Sounds like something my grandson would have pulled when he was eight. How funny!

That's OK, I'm used to getting hell from the Mrs. 😁😉
I guess I can be considered an Okie since I've been here almost 35 years with a 4 year break in Wyoming (long story). Born in Indiana, moved to California at 10 months old(before the fruits and nuts took over), went back to Indiana at 15. Then at 18 the Navy.

I will definitely be promoting GREY POWER.

The way I heard it she was an IRS agent.

Fantastic idea, count me and the Mrs. in. Been looking for something like this.

Madsciontist

No need to be merciful to them, the liberals certainly won't be merciful to you!😁 😄

Amen, Padremike, Amen, when will we ever learn the value of life.

I think I'd have to say Ring World. I think that would be a very interesting place to live.

Welcome aboard. I'm going to to go out on a limb and assume (I hate that word) that you are former Navy since you titled your post 'Hello Shipmates'. Really doesn't matter, but I'm former Navy myself, Communications Technician (morse intercept & cryptography), 9 years with the U.S. Naval Security Group. I too am a Constitutional conservative and also believe the oath oil took on entering the service is still in effect. I'm 72 and currently live in Oklahoma. Hope you enjoy your experiences here and don't let the liberals get to you.

Yes to both.

Yes, that mythological body would be the planet Nibiru which is (supposed?) to pass through the solar system, close to Earth, this year.....as it supposedly has before. It is in supposed to be in some kind of very large elliptical orbit...yeah, right.

I'm taking that with a grain or two of salt...

I hate people who won't take their shopping cart to the cart return and just leave it where they were parked.

I also hate people who insist on using the Enter or Exit door for the opposite purpose.

You sound just like me, so you're not the only one on planet without a cellphone. I hear the same thing from my senior citizen kids.

Where to get the money? How about cutting two-thirds of the intelligence agencies? Why do we need 17 intelligence agencies? Keep the CIA(foreign), NSA(national), DIA(military), and DHS(homeland).

Looks like the media didn't know what it was talking about after all. This is from envolve.com

Politics
The Media LIED! FBI Officially CLEARS General Flynn Of All Wrongdoing
Posted on February 16, 2017 by A. Michael Smith
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General Michael Flynn is a hero who dedicated his life to this country. His forced resignation was nothing but a political assassination from Obama’s insiders. The mainstream media wants you to believe that Flynn had some secret relationship with Russia but that isn’t true and the intelligence community just confirmed it.

After reviewing the transcripts, the FBI found NO WRONG DOING!!

“The FBI reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump — but has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government, U.S. officials said.”

Another current U.S Intelligence official agreed with the FBI and told NPR ,

“there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the transcripts of of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak,

The official also said there was “absolutely nothing” in the transcripts that suggests Flynn was acting under instructions “or that the trail leads higher.”

“I don’t think [Flynn] knew he was doing anything wrong,” the official said. “Flynn talked about sanctions, but no specific promises were made. Flynn was speaking more in general ‘maybe we’ll take a look at this going forward’ terms.”

So why aren’t we listening to the officials who actually HEARD the calls?

Don’t be fooled, this isn’t about Flynn discussing sanctions or anything else with Russia for that matter. This is about delegitimizing a president.

There is a reason why Democrats are still determined to investigate Flynn even though he has already resigned. They are using this as a way to prove that Trump was “in with Russia” and therefore an illegitimate president.

Democrats will stop at nothing to get Trump out of the White House. They don’t care how many lives they have to ruin.



H/T NPR

I'm very familiar with the USS Liberty incident as I was an analyst at the Naval Security Group detachment at the Navy Radio Station, Cheltenham, MD. We processed communications intelligence traffic from ships like the Liberty. In fact, I was on one of those ships for the year before being transferred to Cheltenham. It was the USNS Jose F. Valdez T-AG 169, a 'communications research' vessel which operated off the coast of Southern Africa in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic. The Valdez was smaller than the Liberty and had NO armament other than small arms, Thompson's, carbines and Colt 1911 .45s so we couldn't even defend against a boarding party. A couple of the guys I worked with on Valdez went to Liberty from there. Yes, they were on it during the attack, both were lost. I still thank G-d I didn't get transferred there also. I also had a friend on the USS Pueblo when it was illegally captured by the North Koreans. He had also been on the Valdez when I was there. Back then we were called Communications Technicians now they are called Cryptologic Technicians. Google that one and you can find out everything they do.