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Seattle Drug Scene – Welcome Home Troops

Categories Ongoing Breakdown of Society

Top TV News Military Analysts

July 15, 2026 //

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

Fox Business

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Top TV military analysts, currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

Another Angle

Breaking Points

TV Military Analysts

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Categories The Fantasy Newsperson

WA Public Records Request Below @ 33:20

July 15, 2026 //

WA State – Welcome Home Troops

I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media

Please see 33:20

Moscow Snow

The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.

Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.

These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.

Maybe they are tired of being lied to.

Public Records Request

It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.

They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.

It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.

Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.

Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.

More here:

Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?

The Freedom Talk

Photo – top of page:

Symbol of the American mainstream press over the past 30 years.

Welcome Visitors

Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden

Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.

Categories Operating A Camera In A Public Place

Recent Purchase

July 14, 2026 //

This one reminds me of a Mexican beer in the style of Tecate.

There are several US and maybe beers from Mexico that do not say light on the label, but they taste like light beers. This is one.

For a while, because of tariffs, I was buying Busch beer as my Mexican beer substitute.

Rolling Rock might go well while sipping a quality shot of Bourbon or Tequila.

The beer photo fetish page features a true grab bag of different beer styles and brands. We’ve been at it since 2012.

Possibly of interest:

Part Two – Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?

Categories Beer Photo Fetish

Seattle Drug Scene – Welcome Home Troops

July 14, 2026 //

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

Need Cash To Buy Drugs?

King County prosecutor warns legislative fix needed to curb costly copper wire thefts

by Jeremy Harris – KOMO News

July 13, 2026

KOMO News

From comments:

“drug addicts are stealing the wire,
lock up illegal drug users,
that would solve most of the city’s problems.
don’t give them needles and pipes,”

Seattle Scene Described at 1:05

KIRO 7 News

Blowing up suspected drug boat crews, bold PR statements from Kristi Noem, sealed borders, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, DHS guarding Super Bowls, US troops at the border, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) fail to keep cartel product from arriving in Seattle?

The Seattle drug situation appears to be no different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

“…people trust the government less and no longer want to identify as a Democrat or Republican.”

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

Why It Matters

Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.

If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?

Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.

Possibly of interest:

Categories Homeland Security is a scam

“…people trust the government less and no longer want to identify as a Democrat or Republican.”

July 11, 2026 //

Above: Approved Flag Images

Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.

Blog title source:

Why Are Political Independents Less Patriotic Than Ever?
For the same reason their ranks have grown to record highs: They dislike the federal government.

Nick Gillespie – Reason

July 10, 2026

Big talk from the federal government and what do you get back home?

Decades of undeclared/unwon wars. No shortage of cartel drugs in Seattle.

Newspeople who avoid asking questions.

The situation remains in place no matter who is elected to office.

2026 – A Giant Federal Program Celebrates Independence From A Powerful, Central Government

Dozens of jets, bombers and helicopters will fly over DC today
The nine-hour 4th of July airshow includes demonstration teams, parachute jumps and a nighttime afterburner flyover.

Nicholas Slayton – Task & Purpose

July 4, 2026

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?

US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?

What did the founders think of troops in camo patrolling the streets?

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

Government – 2026

“It promises protection while steadily expanding surveillance, policing, executive discretion and bureaucratic control. It wraps itself in flags. It quotes Scripture. It invokes patriotism. It salutes the troops.”

When Rights Become Privileges
by John W. Whitehead
July 10, 2026

Big surveillance and a giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security never were able to keep cartel drugs out of Seattle.

Ditto for blowing up suspected drug boat crews in distant waters and designating cartels as terrorist organizations.

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

Why It Matters

Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.

If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?

Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

Declaring America’s Independence From the Tyranny of Militarism and War
Beware the Termites of War

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Is the Seattle drug situation any different in 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

Macho Swagger

Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:

Since 1986 Top Gun:

The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.

We haven’t won a war since.

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?

Both major parties are OK with federal prohibition of alcohol and tobacco for adults age 18-20.

No such thing the day I graduated from high school.

That was before decades of military operations for your freedoms.

In the 60s & 70s I never attended a Veterans Day assembly at school.

There were none.

Probably enough veterans around to remove most of the mystique, or maybe those veterans thought it was all just an average thing and did not want to be seen as a separate part of American society, or get head of the line parking spots over at the grocery store. Maybe the concept of Armistice Day had not gone completely extinct.

Growing up in the 60s & 70s- veterans were all around- church, school, Boy Scout leaders, family, the neighborhood, etc. It was all just an average thing. These folks weren’t seen as a separate part of American society.

