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TGW-1295

Chapter: Stolen Valor
Characters: alex, aziz, cissy, duncan, Grand Admiral Mistrial Borogrove, jehan, kimmy, Larissa, mala, meredith, miller, Minka, smits, tamara, yato
Location: Angels Bar, ring
└ Tags: "And then - GOD.", one last trick

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  1. Petercat
    August 30, 2024, 20:16 | # | Reply

    I think I know what’s going on at TWC.
    If I’m right, it’s going to get a lot worse before the end of October.
    Owning a webcomic rating site AND a webcomic hosting site is pretty damned unethical.
    If TGW gets kicked out of the top 100 in just four months (After spending almost four years in the top 10),
    I’m just going to remove it from TWC entirely.

    • Scarsdale
      August 30, 2024, 20:43 | # | Reply

      I noticed that, and there are far more people following this comic
      than we who comment or vote. It’s griffting, plain and simple.

    • Sam
      August 30, 2024, 20:49 | # | Reply

      It doesn’t have to be unethical. That’s up to the owners. However,
      given what we have seen over the last several months though, it would
      appear that those comics hosted by TWC are getting an exorbitant
      number of “votes” that were never actually cast by real viewers. So,
      yeah, TWC has been losing credibility for the last several months already.
      This apparent lapse in ethics is merely another bit of evidence.

      • Petercat
        August 30, 2024, 20:59 | # | Reply

        It is certainly unethical. It’s as if Consumer Reports began manufacturing cars and within
        three months their products became the top-rated vehicles on Consumer Reports.
        It used to be that TGW would swap places often with other webcomics, now other
        webcomics are jumping ahead by 5-700 votes in just a few hours and TGW never
        gets near them again.

        • Sam
          August 30, 2024, 21:29 | # | Reply

          PC –
          All I’m saying is that it doesn’t HAVE TO be unethical, but
          that requires maintaining strictly held beliefs by the owners.
          From what we have seen, the owners of TWC do not hold to
          such “antiquated” beliefs.
          So, yeah, these owners are unethical, but they are choosing
          to be such.

          • TubT
            September 2, 2024, 18:50 | # | Reply

            It’s like my boss said about 40 years ago.
            It is not an act of theft to have a liquor license.
            But it’s a license to commit theft.

        • Skeek
          August 31, 2024, 14:31 | # | Reply

          Yarp. What’s in the top 10 now is a buncha shit that spent years in the sub-100’s. It was bad
          enough when they were merely selling votes. Now, they’re approaching credibility levels of kotaku,
          IGN, and rotten tomatoes. 404.

    • Bill Mullins
      August 30, 2024, 21:29 | # | Reply

      For sure something hinkey going on @ TWC. No two ways about it!

  2. Scarsdale
    August 30, 2024, 20:56 | # | Reply

    HOboy, now Missy is involved? Wow, when this
    assclown steps in it, it’s with both bare feet!
    She’s been friendly when she can, and hell on
    earth when she can’t. How many wanna bet
    Duncan is going to BEG to join the Legion?

    Mala is very well trained, maybe 100 lbs, and
    very good at close combat. Ishmael is at least
    6 FT, I’d say 210-220 lbs, and is badly dehydrated
    to start with. We don’t know his training level
    or skill level, other than it’s close to Mala’s. It’ll
    make a good show, but I think she will wear him
    down until he passes out or just gives up. Then
    the offer and a chance to walk away from the
    stupidity and join the winning team.

    • Petercat
      August 30, 2024, 21:04 | # | Reply

      Look at panel six. They’re close to the same size and weight.
      About 5’6″, 100-110 lbs.
      1.7 Meters, 50 Kilograms.
      TGW-1294, that’s his wife and she’s barely taller than Teresa, wearing 3″ heels.

      • Scarsdale
        August 30, 2024, 21:22 | # | Reply

        Ah, perspective I guess, I thought he was taller.
        Either way He’s spent how ever long with the
        rest of them, No portable water, I doubt much
        food, and I doubt he spends as much time
        training as Mala has, since she’s been doing
        it since she was 6. She will outlast him, at
        least a fair margin. Hell, even in my youth,
        she’d embarrass the cocky 18 y/o I was!
        I was 5’8″, 175 at 18, Ishmael is at least that.
        My upper body was heavier than his is now,
        which slowed me down quite a bit.

