3 active-duty Marines charged in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

[ThatOwlWoman]

Once again Bitch. When an where did your or any of your limpdick liberal family serve. Be specific.

Oh, let's see. A distant relative served in a Michigan regiment during the Civil War and died from his injuries later on. A great-uncle in World War I. He died later from mustard gas poisoning. Two uncles served in World War II; one died later of service-related injuries. My dad was born with a congenital hip deformity so couldn't serve in combat in the WWII era. However, he did earn a masters degree in chemistry in 1940 and worked on a small part of the Manhattan project. My brothers both served during the Vietnam War era. My sons served in the post-VN-war era. My oldest son was a lieutenant on a nuke sub; the youngest in the reserves stateside.

Any more nosy doxing questions, you dumbass fucking Reichtard loser? *kissies* Tip: Don't fuck with people who know how to research their ancestors.

 

[Theywillneverlearn!]

Oh, let's see. A distant relative served in a Michigan regiment during the Civil War and died from his injuries later on. A great-uncle in World War I. He died later from mustard gas poisoning. Two uncles served in World War II; one died later of service-related injuries. My dad was born with a congenital hip deformity so couldn't serve in combat in the WWII era. However, he did earn a masters degree in chemistry in 1940 and worked on a small part of the Manhattan project. My brothers both served during the Vietnam War era. My sons served in the post-VN-war era. My oldest son was a lieutenant on a nuke sub; the youngest in the reserves stateside.

Any more nosy doxing questions, you dumbass fucking Reichtard loser? *kissies* Tip: Don't fuck with people who know how to research their ancestors.

That is all good. When and where did you serve? Be specific now.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

However, he did earn a masters degree in chemistry in 1940 and worked on a small part of the Manhattan project.

OOoh, that sounds interesting! So was he involved in the nuclear chemistry stuff? (My favorite non-fiction book, hands down, is Richard Rhodes "Making of the Atomic Bomb"....one of the COOLEST books on history, politics and science I've ever read.

My area of chemistry was nowhere near as exciting...and frankly I don't think I'd have the guts to do much with nuclear materials like that. I was a visiting grad student at Argonne in Chicago eons ago and got to briefly tour one of the scarier wings where they had handled a lot of the really high level stuff (glove boxes and geiger counters all around).

 

[Theywillneverlearn!]

OOoh, that sounds interesting! So was he involved in the nuclear chemistry stuff? (My favorite non-fiction book, hands down, is Richard Rhodes "Making of the Atomic Bomb"....one of the COOLEST books on history, politics and science I've ever read.

My area of chemistry was nowhere near as exciting...and frankly I don't think I'd have the guts to do much with nuclear materials like that. I was a visiting grad student at Argonne in Chicago eons ago and got to briefly tour one of the scarier wings where they had handled a lot of the really high level stuff (glove boxes and geiger counters all around).

I believe you. You seem like the kind of "chemist" that would be more into chemically castrating children to make them trannies.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

I believe you. You seem like the kind of "chemist" that would be more into chemically castrating children to make them trannies.

Go fuck yourself.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

OOoh, that sounds interesting! So was he involved in the nuclear chemistry stuff? (My favorite non-fiction book, hands down, is Richard Rhodes "Making of the Atomic Bomb"....one of the COOLEST books on history, politics and science I've ever read.

My area of chemistry was nowhere near as exciting...and frankly I don't think I'd have the guts to do much with nuclear materials like that. I was a visiting grad student at Argonne in Chicago eons ago and got to briefly tour one of the scarier wings where they had handled a lot of the really high level stuff (glove boxes and geiger counters all around).

I don't know. I was in my 30s when he finally answered my questions about his role. As you know, the Manhattan project was broken up into little bits and no one in one little bit knew what or if other little groups where working on. He didn't deal with radioactive materials. His group's focus was on the trigger that set off the fusion reaction.

My parents were super freaky about any public display of political or national affiliations. They didn't find the 1950s as fascinating as our typical Reichwing "life was better back then" idiots do. They knew what happens when an extremist govt. comes to your door.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

I don't know. I was in my 30s when he finally answered my questions about his role. As you know, the Manhattan project was broken up into little bits and no one in one little bit knew what or if other little groups where working on. He didn't deal with radioactive materials. His group's focus was on the trigger that set off the fusion reaction.

Interesting. One day I was sitting in my house reading a history of radar in WWII when I found out a very famous nobel laureate had come from my little podunk home town. Since he would have been active around the time my folks were young I called my mom to see if they had ever heard of this guy. She said that my dad had been friends with this guy's sister. I NEVER FRICKIN' KNEW MY HOMETOWN WAS THE HOME OF A NOBEL LAUREATE AND I CERTAINLY NEVER KNEW MY DAD KNEW THE FAMILY!!!! Gah!

