Sgt. Kristie Ennis, USMC

“I honestly miss deploying. I think that's something all of us feel when we get back from overseas, or get out of the military. It was simple in a lot of ways. There was no worrying about how I did my hair or what I was going to put on. You know what you're doing immediately. You know where you need to be, how you need to get there, and who you need to be looking out for. You protect your ship, your helicopter, the men around you. It's very simple. In some cases, it's kill or be killed and that's it. You just have to be so conscious of everything around you that you don't have to worry about everything that's going on back at home. My deployments were also very entertaining. I loved being over there and knowing I could help those that couldn't protect themselves. I was helping the boots on the ground. In a way, it's one of the most rewarding things you can say that you've done.”

http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/07/sgt-kirstie-ennis-usmc-operation-enduring-freedom/

Grubbs Arkansas

Grubbs is Jackson County, up there in rice-growing country. Arkansas grows a lot of rice, 49 percent of the nation’s total, says farmflavor.com. Arkansas rice farms average more than 7,300 pounds per acre. Think about that many one-pound bags of rice, grown on an acre of land. That is a lot of bags.

The land around Grubbs is good for rice farming – flat, easily flooded and with plenty of water from Arkansas’ rivers. Here is a satellite image:

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6512129,-91.0604641,2844m/data=!3m1!1e3

Grubbs is a small town. I’ve never heard of a town called Grubbs that had a big population. In 2015, Grubbs’ zip code population was estimated at 465, an increase of 64 over the 2010 census. Grubbs’ male/female ratio is 271/194. A better ratio would have those numbers reversed. Almost 95 percent of Grubbs’ residents are white. Almost 12 percent of families and more than 15 percent of the population overall lives below the official federal poverty level. The town’s highest population was 546 in 1980.

Here is a link to a floor plan for the Frisco Lines 1920 railroad station in Grubbs:

http://digitalcollections.missouristate.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/Depots/id/678

The plans show a “Negro W. Rm” and a “White W. Rm.”

Here is a link to a video made by an ass named Grubbs from Illinois:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1pZDVPwX8

Here is another video, “The 10 Worst Cities in Arkansas Explained,” by Nick Johnson, an asshole who judging by his comments, voted for Her. Johnson has another video called “The 10 Most Redneck Cities in Arkansas Explained.” I think Nick Johnson is a smartass who likes telling other people how dumb they are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2mx0dV9NU

Nick Johnson has nothing to do with the small town of Grubbs, it's just that I ran across links to his dumbass videos while searching for things about Grubbs.

Michigan union bleating over use of goats

“The grievance alleges that the university did not notify the union that it was planning to use goat crews on campus, according to a chief steward report supplied to the Battle Creek Enquirer.

“University spokeswoman Cheryl Roland said a small goat crew has been on campus this summer, but not to cut grass.

“’For the second summer in a row, we’ve brought in a goat crew to clear undergrowth in a woodlot, much of it poison ivy and other vegetation that is a problem for humans to remove,’ Roland said. ‘Not wanting to use chemicals, either, we chose the goat solution to stay environmentally friendly.

“’The area is rife with poison ivy and other invasive species, and our analysis showed the goats to be a sustainable and cost-effective way of removing them,’ she added.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/07/michigan-labor-union-blames-goats-for-taking-their-jobs/

Message to union: Oh, shut up.

President Trump vs. those who breathe old air

A couple of headlines on President Trump’s trip to Poland and Germany:

Reuters: ‘Trump, risking isolation over climate, arrives for G20.’

Politico: ‘Merkel warns Trump against protectionism.’

NBC News: ‘Trump faces ‘uncomfortable conversations with world leaders.’

The writers of those and many other stories were greatly overshadowed by the response of Poles to the president’s speech in Warsaw:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/06/remarks-president-trump-people-poland-july-6-2017?utm_source=World+Affairs+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2240f68be1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f83b38c5c7-2240f68be1-294583209

Old feminists ruining life as we know it

“We tend to think of feminism as a young woman’s game, but the real damage done to society is by the middle-aged feminists. They are like the post-graduate drug dealers that hang around high school kids, offering them booze and drugs. Not content with having thrown their own lives away, they give meaning to their lives by helping the next generation destroy itself. That’s the modern feminist. Her singular purpose is to pass the virus onto the next generation, while simultaneously ruining the lives of her peers.”

http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=10736

Hostile takeover of nations

Rule by syndicate on the way out.

“For the most part, the world is a being ruled by syndicates. Gangster states. China is a syndicate. Russia is a syndicate. Their outward forms do not reveal their inner power structure. You simply watch what they do to identify what they're driving at. Russia wants a port on the Black Sea. They will keep the Crimea. That's not fair, say the Ukrainians. Fair? What's fair got to do with it? It's going to happen.

“It appears that America is being run by a syndicate. There was a hostile takeover by an outsider who understood a proxy battle. The in crowd is attempting to put humpty dumpty back together again by any means they can muster. Looking for a head for this hydra is a waste of time. They do not need marching orders. They simply understand, as a group, that power is slipping away from them, so they might as well go all in, because if they don't, they'll be on the outside. You know, in the dreaded private sector.”

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/30199-Hostile-Takeovers-and-Other-Discontents.html

Comment by former intelligence analyst: The present Democratic Party and many, many Republicans have the same mission: Make President Trump meaningless. But they forget, Trump has something to say about their objective.

There are fireworks, and then there are deadly fireworks

Two men robbed a fireworks stand of $600* in Tulsa County Oklahoma. The rightful owner of the money got into a shootout with the robbers. The robbers jumped in a pickup and took off.

“As the robbers tried to get away, the stand owner's son jumped into the bed of the pickup and continued firing, before the owner got out.

“A passenger was shot in the chest. A woman later found the body in the truck.

“Investigators believe he was one of two suspects. They identified him as 15-year-old Jake Ulrich.”

http://www.fox23.com/news/body-found-in-trunk-near-shooting-at-west-tulsa-fireworks-stand/549533707

Link at http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=73203

A couple of things: The link writer at the TV station needs to read a story before writing the link. Story says body found in “truck”; link says “trunk.”

Second thing: 15 years old? That boy had a double dose of stupid. Robbing an established business is dumb in the first place, but robbing a business in Tulsa County Oklahoma? Note to potential robbers in Oklahoma: Somebody in the story is carrying a gun.

* Written story says $600; broadcast story says $600 in fireworks.