Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Ryan McBeth" channel.

  1. I’ve heard a lot of ex-military say they regret separating and not re-upping because they 1) missed the purpose, and 2) they didn’t think about the retirement benefits when they were in their early 20s. But at 38 and not a lot to show for it, the benefits they could have gotten would come in handy.
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  2. From what I can tell, when people complain about the MIC, they’re complaining about lobbying. We should call it the Congressional Industrial Lobbying Complex, and we should note that defense contractors make up a very small part of it and face more scrutiny than other lobbying interests. Sometimes they complain about the military being overcharged for tools and parts from defense contractors. But they don’t educate themselves about government specifications and standards that push prices up. I do think there is a valid case for better and more social spending, but not at the expense of defense spending.
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  3. I lost a gallon of milk and I received 4 Quart Martials. True story.
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  4. Thank you for the explanation. I was under the impression that the creator was trying to pass it off as real.
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  5.  @RyanMcBethProgramming  You’re an inspiration for me to be better. I hope I am similarly an inspiration for others. We can all make progress together and laugh and learn from our mistakes. I know how to do this, but you’re a good reminder of my purpose. Thanks, dude! 😊
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  6. Good point that I didn’t consider. I was more concerned that Ryan would be so absent minded.
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  7. Just the same, there’s no greater feeling of accomplishment than hitting your target in the center of his body with a HIMARS missile.
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  8. Honestly, don’t we want antivaxxers to move to Russia? This is more of a win for us than a win for Russia.
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  9. Before there was Netflix, there was video rentals. I went through a bad breakup in the 90s. I had trouble letting it go—I unrealistically hoped there was still a chance we’d get back together. And I continued to use “our” membership to a video rental place that was secured with her credit card, until one day she took me off the membership. It felt like a slap in the face when I was denied the rental. A part of me couldn’t believe it. It seemed to me at the time that she was being petty. There was even a specific notation on her account that explicitly told the store clerk I was not permitted to rent on her rental account and I was asked to turn in the membership card. The clerk showed it to me. At the time I felt humiliated and angry. Mentally I blew it out of proportion (which is why I still remember this detail of the breakup). Of course this was me being a toxic ex. Maybe my behavior was minor, but it was toxic nonetheless. It was part of a pattern of our dysfunctional relationship and it was part of a pattern of my own dysfunction. Thankfully, this episode eventually helped me realize the relationship was over. It wasn’t the only thing, but it was a part of it. And it also taught me that a complete break when a relationship is ending is important. Even in a non-abusive relationship, making that break complete is important. Making the break abundantly clear is important (her part in all this was that she wanted to “keep the door open” and/or “let me down gently”). I’m sharing this story for the people on the other side of what Ryan is talking about. And it’s important that you do the same—secure and unentangle your digital life from the other person. You’ll feel better. And if you have the ex’s pssswords written down anywhere, delete them. Being dumped sucks, but you’ll get over it. Stay strong. Rebuild yourself—the part of you that was part of being a couple is dead and needs to be buried. I hope this helps.
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  10. “Oh, the Putinanity!”, cries Tucker Carlson as he weepingly witnesses an exploding hydrogen balloon.
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  11.  @ShenandoahShelty  Can you back up the assertion that he was selectively prosecuted? Or are you not asserting it as fact because it’s just a feeling you have? It’s OK to say, “I suspect that . . .” instead of “I think that . . .”. Just so you don’t think I’m selectively picking on you. 😅
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  12. That reminds me of a probably untrue story about the L.A. riots. If you remember, the national guard was called in. My friend was one of them and he told gullible me this tall tale. His squad was assigned as security for a couple of beat cops who were called out on a break in on the periphery of the riots. One cop went around to the back of the house while the other approached the front door. He turned around and said, “cover me”. So my friend’s squad layed down suppressing fire. 😂 Anyway, I’ve heard this tale several times since and when I confronted my friend, he admitted it never happened to him and that it was bullshit due to the ROE. Funny bullshit, though.
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  13.  @ryelor123 That’s the old CPAC, when it actually represented something resembling conservatism.
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  14.  @petersoerent2554 ecause the BRICS countries aren’t even a political alliance. They’re an artificial (in that they’re not geographically related) trade association. Two of the members are intense political-military rivals. One is a rogue state. And Brazil and South Africa are potential Chinese footholds on two different continents. This trade alliance has proposed some lofty goals, but has made little progress. I won’t laugh them off, but they don’t pose an economic threat to anyone. I don’t think any of them want to host Putin. Maybe China would take him, “for old times sake”, but Xi doesn’t strike me as the sentimental type.
