@george-k said in An anonymous soldier writes about Afghanistan: I ask that you not use my name. I am a currently serving General Officer Would a currently serving General Officer really believe his boss couldn't figure out who wrote this? Maybe

@doctor-phibes said in Truer words have never been spoken: @copper said in Truer words have never been spoken: I personally dislike Obama. That's a shame - he speaks very highly of you. I don't care for his friends, they all have foul mouths.

@kluurs said in Menendez: We're going to investigate Afghanistan: @mik said in Menendez: We're going to investigate Afghanistan: @jolly said in Menendez: We're going to investigate Afghanistan: Pin the tail on the Trump. Exactly. But it won’t work except for those who have already done so. There was no reason at all for Biden to adhere to the existing agreement if he found it flawed. He rescinded plenty of Trump’s work so that dog won’t hunt. No need to fight over this - plenty of blame for everyone. Just stand in line with your plate and wait your turn. Kind of fun for congress to do this - as they too own a piece of this. Agreed. Way too early as well to draw any conclusions yet.

@jolly said in "Tainted Blood": Why the low crit? I dunno. She was in her 80's. Ah, OK. At 80 she might appreciate a top-up. At 20, I'd say, "nah."

He'll need money after he leaves office.

@mik said in Collision: Trailer park planet. No wonder no one calls us. True dat.

One would think if there was a vaccinated and infected and at serious risk for hospitalization and death on a population level that the booster shot would be offered sooner and not with an eight month after second shot. Certainly we have tons of left over vaccine and a distribution model to handle it.

There is probably no such thing as one case. The patient in question has not left the country. So the source is apparently still unknown. I guess they have money to spare.

I wonder how much ammunition they can carry.

I thought this was going to be about the shitty sandals.

Argue for longer than the task will take making them think next time before they come looking for you.

@jolly the section on design (wide halls, few elevators, location of resources) was fascinating. I hate elevators for transporting patients, and I say that as someone who's done CPR in an elevator).

@lufins-dad said in Rand Paul: You should've listened to dad.: @doctor-phibes said in Rand Paul: You should've listened to dad.: As annoying as Rand Paul undoubtedly is, he has a point. Rand or Ron? Rand Paul is the annoying one. Ron Paul is the crazy one.

@george-k said in Tell me this isn't true.: They should learn to speak American, like Dominic West, Damien Lewis, and Archie Panjabi (whom I adore). We're not laughing at you, we're laughing near you.

@friday said in Only the good die young: Jolly and Mik, sorry to hear of both your losses. +1 Jolly, that's just way too young. Condolences to both families, his and yours. Mik, it's hard when it's family, and it sounds like you were close. So sorry for you and your family.

@xenon said in The New King of Mid-Range: I switched over from iPhone to Pixel a few years ago. It was great. Similar experience to an iPhone for a much lower price. And it even had some nifty google-only features. I only switched back to iPhone because my work started subsidizing phones more aggressively. (Basically, I didn't pay anymore so the premium price didn't bother me) I will also say though - Google is horrible at selling hardware. Given the quality of their physical products, their performance in the market is crap. They know how to sell and monetize services... not products. Tech nerds "in the know" like their products - which is nice... but a pretty bad market position. If I were really good at hardware I imagine I would rather work for Apple. Even at the expense of enriching the big H.

@xenon said in Nikki Haley gets it right: I don't know if this is right - but I think the most important effect of the U.S. presence was propping up senior Afghan military ranks and government officials. When we left, they folded, then the front-lines didn't give a shit anymore. In the past, the front-line Afghan fighters did fight... so what changed? They knew we were leaving and they wanted to live. Our own prognosis was weeks or months.