he lost in the GOP primary and is just showing his tail as he walks out the door).

Wake me when the revolution starts

James Talarico. Abdul El-Sayed. And that weirdo in Maine who defeated Susan Collins. I feel like I've just woken up in Cuba. 

For the near future, I plan on hunkering down, staying close to home, and maintaining a frugal existence. And focusing more on my ultimate spiritual destination. Hard times comin'. 

Update  I notice that gold is up over $130 an ounce. Probably just a coincidence.

Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

 

Obscene

The victory of a freak like James Talarico in Texas comes close to representing the death rattle of our Republic, to me. Davy Crockett should have just said "the hell with this" and gone back to Tennessee.

Via friend and commenter JeffS:

It's a small consolation, but the donks got stomped in my county. Quite a relief, since signs for some of the local Democrat candidates outnumbered signs for their Republican opponents by probably 10 to 1. Of course, that weasel Roy Cooper got elected to the U.S. Senate (he did lose in Brunswick County, though). 

I certainly hope not

 

The people I despise are trying to destroy him

That's a good enough reference for me.

And now we understand the absolutely rabid obsession with destroying Pete Hegseth. I’ve been in the Army since before 9/11. Served under many secretaries. Only in the past 18 months have I experienced: >politicians warning me not to follow illegal orders >billboards outside military bases telling me to report war crimes >the media attacking anyone who has a positive thing to say about the man, and defending anyone who hates him >stunning volume of leaks from senior officials trying to undermine him, and the lionizing of the leakers by the press >being called a war criminal myself, hundreds of times a day >a sustained media narrative portraying virtually every firing or senior officer removal as a “purge” >public efforts by retired officers, advocacy groups, and political figures to mobilize service members and military communities against administration policies >influential “Americans” publicly cheering for Iran This is just to name a few. I’ve NEVER experienced anything like this before. And it’s becoming abundantly clear that the concerted effort to divide the military from within was stunted when Hegseth took over. Anyone desiring color revolution needs control of the military. That’s color revolution 101. Is it starting to make sense yet? Now you see the obsession over him in particular. It’s not a coincidence. And it damn sure isn’t because of his culture war. It’s because by all objective metrics, he runs a military that snatches rogue leaders from their beds, destroys entire militaries, and successfully mobilizes assets to save one downed pilot in the middle of enemy territory by building an Air Force base… in the middle of enemy territory. Secures the border, dominates the hemisphere. Hunts drug cartels. The list goes on. He is by all meaningful accounts, effective at wielding the machine. And that is why they drool at the thought of removing him. In years past you’d be hard pressed to find a junior Soldier who knew the name of the cabinet secretary above them. Every one of them knows Pete Hegseth. Every one.

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) October 31, 2026