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Hopefully this tamps down the social contagion that "feelings" trump basic responsibilities and consequences for poor choices. (sigh)...hope in one hand,

It's a standard trope now: Trump's name is somewhere in the Epstein files, therefore he raped a child. Therefore, obviously, anyone who has ever supported anything Trump ever did, even if they didn't vote for him, therefore is in support of rape and child trafficking. It's a level of argument only liberal boomers and internet trolls find completely sensible to imply...but only ever imply, they're too cowardly to say the words themselves.

USS Abraham Lincoln arrives at Thai port after gruelling 270 days at sea Those poor lady boys....

Sadly the best thing coming out of this situation is further exposing progressives for being ok with murdering children, whether in or out of the womb.

...and the Moderna vaccine has a 95% efficacy... Read this instead: Anyone who knows stats knows to never take the face value of a quoted statistic. If you dig into the details, you'll find a curious definition shuffle of a lot of misdemeanors and felonies in New York City's released stats since Mamdani took over. Most interesting is that REPORTED rapes (the real number is always at least double if not higher) have, by most accounts DOUBLED this year. You'll also find that trying to get those specific numbers requires serious digging. I just did for an hour and still didn't get a good solid public services source with raw data. Yet that stat is being dismissed as a 'classification and reporting' issue instead of recognizing the fact that, like in EVERY SINGLE EUROPEAN CITY where Islamic military age men have been allowed to reign unchecked, rapes have increased dramatically. Definite correlation. Causation? A solid probable. Mark tape: Every place in the next few years where cultural Islam and sharia law are allowed to flourish, crime will go under reported, until the truth is discovered later that outright human rights violations were actually occurring. This isn't Islamophobia, this is recognition of the true track record of every single place Islam in it's cultural form has been allowed to take over since the year 632.

There is no plan, none whatsoever. The left’s main message for the last decade has been hey we aren’t Trump all while bitching and whining about how bad Trump’s policies are with zero coherent messaging on actual policies that America could get behind. They never learn. When Trump goes off into the sunset in a couple years they will be left with nothing; except for the communists they have let into their mainstream political arena. Check out NYC and Michigan.

The only way she'll get my vote!

It wasn't postpartum depression, it was postpartum psychosis. And there is a well-documented history for this woman of battling it. Obviously everything about it is a tragedy, but this is a textbook insanity defense. That doesn't mean she should walk free, but she should not be put into a prison with rational actors that made criminal choices.

Two things can be true at once: Postpartum mental health is real, and deserves familial and societal support toward healthy outcomes. That woman betrayed the most fundamental contract of the species, and placed her ills ahead of her vulnerable children; she is herself not deserving of sympathy, instead of the full weight of punishment.

Honestly, get both. Not just because more is better 🤣😂. You're getting too fundamentally different shooting experiences with the two suppressors you mentioned. With 22 you can have the spooky silent experience, which is really neat. Especially if you put it on a bolt action rifle. My buddy and I were out at the range recently and it was quieter than a normal volume conversation. 556 is supersonic, so it's not going to be quiet per se, but it does dramatically improve the shooting experience. You'll still want hearing protection on if you're the one shooting, but when my friends shoot suppressed 556, as long as I'm 10 or more feet away, hearing protection is optional. If you insist on only getting one, get whichever one you shoot more. My intention is to convert as many of my weapons over to suppressed as possible. It's just more enjoyable to shoot suppressed. Kind of makes me angry, because if the NFA hadn't included silencers for the last hundred years, it's crazy to think of how much quieter all firearms would be in general as suppressor technology would be incorporated at a base level. Oh well, at least now that can happen.

MX leadership at a deployed location will be busy the next few weeks trying to figure out who did this since it went viral 😂

There's one across the street from my office!

Meh. If all the ways the Service moves POTUS around were revealed, we'd all be very surprised. People are likely to respond as though Trump thought that up himself. I've seen behind that curtain. It's creative, not cosmic. More to the point, if all the threats against POTUS were revealed, we'd all be rather shocked. It's the NY Times. They'll literally print any headline that makes the uneducated basket of MAGA deplorables look bad, and make their target audience cheer, click, and share. They'll soil themselves over unorthodox security measures that work well, yet not say a word about a black man murdering a white woman. It's partisan BS. Move along.

