Bryan McGrath

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

[Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank]

Actually, it's not hypocrisy to be against lies but also in favor of telling the truth.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Oh, and the disability fraud.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

It's not just the evidence of assault.

It's not just the Nazi tattoo

It's not just lying about the Nazi tattoo

It's not just the Kik account

It's not just the adulterous sexting

It's not just the deranged posting

It's all of it (and the more that may emerge).

This is the guy you want to burn your moral credibility for to beat ... Susan Collins?

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Yes, this is how things work.

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

I’m not a trained theologian (just an amateur one) but my understanding is that the Chicago pope can smite the whole franchise now? I’m pretty sure that’s in the Bible. Towards the back.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Awesome.

[Greg Madia @GregMadia]

ACC-SEC Challenge games have been officially announced.

#UVa will host Kentucky on Dec. 2 at John Paul Jones Arena.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Americans once questioned this sort of thing.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Fourteen of the 27 known corporate donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report.

Read more here: https://t.co/wEAqxMA7AG

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

Basically how Republicans responded to the Access Hollywood tape.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

You're full of shit.

[Rep. Rick Crawford @RepRickCrawford]

This evening I voted against The Ukraine Support Act. While I am supportive of lethal aid so the Ukrainian people can defend themselves and put an end to this war, this legislation ties President Trump’s hands in navigating the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. More importantly it does not account for the current state of play in the conflict as it was introduced over a year ago. The failure to bring this up through regular order, prevented the House from being able to amend and debate the bill. The bottom line: no one is winning this war and no side is in a more advantageous position than they were 5 years ago when this began. Ukrainians need access to the tools to defend their country and this bill does not do that.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Once again, forfeiting their responsibilities and dumping it in the lap of (eventually) the Supreme Court.

[ABC News @ABC]

JUST IN: The Senate has voted to approve a $70 billion immigration enforcement package that includes nothing to rein in the "anti-weaponization" fund.

Read more: https://t.co/PuZXDWOA0E

[Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns]

Gillibrand led the push to oust Al Franken in 2017.

[Bryan McGrath @ConsWahoo]

Evening coffee

[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