Bullshit Thread #7

[bright lights, big city]

Binge drinking ( bored )..

That is unusual - a SharingLungs member actually knows something about me :O
Zevaka was, as I supposed, the only one who knows I exist.

And I really cut down on drinking lately! Very much actually, and I am very glad about feeling at least a bit more healthy

the reason i asked you how you could drink them is because dont they slow you down after an hour or so.. and i cant imagine somebody  in the military needing energy drinks.. i didnt even think they'd be allowed to be honest

hi, my name is Trey.  And I am an energydrinkohaulic.
I can drink one and two hours later be sound asleep.  Yesterday I did 3 monsters.  Totally more than anyone should be drinking, I know this.  One can already has twice the daily value of all the vitamins and herbs they pack into those things as the nutrition facts clearly state that one can is two servings.  So yeah, I have built up quite the tolerance. 

however as far as the military allowing me to drink them or not.  the military has zero control over my dietary intake.  I can eat or drink whatever I want.  I really think people have a gross misconception over how much control the military has over your life. 

But those things sell like crazy on base.  And they are even better on deployment.  If you know you are getting ready to go into a shitty situation.  Chuge a red bull or a monster, its the greatest thing ever.  Gets you all pumped and focused.  They should let us do crack.

dude thats awesome

[lostpilot]

hi, my name is Trey.  And I am an energydrinkohaulic.
I can drink one and two hours later be sound asleep.  Yesterday I did 3 monsters.  Totally more than anyone should be drinking, I know this.  One can already has twice the daily value of all the vitamins and herbs they pack into those things as the nutrition facts clearly state that one can is two servings.  So yeah, I have built up quite the tolerance. 

however as far as the military allowing me to drink them or not.  the military has zero control over my dietary intake.  I can eat or drink whatever I want.  I really think people have a gross misconception over how much control the military has over your life. 

But those things sell like crazy on base.  And they are even better on deployment.  If you know you are getting ready to go into a shitty situation.  Chuge a red bull or a monster, its the greatest thing ever.  Gets you all pumped and focused.  They should let us do crack.

first of all, I hope you know what effects do energy drinks have on your system - even though you are feeling alright, and everything seems pretty much okay, you are actually damaging your body really much.. all in the chemicals. this should be taken into account. that is why i usually do not drink coffee, energy drinks or do any drugs that have to do anything with stimulation. though, i smoke a lot, it stimulates you too, but in a different way.

and if to talk about army and stimulants, well, you are right to say, that troops (can I call you in that way?) should be allowed to take really powerful stimulants to increase their capabilities of accuracy, focus and so on. but when I look back on history and think of all the experiments done with troops with all kinds of drugs to test their increasing or (usually) decreasing atributes, i think it is quite not fair to be that troop they're testing all the shit on. i'll always remember this one video (no idea if it was fake or not), when military units were given lsd, and after a while they started to gaze at the woods, trees and grass, all peaceful.. lets give all the military units in the world some hallucogens, maybe there may be any peace!

[Variable]

I dont know where you did your research on the effects of energy drinks on the human body.  But I think you might need to do a little bit more.  Same with coffee. 

And I was just joking about letting us use hardcore stimulants.  that would be a bad idea.  Especially because 4th generation warfare deals so much with winning over a populace of people , not killing them. 

I am also not sure what experiments on the troops you are talking about.  I dont really know of any outside of Nazi Germany. 

[tarkil]

i only get drunk anymore when the opportunity presents itself..

Same here... Unfortunately this kind of occasions presents itself 2 or 3 times a week...
What can you do ?!?!?!?

Also, as I thought this was a little bit too healthy for me, I decided on drinking only vodka redbull, which makes me drink something like 6 or 7 cans per night of binge drinking at least... ^5 for my liver...  

[Variable]

6 or 7 cans of red bull?

[Fireal1222]

i sure hope not. and if so.. you cant  be doing that

[tarkil]

I am yes...  But I mix it with vodka, so it's OK... right ? 

[Variable]

i sure hope not. and if so.. you cant  be doing that

why not?  I did 4 monsters today.  That is about equal to 8 red bulls.  Im still ticking.

I am yes...  But I mix it with vodka, so it's OK... right ? 

ha, its absolutely ok.

but na,  In reality that's really not ok.  The ingrediants in these energy drinks are really not that bad when taken in proper dosage.  But even all those b vitamins and shit can have negative side effects when you take too many.  I would switch to Vodka tonic if I were you.  I myself am starting to slowly cut back on the monsters.

