Category Archives: Military

Defense Spending and Propagandizing the Second Derivative

Posted on July 25, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Two very similar activities, except one is a spending increase and the other is a spending cut.
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Posted in Funding, Mathematics, Military | 2 Comments

What Do You Say to the Last Man to Die For Outrage Over Shoddy Nation Building? On the Misuse of the Pronoun “We”

Posted on July 17, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

‘We’ aren’t fighting over there.
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Posted in Iraq, Military | 8 Comments

One More Thing About the Afghanistan Mineral Deposits

Posted on June 14, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Even if we’re venal, we still come out badly out of the whole thing.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Bidness, Fucking Morons, Military | 9 Comments

So Now We’ll Be in Afghanistan for, Like, 20 Friedman Units

Posted on June 14, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

One trillion dollars of mining resources in Afghanistan, but we were too busy fighting to see it. Guess what? This is one more way Iraq distracted us from other things.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Bidness, Military | 6 Comments

Memorial Day Thoughts by Andy Rooney

Posted on May 31, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

When it comes to war, we should spend more time listening to those who have seen it.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Military | 3 Comments

What Ten C-17 Cargo Planes the Military Doesn’t Want Would Buy Us

Posted on March 5, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s a lot of jobs.
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Posted in Economics, Military | 18 Comments

Afghanistan: When the Mad Biologist’s Rule of Base Ten Numbers Turns Deadly

Posted on December 13, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Thirty is the new ten.
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Posted in Military, Propaganda | 1 Comment

What Our Taxes Pay For

Posted on April 23, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

The two untouchables: defense and healthcare tax deductions.
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Posted in Healthcare, Military, Taxes | 8 Comments

CIA Exemptions: They’re Not Military Personnel

Posted on April 19, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

This isn’t the obligation to follow orders, it’s about careers and money.
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Posted in Military, The Rule of Law, Torture | 8 Comments

Have No Doubt, the Theopolitical Right Can Be a Buzzkill for Any Circumstance

Posted on January 21, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Combat veterans forced to applaud for megahater Rick Warren.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Military, Religion, Tolerance | 5 Comments