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Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec
Date: 10/01/2013 10:26:27
Good Morning.
Today is our 4,377th day in Afghanistan.
We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,275
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,103
We find this morning's cost of war passing through:
$ 1, 476, 939, 975, 000 . 00
It's actually been a quiet week. I've got a couple of disconnected things to write about, and this actually clears my clipboard. Time to start skimming away again.
We'll start in Afghanistan. How many of you are connected to a "family business", or know somebody that is? A friend of mine is now running a local hardware store that his father started, and of course my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all working musicians, so you know what I mean. In Afghanistan, the family business is war.
It's a bit jarring to think, but in the United States we also have some families where their business is war; but of course we take a slightly different tactic on the whole thing. Nevertheless, some businesses are a closed environment, and make little sense to "outsiders". Of course the military is no exception. Despite many efforts over the last decade to connect military families to ordinary civilian experiences, there's still a vast divide between the two.
Finally this morning...you know I'm a bit of a history geek. (Who isn't, really?) and of course one of my specialty areas is aviation. You're probably aware that the United States has actually lost a number of nuclear weapons...an event that the military calls a "Broken Arrow". There is actually a missing bomb somewhere out in the Atlantic near Tybee Island, Georgia, but that's not what this is about today. We actually almost nuked Goldsboro, NC back about 1961.
At least with the government shut down this morning, there probably won't be any airborne nukes in your neighborhood, but you never know.
Today is our 4,377th day in Afghanistan.
We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,275
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,103
We find this morning's cost of war passing through:
It's actually been a quiet week. I've got a couple of disconnected things to write about, and this actually clears my clipboard. Time to start skimming away again.
We'll start in Afghanistan. How many of you are connected to a "family business", or know somebody that is? A friend of mine is now running a local hardware store that his father started, and of course my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all working musicians, so you know what I mean. In Afghanistan, the family business is war.
KABUL — Abdul Wali Fadaei is proud of his family history.
His father died when he drove an explosives-laden car into the capital’s upscale Hotel Inter-Continental in 2011, a brazen attack that killed 18 people, including seven militants.
His brothers — he won’t say how many or their ages — are studying to become suicide bombers.
Fadaei, 17, was arrested last year before he was able to detonate the explosives he’d transported in a Toyota from Kandahar to Kabul in order to kill Americans.
“The message my father left me when he became a martyr was that I should follow him,” Fadaei said, speaking in a matter-of-fact tone while sitting on a thin mattress in a small, dank room in Kabul’s government-run juvenile rehabilitation center.
“I regret my attack failed, but I gained by trying. I’ll decide about trying again after I’m out.”
Next to him sat Esmatullah Bilal, with a crew cut and an Abe Lincoln beard. He got caught with a 26-pound suicide vest shortly before a planned attack.
Bilal, who’s 17 too, doesn’t feel any remorse. Quite the opposite, in fact.
“I want to kill foreigners in Afghanistan,” he told a Western reporter, intensity emanating from his dark eyes. “If you live here, we’ll come after you and kill you. You’re lucky you’re so close and you’re not dead.”
It's a bit jarring to think, but in the United States we also have some families where their business is war; but of course we take a slightly different tactic on the whole thing. Nevertheless, some businesses are a closed environment, and make little sense to "outsiders". Of course the military is no exception. Despite many efforts over the last decade to connect military families to ordinary civilian experiences, there's still a vast divide between the two.
A soldier walks into a bar, sits down and meets a civilian. The civilian asks him, “So, have you ever killed anybody?”
Sounds like a joke, but it isn’t.
Soldiers say that’s one of the most outrageous questions civilians ask them, out of all of the ridiculous questions they hear.
Inspired by a YouTube video called “S--- Civilians Say to Veterans,” Army Times asked soldiers about the strangest, stupidest questions or comments they’ve had from civilians about their service.
Many answered. Their experiences reveal the scary truth of just how much civilians don’t get about being a soldier.
