The news seems to get crazier each day and today is no different.  We’ll look at a sample of today’s news and sample the craziness.

TODAY’S TOPICS:

* How one gets a security clearance?

* What a background investigation?

* What does “need to know” mean?

* Should people be allowed to retain “access” to classified information when they no longer have “the need to know”?

Alex Hollings writes for NEWSREP.COM (formerly SOFREP.COM), he joined us this morning to discuss current events and his latest columns but we got to talking about parenting and fighting and we stayed there.

There are certain courtesies afforded to retired members of the military and intelligence communities, maintaining one’s security is one of those “courtesies.”  However, once a retired member of the intelligence community or the military enters the political realm, should that “courtesy” continue indefinitely?  We’ll talk about it.

The Gunner, Mike Musselman, had one person cut his hair for most of his career and her name is Heather.  She joined Mike & Mike today to discuss what an it was like to cut his hair for such a long period of time.

Kim Holmes is the ALL MARINE RADIO Head Chef, he joined the program to discuss how to the uber-thick filet mignon steak.  Kim covers cooking instruction for the skillet, skillet-oven and the grill.  GREAT STUFF.

In a first for ALL MARINE RADIO, a listener emailed looking for advice from Kim on using marijuana for anxiety since Kim does so, he advises.

The New York Times ran a story under this headline today: Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for China.  I blasted Google for pretending to be a liberal company and refusing to work with the DOD then turning around and partnering with China to essentially provide efficient populations controls to a totalitarian regime.  I was happy to see the headline… we’ll talk about it.

An ever more common theme on ALL MARINE RADIO is combat veterans as “trauma buddies,” helping other veterans and civilians cope with trauma… we’ll talk about it.

How does a person or couple parent without standards and without consequences?  The answer is that you can’t — IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.

Listen to two experts (??) in parenting discuss: (1) the importance of “consistency” in parenting and (2) before they reach the age of 2, children have to understanding that “no” means “no” and respect it, or else it’s gonna be a long tough road.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is in South America visiting allies this week, he spoke at the Brazial War College, we’ll listen to the “Question & Answer” portion of the speech during which he addressed “the militarization of space.”  We’ll also listen to the SECDEF discuss his thoughts on the creation of a separate branch of service devoted to space.

The Catholic Church has a self imposed leadership limit that plagues it around the world — CELIBACY.  Pope Francis needs to set the institution up for a future renaissance by eliminating this ridiculous and archaic requirement that is destroying the institution of the Catholic Church.  We’ll talk about it.