Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, movie review time, no spoilers, I promise. I wanted to like this show, really I did. It’s science fiction, always a hook for me. It’s near future. It was supposed to be hard SF (HA!) and it had some good talent. (Brad Pit, Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler,…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, pull up a chair. Here have some of the good stuff. This is going to get good. Yesterday as I write this, the speaker of the House declared that the house was formally going to go forward with an investigation to determine whether or not to impeach the…
Mr. President, Honorable Members of the Senate and House, (Gods that was hard to get out without a sneer in my voice) and other Honored guests, welcome to the Scuttlebutt. Please have a seat, we need to talk. Allow this old sailor to explain a few things to you. Now I understand that many…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Cop a squat and have a beer, let’s talk. I’m sure you already know how I feel about 9/11, and I’m sure you’ve had enough other people remembering where they were that day, or… So, I’m not going to join the chorus, other than to say that…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Pull up a stool, have a cup of whatever, and let’s chat. There’s a lot of stuff to talk about today, but none of them are big enough targets to fill a column, so I’m going to take a series of short cuts. Several of these are…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a seat, and let’s talk of the Navy, the future, and the past. Our former Chief of Naval Operations (that’s the senior officer in the Navy) Adm. Richardson, stepped down on the 22nd of this month, to be replaced by Adm. Gilday. Adm. Richardson gave…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a seat, and let’s talk. Well, the good thing about doing this gig is that as long as there are morons working for the New York Slimes, I’m never really at a loss for something to write about. They’re pulling a couple of doozies right now,…