Vance Gilbertttt

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🚨 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

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@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? 🤷🏾‍♂️

I thought “Sinners” was going to be about a Northern Italian tennis player’s family🤷🏾‍♂️

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@MrPitbull07 I’d redo the whole couch in Jackson Pollock-styled cherry juice.

I told my kid a thousand times to keep drinks off the white sofa, but the stubborn brat sneaked cherry juice in and soaked the expensive fabric while I was in the kitchen. They just sat there laughing at the massive red mess as if my hard work was a joke, so I grabbed their favorite toy cart and smashed it right into the middle of the sticky puddle. I did not stop there and I started stomping on every single toy they left on the floor until I heard the plastic snap and crack under my feet. When they shrieked in horror at their broken belongings, I told them that since they do not respect my things, I have no reason to respect theirs. It is exhausting to deal with such entitled behavior, and since they love messes, they can sit in the ruins of their toys and this filth forever because I am not cleaning a single drop. Credit: Carina Jasmine

@clairebeaniexk8 @MrPitbull07 And you’re writing from jail? Hahahahah (sorry just kidding)

@MrPitbull07 I broke a lamp in my house fighting with my brother. My mum was so annoyed she got my current favourite thing, my walkie talkie, and totally destroyed it. Ripped it apart with her damn teeth. I was very upset but nothing in the house got broken again for a long time.

@HawkEmDownChris Prince twice

Who are you going to see?

@Amelia558rs She is so Agnes

Vintage old lady name for this DOG please

@NaeNae883 Samesies! Great to meet you folks too!

@vancegilbert Hi Vance! It was so nice to (kind of) meet you Wednesday night at Paul’s show. We were the ones backstage beforehand. You were really great. I love your pie and whiskey song. My daughter also thought you were really funny.

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Go Tillis!!! The oven is self-cleaning!!