Jeffree Star, Miley Cyrus, Trump and Everything California Fires, VA Trainwreck Glitch, & More.
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Date: 2019-11-01
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Z0mbi3Peach
It's unfortunate that more than half of the videos I've watched on (or were filmed on) Veteran's Day, all mentioned how much better we could do with our vets. The main focus was typically how we (as a country and mostly gov't) treat/fail our former military citizens. We're supposed to be the best country on earth with an even better army to back that up, or so they say. In my opinion, it's the most dishonorable, disrespectful and disgusting example of falling extremely short. The many, many promises being made to prospective/current Americans serving in any branch of the military should be realistic and suited per branch and rank. Treating these people with dignity and gratitude isn't much to ask for considering what they've always done for us, it's almost an eye for an eye kind of thing. They fight so we can have clothes, food, shelter, basic healthcare and opportunities to be a better person, why's it so hard to simply return a favor? What can we really do at the end of the day to make a difference anyway? I feel like the gov't and other powers that be, have much more say in how it works than we do, the economy sucks so I feel it unlikely that top notch care for vets is at the top of the budget allocation roster. This country is so backwards, yet you hardly hear or see much talk about how to significantly improve the way shit is run- probably since it would require a constant outlook of open-mindedness. Change scares people especially when it comes to challenging core beliefs/ questioning your own moral values and ethical standards with everything you've been taught your whole life. We're supposed to trust the gov't for protection, not betrayal and betrayal is exactly what they're doing to the naive and desperate.
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It's unfortunate that more than half of the videos I've watched on (or were filmed on) Veteran's Day, all mentioned how much better we could do with our vets. The main focus was typically how we (as a country and mostly gov't) treat/fail our former military citizens. We're supposed to be the best country on earth with an even better army to back that up, or so they say. In my opinion, it's the most dishonorable, disrespectful and disgusting example of falling extremely short. The many, many promises being made to prospective/current Americans serving in any branch of the military should be realistic and suited per branch and rank. Treating these people with dignity and gratitude isn't much to ask for considering what they've always done for us, it's almost an eye for an eye kind of thing. They fight so we can have clothes, food, shelter, basic healthcare and opportunities to be a better person, why's it so hard to simply return a favor? What can we really do at the end of the day to make a difference anyway? I feel like the gov't and other powers that be, have much more say in how it works than we do, the economy sucks so I feel it unlikely that top notch care for vets is at the top of the budget allocation roster. This country is so backwards, yet you hardly hear or see much talk about how to significantly improve the way shit is run- probably since it would require a constant outlook of open-mindedness. Change scares people especially when it comes to challenging core beliefs/ questioning your own moral values and ethical standards with everything you've been taught your whole life. We're supposed to trust the gov't for protection, not betrayal and betrayal is exactly what they're doing to the naive and desperate.
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treedevil
My granddad was a veteran, he served in the Airforce for a long time in the 50s-70s and recently passed away at 93. I know that he loved the care he got at his local VA hospital in southern Florida and repeatedly declined to move closer to family because of it. I never asked him specifically about it, but I definitely got the impression that he felt he was treated well post-service-- he and my housewife grandmother lived modestly but comfortably for decades on whatever form of retirement he had. At his funeral there was a state-provided honor guard/little ceremony with a flag and rifles shot off. It's embarrassing and heartbreaking that we can't seem to provide our vets with the benefits that everyone agrees they deserve. That's what kind of gets me about this, is that support for our military personnel is quite high and if you ask almost anyone, they'll say it's important, regardless of political affiliation-- even if they don't support the military in general, everyone agrees that those who serve deserve respect. But we can't seem to manage even that. I feel like it's a bit related to how we tend to not take care of or invest in our infrastructure or preventative measures-- sweeping IT updates should have been made ages ago (as well as regularly, but it just wasn't a priority. Hindsight is 20/20, but even foresight could easily have seen this problem coming.