      • Bill Mullins
        August 30, 2024, 21:26 | # | Reply

        The character in 1294 P5 is Ishmael’s wife? Curiouser and curioser.

        • Scarsdale
          August 30, 2024, 21:41 | # | Reply

          I had guessed as much, although it also
          makes me think Ishmael isn’t part of the
          extremists, just a soldier that got dragged
          in, acting the part to protect his wife.

      • Bill Mullins
        August 30, 2024, 21:41 | # | Reply

        Question, Catman. So “Saladin” is Mala’s “true name”. IMS, wasn’t
        the historical Saladin a man? Why would Mala’s folks give her a
        man’s name?

        • Petercat
          August 31, 2024, 06:07 | # | Reply

          Because I thought it sounded cool?

          • rob stanley
            August 31, 2024, 11:05 | # | Reply

            a ‘did you know’..
            in the muslim faith, a “true name” is chosen..
            and used only around the faithful…
            or in some cases to let the world know you have
            chosen alla… IE: Cassius Clay = Muhammad Ali.

            • TubT
              September 2, 2024, 15:30 | # | Reply

              Or Yusuf Islam. Which turned out to be a declaration
              that he was no longer on The Peace Train.

  3. Bill Mullins
    August 30, 2024, 21:21 | # | Reply

    Mistral walking in is a plot twist I for sure wasn’t expecting.
    Catman you DOG!

    Oh great! Saturday serial style cliffhanger! Now we have to
    wait till Monday night to see who lost!? Drat!

    • Sam
      August 30, 2024, 21:38 | # | Reply

      Yeah, I can’t even begin to guess which way this is going
      to go now. We’ve got the “sergeant” guilty of stolen valor,
      but in attempting to expose him, we also now have Cissy
      impersonating a naval lieutenant. Yes, she “was” a US Navy
      Lieutenant, but she was never an Imperial Navy Lieutenant.

      Gonna get real interesting. And, as usual, the cat sayeth
      nothing.

      • Bill Mullins
        August 31, 2024, 07:50 | # | Reply

        Well, even here in the U.S. (aka the land of 10,000 laws) it’s not illegal
        to impersonate a service member. The Stolen Valor Acts make it a crime
        to fraudulently claim certain military awards. The awards that will get
        in trouble for claiming are: CMH, DSC, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Silver
        Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Combat
        Infantryman’s Badge, Combat Action Badge, Combat Medic Badge,
        and Combat Action Medal.

        Note: The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was ruled unconstitutional In 2012 on
        1st Amendment grounds. A new version was passed in 2013. I could not
        find anything about it being challenged.

        • Petercat
          August 31, 2024, 09:56 | # | Reply

          It may not be illegal,
          but if you’re in a bar with several real Marines,
          you’ll probably find out if it’s popular!

          • rob stanley
            August 31, 2024, 11:16 | # | Reply

            https://www.bing.com/search?q=impersonating+a+military+person&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgEEEUYwgMyBggAEAAYQDIGCAEQABhAMgYIAhAAGEAyBggDEAAYQDIHCAQQRRjCAzIHCAUQRRjCAzIHCAYQRRjCAzIHCAcQRRjCA9IBCjI3MDEzNWowajmoAgSwAgE&FORM=ANAB01&PC=U531
            it is a crime…. some chose not to enforce because
            “It interferes with my right to … “

            • Bill Mullins
              August 31, 2024, 18:48 | # | Reply

              Sorry, Mr Stanley but it is NOT illegal in the U.S. simply to claim to have
              been in service. According to this article:
              https://www.coalitionbrewing.com/is-it-against-the-law-to-pretend-you-were-in-the-military/
              “No, pretending to have served in the military is generally not against the
              law in the United States. However, it is inadvisable because it is a form of
              identity theft and could be considered fraud. It is also considered
              extremely disrespectful by many veterans and people who have lost
              loved ones in service.”
              “impersonating a US military member is a crime when one acts or
              pretends to act as a US military member and wears any type of
              ‘military uniform, insignia, or identification document’.”
              Stupid Muscle Guy is not in uniform so even in the U.S. he has NOT
              committed a crime. I very much doubt the Empire has a more
              restrictive system than the U.S. Sorry man but those are the facts.

