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2020-02-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Navy Seal went on a crime spree after suffering a psychotic breakdown he blames on 'radical, unresearched' brain stimulation therapy that made him believe he was a 'nuclear weapon who could communicate with the sun'

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 WTF is going on with the Seals?

Posted by Lex 2020-02-14 01:14|| 2020-02-14 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Responding to their version of shit_show, Lex.
Note that nobody got hurt in this guy's crime spree - which, considering his training ...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-14 02:17|| 2020-02-14 02:17|| Front Page Top

#3 ...All the vsrious SOCOM parts have had problems - the nature of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan made them the best tools in the box. But, as in Vietnam, the exponential growth of the SOCOMs led to people who never should have been anywhere near them being accepted. They get out in the field and, unsupervised with unlimited resources, do exactly what you'd think they'd do.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-02-14 06:12|| 2020-02-14 06:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Ref #3: Mike nails it. Something akin to police work. Not everyone who wants to wear a badge, should actually be wearing a badge.

The number of 'bad apples' are very small, but their actions get widely publicized when things go badly.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-14 06:38|| 2020-02-14 06:38|| Front Page Top

#5 The father-of-three suffered a psychotic break where he believed he was god's second son, could talk to the sun, and even that he was a nuclear weapon

Don't know about you, but I'm (kinda) admiring.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-14 17:24|| 2020-02-14 17:24|| Front Page Top

#6 My first thought was Bee? Then I realized it was a British tabloid heading...

Posted by magpie 2020-02-14 19:14|| 2020-02-14 19:14|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm telling you, stop allowing those comic books on FOBs.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-02-14 19:53|| 2020-02-14 19:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Hiya all ! Before ye ask, I been in Pakistain ! 19 days.

Missed the Burg. Now going over all recent posts, getting the straight an narrow.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-02-14 20:00|| 2020-02-14 20:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Good to see you Dron.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-14 20:50|| 2020-02-14 20:50|| Front Page Top

#10 DRONNNNN!
WB and good to see you again!

Posted by Lex 2020-02-14 20:56|| 2020-02-14 20:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Thanks, swksvolFF and Lex. Never knew I could miss people without even having met 'em.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-02-14 20:57|| 2020-02-14 20:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Fromus have you been absent in the spring

Posted by Lex 2020-02-14 21:08|| 2020-02-14 21:08|| Front Page Top

#13 Thanks to Fred, I have developed the habit of seeing the news as a humorous unfolding of mostly scripted events with the odd Skidmarkian insert from the twilight zone. It's what kept me sane. ☺

Posted by Dron66046 2020-02-14 21:10|| 2020-02-14 21:10|| Front Page Top

#14 Same here.
Don't know how I would maintain my grip widdout Da 'Burg.

Posted by Lex 2020-02-14 21:12|| 2020-02-14 21:12|| Front Page Top

#15 Never knew I could miss people without even having met 'em.

Of course you’ve met us, silly Dron66046, merely not in analog form. I’m glad you made it back safely.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-14 22:57|| 2020-02-14 22:57|| Front Page Top

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