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I don’t collect disability and I didn’t serve overseas. I did however get hearing damage when in. I didn’t know better to document it. My understanding is hearing loss gets you 10% disability. Shit happens to lots of people in the military such as dying during training exercises when not in war time and yes people get disabilities when serving even if they didn’t go overseas. Everyone of them signed their contract with the knowledge they could die in service of their country. So, that guy needs to chill.
Meby, but I sustained a pretty spectacular injury that I shrugged off at the time because nothing was broke, and about ten years post military it hit me like a ton of bricks. CT scan showed a hell of a lot of scar tissue pushing on my spinal ganglion. Very uncomfortable. I did not think anyone owed me anything, and I suffered with it for about ten years till it just went away. Never even considered trying to weeze juice from Uncle Stupid for it. Some physical discomfort is NOTHING next to what some of the guys in the VA hospitals have to try and live with.

If you don't think that tons of veterans would try to game the system and sponge off all of us who get up every morning and work, you have never served, because there are a shitload of shitbirds who would do that without a single reservation. Many of them probably grew up with their families on permanent welfare and every freeloading program there is.

This, and people who are really disabled and actually can't work have to rely on private charities like Tunnel to Towers to be able to live a semi-normal life.

I've never been accused of being very compassionate. I can be cold with a very dark sense of humor. I am pretty sure that I had PTSD for years, but I don't look at it like the therapy community. It's not a fucking "disability", it's a survival mechanism. It's how the environment trains the brain to think and react in order to survive. When I first got out I was very paranoid, very distant (in as much as I would ignore irrelevant, non-threatening information coming in), I had a short temper, and I drank too much. That isn't some "disorder". It was a healthy reaction to being under stress for extended periods, and adopting a way of thinking and reacting to maximize my survival and the survival of all my friends. The drinking was a way to get out of that loop at least temporarily, and when that became a problem I addressed that too. It's not that I don't get this can lead to depression and cripple you in regular society, I just think that treating it like some disorder rather than a healthy and natural reaction is a mistake, and they tell people who have it that there is something wrong with them that needs to be fixed. They don't need to be fixed, they just need time and distance to train their brain to understand that not everything needs to start with a threat assessment, and that they are not around people who speak plainly anymore.

I believe for every person who is genuinely suffering and deserves compensation there are probably a dozen who are full of shit and are milking the system. We have a fucking Medical officer at my Legion Post who gets constant updates of every program and benefit possible, and 90% of them will fill out the paperwork and sign up for anything at all if it increases what they're getting from the government. They're not bad guys, they're great guys, but they see nothing wrong with this, and think any way you can get money back from Uncle Stupid you should. If you don't think that scammers are stealing money from the actually disabled/blown up/amputees, you are a fucking idiot. It's a problem, and a huge one, but in the age of, "Thank you for your service", no one will call out this bullshit. They would rather have half their money confiscated than ask tough questions and be seen to not be compassionate. Fuck that.
 
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China may gain greater control of Panama Canal after BlackRock deal misses deadline​

"China may soon gain greater influence over the Panama Canal following the collapse of a proposed deal between U.S.-based BlackRock and Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, which had initially sparked tensions with Beijing.

The original agreement would have transferred control of dozens of international ports — including two in Panama — to a consortium involving BlackRock"

 
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Now this shit really doesn't fit their narrative. They will never speak of it again after today.
I don't find this situation funny, but what I do find funny/hysterical is that the traditional msm is in a death spiral. Many, many Conservatives have told them point blank what the problem is and essentially, how to fix it.

None of them have even remotely come to grips with the basic, obvious fact that the problem is themselves. They just CAN'T come to grips with it. I suppose it's like dealing with alcoholism. First, you have to admit that YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.

I view the situation as a win/win. If they do come to grips and actually make good faith efforts to fix what they have fucked up, hey great. I haven't seen anything that would indicate that they are going to start doing that though.

It appears they are going to continue down the same "poisoning the well" path and essentially commit suicide. Which, I'm certainly OK with that too. In fact, after all the damage they have done, I'd prefer that's what they do.

I believe the term is "schadenfreude" ;) (y):ROFLMAO:
 
Johnsonville Shuts Down Another Plant Overnight
happened on June 2, 2025.
Lots of plant closures. Makes you wonder how much they are shifting processing to overseas. Johnsonville states "jobs moving to other states".

"274 workers" lost their jobs, factory in operation since 1962.
"The Momence plant had been running since 1962. Generations of families worked there. Johnsonville took over in 1995"

 
so many odditityies.....
good shoot colonel.
1) Chechen power company subcontractor.? WTF was he doing in NC
2) Chechen usually mean 'Muslim'
3) Army issued warning about military peeps might be targets
4) taking pictures of kids
5) wheel man, in car arrested after driving from altercation
6) sounds like a cover to case and identify targets

"The shooting incident two weeks ago in Carthage could have been a case of mistaken identity. The two Chechens had no personal identification. They did have two cell phones with Russian language contacts and camera equipment. They were not wearing any uniforms for the power company that reportedly employed them.

Sheriff Ronnie Fields said Daraev was working as a subcontractor for Utilities One, a company based in New Jersey, at the time of his death. Investigators are still working to verify his official employment and immigration status.

At the time of the incident, Daraev was not in possession of any utility equipment, utility clothing, or identification. The incident has been reported to the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)."
 
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gotta wonder what wray and the fbi was doing all this time.
i assume he was just targeting parents and making sammiches for migrants.
some agents claimed online they were pulled from these kinds of cases to help at the border.


i am soooo sick of this long prison term shit. what does 1 inmate in fed prison cost per year? shoot them DRT immediately after conviction. goes for a whole bunch of other crimes starting with corrupt theft of public funds at any level.
i have heard,but have no proof,that Xi has to execute 30 or 40 people a month to keep even some control over corruption in China. China has a 1000s of years hx of corruption so that is believable. of course Xi is corrupt big time but he is the boss,so....
looking at just DOGE findings it is no shock that we have a 37 tril $+ fed deficit.
 

we know these Newsom like "officials"are stupid. but not for the reason you think. their behavior is planned and approved at higher levels. they are stupid because they think that this kind of talk and behavior,which empowers them now,will let them live and retain power and prosperity when the balloon goes up. they will be eliminated by the savages they protect or by the rulers they follow now.remember the originals Bolshevics were some of the 1st to go in the Stalinist purges.