Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired)

I was in line at the Bojangles drive-thru about to order a Carolina Crunch breakfast sandwich, some Bo-Tato Rounds, and a Legendary Sweet Tea when I remembered that I’d left my passport at home on the kitchen table. Damn, I’m hungry!

The sheer bravery of @AnswerManBoyle to walk the streets of what @FoxNews labeled a “Once-charming mountain escape now battling homelessness homeowners say turned postcard city into no-go zone” without body armor, a firearm, or bear spray is the kind of inspirational story that in the Trump era clearly warrants a Presidential Medal of Freedom! John notes that the Fox News hit piece on Asheville is “some of the laziest journalism I’ve seen in a long time.” The lone Asheville resident quoted in the Fox smear job is Republican politician Carl Mumpower who John describes as someone“who loves nothing more than to blame liberals for every woe known to man.” In contrast to Fox News “journalist” @s_rumpfwhitten who quoted one Asheville resident (Carl Mumpower) in her “no-go zone” melodrama, John quotes more than a dozen tourists, residents, business owners, buskers, and Asheville’s mayor who describe what it’s really like in Asheville. So, if you’re the kind of person who trusts Fox News for news, then you should definitely heed the Rumpf-Whitten piece and stay away from “no-go” Asheville. If, however, you’re the kind of person who believes in facts and has a lick of sense and you’re looking to enjoy the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains while dining on some of the country’s finest cuisine and drinking some excellent craft beer and mingling with some really nice folks, then come see us. avlwatchdog.org/opinion-i-spen…

Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget would do little to benefit the warfighters but a lot to benefit the corporate war profiteers.

@patriottakes So he’s got a bald spot … who would have suspected?

Trump’s lawn is looking patchy

@rays5906 @Red_Bridges_BBQ Me neither! All 4 of Red’s shirts were purchased without ID.

@ColMoeDavis @Red_Bridges_BBQ They didn’t even card me for the T-shirt I bought!

I want to thank @Red_Bridges_BBQ for never once requiring me to show my ID in the 6+ decades I’ve been eating their barbecue and hushpuppies!

At least his hat is true: America is back … about 85 years

MAGA should never be told that a convicted pedophile and his circle of elite friends raping girls when they are 14 or 16 years old is a Democrat hoax. And I still can’t believe I had to fight President Trump to release the Epstein files, and to this day no one has been arrested or held accountable. This was what killed MAGA. I don’t have Trump Derangement Syndrome, I have Trump Disappointment Syndrome.

Trump’s preferred lie is that he won the 2020 election.

A blockade is an act of war, so it’s totally disingenuous to say the War Powers Act clock is tolled because we’re not at war while we’re actively engaged in an act of war.

I totally agree. Torture works to make people talk, but not to make them tell the truth. Ibn Sheikh al-Libi is proof of that. When he was asked why he lied about the connection between AQ and Saddam Hussein and WMD, he said he wanted his torture to stop, so he told his torturers what they wanted to hear … and that led to the war in Iraq.

@ColMoeDavis Yep. Torture had nothing to do with it. A persistent smart analyst running down the courier lead had everything to do with it. Torture is wrong even if it works. And it doesn’t work. It’s wrong in every way. Always will be.

Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the successful military operation that located and killed Osama Bin Laden. Fifteen years ago today, I was on Piers Morgan’s CNN show with Alan Dershowitz debating whether torture helped to pinpoint Bin Laden’s compound and the legality of torture … Dershowitz was pro-torture and I was anti-torture. Dershowitz and I were on Piers Morgan’s show again the next night, and Nick Kristoff joined us. This time we discussed whether photos of Bin Laden’s body should be made publicly available … Dershowitz was for public release and I was against (I don’t recall exactly where Kristoff stood on the issue). I never imagined back then that 15 years later we would have drifted even further away from the rule of law and the values America purported to champion. I couldn’t envision our country devolving to a state where the Commander-in-Chief and the SECDEF would leverage threats of war crimes as a tool of persuasion or attempt to silence those who advocate for upholding the rule of law. Fifteen years ago, I thought the pendulum had swung and we were moving in the right direction. It’s ironic that from today’s vantage point the abuses that took place during the Bush administration’s war on terror seem like a halcyon period by comparison.

Beautiful sunset tonight atop Beech Mountain. Leaves are on the trees up to about 4,000 feet in elevation. Between 4,000 and 4,500 feet, leaves are beginning to appear. Above 4,500 feet, leaves are still pending.

How has this man survived in a war zone for four years without a ballroom?

Gas is an average of $4.45 a gallon and tomatoes are at an 8 year high … or as the MAGA cult sees it, Trump is crushing inflation.

Beautiful day atop Devil’s Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway!

Yesterday, Republicans took to the airwaves to peddle the White House’s propaganda that up is really down … that despite everyone seeing with their own eyes that costs are rising and their financial situations are worsening, thanks be to Trump for reducing prices! And don’t let reality fool you … the rancid Golden Shower that’s soaked you is really a glorious Golden Age of American Greatness. Thanks be to Trump!

Wait a minute! Trump says extreme gas prices his war with Iran caused will drop “like a rock” just as “soon as the war is over,” as SECDEF Pete Hegseth testifies that the 60-day War Powers Act time clock is stopped because we’re not at war and in a ceasefire? Seems like whether you’re in a war or not is like whether you’re getting buggered or not … just because there’s no active physical movement at the moment doesn’t mean that the parties aren’t meaningfully engaged.