The random thought thread

[nekowaiidesu]

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there are thousands of homeless veterans living on the street everyday in America.... but if you come here illegally, the government will provide you with housing - food - money - education and medical care.
The military was promised care after the left the military... now it is hard for them to: find a job - get medical care - have/keep their homes and have enough to eat sometimes. Ironic

Strange how USA puts so much emphasis on patriotism and defending your country and 'freedom'. They most likely tell kids that they'll be heroes to get them recruited.. And when they get back with PTSD, disabilities, violent tendencies, etc, struggling to live a normal civilian life, the State just turns it back on them.

Even here in ZAR, there are many men (they'd be around 50+ years old) that came back from Angola and were never debriefed or offered counselling, no crisis interventions or psychological assessments etc. So many of them turned to the bottle or drugs to try cope. Even worse end up in prison or dead. Very sad.

"Paid vacation to a foreign land, Uncle Sam does the best he can!"

[allan]

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One guy who came back from Angola had his toe bitten of by a cannibal while sleeping.

[SwisSeV]

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Strange how USA puts so much emphasis on patriotism and defending your country and 'freedom'. They most likely tell kids that they'll be heroes to get them recruited.. And when they get back with PTSD, disabilities, violent tendencies, etc, struggling to live a normal civilian life, the State just turns it back on them.

Even here in ZAR, there are many men (they'd be around 50+ years old) that came back from Angola and were never debriefed or offered counselling, no crisis interventions or psychological assessments etc. So many of them turned to the bottle or drugs to try cope. Even worse end up in prison or dead. Very sad.

"Paid vacation to a foreign land, Uncle Sam does the best he can!"

Some vets fall through the cracks, but to say the US turns it's back on them is silly. I don't like how you put freedom in quotes, If you talk to any american you would know that freedom is a core value here.

In my opinion the US is the best place to live in the world, and there is nothing wrong with being proud of that. The best part is everyone is welcome to immigrate here and live the life they want.

There is your injection of positivism for the day.

[SwisSeV]

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I didn't want to mention the " freedom " thing.. but as an American I did take offense to that.. and YES America -= IS =- the best place on the planet to live. We have our problems ( esp with the left leaning idjets trying to put us into a 3rd world type state.)
IF America is soooo bad to live in, WHY are there sooo many people trying to break the laws and jump the borders to get here? If you try that in Mexico.. you get put in jail, IRAN? oh they would rather kill you than look twice.
It hasn't been until recent times that the vets have been poohed upon. I know I have sat with them in the two local VA hospitals here in NC. IT breaks my heart to hear how the NAM vets were treated by the " liberal young" when they came back from war... or to hear the stories from our men and women that came back from the 'sandbox' where they had to "wait until fired upon " to be able to defend themselves.
My Dad and two uncles were vets from WWII.. they were in different parts of the world and got treated very well by the people in the countries they were involved in.... Give me back the good old days where MOST Americans were prouod to be just that ... AMERICANS!

HEY!! I AM the young liberal you're talking about! ... I forgive you though, I get where you're coming from.
With the elections going on, everyone is very focused on what separates us Americans, it's not said enough that we actually agree on a lot of the most important issues too. Hopefully when the smoke clears in a few months we can focus on what pulls us together again.

[SwisSeV]

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Agreed. There should be less bashing, and more informed conversation and arguments. I like to confronted by people who disagree and argue with the beliefs I hold. If that never happened I wouldn't grow as much. Also, when debating each other, We should all steelman our opponents point of view, if we don't than we are doing ourselves a disservice.

[roho]

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Another hot muggy one here in the North American North East. It's like the tropics here the last week especially. I'm sure I'll be getting nothing but warehouse and construction site calls today, or stuck in the sweaty shop, I'm destined to be hot, sweaty, and covered with toner, I can just feel it!

[slimslob]

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Another hot muggy one here in the North American North East. It's like the tropics here the last week especially. I'm sure I'll be getting nothing but warehouse and construction site calls today, or stuck in the sweaty shop, I'm destined to be hot, sweaty, and covered with toner, I can just feel it!

we in NC have been in the low to mid 90's with equal humidity.... and yes I your pain Brother.

We are going into another heat wave here in Bakersfield. 98 today, 101 tomorrow climbing the 107 for Monday and Tuesday.

[fixthecopier]

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My wife found out I had been cheating when she discovered the letters I had been hiding. She swore she would never play scrabble with me again.

[NeoMatrix]

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My wife found out I had been cheating when she discovered the letters I had been hiding. She swore she would never play scrabble with me again.

Lucky English is your preferred scrabble language. She would never play with you again if a French letter turned up out of place....

[NeoMatrix]

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We are going into another heat wave here in Bakersfield. 98 today, 101 tomorrow climbing the 107 for Monday and Tuesday.

No good on the heat-wave...

Couple of days ago we had a 4.4 magnitude earth quake down an out from the coast line .
Really odd, because we don't get earth quakes around this part of Australia.
I'm watching to see if there are any cyclones/hurricanes that form or gyrate around that area of coast in the coming months.

The earth is changing. No doubt about climate change being real...

[Tricky]

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Lucky English is your preferred scrabble language. She would never play with you again if a French letter turned up out of place....

Especially a used French letter

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[mbcruzin]

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we in NC have been in the low to mid 90's with equal humidity.... and yes I your pain Brother.

Mid to High 90's with almost 100% humidity here in the low country of SC. Plus it looks like it will stay this way till December!!!!!!!

[blackcat4866]

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Mid to High 90's with almost 100% humidity here in the low country of SC. Plus it looks like it will stay this way till December!!!!!!!

I can't understand why it's jamming! ... yes, it is the same paper we left in the tray last June. How did you know?

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[slimslob]

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I can't understand why it's jamming! ... yes, it is the same paper we left in the tray last June. How did you know?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]33860[/ATTACH]

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I had one in a metal construction warehouse where they would leave the paper in the machine over night. The first ten to twenty copies coming out rolled themselves into inch and a quarter diameter tubes.

[Iowatech]

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A collection of pictures from the MRO's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE):

HiRISE | Image Catalog

(Open the link at your own peril.)

(There are a LOT of pictures here.)