#OccupyWallstreet

[Nebor]

Absolutely.

You never leave your weapon anywhere beyond reach, for any reason... 😉

Not true at BAF. I tried going to the gym there during my 5 day stint waiting for a flight, and as I walked in an Army SGT told me, "Sorry sir, no weapons in the gym." I was like, "Uh, what am I supposed to do with them?" "You can secure them in your quarters." "I'm in guest quarters with strangers from 5 different countries, that's crazy. I tell you what, how about I leave them up here with you." "Uhh... sure sir, that makes sense I guess." 🙄

Which doesn't come close to the idiocy at the military side of Kabul International Airport. The gym there not only doesn't allow you to bring in weapons, but you can't wear the same shoes in the gym as you wore when you walked in. How fucking reasonable is it to expect people to have two pairs of athletic shoes when 98% of the people there are fucking travelers?! That's what happens when you let the god damn Europeans run the place, along with Eastern Bloc gate guards covering you with their weapons while you clear yours at the clearing barrels coming in. Yet they still manage to sustain casualties from suicide attackers and small arms fire at KIA. WTF. :thumbsdown:

 

[JSt0rm]

As the security forces NCO explained as he escorted us back to the hospital, their aerial surveillance saw us on thermal sneaking around and they thought we were bad guys infiltrating the camp. 😀

😱 could of been the end for nebor

 

[palehorse]

Not true at BAF. I tried going to the gym there during my 5 day stint waiting for a flight, and as I walked in an Army SGT told me, "Sorry sir, no weapons in the gym." I was like, "Uh, what am I supposed to do with them?" "You can secure them in your quarters." "I'm in guest quarters with strangers from 5 different countries, that's crazy. I tell you what, how about I leave them up here with you." "Uhh... sure sir, that makes sense I guess." 🙄

Which doesn't come close to the idiocy at the military side of Kabul International Airport. The gym there not only doesn't allow you to bring in weapons, but you can't wear the same shoes in the gym as you wore when you walked in. How fucking reasonable is it to expect people to have two pairs of athletic shoes when 98% of the people there are fucking travelers?! That's what happens when you let the god damn Europeans run the place, along with Eastern Bloc gate guards covering you with their weapons while you clear yours at the clearing barrels coming in. Yet they still manage to sustain casualties from suicide attackers and small arms fire at KIA. WTF. :thumbsdown:

Damnnn, that place has changed a lot since I was there. Bagram was always lame, but it sounds like it has gotten even worse...

 

[PeshakJang]

Damnnn, that place has changed a lot since I was there. Bagram was always lame, but it sounds like it has gotten even worse...

Bagram is a cesspool of the worst side of the military. It's the reason I support cuts to the DoD. Unfortunately I know that those of us who actually did something would be the first to go, to save the do-nothings that joined for college money and to get pregnant. That's where they all wind up.

I stopped through there right before the big attack in 2010... I think most of the injuries were caused by idiots running off the road and stepping on landmines.

 

[cubby1223]

perfect except there aren't enough jobs and thats part of the reason the people are protesting. But yeah other then the fact there isn't any work they should all totally get back to it.

Well, perhaps they should take all their collective greatness, and instead of sitting around on their asses for months on end, figure out how to create jobs - create economic opportunity.

 

[cybrsage]

Well, perhaps they should take all their collective greatness, and instead of sitting around on their asses for months on end, figure out how to create jobs - create economic opportunity.

That is called work...which is something they are currently avoiding.

 

[cybrsage]

Ah, the forum smells better with that cleaning.

This message is hidden because cybrsage is on your ignore list.

The sign of a weak mind is hiding from views which are different from you.

All I need for Craig to view this is for someone to quote it. 🙂

 

[davmat787]

The sign of a weak mind is hiding from views which are different from you.

All I need for Craig to view this is for someone to quote it. 🙂

Don't worry, I doubt he can resist "peeking" on an ignored post anyway. And that assumes he actually used the real ignore feature, he has a multi-tiered approach to ignoring people apparently.

 

[cybrsage]

perfect except there aren't enough jobs and thats part of the reason the people are protesting. But yeah other then the fact there isn't any work they should all totally get back to it.

http://www.helpwanted.com/new-york-city-ny-jobs

ALL of these jobs need someone to work them. NONE of them require someone to stop bathing and sit in a park all day.

 

[cybrsage]

As the security forces NCO explained as he escorted us back to the hospital, their aerial surveillance saw us on thermal sneaking around and they thought we were bad guys infiltrating the camp. 😀

😀 That is priceless!

 

[cybrsage]

Don't worry, I doubt he can resist "peeking" on an ignored post anyway. And that assumes he actually used the real ignore feature, he has a multi-tiered approach to ignoring people apparently.

LOL That is even worse! Does not even have the force of will to follow through with the threat!

 

[cubby1223]

http://www.helpwanted.com/new-york-city-ny-jobs

ALL of these jobs need someone to work them. NONE of them require someone to stop bathing and sit in a park all day.

Okay, but where in that list are the jobs for the OWS protesters who racked up $100k in debt obtaining 17th Century Russian Literature college degrees?

