SD Jarhead
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KBR Ineptitude Kills Soldier(s).
There's no excuse for this. And will anyone be surprised to learn that a government contractor, seeking to rape the taxpayers for every last penny, cut corners and placed our soldiers at risk, needlessly.
No excuses.
Without all the usual bantering, I agree this is criminal and charges should be filed. I have found the defense contractor world to be full of fraud, waste and abuse...and I work for one! While I'm not certain that the CEO and Board are responsible for this, clearly someone is responsible for this neglect. Wrong is wrong- political BS aside.
Net-net: Someone needs to be prosecuted for this gross neglect.
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Sometimes you can tell when a kids three. Lisps aren't fake they're really the way they talk. I have friends with lisps and friends who don't have them but are gay.
You can believe what you want to believe but my final question is why would anyone choose to be gay?
To answer your last question first- Who the Eff knows? I explained a personal story in another thread about my sister, but to be clear, I don't necessarily think her situation is the norm. What makes a man prefer a dudes behind over the snapper is way beyond my level of comprehension. I do understand a lesbian wanting snapper though
Just kidding.Look, I think we can agree to disagree on this. I have a friend from high school who lives here in San Diego who was gay and got kicked out of the Navy for it. In fact, he was over for dinner two weeks ago. He has shunned the homosexual lifestyle and for the record, he isn't a religious person (so don't go trying to blame this on religion). He now says he is asexual. I really don't get into depth about his sexual orientation because it really isn't an issue for me. He's a good dude and that's the bottom line.
Regarding the lisp, my personal experience is with a buddies brother who we hung around for years. While he might've felt gay his entire life, he didn't 'develop' a lisp until he came out of the closet to his family and friends. And boy does he have a lisp! That to me is a psychological thing that homosexual men do to broadcast that they're gay. I just find it amusing how this suddenly develops.
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I may have misspoke when I said genetic but there is scientific evidence of differences in brain structure.
"While this is not a litmus test for sexual orientation, this finding could prove to be one additional valuable piece of information for physicians and individuals who are trying to determine their sexual orientation. Sometimes people aren't sure of their sexual orientation.", she said.
An analysis based on the size of the corpus callosum, and test scores scores on language, visual spatial and finger dexterity could "predict sexual orientation in 95 % of the cases", said Witelson.
Still, the direct genetic factor is not the only aspect that could explain this difference. In women, the corpus callosum is much bigger than in men. That's why women have their brain functions more distributed, while men have a more "asymmetrical" brain, with more specialized areas and, for example, a stroke on the left hemisphere, which can induce speech loss, it is more devastating for men. This means that homosexuals have more "womenized" brains (as found also by tests exploring their behavioral skills), fact that could be explained by hormonal ratios and balances in the womb. Indeed, this imbalance could have a genetic reason, but not necessarily.
There is as yet no known genetic link for homosexual behavior. No doubt such
complex behavior would be controlled by a number of genes so, if there is a
genetic "cause", it will probably be a group of genes. There are a number of
species that exhibit unusual sexual behavior from time to time, depending on
environmental situations. Primates, rodents and birds I know (there are
probably more of which I am not aware ) exhibit examples of what one might
call homosexual behavior. Crowded conditions will often lead to a variety
of unusual behaviors in animals.
Homosexual behavior is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world’s largest study of twins.
I like the use of words like "could" and "probably". So the brain thing tries to explain why men are homo's but what about butch dikes? What about the 'pitchers? Did the lisp develop when their brain grew? I didn't see that addressed. I don't have a beef with you Steeley, but the FACT is that there is currently no proven scientific data that proves this is a genetic trait. It just may turn out to be so, but can we agree that at this point there is no scientific evidence that proves this to be the case?
Unlike McKinley, I'm not calling you names for your belief. I may be wrong in mine, but my belief is based on the old fairytale that everyone here loves to discount and until mankind proves that it is genetic, I'll believe what I believe.
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Ralph Wilson is a man that any true Bills fan owes a great debt of gratitude. He is an old fashioned man of honor. He very easily could've deserted a dying city for greener monetary pastures but didn't. I am proud to call myself a Bills fan because of the character of this man. Has he been a perfect owner and made all the right choices? Of course not. But he has displayed a degree of loyalty to the city of Buffalo that is extremely rare in this day and age where most businesspeople will compromise ethics for a quick buck. Look at our country right now and the corporate greed that permeates the CEO's of major corporations.
While the Bills continue to break my heart, I will always be thankful to Ralph Wilson for keeping my hometown team where they belong. God Bless him and may he continue to grace the earth for many more years. Because, once he passes, we all know what that means.
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A person can lose weight they can't change their DNA. Stupid post.
Link? Who has proven that this is a genetic trait? Just sayin...
Oh, nevermind, I'm a bigot. Ignore me and respond to Elligant Idiot's thoughtful postings...
