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Is nothing to my hatred of the middle class. Whining twats.

Well, of course! Pandemics are declared by the World Health Organization, which every good, red-blooded Chicken Little KNOWS exists for the sole purpose of turning us all into Communist Commies! Good thing we got heroic, semi-literate, red-blooded truckers to stand against the ravening horde...

Would the short form of address be "Chief," like it is for our Navy chief petty officers? I made Technical Sergeant, the sixth of nine enlisted ranks. Never got to senior NCO before I got out.

Go Canada! For you guys to fail of the Gold in hockey is kinda like when we fail of the Gold in basketball: rare and kinda traumatic.

Yeah, you mentioned the AF. Twelve years myself, in intelligence. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, sir or Sarge (or whatever you call a warrant officer, we called 'em "Mister" back when we had 'em).

"Eke" as in "eke out" is one of the most misunderstood terms in English. As you say, people generally think it means "to achieve by a narrow margin, due only to luck or arduous effort," as in "The Canadian Hockey team eked out a gold medal." Actually, the term means "to supplement" or "to fill...

I ain't gonna argue. Things coulda changed since I read my source.

That's wrong too, but not as funny.

Yes, you want them to be the overseers of the peons who weren't as lucky, as smart, or as rich as they are.

"Eek?" Seriously?

Trials conducted according to protocols established by the government you don't trust, so don't pretend they were written in stone by the finger of Gawd.

To serve the rightards' hatred? Cheap at the price. Hatred is the only consistent value wingnuts have.

And commit seppuku?

I don't know about up there either. Down hereabouts, involuntary servitude violates the Thirteenth Amendment. If you've signed a contract and you violate it, the other party (the employer) can sue you for damages, and can generally get an injuction forbidding you to work in the field for pay...

Seriously? Damn. Canadians are pussies.

I read their history. Technically they remain a regiment of the Canadian Army on paper. And I imagine they'd be activated if needed. Still, betcha a loonie they have no service commitment unless so activated. If they did, your young hero who did his own legal research wouldn't have resigned...

I like to think I would have refused orders at My Lai. But I won't say because I try not to make claims I can't back up. Technically, it's not disobeying an order. It's obeying an order from a higher authority than the one giving the unlawful order. They made that point to us in training...

The Air Force wasn't at My Lai. And I don't know what the RCMP does, but the Air Force trained us extensively on the law of war. And firing on unarmed civilians is a war crime. Ya needed to have that down before they issued you a rifle. We didn't have to do our own research. I'm perfectly...

Approved by the relevant drug control agencies. But y'all do your own research now, hear? Cuz you're qualified to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medicines. Cuz you studied at YouTube University.

And he Sloly walked away. . .