Good Morning and welcome back to the Scuttlebutt! I find it amusing that the same crew that thinks “The Post”, a movie about publishing the data from five thousand plus pages of Top Secret documents, data that got American Troops killed, and arguably cost us the war in Vietnam was a “brave and…
Good Morning and welcome back to the Scuttlebutt! I did something last night that I haven’t done in decades… Yes, I mean decades, as in the last time I listened to a State of the Union Speech, the guy giving it was saying “well there you go again…” Yeah, I’m talking about Ronald…
All-right, Listen up. First let me make crystalline fucking clear that I am no longer on active duty. In fact, I am on the Retired list. I want to make that perfectly clear, because I’m about to do something that would be a violation of the UCMJ if I was still on active duty.…
Pull up a chair, and let’s talk about the state of the press today. Now I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m no respecter of what passes for journalism these days. This article is a prime example: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/promoting-health-at-a-hefty-price-seattles-soda-tax-starts-jan-1/?roi=echo3-48811992749-45860052-c4b784fb5fb36b778697b86d976f3d20 Most folks, according to all the studies, only read the first couple paragraphs…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, and welcome to 2018. Over the Christmas vacation my better half and I saw “Bright”, for New Year’s day we went to see “The Greatest Showman”. First, let’s cover “The Greatest Showman”. If you took my advice about “Murder on the Orient Express” and were happy with it,…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, pour a cuppa eggnog and let’s chat. Why, do you ask, did I say Holidays, vice Christmas? Well, it’s like this. Most of the religions of the world have a celebration this time of year, (give or take a couple weeks), and most of them have similar messages and…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, slide into a bench, grab a cuppa and let’s talk. I’ll try my damnedest to avoid spoilers, during this review. That said, here we go! So, if you’ve been following the reviews by other people, you’ll note that there seems to be a group on the left that thinks…