Vance Gilbertttt

An update on cancer and my GoFundMe (it's good news...) gofund.me/955536e72

This week's newsletter is all about that bass...I mean, shows vancegilbert.com/newsletters/vg…

Mashups tomorrow nite 4/27 at Vance’sMondayNiteAcousticPajamParty. Sure, there’ll be Hendrix meets Jimmy Webb. Unfamiliar MoonDance. Ohhh I’m just getting started with ideas. youtube.com/live/7qqHlJFpj…

@Tennis - someone tell Jim Courier and @Jason_M_G that the song that they just quoted, “The Gambler” was indeed sung by Kenny Rogers, but the man that wrote it, Don Schlitz, just died last week. Just FYI. You welcome.

@skabmaluke Too shay and thx💕💕🧡

@vancegilbert Did you use the raw ingredients of old white men? Sorry, I had to 😁🫵👑

I’m really just happily working in my shop so someone please tell me why I have a funk version of the All Creatures Great & Small theme song running around in my head complete with the Earth, Wind and Fire horns? Do I have issues?

@RyanDustoff53 @EugenePatriot @JoJoFromJerz I’m sure this will get buried amongst the “well, Obama did it“ madness… in any case thank you

@EugenePatriot @JoJoFromJerz Eugene, all of these issues are more detailed than what you circled. And like your Fasha, you like to draw attention to only the details that prove your point. Try providing details without censorship.

I fucking hate him.

@MbarkCherguia Maybe because I’m built like a thawed salmon fillet?

Men, what is stopping you from dressing like this?

This week's newsletter is all about new pups and new heads vancegilbert.com/newsletters/vg…

The Zip Recruiter theme song is slapping! I need to start a business and hire somebody through them just so I could hear the theme song while I’m on hold as they find somebody as my office manager!!!

@sambeaux64 @otokyo__ amen

@otokyo__ Easy 20 for me. Plus listened to an 8 track tape, drove a stick shift, rode in the back of a pick-up truck, made road trips in the back seat of a car with no phone or iPad, walked or rode my bike to school, played outside until dark everyday all summer long… etc

6 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?

@Alfie02440283 @lindaplano @DemzRnuts @BarackObama @NASAArtemis Here’s the math – POC and women historically work twice as hard to be “equal“, which makes them twice as qualified.

@lindaplano @DemzRnuts @BarackObama @NASAArtemis Nope. Opposite of the truth. Anyone included in the talent pool by DEI should have already been included. If they're not, that's a separate issue. If 2 of the 4 have to be F and POC, and the 4 most highly qualified are WM, that's a lowering of standards. DEI is racism.

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

This week's newsletter: celebrating 300 (!) PajamaParty shows, and the genius of Willy Porter vancegilbert.com/newsletters/vg…

@lardell52842 @Aghahowa4242 @EricLDaugh reuters.com/fact-check/ima…

@Aghahowa4242 @EricLDaugh

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just said a leaker AIDED AND ABETTED Iran, leaking to the fake news information about the search for an American airman PRISON. "When they did that, all of a sudden, the entire country of Iran knew that there was a pilot that was somewhere on their land that was fighting for his life!" "They put this mission, that man at great risk, and HUNDREDS of people looking for him!" This leaker then prompted Iran to put out a BOUNTY on an American troop. Trump will seek JAIL TIME if the media outlet does not reveal who it was. LOCK THE LEAKER UP. "The person that did the story WILL GO TO JAIL if he doesn't say!" "As you probably know, we didn't talk about the first one for an hour, and then somebody leaked something, which we'll hopefully find that leaker, we're looking very hard to find that leaker, and talked about there's somebody missing." "They basically said that we have one and there's somebody missing. Well, they didn't know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information!" "We think we'll be able to find it out, because we're going to go to the media company that released it. And we're going to say, national security, give it up or go to jail."

@Graphtronics @CynicalPublius People are doing the best they can to show the appreciation that so many haven’t and don’t show. Gracious nod might be plenty.

