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BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Waroduce posted:

I enjoy that in the year of our lord two thousand and seventeen, after sixteen years in Afghanistan and teasing our American cocks around the gaping rear end in a top hat of the world that is the middle east since the mid 60's we are still trying to train indigenous forces.

I also enjoy that an infantry office and a helicopter pilot, whose jobs have absolutely nothing to do with this and have never been trained to accomplish or purse this have been tasked with this objective.

I also enjoy that the assets these great united states have are not assigned to this objective, or are pursing other things that prevent them from particiapting in even an oversight capability?

Green Beret's? wholly dedicated to working by, with and through or whatever? gently caress em, they're calling in CAS or coordinating airspace like they're in the fuckin airforce or we can turn em into Navy SEAL's lite, they are special forces baby, 420 direct action all day every day.

National Guardsmen or Civilian contractors with actual police experience?

lmao get hosed

e: i have strong opinions about training indigenous forces AMA

I love how we've been training ANA forces since 2001 and half of them still turn out to be Taliban.

"Why do you want to be a ANA soldier?"
"I hate love America!"
"Glad to hear it. Take this RPG-7 and AKM with 12 mag pouches, and walk off by yourself."

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ElMaligno
Dec 31, 2004

Be Gay!
Do Crime!

This is a mile north, (and closer to the beach) of my parents house





im crying

my kinda ape
Sep 15, 2008

Everything's gonna be A-OK
Oven Wrangler
Have you heard from them yet? :(

ElMaligno
Dec 31, 2004

Be Gay!
Do Crime!

my kinda ape posted:

Have you heard from them yet? :(

My parents where staying more inland for this, but i haven't heard anything from them.

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
Reports that a dam is possibly going to fail

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-puerto-rico-hurricane-failing-dam-20170922-story.html

quote:

Government spokesman Carlos Bermudez said that officials had no communication with 40 of the 78 municipalities on the island more than two days after the Category 4 storm crossed the island, toppling power lines and cellphone towers and sending floodwaters cascading through city streets.

Officials said 1,360 of the island's 1,600 cellphone towers had been downed, and 85 percent of above-ground and underground phone and internet cables were knocked out. With roads blocked and phones dead, officials said, the situation may be worse than they know.

:(

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5Q75hf6QI

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
The 96-foot antenna suspended 500 ft above the dish (made of a metal mesh) of the Arecibo Observatory fell, puncturing it in several places. A complete damage survey hasn't been done yet, obviously.

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon

https://twitter.com/LawrenceCOEM/status/911371915398348800

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Godholio posted:

The 96-foot antenna suspended 500 ft above the dish (made of a metal mesh) of the Arecibo Observatory fell, puncturing it in several places. A complete damage survey hasn't been done yet, obviously.

god dammit

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

el mag i hope the family is ok

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Nostalgia4Butts posted:

el mag i hope the family is ok

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

el mag i hope the family is ok

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

el mag i hope the family is ok

The Iron Rose
May 12, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

el mag i hope the family is ok

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

el mag i hope the family is ok

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


ElMaligno posted:

My parents where staying more inland for this, but i haven't heard anything from them.

I wouldn't get too worked up just yet (probably not possible). After Katrina it took weeks for me to get word from family and friends if they were OK or not. It really sucks, but just be aware that not hearing anything just yet doesn't mean a thing one way or another.

ElMaligno
Dec 31, 2004

Be Gay!
Do Crime!

That Works posted:

I wouldn't get too worked up just yet (probably not possible). After Katrina it took weeks for me to get word from family and friends if they were OK or not. It really sucks, but just be aware that not hearing anything just yet doesn't mean a thing one way or another.

i know, but the anxiety and stress is getting to me.

UP THE BUM NO BABY
Sep 1, 2011

by Hand Knit

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

el mag i hope the family is ok

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


ElMaligno posted:

i know, but the anxiety and stress is getting to me.

Yup I totally know that feeling. Better odds they are ok than not so keep up hope in the meantime best you can.

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD
so yeah the President of the United States called black players who protest a son of a bitch and said they should be fired, then he ranted that the game is being ruined because they worry about injuries.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May
Lol.
St. Louis cops beat up an Air Force officer - and one of their own undercover. Because dumb loving pigs.