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Arguing about the word "deviant" is a futile argument - it depends on the definition of a social norm, which will vary with no real answer by person.
One definition could be "Since 95% of human society is heterosexual, homosexuality is a deviant behavior". Another argument could be "since lots of species have a small group of homosexual individuals, with an increasing percentage as the species becomes overpopulated, it is rather normal to have homosexual behavior."
Both are valid attempts to define the word "normal", and I suspect that based upon whether you agree or disagree with gay marriage depends on which definition you pick.
I agree with you. Call me old school, but my definition is just that. And FTR, I have a sister who is homosexual. I don't hate her, I love her. But I also need to explain that she has other issues as well and some of them deal with social adjustment and being grossly overweight. She 'discovered' her homosexuality about three years ago.
So before you flamethrowers jump in and start hurling your insults, you should know how my mother and family unanimously view this revelation. First of all, she is accepted by all siblings and my mother, who is our sole surviving parent. BUT, all including myself view this as an attention grab. If you knew my sister you'd understand. She would regularly fabricate drama to bring attention to herself especially around the holidays and has medically diagnosed personality disorder. This also carries over to her job, where she regularly would fabricate drama and how she held onto the job as long as she did, I don't know. But that is just her. I (we) honestly think she is homosexual because it makes her different and accepted into a group.
I could go on in depth about the countless reason why we have come to this conclusion, but need to go to work. I also do not apply my experience with my sister as a baseline of all homosexuals. So let me pre-emptively send out a big F-U to Ellegant Idiot and the usual flamethrowers who instead of having an intelligent discussion will resort to their usual drivel of name calling.
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You don't think we know how to do that to China?
You sure about that?
The only secure computer is one that is not connected to a network and locked in a room that no one in the world has access to.
Steely, I am sure that our Sipr Net has been compromised on at least one occasion.
As far as businesses are concerned, think about this- if you're an E-commerce company and hackers infiltrate your network demanding money or else they will release customer info, make the breach public, etc. don't you think that 100% of the companies are going to pay up to avoid the embarassment and worse, the loss of confidence in their security?
My brother in law owns a network security company and attends Defcon in Vegas every year. He shares stories of how saavy the hackers are. The whole biometrics technology from a few years ago that 'they' said couldn't be hacked or counterfeited? Hacked. As I'm sure you know, as soon as we build a better mousetrap, they build a smarter mouse.
I do have faith and confidence in our abilities, but the Chinks have some pretty smart MF'ers, and a whole pool of billions to choose from. I remember the comparison in Friedman's "World is Flat" book that if you're a one in a million genius here, there's 325 of you here. In China there's 1321 people like you.
At the end of the day, it may not be a state sponsored attack, but a criminal organization with state backing.
And hear me clearly- All I'm saying is this is something we need to be concerned about as these stories become more and more common.
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Are you still on that tirade little man? Get a grip loser.
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Just a little side note for some of you.
Federal Law and Military Procurement Rules and Regulations prohibit use of materials which originate from or are manufactured in Non-Nato Countries from being used in Classified Systems.
The chips in the $699 Laptop you got on sale at Best Buy are definitely not the same as the chips in the $(Classified) Laptop being used by the Engineering Officer of the Watch on a Nuclear Submarine.
And as far as the cyber-war fears are concerned, remember one thing, a computer has to be connected to a network in order to hack into that network. Ya can't always get there from here...
Are you referring to the undersea fiber lines? I still wonder who was behind those lines being cut a few months ago. But if not, then I'm unsure what you're referring to...
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Don't you read your NMCI User Communications
That's what I was referring to in my response to you...
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So now homosexuality is "deviant behavior" and the military is a "club", huh? The Boy Scouts, now that's a privately owned club. They can do whatever they want. The military, that's a government entity and should not be allowed to discriminate based on behavior a person has no control over.
Homosexuality is deviant behavior. It isn't normal in my book. Since when hasn't is been deviant behavior?
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Hey Jarhead, did you remember to remove your thumb drive
The funnt thing is I read that on the net but didn't know what was up until someone told me today that there was an article on Fox about why. I'm telling you, those Communist bastards are up to no good. How deeply they've penetrated is what concerns me the most.
I honestly hope we have a similar capability and are doing the same thing to them. It seems like they're laying a giant snare and we're about to step in it.
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This is a subject I have followed for some time that I think we don't pay near enough attention to but is a very real threat.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...e-US-power.html
China has mapped our electric grid across the country and knows how to turn it off at will (they're responsible for two major outages). They've also penetrated our military network system numerous times over. And I'm not just talking about our non-secure network. They've hacked the Secretary of Commerce's computer. We only vaguely know how many major corporations have been compromised because they don't let it out publicly because of the embarassment.
I want to believe we're doing the same thing to them, but they seem to be stealing our secrets at will.
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She pardoned a turkey, not all of the turkeys! But it was funny watching that dude in the background going about his business.
And yes Dante, wild turkey tastes great.