              • rob stanley
                August 31, 2024, 20:48 | # | Reply

                ok,, GO back and read your original post.!
                you said “impersonating”. … which is illegal.
                to which i said “most chose not to enforce.!”
                also look up “impersonate.”
                https://thegunzone.com/is-it-illegal-to-impersonate-military/

                • Bill Mullins
                  September 1, 2024, 09:00 | # | Reply

                  No! There is no difference between “impersonating” and “pretending to be”.
                  I stand by what I wrote. Case closed!

                  • robnot
                    September 1, 2024, 19:15 | # | Reply

                    ok,, give me “coalitionbrewing” homesite.! all i get is
                    beer sites… i want their legal backing to the claim..
                    i want to know how “impersonating’ which means
                    pretending to be.” is different,. from them..
                    the 6 or more sites i go to all say “Illegal”…

    • Scarsdale
      August 30, 2024, 21:44 | # | Reply

      Dun Dun dun duuuum….
      stay tuned, same time, same cat channel!
      😛

  4. Bill Mullins
    August 30, 2024, 21:42 | # | Reply

    This week the medication study had me undergo a fundoscopy. I just
    hope it was conclusive. 😉

    • robnot
      September 1, 2024, 19:17 | # | Reply

      fingers crossed.!!
      good luck.

      • Bill Mullins
        September 2, 2024, 08:23 | # | Reply

        It was a joke. True blue Trekkers’ ears will perk up at the term “fundoscopic
        examination”. In Trek IV McCoy advises some 20th century doctors that
        fundoscopic examination would be inconclusive. Actually all fundoscopic
        examination is is a really thorough eye exam. When the study people told
        me I had to get the exam that scene popped up in my mind immediately.

        • rob stanley
          September 2, 2024, 10:02 | # | Reply

          🙂 .. wow missed that…

  5. Sam
    August 30, 2024, 21:44 | # | Reply

    Looks like Ishmael connected with a left hook to Mala’s jaw (Panel 7 ),
    but she may have connected her knife to his midsection (panels 7 & 8).

    • Scarsdale
      August 30, 2024, 21:53 | # | Reply

      Yeah I see the same, but she could have buried the knife
      and gutted him, looks like just another painful slash.
      By my count that’s 3 small ones on her, 5 on him.

      • Petercat
        August 30, 2024, 21:59 | # | Reply

        Yeah, it’s not obvious, is it? I should have used a closer view at a different angle.
        They’re punching each other with their left hands, Mala is blocking his knife hand with hers.
        At this point, neither actually wants to kill each other.
        That’s why he’s bending over and she’s falling to her left, they both connected hard.

        • Scarsdale
          August 30, 2024, 23:07 | # | Reply

          Yeah from this angle it looked like the tip was running across his stomach.
          Don’t worry about it, lord knows how often I miss the obvious, I was tinkering
          with (funny enough) Tinker CAD and when I thought I was done and ran a
          test print, the entire back wall was missing! by the way, does anyone want
          a rat house that can double as a bright yellow wig?

  6. Scarsdale
    August 30, 2024, 23:19 | # | Reply

    Looking again from your input, her fist got him right in the Solar Plexus!
    Yeah, he’s gonna need a second…

  7. President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
    August 31, 2024, 13:38 | # | Reply

    I’m surprised that no one yelled, “ATTENTION!
    ADMIRAL ON THE BRIDGE!” when Mistral walked
    into the bar.

    • Scarsdale
      August 31, 2024, 16:23 | # | Reply

      Technically, she’s not in uniform, but I agree, they should have
      at least stopped and stood at attention and saluted. However,
      it was a tense situation and Duncan is the type to take an
      unfair advantage at that moment, like trying to run or punching
      someone to get clear. That would be like expecting the men in
      a trench to announce the CO during combat. Not a good thing.

