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Shit just got real for me, so Defcon 1 at my house. https://www.wral.com/fort-bragg-families-brace-for-deployment-amid-ukraine-russia-tension/20097455/ My son is an officer in the 3rd brigade.30 points
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The problem with murdering Asians is that an hour later you’re already ready to murder two more.28 points
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We were making weekly shuttle runs from Ramstein down to Niamey (Niger) with occasional stops along the way. One of our planes broke in Ouagadougou and needed an engine and prop change. Just the week prior, the local sect of Al Qaeda or ISIS or some other fun loving group attacked the French embassy, killing a few people. The good news is the attackers were never caught, and the group was threatening more attacks. So if you're like me, you're probably thinking this is the perfect opportunity to spend a few days downtown while your plane gets fixed. So my crew and I, along with a group of maintainers, flew down to Ouagadougou on a C-17. We were told when we landed to walk to a certain checkpoint on the airfield, and that a car would be waiting to take us to the hotel. We walked through the checkpoint, which was manned by armed guards who insisted on going through all of our bags. After they had confiscated all of our knives and fleshlights, they allowed us to proceed through to a parking lot, where a man in all black with dark sunglasses on was waiting for us. He was standing next to an idling Land Cruiser that looked like it had recently taken gold at the Burkina Faso demolition derby. I look at my crew, back at this guy, back at the crew, shrug my shoulders, and throw my shit in the back. I figured there was a 50/50 shot I ended up in some hostage video on CNN, but I was going to trust my gut on this one. The next 30 minutes were some of the most nerve racking of my life. The driver, whom I still wasn't completely convinced was the guy we were supposed to meet, was weaving in and out of traffic like Dale Jr. I was almost sure he was taking us straight to Bin Laden himself. Here we were, 4 white guys in a Land Cruiser with untinted windows, amongst nothing but shit box cabs, mopeds, and bikes, speeding through city streets like we were in a 1-party police pursuit. At one point I was so convinced this guy was taking us to the eventual spot of our beheading that I started coming up with a plan to kill him. But alas, before I had to practice my Rex Kwon Do, we pull up to a building surrounded by a 10' iron fence, surrounded by guards holding AK-47s. This was either the presidential palace or our hotel. It ended up being the latter. I spent the next 3 days drinking cold African beers by the pool while the maintainers fixed our plane. Life of aircrew.25 points
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this reminds me of a former poster, but i can't remember who. maybe laphroaig? anyways. my family story is a fucking car wreck. i was raised in a nuclear family, but i had half-siblings who were the result of...previous encounters with my mother. one had a dad who was murdered in a field during a bad drug deal; that's my brother. he's still alive. my sister was raised by an asshole until my mother took them away from him and moved them away. that shit took a lot of guts on mom's part. she grew up poor, but went and made a successful life. nevertheless, my sister had to deal with what i think was probably ptsd, and my brother too. for whatever reason, my brother was able to overcome, but she wasn't. he slipped into coke, and he got out of it. she slipped into meth. that eventually killed her. she got branded as a felon for having just a bit too much, and yeah, i was an uncle at 8 years old because she hung out with disreputable people and made a mistake. meanwhile, mom was a massive success in commercial real estate. she tried her best, and still couldn't fix the shit that happened. my sister died last year, and fuck you, dude for not even trying to understand what people are going through. her two kids are screwed up due to her addiction. she died because of it. and she was the son of a sheriff. my niece and nephew...i don't even know. i hope they are doing well. they don't return my calls. but i have no doubt there are significant mental issues there. my nephew was once put in custody of the state because the police were called when he was naked on the front lawn while my sister languished in a meth coma. bootstraps, right? you don't fucking get how hard some people have it. i had it easy. i went to decent schools, i went to texas, and i have a decent job. a lot of that is due to hard work, but i got fucking lucky to have the job i've got. ask @staboner to whom i really owe everything. i just made an appeal and got a chance. i've taken advantage. but i also got lucky because my mom figured shit out. she and my dad raised me pretty well, i reckon. but not everyone has that experience or that opportunity. we earn our shit, but we also need the opportunity, and that's where the luck comes in. my sister is dead because of choices she made. but she was also a product of a shitty dad who my mom had to decide to leave. and people are complicated, and sometimes that takes longer than it should. your simple fucking view of life is why people vote republican or make fun of joe biden. finish high school. my mom did that. but just that. she also got pregnant before 25. regardless, she became a glass ceiling buster in the 80s in fucking dallas of all places. but still, there were ghosts. i don't think she did drugs, but who are we to point fingers? we ruin people's lives for drugs, which is what happened to my sister. never got a real job after her time at gatesville. fuck you, dude. she was an addict, and people like you take glee in the ruination of their lives. "shouldn't have done that" with no fucking context.20 points
