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And you just noticed? And to make it worse, I think they have gone full retard. Never go full retard.

To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote.

I guess torpedoing a South Korean naval vessel killing 41 sailors and shelling a South Korean killing 4 civilians in 2010 were glitches in their command and control. Certainly no cause for alarm. Masshole is right, nothing to see here. Just another day on the boarder of a bat shit crazy country...now with nukes.

I would imagine the decision and initiative displayed by the senior leadership would be minimal but the single minded focus shown by the common soldier of fighting the imperialists would be quite impressive due to the cult of personality that has been made of Korean Cartman's grandfather, father, and now him. And it would definitely require some serious dollars to bring out of the dark ages. I think these numbers are a serious underestimation because the cost to West Germany to rebuild East Germany is over $1.5 Trillion euros. https://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub859.pdf Estimates of the cost of Korean reunification vary widely, normally lying in the range of $25 billion to $3.5 trillion, 24 and usually concentrate on financial costs only. 25 Such a wide range is primarily due to a combination of three factors: different starting assumptions over North Korea’s real situation; what is factored into each costing (e.g., education, environmental repair); and, finally, the reunification end-state envisaged and when (e.g., common education standard between north and south within 30 years of reunification). One recent study aims to determine the cost of doubling of the North Korean gross domestic product (GDP) within 4 years of reunification (this is assessed as the minimum level of economic improvement required to limit mass migration to the south). Based on this criterion, reunification will cost between $50 and $67 billion. 26

Motion detector on the door ops checks good.

Normally the crazies threaten the usual suspects regarding cities. What does Korean Cartman have against Austin?

Pat and Phil McGroyne. For a chick, Helen Bedd.

After a hard days sitting on the sidewalk, there is nothing better than retiring to my tent, heating up a cup of snow, propping my feet up on my dead friend in a blue body bag, and chowing down to a tasty meal of bird. Just living the American dream.

I had to fly out San Diego and ended up in a center seat with two women "of size" on either side of me. Turns out they were lesbian bikers headed to a convention. Who knew they had conventions? It was an interesting conversation and I'm sure I could have contributed valuble data to the study for a small fee.

IIRC, excessive government regulation of industry/services is not socialism, it is facism. Nsplayr, do yourself a favor and Google British Healthcare vs US cancer survival rates. I'll stand by for your epic reply. Seems to be a lot of studies that disagree with your assessment of "better outcomes."

Decouple medical insurance and college tuition from government funds and watch charges for both plummet. Those two programs will absorb as much money as we can throw at them and more. Estate tax or estate transfer doesn't matter. Why in the hell is the government entitled to the money of a citizen who dies? The original money was taxed, the land/property/business was taxed, and investments were taxed. This isn't enough for some who think that now that the person is dead, we are owed up to half of their property.

I think so. I've seen guys promoted below the zone multiple times after doing staff tours and have minimal tactical experience in the jet and their competence reflected that. These guys were followed only out of morbid sense of curiosity as long as your life wasn't as stake. I've worked for guys with 4500+ hours that might have been a little sloppy on staff issues, still hit the range on a regular basis, and didn't miss a beat keeping the focus on getting steel on target. These guys could have asked us to attack hell with squirt guns and we would have saddled up with super soakers. Success depends on the situation. With no difficult decisions to make and good troops, the incompetent can succeed but will eventually fail under pressure. The guy with more hours and more experience in all things operational has better odds of making correct decisions under pressure and, therefore, successful under most scenarios, IMHO.

According to Feinstein, us military types are one flashback away from going postal and are not to be trusted. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/03/08/feinstein_veterans_may_have_ptsd_and_should_not_be_exempt_from_assault_weapons_ban.html

TIB 3-1 is a great read. Starts with BFM, Basic Fabulous Manuevers, for individuals. Stuff like jazz hands. The moves to more advanced concepts like ACM, Assembled Cast Manuevering, which covers singing and dancing as a group.

For the low, low price of $250,000 per helmet, I think we got a hell of a deal.

I don't think it is that complex. Human nature is simple. Where is Mr. Mazlo when we need him? Humans are lazy and will seek the path of least resistance most of the time. Others have the ability and drive to take a more difficult path if it leads to recognition/reward. If not working results in a more comfortable or adequate lifestyle than working, our solution to the problem should not be to spend more money to make working more like not working. The solution should be to make not working less comfortable and adequate than working.

Here in Texas we take our watercraft rules and regulations seriously.

Years ago, in between the golf and the excessive drinking at SOS, I recall sitting in a briefing with some 3 star (who turned out to be a fairly good crud player). He said something along the lines of: How often have you watched or read a piece of journalism regarding an area in which you are a subject matter expert and saw all sorts of glaring errors in their material? So why do you believe what they put out when it concerns an area that you are not familiar with?

Does the "Closed for Training" stupidity occur in the other branches?

I'm all for a hand out, a hand up, a second chance for those that find themselves needing it. I give money to charity for just that reason. That being said, I think the problem a lot of people have is how we define "temporary" and what is the consequences, if any, of going past that definition.

That .gif is how Nsplayr looks when he sees something he disagrees with which of course leads to the 3000 word Political Professor dissertation reply.

I do not see enough reflectivity on that dinosaur, Airman! You can't win wars if you can't be seen at night!

https://www.rock103.com/pages/twisted/videos/?vid=nakedhotel Never walk out of your hotel room without your key. Particularly if you are not properly attired. Possibly NSFW.

Just looking at your suggestion for Entitlement Programs, I see you have no concept of reality and failed in your study of history. Let's look at the mutually exclusive concepts in the same sentence and see if they make sense. First, we have "solvent" combined with "expanded to cover everyone". We also have "efficient" and "Medicare" (substitute government run, if you like, but you get the idea). The original Medicare program was budgeted for $16B in 1965 with a forecast cost of $60+ billion in 1980. The actual cost was $110+ billion in 1980. The smartest guys in the room made a 100% error in estimates. Last year, Medicare was something in the neighborhood of $415B. How is that cost curve looking in the future? LIberal utopians can't add, ignore history, and remind me of gamblers that keep going to Vegas saying "But if you let me borrow the money, my system will work this time."

I have started drinking. And it is very funny.