I must say that I’ve gotten many haircuts but don’t recall having taken a haircut. Any mistakes made along the way were self inflicted. Never did a seller mislead me, however I may have optimistically made some assumptions that were wrong.
Now getting a haircut was a different story. The Fourscore family had three boys plus a dad that routinely needed haircuts, on a very limited budget. Consequently haircuts were done by Mom, in the kitchen, using a hand clipper. For those that have gotten a homemade haircut, with a mechanical clipper, you may remember the pulling out of the hair resulted in the same removal as a clipped hair.
As the youngest and least able to defend myself I was last on the list, though Dad could get his cut whenever he wanted. Us kids, not so lucky, we got haircuts on Mom’s schedule. By the time my turn came Mom’s hands were tired plus she was tired from the complaints of the two older kids. The hand clipper pulled as much as cut, I dreaded it. Now remember, Mom was not a trained barber, plus having never got a boy’s haircut, her technique was one of expediency rather than style.
Anyway, as my oldest brother got into junior high he required a real haircut, one did not want to look bad when measured against one’s contemporaries. In addition, girls’ laughing would hurt as much as the boys. Off he went to the corner barber shop. My other brother and I was still doomed to the Saturday Night Specials.
I don’t think we had bowls my size ’cause my haircuts seemed to be a little higher all around and short on top. I was always embarrassed on the first couple days back to school after the haircut trauma but no one seemed to notice anyway. After a week or so my hair had grown back so kind of blended in.
Then the big day, somewhere around age 11 or 12. My older brother left the nest, maybe my Dad had gotten a pay raise, maybe Mom was tired of the complaints. Anyway, my brother and I each got fifty cents and instructions as to what to tell the corner barber. Haircuts were 45 cents for kids on Saturday, the extra nickle was for a tip. No reservations, the beauty shop was in the back but the equipment was visible through the curtain. It was like a trip to DisneyWorld.
Things stayed pretty much on an even keel but by the ’50s Elvis came along and hair styles changed from the earlier WW2 styles, especially for teenage boys. Now another problem, we didn’t need no stinkin’ haircut. At least not the same as before. As with many of the kids I joined in the crowd, to be different. I got through high school with a DA but no one in the real world cared. Back to shorter hair, easier to manage and keep clean, while working in a hostile environment.
Then I had my calling. Off I went to the challenges of military reality. I wore my hair hair short and shorter for the next twenty years.
When I retired I was busy and the fish didn’t seem to care and haircuts were longer in between. There were no barber shops in Podunkville but a beautician met my needs every few weeks. I needed a reservation but since she was close that didn’t present a problem. Then she retired and I was back to looking for a barber. The problem was that the guy I found was 30 miles away and needed a appointment. That wasn’t so bad ’cause we could do our monthly shopping, have lunch out and combine the trips.
Then I found a local barber, 10 miles away, walk-in. That was better, since my time was not so valuable at this point. He was a big, heavy guy, overbearing in his political drama (an outspoken Trumpster). Coarse in his language but that part didn’t bother me, no little kids or women were in the shop.
So, one day I go to the shop and the shop is closed with no explanation. I just wasted time and gas. I returned the next day, sign on the window, “Closed ’til 2 PM”. I went back the next week, shop is closed due to medical reasons. Wait another week, I’m 3 weeks over due and the shop has another closed sign. I’m beginning to feel like a teen age girl.
I checked with another barber, 16 miles away. Need an appointment, booked a week ahead, haircut was $25, and in a town we rarely went to so it would be a special trip. I got out my mental calculator: Haircut $25, Tip $5, Gas $6. So a haircut would be $36 plus inconvenient. Hell no!
I called my friend, Jeff Bezos. He sent me a hair cutting kit for $39. Complete with clippers, combs, oil, and a brush. I started cutting my own hair. The last Sunday morning of every month I check in, cut my hair and no complaints. I’ve gone full circle, I get pretty much the same haircut as my Mom gave me 80 years ago. The best part is I don’t care what I look like, no one complains or laughs.
