Sua Sponte

https://ddosecrets.substack.com/p/release-roskomnadzor-820-gb?s=r

Navy Fed has been great. I only use USAA for insurance now since they’re still cheap for me.

People are confusing Putin and his regime with all Russians by including them together. That couldn’t be further from the truth. One could see that by watching the current protests throughout Russia against the invasion.

3.6 Roentgen. Not great…not terrible.

Great… https://apnews.com/article/cbd6eed3e1b8f4946f5f490afd06b4be

Are their troops surrendering without fighting, texting their mom’s saying they initially thought it was an exercise, and running out of fuel in their equipment part of that strategy?

Is it logical? Of course not, but it’s China. This is also the same state that was welding people into their homes when the pandemic started, after initially denying it was a new virus. If they don’t turn Russia into glass, expect a massive conventional assault against Russia. As we’ve already seen with their military against Ukraine, that won’t go well for Russia.

The initial salvo, they won’t. He won’t get another opportunity because Russia will be glass.

You think China is going to allow some nuclear laden dust flying around their border because some dude with an ego is currently losing to, on paper, an inferior military and that’s the end-game option he chose?

https://theconversation.com/just-short-of-nuclear-the-latest-financial-sanctions-will-cripple-russias-economy-178000

That’s not exactly true. You have to file and the VA has to determine it’s not allergies, even while you have history of sinusitis while on active duty.

The maximum educational benefits the VA can offer is up to 48 months. When I first started VR&E in 2017, I had a few months remaining of my Post 9/11. I in essence had to forfeit the remainder of my Post 9/11 to use VR&E. That didn’t matter to me at the time since VR&E was going to pay much longer than what I had left in my Post 9/11. Last year the VA sent me a letter saying I was going to be credited with the remainder of my Post 9/11 again due to their rule change. That’s what I’m using for this semester off my doctorates. https://military.ggu.edu/blog/things-you-need-to-know-about-48-month-rule?format=amp

If you have at least one day of Post 9/11 G.I. Bill left, and you have at least one class that’s on campus, then you get the allowance based on zip code. If it’s straight online, you get the online rate, which is like $900ish per month. If you do VR&E you could give the G.I. Bill to your dependents, or max perform to 48 months of benefits instead of the 36 months the G.I. Bill gives you.

After watching this invasion, filtering out the trolls that are on Reddit/Twitter misinformation, I’m convinced that absent help from China and not lobbing nukes, Russia would severely get their asses beat by the U.S. in a conventional war. Their training is obviously shit and it sends a message that Russian commanders have such little faith in their conscript troops that they follow them around with mobile crematoriums once they’re killed.

Also, since your’e at 100%, I believe your dependents (if you have any) are entitled to VA educational benefits as well.

Yeah, that’s the track I did (which was just called education when I went through ). The way VR&E works through that track is you have to tell the VA what type of employment you want to attain that won’t aggravate your disabilities, which being medically retired at 100% will be pretty wide open. When I got out in 2017 I was halfway through my bachelors degree. I went back to a state school for a political science degree. I wanted to go to law school, where 98% of political science majors go, however the VA was suspect about going to law school due to the terrible ROI it has ($150K cost to make $60Kish). My other option was getting a PhD to teach political science, which is something I didn’t want to do. The VA had a compromise of paying for a masters, so I picked the most expensive cybersecurity masters I could find, which at the time was Georgetown, which they agreed to pay for. The goal was is to get me a job into cybersecurity, but this was 2021 and the economy was getting spun back up and companies had hiring freezes. I ended up getting a job as a military aerospace contractor writing courseware and making a lot more than I would’ve as an attorney, however the education level and school reputation, has unlocked a lot of opportunities for me. I graduated from my masters program this summer and since I’m in a different job sector, the VA just closed out VR&E program as graduated from education. I’m currently working my doctorates (EdD) using my Post 9/11 G.I. Bill, because I want to teach as an online adjunct professor. One thing I found out is you cannot have an active VR&E case file opened (in Chapter 31) and then use your G.I. Bill benefits simultaneously. You have to make sure one of them is closed out first, then use the other benefit. The worst, and sometimes the best, part of VR&E is the counselor you’re assigned. They have a lot of leeway to interpret if they’re going to “pay” for a educational program for employment. Counselors themselves can only approve up to $25K per year in tuition payments, however the district supervisors can approve much higher. That’s how people have gone to law school, medical school, etc. on VR&E. Unlike the G.I. Bill the VA monitors your grades every quarter/semester. You’ll have to send them to your counselor so they can authorize payment. As long as you’re passing your classes, it’s not a big deal. The counselors are also the ones who authorize the housing stipend. The counselors are like any government employee though, monitor their actions and follow up with them, because they are going to make mistakes. When I moved from Washington State to Colorado, my counselor erroneously updated my housing stipend to Denver’s zip code, though I was an online student. That caused a $2,600 overpayment, which was 100% her fault, but I obviously had to pay back. Overall, it a great little known program. It does require a lot more following up and monitoring than just using your G.I. Bill. However, by using VR&E to obtain education/employment, then using your G.I. Bill for any follow on education, you’re maximizing your benefits.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44446/russian-forces-have-captured-the-worlds-biggest-cargo-jet-in-ukraine