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- Comment on Not to arm chair general it. How come the US doesn't get a bunch of helicopters over to the Lincoln with food meds and whatever? How did it get this bad where we can't supply our own ships? 2 days ago:
Well put.
- Comment on Not to arm chair general it. How come the US doesn't get a bunch of helicopters over to the Lincoln with food meds and whatever? How did it get this bad where we can't supply our own ships? 2 days ago:
No military background here. But through family and friends I have had a lot of interactions with military folks, and I’m loosely interested in military stuff.
My username is due to living near water my whole life, and enjoying being in and around it. I love fishing, paddling, swimming, skipping stones from shore, watching osprey catch fish, all of it.
- Comment on Not to arm chair general it. How come the US doesn't get a bunch of helicopters over to the Lincoln with food meds and whatever? How did it get this bad where we can't supply our own ships? 2 days ago:
Ballpark numbers: USS Abraham Lincoln has about 5,000 people on board. And it is part of a larger carrier strike group that totals maybe 7,500 personnel. You need a long, strong global supply chain to serve that many people for months on end as they travel halfway around the world. Iran has apparently broken the chain in some key places.
Mental health is a separate problem. The Abraham Lincoln’s planned 6-month deployment is now at almost 9 months and counting, with no publicly announced return date. Wikipedia says the ship has only stopped at port twice in that time. So the sailors on board have been stuck in close quarters, away from their homes or loved ones, getting shot at in a war zone, for 3 months longer than expected, and with only two brief breaks. It’s not hard to understand that they might be exhausted and strained. Multiple sailors have tried to jump overboard and at least one sailor actually did it without being stopped. That’s not a supply chain problem; it’s a top-down organizational fiasco.
- Comment on Do people in the military think Pete Hegseth is a dipshit? And when he does changes they just placate him? 4 days ago:
Nobody speaks up in public. But if you watch the top brass you can catch glimpses of their disdain for Trump and the GOP’s culture war bullshit.
One of my favorite examples is the video ofAdmiral Gilday sticking up for a non-binary sailor (and the Navy in general) when Tommy Tuberville tried to grill him in a senate hearing. Another time, previous Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited troops abroad and let a line slip about trouble back home.
- Comment on Love Wins 6 days ago:
The last extension cord you will ever need.
- Comment on The woke liberals are making our wars gay 1 week ago:
Those are coveted by the noncredibledefense crowd. You can get copies on AliExpress, but they just aren’t the same.
- Comment on The woke liberals are making our wars gay 1 week ago:
Lockheed is “extremely woke” according to the right-wing culture warriors:
- Comment on Local newspaper presents paid political advertising in the same format as a regular news article 2 weeks ago:
No. I am not sure how we could even craft such a law in the current US legal climate. Political speech, and money tied to political speech, are nearly impossible to regulate in any meaningful way.
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- Comment on You don’t realize how bad it smells till you quit 3 weeks ago:
The meme is like 99% true.
But watch the video of Portishead’s Roseland NYC Live and tell me Beth Gibbons crooning with a cigarette isn’t dope as hell. You can’t.
- Comment on In this thread: GIFs you've been waiting to post but the occasion never arises 1 month ago:
Oh, this is a good one.
- Comment on In this thread: GIFs you've been waiting to post but the occasion never arises 1 month ago:
Eh?
After posting these I think I need to give FLCL a second try. I didn’t really get into it the first time.
- Comment on In this thread: GIFs you've been waiting to post but the occasion never arises 1 month ago:
Thanks I hate it.
- Comment on In this thread: GIFs you've been waiting to post but the occasion never arises 1 month ago:
Video, not a gif…
- Comment on In this thread: GIFs you've been waiting to post but the occasion never arises 1 month ago:
- Comment on Could the Supreme Court overturning Marbury vs Madison be a way to repeal the US Constitution? 1 month ago:
Typo. Autocorrect has been killing me lately.
- Comment on Could the Supreme Court overturning Marbury vs Madison be a way to repeal the US Constitution? 1 month ago:
I think there’s enough precedent at this point that everyone would still treat the Construction as law.
However, the case is also when the Supreme Court gave itself the power to override Congress by declaring laws unconstitutional. If the court overturned Marbury v. Madison the court would also be kneecapping itself by giving up one of its greatest powers.
- Comment on How come people are stupid nowadays? Especially on social media 1 month ago:
“Why are people so ________ these days?” drives me nuts. People have always been that way. If today’s behavior seems new and unique it’s only because it’s being presented through different social norms, fashions, or ways of communicating.
- Comment on Why are the two major American parties called what they are? 1 month ago:
I thought party names were sometimes unintuitive in other countries as well? From the names alone I couldn’t tell you what the Whigs or Tories stood for in the UK, or the BraIl of Hope Federation today, or the old Arrow Cross party in Hungary. It’s usually some mix of historical oddities and domestic marketing.
We could use a new Bull Moose party. It’s almost hard to imagine a platform like that winning today.
The party’s platform built on Roosevelt’s Square Deal domestic program and called for several progressive reforms, asserting that “to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day”. The platform included proposals such as restrictions on campaign finance contributions, a reduction of the tariff and the establishment of a social insurance system, an eight-hour workday and women’s suffrage.
- Comment on Rough date 2 months ago:
Reminds me of a first date where I arrived at the bar to find her with her friend, polishing off their second pitcher of margarita. They showed up an hour early to get absolutely smashed. The server came over and gave me a look that screamed, “Run away and don’t look back.” It was a fun date, but a very short relationship.
- Comment on Can someone make sense of this chemical? 2 months ago:
I’m at a loss.
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 2 months ago:
IDK how hourly workers do it.
In theory it should be no problem for salaried workers, though. The point of salary is that you are supposedly being paid for your work output rather than your time. I know that isn’t always the case, though.
I have been lucky. At every place I worked for the last 20-ish years the salaried employees come and go as they please. It’s normal to leave for a mid-day appointment and then come back to the office. All that matters is shit gets done in a timely manner and we’re available when people need us. I wish everyone had that level of flexibility.
- Comment on Dead community request to mod 2 months ago:
Sure is. What community do you have in mind?
- Comment on Vote 2 months ago:
- Comment on Don't believe everything that you breathe 2 months ago:
You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve
- Comment on It's cold out. 2 months ago:
- Comment on He's an arborist 2 months ago:
Nevermind the measurement. How are you going to use the branch?
- Comment on What's with black superheroes and lightning powers? 2 months ago:
Frozone
- Comment on It's 9PM, any word from Iran? 4 months ago:
- Comment on What do far-left Christian liberationists feel about Catholics? 4 months ago:
Pardon my ignorance, but are you talking about liberation theology? Or does “Christian liberationist” mean something else?