As for the non-radioactive trigger stuff, that stands to reason. Hilariously a large number of chemists I've worked with over the years have gone into the field specifically because they wanted to blow stuff up. One guy I worked with in a postdoc went on to become a military munitions chemist.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Interesting. One day I was sitting in my house reading a history of radar in WWII when I found out a very famous nobel laureate had come from my little podunk home town. Since he would have been active around the time my folks were young I called my mom to see if they had ever heard of this guy. She said that my dad had been friends with this guy's sister. I NEVER FRICKIN' KNEW MY HOMETOWN WAS THE HOME OF A NOBEL LAUREATE AND I CERTAINLY NEVER KNEW MY DAD KNEW THE FAMILY!!!! Gah!

As for the non-radioactive trigger stuff, that stands to reason. Hilariously a large number of chemists I've worked with over the years have gone into the field specifically because they wanted to blow stuff up. One guy I worked with in a postdoc went on to become a military munitions chemist.

Blowing stuff up sounds like a lot more fun than what my dad ended up doing -- making Astroturf and ag chemicals, including Round-Up. Yep, he worked his entire career for the Greenies' hated Monsanto. lol

That is so cool that your parents knew that guy!

Here's some irony for you. Once while walking the paths at Missouri Botanical Gardens with my dad, we met a small group of gray-haired sci guys, one of which Dad knew. So introductions were made, and they were gracious enough to shake my hand too. A few weeks later I went to get the mail and was shocked to see one of those gray-hairs on the cover of a magazine. I think it was Time. It was this guy, who among other things was instrumental in getting the nuclear test ban treaty signed due to his research about the effects of fallout from aerial testing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Commoner

 

[Saint Guinefort]

Blowing stuff up sounds like a lot more fun than what my dad ended up doing -- making Astroturf and ag chemicals, including Round-Up. Yep, he worked his entire career for the Greenies' hated Monsanto. lol

Before I deviated over into chemistry I was fully on the train to work in coal or petroleum. That was my area of geochem. Now I'm kind of glad I wound up in the boring end of chemistry. As I've grown older I'm wondering if I would have found a way to justify working in coal or oil knowing what it is doing to the environment. (Still love that chemistry, though.)

Here's some irony for you. Once while walking the paths at Missouri Botanical Gardens with my dad, we met a small group of gray-haired sci guys, one of which Dad knew. So introductions were made, and they were gracious enough to shake my hand too. A few weeks later I went to get the mail and was shocked to see one of those gray-hairs on the cover of a magazine. I think it was Time. It was this guy, who among other things was instrumental in getting the nuclear test ban treaty signed due to his research about the effects of fallout from aerial testing.

WOAH! That's wild!


(I got to spend a year working in St. Louis. Loved that town. I think we talked earlier....if I had remained in St. L. I would have moved closer to Talaynas or The Hill and grown so large I wouldn't be able to move on my own. Best Italian food in the entire US!)

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Before I deviated over into chemistry I was fully on the train to work in coal or petroleum. That was my area of geochem. Now I'm kind of glad I wound up in the boring end of chemistry. As I've grown older I'm wondering if I would have found a way to justify working in coal or oil knowing what it is doing to the environment. (Still love that chemistry, though.)



WOAH! That's wild!


(I got to spend a year working in St. Louis. Loved that town. I think we talked earlier....if I had remained in St. L. I would have moved closer to Talaynas or The Hill and grown so large I wouldn't be able to move on my own. Best Italian food in the entire US!)

That's no lie! The restaurants are one of the very few things I miss about St. Louis.

Did you end up working at one of the big chem companies?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I don't know. I was in my 30s when he finally answered my questions about his role. As you know, the Manhattan project was broken up into little bits and no one in one little bit knew what or if other little groups where working on. He didn't deal with radioactive materials. His group's focus was on the trigger that set off the fusion reaction.

My parents were super freaky about any public display of political or national affiliations. They didn't find the 1950s as fascinating as our typical Reichwing "life was better back then" idiots do. They knew what happens when an extremist govt. comes to your door.

The concern about the spread of communism was strong...and not just McCarthyism hype. Both Truman and Kennedy understood it enough to use US troops to fight it in both Korea and Vietnam along with smaller areas around the world.

Much of my time in the military during the 80s was focused upon limiting the spread of communism/marxism in South and Central America. El Salvador, Grenada and Nicaragua being among the significant events in those years.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

That's no lie! The restaurants are one of the very few things I miss about St. Louis.

Did you end up working at one of the big chem companies?

Sort of. I wound up doing formulation work related to paper coatings. In no way particularly sexy or particularly groundbreaking but science is fun at all levels!