trump Loses Another $7 Million Per Year

[Althea]

A mental acuity test? That can be taken in a few ways.

LMAO

Person Woman Man Camera T.V.

'Nobody can do it'.

[Doc Dutch]

LMAO

Person Woman Man Camera T.V.

'Nobody can do it'.

All that HIPAA stuff gets in the way, but if Trump ever comes up on charges, there's a good chance they'll use some form of mental deficiency defense either in the trial or in sentencing.

[Doc Dutch]

We've lost every military encounter since WW2. Desert Storm achieved its goal, but that was a minor skirmish. The end of the draft may or may not have accounted for relative peace, as plenty of people enlisted in the 70s/80s/90s because it was a safe way to serve a few years and get free college/perks.

Many got caught with their pants down when Dubyah took charge and let Cheney run the country. I think the stench of Vietnam had more to do with lasting peace than the end of the draft.

Are you forgetting the first time we elected an adulterous, sexual predator draft-dodging Coward-in-Chief? Remember how he wanted to turn the US military into the World Police in both Bosnia and Haiti? There was even a movie about it in 2004; Team America: World Police.

Then, of course, Clinton fucked up the al-Qaeda response in 1998. So, yes, another military failure thanks to Democrats.

[Althea]

All that HIPAA stuff gets in the way, but if Trump ever comes up on charges, there's a good chance they'll use some form of mental deficiency defense either in the trial or in sentencing.

It's all they're going to have, but illiteracy doesn't negate knowledge of right/wrong.

Of course, we've already seen privileged kids literally get away with murder by using the 'affluenza' defense.

[Doc Dutch]

It's all they're going to have, but illiteracy doesn't negate knowledge of right/wrong.

Of course, we've already seen privileged kids literally get away with murder by using the 'affluenza' defense.

Is there any doubt Trump would throw a billion dollars at it and just retire with his other billion in Mar-a-Lago?

[Althea]

Is there any doubt Trump would throw a billion dollars at it and just retire with his other billion in Mar-a-Lago?

Well...if the last 5 years haven't been loaded with enough 'firsts', the next year most certainly will.

[Doc Dutch]

Well...if the last 5 years haven't been loaded with enough 'firsts', the next year most certainly will.

Maybe Bob Dylan is right after all.

[T. A. Gardner]

Agreed on MOS. Anything technical was bigger bucks in the long run.

In the late 80s-90s enlisted personnel often tripled their salary upon leaving the service for the civilian sector. Officers often took a 50-75% cut in pay but often tripled their service pay in the long run. Mostly through upper-middle management or technical specialties.

When I left active duty in 1985 and went into the reserves, my NEC, 3384, reenlistment bonus package for 4 more years active was:

Automatic promotion to next pay grade
$100 a month "proficiency" pay extra
Duty station of my choice for 18 or 24 months (18 if not nuclear power)
$70,000 reenlistment bonus, half in cash up front.
Navy school of my choice.

They were getting about 1 in 8 guys to take that.

Where active duty was anything but fun, the reserve side was enjoyable and interesting.

Nuclear power school made college a breeze as classes were easy compared to the "cram school" approach the Navy used--I will say that NPS was the first time I was truly academically challenged beyond high school.