Shit man, I passed every class this semester

Not according to the pictures. Apparently he just took command in June though. In those pictures, he gives off the air of a 'dude' who wears tight pants, a polo, and leather shoes to squadron cookouts. Didn't know the 36FS was transitioning to Eagles.

I am friends with and talk to Wayne from time to time. The loss of course hit the family hard. Such a terrible tragedy.

🍺🍺 a toast...

Kamala being portrayed as some sort of semi-centrist “garden variety democrat” has me actually rolling on the floor laughing. You mean the woman who was the Border Czar, did absolutely nothing, and allowed massive waves of human migration from third world shitholes? Don’t look now, but that’s the far lefts playbook being actively played out around the world at this very moment.

Now it's leftist? This is a semantic game at this point. Kamala was very progressive. It's funny because we were supposed to take everything Trump says literally, but now we don't worry about what kamla says? This conversation is at least useful in demonstrating how successful the extreme leftists have been at moving the goal posts. Personally I think anybody who supports cutting the tits off of a 14-year-old has no business being considered moderate in any capacity, or run of the mill.

trump has lost it. the act is stale. republicans going to get SMOKED in 2026 and lose in 2028 to AOC.

Classic wOkE LeFt move taking a trump post seriously. Bro when are you gonna learn this is just the way he rolls! The sitting president posting AI slop completely divorced from reality that he also contradicts less than 24 hours later is just him being his big boisterous self. This is normal and it's not a problem. I mean.. I don't love it, but like.. don't we have bigger problems to worry about?! Getting worked up about stuff like this is such a leftist snowflake move. Now lets get back to a serious conversation and examine my unfalsifiable counterfactual that Kamala would have been worse

If you have not been following California Bill AB2624 you know the lengths California politicians will go to in order cover fraud. While the new law does not mention Nick Shirley it is a direct attack on the 1st amendment.

I didn’t know Dolly, but got to meet her and other Grand Ole Opey stars during the Fall of 1983. I worked summers at Opryland during college and for 1 Fall I was an usher at the Opry. She was tiny (5’ if she was lucky) but had the biggest smile and personality of them all. She would take the time, when she saw us knucklehead ushers, to come over and say hello and thank us. Thoughtful and down to earth. Most of the country stars were down to earth back then (e.g. Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Roy Clark, Roy Acuff, Barbara Mandrell, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, … and of course Dolly). Fun times. The best job I had (even @ $3.75 an hour) other than flying in the AF.

Based on his opinions, I wonder if this O-3 is a member of B.O.?

Maybe not jail, but she should never be free again. Strangled her 3 kids one at a time. Insanity is never an excuse for murder. Tragic and absolutely abhorrent situation.

A US airman who was arrested twice, once on the steps of the US Capitol while calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, was officially criminally charged Monday for his comments, according to a charging document his attorney shared with CNN. Maj. Jason Watson faces the following charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the document: three violations of Article 88 for alleged "contemptuous" remarks about Trump, five violations of Article 92 for allegedly disobeying orders and two violations of Article 133 for alleged conduct unbecoming an officer. An Air Force spokesperson confirmed the charges on Tuesday... https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-criticism-leads-rare-criminal-001719021.html

New boarding announcement

Well in this case I think it goes a bit further than just a miscalculated gamble on the timeline/public support. The admin literally ran on not doing any more of these things because they knew exactly where public sentiment was for more middle eastern interventions. And then after winning they bait&switched the whole country. Only once it turned into an unpopular shitshow did we start hearing the line: “aCtUaLLy, we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years.” Oh really? Sweet thanks, then why the fuck weren’t you saying that on the campaign trail?

Got it back today!! God is good! Still no submission deadline announced but a huge weight off my shoulder with this completed. Will be finalizing packet and sending it over to the Squadron.

Hawaii returned on the air, the 18th last evening after power was restored. Operation is normal.

Update: My squadron just sent the email out for deadline (Sep 02). We're almost there guys!

By "Had a model of the B-58 as a kid" he means when he was an aircraft commander in the B-58 as a young captain and they put his name on the side. Hence the active memories of losing an outboard engine.

