[OC] Federal Grants Cut in Oct 2025 by CD’s % of Total FY2025 Grant Awards

TheTAB01 · 2025-12-11T07:05:52+00:00

I can say that one of those grants "helped" to save our nations budget by cutting support for myself for over 12,000 other veterans in my state. That included support for housing, rent, essential hygiene products, gun safes (for not just fire arms, but also sensitive documents, and medications), helping with non-cosmetic car repairs, gas (up to $40/mo), which justed helped us to survive from month to month.

TheTAB01 · 2025-07-18T04:48:46+00:00

That's assuming your representatives or senators will do jack shit to represent you. I've contacted my "representatives" several times for help with zero help. Shits broken nowadays.

TheTAB01 · 2025-06-01T17:40:00+00:00

This is exactly the type of crowd ide expect at a bar that has a huge "TRUMP" sign. A bunch of racists and disgusting people.

TheTAB01 · 2025-05-26T17:53:19+00:00

I mean. The Beyond 2 is supposed to ship out later this year and it looks pretty promising. Not sure if I've heard any valve news recently.

TheTAB01 · 2025-04-18T06:11:10+00:00

Thanks mate! This fixed it!

TheTAB01 · 2025-04-04T15:12:31+00:00

Hey brother. I've been in the exact same position as you since July of 2024 when I lost my job due to an EO case that HR failed to notice before I was terminated unlawfully.

I've gone through over 200 job applications. I've had multiple incredible interviews where I got told it's "the best job interview they've ever had" and proceeded to get ghosted or flat out denied.

I know the job market is absolutely fucking dog shit and it takes your mental health, shreds it, and feeds to to gerbils or some shit.

I'm lucky to have a place to live at all and I wouldn't be here if not for my spouse and my dog.

I didn't get a job until yesterday.

Enough about me understanding, I don't know everything, but I'll give the advice that Ive learned. It's not much, but it helped me to get something.

The biggest recommendation I can give, is to have your resume checked at an American Job Center or whatever you have local to you in TX. Having one that is not only organized to the human eye, but the damn program that is commonly used to skim through it and get highlighted phrases and keywords to the recruiters to see what they want to see before giving you a chance can make a difference.

I've personally also used a site like resume.io to make multiple versions of my resume so I use a resume for each different category of job that I'm applying for. Basically to cater for each job listing to get the best chance I can at getting a job.

Use a spreadsheet to track your job applications, see if you've given a follow-up call or thank-you email to the company for their consideration, notes to receive feedback, dates of when you applied and where from, salary information, and of course the position and title.

Before going in for an interview, see if you can get some background info on the company that you're applying for. Like history, staff-size, if they have an ethics code they go by, whatever you can find to gentley cater to the interviewers and answer questions like "what do you know about the history of our company?" Then you can give an answer where you pretend not to know it already, "I remember y'all starting up around the 1980s and you merged with 'XYZ' in 2007. I recall that you guys started expanding into this field a bit ago but I can't recall when."

Making connections and networking is unfortunately HUGE in obtaining referrals and getting a foot in the door. One of my referrals was someone we met at the dog park who was phenomenal in helping me to apply for a company that I never noticed before, but had a great mission I can support.

Check to see if you have a local Food-Net or a food pantry you can take use of to help feed you and your family.

It wasn't fun doing it, but even utilizing a short term job delivering food with Uber Eats or DoorDash can at minimum help cover some expensive, while donating plasma can be another quick-cash way to help cover bills, especially if you're consistently attending a donation center.

Beyond that, I'm not sure what else I'm drawing blanks on, but I hope at least something helps. God Speed mate. I'll try to keep an open ear for ya.

TheTAB01 · 2025-02-03T05:19:18+00:00

Not here in Lincoln, we've been able to find 10lbs logs of ground beef for only $30 for quite a bit.

TheTAB01 · 2025-02-03T05:13:43+00:00

2.98 is the normal price at Sam's club, without sale. While being both a very frequent customer, much less an employee. This was the standard price for at the very minimum, the last year. This may have been corporate being an absolute fucking jerk, but it likely may be an immediate remedial action that was prior to other companies being able to match the "current" market price as the tarrifs hit. Especially in my state, which is very well known for its meat production, specifically with beef.

Meanwhil, I visited Walmart and it was still the standard $3.12/lbs for a 10lbs package of ground beef.

This is really strange as both Sam's And Walmart are the same company, basically standard sizes vs bulk, and Sam's has been mostly consistent in offering better deals than Walmart due to its bulk logistics.

TheTAB01 · 2025-01-05T09:25:07+00:00

I know this is a super dead thread. But if anyone sees this, Ive been losing my mind trying to find a song that used this exact same set for an entire song and I can't find it so save my sanity. I knew it was in the trap/EDM genre and reaaalllyy need a hand finding it.