“If I’ve ever killed someone,” said Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Trepanier, who has served as a human resources tech since 1989, with four deployments. “Now I just look at them all crazy and say, ‘I'm about to!’ ”
“My own mother asked me more than once if I had killed many people while I was serving in Kosovo,” said former dental specialist Rafael Grajales Garrett, a 14-year veteran. “I loved my mother, but have to admit that the level of ignorance civilians display when it comes to the military and veterans is frightening.”
Finally this morning...you know I'm a bit of a history geek. (Who isn't, really?) and of course one of my specialty areas is aviation. You're probably aware that the United States has actually lost a number of nuclear weapons...an event that the military calls a "Broken Arrow". There is actually a missing bomb somewhere out in the Atlantic near Tybee Island, Georgia, but that's not what this is about today. We actually almost nuked Goldsboro, NC back about 1961.
One of two hydrogen bombs that a doomed B-52 accidentally dropped on North Carolina in 1961 came perilously close to exploding, according to a recently declassified report.
The 4-megaton Mark 39 bombs — each packing 260 times the explosive power of the weapon that decimated Hiroshima — broke loose over Goldsboro, N.C., as the bomber went into a tailspin and crashed.
All four safety mechanisms designed to prevent accidental detonation worked properly on one bomb, which landed in a meadow, but three failed on the other, and only a low-voltage switch kept it from exploding upon impact in a field in Faro, N.C., said the 1969 report.
Had the warhead exploded, radioactive fallout could have spread over the Eastern Seaboard, hitting Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
The accident happened just three days after President John F Kennedy was inaugurated in January 1961. Five of the eight crew members survived the crash.
The report was obtained by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser for his newest book, “Command and Control,” about the nuclear arms race. Schlosser found that between 1950 and 1968 alone, at least 700 “significant” accidents and incidents involving 1,250 nuclear weapons were recorded.
Mother Jones first reported Schlosser’s findings Sunday, and the Goldsboro incident attracted new attention Friday based on an article in the Guardian. The British paper also published the report, written by Parker F. Jones, the supervisor of the nuclear weapons safety department at Sandia National Laboratories.
At least with the government shut down this morning, there probably won't be any airborne nukes in your neighborhood, but you never know.
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Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 10/01/2013 12:12:11
trojanrabbit on 10/01/2013 12:12:11
Good morning.
Corporate network drives down. Wheeeee. I didn't realize there was a shutdown in the Netherlands as well.
Lucky is no longer eating on his own, so it's up to me to syringe feed him. Round 1 was last night, I'd say 1/3 got in him 1/3 got on him and 1/3 got on me. He fights it like the Tasmanian Devil. Same thing this morning. I have to get 4 full syringes into him, so that means fill 1, feed 1, fill 2, retrieve Lucky, feed 2....etc. The first syringe is by far the hardest, he accepts the 3rd, the 4th he's back to nasty. But I can still come up to him a half hour later and all seems forgiven.
Obama needs to carry a Board of Education into the House chamber and start administering.
Did I hear that they were banning all matches in the House chamber because the smell of alcohol was so strong?
Corporate network drives down. Wheeeee. I didn't realize there was a shutdown in the Netherlands as well.
Lucky is no longer eating on his own, so it's up to me to syringe feed him. Round 1 was last night, I'd say 1/3 got in him 1/3 got on him and 1/3 got on me. He fights it like the Tasmanian Devil. Same thing this morning. I have to get 4 full syringes into him, so that means fill 1, feed 1, fill 2, retrieve Lucky, feed 2....etc. The first syringe is by far the hardest, he accepts the 3rd, the 4th he's back to nasty. But I can still come up to him a half hour later and all seems forgiven.
Obama needs to carry a Board of Education into the House chamber and start administering.
Did I hear that they were banning all matches in the House chamber because the smell of alcohol was so strong?
Comment by 
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:16:44
Good morning.
