Bookworm Beat 5/10/23 Illustrated edition
It’s not easy to find a common theme other than that Democrats and other leftists are driving America to the brink…but at least we can still laugh.
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Tag: Navy
The U.S. Navy: Rum, buggery, and the lash
Going forward, here’s a good way to think about the U.S. Navy.
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A transnational elite racing its way to a revolution
In America and around the world, a transnational elite postures for itself and despises the people it rules. This is a recipe for a bloody revolution. The other day, I was listening to Heather MacDonald speaking about homelessness during an appearance on City Journal’s Ten Blocks podcast. She was describing
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No. 29 Bookworm Podcast — Your government hates you; it really hates you
This podcast uses homelessness and the military as a prism to focus on the ruling class’s disdain for ordinary Americans and its transnational allegiance. My latest podcast is up and running. You can listen to it through the audio embed below, or at LibSyn, or through Apple Podcasts. This podcast discusses:
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Did I ever tell you about the openly gay drag queen in today’s Navy?
It’s not your father’s Navy. Thanks to Obama’s order allowing openly gay service in the military, the USS Ronald Reagan now boasts its own drag queen. Winston Churchill is famously quoted as saying of the British Navy “Nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers and the lash.” Here in America, jokesters in
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Is our US Navy incompetent or did Obama seriously undermine it?
The US Navy has been in the news lately for crashes and corruption. Is this the reasonable follow-up to 8 years of Obama’s approach to the military? A few days ago, word came down that the Navy relieved of duty the U.S.S. Fitzgerald’s commanding officer, executive officer and senior enlisted sailor.
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Facebook provides a useful, and disturbing, insight into the Leftist world view
Thanks to my Facebook feed, I have a front row seat for the Leftist world view, which is occasionally amusing and invariably somewhat frightening. One of the useful things about my Facebook feed is the plethora of posts educating me about the Leftist world view. My feed means that, unlike
Continue readingAnother splendid evening commemorating the Battle of Midway
For most Americans of a historic or patriotic bent, yesterday — June 6 — was a day to honor the incredible bravery of the American troops who stormed Normandy’s shores on June 6, 1944. Too many people have forgotten that, before D-Day, the Allies had no boots on the ground
Continue readingThe Navy’s newest commercial and the most peculiar lame duck presidency ever
The Navy’s most recent commercial is excellent (h/t Charles Martel): Watching it, I could only hope that, in Obama’s America, our hyper-politicized, dysfunctionally PC Pentagon not only means it, but still has the will and ability to make it a reality. After all, we live in a time when one has
Continue readingMr. Flotsam, meet Ms. Jetsam. I think you’ll like each other.
A small Sunday morning round-up…. The Navy: doing the right thing and doing it right. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Not. (It’s worth remembering that, by the time the Soviet Union collapsed, being a doctor there was a women-only job, with about as much cachet
Continue readingA few observations regarding the Navy shipyard shooting *UPDATED*
What happened in Washington D.C. today (12 dead, apparently at the hands of a disgruntled employee) is desperately sad. I just want to ask two questions and comment on two things. First question: Was the shipyard a gun-free zone? And even if it wasn’t would it have mattered considering reports
Continue readingNavy responds to sequester by torturing American people (or, put another way, it cancels Blue Angels shows)
(I wrote this for Mr. Conservative, but it’s pure Bookworm in word and thought, so I’m republishing it here. Frankly, I’m spitting mad, because regular readers know exactly how much I love Fleet Week.) Sequester or not, there always seems to be money for the Obamas to live the lush
Continue readingRomney, even if he didn’t win the debate, walked out of the debate a winner *UPDATED*
What one can say with certainty about the last presidential debate is that it is not a game-changer — which is good for Romney, because the game is currently scoring in his favor. In that way, it was a nothing of a debate. Nevertheless, there were aspects of the debate
Continue readingThe girl’s guide to visiting the USS Makin Island
Courtesy of the Navy League, today I boarded the USS Makin Island as an official ship’s greeter. My visit was a bit more fraught than past experiences have been, so I thought I’d walk you through the girl’s guide to visiting the USS Makin Island, starting with pre-visit preparations: Review
Continue readingThe Battle of Midway Commemoration; or, jury rigging is a good thing
Jury rigging: “Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand. Originally a nautical term, on sailing ships a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of damage or loss of the original
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