“Loyalty is DOWN before it is UP”
The first time I heard that military saying I frankly didn’t understand it. My father said it to me when I made Sergeant in the Marines, and he explained what it meant. I later heard it numerous times in various leadership classes during my time in the Marines.
For those who don’t know, here is the explanation.
You cannot expect the men and women serving below you to show loyalty UP to you, until you show loyalty DOWN to them.
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller demonstrated his loyalty to the men and women serving under him, when he demanded…on their account and the account of ALL those serving in the armed forces…that those above him demonstrate accountability for the disaster in Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller kept the faith with his Marines…and was immediately ABANDONED by those above him. Those above him showed NO loyalty down to him, and he resigned rather than pretend to have loyalty up to them. He explained clearly and concisely why they deserve NO loyalty, and NO respect.
Semper Fi, Colonel Scheller
… confirming the planned departures of Dr. Marion Gruber, the head of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), and Gruber’s deputy, Dr. Philip Krause.
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The “FDA is losing two giants who helped bring us many safe and effective vaccines over decades of public service,” wrote the agency’s former acting chief scientist Luciana Borio on Twitter.
“These two are the leaders for Biologic (vaccine) review in the US. They have a great team, but these two are the true leaders of CBER. A huge global loss if they both leave,” Rick Bright, who formerly directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, said on Twitter.
He added that “Gruber is much more than the director,” adding she is a “visionary mastermind behind global clinical regulatory science for flu, Ebola, Mers, Zika, Sars-Cov-2, many others.”
A hollowing out of a department?
This is a good piece on the never ending emergency.
Facing up to Covid as endemic.
Eventually we will ALL get it. Only question is whether you’ll survive. And how to strengthen your immune system in advance. https://youtu.be/JhRb5hnTseU
JimNorCal,
We are in a Bio Medical Security State that is attempting to suppress an endemic respiratory virus with a 99.9% survival rate.
This short thread lays out the problems with a vaccine for children and the boosters. The fact that anyone would advocate for them right now is very troubling.
Wow, a plausible explanation of what happened to National Review:
_______________________________________
How The National Review Sold Its Soul to Google
And Why Jonah Goldberg and David French Got Thrown Out
There were rumors in the summer of 2018 that an audiotape was circulating that would send shockwaves through the think tanks of Washington and the conservative intellectual movement in particular. A top Google executive had been recorded telling his fellow employees that Google generously donated to conservative think tanks and magazines to dampen criticism of their anti-conservative bias. In essence, Google was buying off Conservatism Inc. and the GOP establishment to stay silent while Google monitored, harassed, and excluded Trump supporters. If true, the tape sounded like a smoking gun: incontrovertible evidence of the corruption and double-dealing of Conservatism Inc. that would permanently discredit it with Republican voters.
Goldberg and French were 86’d because they were considered the two largest culprits in tanking the magazine’s subscriptions and donations.
It’s been, of course, noticeable that GOPe is far more passionate about opposing any populist group compared to Dems.
They’re collegial with AOC but mad dog frothing when fighting Tea Party or MAGA.
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My buddy who is ex-mil posts this:
“Loyalty is DOWN before it is UP”
The first time I heard that military saying I frankly didn’t understand it. My father said it to me when I made Sergeant in the Marines, and he explained what it meant. I later heard it numerous times in various leadership classes during my time in the Marines.
For those who don’t know, here is the explanation.
You cannot expect the men and women serving below you to show loyalty UP to you, until you show loyalty DOWN to them.
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller demonstrated his loyalty to the men and women serving under him, when he demanded…on their account and the account of ALL those serving in the armed forces…that those above him demonstrate accountability for the disaster in Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller kept the faith with his Marines…and was immediately ABANDONED by those above him. Those above him showed NO loyalty down to him, and he resigned rather than pretend to have loyalty up to them. He explained clearly and concisely why they deserve NO loyalty, and NO respect.
Semper Fi, Colonel Scheller
A Canadian tells political canvassers how he feels about medical tyranny
https://mobile.twitter.com/MaximeBernier/status/1432005598049099777
Soon I expect the bien pensants to deplore the recent, sudden rise of Islamophobia.
JimNorCal:
Thanks for the “Loyalty is DOWN before it is UP” explainer.
I don’t understand the military well, but I like learning. And it’s very much to the point of these sad days.
Two senior FDA leaders resigning over Biden administration meddling in vaccine booster push. Good lord can you imagine if this was Trump.
https://endpts.com/breaking-in-a-major-blow-to-vaccine-efforts-senior-fda-leaders-stepping-down-report/
The Epoch Times on the FDA departures,
A hollowing out of a department?
This is a good piece on the never ending emergency.
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/30/pretending-covid-is-an-emergency-is-killing-america/
A better attitude towards Covid
Facing up to Covid as endemic.
Eventually we will ALL get it. Only question is whether you’ll survive. And how to strengthen your immune system in advance.
https://youtu.be/JhRb5hnTseU
JimNorCal,
We are in a Bio Medical Security State that is attempting to suppress an endemic respiratory virus with a 99.9% survival rate.
This short thread lays out the problems with a vaccine for children and the boosters. The fact that anyone would advocate for them right now is very troubling.
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1432708355345235978
The there is this. Lots of interesting stories out there today for the Afghanistan fatigued.
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/31/american-social-scoring-chase-bank-reportedly-cancel-the-account-and-credit-card-of-michael-flynn/
Read Glenn Greenwald today: as fascinating as it is disgusting:
https://tinyurl.com/yjczhusa
A summary of what’s happening in Oz.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-08-31/covid-propaganda-roundup-war-down-under-australia-today-america-tomorrow
Wow, a plausible explanation of what happened to National Review:
_______________________________________
How The National Review Sold Its Soul to Google
And Why Jonah Goldberg and David French Got Thrown Out
There were rumors in the summer of 2018 that an audiotape was circulating that would send shockwaves through the think tanks of Washington and the conservative intellectual movement in particular. A top Google executive had been recorded telling his fellow employees that Google generously donated to conservative think tanks and magazines to dampen criticism of their anti-conservative bias. In essence, Google was buying off Conservatism Inc. and the GOP establishment to stay silent while Google monitored, harassed, and excluded Trump supporters. If true, the tape sounded like a smoking gun: incontrovertible evidence of the corruption and double-dealing of Conservatism Inc. that would permanently discredit it with Republican voters.
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/how-the-national-review-sold-its
_______________________________________
Goldberg and French were 86’d because they were considered the two largest culprits in tanking the magazine’s subscriptions and donations.
It’s been, of course, noticeable that GOPe is far more passionate about opposing any populist group compared to Dems.
They’re collegial with AOC but mad dog frothing when fighting Tea Party or MAGA.