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My granddad was a veteran, he served in the Airforce for a long time in the 50s-70s and recently passed away at 93. I know that he loved the care he got at his local VA hospital in southern Florida and repeatedly declined to move closer to family because of it. I never asked him specifically about it, but I definitely got the impression that he felt he was treated well post-service-- he and my housewife grandmother lived modestly but comfortably for decades on whatever form of retirement he had. At his funeral there was a state-provided honor guard/little ceremony with a flag and rifles shot off. It's embarrassing and heartbreaking that we can't seem to provide our vets with the benefits that everyone agrees they deserve. That's what kind of gets me about this, is that support for our military personnel is quite high and if you ask almost anyone, they'll say it's important, regardless of political affiliation-- even if they don't support the military in general, everyone agrees that those who serve deserve respect. But we can't seem to manage even that. I feel like it's a bit related to how we tend to not take care of or invest in our infrastructure or preventative measures-- sweeping IT updates should have been made ages ago (as well as regularly, but it just wasn't a priority. Hindsight is 20/20, but even foresight could easily have seen this problem coming.
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Mother Of Sons
A comment about the California fires. Trees, grass, shrubs, and weeds are fuel directly from the sun. This fuel can be used for two things. Wildlife and livestock fodder and lumber products or in California's case fire. California and the Federal government have made it nearly impossible for livestock ranchers to use this land because of regulations. There used to be millions of sheep, goats and cattle that grazed on that land and used that fuel for food production but California environmentalists didn't want to see them when they hiked and livestock were no longer allowed. California used to have a viable lumber industry but no one wanted to let the trees be cut down. So now that fuel feeds fires. California has had more fires since they regulated the livestock and lumber businesses out of existence. Remove the fuel, especially grass, weeds and shrubs fires won't have fuel to burn. California made it's bed and now it wants the rest of America to pay for it. A lot of States had fires this year that burned millions of acres, including my own, did we make National news or ask for Federal aid? No. Grow up California you don't have a drought problem you have a fuel problem and it's your problem not the rest of Americas. Get your livestock and lumber industries back in full swing and your fuel problem goes away.
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A comment about the California fires. Trees, grass, shrubs, and weeds are fuel directly from the sun. This fuel can be used for two things. Wildlife and livestock fodder and lumber products or in California's case fire. California and the Federal government have made it nearly impossible for livestock ranchers to use this land because of regulations. There used to be millions of sheep, goats and cattle that grazed on that land and used that fuel for food production but California environmentalists didn't want to see them when they hiked and livestock were no longer allowed. California used to have a viable lumber industry but no one wanted to let the trees be cut down. So now that fuel feeds fires. California has had more fires since they regulated the livestock and lumber businesses out of existence. Remove the fuel, especially grass, weeds and shrubs fires won't have fuel to burn. California made it's bed and now it wants the rest of America to pay for it. A lot of States had fires this year that burned millions of acres, including my own, did we make National news or ask for Federal aid? No. Grow up California you don't have a drought problem you have a fuel problem and it's your problem not the rest of Americas. Get your livestock and lumber industries back in full swing and your fuel problem goes away.
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Bunnymomjulie
My father was a WWII, Korean, and Vietnam vet after retiring from the military with 22 years of service. Here's what we learned. In order to receive any benefit of which you are entitled, you are required to jump through lots of hoops and sit down and fill out reams of paperwork. The benefits are not just handed to you. My dad had a very efficient personal secretary (my mom) to help him complete all this, but probably most people are not that fortunate or really capable of focusing on such a mammoth extra project when they are working, raising a family, trying to have a life, or suffering from some sort of residual effect of warfare. HOWEVER, if you do jump through all the hoops correctly and get the massive paperwork completed, they tell you thank you and to expect to wait x number of months. Miraculously, our paperwork went straight through because my mom was OCD about filling out every single thing, bringing forms to doctors, etc. looking up every little date and detail. I can only imagine that if the VA worker on the other end can't read the handwriting, or there are any holes whatsoever, that holds up the process. Oh, and my dad passed in 2012, so that wasn't that long ago. The problem is that in order to receive benefits, it is a HUGE undertaking for the prospective recipient.