[tarkil]

I should be switching to vodka lemonade indeed... Not getting more than a couple of vodka redbulls per night...
Problem is that I love this drink so much....

Anyway, I'll try to cut it down doing 1 / 1 now : 1 V/R, 1 V/L...    ^5 for my liver....

[Variable]

yeah I think starting off the night with one or two vodka red bulls is a good start.  Then maybe a screw driver or vodka tonic or something like that.  It would be better if you made it sugar free red bulls and some sort of low sugar mixer after that.  You will last a lot longer through the night if you aren't coming down from a sugar high.

[tarkil]

You will last a lot longer through the night if you aren't coming down from a sugar high.

Well, that's usually no problem for me, so I should be OK....
For some reason, vodka just makes me feel fucking genki (you should know that word...) and awake...

[Fireal1222]

dont you have gatorade in your country tarkil. red gatorade is the best tracer.. and orange juice is the best with vodka.


the only problem with orange juice is that its very acidic so it can upset ur stomach

[Variable]

I like blue gatorade and vodka

[4th Eye]

Vodka is best with energy drinks but nowadays I quite often have my vodka straight or with water. I used too much juices and sodas as mixers so they started to taste like alcohol.

[tarkil]

I'm not sure they have Gatorade, and I'm not sure I like it anyway...
And orange juice with vodka is just gross... Smells like fucking puke to me.... Honestly I hate it.

Best would be vodka - redbull or vodka - lemonade. Even better if you can add a slight touch of lemon or lime in it...
Moscow Mule is nice too (Vodka, Lime juice, ginger ale).
And so is vodka - apple juice by the way.

I used too much juices and sodas as mixers so they started to taste like alcohol.

Ha ha... I feel you with that... Everytime I drank apple juice, I thought it tasted like vodka... That's a few years I stopped though, so now it's not that much like that anymore... But I'm completely unable to drink redbull alone these days...

[theis]

And orange juice with vodka is just gross... Smells like fucking puke to me.... Honestly I hate it.

+1

[devilinside]

I second the OJ and Vodka...I like Cranberry and Vodka.


Woman to be 1st ever female 4-star general
The Associated Press
5:57 PM CDT, June 23, 2008

For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general.

The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to head the Army Materiel Command, responsible for equipping, outfitting and arming soldiers throughout the Army.

If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman to attain the rank of a full general. By law, the Army is limited to 11 active-duty four-stars, including the Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey.

Women haven't reached four-star rank because by law they are excluded from serving in combat roles, which historically have been the path to the highest-ranking positions. That exclusion still applies, but with Dunwoody the Army has chosen to cast aside its customary limitations on promotion.



Dunwoody is one of only two female three-stars in the Army; the other is Lt. Gen. Kathleen Gainey, director of logistics on the Joint Staff.

"Her 33 years of service, highlighted by extraordinary leadership and devotion to duty, make her exceptionally qualified for this senior position," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a statement.

Dunwoody currently is deputy commander of Army Materiel Command. Among her earlier assignments, she was commander of Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Army deputy chief of staff for logistics.

Dunwoody is a native of New York; she received her Army commission after graduating from the State University of New York in 1975.

"I am very honored but also very humbled today with this announcement," Dunwoody said. "I grew up in a family that didn't know what glass ceilings were. This nomination only reaffirms what I have known to be true about the military throughout my career -- that the doors continue to open for men and women in uniform."

[lithium]

major bullshit

US issues threat to Iraq's $50bn foreign reserves in military deal


The US is holding hostage some $50bn (£25bn) of Iraq's money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an agreement seen by many Iraqis as prolonging the US occupation indefinitely, according to information leaked to The Independent.


US negotiators are using the existence of $20bn in outstanding court judgments against Iraq in the US, to pressure their Iraqi counterparts into accepting the terms of the military deal, details of which were reported for the first time in this newspaper yesterday.

