Bryan McGrath

Bryan McGrath (The Conservative Wahoo). Paleo-con. Retired. Methodically blocking all with pro-Trump sentiments in their profile.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Anyone excited to vote for Ken Paxton ought to lose the vote.

[Brandon Gill @realBrandonGill]

Ken Paxton leading our ticket is good for the GOP because people are actually excited to vote for him.

That’s why @KenPaxtonTX won with a mandate last week and why he’ll win again in November.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Because they aren't conservative, they are populist.

[Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops]

I have never seen so many conservative Republicans calling for top down centralized federal intervention into the free market. Up is down!

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Profiles in Courage

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

After several hours, GOP leaders convince Cassidy to take one for the team and vote to kill Dem amendment targeting weaponization fund. He votes against it, allowing endangered Rs — Sullivan and Husted — to join Collins and vote with Ds. Amendment will fail

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Morning coffee

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Morning coffee

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Has he had a little work done?

[POLITICO @politico]

Schumer shares few details on meeting with Platner https://t.co/ViNhWHV2Ri

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

There is not enough peanut butter to cover the bread.

[The(REAL)IntelFrog @TheIntelFrogbu]

The USS Boxer ARG with the embarked 11th MEU has been redirected to INDOPACOM instead of CENTCOM and will join the USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the region who departed Sasebo, Japan last week.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Baller

[Gary Holman @GaryGaryholman]

Today we remember Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly OBE RN, the Royal Navy doctor who became one of the most respected medical officers in British military history and the only serviceman from the Falklands War to be decorated by both Britain and Argentina.

Richard Tadeusz “Rick” Jolly was born in Hong Kong in 1946 to Polish parents who had endured Japanese internment during the Second World War.

Educated at Stonyhurst College, he went on to study medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, qualifying as a doctor in 1969. After working as a junior doctor, he joined the Royal Navy in 1972, beginning a career that would eventually place him at the centre of one of Britain’s most famous military campaigns.

During his naval service, Jolly served with the Royal Marines, the Fleet Air Arm and in a variety of operational and training appointments. One of his most important pre-war roles was as Medical Officer to 42 Commando Royal Marines, gaining invaluable experience in field medicine and operational deployments.

By 1982 he was serving as the Senior Medical Officer of 3 Commando Brigade, responsible for the medical support of thousands of Royal Marines and soldiers deployed to the South Atlantic.

During the Falklands War, Jolly established and commanded the field hospital at Ajax Bay, housed inside a disused refrigeration plant overlooking San Carlos Water. The hospital quickly became known as the “Red and Green Life Machine”, named after the colours of the Royal Marines and Army personnel serving there. Working under constant pressure, often with limited supplies and under the threat of Argentine air attack, Jolly and his team treated more than 1,000 casualties, including around 300 Argentine wounded.

Remarkably, of the 580 British battle casualties who reached Ajax Bay alive, only three later died and none died under Jolly’s direct care. Friend and foe alike received the same treatment, earning the respect of everyone who passed through the hospital.

For his actions during the campaign, Rick Jolly was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Years later, the Argentine government learned just how many of their soldiers had survived because of the work carried out at Ajax Bay.

In 1999, they awarded him the Order of May, one of Argentina’s highest honours. This made him the only veteran of the Falklands War to be officially decorated by both sides of the conflict. When he sought permission from Queen Elizabeth II to wear the Argentine medal, she personally approved the request.

Jolly remained in the Royal Navy until 1996, retiring as a Surgeon Captain after 24 years of service. In retirement he became a passionate advocate for veterans, helping to found the South Atlantic Medal Association and campaigning for greater recognition of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among former servicemen and women. He also wrote several books, including The Red and Green Life Machine, which remains one of the most important first-hand accounts of medical operations during the Falklands War.

Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly died on 13 January 2018 at the age of 71. His legacy endures not only through the hundreds of lives he helped save but through the example he set of professionalism, courage and humanity in war.

In a conflict defined by bravery on land, sea and air, Rick Jolly proved that sometimes the greatest act of service is not taking life but preserving it.

Courtesy of FactSlap

Borrowed from Facebook.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

I can imagine no circumstances under which I want to know this answer.

[POLITICO @politico]

How Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte won him over https://t.co/IAAzU3sIow

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Leading from behind.

[POLITICO @politico]

GOP senators look to Blanche for signals on DOJ fund’s fate https://t.co/JT10qczfAt

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

“Silence, peasants”

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Unfortunately, we aren't claiming you. @TheHistoryOfTh2

[Virginia Postrel @vpostrel]

@TheHistoryOfTh2 So true. We have more in common with Gen X.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Paxton.

[Abe Greenwald @AbeGreenwald]

"It wasn’t long ago that a large majority of Democrats would simply recognize Platner as unfit to serve in the janitorial staff of the U.S. Senate, let alone as a senator."--From today's newsletter.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

I dont want to hear a WORD from these jagoffs about the jagoff in Maine.

[POLITICO @politico]

NRSC joins Paxton to set up joint fundraising committee https://t.co/Lrr1sPB0S0

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Saturday US sources said we were on verge of a deal but it would take a few days because the Iranians are in caves and can't communicate. In the next 48 hours Iran rejected deal, bombed Qatar, and announced they are halting communication with US. Cave wifi must be improving.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Paxton

[National Review @NRO]

.@CarolineDowney_: Are Maine voters okay with being lied to?

Because Graham Platner has been lying to them. A lot.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

It is a very good idea.

[TheHistoryOfTheAmericans @TheHistoryOfTh2]

Hey, I just put out a new Substack post on Congressional stock trading. It will please few people in these parlous times, but that's why it's actually a good proposal!

Anyway, consider subscribing!

https://t.co/pIKabFSoeC

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Voting for either Ken Paxton or Graham Platner bespeaks a compromised humanity.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Morning coffee