I give Maddow a pass because, while she comes in with a pretty severe bias and can be nitpicky as fuck, she also pretty much exclusively deals in hard facts that she can back up, which is depressingly rare.
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yeah she picks some strange things to criticize sometimes but at least everything's exhaustively researched
Black armored cars and full auto rifles,
Doorknocks from armed men who break all my trifles,
Wild random shootouts and the bullets they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Black armored cars and full auto rifles,
Doorknocks from armed men who break all my trifles,
Wild random shootouts and the bullets they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Isnt this the song that was on a Mercenaries (the game) commercial?
Black armored cars and full auto rifles,
Doorknocks from armed men who break all my trifles,
Wild random shootouts and the bullets they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Isnt this the song that was on a Mercenaries (the game) commercial?
I have no earthly idea; after Syphon Filter died, I lost a lot of enthusiasm for third person shooters.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
Black armored cars and full auto rifles,
Doorknocks from armed men who break all my trifles,
Wild random shootouts and the bullets they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Isnt this the song that was on a Mercenaries (the game) commercial?
Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
I dunno what you guys are getting out of this, but whether progressive, centrist, or regressive, I'd certainly prefer it if candidates for the Presidency of my country could please refrain from plagiarism?
Especially plagiarism from fucking Wikipedia...
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Video games aside, having Executive Outcomes 2 (Blackwater) as an actual military measure was amazingly stupid.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I dunno what you guys are getting out of this, but whether progressive, centrist, or regressive, I'd certainly prefer it if candidates for the Presidency of my country could please refrain from plagiarism?
Especially plagiarism from fucking Wikipedia...
he's not a real candidate
the only people who will say he's got an actual shot are hack journalists cashing in on his moment in the sun to draw some attention to themselves, knowing that nobody will hold them accountable for it when we elect Hilary Clinton or whoever the fuck
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I'm also pretty pissed with the current Army promotion system.
When I was in, there were requirements. Both on time served, and performance. It would take, shortest route(volunteer for every special course and actually pass, and also score points on promotion boards), in the infantry, three years to make Sergent. Now, it's just do one tour in the green zone and BAM you're an E6 in some support unit. I was in the first line unit to deploy from the 101st. I was in Operation Anaconda. Our company OP was bombed by a friendly fighter.
Yet the army, when I finally got an MRI on my spine, gave me a shit rating of 10%, and redacted all of my medical records from my year in Korea when I almost died from anthrax. It took years to get my VA rating fixed. I'm at 60%.
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have you ever written one of our senators about your situation?
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
have you ever written one of our senators about your situation?
No. I get paid on the regular from the VA. I'm buying a bunch of interview clothes on the first when the monthly payment hits, and am looking at going back into IT work or, more hopefully, production.
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I'm highly biased on rank structure, because I was there on the front when we went from peace-time to war footing.
I worked my ass off in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It's been a decade and I still have nightmares. But now, you can go on deployment as a clerk, as an E2, with an actual air conditioned building to live in and not have to worry about enemy fire, and come back with a promotion to NCO ranks as as "Hey thanks for not making shitty tweets" prize.
I know it's all different now, but damnit. Damnit.
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Also we had to march uphill both ways to and from the overwatch bunkers.
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In the [sand]snow.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I can't really complain
at least, not for the same reasons
I joined after you but promotion in the Seabees is notoriously difficult because they keep pretty much every job overmanned (except, I think, utilitiesman)
for example: in every promotion cycle that I observed, they promoted exactly one person to petty officer first class in the Engineering Aide job
and I don't mean in my unit
I mean across the entire active-duty Navy
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I left my infantry unit to go do artillery work. Which I was also amazing at, but is where I finally got a real look at the damage to my spine. I followed the names of people I knew for a while, and well, they all died. Everyone I knew, died in Iraq. So the kids ahead of them got promoted.
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I went off to Ft. Sill, for artillery training, came back to Campbell to out-processs, and the dude I used to have to yell at and kick at to get him to actually stay awake on his post in Pakistan had stripes.
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Posts
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healthcare laws passing and stuff no big deal
blackwater contractors having sex parties, LEAD STORY
Not to Jasconius.
LEAD STORY
Imaginary things don't bother me
I'm kind of new at this posting thing, but this smells like baiting to me. You can't possibly be such a silly goose.
Well, since he joined in August 2003, he might be a silly, but he's also a dedicated silly goose.
Guys.
Guys
They are private security contractors, not Mercenaries. Stop being silly.
"Private Security Contractors"
"Signature Strikes"
"Enhanced Interrogation"
"Security Administered Safety Beatings"
Black armored cars and full auto rifles,
Doorknocks from armed men who break all my trifles,
Wild random shootouts and the bullets they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Isnt this the song that was on a Mercenaries (the game) commercial?
I have no earthly idea; after Syphon Filter died, I lost a lot of enthusiasm for third person shooters.
I believe you're thinking of
I do still love that they made a full 3-minute version of it, even though they only ever used 30 seconds of it.
just cause is better just for dicking around
but airstrikes were a great mechanic and mercs 2 had better missions
what's crackin'
I never played Mercs 2, but this made me remember how much I enjoyed smashing shit in Red Faction: Guerrilla
yeah, even if all you did was drive a jet-ski up to it and drop an artillery beacon on one of the pylons
howdy doody sir
Especially plagiarism from fucking Wikipedia...
he's not a real candidate
the only people who will say he's got an actual shot are hack journalists cashing in on his moment in the sun to draw some attention to themselves, knowing that nobody will hold them accountable for it when we elect Hilary Clinton or whoever the fuck
When I was in, there were requirements. Both on time served, and performance. It would take, shortest route(volunteer for every special course and actually pass, and also score points on promotion boards), in the infantry, three years to make Sergent. Now, it's just do one tour in the green zone and BAM you're an E6 in some support unit. I was in the first line unit to deploy from the 101st. I was in Operation Anaconda. Our company OP was bombed by a friendly fighter.
Yet the army, when I finally got an MRI on my spine, gave me a shit rating of 10%, and redacted all of my medical records from my year in Korea when I almost died from anthrax. It took years to get my VA rating fixed. I'm at 60%.
No. I get paid on the regular from the VA. I'm buying a bunch of interview clothes on the first when the monthly payment hits, and am looking at going back into IT work or, more hopefully, production.
I worked my ass off in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It's been a decade and I still have nightmares. But now, you can go on deployment as a clerk, as an E2, with an actual air conditioned building to live in and not have to worry about enemy fire, and come back with a promotion to NCO ranks as as "Hey thanks for not making shitty tweets" prize.
I know it's all different now, but damnit. Damnit.
at least, not for the same reasons
I joined after you but promotion in the Seabees is notoriously difficult because they keep pretty much every job overmanned (except, I think, utilitiesman)
for example: in every promotion cycle that I observed, they promoted exactly one person to petty officer first class in the Engineering Aide job
and I don't mean in my unit
I mean across the entire active-duty Navy