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Justdudeatplay t1_jd9u4u0 wrote

Reply to Los Angeles schools closed as first day of district workers strike begins by Additional-Force-795

Chick fillet was paying better than they pay Paras in my district. Imagine being a SPED teacher with 10 kids 13-22 with severe and sometimes violent behaviors, and they send you a barely legal to work teen who is on his phone all the time, and an old lady who cry’s after ever class and asks to skip work every other Day to see her therapist. Paras need to be paid a ton more so the kids can have quality people. Even the behaviorists are grossly underpaid. The teacher can be okay if they have 2 masters degrees and 15 years in. Hahha.

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Dreadedvegas t1_jd9tw9v wrote

Reply to comment by Monyk015 in U.S. will speed transfer of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Pentagon says by Just_A_Dogsbody

They aren't. They're conscripts. The new brigades are being made up of replacements and reserve officers.

They are mobilized non contract soldiers otherwise known as ... conscripts.

And again 30 tanks is just 30 tanks. It won't make a difference at a strategic level. Its a conventional war. You need sheer numbers. Its not some magic bullet that the media acts when it comes to 'western weapons'.

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Monyk015 t1_jd9rnf8 wrote

Reply to comment by Dreadedvegas in U.S. will speed transfer of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Pentagon says by Just_A_Dogsbody

I agree with your point, but 30 tanks do make a difference. And they're not fresh conscripts, they're highly experienced professional troops that have seen combat beyong anything any American soldier had experienced in the last 60 years. They're being trained on new vehicles. But yes, we need more of them, this is true.

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CW1DR5H5I64A t1_jd9qfq6 wrote

Reply to comment by usrevenge in U.S. will speed transfer of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Pentagon says by Just_A_Dogsbody

The actual armor is classified.

It’s not like just taking out some computers or electronics or something. The armor on an Abrams is not one solid sheet of metal, it’s multiple layers of materials, including DU and ceramics. The composition of the armor package on the Abrams is classified and not something we share, not even with our closest Allies like the British, Canadians, or Australians. So they need to be re-built to remove the classified armor components and re-fitted with an unclass alternative.

It’s is a major overhaul.

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Chadmartigan t1_jd9p7g4 wrote

Reply to comment by Burnbrook in Justice Department convinces federal judge Trump used his attorney in furtherance of a crime in classified docs probe by Picture-unrelated

Yeah, for that reason I'm doubtful that Trump will actually see the inside of a prison cell. Even a straightforward case like the Stormy Daniels thing could be stretched out to two years pretty easily. Trump is 76 (77 in a few months), and nature abhors 300-pound septuagenarians.

That said, it's enough for me that he spends the rest of his life dodging process servers and sitting in courtrooms/lawyers' offices, burning his supporters' money all the while. At this point, any sentence would be a pittance compared to the harm he has caused. So at this point, I just want the process to be as personally miserable as possible while causing the maximum amount of damage to his party and his base.

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