Earthwormjim91

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

This was like a week after his death. Ol boy wasn’t even cold yet. She went on a whole “grief tour” throwing massive events.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

Pretty well, speaking from direct experience. VA has taken care of me medically. Got my degree paid for. Got a zero down home loan. Gave me connections that have supercharged my civilian career.

Virtually everyone I served with has the same experience. The Marines were nothing but good for my life. Just sucked while I was in lol.

I know there are vets out there with the opposite experience. But the ones I personally know with that experience were shitheads before the Marines and shitheads when they got out/got kicked out.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

The UK literally created Israel.

After WWI the Brits controlled the area under mandate in the Treaty of Versailles. In 1917 the UK issued the Balfour Declaration pledging support for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Post WWI, the Brits sponsored heavy Jewish immigration into Palestine. After WWII, they explicitly supported Israeli independence.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It’s horrible, but this IS humanity. Humans have been doing shit like this since time immemorial. M

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Right? My tattoos are for me. I don’t really give a shit if anyone else likes or dislikes them.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

1st Samuel 9:2

Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone else.

It’s pertinent because Saul was anointed by Samuel specifically to be the physically imposing king on the battlefield against the Philistines to rival men like Goliath.

But he pussied out and didn’t fight for Israel when it came down to it, and sent David out instead. David is what Saul was anointed to be. A large, physically imposing man, anointed by God to be the king of all the tribes of Israel.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Important to note, Saul put his own battle garments on David.

Saul is noted as being extremely physically imposing and larger than any other man in the kingdom. And his armor fit David.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

They replace rings when they get full.

But each winning team typically gets 52 names to put on.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

He was absolutely confirmed to be in Afghanistan until the battle of Tora Bora, when he fled to Pakistan.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

He didn’t buy the towers. He leased them. Port Authority of NY and NJ owned the entire complex.

And he ended up getting $4.55 Billion from insurance, while the rebuild of the complex cost much more than that.

One WTC cost $3.9B alone. 7 WTC was another $700M. Total complex rebuild was $26B.

He ended up personally losing over a billion dollars on the complex after the attacks and rebuild.

Not sure what rando YouTube source you have that gets extremely basic facts wrong.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

The common one is that he took out the insurance policy just a month before the attacks.

But that conveniently leaves out that he had only leased the WTC complex at the same time, and part of the contract on the lease was getting insurance on the buildings.

 

I love this thing.

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