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  15. I somehow don’t think that’s how Ryan’s romantic partner initiates intimacy. It’s probably more like, “MACBETH!! Front and center!!”
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  16.  @mikebrase5161  He failed to fix a extremely broken institution. It was broken for decades before he got there. Nothing about that was his fault. It’s like telling a mechanic to fix a broken down car, but he can’t use any tools and diagnostic equipment or replace any parts. He should have refused the appointment, but his dedication led him to accept the responsibility.
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  17. Pulling back to pre 2014 borders is actually a better way to preserve forces.
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  18.  @KajtekBeary  Mongols burned down Moscow twice before forcing the local warlords to be their tax and tribute collectors. These guys later became the princes of Moscow Rus when the Mongols became distracted by other issues elsewhere. Moscow started as a vassal to an Asian empire, and it’s probably going to end that way.
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  19.  @DenysLukoshkin But how do you toast the crew of the Moskva? “Bottoms up!”
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  20. This ain’t to party. This ain’t no disco. It’s DSCA.
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  21.  @cornellhoward3757  There is still not a shred of evidence to back your statement.
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  22. The sacking part is not really true. He was already slated for retirement long before his testimony to Congress. I do think he was sidelined by Rumsfeld during the planning of the invasion and occupation because he wasn’t going along or getting along with Rumsfeld’s overly optimistic plans. And I really think this is why the Beret thing was amplified into as big a deal as it was and is to this day. Shinseki had to be smeared for contradicting Rumsfeld and his coterie of neocons.
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  23.  @HesderOleh The careless vandalism reminded me of the cretins that broke into and vandalized the Capitol building. I just realized that shooting video of their crimes is another similarity.
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  24. That’s not how ethics and morals are supposed to work. You act ethically and morally because it’s the right thing to do. Whether your adversary acts ethically/morally or not does not justify your own failure to live up to your own code.
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  25.  @ryelor123 It’s not the first time I’ve seen an unhappy person trying to grift money off of other unhappy people by blaming something on “the libruls”. Far from it. You see, I was registered as a Republican for 25 years and they still keep sending me campaign fundraising emails. So, yeah, I’ve seen a lot of grifters playing the victim in the last seven years. Soldier boy here has all the makings for a career in politics.
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  26. Thanks, old man. That was a good share. Sincerely, a younger old man
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  27.  @The0spetsnaz0  A mythical past and/or an unattainable fantasy future, right? Often a return to a wonderful past that never existed, or a harmonious future paradise that ignores human nature. I liked Ronnie Reagan’s slogan “Make America Great”, because it was optimistic and forward looking. It was a call for improvement. We have come a long way, but we still have further to go. The slogan “Make America Great Again” is really kind of chilling and sickening to me.
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  28. He’s like the Russell Brand of Ben Shapiros. I can’t tell from which direction on the political spectrum he sits, but that might be because the looney left and the looney right are near indistinguishable.
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  29. It’s something we should always keep in mind whenever we think we need to use force or threat of violence to further agendas, policies, or interests. Years ago in my bad old days, I had to appear in court for being involved in a fight. It dawned on me during the proceedings that I was the bad guy in this case. I think the judge, the city attorney, and the victim actually saw the change in my face, and I got treated leniently at the end of the day. I really was remorseful because even if I didn’t swing first, I really did provoke the fight. Maybe the other guy shared responsibility, but that was on him to figure out. I can only take care of my own mistakes and shortcomings. Why am I telling you this? I guess because I can’t be a better person if I cling to the idea that I’m always right and justified. And I learned from this relatively minor incident to ask myself the question, “Am I in the wrong?” before it escalates. However, I don’t know if this type of thinking even applies to moral monsters like Putin. They don’t really think in terms of good or bad. To them, bad is anyone or anything in their way. Truth is what they say it is, and lies are anything that contradicts the story they tell themselves. And they think everyone thinks like them, or are dumb not to think like them.
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  30. Some wear Bunker Branding t-shirts.
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  31.  @alaric_  including training armor that he lost . . . when? Before deployment? Was it something he was reissued after his return from Afghanistan? This is a con.
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  32. Do they have another mechanism for releasing a cable?
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  33.  @7Little701  Colonel MacGregor hasn’t been in his right mind since the incident with Peter Rabbit.