@CynicalPublius I hate it. I cringe anytime someone says "thank you for your service". I understand where it comes from, but a better response to finding out I served would be "what was it like?"

RE: DC Politics and Senior Military Officers After the Vietnam War, America felt collective guilt over how it had treated our servicemen and women, so as a result the “yellow ribbon,” “Thank you for your service” culture has flourished for decades, with the US military consistently ranking near the top of America’s most respected and trusted institutions in public polling. That is a good thing. However, that does not mean we do not still have some rotten apples in uniform, many of whom reach very high ranks as generals or admirals. It’s time that those very senior generals and admirals not be given automatic, reflexive deference with zero scrutiny by the public. It’s time the public hold them to the same standards we hold our elected officials. What have you done for me lately? Are you honest? Who comes first, your ego or the nation? And you know what? It’s kind of sad that we have come to this point, but the generals and admirals only have themselves to blame. You see, at the level of elected officials, senior political appointees and career senior executive service members, the DC infighting that occurs on a routine daily basis is like Game of Thrones without the dragons and the literal beheadings. DC politics are Machiavellian. They are bloodthirsty. It is a take no prisoners war for power, using all manner of underhanded and devious methods. Many decades ago, the generals and admirals knew these fights were not their domain. Mostly speaking, they were above all of that. But—thanks in large part to Goldwater/Nichols and our unholy addiction to the “interagency”—as we fostered generation after generation of officers with deep experience in The Swamp, those same officers came to believe that the Machiavellian rules of their civilian bosses were theirs to play by too. Slow-rolling initiatives you disagree with? Yup. Playing the Georgetown cocktail party game of scurrilous rumormongering? Check. Running around your chain of command to Congress to get what you want? Absolutely. Being the “anonymous source” in an anonymously-sourced Washington Post article that was nothing more than outright lies and libel? Roger that. The problem is this: WE HAVE GENERALS AND ADMIRALS WHO THINK THOSE GAME OF THRONES RULES APPLY TO THEM. Not only do they think they apply to them, they consider it to be standard operating procedure and a literal requirement of their DC duty position. Well I got some news for you, general. You too, admiral. You are UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY SERVICES, and your oath is to the Constitution, not your ego. We expect more from you than we do sleazeball civilian lawyers in positions of power. We expect your integrity to be impeccable, and by playing by DC Game of Thrones rules, you sacrifice that integrity entirely. (See: Courtney Massengale; use your search engine of choice if you do not know.) Pete Hegseth has been given a Herculean task to clean out the Augean Stables at the Pentagon. He has been doing it, slowly but surely, and he is eradicating that corrupt culture at the top of the military food chain bit by bit, piece by piece. So the next time you see Hegseth fire a general or an admiral, consider that one of two things might be true: 1. The general/admiral refused to be a “sycophant” (as the Democrat/Media Complex will claim) and got fired by a meanie SecWar as punishment. -or- 2. The general/admiral didn’t like a lawful order because it went against his/her personal politics, so he/she decided to go around the electoral will of the American people and satisfy his/her own ego to play Daenerys Targaryen DC games, got caught, and got righteously fired as a result. Consider the difference. Clean up your act generals. You too, admirals. You work for THE PEOPLE (you know, like at the top of the Constitution). Do it.

@vertigogh66 @AntiLeftMemes But…..but you live in Rhode Island…..

@AntiLeftMemes Fresh squeezed orange juice from my backyard.

What drink is the best with this?

@AntiLeftMemes Syrup

tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/eventperforman… This Saturday 4/4

@lady_valor_07 That some people post anything for engagement

First thing that comes to mind when you see this? 🤔

@AxiomDBD Thx! The food in some of your posts is (shakes head) ….. just looking at it I’ve put on 20 pounds and lost 10 in desire and salivation.

So the Star dude in Tracker never has to go back to town to go to court as a witness or for all the people he takes out? What? Storylines too sleepy? 🤷🏾‍♂️