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My father was a WWII, Korean, and Vietnam vet after retiring from the military with 22 years of service. Here's what we learned. In order to receive any benefit of which you are entitled, you are required to jump through lots of hoops and sit down and fill out reams of paperwork. The benefits are not just handed to you. My dad had a very efficient personal secretary (my mom) to help him complete all this, but probably most people are not that fortunate or really capable of focusing on such a mammoth extra project when they are working, raising a family, trying to have a life, or suffering from some sort of residual effect of warfare. HOWEVER, if you do jump through all the hoops correctly and get the massive paperwork completed, they tell you thank you and to expect to wait x number of months. Miraculously, our paperwork went straight through because my mom was OCD about filling out every single thing, bringing forms to doctors, etc. looking up every little date and detail. I can only imagine that if the VA worker on the other end can't read the handwriting, or there are any holes whatsoever, that holds up the process. Oh, and my dad passed in 2012, so that wasn't that long ago. The problem is that in order to receive benefits, it is a HUGE undertaking for the prospective recipient.
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Bailie June
My father in law has been through hell with the VA, numerous horror stories. Yesterday the VA told him that they don't believe that he has been married to his wife of 15+ years since 2010. That some how they think he divorced her in 2010 and now they have to prove that they have always been married, they screw him with his medications, his benefits, some how his EX wife was able to access private medical records over the phone just by saying I'm his wife some random person could have called and gotten the information and its ridiculous. Once at the VA they had a man who was violently ill and actually had appendicitis sit in the ER waiting room for 8 hours untreated and neglected. We had to go and get Nurses and doctors because the man was so ill and even then they were literally throwing fits because they had to help. They were rude to us and him. The VA and America needs to treat our vets better. My father in law as well as others he served with fought and in his case were even exposed to things that are blacked out on his own medical records. Our military men and women are so mistreated. Its a shame
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My father in law has been through hell with the VA, numerous horror stories. Yesterday the VA told him that they don't believe that he has been married to his wife of 15+ years since 2010. That some how they think he divorced her in 2010 and now they have to prove that they have always been married, they screw him with his medications, his benefits, some how his EX wife was able to access private medical records over the phone just by saying I'm his wife some random person could have called and gotten the information and its ridiculous. Once at the VA they had a man who was violently ill and actually had appendicitis sit in the ER waiting room for 8 hours untreated and neglected. We had to go and get Nurses and doctors because the man was so ill and even then they were literally throwing fits because they had to help. They were rude to us and him. The VA and America needs to treat our vets better. My father in law as well as others he served with fought and in his case were even exposed to things that are blacked out on his own medical records. Our military men and women are so mistreated. Its a shame
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xhectichectorx
i live in Cali, less than a half hour away from the Carr Fire and about an hour and a half away from the Camp Fire. right up at the top of the valley where farming, orchards, logging, and lumber mills are a big part of life for a lot of people. I myself work in a biomass power plant and Cali has gotten so anal about logging that the forest are over growing. Even where i work which used to be able to burn orchard wood, now we cannot, we used to be able to burn forest brush and now we cannot. My work is only allowed to buy fuel that has been infected by a bug or comes from the lumber mills. Its sad to say but Trump is correct in saying that there is mismanagement of Cali's forest. Not to mention that in the beginning of the year one of Cali's largest water damns failed and broke so we lost a ton of water on top of the water we are now using to put out these fires. Our state tax is going to be moving up to almost 25% very soon. Its going to be hard to recover from these fires while we lose 25% of our paychecks to state tax on top of the 13-17% federal tax.
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i live in Cali, less than a half hour away from the Carr Fire and about an hour and a half away from the Camp Fire. right up at the top of the valley where farming, orchards, logging, and lumber mills are a big part of life for a lot of people. I myself work in a biomass power plant and Cali has gotten so anal about logging that the forest are over growing. Even where i work which used to be able to burn orchard wood, now we cannot, we used to be able to burn forest brush and now we cannot. My work is only allowed to buy fuel that has been infected by a bug or comes from the lumber mills. Its sad to say but Trump is correct in saying that there is mismanagement of Cali's forest. Not to mention that in the beginning of the year one of Cali's largest water damns failed and broke so we lost a ton of water on top of the water we are now using to put out these fires. Our state tax is going to be moving up to almost 25% very soon. Its going to be hard to recover from these fires while we lose 25% of our paychecks to state tax on top of the 13-17% federal tax.