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:16:44
Good morning.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 12:30:31
for Lucky.
for Rabbit
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:30:31
for Lucky. for Rabbit
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 12:34:03
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:34:03
Federal Twitter accounts are shutting down. WTOP reported that federal workers are being told to keep their communication devices in a secure area and to not use them....
and then they were told they will receive more information via email.
and then they were told they will receive more information via email.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 12:37:01
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:37:01
@7News 3m
Tours closed at USS Constitution, Bunker Hill monument, Faneuil Hall visitor center & Minute Man Nat'l Historic Park. http://on.whdh.com/18K3r0w
Comment by 
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 12:40:18
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 12:40:18
Morning 
Well on the plus side I made it to work in about 50 minutes.
Well on the plus side I made it to work in about 50 minutes.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 12:43:48
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:43:48
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning
Well on the plus side I made it to work in about 50 minutes.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 12:49:36
Raine on 10/01/2013 12:49:36
This comment was posted under this Wapo Article:
Good -- and sadly realistic, point.
I don't know how we can call ourselves an open, free, and transparent society if THOMAS shuts down and the American people can no longer follow the actual legislation and debate regarding the shutdown. Every other government website can shut down, but not the website that actually shows you the bills and resolutions. This makes us no better than the governments that shut down the Internet for censorship reasons during times of crisis.
Good -- and sadly realistic, point.
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 12:54:47
Two memes in one! Well done!
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 12:54:47
Quote by Raine:
Two memes in one! Well done!
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 12:56:20
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 12:56:20
Small irony. Today is the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park. Checkout the Google doodle.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 10/01/2013 13:01:58
Scoopster on 10/01/2013 13:01:58
Good morning all..
I just can't help but think about Reagan when I think about these idiots in Congress. They are truly aliens among us.
I just can't help but think about Reagan when I think about these idiots in Congress. They are truly aliens among us.
Comment by Scoopster on 10/01/2013 13:05:03
for Tri:
Scoopster on 10/01/2013 13:05:03
for Tri:
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 13:07:19
touche
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 13:07:19
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Morning
Well on the plus side I made it to work in about 50 minutes.
touche
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 13:07:40
Raine on 10/01/2013 13:07:40
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:08:29
That should been (Republicans in) etc. Lets keep hammering that point home, it is the Republicans who caused this. There is no they are both to blame nonsense.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:08:29
Quote by Scoopster:
That should been (Republicans in) etc. Lets keep hammering that point home, it is the Republicans who caused this. There is no they are both to blame nonsense.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:10:18
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:10:18
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 13:10:56
I'm pretty sure a friend of mine who works in Groveland at one of the hotels if gonna be hit by this too. With the fires and now this, that town was hit so hard this summer its ridiculous.
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 13:10:56
Quote by Mondobubba:
Small irony. Today is the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park. Checkout the Google doodle.
I'm pretty sure a friend of mine who works in Groveland at one of the hotels if gonna be hit by this too. With the fires and now this, that town was hit so hard this summer its ridiculous.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 13:12:49
Raine on 10/01/2013 13:12:49
Livin' you MUST purchase this today!
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 13:16:12
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 13:16:12
"did you try turning your government off and on again"
~as seen on tumblr
~as seen on tumblr
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:22:56
There is an enormous economic impact that the douchetards don't seem to understand. The gummit doesn't exist in a vacuum, it has real world impacts.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:22:56
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:
Small irony. Today is the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park. Checkout the Google doodle.
I'm pretty sure a friend of mine who works in Groveland at one of the hotels if gonna be hit by this too. With the fires and now this, that town was hit so hard this summer its ridiculous.
There is an enormous economic impact that the douchetards don't seem to understand. The gummit doesn't exist in a vacuum, it has real world impacts.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:30:34
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:30:34
Right now as we speak, there are people people on the Garden Island of Maui who aren't working. They do bike rides down the from the summit of Haleakala. It is huge tourist draw. People get up at 3 in the morning to do this. They go to the top of the mountain, they view the sunrise then get on bike and coast down to the sea.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 13:33:06
This is what people in general aren't seeing and understanding.