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  34.  @HesderOleh A soldier is under military discipline, no? I don’t think the vandal has the right to refuse to answer questions. He’s going to have to name the others with him or get piled in even deeper layers of shit for refusing to cooperate.
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  35.  @RussianSevereWeatherVideos  Setting aside the computing power problem of using 25+ year old CPU technology on newer hardware, and setting aside the issues of retrofitting existing equipment designs to accept these 120nm CPUs, what makes you think that Russia has the fabrication capacity to build all these required obsolete semiconductors? Does Russia have a thriving industry that pumps out vast quantities of technology that no one wants to buy? Russia might have the theoretical capability to fall back on obsolete technology, but if it doesn’t have the infrastructure in place to fab the chips, I doubt that it will have the capacity to replace the more advanced imports it has lost. It takes years to develop the needed infrastructure. Bigger picture, Putin has crippled the Russian military and Russia’s defensive capabilities on a strategic level that goes far beyond the war in Ukraine. Honestly, I don’t think Russia could be worse off if they elected Donald Trump to lead it instead of Putin. Everything Putin is doing to supposedly strengthen Russia is actually weakening it.
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  36.  @Мойевропейскийжидобандеровский  Yes. Even those that didn’t vote for him. And get this: even those Germans who were too young or who were born after must bear the stain of Hitler. The Germans have done a pretty good job on the whole of facing their past and attempting to make amends. I wish that we in America could do a better job of confronting the sins of our past, but we seem to have a large contingent that wants to return to them.
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  37. 7:26 The “Yellow Peril” hysteria began post Civil War, and the Asian Exclusion Act banned immigration from China in 1885. The Chinese immigrants that stayed weren’t exactly tolerated, either. There is a history of massacres, pogroms, riots, and wholesale municipal ejections in the Western U.S., with the state and Federal government looking the other way. In only case I’m aware of where the white murderers were prosecuted for slaughtering a camp of Chinese workers and their families, the murderers were acquitted by the all white jury, despite overwhelming evidence of guilt. It was progressives and socialist leaders in the Pacific Northwest that were the greatest anti-Asian immigrant demagogues. And it was a hard liberal Democrat that locked up American citizens in concentration camps during WWII because they were of Japanese ethnicity. Racial immigration policies are not new to the U.S., nor are laws that support race based discrimination.
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  38. Cigars, Mandrake. They’re fluoridating children’s cigars.
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  39. Really good episode, Ryan.
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  40.  @obamabinladen4468  I reported it.
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  41.  @ryelor123 I don’t know that much about the insurance business or specifically about auto insurance. I just know that I need to have it if I want to own and operate a motor vehicle. From that basic starting point I can learn on my own what minimum coverage I need, what extra coverage I might want, and where to buy it. I wasn’t born knowing this and I didn’t need special training. I just needed to make a minimal effort at research. The specialist here doesn’t have to understand the ins and outs of the supply bureaucracy. He just has to know he’s accountable for the gear he was issued as his starting point. From there he can ask people questions and figure out solutions to his problem. And he had two years to do it. The kindest interpretation is that the guy spent his free time jacking off and now is trying to get others to cover for his mistake (while blaming the Biden administration for his self-created problem 😂). A worse interpretation is that he intends to con gullible right wingers out of many thousands of dollars over the value of the equipment he lost.
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  42.  @RussianSevereWeatherVideos  “I would logically say that the systems run on Russian electronics”. Oh, boy. You’ve got some work to do, learning about 1) electronics manufacturing, and 2) logic.
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  43. They are definitely mercenaries and are NOT legally a part of the Russian armed forces. However, Russia uses them as an instrument of policy while maintaining official separation. Imagine an international criminal organization hiring a “security contractor”, and you start to get an idea. Now imagine that the international criminal organization is also a country.
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  44. Not his friends, the soldiers under his command, for whom he is responsible.
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  45.  @Lorvay What is Scott Ritter? Put it this way, you don’t want to get any on your shoe.
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  46. Apparently there are a number of people who want to put a “time out” clause in the GC.
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  47.  @eurodoc6343  and an even worse human being.
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  48.  @c3aloha If people aren’t writing their representatives to demand more resources for military standard of living, the appreciation seems like lip service. Maybe lip service is too harsh. Let’s say the phrase is like “aloha”.
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  49. Same reason there isn’t a shark.
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  50. Who tells Navy Seal stories? SF stories? Probably not the guys in the Seals or Special Forces.
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