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Old 08-19-2021, 07:04 PM   #5011
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How do you divorce the military from the defense contractors? Aren't the people in charge of both in the same circles? I see the profiteers influencing the military.
The military are the guys in uniform with government jobs and salaries, and the defense contractors are the guys in suits with private sector jobs and comp. The people in charge of the military have stars on their shoulders.

I don't think the military cares about the money.
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Old 08-19-2021, 07:32 PM   #5012
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You’re a desperate scumbag?
Never go with a hippie to a second location; and

Never be someone's second lawyer.
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Old 08-19-2021, 08:27 PM   #5013
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The military are the guys in uniform with government jobs and salaries, and the defense contractors are the guys in suits with private sector jobs and comp. The people in charge of the military have stars on their shoulders.

I don't think the military cares about the money.
You are correct.
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Old 08-20-2021, 12:18 AM   #5014
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Hank, you won the K race. What's the next thread called?
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Old 08-20-2021, 09:40 AM   #5015
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Hank, you won the K race. What's the next thread called?
"Place holder until I can think of a better name."
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Old 08-20-2021, 10:06 AM   #5016
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You’re a desperate scumbag?
How does a client tell themselves that the next lawyer will be more competent?
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Old 08-20-2021, 11:30 AM   #5017
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The military are the guys in uniform with government jobs and salaries, and the defense contractors are the guys in suits with private sector jobs and comp. The people in charge of the military have stars on their shoulders.

I don't think the military cares about the money.
Isn't there a revolving door into defense contracting/consulting for the higher ups in the military? Seems like a lot of them get pretty cushy jobs in industries that profit from defense after leaving.
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Old 08-20-2021, 11:31 AM   #5018
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How does a client tell themselves that the next lawyer will be more competent?
They don't. Clients who are suit-happy like that woman Hank described are congenital assholes. You can't reason with them, and they're certain "justice" has somehow eluded them and everybody they sue is to blame.

Justice has eluded them in many instances. In a just universe, they'd accidentally fall feet first into a tree shredder.
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Never go with a hippie to a second location; and

Never be someone's second lawyer.
Never sue another lawyer for malpractice. You'd think "Don't shit in your nest" would be a basic rule, but in any city, there are three of four guys who can't get clients any other way who hold themselves out as guys who sue other lawyers. And almost every one of them is exactly the sort of shitty human being you'd expect.
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Old 08-20-2021, 12:38 PM   #5020
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Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!
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