I just reposted Bobbers post from last week on the BoF --- I think it makes an important point.
Raine on 10/01/2013 13:33:06
Quote by Mondobubba:
Right now as we speak, there are people people on the Garden Island of Maui who aren't working. They do bike rides down the from the summit of Haleakala. It is huge tourist draw. People get up at 3 in the morning to do this. They go to the top of the mountain, they view the sunrise then get on bike and coast down to the sea.
I just reposted Bobbers post from last week on the BoF --- I think it makes an important point.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:50:02
Besides the disappointed body-nazis who wanted to ride down from the summit, there is a bride-to-be scrambling to make alternate plans since they can't have that sunrise or sunset wedding on the Roof of the World. Full disclosure, I have been to the summit of Haleakala. It is totally worth it. The sunset was magnificent.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 13:50:02
Quote by Raine:This is what people in general aren't seeing and understanding.Quote by Mondobubba:
Right now as we speak, there are people people on the Garden Island of Maui who aren't working. They do bike rides down the from the summit of Haleakala. It is huge tourist draw. People get up at 3 in the morning to do this. They go to the top of the mountain, they view the sunrise then get on bike and coast down to the sea.
I just reposted Bobbers post from last week on the BoF --- I think it makes an important point.
Besides the disappointed body-nazis who wanted to ride down from the summit, there is a bride-to-be scrambling to make alternate plans since they can't have that sunrise or sunset wedding on the Roof of the World. Full disclosure, I have been to the summit of Haleakala. It is totally worth it. The sunset was magnificent.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 13:50:38
Raine on 10/01/2013 13:50:38
Happy hour specials for the Shutdown. Please note -- Happy hours are on average starting at about 11-1130 am .
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 13:52:00
Raine on 10/01/2013 13:52:00
Urbana: The longer the shutdown goes, the cheaper it will be to drink at Urbana. Happy hour usually runs from 4 to 7 p.m. on weekdays, but for every day of the shutdown, happy hour will be extended by 60 minutes: It will run from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and so on. Specials include $7 cocktails, $6 glasses of red, white and sparkling wines, $5 bar bites and $1 oysters (served in quantities of six or 12).
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 13:57:21
Raine on 10/01/2013 13:57:21
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 14:07:47
Want to 
this. Read the last sentence.
Raine on 10/01/2013 14:07:47
Quote by Raine:
Federal Twitter accounts are shutting down. WTOP reported that federal workers are being told to keep their communication devices in a secure area and to not use them....
and then they were told they will receive more information via email.
this. Read the last sentence.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 14:17:23
Raine on 10/01/2013 14:17:23
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 14:22:32
Okay that makes some sense.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 14:22:32
Quote by Raine:
Okay that makes some sense.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 14:25:06
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 14:25:06
: 
I love red grapes, but I don't love the seeds :
I love red grapes, but I don't love the seeds :
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 14:43:45
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 14:43:45
John Boehner, you suck at your job.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 14:46:26
there are times I wonder if they didn't set him up as a fall guy
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 14:46:26
Quote by Mondobubba:
John Boehner, you suck at your job.
there are times I wonder if they didn't set him up as a fall guy
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:00:15
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:00:15
Quote by Raine:
Livin' you MUST purchase this today!
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:01:25
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:01:25
And yes, that is Shit flowing from Boehners hands...
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 15:05:14
eewwwww!
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 15:05:14
Quote by Raine:
And yes, that is Shit flowing from Boehners hands...
eewwwww!
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:08:17
I knew it cost a crap load more money to restart the gummit after a shut down, now I know why. Thankee, Raine.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:08:17
Quote by Raine:
this is fascinating
I knew it cost a crap load more money to restart the gummit after a shut down, now I know why. Thankee, Raine.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:18:39
Why you are welcome!