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Kristin Wiley
Army veteran here, my opinion is that anything run by the government tends to lean towards grossly incompetent. The lack of accountability and amount of waste would overwhelm you in organizations like the VA. I contacted multiple news organizations and veterans support groups back in October trying to bring attention to this issue, but no one was interested in running the story back then. I'm glad it's finally gaining some ground. Don't forget about the VA healthcare system. None of the clinics talk to each other, share medical records, etc, and it can take years to get an appointment for anything outside of the scope of general practice. If you ever want a clear example of how socialized medicine doesn't work, look at the VA. I'd love to have the option to change providers or get seen in a timely manner or even get a phone number that works so I can make appointments without having to drive to the clinic and stand in line for an hour.
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Army veteran here, my opinion is that anything run by the government tends to lean towards grossly incompetent. The lack of accountability and amount of waste would overwhelm you in organizations like the VA. I contacted multiple news organizations and veterans support groups back in October trying to bring attention to this issue, but no one was interested in running the story back then. I'm glad it's finally gaining some ground. Don't forget about the VA healthcare system. None of the clinics talk to each other, share medical records, etc, and it can take years to get an appointment for anything outside of the scope of general practice. If you ever want a clear example of how socialized medicine doesn't work, look at the VA. I'd love to have the option to change providers or get seen in a timely manner or even get a phone number that works so I can make appointments without having to drive to the clinic and stand in line for an hour.
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Melissa Sobey
My brother is a disabled Marine. He has had nothing but problems with the VA. And he has recently become homeless. We live in different states, but thankfully, he has friends and family there who are trying to keep him under a roof until things get figured out. There hasn't been a year I can remember since his medical discharge that they have ever paid him accurately and on time every month. He never knows what his deposit amount is going to be. On top of that, getting his medical care is hit or miss, as well. They've recently taken away his pain medication without tapering it off, and left him with Tylenol or Ibuprofen to dull a serious leg injury from a bullet wound that has destroyed his knee. While we were super encourage when Beto O'Rourke took up the cause of the vets in El Paso, the changes that need to take place are massive, and for many vets it feels hopeless. The VA system is very, very broken.
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My brother is a disabled Marine. He has had nothing but problems with the VA. And he has recently become homeless. We live in different states, but thankfully, he has friends and family there who are trying to keep him under a roof until things get figured out. There hasn't been a year I can remember since his medical discharge that they have ever paid him accurately and on time every month. He never knows what his deposit amount is going to be. On top of that, getting his medical care is hit or miss, as well. They've recently taken away his pain medication without tapering it off, and left him with Tylenol or Ibuprofen to dull a serious leg injury from a bullet wound that has destroyed his knee. While we were super encourage when Beto O'Rourke took up the cause of the vets in El Paso, the changes that need to take place are massive, and for many vets it feels hopeless. The VA system is very, very broken.
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ItsDamoGirl
The thing is. african American and minority veterans have been receiving this kind of horrible treatment by our government since the first GI bill. They purposely left African American soldiers without benefits and I have family who fought in Korea who never rejected benefits even when my fathers uncle died there and they never recovered his body The VA has ALWAYS been unprepared Im sorry I dont have personal experience but if you have a good one tell me. All Ive heard is how our heros are left behind. I know so many in Baltimore, where Im from. If you fight for our country you should come home to a goddamn golden toilet seat and be good for life. At the end of the day until we all realize our system needs to be changed, it wont change because the powers that be are perfectly fine with giving us their scraps to keep us quiet Wake up people.
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The thing is. african American and minority veterans have been receiving this kind of horrible treatment by our government since the first GI bill. They purposely left African American soldiers without benefits and I have family who fought in Korea who never rejected benefits even when my fathers uncle died there and they never recovered his body The VA has ALWAYS been unprepared Im sorry I dont have personal experience but if you have a good one tell me. All Ive heard is how our heros are left behind. I know so many in Baltimore, where Im from. If you fight for our country you should come home to a goddamn golden toilet seat and be good for life. At the end of the day until we all realize our system needs to be changed, it wont change because the powers that be are perfectly fine with giving us their scraps to keep us quiet Wake up people.
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