Someone asked, “But what does it look like?”
Short answer, “It looks like I cut it myself.”
I shaved my head for 30 years, I could let grow out and look nice for about 3 months, then buzz it again.
Now I go to a barber about 5 minutes away. Since we are both old surf rats he styles my hair accordingly, 50$ with tip, jfc
I shave my head every Sunday, whether it needs it or not, same routine for the last 23 years. I ask for a new electric shaver every three or so Christmases.
I shave my head with an electric razor every day. The last time I sat in a barber’s chair, it was 1997.
At this point, if I let my hair grow more than 2 days, the itching drives me up the wall. I can vary between only a mustache and a full santa claus with little complaint, but can’t tolerate hair above my ears anymore.
What a timely post! I’m getting my head shaved again today. Having long, thick, coarse, curly/nappy hair that can dreadlock itself if you look at it wrong (and no short haircut looks good on me), I’m too old and tiree to put up with this bullshit.
Mojo with a mohawk would be awesome!
Nope. Go big or go home.
Dooooo iiiiit!
Liberty Spikes. or a Chelsea.
Mojeaux gets a Mohawk is a great band name.
Mojo with a mohawk is going big to me
I tend to find a beautician and stick with her for years. Some of them have turned into good friends even when the salon visits stopped.
Currently I am just spoiled. Last year I was in the chair and my current girl was lamenting how much their rent cost. We had extra space in the gym we were trying to rent out, so she and her partner fixed it up into a really nice little salon. Their rent is 25% of what it was before. They can work less hours and make more money, and we really don’t notice them until they show up with their rent. She charges $20, and she’s usually booked but if I text her she can usually find a time slot.
In Idaho (ironically the least regulated state) to operate a beauty shop you have to be a licensed beautician. Not sure about renting space to one though. They will come done on you if you cut hair for money without their precious lisence.
My motorcycle partner (84 year old lady, 110 lbs, funny as hell, rides a crotch rocket) cuts her own hair with two mirrors and a pair of scissors. You wouldn’t know it wasn’t a professional job unless she told you.
That’s hard-core.
My mom used scissors on us 4 boys. I use electric clippers today. It took several decades to sink in but you really do get what you pay for with those things. I advise anyone looking at them to get the most expensive one you can afford… it’s worth it.
I’m getting my head shaved again today.
Do you have on of them A-rab head things like Ilhan Omar?
I have headscarves, yes, but I tie them in a gypsy/boho/hippie way and wear ginormous gold hoop earrings.
Or a baseball cap.
Unlicensed hair cuts??!?!?
Anarchy.
I’m fortunate some young brothers opened a proper barbershop right around the time I moved into my current place.
“#2 on the back and sides, shorter up top”
Total time in chair is ~ 15 minutes.
Prices have gone up over the years but they have grandfathered me in, so $30 (I throw him $40), which is good for the area.
Even after my guy left to open his own shop (too far away) the replacement I chose still charges me the old price, which is sweet.
wait wait wait – shorter on top?
My cut is #3 on top, #2 on the sides, 10 minutes in the chair.
Whoops, misstated it: “#2 on the back and sides, trim it up on top”.
Okay, that makes more sense.
Mrs. JI is my usual barber, but when she’s unavailable, I found a barber shop that is $12 plus tip. #1 all the way around.
I have been going to the same guy since I moved up here. I go in, sit down, wait my turn.
Skin buzz all over, trim the brows. With tip, $25.
This joggled my memory. When I was eight or ten, we were visiting my grandparents on the farm. My grandfather was going to the bustling metropolis of Hayesville to get a haircut, and took me with him. I came back with my one and only flattop. My mom wasn’t too pleased.
These days I get my hair cut at the barber college. They do more or less what I tell them, and it’s cheap.
I go to a local place with a bunch of female Barbers. They do okay.
I went to a lady barber a couple times, she was a bit short, I’m a tall, and she had to stand on a stool to see to cut my hair. There wasn’t enough business to keep her busy and she moved on.