My dad flew for the Air Force for nearly 3 decades. If you ask him why he wanted to be a pilot, he will tell you about the time he went to an air show in Columbus, Ohio when he was 8 or 9. When the B-58 took off, it gave him a nosebleed. Strange way to find your calling, but that was it for him!

There was a report in the paper several years ago about the night Alabama lost the National Championship game. In the hours after the game Tuscaloosa Alabama set an all-time record for porn downloads. Anything to make you feel better I guess.

KDLF 26-14AF F35x3 (AD, VT ANG, GA ANG) F-15J International F-15E SJ B-52 Barksdale T-38 Langley ADAIR B-1 Dyess F-16 TBD

Now all the prices are going to skyrocket for a while I suspect as everybody scoops up the existing inventory. But once everything balances out this should be a fantastic win. I'm one step closer to an FRT Tommy gun...

In the spirit of honest debrief and as this quick intervention enters its sixth month, I thought it would be fun to make a little report card courtesy of our AI overlords. Prompts are included in the screenshots for full transparency. If you don't like it.. sorry.. I just asked the robot (chat gpt-5) the questions

Cool, calm, to the point. Great job. Amazing traffic allowed her to do that. Usually pretty heavy there. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/21-year-old-pilot-who-landed-plane-on-pensacola-highway-credits-training-for-safe-landing/ar-AA29ple1

Holy shit, I was a student in that thing the last time this thread was posted to.

not only that but Mr. Anderson Sr is a DFC recipient helicopter pilot in Vietman. Went on to fly tankers and then for United. Macho was immensely proud of his old man. wayne is a gentleman and American hero in his own right....something something about a pedal turn (after the door guns jammed) and firing rockets danger close into a treeline of NVA saving a army special ops recon team from being overrun... https://www.dfcsociety.org/honor-roll-details/107

Of course y'all are think an imaginary 14 year old consenting to an elective procedure is a bridge too far supporting someone who trafficked and raped that 14 year old on the regular is just fine.

Not a Jessie Waters fan but this is an excellent summary of the current DNC situation: Party in shambles. Communists are taking over. Election autopsy being covered up. DNC Chair in hiding and soon to be fired. DNC broke and mega-donors (Soros), staying away. Kamala back as the favorite for 2028 and she is OPENLY calling to kill the electoral college, expand the court to 13 and to add PR and DC as states to secure DNC power forever. Other key DNC leaders calling to get rid of the Senate, end the presidency (use an appointed admin), end prisons and defund all police. Old Guard DNC (Carville/Maher), fed up with the uber lunacy of the far left. Ultimate Irony - NYC govt run grocery stores REQUIRE ID (but voting doesn't)...clown show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1pztU_TRso

Anyone on the left want to address this? I read @17D_guy saying in the Iran thread that the Democratic party isn't going violently left...but most of us on ALL sides see it different and tend to agree with Mahar here. If your response is going to be ad hominin against Mahar, save it, we've heard that with Rogan. I'm a legit independent and I want a healthy system. Letting actual communists gain any power over one half of our political system is absolutely unacceptable. Seriously, what is the plan for a healthy Democratic party? Where are your open mic debates on campuses? Where is the pride in being American? Where is the recognition that communism is, in fact, a horrible idea?

Sure. But I think it's more likely that we're in an environment where the American people want everything for nothing and there is no shortage of politicians willing to offer it. The failure to provide the impossible will keep ping ponging the party in power. Terrible execution, no argument there. But I think the DSA surge has more to do with what I said above. We're in the bad part of the cycle, and the politics are going to reflect that Sure, but I listed a lot of very good policy from the conservative perspective. Trump pairs it with unhinged social media posting and rampant lying. And familial corruption now. That'll drive voters away for sure, but again, not more than the unrealistic voter expectations. The flaw in the logic is that: @No One is trying to say Kamala would have been better. Trump may drive voters to the Democrats, but the response to that isn't to give crazy Democrats power earlier. Just like I wish the Republicans picked a better candidate (DeSantis), I wish the Democrats did too. But they didn't. We got two idiots, but with very different policy. And Trump's policy is overwhelmingly good. Everything else about him sucks. I don't care about hypothetical candidates. There wasn't a Clinton Democrat to vote for.

Never forgotten brother! We'll see you on the other side ⚔️🇺🇸