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USArmy vet (Desert Storm), patriot, strict Constitutionalist. Marxists and Democrats (BIRM) are trash. I like DeSantis as my governor. Hate the GOPe and RINOs.

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@SGTWipper1Each If they self-identify as moderate or independent, they are retard leftists. I've seen this for my entire life.

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@HRH_SHP We've been paying Thune, too, and all that sphincter wants to do is go on vacation. Our Senate is useless. Repeal the 17th amendment.

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@Monica_from_Wi What? That's just gross! Then again, I don't want eggs in potato salad or potatoes in my egg salad. That's just common sense.

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@ArkansasAngie @SenateGOP @LeaderJohnThune They are on vacation. Probably plotting how to screw us over even more.

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@EdSheldon16 You need a bigger bowl! Looks incredible.

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@army1325air FML. My VA primary care doc just prescribed this for me last Tuesday. Looks like I have some research to do! I have bad peripheral neuropathy and collapsed L5 and S1 that isn't fixed yet.

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SgtMaj Jiggs: The Original Devil Dog of the Marine Corps

In the early 1920s, the United States Marine Corps gained its most famous four-legged Marine—an English bulldog named Sergeant Major Jiggs, the first official canine mascot of the Corps and the patriarch of a tradition that continues to this day.

From King Bulwark to Marine. The story begins in 1921–1922 at Marine Barracks Quantico under Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler. Seeking a mascot for the Quantico Marines football team (and to boost public visibility and morale after World War I), Butler purchased a purebred English bulldog originally named King Bulwark. The royal name wouldn’t do for a Marine, so he was rechristened Jiggs—after the popular comic-strip character Mr. Jiggs from Maggie and Jiggs.

On 7 (or 14) October 1922, General Butler formally enlisted the dog “for the term of life.” Jiggs received a service record book and began his career as a private. True to Marine form, he didn’t stay a private long. Within weeks he was a corporal; by New Year’s Day 1924 he was a sergeant; and by mid-1924 (or shortly thereafter) he had risen to Sergeant Major—the highest enlisted rank—complete with custom-made uniforms and chevrons.

A Celebrity Marine. SgtMaj Jiggs became a true Corps celebrity. He appeared at football games, public events, and recruiting functions across the country. He even took to the skies, posing for photographs during 1924 training flights at Quantico. In 1926 he made his big-screen debut alongside Lon Chaney in the silent film Tell It to the Marines—the first major Hollywood production made with official Marine Corps cooperation. Jiggs embodied the tenacious spirit Marines had earned in World War I, when German soldiers allegedly dubbed them “Teufel Hunden” (Devil Dogs). A wartime recruiting poster featuring a fierce English bulldog in a Marine helmet chasing a German dachshund helped cement the breed’s association with the Corps. Jiggs brought that image to life.

Final Honors. On 9 January 1927, SgtMaj Jiggs died at about age five (reports attributed it in part to a rich diet and high living). The Corps mourned deeply. His body lay in state in a Quantico hangar, guarded by Marines and surrounded by flowers. He was placed in a specially made satin-lined coffin and buried with full military honors, including a firing squad and taps, at the athletic stadium (or nearby grounds) at Quantico. The entire brigade turned out.

Lasting Legacy. Jiggs was succeeded by Jiggs II (donated by former Marine and heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney), then by a series of bulldogs named Smedley (in honor of General Butler), and eventually by the long line of “Chesty” mascots named for legendary Lieutenant General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller. The English bulldog remains the official mascot of the United States Marine Corps to this day. SgtMaj Jiggs was more than a mascot—he was a morale-booster, a public face of the Corps, and a living symbol of Marine toughness and spirit. From private to sergeant major in record time, he served with distinction and left a paw print that still endures more than a century later.

Semper Fidelis!

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@cabisbee This all-purpose cycling meme is true:

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@gypsydaily I have the same scar, from getting C4-T1 screwed together.

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@gunny_retired The Fairbairn–Sykes, by far. Those things are incredibly stabby.

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@ImWickedJess Done!

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🚨 “Lab-grown” egg protein is already in products at Walmart & Target.

It’s not whole eggs from a chicken. It’s precision-fermented egg white protein (ovalbumin) made by genetically programmed yeast — no hen required. The EVERY Company’s OvoPro got the FDA’s “no questions” letter on its GRAS notice in 2023 and is already being used in baked goods, protein bars, powders, sauces, and more.

Watch your labels. Real food still comes from actual farms and animals.

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@1PerspectiveOr2 @simonateba @simonateba used to be a good guy a couple years ago, then he became a douche after reaching a fairly high level of notoriety. That's when I blocked him. He's a grifting, anti-American tool.

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@EscambiaFLMan @JimmyPatronis Is that the proposed high-rise hotel on Casino Beach? If it is, then that's just the start of developers razing existing hotels to build even taller ones. We don't need that sort of nonsense here.

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@MRTs_Haircut My dad and mom are in the older section, under a big oak tree. Dad passed in '99 and my mom in '10. Barrancas is such a peaceful place. Were y'all stationed in Key West when your dad deployed? We were there from '73 until '78, and then moved up to Pcola.

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@MRTs_Haircut Your dad and my dad likely knew each other. He was an AD and was on the Enterprise during that time period. He was a Senior Chief. He and my mom are both buried in Barrancas.

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@YourFavWV I don't know any Jamies at all must be a northern or western thing

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@zoiezoe__ That's f'n idiotic. $400K? If they sell more than three, it's a sign of the apocalypse.

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@RandyGoat They don't deserve shit, except a pink slip. Fire them all. Robots do most of the work these days.

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@WildBillUSA1776 I pay about $40 per month for twice weekly pick up and none of that gay recycling bullshit.