Hegseth didn’t kick women out of combat MOS jobs (I would have shit that crap down), but he announced a single PT standard for everyone in a combat role. There will be lots of complaints as non-hackers get weeded out.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1973003211922411949
Is it above the old men’s standard?
I’ve told my experiences with women in the Signal Corps. They made excellent switchboard operators but when it came to rolling out field wire, climbing a telephone pole or changing a tire on the a 2 1/2 T truck it was a different story.
I was a Radio Operator – similar experience. When it was time to march 20 miles with the infantry while carrying a radio and weapons, just didn’t work at all.
Just bat your eyes and get some simp to do it for you.
Apparently he’s also making the brass meet the same physical standards.
The general office meeting is a PT test? I would fucking luv that. Rotund Milley isn’t the only one.
Random E4s need to grade them.
I run a clipper with a half guard over my head about once a week. Before I shaved my head, it was ~15 years since my previous haircut.
Thanks for keeping us safe NYS. Note that it’s got the REAL ID star too.
https://x.com/GovStitt/status/1972737969594433871
Anyone caught carrying or issuing one of those should be subject to summary execution for several million counts of attempted vehicular manslaughter.
REAL ID.
LMFAO.
Not sure a semi random string of letters is much better. At least the Chinese would adopt a western name.
Is that an actual license, or just a sample of what a license looks like? If it is real, I don’t even know what to say.
See claims in the comment that is the surname and thier first name is blocked out, but interwebs shows NYS licenses have the full name on ine line. So yet again, people lie.
Some of the censored portions dont make sense either.
I don’t know about CDLs from New York, but my non-CDL has two lines, one for surname and one for Ristname middle initial.
But – it also has two lines for the address where the redacted sample has only one. So I do not know.
It could also be a fake ID. I’d think there is a market for counterfeit CDLs.
If not for the fact that I need to drive I’d say any ID issued by New York is fake.
Yeah mine has my name on two lines.
And some of the data is in a different order from what is shown but the design changes all the time so who knows.
The CDL should not exist.
GHOST GUNZ!
FBI Director Kash Patel gave “inoperable plastic 3D-printed replica” pistols deemed illegal to possess under New Zealand’s gun laws to at least three senior police, security and intelligence officials on a visit to the country earlier this year, law enforcement agencies in the country confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday.
Patel presented the guns to New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers; Andrew Hampton, the director-general of the country’s intelligence service; and Andrew Clark, the director-general of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), according to police and Hampton and Clark’s departments.
Patel traveled to the capital, Wellington, to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand on July 31.
Toy guns are illegal in New Zealand? Satan wept.
Buried lede.
Why does the FBI have an office in New Zealand?
https://youtu.be/deubY3ALsiI?t=159s
Keep an eye on those nasty little hobbittss.
If the ATF is going to run guns to Mexico, the FBI can run them to New Zealand.
When I moved here there was an olde-timey barber ship (with a keg!) that I started going to. Post covid, the keg is gone, and they have really high turnover in their barber corps. Still going there though.
What is wrong with Fairfax Virginia? Can we just disincorporate the whole county and prosecute everyone who has been in charge there at every level? I’ve previously cracked jokes about sex pest Dick Cox, but really the county officials, school board, etc need to be behind bars with him.
I have survived my intermittent scolding about my blood pressure.
Are your numbers better? Do you have a form of white coat hypertension?
Retirement has improved my health dramatically. Just had my semi-annual and everything was great, except for gamma globulin and had to have a secondary test to rule out myeloma (and it did).
My mom used to cut my hair with some kind of contraption that had a razor blade. She was cheap, or maybe sadistic, so she wouldn’t change the razor blade when it got dull. It would pull my hair more than it would cut it. My daughter saw some pictures of me with that hair and said I looked like Jeffry Dahmer in the Talking Heads video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKti7QixnJI
My wife cuts my hair now. Luckily the technology has improved.
😱
“While inoperable in the form they were gifted, a subsequent analysis by the Firearms Safety Authority and Police Armory determined that modifications could have made them operable,” Chalmers said.