Someone on DU said that the websites closing down was all political theatre -- It appears as tho it's not, partly due to this law.
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:18:39
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I knew it cost a crap load more money to restart the gummit after a shut down, now I know why. Thankee, Raine.
Someone on DU said that the websites closing down was all political theatre -- It appears as tho it's not, partly due to this law.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:19:39
That's why the cover is so damn controversial. (I love it, btw ) Cess-Pols --- get it? 
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:19:39
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
And yes, that is Shit flowing from Boehners hands...
eewwwww!
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:40:14
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:40:14
and now, for something completely different.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:53:53
I've not seen it yet, but I did
This one's a hoot.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:53:53
Quote by Raine:
and now, for something completely different.
I've not seen it yet, but I did
This one's a hoot.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:54:51
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:54:51
PhukinIssa:
"You want to use the phrase constitutional mandate. I applaud you for using it," Cuomo said. "However, the mandate is for you to fund the government. Not for you to not fund the government. That's a decision you made here and you made it for the political reasons that you lay out."
"Chris, bless your heart, but not funding the government is part of funding it," Issa interjected. "If you have the right to fund the government, you have the right to fund the government to a lesser amount."
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:55:38
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:55:38
Mondo -- when you get home : WATCH IT. IT's awesome.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:56:38
I just did, we can watch the Youtubes at work again.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:56:38
Quote by Raine:
Mondo -- when you get home : WATCH IT. IT's awesome.
I just did, we can watch the Youtubes at work again.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:57:34
Issa is legend in his own tiny, deluded mind.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:57:34
Quote by Raine:
PhukinIssa:"You want to use the phrase constitutional mandate. I applaud you for using it," Cuomo said. "However, the mandate is for you to fund the government. Not for you to not fund the government. That's a decision you made here and you made it for the political reasons that you lay out."
"Chris, bless your heart, but not funding the government is part of funding it," Issa interjected. "If you have the right to fund the government, you have the right to fund the government to a lesser amount."
Issa is legend in his own tiny, deluded mind.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 15:57:58
Raine on 10/01/2013 15:57:58
OMG -- that was perfect too! That could have been Bob and I watching the show!
That could have been Bob and I watching the show!
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:58:48
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 15:58:48
Quote by Raine:
OMG -- that was perfect too!
Comment by BobR on 10/01/2013 16:11:18
I thought it was blood. Either way...
BobR on 10/01/2013 16:11:18
Quote by Raine:That's why the cover is so damn controversial. (I love it, btw ) Cess-Pols --- get it?Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
And yes, that is Shit flowing from Boehners hands...
eewwwww!
I thought it was blood. Either way...
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 16:16:12
That's brown, not red... I thought it was blood at first as well however after looking at it again -- they could have Photoshopped it to make it red.
It might be the most disgusting and brilliant cover of the daily news ever.
Raine on 10/01/2013 16:16:12
Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:That's why the cover is so damn controversial. (I love it, btw ) Cess-Pols --- get it?Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
And yes, that is Shit flowing from Boehners hands...
eewwwww!
I thought it was blood. Either way...
It might be the most disgusting and brilliant cover of the daily news ever.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 16:25:40
Raine on 10/01/2013 16:25:40
Can I officially say I feel sick?
I do not feel well at all. Head not unstuffed after sudafed. Aspirin not helping.
Throat sore.
blech.
I do not feel well at all. Head not unstuffed after sudafed. Aspirin not helping.
Throat sore.
blech.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 16:28:20
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 16:28:20
Quote by Raine:
Can I officially say I feel sick?
I do not feel well at all. Head not unstuffed after sudafed. Aspirin not helping.
Throat sore.
blech.
Comment by 
TriSec on 10/01/2013 16:36:25
TriSec on 10/01/2013 16:36:25
Comment by TriSec on 10/01/2013 16:39:03
TriSec on 10/01/2013 16:39:03
One other thing, Americans have been voting with their mice today.
