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I get it. Korean food always used to give me the runs too. When you gotta go....

A "solid bullshit call" is even better when it's accurate. But what do you call someone who throws the bullshit flag without having his own facts straight? According to King Abdullah II's website, ( http://www.kingabdullah.jo/index.php/en_US/pages/view/id/148.html )he was a qualified Cobra pilot with the Jordanian Air Force. So maybe the "news" outlets reporting he's a pilot know just a little more than BB Stacker gives them credit for. I don't really know what a "right-wing clickbait site" is, but I have heard that Brian Williams is reporting he was in the front seat of the King's cobra on a strike flown last night. Gotta love the MSM.

Those are pictures of Tom finally coming out of the closet.

I read that a couple years ago and then had a chance to visit the locations where it all went down. The terrain is ridiculous. BAMF's is right. Also visited the village (Caprile) where the SS locked all the locals in a church and threatened to kill them if the partisans didn't surrender. What happened next is alone worth reading the book so I won't spoil it for those who haven't. But the village and buildings are all still there. Incredible to stand there now and think about what happened. Going back in a couple weeks with the wife and kids.

Country? I was wondering if that was really on our planet. I guess if that IS our country than it is safe to say I just observed my tax dollars at work. yippee.

To be followed in a few days by that asshat Mikey Weinstein suing the Air Force, the Smithsonian, and all the people who enjoyed the performance for forcing their religion on the defenseless masses.

You just have to love the internet. Anonymous possible cadet guy schools anonymous internet tough guy leadership expert regarding a media story that might possibly be 50% of the story but probably doesn't even hit that level of accuracy. Hopefully, whatever powers that be at USAFA will get around to figuring out what they can and can't release about this issue, and people who are actually impacted by this story can have a factually based discussion on what is really going on there. Until then, the debates I am reading are about as productive as debating whether or not we should free the aliens incarcerated at Area 51.

I'm trying to figure out why people are saying ASU, FSU, UW etc are a better option. My takeaway from reading the article is that Animal House could be filmed at USAFA if they ever want to film it again. Good times.

Wow. From the website... "Description: Full body - 12-13" tall of General Chuck Yeager in his flight suit, created by the world-renoun artist, Artist in - Residence at the White House under President Reagan, Doug Van Howd. Proceeds go to the General Chuck Yeager Foundation. Limited edition. General Yeager's signature is on the base of the sculpture." I wasn't an English major, but that's embarrassing. "World-renoun"? 12-13" tall? I guess you might get a 12 inch or a 13 inch model (sts) depending on when you order. You pay $10,200 for the sculpture, but they still charge $200 for shipping. For a 12-13" statue? They must pack it in gold leaf. Or maybe he signs the shipping box. The Chuck Yeager foundation has a prodigy.net email address. I didn't even know Prodigy still existed. I wonder if you need a 2400baud modem to connect. I tried to click on the link to the Chuck Yeager foundation site and get nothing but an internal service error message. OK, maybe the guy is a jerk, but he's still a national icon. Maybe someone should start a fund to Save Yeager from whomever is in the process of turning him into a Mexican souvenir stand laughingstock.

The Pawn guy would probably only offer $5. Still a win. Especially if it made it to the TV show.

I knew Mike at Vance. He looked and acted a lot like Jack Nicholson at his finest. An absolutely great guy, with a fantastic sense of sarcastic humor. That kind of comes out in the linked article (...remembers Enid as a great place to raise a family. He was single the entire time he was stationed there....) Looks like I've got another book to add to my stack.

Don't sweat it. A little duct tape and some paint and they'll have that 777 all patched up by then. Looks like you may want to pick a seat closer to the front if you can though.

Read it a few weeks ago. Absolutely excellent, giving perspective of the flying cultures on both sides of the war from beginning to end. Great flying stories and lessons on good and bad leadership. On a related note, I am currently reading Fighting the Flying Circus, by Eddie Rickenbacker. I know it has been around for a while, but it is another good read with great flying stories and lessons in leadership.

It is always mildly entertaining to listen to someone who thinks their generation or culture is on the cutting edge of human enlightenment, when all they are really doing is repeating history. If you think this is the first time mainstream society has decided it is hip to be gay, think again. Of course, you'll have to dig into "the ass end of history" (no pun intended, I'm simply quoting you) to find them, but we aren't blazing any new trails here.