“To ensure compliance with firearms laws, I instructed Police to retain and destroy them,” he added.
The spokesperson for the New Zealand Intelligence Community said Hampton and Clark’s gifts were also handed over to the country’s national police force.
That’s what a civilised country looks like.
Maybe on their return visit, they can bring some fresh cuts of NZ lamb as gifts and Patel can have those destroyed because USDA didn’t inspect them. Because also a civilized country.
Getting stabbed with a sharpened piece of rebar is much more civilized.
How about I jacket that sharpened rebar in a bit of softer metal, like copper, and launch it from really far away by aid of chemical propellant?
I miss barber shops without appointments or tattoos, and the guy (not a gall) wore a barbering shirt. Found a place almost like that does a decent job, but it’s all Asian ladies. They could be ex-AAFES given the speed, but the haircut isn’t bad and the price is a steal even with a large tip. Minimal chit chat, mostly about the actual haircut. Outstanding.
How would you like your hair cut?
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In silence.
My man!
This…x1000 and multiplied by one Kimmel*
*Rhywun’s unit of measurement is perfect.
My place went to all-appointments a while ago and I’ve come to appreciate it – click-click-click online, leave my house 9 minutes before my appointment, walk in and sit down in the chair.
I appreciate knowing that I can walk in, sit down, and be out of there without waiting for other walk-ins.
Uffda. I remember the AAFES barbers at NAS Memphis (Millington, TN). Those guys were speedy as hell, but the quality left something to be desired.
Since NAS Memphis was a training base, grooming standards were stricter than they were out in the fleet. So you had to get a hair cut at least every other week, so the speediness was appreciated.
The worst guy was someone we had nicknamed Shaky. The last step in a Marine hair cut was for them to use a straight razor to clean up around your ears and the back of your neck. As you might imagine, this step was terrifying if you got Shaky.
I’ve been buzzing my own hair since I moved out in 2006 due to working 2nd shift and not wanting to take scarce daylight time to do what I could probably do myself in the bathroom.
I have kind of the “buzzed on the sides and left long on top” look, so it’s easy enough to do. I use the extremely short guard – 1/16″ if I remember right. One time I started buzzing and realized I didn’t put the guard on it, but I must have not had it at the right angle because it thankfully didn’t cut anything. I thought I was going to have to buzz the whole back-and-sides bald to make it match, then I’d look like Kim Jong-Un for a week.
If a haircut costs $20 and gets done once a month, let’s see…
2006 to 2025 = 29 years
12 months x 29 years = 348 haircuts
348 x $20 = $6,690
$6,690 minus $30 for the cheapass clipper I bought in 2006 and $50 for the nicer one I got a few years ago: $6,610
Holy crap, I’ve saved a lot of money doing that!
I tried, but I kept missing spots, and it took forever to get decent coverage. It never looked good.
It is worth the money to save the time.
Yea, it’s a bit of a skill, and I settle for a slightly lower quality haircut (partially why I have that particular hairstyle; you don’t really have to be an expert barber to make it look decent).
I’m short on time AND money these days, so home haircutting it is.
I save enough to take the missus out to lunch an extra time a month. Have to wait though, ’til the hair has grown out a little so she won’t be too embarrassed to be seen with me.
It doesn’t have to look good to anyone but me. I like the convenience most of all.
I have a mild case of cutis verticis gyrata (sort of Shane Battier level) so I can’t buzz my own hair. (Technically I could buzz it, but it would look terrible).
Mrs. Holiness buzzes me if I am going with short hair. She’s good for one size clipper all over. She isn’t into fancy stuff like tapering or two clippers.
I have survived my intermittent scolding about my blood pressure.
“My blood pressure would go down if you’d just shut up about it.”
I used to ignore mine, but it got into the range of “seek medical attention immediately” and I figured I should do something about it. I’m on 3 meds, all old-school and in use for decades, and they do the job.
My blood pressure is reliably near 120/80 (within a small margin of error to either side). I’m thankful for that.
I’m always 130/85
Until DOT physical time then I’m 135/95 like clockwork.
