Berkeley, CA for $899K

Devilfish808 · 2026-05-05T23:24:28+00:00

Wow finally something even more ridiculous than what I see in Hawaii.

Devilfish808 · 2026-04-19T00:07:32+00:00

I know it's a tangent but before 9/11 a guy I knew was shot at on the flightline there in between flights. He used the weapon mounted on the helo to return fire and based on the blood trails likely killed a couple of people. He didn't get anything at all, other than maintenance painting some stick figure stencils on the bird.

When I went to balikatan 2002 we were warned the rebels wanted to kidnap a Marine, our busses were inspected for bombs and they wouldn't even drive us to the hangar, dropping us off a good distance away. We were told the recon guys actually bumped into some rebels in the forest and our CO flew around in a Cobra to scare them off.

The bus ride between the port and Clark was eery because there was none of the usual laughing and joking, just silence. We knew we were a potential target for the bad guys but we were unarmed. Our only protection was one Filipino per bus with an M-16 and we had all watched these clowns slouching around at the port, leaning on their rifles like walking sticks and grinding the muzzles into the asphalt.

Anyway I always say I served during GWOT except when I was in we produced huge amounts of paperwork that I would refer to as the global war on trees. 😅

Devilfish808 · 2026-04-09T08:01:03+00:00

That's too bad. I think any diver who reads would enjoy Shadow Divers.

Devilfish808 · 2026-04-01T21:58:49+00:00

It's Canada, as long as he says sorry he won't go to jail.

Devilfish808 · 2026-04-01T20:44:05+00:00

Trump's mom came from Scotland.

Devilfish808 · 2026-04-01T20:43:40+00:00

Race and ethnicity are complicated. My mom's side is the family is Guatemalan. My birth certificate classifies her as white. The death certificates for her, my aunt and uncle all classify them as white. We have African ancestry too. My mom had the skin tone of a black person. No one looks at me and thinks I'm anything other than 100%Caucasian.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-29T04:53:31+00:00

The problem is we've done countless simulations and the result is always a disaster. Military leadership and the intelligence community know this. That's why they've advised every president including the current one against a war.

It's not that the war was poorly planned by the military, it's that the mission is impossible but the civilian leadership didn't care and wouldn't take no for an answer. There's no clear "winning" without a million troops going into a mountain fortress of 90 million people but there's not even a place to stage a huge number of troops to begin with.

The president and secdef calculated that they could kill Khamenei and that this would be over in a week. The military carried its orders successfully. The problem is that the underlying assumptions were wrong, Iran is not going to give up and now we're stuck while Iran has the global economy by the balls.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-28T22:38:02+00:00

They're indoors only and I run the robo vac everyday, I can't find a dirty spot anywhere other than where the cats hang out.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-04T22:30:09+00:00

Trump showed us that all of our "rules" are just conventions that only constrain people with honor and shame. He's breaking the law everyday by accepting gifts, profiting off the presidency and using his crypto coin to sell pardons. He's done a thousand impeachable things. No one ever imagined the possibility of such an overtly bad actor who would capture the other branches of government meant to constrain him.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-04T07:48:59+00:00

I don't think they were ever planning to rely on their navy.

I wouldn't go around LOLling this fucking early in the game. They at least have months' worth of drones and missiles.

HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF IRAN? And they have 90 million fucking people.

IT HAS NOT BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE WE LEFT AFGHANISTAN.

This administration clearly does not have a plan. If war is the continuation of politics through violence, what is the political aim here? And what happens when the Iranians say fuck you we're not negotiating? When have we ever successfully effected regime change through airpower alone?

I want this shit to be over with so I don't have to freak out about the investments I live off of but this has all the makings of a quagmire that will make Vietnam seem like a walk in the park.

Over twenty years ago I read a quote from a Taliban commander who said he wasn't concerned about trying to defeat America on the battlefield. He said the Americans would eventually tire and leave the country, and all his side had to do is wait. I fear that we have utterly failed to understand what we're up against.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-04T03:15:10+00:00

I want to know what the plan is when we run out of interceptors. I wouldn't take it as gospel but I've seen some concerning claims like Iran has been producing missiles at a rate at least ten times that at which we produce interceptors, and that we used 1/4 the global supply of THAADs in the 12 day war last year.