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i'm going to say something nice... i appreciate both fattyflattie and TurkeyChew having actual discourse the past few pages, explaining their positions and how they reached their worldview. gave each of them a posrep for it. i pretty much disagree completely lol, especially with fatty, but i appreciate the effort to have some actual discourse and it helps me understand how others think. this is probably an unpopular opinion but i wish we had more posters like them in the CR, if for no other reason than having actual discussion and sharing viewpoints might be the only hope 'we' (the american collective) have to steer this fucking ship away from the iceberg that we seem hellbent on hitting 😕 maybe reading stories like hayden's plants a little seed of empathy somewhere, who knows. anyways, it's a million times better and more valuable input than the straight trolling of Trey or Bravo or the fucking assholishness of Sack. just felt like it deserved some acknowledgement. i'll probably get kicked out of the cabal now...😋18 points
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How about the America that doesn’t support violent overthrow of our republic based on an insane set of lies told my a megalomaniacal narcissist shitbag? Join me as a one issue voter: I vote against the party that supports those things. All the time, every time. If that party ever decides to declare treason off limits again, then we can start talking about other policies. Until then, I’m sticking with my rule of “always take care of the existential threat first.”15 points
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Texas is learning how to play the game per TFB14 points
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The presence of battalion sized Enhanced Forward Presence multinational brigades in the Baltics and Poland is part of the response to the Suwalki Gap issue. Russia hates having them there, and it's not because of the (absurd on its face) idea that a few battalion sized forces pose any threat to the Russian homeland or even the Kaliningrad enclave. They are extended deterrence in action. If Russia was to attack or send troops into those nation's territories, it is impossible to imagine that these forces-- representing almost every NATO Ally in one way or another-- are not involved. And that makes a unified, military NATO response almost guaranteed. If Russia goes to war in those member states, they are going to physical, kinetic war with all the other Allies. Russia does not want this. Russia would love nothing more than to at least have the option of a Baltic state as a "test case." To retain the option of hitting them fast, moving in, and then sitting back to watch how Allies react without actually shooting any Americans or Brits or French or even Germans. Will there be dithering in capitals and much exegesis of what Article 5 means? Will it snap the Alliance awake and result in almost immediate response? Maybe so, but it might be worth a shot and it might even be worth climbing down if it appears so. The important thing is that Russia wants to keep option the option to attack a vulnerable eastern European state without having to also physically attack the armed forces of the bigger players. This is why they want all NATO infrastructure out of those states. It cannot be said enough, the force posture NATO Allies have maintained even after the 2014 annexation of Crimea can in no universe of a normal understanding of military affairs be considered a physical threat to Russia. Remove from your brain the idea that Russia plausibly fears an attack from these territories. When the Kremlin says they are threatened, what they mean is that they don't like having the option open to invade any of their neighbors.14 points
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Given your track record around here, Florida wins a title in the next three years.13 points
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Cross-posting to this thread because it triggered an interesting thought exercise to me. See above. Let's have some fun. How would folks rank the flake/transfer/bust levels for ATM's 2022 class? I'll go first. Spoilered due to length and potential lack of interest: Anyway, Fisher ran an outlaw program at FSU and it eventually caught up to him. He was able to win a title with a standout college QB ahead of that happening. He's put together another no-fucks-given regime at ATM by playing shitheels under felony indictment and the like, and then buying players at figures that are making Bama and Georgia blush. Will he win a title before it all blows up in his face again? How about finishing first in his own division? I don't know, but the fate of this class probably defines the outcome. Anything more than 3 of the above melting down to bust or transfer levels wouldn't bode well for the title run.12 points
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I thik ive red to many of thoes twitter. things. Hole shit what! a train reck.12 points
