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111th Military Intelligence Brigade – It’s Own Worst Enemy

     The 111th Military Intelligence Brigade is like a drunken boxer who persists in punching his own mirrored image in the face thinking he’s winning the fight.  The rest of Big Army sits in wonder looking at the spectacle.   Here are … Continue reading

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Mike’s Movie Forensics: Captain Phillips

As anyone can read online the movie “Captain Phillips” was highly altered to make the real life Captain Phillips look like a hero. He was not – and he admits it. He consciously chose to sail within the pirate zone … Continue reading

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America’s Potemkin Border and the Fake Immigration Crisis

The word “Potemkin” comes from Russian minister Grigory Potemkin building fake portable villages along the Dnieper River to impress his former lover, Russian Empress Catherine II, during her journey to Crimea in 1787. As recently appointed governor of Crimea, Potemkin … Continue reading

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California Needs Spanking

California is throwing another tantrum and should be spanked. As the parent, the federal government should administer the strap. It is more than allegorical. The United States gained the territory of California “fair and square” (more or less) in the … Continue reading

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Trump’s “Shithole Countries” – Right Again!

It so happens that in the real world there ARE shithole countries – literally and figuratively. My first experience with them was in 1960. My father was an Air Force air traffic controller and had been transferred to Germany. Family … Continue reading

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Clinton’s “Wall” and 9/11

I’ve struggled to write a book on the real reasons 9/11 happened – other than the obvious intent of the terrorists- since I finally read the voluminous 9/11 Commission Report a few years ago. It’s given me nightmares’ When my … Continue reading

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NFL: Killing the Gipper

Movie producer Peter Bogdonovich once said “There are no OLD movies – just good movies you haven’t seen yet.” It would behoove the spoiled brats -players, coaches, owners, and especially Commissioner Goodell of the National Football League to watch the … Continue reading

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“Bring Back Deported Vets!” …Say What?

I tell ya the PC pity party just never ends. Last week at Barnes Field House on Ft. Huachuca I saw a guy wearing a black T-shirt with what appeared to be a logo mimicking the POW/MIA photo of a … Continue reading

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Administration’s Afghan Insanity

When the temperatures were consistently over a hundred degrees this summer some friends and I traveled to Patagonia Lake. Upon arrival I plunged into the lake and raptured in the refreshing coolness of the water. Putting my feet down I … Continue reading

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President Trump! B.R.A.C. This Border!

I challenge President Trump to conduct the same cost-effective study of our borders’ Ports of Entry that Congress did for our domestic military installations.  It was called the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act.  The same process should be done … Continue reading

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Trump’s “I Can Work With the Russians”

     Trump claiming he “can work with Putin and the Russians” is either another pipe dream shared with every other politician or an ominous preview of morally bankrupt business dealings “trumping” national security.  I’m no Hillary fan.  I think … Continue reading

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Trump’s “Extreme Vetting”

Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” appeals to most concerned with national security. But there is a gaping institutional vulnerability ensconced in the federal law that has always required some level of vetting for entry into the U.S. and American citizenship. Immigration law … Continue reading

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TSA! GO AWAY!!!

The airline industry’s angst against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) long wait times at security checkpoints is a monster of their own making. TSA is an offspring of the monolithic Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  In predictable knee jerk response … Continue reading

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Origin of Puerto Rico Super 9 Bailout:

Will Rogers, Oklahoma cowboy and national humorist, called Congress “America’s only native criminal class.”  In the 1800s Alexis de Tocqueville remarked on the relative inferiority of most American politicians.  It has only worsened.  A Sierra Vista, Arizona Herald April 29 On … Continue reading

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What “Gender Pay Gap”?

The Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald’s April 15th editorial “Being free and equal can be depressing” reveals gross –and perhaps willful- ignorance of the facts about the alleged “gender pay gap.”  In my opinion it is another example of the media … Continue reading

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The American Pig

There are two kinds of American Pig.      The domestic American Pig lives in a designated enclosed space called a sty.  The sty is built by The Farmer for the Pig and is “rent free”. There are many other Pigs living … Continue reading

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Sierra Vista, Arizona’s Proud Pedophile on Display

“Hey! Little boys! Wanna take your picture in my underwear?” Cardboard cutout of CPT Underpants facing four feet from childrens’ reading table -Sierra Vista, Arizona library                   CPT Underpants Teaching Points: Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants: … Continue reading

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“Captain Underpants” on Display at Sierra Vista Library

Maverick Free News  By Mike Ligon “Captain Underpants” on Display at SV Library ……..proving you can’t fix stupid! Believe it or not there is a large, color silhouette of a naked, fat, bald, white man wearing only his “whitey tightey” … Continue reading

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111th Military Intelligence Brigade: LCOL Riehle’s Inquisitions

Cheating at the Military Intelligence “School of Excellence”, Ft. Huachuca, AZ is not only tolerated but often facilitated by cadre.  If it weren’t the student failure rate in most courses would be about 40%. Inquisition #1. I volunteered for mobilized … Continue reading

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McSally’s TODAY “Don’t Cripple Homeland Security”

I am a retired immigration inspector who worked at the Douglas, Az. Port of Entry.  U.S. Rep Martha McSally’s USA Today “Don’t Cripple Homeland Security” editorial of Feb. 25, 2015 is typical political double speak.  McSally has no real “street … Continue reading

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