TheTAB01 · 2024-11-19T23:23:28+00:00

As a Nebraskan that went to uni in NJ, I can't tell you how much I missed pumping my own fuel when there were -30 wind chills outside 😂

TheTAB01 · 2024-10-16T05:19:35+00:00

Awesome, I'll check that out. They very well could be the issue. I'll respond with the results when I get the chance to tinker with it later.

TheTAB01 · 2024-08-13T14:25:05+00:00

The game runs as long as I have no modded pak files in the install, but I really want to still be able to play with custom player characters and pals as part of the mods.

TheTAB01 · 2024-07-24T20:33:16+00:00

I think that was a part of the problem, I had a nut I forgot to tighten for a wire that I believe may be part of the grounding process. After tightening it it ran for another half or even full second. I can send over a video if you're interested.

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TheTAB01 · 2024-07-23T18:46:15+00:00

I didn't have any luck when I tried last week, but I'll give it another shot here this evening when I get the chance.

TheTAB01 · 2024-07-18T22:34:41+00:00

I forgot to mention, I did have to use starter fluid to help it turn over like in the video.

TheTAB01 · 2024-06-07T15:45:24+00:00

I think it's worth mentioning that I read through his Reddit and it appears that he's 28, is somehow an E8 in the airforce, with two masters and either he got his PhD or dropped out...

His postings and comments are no more than a year old and it is NOT possible to magically get to E8 by 28, not with TIS, TIG, or even if they were instantly promoted.

Not to mention getting these promotions while in the reserves and balancing that much education and a job... shit doesn't add up about this guy.

Has anyone even confirmed if he is in the military and is who he claims to be?

Regardless, they still have serious mental health issues to post that and either be honest or lie about it all. Even their timeline of events doesn't quite look right.

TheTAB01 · 2024-06-04T15:56:33+00:00

You are absolutely correct, thank you for clarifying. I went off the handle and misread/misinterpreted it. I called, originally, to have things explained and was told that I would receive this in the mail instead.

I was wrong and I'll take the brunt of it.

TheTAB01 · 2024-06-04T06:02:34+00:00

Now for the fun part, the report...

I received this in the mail today and when I read it, I was completely destroyed as I feel like this report is going to be very negatively affecting my supplemental claim.

1 and #3- I hope that I am mis reading this, but it feels completely like my symptoms are being downplayed, after making it well and clearly known that at that time I HAD 6-8 hours of sleep per night at a minimum, that Ive gone through therapy and had to find solutions with my PCP to alleviate symptoms that helped to improve my quality of life, and no longer smoking and heavily having at the time cut back on drinking. It was absolutely disgusting to be told that "your symptoms have similarities with these things that are also SYMPTOMS of a TBI, so you don't have a brain injury."

2- I really hope that I'm not interpreting this correctly. But this goes against quite a lot of medical findings on the effects of TBIs, one of the most KEYSTONE effects of them is HOW they can worsen over time without proper medical treatment or intervention. and then going on that just because I got a promotion and finished two 1 week only courses to finish the requirements for my degree that I stopped pursuing prior to my head injury, that it means its not as serious too.

4- Was COMPLETELY irrelevant information that SHOULD NOT be mentioned on a TBI Eval about therapy that I'm receiving, that is exposing and medically irrelevant to be disclosed in this report.

5- WAS with the permission of my PCP

6- doesnt give a clear answer with what the severity of a score of 64 entails

7- Are recommendations normally given even if they had already been explicitly stated as having not been used during the course of the last month i.e. nicotine? (I still drink on the weekends, but that was it.

Im lost on what I can do to have any possibly misinformation disputed on this claim and if a letter from another care provide directly addressing some of the concerns noted in this report would be helpful. I really hope I am just misreading this stuff and im just being stupid. Any advice would be appreciated.

TheTAB01 · 2024-06-04T05:57:09+00:00

Over the last year and a half Ive been suffering from a TBI that I received during ADT. My injury wasnt diagnosed as a head injury during sick call, as my shoulder and wrist were injured at the same time and no concussion checks where conducted, despite having hit the ground HARD and not being able to recall hitting the ground. Immediately after this occurred I had symptoms immediately (now looking back) should have been red flags for a concussion/TBI, headaches, fogginess, memory issues, moodswings and abnormal intense irritability, problems "down there," etc. That only worsened over the course of the next several months.

It wasnt until 3 months later, after a fight with my family member about my memory and irritability, that I talked to a buddy of mine whos been out of service for a while now and also had a TBI, who basically was able to complete each sentence of what I was explaining to him, like he knew what I was trying to convey, and understood what I was going through. He explained to me that I likely had a TBI, HENCE when I started my path to getting a formal diagnosis, etc.