Incoherent drivel about incoherent drivel
What is Kamala Harris’ new book, 107 Days, supposed to be exactly? Is it a memoir about her historically short campaign against the most formidable Republican candidate since the Gipper? Is it an apology for losing that election and changing the course of American history? Or is it a warning to other political candidates that neoliberalism is no longer a winning strategy for the Democrats, and to restrategize while we still have free and fair elections?
Tragically, the article is paywalled. Thanks for saving me from myself, Slate.
What is it? Check The Bee. It is a reminder of why Trump is president. Biden was never president, Kamala never VP and on the whole the administration was the most incompetent and destructive in our history, by design.
Do barber shops still have a stack of Playboys in the corner?
I’ve never seen one that did.
That’s the age difference right there!
The barbershop in Atlantic City I used to go to with my dad had exactly that. That would be the 1970s however.
Ken’s Barbershop in Minneapolis used to have them. That was where I started going after I got out of the Marines.
One day a woman and her young son stopped in. Larry (the other barber) let her stay for about 5 minutes before he said “Ma’am there is a coffee shop across the hall. Why don’t you go get a cup of coffee and we’ll send the lad over when he’s done.”
Of course, even with her gone none of us felt comfortable looking at the Playboys with a kid there. Still, we were able to curse and tell dirty jokes.
I recall the old man flicking my ear for trying to sneak a look when I was maybe seven or eight.
Some days I miss the old days of men’s spaces and women’s spaces.
Two other stories about Larry and Ken.
1) The barbershop had big windows you could look out at the sidewalk through. It was sort of close to THE U of M, so you’d get the stray coed every now and then. One time a very attractive young lady walked buy wearing a neon green spandex top. Larry said “Honey, I was gonna stare at em no matter what, you didn’t need to wear that DayGlo”
2) I went there a year or so and then went to Memphis for almost four years. When I moved back to Minneapolis, I went back to them. The first time in the shop, Kenny looks at me and says “Hey, good to see you again Jimbo. Where you been? You still want that Marine Reg haircut?” Amazing memories for both of them.
Mine does, he runs a solo shop so. ..
I went to a barbershop in Minneapolis a while back where the barber had a Millwall brick on top of the cash register, and a DEWAT Maschinengewehr 34 hanging over the mirror. Pretty good haircut, too.
The Hegseth stuff is trippy to me. This guy has never served. He was a Fox News host. He knows dick all about what makes a good soldier.
The next time there is a war, all this bullshit will to go the wayside just like the DEI crap would have all on its own. When it comes to winning wars, no one gives a fuck if you have tatoos or whether your hair meets standards. How good you look in a uniform is pretty much meaningless. And there are a lot of big dudes (yea, you could call them fat) who are good soldiers.
Sorry, he served as an officer in the ANG,
Fuck off
ARNG.
Serving as an officer is his problem.
He’s about half right.
He served and was deployed.
I forgot about his distinguished time in the national guard. Yes, he deployed.
I stand by the other shit I said. The guy is an incompetent fuck.
The American military has this fixation on its image. They want to try and paint a picture that soldiers are supposed to be moral paradigms. You don’t want guys who are going to commit war crimes for obvious reasons, but boy scouts don’t win wars. Certainly not on their own.
The history of the American military is littered with examples of guys who were promoted because they met peacetime standards like the ones Hegseth is pushing that couldn’t hack it when the real bullets started flying.
And Lloyd wasn’t a hundred times worse?
Because the last guy was a joke that means it’s ok that Hegseth is, too?
AR670-1 needs to be burned.
Wasn’t he a Major before he worked for Fox?
Yes he was, and as a guy who still works for the Army, I believe that he may be over-correcting, but he’s definitely going in the right direction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth#Military_service_(2003%E2%80%932006,_2010%E2%80%932014,_2019%E2%80%932021)
And disagree. Personal appearance, self discipline all have relevance to being a soldier. Being able to complete seemingly mindless tasks without being nagged and micro managed. I’ve known a lot of fat bodies that could hang better than PT studs. One of them is buried in the national cemetery nearby. But I’ve also seen ones that were dead weight.
