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    Iraq in state of emergency - Mosul overrun by militants; government flees;

    in General Discussion

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    That's the full length version of the 5 part documentary Vice has been running on IS over the past week. It is an absolute must-watch, and will probably change your opinion of IS. They're like nothing we have seen. This is not some disorganized band of shitheads. I don't think the word "terrorist" applies to them anymore. They are a rogue state at this point. A few 500lb bombs and some MREs will do nothing to even slow them down. We're going to have to decide if we want to fully engage with them (total war) or stay out of it. Half measures will do nothing.

    Perhaps the History channel should show informative stuff like this instead of the mind numbing bullshit they show now and one more thing and that is it looks like an individual or individuals forgot to take their daily cup of STFU in relation to a rescue op for the journalist who was murdered his week .

    Equating military service with Heroism.

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    Another myth to dispel. The "Greatest Generation" is another bullshit media-hyped phenomenon. They won a morally justifiable World War, which would have fundamentally changed the world for the worse had it been lost, so lots of credit for that. If someone could actually prove that "terrorism" was a real threat before the US exponentially exploded it into what it is today, would that make the current generation the "greatest"? Is any comparison of generations valid, or is it all a stupid attempt at grouping an entire age group into a stereotyped mold?

    What else did the Greatest Generation do that was so "great" that the current American public, and especially the military, stands in awe of a "generation"? You guys make Tom Brokaw feel awfully proud about himself for coining this phrase.

    Some might say that the "greatest Generation" spawned the "Worst Generation" of baby boomers, a massive pool of spoiled brats who have FUBARd the entire US beyond repair. How great can the "Greatest Generation" be if they couldn't even raise their children well? Did the Greatest Generation also turn the USA from a Constitutionally minded country into the world's police force?

    We should honor true military heroes, and our country's participation in the few conflicts that have bettered the world, but we shouldn't wholesale glorify anything. Not generations, not media hyped people like Petreaus, or Colin Powell who helped cover up the mylai massacre, or MLK Jr. These people all have massive skeletons in their closests, as do generational groups.

    I wonder how many children of boomers have had a discussion with their parents on the screwing they are about to receive form the boomers themselves?

    I,m guessing dinner conversations of the sort would be short lived.

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Gotta be Walmart...

    "He'll be 101 months in in August. Thanks for asking!"

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    YGBSM!

    Let me get this straight , a female carries said baby for 9 months so why the hell would you want to carry a kid on the front of you?

    Mexican Military incursion(s) into the United States

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by clouseau

    Bit hypocritical for the Mexican gov. to complain about our border when one considers what they do on their southern border to illegals coming up from the south and they need to be called out on this but that would take balls .

    Instead of letting those who sponge off taxpayers into this country we schould only allow those in with something to contribute to the society as a whole.

    Military retirement under attack

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    Posted · Edited by clouseau

    You're kidding right?

    In addition to lengthy pay freezes and furloughs, all of which we've avoided on active duty, federal civilians have already been asked to contribute significantly more to their retirement in recent years and this new budget deal has piled on to that effort.

    Most current government employees pay 0.8% of their annual salary as the cost of the FERS annuity. Those who were hired after Dec 31, 2012 now contribute 3.1% for the exact same benefit, i.e. congrats new guy, you just took an annual pay cut of 2.3% for the exact same benefit each and every year of your employment.

    Now, not 1 year later, any employees hired recently (less than 5 years of service) will have to pay an additional 1.3% each and every working year for the exact same retirement. End result: dude hired 5 years ago is contributing 0.8%, dude hired 4.9 years ago is contributing 4.4%. On, say a $95K salary, that's an immediate $3,420 difference per year and those guys are getting the same benefit on the back end.

    So while military retirees are getting 1% less per year until age 62 (about 24 years at the most if an 18 year old enlistee retired at 20 years of service), recently hired federal civilians are paying 3.6% more every year they work, which on the civilian side is usually at least that long and possibly longer i.e. 30+ working career before reaching the minimum retirement age which is at most age 57.

    I'm not a fan whatsoever of either the military or federal civilians picking up the slack in the national budget, but the civilians are getting a much worse deal than the military retirees. And the negative effects hit immediately rather than the reductions in benefits being deferred until retirement.

    Look I,m not a fan of this crap sandwich either but at some point something had to give.

    Like I said earlier this is all low hanging fruit except some will take the hit for it and the better idea which would have taken some stones would have been going after waste with a vengeance and cuts across the board and that includes welfare and social security as well .

    What part of this country is going broke don't people get ?

    Interesting article on Mil.retirement numbers.

    http://www.central-view.com/past.asp?number=1543

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