Other states are reporting the same kind of traffic to their exchanges as well.
Due to overwhelming interest in the NY State of Health - including 2 million visits in the first 2 hours of the site launch - the health exchange is currently having log in issues. We encourage users who are unable to log in to come back to the site later when these issues will be resolved.
Other states are reporting the same kind of traffic to their exchanges as well.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 16:53:23
Clearly, it's a failure...
Raine on 10/01/2013 16:53:23
Quote by TriSec:
One other thing, Americans have been voting with their mice today.
Due to overwhelming interest in the NY State of Health - including 2 million visits in the first 2 hours of the site launch - the health exchange is currently having log in issues. We encourage users who are unable to log in to come back to the site later when these issues will be resolved.
Other states are reporting the same kind of traffic to their exchanges as well.
Comment by 
clintster on 10/01/2013 17:20:29
clintster on 10/01/2013 17:20:29
Hi everybody. I know, long time no see/hear/whatever, but it's been a pretty painful few weeks/months. Anyway, 2 things:
1) No that was not me on the line to Steph yesterday. I was a little busy getting myself ready for
2) an interview with a school here in GA. I have been playing phone tag with a school that needs a drama teacher immediately, and we finally got to arrange an interview yesterday. It seems to have gone well (although the other 17 interviews I've done over the past 18 months "went well" also) and they say they'll let me know by Friday.
It's been really difficult to try to keep an open heart and mind the past few months. I'm out of unemployment money and I had to tap into my teachers' retirement fund to maintain my bills. This could be it, or this could be just another "you're great and all, but we're going with someoneyounger more our speed." In any case, please keep me in your thoughts.
1) No that was not me on the line to Steph yesterday. I was a little busy getting myself ready for
2) an interview with a school here in GA. I have been playing phone tag with a school that needs a drama teacher immediately, and we finally got to arrange an interview yesterday. It seems to have gone well (although the other 17 interviews I've done over the past 18 months "went well" also) and they say they'll let me know by Friday.
It's been really difficult to try to keep an open heart and mind the past few months. I'm out of unemployment money and I had to tap into my teachers' retirement fund to maintain my bills. This could be it, or this could be just another "you're great and all, but we're going with someone
Comment by BobR on 10/01/2013 17:36:59
<-- awkward guy hug
BobR on 10/01/2013 17:36:59
Quote by clintster:
Hi everybody. I know, long time no see/hear/whatever, but it's been a pretty painful few weeks/months. Anyway, 2 things:
1) No that was not me on the line to Steph yesterday. I was a little busy getting myself ready for
2) an interview with a school here in GA. I have been playing phone tag with a school that needs a drama teacher immediately, and we finally got to arrange an interview yesterday. It seems to have gone well (although the other 17 interviews I've done over the past 18 months "went well" also) and they say they'll let me know by Friday.
It's been really difficult to try to keep an open heart and mind the past few months. I'm out of unemployment money and I had to tap into my teachers' retirement fund to maintain my bills. This could be it, or this could be just another "you're great and all, but we're going with someoneyoungermore our speed." In any case, please keep me in your thoughts.
<-- awkward guy hug
Comment by 
livingonli on 10/01/2013 17:43:55
livingonli on 10/01/2013 17:43:55
Good day, folks. Looks like a lot of people (and 1 kittie) need hugs today.
I have to guess, the Boner is at the bar that started happy hour at 11 AM.
I have to guess, the Boner is at the bar that started happy hour at 11 AM.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 17:44:36
you got it.
Raine on 10/01/2013 17:44:36
Quote by BobR:Quote by clintster:
Hi everybody. I know, long time no see/hear/whatever, but it's been a pretty painful few weeks/months. Anyway, 2 things:
1) No that was not me on the line to Steph yesterday. I was a little busy getting myself ready for
2) an interview with a school here in GA. I have been playing phone tag with a school that needs a drama teacher immediately, and we finally got to arrange an interview yesterday. It seems to have gone well (although the other 17 interviews I've done over the past 18 months "went well" also) and they say they'll let me know by Friday.
