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Originally posted by Mattsanity Thanks for speaking the unbiased truth. The lady in this video at 1:55 must've had different, less reliable sources.

Man that just makes me sad. That Pastor Ben Marsh (starting about 2:20) gets it. Spot on. "Like a cult...breaks my heart." Yeah.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J My favourite appointment has been the Secretary Of Defence. The US spends $900billion a year on defence and he's given the job to a Fox News presenter because he was once a grunt in Afghanistan.

There's a lot of bad ones (Gaetz as AG ) but this one was a real shocker. Not even one with good operational experience! He did his platoon leader time at Guantanamo of all places, and was a civil-military officer and instructor in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just about every vet or active duty or reserve buddy I know has more experience than this guy. I'm so glad I got out of the Army last year after ~16 years. What a shitshow.

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Originally posted by camshaft There's a lot of bad ones (Gaetz as AG ) but this one was a real shocker. Not even one with good operational experience! He did his platoon leader time at Guantanamo of all places, and was a civil-military officer and instructor in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just about every vet or active duty or reserve buddy I know has more experience than this guy. I'm so glad I got out of the Army last year after ~16 years. What a shitshow.

You did all that time and got out before getting the pension?! Please say you were medically retired or something.

My brother in law is a cop and so desperate to do something else in his life but continues because the pension has always been the goal. They suck you in don't they.

I almost forget I was in the Army. What a waste of time that period in my life was. Also shows how little support or guidance I had. They prey on that though.

At least I did a year in Korea and that was sort of fun even though it probably contributed to my substance abuse issues.

I just decided to call it. I was in the Reserve by that point and had about 5 years total left (had one non retirement qualifying year), but part-time was starting to feel a lot like full time. My unit was starting to send people to Europe for Ukraine support, and mideast rotations were still going strong. I did a year in Iraq way back and didn't want to repeat the experience.

I knew some demotivated guys who were just counting down to that retirement. They really do keep a lot of people in that way (even with the new "blended" retirement system where you don't have to stay in for 20).

Yeah you get it. I don't know anyone who comes out of the military unscathed. I'm glad I did it overall but I'm trying to get to the "I forgot I did that" phase.

Oil & gas CEO for energy? This just feels like trolling now.

Not sure if any of you guys watch UFC but Trump has made many appearances, including this past weekends event. I thought about it this morning and it reminded me of a Roman emperor coming to watch gladiatorial games at the colosseum. Fighters and fans coming to praise the almighty one. I really enjoy watching the UFC fights but man, these appearances by him are making me less of a fan of the sport/show.

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Jaded, old fart is me.

I saw a picture of him there with Elon and I thought it was some AI nonsense.

Time to go see Gladiator II I guess.

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Originally posted by Zharen Just remember this was democracy in action. Canada and Australia might have already fallen, but America is the best. Lews doesn't know that though. He is balls deep into Starmer. He's your problem now England.

Always a pleasure to receive fan mail! Nice to be remembered. However, I'm afraid I don't recall who you are?

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