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


I wonder if Scott has restricted travel to the city. Not that it would've helped here, but I'm curious.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Proud Christian Mom posted:

so yeah the President of the United States called black players who protest a son of a bitch and said they should be fired, then he ranted that the game is being ruined because they worry about injuries.

He can't stroke off soon enough.

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?


Oh, gently caress

Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

Godholio posted:

The 96-foot antenna suspended 500 ft above the dish (made of a metal mesh) of the Arecibo Observatory fell, puncturing it in several places. A complete damage survey hasn't been done yet, obviously.

Add Alec Trevelyan to the list of casualties. :(

my kinda ape
Sep 15, 2008

Everything's gonna be A-OK
Oven Wrangler

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Oh, gently caress

I mean, I'm not a dam inspector or anything but I think that's the spillway working more or less as intended. All that erosion probably isn't good for the dam but it looks like it's probably far enough away to not matter. I hope.

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
So HHS is going to be taking healthcare.gov down every Sunday for maintenance. From 12h to Midnight.

What is even going on in the US now?

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

FrozenVent posted:

So HHS is going to be taking healthcare.gov down every Sunday for maintenance. From 12h to Midnight.

What is even going on in the US now?

Open enrollment starts soon, so they're probably under a big crunch to get updates rolled out. When I worked with CMS and BCBSA, they had a hard stop on all changes to production networks and applications between October and December.

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

psydude posted:

Open enrollment starts soon, so they're probably under a big crunch to get updates rolled out. When I worked with CMS and BCBSA, they had a hard stop on all changes to production networks and applications between October and December.

this is DURING open enrollment.

Woodchip
Mar 28, 2010

Duuude, none of those trees have leaves.

Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
This is probably pretty common for you guys but this is the first time ive seen something like this....


https://i.imgur.com/IgLs36s.gifv

like conceptually i know the technology exists and the military uses it but seeing it just on a public street is interesting

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
So Donnie basically decided at the rally last night it's time to start a culture war against famous black people by attacking the NFL over concussions and anthem protests

https://twitter.com/BryanAGraham/status/911397671553732608

Which then led to him SOMEHOW MAKING THE NFL LEADERSHIP LOOK GOOD-ish

https://twitter.com/NFLprguy/status/911580084141772801

So then he saw Fox News this morning about Stephen Curry deciding not to go to the White House, so YOU CAN'T FIRE ME I QUIT and Donnie pulled the invite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/911574670545178624

I don't think Steph Curry is going to lose any sleep about it: https://twitter.com/HelenKennedy/status/911591734198587392

And if politics ain't your thing, a bunch of women in bikinis decided to twerk on an elevator for Snapchat, then in rolls Bill Nye https://twitter.com/madisonbubb/status/911312905718554624

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911572182060453893

Just once would I like to see Trump go after white supremacists or alt-right fuckers with 25% of the vigor that he goes after black professional athletes.

Edit: beaten

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

suboptimal posted:

Just once would I like to see Trump go after white supremacists or alt-right fuckers with 25% of the vigor that he goes after black professional athletes.

For funsies as an addendum, Tom Brady skipped the White House trip this year and Trump still hasn't said poo poo about Jimmy Kimmel basically tanking the healthcare push. Trump attacks black professional athletes with more passion than he attacks the KKK.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

facialimpediment posted:


And if politics ain't your thing, a bunch of women in bikinis decided to twerk on an elevator for Snapchat, then in rolls Bill Nye https://twitter.com/madisonbubb/status/911312905718554624

The best news of the day.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

facialimpediment posted:

For funsies as an addendum, Tom Brady skipped the White House trip this year and Trump still hasn't said poo poo about Jimmy Kimmel basically tanking the healthcare push. Trump attacks black professional athletes with more passion than he attacks the KKK.

And Nazis. Don't forget literal, torch-waving, genocide-advocating, protester-murdering Nazis.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.
Willing to bet most the warriors will follow curry's lead

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
I mean, how hard do you have to try to look petty.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
pahahah

https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/911610455877021697

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Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

suboptimal posted:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911572182060453893

Just once would I like to see Trump go after white supremacists or alt-right fuckers with 25% of the vigor that he goes after black professional athletes.

Edit: beaten

Same but anyone on Facebook.

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