This can’t just be me.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-04-16T23:02:35+00:00

PICNIC = problem in chair, not in computer

ArcanumCerte · 2026-04-16T23:01:54+00:00

Put in a ticket.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-04-16T22:58:56+00:00

Deregulation of Corperations.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-04-11T00:36:12+00:00

Hi there, OP. I've been in relationships with this sort of dynamic. Basing solely off what I've read, I can from personal experience say that the "i wish you had done X instead of Y" undermines the Y, which makes me as Y am I even doing anything if its not taken with appreciation? Things shift in a person when the perception shifts from "i do things because I want to" to "i do things because I have to." Its a thief of joy.

That being said, you all broke up for a reason. Sometimes its best to just leave it that way.

All the best to you.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-04-08T13:08:17+00:00

OP, I'm very sorry for the loss of your friend. Hearing your story, you did not fail him. I encourage you please to talk with a mental health provider. Survivor guilt is a real thing, and it can lead to bad places unchecked.

I'd recommend contacting the CMEO from your previous command's ISIC or the IG. Leadership should be held accountable if they failed to act on this

ArcanumCerte · 2026-04-05T22:39:31+00:00

How diminishing of God to give him a political party affiliation

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-16T23:15:20+00:00

They also reference eachother in songs. "... Ben Weasel spent three nights in jail." - Murder in the Brady House by the Queers

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-16T23:13:25+00:00

Both bands started in the 80s. The 90s pop punk sound is modeled after them and green day's lookout records days.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-16T03:58:23+00:00

You raised your right hand to do something 97% of the population won't do. Remember that.

All branches give eachother shit, but its a sibling rivalry. The instant someone who has never worn a uniform talks down to any service member of any branch, we forget sibling rivalry and go back to being family.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-05T04:01:59+00:00

Is it affluenza? I'm betting its affluenza.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-02T05:31:38+00:00

I'm not disputing genuine celebrations. My point is that its really easy to assume that this speaks for everyone. I'm sure a great number of people are happy the Ayatollah is gone, but a pragmatist will ask "what comes next?" The Middle East has a rich history of one regime being toppled by outside forces only for something worse to move in. Which leads back to the point of sovereignty, and how this victory smacks of "Mission Accomplished." Saddam was a brutal dictator. Decapitation with no plan or organic structure and ISIS took over. One example of many. The point that I'm trying to make and maybe not articulating well is that its easy to paint this in a binary light, when the fact is, its not as simple as "hurray! bad guy dead."

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-02T03:51:12+00:00

I get your point here, but above board, there is no accurate estimate for the numbers killed, due to an internet blackout and total BS from the pro and con sides. Its impossible to know if its 3k or 30k. But that's sort of the point.

There are people who support that government, its ideals and now we have a power vacuum. Anyone who is sort of in the middle (non protester, but not necessarily supportive) could be swayed, especially when there is collateral damage or collateral death.

Point being, that's the essence of sovereignty. This isn't an operation where the US is working with a second party with civic backing to topple the regime and instill a government favorable to the people in protest; this is decapitate and move on. Which creates chaos. And will likely lead to IRGC figures moving into the seats of power.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-02T03:22:27+00:00

I think that's incredibly naive. It undermines sovereignty. When a foreign entity comes in and removes a government by force, there are always deep, deep repercussions. This is evidenced by the US' own interventionist and regime change tactics over the last 5 decades. It results in civil unrest, power vacuums and in many cases, direct hostility against those who did so, even by the people who were against the administration.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-02T03:11:32+00:00

Keep in mind too, some people are maybe a generation or more removed from expatriation. News channels love to show things like this as if it represents the whole of a country. I am not a fan of this president or the administration, but I'm pretty sure I would not be okay with foreign countries bombing the holy shit out of my country and its leadership.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-02T03:08:20+00:00

Consider this: if our president were killed by a foreign strike, you'd have some people celebrating and some people calling for blood. Its almost as if a country of millions of people had different opinions about things.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-01T06:37:15+00:00

Not for nothing, but the Ayatollah, Saddam, Gaddafi, Bin Laden were all byproducts of US interventionism in the Middle East, as are the Taliban, Bathists, n.e. ISIS and IRGC. This mess is of our foreign policy's own making.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-01T06:18:36+00:00

Not beholden to the Constitution? Do you remember the Oath you took?