 

[Phokus]

Students protest the UC Davis Chancellor, but there's a twist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8775ZmNGFY8

Spoiler

They're completely silent. It's chilling and quite powerful, you can see how uncomfortable she is

 

[Nebor]

Bagram is a cesspool of the worst side of the military. It's the reason I support cuts to the DoD. Unfortunately I know that those of us who actually did something would be the first to go, to save the do-nothings that joined for college money and to get pregnant. That's where they all wind up.

I stopped through there right before the big attack in 2010... I think most of the injuries were caused by idiots running off the road and stepping on landmines.

Because of the 4 day notice that I got for my deployment, I wasn't able to deploy with flame resistant ACUs (FRACUs.) When I had a minute to breath at Camp Phoenix (the largest coalition camp in Kabul) I went to the supply depot to try to get some. They didn't have any in my size, but they had a couple boxes of pregnancy ACUs that I could see. 😵 I went through the rest of my deployment living by the advice "try not to catch on fire."

 

[dmcowen674]

Oh I see now, this incident was University Police.

University Police don't seem to be accountable in the U.S., they can do whatever they want even more so than regular Police forces.

 

[Zebo]

perfect except there aren't enough jobs and thats part of the reason the people are protesting. But yeah other then the fact there isn't any work they should all totally get back to it.

I thought it was shit like this and rich and powerful don't go to jail but instead get rewarded with trillions of tax payer dollars under threats of "tanks in the streets."

 

[cybrsage]

Okay, but where in that list are the jobs for the OWS protesters who racked up $100k in debt obtaining 17th Century Russian Literature college degrees?

They are in Russia.

 

[cybrsage]

They didn't occupy Wall Street for long, shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, or win many new fans.

And by Thursday night, the thousands of protesters flooding lower Manhattan seemed to have worn out their welcome after tying the Financial District in knots.

Two days after losing their two-month-old encampment at Zuccotti Park, the day of demonstrations felt more like a final hurrah.

Their vow to get many more out in the streets fizzled, Mayor Bloomberg declared.

"Occupy Wall Street had predicted on their website that tens of thousands would be participating in today's protests, but there have been far fewer - and so far they have caused what can accurately be described as minimal disruptions to our city," he crowed.

Unless you were in the thick of it.

"Today they proved that they're able to piss off the 99% by stopping them from getting home," said City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Queens). "In my opinion, this is their last gasp.

"With silly stunts like this, they've angered people they're supposed to represent."

The protesters, still smarting over their defeat at Zuccotti in a city courtroom, took to the streets by the hundreds Thursday morning in an effort to show that the movement's anti-greed message endured.

Later, several thousand union members and college students joined late day marches in Union, and then Foley squares.

By the time marchers crossed the bridge into Brooklyn as night fell, there were nearly 300 protesters arrested - including a symbolic 99 busted on a bridge ramp hours after the protesters failed to delay the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ll-day-rallies-article-1.979111#ixzz1eFp9MXV2

 

[cybrsage]

I thought it was shit like this and rich and powerful don't go to jail but instead get rewarded with trillions of tax payer dollars under threats of "tanks in the streets."

Blame Congress, they wrote the laws.

 

[Jhhnn]

perfect except there aren't enough jobs and thats part of the reason the people are protesting. But yeah other then the fact there isn't any work they should all totally get back to it.

I thought it was shit like this and rich and powerful don't go to jail but instead get rewarded with trillions of tax payer dollars under threats of "tanks in the streets."

Interesting number of violations ~2006, the peak of the Ownership Society looting spree.

Looting sprees have consequences, obviously. Rome wasn't rebuilt in a day after the Vandals cleared out- in fact, it was never quite the same afterwards. Back then, they did it up front & personal, with swords. Today, they can loot an entire country from their offices, using computers. Technology- ain't it grand?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

The live stream on occupywallst.org is still showing recordings from 11/17. WTFO, did the protesters go home for the Thanksgiving holiday?

 

[Zebo]

They could always join the services; but, they'd have to give up their drugs, of course...

You know when the lefties called the tea party a bunch of KKK racists I defended them from leftest bigots you can check my posts and I'll do the same here from rightest bigots. This all must stop. What really should happen is they should join forces and demand that rule of law is followed so banks and politicians that run roughshod over the people/serfs with their criminal and unresponsive behavior stop doing it. But they are counting on divide and conquer and unfortunately most are playing right into their hands.

 

[mizzou]

The people supporting #Occupy have really dwindled away. The movement is starting to look completely pointless and seems to just now attract people who are desperate for attention; even if its negative attention.

 

[Zebo]

The people supporting #Occupy have really dwindled away. The movement is starting to look completely pointless and seems to just now attract people who are desperate for attention; even if its negative attention.

Most people don't like beat downs. It's inevitable it will be back though as things get worse. Nothing was fixed. Banks are still all insolvent just hiding it with fake accounting. Banks still aren't lending. Derivatives about to blow up which will tank marke. Companies still aren't planting roots in USA and hiring. All the basic structural problems that spawned these movements are still with us and getting worse.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Most people don't like beat downs. It's inevitable it will be back though as things get worse. Nothing was fixed. Banks are still all insolvent just hiding it with fake accounting. Banks still aren't lending. Derivatives about to blow up which will tank marke. Companies still aren't planting roots in USA and hiring. All the basic structural problems that spawned these movements are still with us and getting worse.

Until they bring the President, Senate, and Congress into the fold nothing will ever change. They are as much responsible for the mess as the so called 1%. In fact many members of the Senate and Congress are part of the 1%.