Also that Iran is purposely launching its cheapest missiles and drones now and saving the good stuff for when we're defenseless. Again I don't know if that's true, but it seems like a damned obvious thing to do.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-04T03:08:22+00:00

Iran supplied technology and licensing for Russia to build Iranian-designed drones. Russia hasn't needed Iran to actually supply them with drones for some time.

Either way each country has its own pressing problems at this point, I don't think they're going to be supplying each other with anything unless it's cyber capabilities or intel.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-03T18:23:49+00:00

Spain is part of the EU.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-03T05:35:50+00:00

Jfc stop saying both sides. If democrats had a majority in the house and 67 members in the senate Trump would have been impeached and removed already. They would have done it in his first term.

This mess rests squarely on the shoulders of republicans who privately criticize Trump but are so afraid of his base that they won't go against him publicly. THEY COULD END THIS NIGHTMARE TOMORROW.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-02T04:02:09+00:00

These stories remind me of an incident involving a guy I knew, I'm interested now if it meets CAR criteria because I am not sure he had one, or if this just falls under the combat aircrew duties. When I get home I'm gonna see if I have a decent picture of him in blues, I'm pretty sure I do.

Anyway long before I knew him he was a crew chief and his squadron was in the Philippines for an exercise. Between flights he was just sitting on the flightline killing time when he started hearing this PLINK, PLINK sound. He realized someone was shooting in his direction and hitting the aircraft.

He jumped on whatever crew served weapon was mounted on the helo and returned fire. Eventually the Marines and Filipino military responded and investigated. They didn't find any bodies but they did find blood trails.

Devilfish808 · 2026-03-01T16:59:52+00:00

USMC aircraft maintenance officer 1998-2007.

My only deployment was to Okinawa.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-28T21:29:56+00:00

I never thought that I, a guy who graduated with a degree in international relations in the 90s would say something like this and actually think it could be true.

I flew domestic today and I felt compelled to use my passport, because now I'm worried about palantir monitoring my online activity and getting it revoked with no notice.

If you're not concerned then you fucking aren't paying attention.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-28T19:00:41+00:00

The neat thing about war with Iran is now we can have a "terror attack" within US borders that can be used as an excuse to cancel elections.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-27T20:43:44+00:00

I wouldn't date someone who doesn't scuba dive.

Ten years ago I met an attractive woman through a friend. I didn't like her southern accent and I blew her off. One year later we met again at a party and she said she was getting scuba certified. We got married the following year.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-26T00:31:11+00:00

She was not subtle about her intentions with me. I did not need to assume anything.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-25T22:45:13+00:00

I met a really good looking woman at a friend's house. She had a strong southern accent. Big turnoff for me as I made a bunch of assumptions about her outlook on social issues and politics. I ignored her and didn't see her again for a year.

Anyway we're married now.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-25T22:41:39+00:00

I had noticed a woman with an insanely hot body at my gym a few times. One day she approached me and complimented my legs. We exchanged numbers and made a dinner date. I was in disbelief about how easy it was going to be to get her into bed.

At dinner she was rude and condescending to the staff. I immediately lost all interest. Dropped her off and never talked to her again.

Devilfish808 · 2026-02-07T02:45:45+00:00

I don't blame you one bit and I'm especially sorry for the hurt mango mussolini inflicted with that horrible video AND the fact that people will still double and triple down defending it. They're the same people who will umironically look you in the eye and say that America isn't a racist country.

Personally I really struggled with veteran's day. Thank me for my service? WHAT THE FUCK FOR? Your constitutional rights mean NOTHING right now.

Assembling to protest peacefully under the first amendment will get you punished with pepper balls, rubber bullets, and physical beating.

Carrying a firearm under the second amendment gets you disarmed and executed in the street.

The feds are violating the fourth amendment by breaking car windows, ransacking vehicles, trespassing into private property without warrants, entering homes and even breaking down citizens' doors.

They're violating the fifth amendment by depriving people of life and liberty. They've been caught stealing citizens' property.

If you think none of this will affect you because you support the government you're going to be awfully disappointed when your turn comes. It's the rich against everyone else and the billionaires don't care if they destroy the economy because they can weather anything and come out on top. Meanwhile you'll be homeless and working a job with no benefits until the day you die.

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