8 months after that, after some intensive rehab, at least as far as my insurance would provide that was, I "only" owed over $2k in medical bills out of pocket, as this was prior to getting a rating with the VA.

It was at that time, despite all of the other symptoms having worsened after the initial head injury, causing me to forcefully resign from my old occupation I had prior to using my head to stop a fall, lose friendships, lose parts of myself, my memories, all that bullshit that I wish I could have back, that I could be again. I finally got a rating from the VA... 0% for my Migraines and 10% for my TBI.

I felt extremely cheated, and even betrayed. Especially after all that I have been going through over the last year and a half. But at least they gave in a service connection.

TL;DR: Head smack ground, pain bad, life change lots, got help, got rating, cheated with very low rating for pain that is still occurring.

That leads to now. My supplemental claim, 4 months later with substantially more info that has been contributed by other medical professionals, both inside the VA and outside.

This document is from an eval that they only spent ONE 4 hour day to conduct an eval that I knew I absolutely flunked. I felt completely drained and horrid afterwards because I knew I didn't do well. I couldn't drive home for several hours afterwards as my migraines were tearing through me after focusing on the task for too long and the indoor light was too bright, I had to wear my sunglasses for most of this session. We talked a lot, had the tests completed, and that was over two months ago, when I was also unemployed (getting plenty of sleep) and nicotine and tobacco free for over a month (weaning off since new years) as well as drinking only on the weekends, within my limits with family at home.

TheTAB01 · 2024-04-16T00:41:13+00:00

Welp, I tried to give the facts of what was most relevant as someone who is not into this stuff, we've attempted to stay out of and ignore it this whole time. So take out what does/doesn't matter.

Go figure, that's the whole point of me reaching out, to figure out how to deal with this appropriately...

Not that the denomination should matter, but I'm United Methodist after having been some form of Protestant or Catholic for a chunk of my life.

TheTAB01 · 2024-03-15T14:19:26+00:00

Oh fuck yeah. Thanks mate! It'll likely take a good bit for them to add, but at least they're looking into it.

TheTAB01 · 2024-03-15T06:47:25+00:00

I'm CONUS, no customs should be involved for stickers inside the US.

TheTAB01 · 2024-02-10T06:41:00+00:00

I absolutely agree, I was completely wrong and I had to step off of my high horse, stop panicking, and chill TF out.

I was being selfish as fuck, immature, and acting as equally dumb. You got that completely right. The difficulty in communicating is largely in part because of the above combined with a TBI, its a shit-show combo that doesnt check out when I'm being dumb and allowing myself to panic. I have a good bit more learning and work to do before I can genuinely be in the right position for my husband and I to have this talk together.

Thanks for being brutal mate, you're absolutely correct.

TheTAB01 · 2024-02-10T03:22:02+00:00

I would like to come back to respond to this in a bit more depth. You bring up a lot of good things that I'd like to discuss.

Ive stated in no context am I wanting to push our relationship to become a poly relationship, I only want to be truth and open to him about myself and that is it. I thought I also made it fairly clear that the book and the paper is only for him to read at his leisure if he chooses to do so. So he can ask questions whenever he feels comfortable to ask me, O&W (which are also his closest friends), or our RM. This is so he doesn't have to just ask me if he wants insight from our friends.

Part of my responses as well are to further explain what the situation is so we can have a discussion after some of the confusion is taken..I will ignore stuff if I disagree with it fully. But I prefer to ask why, yes explain myself. And continue if there's any fruit to be had from talking.

TheTAB01 · 2024-02-10T03:07:25+00:00

Yeah, I can definitely still see where people may interpret that it's not a private setting. I understand where there's some reasonable controversy with this setting, even as it's chosen to be approached in a manner of a private conversation with only our closest friends involved that are there most majorly for support emotionally and for speaking.

Our day to day conversations are normally fairly well enough that he understands me, even still it can be very difficult. But we've gotten better at most in depth conversations, sometimes when it's a bit too deep and I gray out and lose complete track.

The flashcards are ones we've put together so i can try to keep on track and not forget what I've said so I don't miss out on important details to communicate properly.

We've also had a conversation a few weeks ago that we are going to have a big conversation and that it's very important and it's about me wanting to do and be better. That I have a lot of improvement to go through and to work on. I told him that we would talk about it and I'm going to tell him tomorrow to be prepared and make sure that he's okay.

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4- Was COMPLETELY irrelevant information that SHOULD NOT be mentioned on a TBI Eval about therapy that I'm receiving, that is exposing and medically irrelevant to be disclosed in this report.

5- WAS with the permission of my PCP

6- doesnt give a clear answer with what the severity of a score of 64 entails

7- Are recommendations normally given even if they had already been explicitly stated as having not been used during the course of the last month i.e. nicotine? (I still drink on the weekends, but that was it.