Try Google... http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201209/tim-tebow-gq-september-2012-cover-story http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/15406131/unbelievable-tebow-believes-faith-equates-to-starting-in-nfl/ http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/09/05/why-are-christian-athletes-still-being-crucified-by-sports-media/ http://www.mrc.org/articles/media-continue-anti-religious-attacks-tebow Your post had nothing to do with his downfall. Neither did mine.

Just a couple points of order... 1. You do realize that isn't really a twitter from Tebow right? 2. The point of the Twitter isn't that Tebow is a hero. The point is the media (and many others) criticize his willingness to be open about his Christianity while they praise Collins (and anyone else who announces they are gay) for being open about his sexuality. Regardless of your personal attitudes toward Christianity or homosexuality, the Twitter raises an obvious and easily observable bias in the media. Which was, I believe, its point.....

I used to think you were simply ignorant. Not unintelligent. Just misinformed. Now I'm not so sure. Take your own advice and look up speculation. One of its synonyms is assumption. Look up synonym if you need to. But this isn't about symantics. It's about willful ignorance. The kind of ignorance that would cause someone to look at a terrorist strike that had all the classic hallmarks of attacks done by Islamic fundamentalists all over the world, and focus on random facts like "Tax Day, Patriot Day, city where the Boston Tea Party occurred" to "speculate" that things were "lining up" for this attack to be domestic terrorism. Now you are claiming I implied the Boston attack was done by Arabs?! When did I ever do that? I mentioned Al Qaeda and the train bombings in Mumbai. Both in reference to the use pressure cooker bombs which you authoritatively insisted weren't an Al Qaeda tactic because they weren't designed to kill large numbers of people. Al Qaeda is a Sunni Muslim terrorist group. Some Sunni Muslims are Arab. Some Al Qaeda terrorists are Arab. But Al Qaeda is a global terrorist organization. Surely you know that.

Classic. These were Islamic fundamentalist extremists. Sunni Muslims. Using standard Al Qaeda tactics (which is a Sunni Muslim terrorist organization). The same people who have executed 90% of the terrorist attacks on this country for decades. The only people who didn't see this coming are the leftist apologists who are convinced that the most evil force on this planet are conservative white males. The weird gyrations trying to twist "Tea Party", "Patriot Day", "Tax Day" into an "obvious" motive for radical right wing extremists completely ignores the reality that despite our President's claims to the contrary, Al Qaeda and Islamic fundamentalism continues to commit acts of terror all over the world that make the Newtown shootings look minor (does Beslan ring a bell?).

Wow, so on top of everything else, you are now fully briefed on the construction and planned intent of the bombs used in Boston. I guess I'll forget the fact that AQ was the first terrorist organization to publish directions on how to make pressure cooker IEDs, and encouraged all of their followers to use them as an effective means of killing American soldiers on foot patrol. And the 209 dead and 714 injured Indians in Mumbai in 2006 would probably disagree that the bombs aren't able to kill in large numbers.

Here's a suggestion to slow down your over active imagination...stop watching MSNBC. Your "bunch of coincidences" clearly point to a disgruntled citizen of Great Britain, seeking long delayed revenge on colonial upstarts. I wonder if ball bearing laced explosives dumped in trash cans near large public gatherings are tactics used anywhere else in the world other the site of the Boston Tea Party.

Ha. That would be too easy. I graduated from one Service Academy and spent the last 7 years of my career working at the Prep School of another. Both experiences were fun, rewarding, and eye opening. Especially my experience at the Prep School. I'll just say that the USNA English professor raises some valid and accurate points. The Academies (all of them) risk further declines into obsolesence if they don't take a hard look at not only how they do things, but exactly WHAT they are trying to do.

His first point is more fact than opinion. Currently, there is little to no evidence that Academy grads outperform their ROTC or OTS counterparts. Yet, it costs hundreds and thousands more dollars to produce an Academy grad than an ROTC or OTS grad. For that reason alone, it is negligent to argue the Academies should simply continue their current mode of operation. Our military can't afford it. Taxpayers shouldn't be asked to pay for it.

And now, for the latest Asian fad.... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4558191/Bagel-head-surgery-trend-on-rise-in-Japan.html

I don't care if it's military or civilian time, which is why I didn't say so. What I was trying to key on was the professional aspect of engaging in something as complex and high threat as flying within 5 feet of another high performance aircraft engaged in advanced maneuvers at low altitude. Some activities can be a hobby. Some require a lot more focus. I would lump jet aircraft aerobatic demonstrations into the professional side. And let me just re-emphasize that I'm not trying to imply anything regarding this latest incident. Could have been a meteor strike for all we know. I'm simply making a broader statement about the proficiency level required to engage in the kind of flying they engage in.