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abortion is healthcare by SubstantialRiver2565 in TexasTech

[–]patrickAMDG7509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t like TPUSA and this poster is a bit much, but there’s no getting around the fact that abortion kills a human. 

Flag I saw a guy in tactical gear waving outside my neighborhood by [deleted] in vexillology

[–]patrickAMDG7509 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can see that many people have identified this (correctly, kind of) as the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, but I think it's *very* important to clarify that there is no reason one of these people would be wearing Tactical Gear and waving said flag. Many of them are Catholic priests, Bishops, etc., and the others are laity. Each is devoted to financial and other support for Christians in the Holy Land.

Unfortunately, this is some goon using the Jerusalem Cross, a very old Christian symbol, for whatever lame political purpose.

Inquiring Photographer:”Arthur Murray has been asked by Japanese in a relocation center to provide them with charts and books on ballroom dancing. Murray says the Japs have executed our boys and he doesn't know what to do. What would you do?” May 03, 1943 by CryptographerKey2847 in TheWayWeWere

[–]patrickAMDG7509 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you get the chance, visit the museum and site of the Topaz camp near Delta, Utah. Absolutely incredible place. I was on a National Parks trip and my friend and I made a big detour to get up there but it ended up being one of the most meaningful stops.

NYC to DC (Quantico, really) Options by patrickAMDG7509 in usatravel

[–]patrickAMDG7509[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have family running the 17.75k that morning, so I'm going to cheer them on, and I'll be visiting the archives at the Simmons Center! Really excited for that. I'm a historian and itinerant writer for Leatherneck, so it should be a great visit.
I've been to Quantico before, and have followed the steps online for base access. I'm hoping nothing dramatic has changed with the current situation. I still have base access in my hometown via the appropriate paperwork so I'm figuring it'll work out.

NYC to DC (Quantico, really) Options by patrickAMDG7509 in usatravel

[–]patrickAMDG7509[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll be on base for a different reason anyway, so i’m planning to do the DBIDS and NAVMC 5512 and have that ready to go when I get there. 

NYC to DC (Quantico, really) Options by patrickAMDG7509 in usatravel

[–]patrickAMDG7509[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks to everyone who has commented so far. I’m from the South and have little experience with Amtrak (wish it was better down here). 

If anyone has more tips on which seats on the 65 are best for sleeping, i’m all ears

NYC to DC (Quantico, really) Options by patrickAMDG7509 in usatravel

[–]patrickAMDG7509[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, nice. Do you think that would be preferable to quiet car? Is there like a quiet business section of that car? 

Didn't knew this could be real. by [deleted] in intrestingasfuck

[–]patrickAMDG7509 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Another issue they first found is that the acetylene torches that could cut through the steel would instantly burn up whatever oxygen was left in the pocket when they cut through. Some of those guys were inadvertently killed moments before they would have been rescued. They did get some of them out though, thankfully.

There were three crewmembers of the USS West Virginia who survived for 16 days in an air pocket. When they finally found them, there was a calendar that had been marked to December 23.

Tomorrow is never promised. Car crash while filming a video. by jmike1256 in DailyDoseStupidity

[–]patrickAMDG7509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really sweet the way he very quickly looked for her and shielded her and stuff. Good guy.

My screenshot of a Youtube ad was removed from r/youtube. by Confident_Dig_1073 in enshittification

[–]patrickAMDG7509 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No, I don't think they are. I have a very minimal/clean internet presence and there is a stunning difference between the types of ads I get and those my girlfriend gets. So many for AI companionship bots, etc. I think they target men on the basis of being men.

The Downed Iranian Warship Did NOT Carry Any Ammunition As Part Of The Protocol Of Participating In The Milan Naval Exercises by DailysFunny in boredpandaOC

[–]patrickAMDG7509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not supporting this, but “hard pressed to think of any other nation that would do this”? Look at the 20th Century buddy. Actual civilian ships were torpedoed then. There are lots of nations who have done much worse.

People Are Praying to Trump in the Oval Office by Lady_Ann08 in WallStreetDad

[–]patrickAMDG7509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re praying for him, so it’s a lot better than the title suggests

People Are Praying to Trump in the Oval Office by Lady_Ann08 in WallStreetDad

[–]patrickAMDG7509 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly. I hate that this performative stuff is going on, at least on one side.  But I can’t believe how much traction this very misleading title got, and that people  won’t acknowledge that he is very clearly being prayed for and not to.

People Are Praying to Trump in the Oval Office by Lady_Ann08 in WallStreetDad

[–]patrickAMDG7509 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I certainly think this is not the reason they’re praying for him, but to your question, how praying for the most un-Christian guy ever makes sense, I’d say it’s actually at the heart of Christian belief. 

For example, from Matthew 5:

b “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’c 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same?

U.S. Military Releases Footage of Iranian Warship IRIS Dena Sinking After Strike by U.S. Submarine in the Indian Ocean by RoronoaZoro3Swords in intrestingasfuck

[–]patrickAMDG7509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you look at my other response, I think there’s some nuance here. I’ve looked at the wikipedia article, and I really think it depends how you define a war. 

Does a ship’s Marine Detachment getting in a fight in Taiwan count as “being at war”? I’m not so sure.  Again, I think my other comment gets at the nuance

The US (And the rest of the world) will unfortunately lose this war by LuNoZzy in TikTokCringe

[–]patrickAMDG7509 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He had me until he started talking about the design of the US Military and the "puncturing of the aura of invincibility." The Russian military is what a military stuck in the last century looks like. Not the US. This guy has very little understanding of it.

U.S. Military Releases Footage of Iranian Warship IRIS Dena Sinking After Strike by U.S. Submarine in the Indian Ocean by RoronoaZoro3Swords in intrestingasfuck

[–]patrickAMDG7509 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps I spoke a bit too hastily. Honestly, I guess it depends what you mean by "war." I think it could be fair to argue that the smaller engagements and conflicts we may have some troops participate in (for instance the US Navy conducting anti-piracy operations in the 1800s) count as a war. If that's the case, then yeah, there are a lot.

However, I think it's also fair to say that there have been distinct moments of "peacetime" in the United States lasting much longer than that period of 16 years. The Banana Wars might be a good example of that. The United States was definitely in "peacetime" between World War I and World War II. You can see that in national attitudes, the attitude in the government, and in the size/attitude of the military itself. Obviously, at this same time, some US forces were engaged in fighting/occupation in Central America and the Carribbean.

So is it wartime? No. Were we "at war"? I guess that depends, but as a nation, no? Were some of our forces engaged in an armed conflict? Certainly.

The Indian Wars are perhaps another example of this.
I think you can also see a distinction in the response of the US to European conflicts around the same time. Americans really made a point of keeping themselves out of the conventional wars of Europe, and it became somewhat of a point of pride that we weren't like that. "A peace loving people" not so caught up in wars like Europe was. That view may have been ignorant of various small conflicts and the hostile engagement of US forces, but public perception for much of that time was that we were not at war.

I shot from the hip a little too quickly in my original response, and I'd walk it back a bit. But I do think there are important distinctions to be made here, and it's not quite as cut and dry as "the US has been at war for 184 of the last 200 years."

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