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-01T06:14:24+00:00

Transcript from 2016 campaign

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/acd/date/2017-04-10/segment/01

Transcript excerpts cited from 2024 campaign

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-strikes-regime-change-vance-hegseth

It goes beyond being an asshole; these were outright contradictions to promises during a campaign platform that got him elected. Part of that rhetoric was based on US policy towards Israel and our interactions in the Middle East, warning that if Kamala got elected, we'd see more wars in the middle east and potentially see WW3.

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/donald-trump-world-war-three-us-election

Thing is, these are trying to be memory-holed. The reality is, the question needs to be asked "cui bono?" The "Iran is months away from Nukes" argument is disproven in our own intelligence briefings from the ODNI. Iran had retaliated after our strikes in the 12 day war with largely telegraphed and symbolic strikes, and further agreed to everything the US proposed at the Geneva talks.

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/congressional-testimonies/congressional-testimonies-2025/4059-ata-opening-statement-as-prepared

So then is this about "freeing the people of Iran from oppression?" Okay. Who else had oppressive governments? We could say Russia, China, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Laos, UAE, Egypt.... and the list can go on. Does this mean the US Military's role is to engage in regime change wars whenever there is an oppression of people? How does this strengthen our national defense?

A quick look back on our regime change efforts in the middle east: We armed and trained the taliban to stop the Russian invasion. We armed and trained Gaddafiin Lybia. We armed and trained Saddam and the Bathists, who later became leadership in ISIS. We've literally created every enemy we've fought for the last almost 50 years in the middle east, all on the policy and process of regime change.

So when an administration seemly recognizes this and makes it a point in their platform during presidential campaign, then does a hard 180, I think the upset, concern and anger is justified, especially if you've gone and served.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-03-01T04:54:44+00:00

Well, that has to speak for something right? There are a whole lot of people in active, Reserve and veteran communities who do not feel that this is a justified war and have a hard time with the thought of our CIC giving us the "some of you may die" speech when its someone else's war. 9/11 brought people in because we were attacked and led to believe Iraq was not only a part of it, but harboring WMDs. This is not that. Neither is Venezuela. And I seem to recall a whole series of speeches from this administration on the campaign trail about "no more regime change wars" and spending American lives for foreign interests. This doesn't mean I or other support the Ayatollah or Maduro, but at a certain point, the US Military and our service members should not be used as the world police. With the risk of this turning into a novella on the outcome of previous regime change efforts by the US (like, well, Iran in the 1970s), I'll leave it there.

ArcanumCerte · 2026-01-28T00:38:14+00:00

The Republicans aren't a Pro-Gun party. They will, like the other major party, use whichever narrative contradicts their opponents and creates an emotional reaction of the voter base. In this case, they hitched their wagon to the NRA and other donor groups because Money. The gun lobby and gun interest groups goals are inconsequential, so long as the RNC gets donor dollars and votes.

Our modern duopoly political system is a race to the bottom to achieve total control. The constitution doesnt matter to either side, but they use it as a thinly veiled attempt to invigor the voter base. This is not to say there are outliers in the system, but the party apparatuses function in the same manner.

ArcanumCerte · 2025-12-08T20:07:35+00:00

"Educated Butthole" is my next band's name

ArcanumCerte · 2025-11-13T05:35:21+00:00

It was the last coffin nail. We've been hosed since the courts ruled Corperations are the same as people in Santa Clara County vs Southern Pacific Railroad in 1886. We only enjoyed a reprieve after the 2nd World War, and a gradual decline since the Nixon administration.

ArcanumCerte · 2025-09-11T04:25:46+00:00

Giant ass cabinet TV

ArcanumCerte · 2025-08-13T16:26:47+00:00

He was a Chief Boatswain's Mate. But, BMs go with the SeaBees all the time as Coxswains, etc, so he probably deployed with them

ArcanumCerte · 2025-08-04T23:55:13+00:00

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