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Fwiw, it hit a nerve with me too and I don't have a story like yours, but I do have my own story and reading fatty's simplistic view about the role of government in a civilized society makes it clear that he has fully bought into decades of GOP propaganda funded by the billionaire class and doesn't have the intellectual curiosity to think past the end of his nose. I was lucky because when I went to UT my first semester tuition was something like FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. Crazy how much tuition has increased for students across the country but fatty got his already so fuck them for getting a higher education if they can't afford the 50-100K it probably takes many students now. For anyone banging the drum about personal/fiscal responsibility, I encourage you to take a look here and see how many businesses and business owners got a boat load of federal money and how many of those loans have been forgiven by the government despite those funds largely not going into the pockets of workers. The vast majority of that money went to the business owners and shareholders, but that is viewed positively by the right-wing fattys because "bidness and jobs" and the need to save the economy in the midst of a potentially catastrophic global pandemic. If we can subsidize those businesses when that money didn't even find its way to the workers, we can forgive education loans that have saddled an entire generation of students with massive cumbersome debt in the name of saving the economy as well.11 points
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Apparently the leader of the coup* dresses in a maroon suit and speaks pretty good English - and even a little Spanish. Oh wow - just saw your comment flatty.11 points
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Remember when some posters around here were calling Ewers a prima donna and questioning his leadership skills because he was taking so long to announce his transfer destination? Ah, those were the days.10 points
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Just had a phone call with him, I sent him a screenshot of what I've seen reported. He laughed, called it fake news, admitted that they are busy but told me to stand down until he gives me actual facts.10 points
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i'm actually fucking furious right now. some of yall have no fucking idea, and everything is fucking simple10 points
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These are the symptoms. You have to ask yourself, what sort of smug douchebag must he be just in general to keep doing things that he’s despised for? It’s not just that he acted like a bitch when he whined about Texas back in the day - it was the passive-aggressive “I won’t stoop to his level” bitchassedness which he followed up by getting outplayed by Sonny fucking Cumbie. It’s not that he didn’t get vaccinated, it’s that he decided to be a bitch about it and wouldn’t just come out and say that, instead saying he was “immunized” by some homeopathic bullshit artist. He thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room all the time and, like everyone who thinks this, he shows his ass repeatedly. He’s just a smug, arrogant cocksucker; nobody likes smug, arrogant cocksuckers, nor should they.10 points
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I'm going to pile on one more time. Seriously, dude, how do you read what you wrote and not realize how fucked up it is? I'd argue that the three tenets of a successful society are quality housing, education, and healthcare. In the past couple of decades, we've managed to make those things virtually unobtainable for tens of millions of our citizens, and the costs only continue to skyrocket way beyond the rate of inflation. I'm lucky enough to not be in that group due to a variety of things--family I was born into, good public schools, skin tone, etc.--but how big of a piece of shit would I have to be to consider everyone not as fortunate "unable to function without the government wiping their ass."10 points
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So the perfect scenario is Max Johnson either goes pro or comes back in 2023. Got it.9 points
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Trying to get lifelong Republicans to admit that maybe, just maybe, they had a teensy bit of luck, good fortune, and built-in advantages that helped them get to where they are now is always so much fun.9 points
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The people who benefit the most from the fact that we live in a society are often the least willing to acknowledge that we live in a society or contribute to it. Imagine working in an industry that is fully dependent on enormous public subsidies and requires advanced, stable societies to purchase its product and thinking you accomplished everything yourself.9 points
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But it's bullshit. I know plenty of people who got pregnant before 25 and ended up "successful.". I know plenty of people who were drugged out of their minds in their early 20s and ended up "successful." The common denominator for almost all of these is that were born into a family that afforded them a safety net that allowed them to fall down and still prosper. None of those things are life ruiners if you are lucky enough to be born into a situation that can support you. Focusing on the action without any acknowledgement of the importance of environment is ignorance at best, maliciousness at worst.9 points
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seriously? could you be more out of touch? she passed last year. drugs were not the problem for my sister. they were her solution. people have problems they try to solve. it's not just easy to say "good effort, get those bootstraps!" sometimes people fall down. people like you want to kick them. people like me want to help them up.9 points
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Interesting piece here. The cultural difference in conflict resolution is pretty telling. https://unherd.com/2022/01/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-putin/9 points
