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Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth. You'll Never Walk Alone.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · Jan 31

hell yeah brother

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 2h

GnR's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is on 100.3 right now in the DMV, which is a little too on the fucking nose for my taste

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 3h

we are breaking new ground in Civ-Mil relations (I feel extremely nauseous ngl)

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4h

Oregon National Guard general said that if they were deployed, his troops would be instructed to protect the protesters, not ICE.

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 2h

Mil-LE relations 🫠

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 3h

my lizard brain has never been more smug

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 3h

how is cognitive behavioral therapy supposed to help me when all my negative thoughts are manifesting before my very eyes

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 3h

my constant companion

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 3h

jesus christ

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 3h

we are breaking new ground in Civ-Mil relations (I feel extremely nauseous ngl)

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4h

Oregon National Guard general said that if they were deployed, his troops would be instructed to protect the protesters, not ICE.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 4h

I am literally wearing Maryland flag boxers as I type this

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 4h

he's right. he's out of line but he's right.

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 12d

Want to hear about the craziest game of poker ever? Find a guy eating crabs wearing these shorts.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 4h

Capt. Spicer is looking a little long in the tooth

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 4h

adding this to the wargame scenario design file, hoping to challenge GEN Guillot for the USNORTHCOM commander billet soon 💪

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 12h

The functional COCOMs have to know how to work the boss too...especially since they aren't modern Viceroys who can go directly to POTUS like their geographic counterparts

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 13h

Give the VIP a flight in a little bird, do a fam fire with the cool toys...then ask for something

wonder what they asked for

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 14h

on the one hand, I do spend *a lot* of time thinking about catastrophic worst case scenarios in my niche field of expertise. on the other hand, I would like to stop being right about all this shit for fucks sake

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 14h

welllll fuck me running

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · Aug 12

As I've always said, the real Constitutional crisis will be when POTUS unilaterally deploys red state national guard into blue states under very shaky legal authority with the pretext of supporting law enforcement during protests

Sorta like this, tbh:

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest

Documents reviewed by The Post detail a new National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.

www.washingtonpost.com

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 16h

You absolutely do not need to do that

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 17h

For some reason I'm reminded of a time in Baghdad many moons ago when my platoon got into a Mexican standoff with the Iraqi Army at one of their checkpoints

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 17h

I lol'd but also they are going to break the Guard 🫠

Russell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 17h

Pritzker should just activate the Illinois Guard with the only task to swarm the Texas dorks at a 3:1 ratio. Ensure every Illinois patrol has like a ridiculously senior person with it to just fuck up E4s’ days with general military authority fuck-fuck games.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 19h

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 23h

do you feel still bangs

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

yeah well that sounds like something a pog in a functional area would say

wait

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

brad plz help I read the tweet and now I keep smelling burned toast

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

I just deactivated my account (again) this morning after reading a few too many "ya know, secwar had some good points" comments from "defense VC" people

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

intersectionality! "A faux Dominican, if you will" 💀💀💀