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A great example of a 'new' Democrat that I would support is Jim Webb. I read his book "A Time to Fight" and really like his viewpoint. It's a good read about where he feels Republicans have gone wrong.
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No. The merchant marine fleet is essentially unarmed.
I respectfully disagree with your premise that we should do something in this case. The Saudis own the cargo. Let them build their own navy and police the high seas on their own behalf. We and they (the Saudis) ostensibly fought the "war on terror" "over there" so we each wouldn't fight it on our own soil. Enough's enough. They're a spineless bunch of ingrates like the Kuwaitis who wouldn't take up arms to defend their own selves, wives, families and country. They'd rather buy off the bad guys or pay for the service of being rid of them - which is much as they value women - like a pack of cigarettes. This is their MO and they're repeating it now by negotiating with these "pirates".
This is nothing new. From before the First Barbary War, the world's been set upon by cockroaches and vermin such as these "pirate" criminals. I say, if a US ship or citizens are attacked and/or held hostage - give them the full force of our military in reprisal - and/or send in the SEALS at midnight to cut their throats and throw their entrails overboard. However, absent an assault upon our direct interests - let the buyer (cargo owner) beware and suffer the consequences of their own actions or inactions as the case may be.
I'm with you. Let the other nations police their own. But if they screw with our ships...it's on!
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I agree with you, and if they think the lower and middle class has been hurt by the current GOP, which they have, they will be killed by the liberal policies of big gov't of both parties where it will wipe out the wealth of the entire country to a select few. Recessions have depressions have nothing on hyperinflation.
The world will eventually not buy our treasury notes as we become more insolvent. When that day happens I want to hear the cries of more "programs". Programs are parasitic on creative expansions of the economy. All of the welfare fairies and "anyone who applies is disabled" days are over, destroying it for anyone who could have been helped by other means provided before the New Deal, while simultaneously destroying the New Deal with lack of funds.
The entire argument against capitalism is a sham, although I admit it has it's faults and cannot be perfect. Today's regulated capitalism is corporatism, which is not a measure of the ideology as it is neo-capitalism not the real deal. If people want to study what capitalism should be look at this country from 1861-1920. We had money and growing economically with savings and production. Now most of our economy is consumption, which is horrific to anyone with any semblance of what that means to a country.
We turned to socialism, and this "spreading the wealth" argument against dems is misleading as it applies to liberal Republicans as well. The GOP had it's time to make a mark against socialism, they failed and gave us corporatism and increased socialism. While both seem diametrically opposed they are not, they are brothers of totalitarianism where the one (corporatism) feeds the other (socialism) creating a dependence and eventually destroying liberty.
People don't vote on principles, they vote on greed and personal gain. When I voted this year I voted for someone who, in effect, would have done tremendous damage to my business, but it was the true liberty candidate. A guy like Ron Paul has no shot in this country when statesmen are treated like lions: caged or dead.
Great post...spot on.
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Actually, they're called "Froot Loops".
Probably because it would be fraud to imply they have anything to do with fruit.
As many of them as there are around here, you'd think he'd know how to spell their name.
That was my cheap shot for the day. Enjoy!
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Just because they're irate?
Ooops...fixed. We've got enough irate people here...we don't need 'em off Somalia either damnit!
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Seriously...is the world helpless against these guys? I know absolutely nothing about shipping, but how can these small crafts assume control of larger ships? arent the crews of these ships armed? Not looking to start an argument, so calm down Elegant Idiot and NozzleNUT...just trying to understand.
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This is it...the season is over. WTF are we doing letting this scrub team the 'quit on itself' beat us? We're done. Another year of frustration.
I love this team, unfortunately it's in my blood, but I don't know how much more of this schit I can take. !@#$!
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OMG, I hope Bush doesn't get any crazy ideas!
You might want to worry about your buddy Barry...Unless you think Biden was talking out his arse a few weeks ago. I've got a feeling there's going to big a big bang of some kind in our near future. Just my gut instinct telling me this.
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Then why isn't he pandering to Canada? Everyone knows the good weed comes from BC these days...
BTW Chef...I dropped a doe this past Tuesday on Pendleton and am having it processed. I'll PM you once I get it back to hook you up with some venison. My planned trip to NY was canc'ed because of work commitments, so I'm officially depressed- no whitetail for me this year...
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Columbia is one of the few remaining Central/South American nations where we still have friendly relations with the Gov't. The Gov't there has been at war with a narco-funded insurgency for going on 10 years. They also have been a key ally in the "War on Drugs".
I feel they're important because if we don't support their democratic governement they could become buddies with Chavez, who, in case you haven't noticed is buying cooperation from impoverished nations there with petro dollars and his anti-american, socialist rhetoric.
In my opinion, this is a deal we should make to support our ally. Just like our relationship with Mexico isn't a perfect one, it is a very important one.
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Did you make that up little man or read it on Daily Kooks? You're a witty dude for a retard!