Iraq's foreign reserves are currently protected by a presidential order giving them immunity from judicial attachment but the US side in the talks has suggested that if the UN mandate, under which the money is held, lapses and is not replaced by the new agreement, then Iraq's funds would lose this immunity. The cost to Iraq of this happening would be the immediate loss of $20bn. The US is able to threaten Iraq with the loss of 40 per cent of its foreign exchange reserves because Iraq's independence is still limited by the legacy of UN sanctions and restrictions imposed on Iraq since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in the 1990s. This means that Iraq is still considered a threat to international security and stability under Chapter Seven of the UN charter. The US negotiators say the price of Iraq escaping Chapter Seven is to sign up to a new "strategic alliance" with the United States.

The threat by the American side underlines the personal commitment of President George Bush to pushing the new pact through by 31 July. Although it is in reality a treaty between Iraq and the US, Mr Bush is describing it as an alliance so he does not have to submit it for approval to the US Senate.

Iraqi critics of the agreement say that it means Iraq will be a client state in which the US will keep more than 50 military bases. American forces will be able to carry out arrests of Iraqi citizens and conduct military campaigns without consultation with the Iraqi government. American soldiers and contractors will enjoy legal immunity.

The US had previously denied it wanted permanent bases in Iraq, but American negotiators argue that so long as there is an Iraqi perimeter fence, even if it is manned by only one Iraqi soldier, around a US installation, then Iraq and not the US is in charge.

The US has security agreements with many countries, but none are occupied by 151,000 US soldiers as is Iraq. The US is not even willing to tell the government in Baghdad what American forces are entering or leaving Iraq, apparently because it fears the government will inform the Iranians, said an Iraqi source.

The fact that Iraq's financial reserves, increasing rapidly because of the high price of oil, continue to be held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is another legacy of international sanctions against Saddam Hussein. Under the UN mandate, oil revenues must be placed in the Development Fund for Iraq which is in the bank.

The funds are under the control of the Iraqi government, though the US Treasury has strong influence on the form in which the reserves are held.

Iraqi officials say that, last year, they wanted to diversify their holdings out of the dollar, as it depreciated, into other assets, such as the euro, more likely to hold their value. This was vetoed by the US Treasury because American officials feared it would show lack of confidence in the dollar.

Iraqi officials say the consequence of the American action was to lose Iraq the equivalent of $5bn. Given intense American pressure on a weak Iraqi government very dependent on US support, it is still probable that the agreement will go through with only cosmetic changes. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the immensely influential Shia cleric, could prevent the pact by issuing a fatwa against it but has so far failed to do so.

The Grand Ayatollah met Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), which is the main supporter of the Iraqi government, earlier this week and did not condemn the agreement or call for a referendum. He said, according to Mr Hakim, that it must guarantee Iraqi national sovereignty, be transparent, command a national consensus and be approved by the Iraqi parliament. Critics of the deal fear that the government will sign the agreement, and parliament approve it, in return for marginal concessions.

[whodunit?]

This is truly amazing. Just saw it on TV.

Dubai Revolving Skyscrapers.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/

[Variable]

I second the OJ and Vodka...I like Cranberry and Vodka.


Woman to be 1st ever female 4-star general
The Associated Press
5:57 PM CDT, June 23, 2008

For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general.

The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to head the Army Materiel Command, responsible for equipping, outfitting and arming soldiers throughout the Army.

If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman to attain the rank of a full general. By law, the Army is limited to 11 active-duty four-stars, including the Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey.

Women haven't reached four-star rank because by law they are excluded from serving in combat roles, which historically have been the path to the highest-ranking positions. That exclusion still applies, but with Dunwoody the Army has chosen to cast aside its customary limitations on promotion.



Dunwoody is one of only two female three-stars in the Army; the other is Lt. Gen. Kathleen Gainey, director of logistics on the Joint Staff.

"Her 33 years of service, highlighted by extraordinary leadership and devotion to duty, make her exceptionally qualified for this senior position," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a statement.

Dunwoody currently is deputy commander of Army Materiel Command. Among her earlier assignments, she was commander of Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Army deputy chief of staff for logistics.

Dunwoody is a native of New York; she received her Army commission after graduating from the State University of New York in 1975.

"I am very honored but also very humbled today with this announcement," Dunwoody said. "I grew up in a family that didn't know what glass ceilings were. This nomination only reaffirms what I have known to be true about the military throughout my career -- that the doors continue to open for men and women in uniform."

did you see about the first woman to receive the Silver Star?  She was a medic in afghanistan.  It happened while I was there so I didn't really get all the details as I was out in the middle of no where.  But im pretty sure it was only in the past 6 months