      • Bill Mullins
        August 31, 2024, 18:53 | # | Reply

        Sorry, man, but they’re all in doors and nobody is in uniform. The only
        time I ever saluted in doors was when I was reporting to my Commander
        and then the salute was accompanied by “Sgt (or Ssgt) Mullins reporting
        as ordered, Sir!”. Maybe the other services do it differently.

        • Scarsdale
          September 1, 2024, 02:44 | # | Reply

          Mistrial did build the navy from ground up, so I have to wonder
          what rules she kept and which she changed. I just know when
          ever my father started in with his DI voice, my mother would
          interrupt him, heh.
          I did get enough to respect the uniform and what it means, anyway 🙂

          • Petercat
            September 1, 2024, 09:07 | # | Reply

            Well, her idea that all officers would be called “Sir” died quickly when everyone kept calling her “Ma’am”.
            She and Teresa both wanted female Marines. Sgt Birov and Walker gave them copies of Tom Kratman’s
            “Amazon Legion” and said “Come back after you’ve read it”. (Great book, by the way.)
            Then they pointed out that the Imperial Marines were getting more male recruits than they could train,
            why complicate things?
            And that all support tasks were done by the Imperial Navy, which was (slightly) majority female.
            The Imperial Marines have never been “Trial and error” where it wasn’t necessary.

            • Petercat
              September 1, 2024, 09:09 | # | Reply

              One of my favorite parts of the “Amazon Legion” was when the pig got curb-stomped.

      • markm
        September 1, 2024, 01:21 | # | Reply

        Indoors, when an officer walks in you stand at attention but don’t salute. You salute officers outdoors,
        with an exception for when snipers might be watching for you to identify an officer. If you are in a group outdoors
        and an officer approaches, the one in charge of the group should salute for the whole group – the officer
        does not want to be returning salutes to each of you!

        Indoors, you only salute when reporting to the officer.

        • Bill Mullins
          September 1, 2024, 09:05 | # | Reply

          And everyone there is off duty and in civvies versus on duty in doors. No
          requirement either to salute or come to attention.

  8. Bill Mullins
    September 1, 2024, 09:07 | # | Reply

    Question for the Catman. I went to TWC to vote for TGW and couldn’t
    find it. What’s the scoop? Anybody else try to vote and couldn’t?

    • Petercat
      September 1, 2024, 09:16 | # | Reply

      Yeah, it’s at 96 right now. When I voted this morning, it was
      in the hundreds for the first time in almost four years.

      • Bill Mullins
        September 1, 2024, 14:57 | # | Reply

        I just cast votes #s 40 & 41 and am happy to see TGW sitting @ #46.

      • robnot
        September 1, 2024, 19:45 | # | Reply

        #30 with 103 votes, right now. when i voted at 6am your time,
        it was @49 with 23 votes.. (i can vote 3 devices,)(3 different IPN)
        and my roommate as my witness,, it was still 23, thirty min later…
        BUT the other comic i vote for, updated right away… o.0

        • Sam
          September 1, 2024, 20:35 | # | Reply

          5:30 PM west coast time. #23. I’ve found that they’ve got me pegged
          at once per day per machine. Unless – If I somehow didn’t vote the
          previous day, and it’s before 5 PM, I can vote, and vote again at 5 PM,
          regardless if that is in as low as only 2 hours. It’s the same schedule for
          both my home computer and my work computer.

          • Bill Mullins
            September 2, 2024, 08:27 | # | Reply

            If you register at TWC you can vote twice in quick succession.
            Once anonymously and once logged in.
            I’ve been doing it for years.

  9. Petercat
    September 1, 2024, 10:38 | # | Reply

    Testing:
    Miral
    I finally figured out how to do this.

    • Scarsdale
      September 1, 2024, 16:27 | # | Reply

      Cool! Might save you some time, maybe?
      I see that WordPress uses the PHP type
      of coding, I was like WTH?!? New to me.
      Hmmm… I wonder if there’s freebie coder
      for that? http://www.filehippo.com here I come!

      • Petercat
        September 1, 2024, 16:50 | # | Reply

        Right now, only Rob or I can add images to comments.
        It requires Admin rights.
        If you can come up with a way for everyone to do it, please share.
        How’s your printing business coming along?
        I need… stuff.

