"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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What Went Wrong? Inside the Yemen SEAL Raid

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-went-wrong-inside-yemen-seal-raid-n716216

multiple military and intelligence sources told NBC News that something tipped off the terrorist targets of an early morning raid by the U.S. and its allies in Yemen on Sunday, and all hell broke loose.

A well-rehearsed mission that was supposed to extract computers and other intelligence from an al Qaeda camp near a mountain village turned into a massive firefight involving Harrier jets, helicopter gunships and gun-wielding jihadi women that killed one Navy SEAL, 14 al Qaeda fighters and, allegedly, non-combatant women and children.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Pentagon officials aren't talking about what went wrong...but considering the chattiness of the administration's "conditional anons" we'll probably find out what happened soon.

My guess is Trump was briefed about the mission, told about all the risks, considered all the optio....oh hey, look some huge loser just Tweeted at me!
 
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According to a former special operations officer with knowledge of the raid, one of the Obama administration's concerns was the integration of commandos from the United Arab Emirates, an unusual arrangement for the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and its elite task forces. In some ways, said the retired officer, it was an Emirati-driven operation, with their intelligence on the ground and their year-long preparation.

And then those same UAE commandos fvck everything up, crash their drone, warn everyone we're coming with their own incompetence, and get our guy killed. Also starring in the sh!t show is the Osprey, with its 50% crash rate in the mission. Ospreys are the biggest hunk of junk ever pushed on the Marine Corp, largely for corrupt political reasons.
 
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Bible_Belt said:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-went-wrong-inside-yemen-seal-raid-n716216

multiple military and intelligence sources told NBC News that something tipped off the terrorist targets of an early morning raid by the U.S. and its allies in Yemen on Sunday, and all hell broke loose.

A well-rehearsed mission that was supposed to extract computers and other intelligence from an al Qaeda camp near a mountain village turned into a massive firefight involving Harrier jets, helicopter gunships and gun-wielding jihadi women that killed one Navy SEAL, 14 al Qaeda fighters and, allegedly, non-combatant women and children.
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My guess is that the Emiratis leaked intelligence to Al-Qaeda.
 
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Bokanovsky said:
My guess is that the Emiratis leaked intelligence to Al-Qaeda.
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Probably so. When there are radically opposing ideological mindsets in a region, an enemy simpathizer could be sitting across the table from and you wouldn't know it.
 
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That's nice pic bible belt!

Yemen kicked the fvck out their president, that b1tch is now residing in united arab emirates, and is waging war against its country through foreign army. Wants his power back. Yemen is united, they all have weapons, they all know how to fight. SEALs appears reveled themselves, and got fvcked. Mission failure. I don't think an info leak had anything to do with it, I think SEALs fvcked up.
 
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seals are fake and so is tv dude.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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I always figured fascists, if nothing else, had a certain type of Teutonic-like competence that allowed the trains to run on time..

I'm not happy I'm wrong.
 
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We cared so much that we called in an air strike on a dozen little kids, one of whom was a US citizen. The ISIS propaganda department is loving this news. "Look at these monsters - they not only kill our children; they kill their own, too."
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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