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Two. Very disappointed there weren't two lines - one for those returning to their jobs and one for those retiring. However, good speech by Hegseth, certainly not sugar-coated political correctness. Also, despite the non-culling of the herd, still like the idea of various minor princes(ess') being returned to the mother ship and seeing that they are not special; that there's actually a bunch of them. And that here are the direct, to your face, expectations. Hope the coming fat and PT tests start taking out the hippos. added: Air Force Downgrading USAFE Commander Job to 3 Stars Not a firing but certainly a loss of bloat.

800 GOFOs? WTactualF...time for a large culling of the herd. Random thoughts: 1. The number of straphangers/peppergrinders that will also travel is going to be stunning. Aide(s), security details, comm teams, CAG directors or equivalants, etc, etc, etc. Pretty big airlift right there. And imagine finance having to deal with this during a government shutdown. Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth will be glorious... 2. Spare a thought for the 800 execs/aides/CAG directors, etc who are being mercilessly squeezed right now to find out WTF? Will bros in SECDEF/(SECWAR?) leak and take the risk? Somebody will undoubtedly, whether uniform or civilian. But the hours spent thrashing will also be glorious...pretty sure all business at 4-star places will this 24/7 to cover every possible contingency ("Prep a brief/note cards/talking points on XYZ x 1 million") Think of the wasted electrons... 3. NGB was told to chop GO billets as well. Wonder if the administration will target only certain states?

1. 2. 3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...deep intake of breath....HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Much obliged, thank you.

So how does the Fed's .25% rate drop yesterday affect new/refinance VA loans? And, if they go another .50% over the rest of 2025, is it possible to extrapolate the new rates?

To be fair, the sound probably originated from the literary agent, not the SEALS themselves...

Yep, saw that one which made me realize it hadn't gone to CA Supreme Court, just the appellate. Again, I goofed. As did this CA court.

Ugh, never mind. Mis-read your title as "California Supreme Court" telling SCOTUS to pound sand. Totally stupid on my part. However, reading the legal synopsis at my link was interesting. Source, please? Only thing I could find is a California Appeals Court, dated July 29, 2025, saying "yeah, but..." to the 2024 SCOTUS decision. Moving from appellate to state supreme court in less than a month is pretty high-speed. California Appellate Court Once Again Upholds “Class-Based” Development Fees and Exactions Despite Reversal by United States Supreme Court - Rutan

+ 2 more, USN Special Warfare, and USN Reserves. Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command No reason given in article, but there is that fine print "at the pleasure of the President" in the commissioning certificate.

Weird flex to advocate for taking religious beliefs into account for job retention. Seems like there's something written somewhere about that... Also https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-says-female-military-recruitment-all-service-branches-report

There's also: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ice-arrests-near-150000-since-january-as-trump-operation-ramps-up-fast/ar-AA1JIAkx?ocid=BingNewsVerp This one's a maybe, but sure sounds nice. https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/over-a-million-migrants-have-self-deported-since-january-says-kristi-noem/ar-AA1KaVHi?ocid=BingNewsVerp And https://www.bing.com/search?q=trump+guard+dc&form=ANNTH1&refig=689bee6ac0f14e45adde7fd3a4e982c2&pc=HCTS&adppc=EDGEESS&pq=trump+guard+dc&pqlth=14&assgl=14&sgcn=trump+guard+dc&qs=PRES&sgtpv=PRES&smvpcn=0&swbcn=2&sctcn=0&sc=2-14&sp=1&ghc=0&cvid=689bee6ac0f14e45adde7fd3a4e982c2&clckatsg=1&hsmssg=0 Add in DOJ probes of Letitia James, Schiff for mortgage fraud, FBI trash rooms full of burn bags that weren't, and it's been a successful few weeks.

One step closer to my longed-for perp walks... https://www.wral.com/story/attorney-general-bondi-orders-prosecutors-to-start-grand-jury-probe-into-obama-officials-over-russia-investigation/22107863/

The walls are closing in! You got him this time...

+ - Border crossers at historic low - 3,000-ish (looking for an actual number) illegal aliens arrested daily - Big beautiful bill passed, tax rates will not go up. - $9 billion in BS spending rescinded this week; will cut funding for NPR - Some African war ended. - Calmed Pakistan & India down for a bit - Spanked Iran - Criminal referral for Letita James for mortgage fraud -Criminal referal for Adam Schiff for mortgage fraud - Fired 10s of 1000s of civil servants, most unnecessary; gutted USAID, working on Dept of Ed, numerous tiny federal offices that we are mostly unaware that exist - Inflation about 1%; gas and EGGS, EGGS, EGGS at lowest prices in four years - Won libel/defamation suits against ABC and CBS; others pending - Criminal investigations of Comey, Brennan, Clapper on-going. Big document dump from DNI today showing the genesis of the 2016 "Get Trump" meeting as held by the lightgiver himself, Obama. - - Not releasing Epstein files. Pretty successful debrief, I think...

Comey, Brennan, and Clapper under DOJ investigation. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-cheers-fbi-probe-of-former-foes-comey-and-brennan-over-russiagate-investigation-they-re-crooked-as-hell/ar-AA1IhLHm?ocid=BingNewsSerp Would love to see some SWAT-style raids and perp walks. A boy can dream...