        • Scarsdale
          September 1, 2024, 20:31 | # | Reply

          It’s stalled, my sister decided she didn’t want to “help”,
          and with the health issues I’ve been having I’ve hardly
          touched them. I’ve got your fan cover and the external
          stands made, I just got to clean them up and make the
          bottoms. maybe when the grass stops growing and the
          outdoor stuff is done for the year I can get my son to
          help fix up the trailer so I can have a work area, sitting
          on the front porch with exacto knives and my deremel
          tool isn’t ideal. If I can get that “new” printer working
          once I get it, I’ll be able to print larger items, just not
          nylon or the flexible TPU plastics.

          • Petercat
            September 1, 2024, 22:19 | # | Reply

            Heh-heh. I can clean them up.
            I too have a Dremel and X-acto knives.
            (They’re all old enough to be the good stuff!)

            • Scarsdale
              September 2, 2024, 01:29 | # | Reply

              Ok if you want, the filter openings are tricky,
              I had to use supports and there’s a lot of
              rough edges, if you have my email, shoot
              me your PO box address. I’ll work on the
              bottoms asap. Our hot water heater burned
              out the bottom element and the lower end
              of the tank has a crap-ton of lime/calcium
              built up, I’m soaking the tank over night in
              vinegar to melt it so I can flush it out. so I’ll
              work on it once I can run clothes and take
              a shower (sigh…) getting too old for this crap!

              • Petercat
                September 2, 2024, 02:32 | # | Reply

                The problem might be that you’re trying to heat water that’s already hot.
                Me, I have a cold water heater that works just fine.
                I almost got into trouble with that concept when I was living in an RV
                and my water heater element burned out. I went to the local hardware
                store to get a replacement and the manager told me that they didn’t carry
                parts for hot water heaters.
                He didn’t think it was funny when I told him, “That’s okay, I want to heat cold water.”
                I ended up buying a bottle of propane, That part still worked fine.

                • Scarsdale
                  September 3, 2024, 20:28 | # | Reply

                  It’s because the water here has WAY too much lime and calcium in it,
                  you can taste it if you drink straight from the tap. It builds up on the
                  elements, and chips off. The vinegar helped, it broke down the larger
                  chunks, allowing us to use a wire coat hangers fashioned into a mini
                  rake to scrape most of it out, took hours. They did have a water
                  softener, but with my parents health they had to stop using it. a
                  softener for potassium nitrate(?) was very expensive and they
                  couldn’t swing it.

            • Scarsdale
              September 2, 2024, 01:31 | # | Reply

              Should have seen the look the guy at check-out had
              when ringing up 10 1 gallon bottles of vinegar!

  10. Petercat
    September 1, 2024, 11:29 | # | Reply

    Dear God:
    https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/08/31/new-gold-star-families-release-devestating-responses-to-kamala-harris-politicizing-trump-cemetery-visit-n2178787
    Scroll down and watch the videos.

    • Scarsdale
      September 1, 2024, 16:38 | # | Reply

      Someone is so desperate that they have to make visiting a
      military cemetery political? Gads…..

      • Curtis
        September 2, 2024, 20:19 | # | Reply

        I agree.
        That cheesy grin and thumbs up standing beside
        the family at the headstone was disgusting.

  11. Petercat
    September 1, 2024, 12:44 | # | Reply

    Yay for the German Polizei (Starts at 1:40):
    https://modernity.news/2024/08/28/this-is-actually-a-real-story/

    • Scarsdale
      September 1, 2024, 16:40 | # | Reply

      Maybe that gal needs to take a walk down my street in ’78
      and complain about her “issue” afterwards?

  12. Scarsdale
    September 1, 2024, 18:57 | # | Reply

    (Searches for used/refurbished 3D printers)
    A Longer LK5 Pro for only $76? BUY! BUY! BUY!
    (pounds mouse) Got it! Now I’ll just have to
    “fix” it, most cases it was a bad assembly job
    or someone got tired of it, and upgraded.
    You’d be surprised how often people try to get
    full price out of buyers.
    https://www.longer3d.com/products/lk5-pro-fdm-3d-printer?variant=42410870669556
    I used PayPal, they treat bad sales the same way
    credit cards do.

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