People weren’t stepping over to say “Thanks for your service” to my Dad- who did time in the Navy in the 50s- but looked just like anyone else out in public.

These guys weren’t lining up for free dinner promotions marketed by major restaurant chains.

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.

The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.

In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.

In terms of American rights and freedoms, the Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.

Of interest:

Bill Astore

July 3, 2026

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

Much Talk Of An Oath

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

As time goes on, the consumer choices we have are becoming more restricted by a combination of government and big business policies, not Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden or the next bad guy DOD will be going after in distant lands:

Welcome Home Troops – USA 250

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Categories Camo Uniforms In Public, Federal Holidays, Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years, Voting

Noodle Night

July 11, 2026 //

We did this one with no meat or seafood.

Add meat or seafood anytime you want.

Categories Noodle Night

Friday Fog Walk – 2026

July 10, 2026 //

Walked from home. On foot for 1:47

Washington Coast – The North Beach

When the time is right, the top of Mount Rainier is visible from this cam:

Westport – coastal weather cam here.

Categories Pacific Time

Visiting

July 9, 2026 //

Two little ones:

Visitors over the past 4 years:

“…what our American ancestors achieved in the first century of our nation’s existence. No income tax or IRS. No Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, subsidies, grants, or foreign aid. No national-security state—i.e., no Pentagon, military-industrial complex, military empire, CIA, NSA, or FBI. No foreign wars. No sanctions, embargoes, or blockades. No economic regulations, including minimum wage.”

Categories Simple Living

Wok Night

July 9, 2026 //

We did this one with no meat or seafood.

Add meat or seafood anytime you want.

Categories Food & Drink

Shipping News For Wednesday

July 8, 2026 //

Above: A view from Westport, WA – March, 2025

What’s Going on With Shipping?

All Is Well

LiveNOW from FOX

WatchlistTYT

Possibly of interest:

US Air Power

Categories Maritime Culture

US Air Power

July 7, 2026 //

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.

TV Newspeople can be relied upon to play the role of federal public affairs staff.

Fox News

Giant federal program celebrates independence from a powerful, central government:

No Powerful, Central Government

TV Newspeople Function Like Paid Actors Reading A Script

Even away from USA 250, newspeople avoid asking questions related to decades of undeclared/unwon wars.

State-run media:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?

US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

Macho Swagger

Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:

Since 1986 Top Gun:

The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.

We haven’t won a war since.

In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.

In terms of American rights and freedoms, the Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

Much Talk Of An Oath

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Categories The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

Giant Federal Program

July 6, 2026 //

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

Giant federal program celebrates independence from a powerful, central government.

What Others Are Saying

Tommy Campbell

JP Reacts

What we are thinking:

The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.

Monday quotes from others:

“250th anniversary, 25% enthusiasm.”

“No expectations, no disappointments. That’s my motto.”

Possibly of interest:

Much Talk Of An Oath

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Outrage as Florida congressional candidate calls President Trump ‘anti-Christ’ who ‘must be killed’

Categories USA - 250 Years

Much Talk Of An Oath

July 6, 2026 //

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

Hook Global

Valhalla VFT

William Upham video:

By Chris Nesi – New York Post

July 15, 2026

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?

Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.

Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.

Take An Oath To The Constitution

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Approved Flag Images

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

Categories Recruiting Crisis, The Fantasy Newsperson

Well Planned Beach Cleanup

July 5, 2026 //

City crews, volunteer crews and heavy equipment on the job.

Washington Coast – The North Beach

When the time is right, the top of Mount Rainier is visible from this cam:

Westport – coastal weather cam here.

Categories Ocean Shores, Pacific Time, USA - 250 Years

Slow Food

July 5, 2026 //

Above: About five hours on the Weber Kettle and we are done.

This is the basic 3-2-1 method. We cut about an hour off the smoking time at the beginning and the ribs are not overcooked. Maybe we run a little hot.

Several good videos are available to show the way.

The way we set up our grill for cooking is described here:

Chilly Weather Cooking

After smoking, we are ready to wrap:

Serving suggestion:

Categories Food & Drink, Ribs

USA 250 Is Here

July 4, 2026 //

Sub Pop

Robin Slater

The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Possibly of interest:

Patriotism

Photo-

Something from the last century

Post-Vietnam guilt

The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.

A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.

Categories Old Man Blog, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, USA - 250 Years

Almost 250

July 2, 2026 //

Secretary of War salutes troops in camo on public patrol and scolds protesters for USA 250.

