‘Good Sense from an Unpalatable Man’

From Quadrant online:
‘Alone among US presidential hopefuls, Donald Trump has pledged to scuttle the gold-plated boondoggle that is the F-35, the irregularly airborne essence of everything that is wrong with defence procurement in both the US and Australia. The other candidates? They’ve all been bought and paid for.
…Anyone still puzzled by the rise of Donald Trump should consider this fact: Congress voted that the 2016 Defense Budget include 10 F-35s beyond the number requested by the Pentagon. These unsought additions come at a cost of US$1.33 billion when the United States is saddled with much debt and the budget can’t stretch to all the things the US military actually does need. The House of Representatives and the Senate have been controlled by the Republican Party since the mid-term elections of November, 2014. So the extra 10 F-35s are a gift from the Republican establishment to Lockheed Martin….
…Lockheed Martin maintains a stable of 95 lobbyists in Washington. Lockheed Martin’s board includes a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Ralston, and a former Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Bruce Carlson. Nearly one in ten members of the House of Representatives belongs to the F-35 caucus…’

Open house and quickies

Sheriff Joe Offers Hillary Clinton ‘Free Pink Underwear’ at Trump Rally

Cameron: Govt Will Use Tax Payer Funds To Campaign For ‘In’ At EU Referendum

BBC Claims Stalin Only Killed ‘Thousands’

Coulter: Rubio Running ‘Anti-White’ Campaign

‘The Russians have warned Turkish President Erdogan that Moscow is prepared to use tactical nuclear weapons if necessary to save their troops in the face of a Turkish-Saudi onslaught…’ (via The Woodpile Report)

And still there are those who want this?

One has to wonder what sort of mental illness a person must be afflicted with to still insist that socialism is even a viable system,let alone a successful one.Especially in light of all the evidence to the contrary,even in recent history.I spotted this write up today over at COTR reminding us of a time not long ago where we had a glaring black and white comparison available for all to see.

Read it here-

The picture posted in the comments section says it all.The caption reads-“Socialism:People wait for Bread.Capitalism:Bread waits for people”

‘Is Your Bacon Sandwich Oppressing Women?

And so, breathless with anticipation, we return to the pages of Everyday Feminism, where questions of cosmic import are chewed over, and where Celia Edell, a self-described “24-year-old feminist philosopher interested in social justice,” shares the many things learned by her over many, many years.
…Does feminism require vegetarianism? This is something I am asked about often…’
David Thompson

‘Attack of the Gender Warriors’

Excerpt: ‘..US studies in the 1990s showed that women failed most, or close to all, combat tests. In body strength, youthful female combat recruits averaged at the grade of average 50-year-old men. Women had  20% less aerobic power, 40% less muscle strength, and nearly 50% less lifting strength. They route marched 26% slower. Injuries knocked them out at twice the male rate. Their bones broke more easily. Their non-deployable rate was three times higher. Even given lower entry standards for combat readiness, most women still flunked –  in one case, 63% of the female group, compared with 1% of men. More recent studies by the Marine Corps found that male-only infantry units shoot more accurately, carry greater burdens and move more quickly through some tactical maneuvers….’  Link