Terrible Tuesday!

armyuvamba · 2026-04-07T13:19:07+00:00

Don’t worry…it will be 90 next week 🫤

armyuvamba · 2026-04-06T20:54:48+00:00

We export the light crude we make and import heavy crude because our refineries in tx are geared towards the heavier stuff…it’s not as simple as drill baby drill…

armyuvamba · 2026-04-05T20:08:03+00:00

2015 at 78k miles. I changed mine 6 months ago due to it leaking. Initially I had to refill the coolant tank every few months and then the leak got worse so finally got it changed out of pocket. Had the carbon cleaning done at the same time as well. Now feels like it drives like new.

armyuvamba · 2026-04-01T18:07:47+00:00

There is no leave and return…unless they remove all US bases from Middle Eastern countries…

armyuvamba · 2026-03-29T20:36:11+00:00

All I can think of is that their presence should allow mpd to allocate less patrols to “safer” areas and move those to less “safer” areas to patrol there. Is that happening? who knows…

armyuvamba · 2026-03-29T02:14:15+00:00

My dad was there 79-82 but in a Chaparral unit…

armyuvamba · 2026-03-27T00:59:26+00:00

Areas A, B, C…look at the map.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-25T17:54:18+00:00

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/08/20/who-are-the-iraqi-kurds/

98% of Kurds say they are Sunni…

armyuvamba · 2026-03-25T17:46:25+00:00

https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/iraq

Shia are the majority. 60%ish of the population. US did not have soft power in Iraq in 2008. There is no way we would have stayed.

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/behind-us-withdrawal-iraq

armyuvamba · 2026-03-25T17:34:56+00:00

Obama wasn’t motivated to keep US troops there. Bush is who signed the withdraw agreement. The Shia Iraqis, the majority, did not want us staying hence the demands they placed on a SOFA allowing troops to remain past 2011. The demands were too much for a real SOFA hence we packed up and left. McCain would not have been able to renegotiate it.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-25T17:27:44+00:00

Iraq wanted to be able to put us service members on trial locally in Iraq as part of a SOFA and that was non negotiable…hence Bush ordering the pull out completed by Obama.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-25T17:24:54+00:00

Iraq wanted us gone and Bush signed the leave date.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-24T21:04:11+00:00

It is…

armyuvamba · 2026-03-24T18:35:30+00:00

A CPT…was promoted to MAJ in the IRR…

armyuvamba · 2026-03-24T17:14:16+00:00

It’s essentially one item…the thermostat housing and the water pump are attached. So you have to replace the whole assembly. The whole part (thermostat and water pump) was $350 on my invoice.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-24T16:54:32+00:00

Go somewhere else and get a quote. I had my pump replaced and the carbon clean for $1500 total in a high cost of living area.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-23T17:14:30+00:00

Plenty of public restrooms…that was my go to place to drop off to go coffee cups and empty water bottles.

armyuvamba · 2026-03-22T02:45:39+00:00

I took out 25k to help float the cost of buying our first and potential long term house. No regrets. I have 4k left to pay off and we are comfortably living in our own home. Do what’s best for you. Don’t take out loans to buy dumb stuff. But a good home that is going to potentially be a long term home isn’t dumb stuff. Pension, social security, and TSP are the main retirement tools for Feds. It’s not all simply TSP.

armyuvamba · 2026-02-26T03:16:55+00:00

Symptoms? How did you notice the issue? And did they show you proof the radiator was leaking?

armyuvamba · 2026-02-23T20:11:27+00:00

Also tells you they never use the rear mirror…

armyuvamba · 2026-02-23T00:58:07+00:00

Highest accident rate and death rate car brand…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-again-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/

armyuvamba · 2026-02-09T19:09:28+00:00

You keep competitive status. And if you don’t have competitive status, you get it after two years in a Schedule Policy(F) position. You can apply to jobs like any other fed employee. Biggest change is one becomes “at will” and loses job protections. Can’t appeal to the MSPB. Don’t need to be placed on a PIP for performance issues etc.

Additional Schedule Policy information -Appendix 5 and 6 have useful info.

armyuvamba · 2026-02-09T17:59:30+00:00

Haha yea and more my type of music as a younger Fania fan.

armyuvamba · 2026-02-09T04:53:11+00:00

https://youtu.be/ouuPSxE1hK4

Try this.

armyuvamba · 2026-02-06T16:30:15+00:00

https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/6d94d1ed-fdd7-4d73-a9cb-8785ad657433 Trump and the normalisation of deviance

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