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Breaking away from the Union because we dare to protect the rights of Blacks and other minorities. Now where have I heard that before?9 points
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aggy didn’t lose the recruitment, they just ran out of cap space.9 points
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Welp I respect this dude's right to make a really stupid choice. He is certainly willing to die for his beliefs and should be allowed to do so. Even if he is a complete dumbass.8 points
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It's changing. Now they're talking more about cheating, but just call it NIL and think it's legal. This is for @RGBIII (stolen from IT)8 points
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My dream for every poster on this board is that they can eventually find a woman (or a man, however they roll) that looks at them the way you look at the Florida staff. How about we sticky it at the top of this board that you're willing to cradle the balls, stroke the shaft, work the pipe and the swallow the gravy of any Florida staffer for the sake of paying homage to Billy Napier's wizardry? Then we can stop hearing about it on every other page. It's not just a snobbery thing. The Texas brand quite easily transcends football and there isn't a strong sentiment from the power of the alumni base to change that. Folks here may not like it, or that every SEC school besides Vandy is willing to tie their entire brand identity to athletics, but it's a very real part of why Texas, Michigan, Notre Dame and a few others have never been big on straight up buying players. To boot, when someone in their base has done so (Fab Five; the ND female in the mid-90's), it's ended badly for the person(s) perpetuating the cheating and their relationship with the school.8 points
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Yep had a string of girlfriends, she was my last one. We broke up when I was 24. I could go on and on about her putting me off of women but no, truth is, had my first boyfriend and my first girlfriend in junior high. The boyfriend was because I liked cock and the string of girlfriends because I lived in small town Texas and it wasn't ok to like cock. Took me a long time to realize, once I moved to Austin, that I didn't live in that small town anymore and it was ok to just like cock and quit keeping up appearances. I am not a gold star gay.8 points
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I don't follow what you're asking about here? The alumni base getting interested in cheating? No, I don't think that will ever change. I've talked to enough folks about it over the past few years and I feel like it's a multigenerational philosophical agreement. I include myself in that bunch, really. I don't want UT's brand attached to scandal and iniquity, and I want the academic side to always carry weight in conversations. The first thing people will ever think of for Alabama is football. Same for OU, Clemson, LSU, etc. Florida's doing its best to get there. That's simply not what informed business professionals gravitate to first mentally when it comes to Texas, USC, Virginia, Michigan, Notre Dame, UW, etc. I'd be pretty conflicted if I were a UNC or Duke alum, given their prestige in the academic realm and the counter of the weight of the basketball brand for each. Anyway, NIL remedies the qualms about paying players. Now you can play players for their brand and effort around that, above board, and with a straight face. Let the fuckfaces continue to toil in the dark with the corner cases while the majority of the game begins to get played in the light.7 points
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I'm not saying I'm 100% on board with total loan forgiveness or even universal healthcare. I'm not. But policy disagreements like that are why you'll never vote for a "progressive" while the GOP is pulling the shit they're doing? I mean, come the fuck on. I would never consider myself a liberal until pretty recently. A lot of ideas from the Democratic party are pretty far out there. But at least they actually pretend to occasionally want to help people. Right now, I'll take that over the GOP's self-fellating mission statement: "I've achieved what I have solely because of my hard work and intellect. Poor people are just lazy. Tax dollars only go to pay their welfare checks. Damn, we keep losing popular elections; let's make it harder for people to vote. No, I'm not racist, you're racist. Oh, and let's continue to prop up bullshit culture wars with lies and hate and obsess over the Clinton's for another 4 decades. The end."7 points
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Pfffffft. It’s an insult to women to suggest getting a thumbs down on a message board requires gynecological care for a troublesome period. The harassment Penelope receives on this board is actually disgusting not to mention the regular occurrences of threats of violence and the virulent harassment almost all women are subjected to at some point or another all over the internet. I’ve received absolutely scary threatening PMs here - one of which mentioned my personal Twitter account and the town I live in. Fuck DonkeyDick and all the other manbabies who get all worked up AND TATTLE TALE TO AN ADMIN because a woman has the gall to give them A NEG ON A FUCKING MESSAGE BOARD.7 points
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Biden got out of Afghanistan and passed an infrastructure bill. Two things Trump and Republicans were were wildly in favor of before Biden was elected. Now he’s a failure for it. The Aristocrats7 points
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