The Hill

WatchlistTYT

Ongoing militarization of American culture:

Dayton 24/7 Now

“Nothing in the Constitution gives the federal government authority over
ordinary crimes. In America, crime fighting is the responsibility of state
and local government. But despite the lack of constitutional authorization, federal policymakers continually try to involve themselves in crime fighting.”

Source:

CATO The Expanding Federal Police Power

Respectfully

The people who founded the country took it past peaceful protest. They did not showcase military troops in camo at public events. They did not confiscate tax money to attack and bully foreign countries.

US Marine Corps:

“THE MCCUU IS A FIELD UNIFORM AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR WEAR IN A CIVILIAN ENVIRONMENT.”

They did not create a powerful, centralized federal government and go with militarized pageantry for public events.

They placed restrictions on wars.

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

They didn’t tell lies about freedom.

Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

From 2004

“Today, however, the Congress has relinquished its delegated powers, giving the President license to do whatever he and his office determine that they can get away with. Consequentially, the presidential and legislative oaths to the Constitution have just turned into a great photo op on inauguration day.”

“It is a sad and hard realization for a grunt who loves the Marine Corps to admit that the organization is not used in the preservation of liberty, and has not been used toward that end for a very long time.”

Source:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

Various big companies will remind us that they support veterans and The Troops. Always wonder if any of those companies advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars. Maybe these big companies are more about expanding their marketing footprint.

Do traditional veterans organizations advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars? Would a move in this direction attract more new members?

Have any newspeople ever asked about this?

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

The Post 911 Era

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

Categories Camo Uniforms In Public, National Guard, USA - 250 Years

Little Ones Out Back

July 2, 2026 //

Photo by Monica

Visitors over the past 4 years:

Categories Simple Living

Summer Visit

July 2, 2026 //

Visitors over the past 4 years:

Categories Simple Living

Visiting

July 1, 2026 //

Visitors over the past 4 years:

Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel

Categories Simple Living

Feeling The Energy – Great American State Fair

June 30, 2026 //

At 1:55 below: Free Market Capitalism

Fox News Clips

The Free Market Capitalism established to legally purchase the same preferred, sturdy, sensible, made in the USA gas can used by your Granddaddy.

Was it Saddam Hussein who removed this option for retail purchase?

Free Market Capitalism?

In the news:

$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.

Any questions from newspeople?

December 8, 2022 The Daily World

$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”

Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.

Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our concerns are not specific to any political party or personality. We ask questions no matter who is in office.

More event coverage:

Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?

The Post 911 Era

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

Categories Newspeople not asking questions, USA - 250 Years

Rainier Beer Gold Pull Tab

June 30, 2026 //

We have seen red and silver pull tabs in the past.

What do they mean?

The beer photo fetish page features a true grab bag of different beer styles and brands. We’ve been at it since 2012.

Possibly of interest:

Part Two – Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?

Categories Beer Photo Fetish, Rainier Beer

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

June 30, 2026 //

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?

US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

Giant federal program celebrates independence from a powerful, central government:

New York Post

In The News

D.C.’s July 4th fireworks will have “TSA-style” security, won’t start until 11 p.m., mayor says

By Maria Sullivan, Gabriella Biello – CBS News

June 30, 2026

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

“Those planning to view the fireworks show from the Washington Monument grounds should expect “TSA-style” security, with magnetometers screening guests, according to Tara McLeese, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Washington field office.”

“McLeese said each guest in the restricted area is allowed only one clear bag no larger than a gallon, or a small clutch purse. There will be no storage for prohibited items.”

“Attendees of the Great American State Fair at the National Mall are encouraged to remain there to watch the fireworks show, rather than attempting to enter the primary viewing zone on the Washington Monument grounds, said Scott Brecht, chief of the U.S. Park Police. Leaving one zone and moving to another will require additional security screenings, and reentry may not be possible.”

D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Clint Osborn said. “I would say that if you’re going downtown and you’ve done this before, don’t assume you know what it’s going to look like.”

DHS- the folks who can’t keep fentanyl trafficking cartels from moving product into various US communities are keeping the big event safe. Way To Go Team.

Cartels continue to move product into all 50 states.

Podcast 10 NORAD Santa Tracker Allows Insult To President Biden Live On Air

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

Sealed Borders?

Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

Both Major Parties – Celebrate Your Freedoms

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

Giant Federal Project

June 29, 2026 //

Giant federal project celebrates independence from a powerful, central government.

What Others Are Saying

Breaking Points

Possibly of interest:

NORAD Santa Tracker

Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our commentary rolls on, no matter who has been elected to office.

A giant agency created to prevent Soviet attacks, with almost unlimited resources to defend N. America in 2021, is unable to keep crank call from going out live during big public relations event.