Though I won’t disagree that Hegseth is dirtbag. Just a better dirtbag than many/most of the recent DOD secretaries and has more of an inkling of what is needed and the problems in the service below the level of the perfumed princes.
It’s almost as if there’s nuance to this stuff and you should judge the individual soldier.
I know it’s the military, but sometimes you lose really good people by trying to cram everyone into the same sets of standards.
Stonewall Jackson probably suffered from any number of mental disorders that would prevent him from serving today. Fighting Joe Hooker was a bitch who panicked and got his troops slaughtered, but god damn didn’t he look good in a uniform.
Yes, you do.
My hobby horse is the up or out system. Even that isn’t completely wrong.
The yes you do is agreement with the losing good people cramming to a uniform standard.
Brochettaward/Gustave:
Losing some good while holding to a standard is expected. If you want your basic troops to be interchangeable cogs, they have to be interchangeable cogs.
I know it’s the military, but sometimes you lose really good people by trying to cram everyone into the same sets of standards.
Hmm, like the promote or perish within the officer corps? Ike was a major for 11 years before WWII – yeah, he shoulda been pushed out for not getting a peacetime promotion like we do now.
Appearance means shitbags that look pretty get promoted.
We need bearded guys who know how to be dangerous men and who don’t spend a moment thinking about the mirror.
Problem is, it got out of hand in a lot of ways and not just under Biden’s team.
So ya, the yank back to standards is going to be hard.
It aint so you look good in uniform. I can tell you the SNCOs and officers we least likely to follow an order from without some maliciois compliance were all overweight desk commanders who couldnt even complete daily PT with the flight.
🎵Generals gathered on fat asses🎵
🎵Just like witches at black masses🎵
🎵Hegseth demands PT instruction🎵
🎵But he meets with much obstruction🎵
[raises right hand with index and little fingers extended]
Short answer, “It looks like I cut it myself.”
🙂
I like it.
I go to a beauty salon where Marilynn has been cutting my hair for the past 18 years. Last month I screwed up and missed my appointment, I thought it was on Thursday when actually it was on a Tuesday. I put haircut appts into my phone with an alert now. I called Marilynn on Thursday after I realized I had missed my appt and the call went to voice mail. I left a message begging for forgiveness. Usually Marilynn is good about returning my calls but she never called me back. I thought she might be mad that I missed my appt. I needed a haircut so I went to a new place called the Hair Saloon where a young woman named Crystal cut my hair. I explained to Crystal how I had missed my appt with Marilynn and how getting my haircut somewhere else feels like I’m cheating. Crystal got a laugh out of that. I got home and my wife commented how much better my hair was cut and I should start going to Crystal. I told her I can’t just break up with Marilynn, we are in a long term relationship…. 🙂 The difference between a good haircut and bad one is about two weeks…..
I’ll get a haircut every 4-6 months, actually getting one in about a week and a half. I’ve stuck with the same guy for almost 5 years now, He knows what I want and does a good job, always slip him a good tip.
I’ll get a haircut every 4-6 months, actually getting one in about a week and a half. I’ve stuck with the same guy for almost 5 years now, He knows what I want and does a good job, always slip him a good tip.
Just the tip?
Twice!
This is a fantastic read, 4×20. Your third graf, especially, which got two legit literary chuckles. Almost Seinfeldian, in the best way; Nothing much into something entertaining. (And illuminating. Your reference to Elvis comin’ along put everything into a wonderful, timely throw back to ‘the way things were,’ long before my time. Dad was born in ’49, Mom in ’53.)
Special thanks for this. Kicks me to finish a fun one I’ve been unable to style to my satisfaction. I’m applying for meaningful gigs on this Day Off, so I’m trying to juggle my sanity a bit, keeping Work, Rest, and Outside Project all afloat.
Note to Derp+: There’s an improv event/ workshop this Sat/Sun and I’m gonna go. I’ve got scraps of ideas and punchlines, but haven’t put it together into an act. Teaching in Asia, and my natural self, was fantastic practice for working a cold room. Should be interesting.