It's been really difficult to try to keep an open heart and mind the past few months. I'm out of unemployment money and I had to tap into my teachers' retirement fund to maintain my bills. This could be it, or this could be just another "you're great and all, but we're going with someoneyoungermore our speed." In any case, please keep me in your thoughts.
you got it.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 18:11:26
But that is that commie pinko blue state of New York. That's not real "Murrica.
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 18:11:26
Quote by TriSec:
One other thing, Americans have been voting with their mice today.
Due to overwhelming interest in the NY State of Health - including 2 million visits in the first 2 hours of the site launch - the health exchange is currently having log in issues. We encourage users who are unable to log in to come back to the site later when these issues will be resolved.
Other states are reporting the same kind of traffic to their exchanges as well.
But that is that commie pinko blue state of New York. That's not real "Murrica.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 18:17:09
Of course
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 18:17:09
Quote by Raine:Quote by BobR:Quote by clintster:
Hi everybody. I know, long time no see/hear/whatever, but it's been a pretty painful few weeks/months. Anyway, 2 things:
1) No that was not me on the line to Steph yesterday. I was a little busy getting myself ready for
2) an interview with a school here in GA. I have been playing phone tag with a school that needs a drama teacher immediately, and we finally got to arrange an interview yesterday. It seems to have gone well (although the other 17 interviews I've done over the past 18 months "went well" also) and they say they'll let me know by Friday.
It's been really difficult to try to keep an open heart and mind the past few months. I'm out of unemployment money and I had to tap into my teachers' retirement fund to maintain my bills. This could be it, or this could be just another "you're great and all, but we're going with someoneyoungermore our speed." In any case, please keep me in your thoughts.
you got it.
Of course
Comment by clintster on 10/01/2013 18:49:09
clintster on 10/01/2013 18:49:09
Comment by BobR on 10/01/2013 19:03:24
BobR on 10/01/2013 19:03:24
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, folks. Looks like a lot of people (and 1 kittie) need hugs today.
I have to guess, the Boner is at the bar that started happy hour at 11 AM.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 19:08:43
So if they don't stop the nonsense, no Army -Navy game. Nice job guys. Way to go JB!
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 19:08:43
Quote by clintster:
And yet another effect of the shutdown: no Army-Boston College game this weekend (maybe)
So if they don't stop the nonsense, no Army -Navy game. Nice job guys. Way to go JB!
Comment by Scoopster on 10/01/2013 19:17:11
Scoopster on 10/01/2013 19:17:11
Comment by TriSec on 10/01/2013 19:57:09
TriSec on 10/01/2013 19:57:09
Comment by Scoopster on 10/01/2013 20:09:38
Scoopster on 10/01/2013 20:09:38
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:21:23
They are.
see the Issa comment below.
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:21:23
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Scoopster:
Then again, it looks like they're pushing it even harder as a talking point.
see the Issa comment below.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:22:31
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:22:31
How I feel: 
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:25:11
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:25:11
Pastina and chicken broth is order. 
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 20:26:21
*hands ginger ale*
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 20:26:21
Quote by Raine:
How I feel:
*hands ginger ale*
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:37:50
leave it on the table. Don't come near me. virtual :hug:
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:37:50
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
How I feel:
*hands ginger ale*
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:41:48
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:41:48
I hope Randi posted this letter someplace. IT's brutal and honest.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 20:41:53
:dons level 3 isolation suit and escorts Raine to the blog containment pods:
:slides the ginger ale through the airlock hatch:
Mondobubba on 10/01/2013 20:41:53
Quote by Raine:leave it on the table. Don't come near me. virtual :hug:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
How I feel:
*hands ginger ale*
:dons level 3 isolation suit and escorts Raine to the blog containment pods:
:slides the ginger ale through the airlock hatch:
Comment by wickedpam on 10/01/2013 20:51:44
Glad we had that quarantine unit installed.
wickedpam on 10/01/2013 20:51:44
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:leave it on the table. Don't come near me. virtual :hug:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
How I feel:
*hands ginger ale*
:dons level 3 isolation suit and escorts Raine to the blog containment pods:
:slides the ginger ale through the airlock hatch:
Glad we had that quarantine unit installed.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:58:14
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:58:14
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 20:58:52
Enjoy it now before it's defunded...
