Elaine Albertson's Blog

   The following is from a social media post from this day, ten years ago. It is a quote in its entirety. Crossing the Rubicon... This is the article I had mentioned a day or two ago. Wanted to release it by Memorial Day. Peace be with us all. Long Day's Journey... Early in the morning local time...around 0200 hours...on 11 August 1966, the Coast Guard Cutter Point Welcome was on routine patrol off the coast of Viet Nam near the northern border. The 82-foot, dual supercharged V-12 diesel vessel was distinctive...except on radar, where to a relatively untrained eye it could resemble a small tramp steamer. Night patrols were usually done without running lights. The Welcome was running at a slow cruise when an airborne surveillance aircraft/targeting center “painted” them as hostile. What followed was a friendly fire attack by a US Navy A4, and an Air Force Crusader that almost blew the gunboat out of the water, instantly killing the skipper, Lt. Brostrom, and Engineman Phillips...

  Tues 13 May 2025 11:30 We have a group of a half dozen or so combat veterans who meet weekly to go over how we’re managing (or not) our PTSD. It’s a fine bunch of people. The subject came up of a veteran, retired, who changed gender and has lost his benefits only because he is trans . It was shared that the info was legit. One of us (no disrespect intended) said, “Well...there’s always two sides…” Well, no, unless you’re in court and trying to prove your case point. The truth is the truth, no subject to interpretation. My buddy’s statement is what we call an “apologist,” or taking a position attempting to make an unpleasant fact tolerable, by offering an alternate argument. I’ve shared for a couple of years now, with persons I’m close to, my precognitive feeling of not having much time left, with no discernment of how, just when, or whatever. I’ve also written previously about one or two of the life experiences that validated such a feeling at tho...