Short one today, gotta go to work early, I think I am gonna get told to go down the street and pee in a cup lol. DOT reqs require randoms to keep the motoring public safe from intoxicated truck drivers. No worries, I am working towards my 18th year clean. These are the easiest
in the world to pass. No studying, no prep work well at least until they ban caffeine then I am screwed. Speaking of tests, the Russian Army continues to fail the hardest test in the world: combat. Just saw a meme from a well known troll page claiming Ukraine is only defending
so hard to protect a child trafficking ring. The poster was so close to right but as a Russian failed 180 from the truth. Ukraine is defending Bakhmut so hard to prevent a child trafficking ring. Every inch of Ukraine the Russian's occupy is followed by filtration, torture, rape,
kidnapping and murder, often in the order. It is a #genocide. As for the Ukrainian Army, well I am pretty sure the Russian Mobliks think they are the teachers pet. They get all the good stuff, almost never get a failing grade and just won't quit. Ukraine knows what it is
fighting for. Do you? I do and that is why I tag @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton, and @RepFrenchHill everyday telling them to send more, better and now. Its why I give my own time and money to show I have their backs and have a stake in Ukrainian victory. Speaking of giving, the
storm from the fakers continues to rage... Again do not worry, if you got scammed live and learn. Do what those of us who did not get scammed do: give to reputable sources. @Official_NAFO has a list plus I publish my daily tags: @MriyaAid, @U24_gov_ua, @UkraineAidOps, @3xR_team
plus you can always give direct to certain war fighters. @Teoyaomiquu is fund raising for the 92nd Brigade and the @georgian_legion and @belwarriors accept donations as well. So time to log off and get ready for work. Now that Black Friday has come and gone and its Cyber Monday
things are about to get hot in the freight business. So remember if you come across stupid posts like the one I mentioned above, bash it. Maybe considered making bashing Russian dis-info a career choice and join #NAFO as a #FELLA. Until Ukraine Wins On Ukraine's Terms:
Why Bakhmut? Its a common question as people try to figure out what Russia hopes to gain from a battle that now resembles a WWI battlefield right down to the mud and unburied bodies. I am going to try and answer that question, or at least pose a reasonable explanation. Firstly
there are 3 battles you never want to fight, though all 3 are very common in military history. 1. The battle your enemy wants you to fight. 2. The battle where your enemy is. 3. The battle you have to win. All 3 require you to give up valuable tools like the initiative, room to
maneuver, and time. For the Russians Bakhmut has become all 3. The battle started for rather simple reasons. After the Russian breakthrough at Popasnaya Bakhmut was simply the next blocking position taken up by the Ukrainians. Thats where the enemy (of the Russians) was so that
Good morning everyone. Today is Giving Tuesday! I jumped the gun a little bit last night (it was already Tuesday in Kyiv) to take advantage of Cyber Monday (in Arkansas) to send an IFAK to @UkraineAidOps. I am asking my readers to give something today to some organization that is
hate, we can send love and defiance. At this point just about every trooper in the Ukrainian Army has something from the West. From government supplied aid to little "care packages" from people like us that could be a chest carrier, IFAK or radio. The Ukrainian people know there
I've noticed that my observation comparing #Bakhmut to #Verdun and #Passchendaele are now pretty much the accepted comparisons, and they should be. What a nightmare battlefield. There are however some things that make it a very much 21st century war vs just WWI redux. First the
suffering is in some ways worse. The troops from late 1915-18 had become masters of trench warfare. Trenches were deep with duckboards to keep heads below the bullet line and feet above the mud. Dug outs were artillery resistant and could only be hit by happenstance and could
not be individually targeted. The night while full of terrors at least allowed movement behind the trenches and for raiding parties across no man's land. Well crewed and directed artillery in WWI could hit a fairly well-defined area but it had to be an area. It was not going to
There are a lot of different roles one can do as a #FELLA and part of #NAFO. Some people make wicked memes, forge FELLA's, troll Russian diplomats, host spaces... Me I am just an essayist. I give as I can but my gift is writing so that is what I can offer up every day. Many give
more and giving is the mission they self selected when joining NAFO. A few however take on the riskier jobs... fund raising. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Like I said earlier, I trust @copesint and @WBearpJr and that is good enough for me. If @Pogggio1 is innocent and
herself a victim it will come out in the wash. I don't think all the money she raised was embezzled, something went pear shaped somewhere. Intent matters, but not as much as people think. It is either on the up and up or its not when its time to cut bait. The danger now isn't
Today's essay is for everyone who has to take time out of their bashing Russian dis-info accounts to explain why Ukraine MUST be better than Putin's goon squads running around perpetrating a #GenocideOfUkrainians. This really should not need to be said but here we are anyway.
First the Laws of War prohibit war crimes. Beginning in the mid-to-late 1800's the great powers began to formulate a series of rules and laws that would hopefully lessen the impact of war on the civilians. They were imperfect, often ignored and reflected the views where
imperialism, colonialism and wars of conquest were still acceptable. Still between 1864 and 1907 we had the First Geneva Conventions covering the sick and wounded in war and the Hauge Conventions. This is what took us into WWI and even then during that horrible war the High
Its a drab dreary morning in Arkansas, most of us are still bloated from yesterday. To my non-American friends yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US and it is our biggest feast day of the year. A people already known for over eating and indulgence go all out for this one. However
what follows that Thursday of Gluttony is a Friday of miserly yet riotous shopping. Right now at 7AM local time there are people who were running as if zombies were chasing them to be the first to lay hands on the gigazised TV hours ago. Black Friday store shopping horror stories
are epic. Thankfully now we have Amazon so that shoppers who don't want to throw elbows to buy their grandkid a toy can still throw dollars at consumerism like a lotto winner at a strip club. <--- Thats me by the way. Not the Lotto winner the person who doesn't want to throw