Learning experience
Firefly Aerospace
shares sank more than 24% after its rocket exploded during a test flight on Monday.
The explosion occurred during a first-stage test flight of the satellite-launching Alpha Flight 7 rocket at its facility in Briggs, Texas, Firefly wrote in an update.
“Proper safety protocols were followed, and all personnel are safe,” Firefly wrote. “The company is assessing the impact to its stage test stand, and no other facilities were impacted.“
It worked perfectly in the simulations.
I thought rapid unscheduled disassembly was a basic part of rocketry
They’re framing it the wrong way. Call the test a success because of all the great data they collected. It’s the SpaceX way.
They did…Brooks left that part out
“Regular testing is part of Firefly’s philosophy – we test each critical component, engine, and vehicle stage to ensure it operates within our flight requirements before we ship to the launch pad. We learn from each test to improve our designs and build a more reliable system,”
That is the correct way to look at it. The problem comes from how many of those explosions they can afford.
The last haircut I paid for was on a whim, about ten years ago. During a brief period where I had started to let it grow again. That was probably ten or more years after the previous time. I don’t recall a time of regular haircuts, mabye when I was in college and had to have some style.
I’ve got it! Trump and Hegseth called all the generals together to prepare for martial law when the government shuts down.
He’s consolidating power, purging anyone who doesn’t agree to follow every one of his orders. Just like a dictator. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
You misspelled ‘Obama’.
I get the sense it’s as much a show for the Dems as anything else.
It’s so easy to wind them up, why not.
Brooks left that part out
I said it was a learning experience.
Asking earnestly – what is wrong with Hegseth? I know next to nothing about the guy.
Same here. Seems like he’s doing a decent job. But some people here have strong opinions about him.
people here have strong opinions about
him.everythingHe probably likes pineapple on his pizza.
CWAA!
Trump is filling the ranks with younger people. I’m hoping the next prez is also of a younger generation.
He is not of the body [meaning here, the Military Industrial Complex].
He’s a typical army drunk on his (insert #) marriage who thinks looks = professionalism and skill.
I might as well ‘fess up. I spend a ridiculous amount of money on my hair, mainly for the color rather than the cut (which is usually just a trim, as I wear it as long as it’ll grow.) At this point, I plan to do so either until I go broke or until I can’t talk the van driver at The Home into driving me across town to my salon.
Most of the good Homes have someone come in to do it for you there.
I won’t be able to afford a good Home. 🙁
All I know about this guy is Brandon Herrera hates him and NPR loves him.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/30/us-news/texas-rep-tony-gonzales-staffer-burned-to-death-after-dousing-herself-with-gasoline/
Did Trump say doing that was dangerous?
That’s a rough way to off yourself
Ooof, yes. That’s a bad way to go.
Died while smoking…
Holy crap!
It’s Uvalde again, too. Is that town cursed?
Well that was a pretty little thing…you know…prior.
Slates main page says:
Trump’s Speech to the Generals Was Crazy — and Terrifying
I did not click through.
But I assume this means I would agree with large parts of his speech.
You can bet on it.
Trump could read the weather report and the left would pull their hair out.
Fantastic sound bite from total idiot Joy Reid.
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1972887827492082123
“ They want to take us back to no income tax, no regulations, earn what you want, family inherits everything”
That is exactly where I inserted the Archer “Stop, my penis can only get so erect” GIF.
What? No chains and whips and overseers?
She is the gift that keeps on giving.
“ They want to take us back to no income tax, no regulations, earn what you want, family inherits everything”
OH
MY
GOD!
Looks like I’m a fascist now.
I quit cutting my hair around 1990.
Join ruled the army in 2004, cut it a week before I went to basic.
Stopped cutting it three months before I got out in 2010. Stopped shaving about ten days before that glorious day.
We need more beardos in the army. Pete can suck a big green weenie. He looks like a pre pubescent boi with that shaved face and lame tattoos.
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1973083270897086540
More of this.