Raine on 10/01/2013 20:58:52
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:leave it on the table. Don't come near me. virtual :hug:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
How I feel:
*hands ginger ale*
:dons level 3 isolation suit and escorts Raine to the blog containment pods:
:slides the ginger ale through the airlock hatch:
Glad we had that quarantine unit installed.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 21:47:20
Raine on 10/01/2013 21:47:20
This is nuts: Stand your ground Obama! 
The White House, as expected, is not supporting the House GOP’s plan to pass three individual continuing resolutions rather than a regular one.
“These piecemeal efforts are not serious, and they are no way to run a government,†White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a statement. “If House Republicans are legitimately concerned about the impacts of a shut down — which extend across government from our small businesses to women, children and seniors — they should do their job and pass a clean CR to reopen the government.â€
Brundage added that Obama would veto the individual CRs.
“The president and the Senate have been clear that they won’t accept this kind of game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the president’s desk, he would veto them,†she said. “The Senate passed a clean CR that would pass with majority support in the House, and the House Leadership should give it an up or down vote right now. It is time for Congress to do its job.â€
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 21:54:41
Raine on 10/01/2013 21:54:41
It's never ever enough for this GOP. They want to get rid of the IRS, social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, taxes, environmental regulations, food safety, consumer safety protections, health insurance, voting rights...
give into them and you give up on the constitution.
give into them and you give up on the constitution.
Comment by Raine on 10/01/2013 23:27:57
Raine on 10/01/2013 23:27:57
So tired of the blame both sides ppl.
Comment by TriSec on 10/02/2013 01:02:28
TriSec on 10/02/2013 01:02:28
Hard to say if this is related to the shutdown or not.
My friend (the one on Medicaid) was discharged from an inpatient psych treatment facility yesterday, and went home with no less than 9 different prescriptions.
According to his mother, he's lying on his bed all day today in a semi-comatose state.
I really don't know what to do anymore. I pray this isn't the beginning of the end, but the way he's been the last 6 weeks or so, any interruption in what minimal coverage and care he still has will not result in a positive outcome.
In which case I will drive to Washington and hold his picture up in front of every Republican I can find while screaming "blood on your hands!"
My friend (the one on Medicaid) was discharged from an inpatient psych treatment facility yesterday, and went home with no less than 9 different prescriptions.
According to his mother, he's lying on his bed all day today in a semi-comatose state.
I really don't know what to do anymore. I pray this isn't the beginning of the end, but the way he's been the last 6 weeks or so, any interruption in what minimal coverage and care he still has will not result in a positive outcome.
In which case I will drive to Washington and hold his picture up in front of every Republican I can find while screaming "blood on your hands!"
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2013 02:04:47
Damnmitall. Another candle lit tonite.
Raine on 10/02/2013 02:04:47
Quote by TriSec:
Hard to say if this is related to the shutdown or not.
My friend (the one on Medicaid) was discharged from an inpatient psych treatment facility yesterday, and went home with no less than 9 different prescriptions.
According to his mother, he's lying on his bed all day today in a semi-comatose state.
I really don't know what to do anymore. I pray this isn't the beginning of the end, but the way he's been the last 6 weeks or so, any interruption in what minimal coverage and care he still has will not result in a positive outcome.
In which case I will drive to Washington and hold his picture up in front of every Republican I can find while screaming "blood on your hands!"