My audio commentary – duration 3:30

“…military flyovers will be the best, EVER…”

Categories USA - 250 Years

Operating A Camera In A Public Place

June 29, 2026 //

The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.

These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.

Maybe they are tired of being lied to.

WA State – Welcome Home Troops

I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media

Additional public records request at 33:20

Public Records Request

It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.

They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.

It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.

Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.

Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.

More here:

Bridging the gap in dementia care for military veterans

The Freedom Talk

Photo: One I took a few years back.

A symbol of operating a camera in a public place.

Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park

Categories Operating A Camera In A Public Place

Militarized/AI Senior Citizens

June 28, 2026 //

Two images above-

Source: Page down at the KIRO 7 TV News web page.

Page down here to see the sort of quality advertising sponsors KIRO 7 TV News is able to attract to their web page.

Several militarized/AI senior citizens drinking various odd beverages before bed to combat promoted ailments.

KING 5 too:

From WIS News 10:

I lost my mind, so I will wear this fucking fake camo outfit everywhere I go now:

Image source:

Seattle Times

June 22, 2026

We call it camo. Each branch of the US Armed Forces has their own terminology for this style of uniforms. The terminology changes as the decades go by.

Possibly of interest:

“…military flyovers will be the best, EVER…”

‘Packed to the brim’: Trump says 45K guests attend Great American State Fair rally

Categories AI, Camo Uniforms In Public

Tattoo?

June 27, 2026 //

Here is a nice video about tattoos over time:

Retired Frank

I am part of Generation Jones (1954 to 1965).

I never got a tattoo.

When I was a kid they were not popular.

Maybe Popeye the Sailor Man (a WWII veteran) had one.

Maybe a member of a motorcycle club had one.

Maybe a gang member had one. Maybe an ex-con had one.

Women never seemed to have one.

Those tattoos meant something.

After while, it seemed that tattoos became so common that they didn’t mean much any more.

I don’t feel better than anyone else. It’s just a preference.

Saturday Night Live

Completely Unrelated

Survivor Band

Several years back, I started the Old Man Blog category. It involves thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.

Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com

New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/

1954 to 1965

Categories Generation Jones, Old Man Blog

“…military flyovers will be the best, EVER…”

June 27, 2026 //

Above: No hurry to change – Nordland

In The News

by Jessica Botelho

The National News Desk

June 27, 2026

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?

US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the Pentagon specializes in undeclared/unwon wars.

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?

Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.

Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.

From 2004

Source:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

The Dept. of Defense is the very best at militarized pageantry for pro sports events.

They are able to get the press to play the role of federal public affairs staff as authorities prepare for the Super Bowl.

TV newspeople perform like paid actors reading a script.

NORAD Santa Tracker

Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our commentary rolls on, no matter who has been elected to office.

A giant agency created to prevent Soviet attacks, with almost unlimited resources to defend N. America in 2021, is unable to keep crank call from going out live during big public relations event.

My audio commentary – duration 3:30

Podcast 10 NORAD Santa Tracker Allows Insult To President Biden Live On Air

Back Home

Greater Puget Sound area:

PSE electricity bills have skyrocketed. Can anything be done about it?

Seattle area’s outlier status on homelessness is only getting worse

WA’s rich are leaving? Another tax on wealth smashes records

A missing girl from Arizona was found in Olympia’s Jungle encampment, U.S. marshals say

“…found at the homeless encampment known as “The Jungle” in Olympia…”

“The agency described the area as having high rates of violence and community safety concerns. Back in 2023, a woman was found dead at the homeless encampment.”

KING 5 News

Teen shot at south Seattle community center renews calls for youth violence prevention

KING 5 News

Best federal efforts fail to keep 6.6 lbs of Cocaine, 4.4 lbs of Fentanyl from arriving in King County:

King County Sheriff’s office seizes 11 pounds of narcotics

Page down on the story linked above to see the sort of advertising KIRO 7 TV News is able to attract to their web page.

Several militarized/AI senior citizens drinking various odd beverages before bed to combat promoted ailments.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?

Standard newspeople remain silent.

The Seattle drug situation appears to be no different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

Cartels continue to move product into all 50 states.

Jet Noise Made Them Free?

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

Common flashlight batteries remain locked up like diamond jewelry to keep drug addicts out.

The drug addicts that were not cut off by Kristi Noem and her giant and expensive Dept. of Homeland Security.

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.

Possibly of interest:

1967

Did the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?

Was it the Viet Cong that set up laws in 16 US states to prohibit interracial marriage?

The Post 911 Era