Government Waste and Corruption thread

[AWP]

Has anyone ever confirmed Shrek's 1-man, 8 day, "act like a retard" with a bag full of money recon to find a HVT in Afghanistan? Other podcasters, books, etc.?

 

[Box]

That video clip sounded absolutely unhinged.

We "helped" Obama Bin Laden escape from Tora Bora because 'muh Military Industrial Complex?
We only "caught" Bin Laden because Barack Hussein Osama needed the bump in the polls to get reelected?
Where in the actual fuck does such a claim come from?
What reality exists where this is considered a serious accusation?

What's next?
Is he going to tell us that the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was sent by the oil companies so we could have a petrol based economy?
Is he going to tell us that 'Big Rubber' conspired with Greyhound to invent Bus Transit because 'Big Railroad' refused to put a set of BF Goodrich Radial T/A's on their locomotives?

The only thing sillier than the shit he was saying in that clip was that Megyn Kelly posted it.

 

[Devildoc]

Has anyone ever confirmed Shrek's 1-man, 8 day, "act like a retard" with a bag full of money recon to find a HVT in Afghanistan? Other podcasters, books, etc.?

I want to say it was mentioned in the Dalton Fury book, but I can't recall with 100% certainty.

When SOB Tactical was small and his subscription service was new-ish, you could message him and have a pretty good chat about, we'll, anything. I dropped the subscription service about a year ago but even that far back he was less and less available and approachable. Now he wants to be a Jocko-TMac mash up and getting on tons of podcasts.

 

[Gunz]

I think he got his bell rung one too many times.

 

[Box]

If you Podcast for money - and your money is based on views and likes - and one of your own Vet-Bro podcasters is already getting paid for all of the views and likes that he got by telling everyone about that time when he threw 50 hand grenades at 250 bad guys and then fired both of his Glocks - one in each hand - with the reins held in his teeth - while he took down seventeen armed Afghani terrorists...
...well
...you just gotta talk about SOMETHING in your podcast that keeps the audience engaged.

It's why folks like Shawn Ryan rush to the Interwbez with breaking news of the deep state plot to use a Cyber Truck full of shitty Chinese firecrackers to blow up the world and then pin it all one patsy - only to come back later with a "maaaaybe our information wasn't thoroughly vetted" mea culpa

If your clearance is so Tippy-Top-Secret-REL-FORN that not even Forrest Taft is cleared to be briefed on your Black Ops - but you go on Magyn Kelly to tell her that the deep state rescued Bin Laden from your wrath just before you issued the coup de gras - mostly so Barry could put OBL into deep state witness protection until the 2012 election...
...well, the word "bullshit" comes to mind.

But hey - the man was the real deal when he was in uniform - and he has bills to pay - and this is still America - and if Joe Biden can tell the fucking stories that HE has gotten away with over the last 50 years - then why in the fuck can't a decorated US Army war veteran make a few bucks telling war stories to Megyn Kelly.
In fact, after some of the shit I hear at work - I'm prone to believing him.
Every single word he says.

...and you should too

 

[Devildoc]

If you Podcast for money - and your money is based on views and likes - and one of your own Vet-Bro podcasters is already getting paid for all of the views and likes that he got by telling everyone about that time when he threw 50 hand grenades at 250 bad guys and then fired both of his Glocks - one in each hand - with the reins held in his teeth - while he took down seventeen armed Afghani terrorists...
...well
...you just gotta talk about SOMETHING in your podcast that keeps the audience engaged.

It's why folks like Shawn Ryan rush to the Interwbez with breaking news of the deep state plot to use a Cyber Truck full of shitty Chinese firecrackers to blow up the world and then pin it all one patsy - only to come back later with a "maaaaybe our information wasn't thoroughly vetted" mea culpa

If your clearance is so Tippy-Top-Secret-REL-FORN that not even Forrest Taft is cleared to be briefed on your Black Ops - but you go on Magyn Kelly to tell her that the deep state rescued Bin Laden from your wrath just before you issued the coup de gras - mostly so Barry could put OBL into deep state witness protection until the 2012 election...
...well, the word "bullshit" comes to mind.

But hey - the man was the real deal when he was in uniform - and he has bills to pay - and this is still America - and if Joe Biden can tell the fucking stories that HE has gotten away with over the last 50 years - then why in the fuck can't a decorated US Army war veteran make a few bucks telling war stories to Megyn Kelly.
In fact, after some of the shit I hear at work - I'm prone to believing him.
Every single word he says.

...and you should too

The vet-bro crowd saw that the guns, gear, and tactical training biz was relatively capped, and also required a lot of energy on their part, so they've gone into podcasts. They need to reinvest and reinvest, and they need to get j-u-s-t enough separation from the other guy to be different.

Of course some stories stand the test of time and are irrefutable, and others change over time.

I don't get why he'd or any of the others embellish on such a public stage; if he's lying and he knows he's lying, he's going to get outted. If his story is what he thinks that's a whole different kettle of fish.

I think his story in that video is crap and @Gunz is probably right, with all the jumping, BJJ, and range time he got his bell wrung.

 

[BloodStripe]

Our DODEA Elementary is RIF’ing seven positions. The position that stings the most from what I’m tracking is they won’t have a dedicated IT person at the school. Unsure about the Middle/High School, but if they are cutting the elementary school position I’m making an educated guess that the MS/HS job is also getting cut. If that’s the case, they will have one person for 64 schools in Europe.