Melissa

Probably bought in his size to account for the 4+ pitting edema…or these guys have comically skinny chicken legs.

Nearly half? You mean MAGA?

It’s actually taken many years and a lot of work on my part to separate my belief in God from the weirdos. Like, I could still believe in God and it didn’t mean I was one of them. If you’re at all interested in that kind of stuff I highly recommend doing some deep dives into evangelicalism.

I grew up in the 80s watching videos in Sunday school of the Dome of the Rock getting blown up. People who have never been around evangelicals simply can’t understand how their whole life goal is bringing back Jesus through conflict in the ME.

It is. I spent 20 years as a military spouse and now my husband works as a contractor on base. Plenty of religious kooks in the military. I also grew up evangelical so I’m pretty learned about that group, too.

Trading one assclown for another.

I mean, are we really surprised?

I absolutely wish the people who need to see this will see it. But they won’t.

There are so many extremely conservative people in the military and having Hegseth invite his pastor to speak to service members emboldened leadership who espouse the same views. I watched videos in Sunday school of the Dome of the Rock being blown up 40 years ago. This is exactly their end game.

You’re entitled to your opinion but I think your cynicism is blinding you. Perhaps another internet break is something you need? The manic posting and grandiosity is telling. I wish you the best.

As someone who grew up evangelical and then spent 20 years as a military spouse, this absolutely happened. You don’t have to believe it but not taking them seriously is how we’ve gotten here. They play the long game well and this has been in the works for decades.

The eclipse fit right in the gap between the trees 🥰

Young service members and schoolgirls dying for old, rich men. A tale as old as time.

Eh, we already know no one gives a shit about us any farther than they can use us for their agenda.

"what country puts a daycare inside an FBI building"

Nobody gives a shit if the troops die. People sit behind their computers and type about how awful and illegal the govt is but don’t actually do anything to stop it. All while talking about the military performing “illegal orders.” It’s comical. Y’all talk a big game while people are dying.

Nobody missed the Taliban, either, and we see how that worked out 😬

Free the people of Iran! (But let’s kill their children first!)

They never evacuated dependents in Bahrain.

I lived in Bahrain while my husband was stationed there. Our daughter was born there. Sad to see that dependents weren’t evacuated prior to this stupidity. Sad to see we targeted a girls’ school in Iran. Praying for the safety of everyone who doesn’t deserve this.

Was doing some research for a paper on the same bacteria that caused my mom’s abscess and death. The article stated there have been only 12 cases in the literature of abscess in adults caused by Citrobacter koseri. 12. Been sitting here trying to process that.

Rick Scott, anyone?

I love how nobody gave a shit about hockey until they laughed with Trump and suddenly they’re all fascists and misogynists.

I laughed with a guy complaining about CA and gun control simply because I chose not to engage. Guess I’m MAGA now or something.

The constant outrage is exhausting, eh?

worth my time and energy, especially in that circumstance. The whole societal pivot to having to be outraged all the time is just ridiculous.

I laugh at cringe shit, too, simply because I’m not going to make a scene in an inappropriate setting. I was helping sell Girl Scout cookies and two men started in about how CA sucks and they don’t let anyone have guns…What that has to do with cookies and young women is beyond me but they’re not

I’ve been contemplating lately whether I should become a chaplain. I was a hospice nurse and would enjoy helping that community again.

I can tell you the service members aren’t getting that money. We have black mold in barracks and housing. We still have blue tarps on buildings from Hurricane Sally over five years ago. The Blue Angels hangar is rusted out and falling down.

Articles on forensic entomology for a research paper 🐜 🐛 🐞

Nothing new for anyone affiliated with the military. My mom had to help me with two surgeries. My husband got to come home for a week for my C-section. My grandpa in WWII missed his dad’s funeral. We’ve been storing a car for a friend for almost two years because of work ups and deployment.

My grandpa was an immigrant who was a Pearl Harbor survivor and fought in WWII. My husband spent 20 years in the military and it took those 20 years of war to convince me we are just shit.