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From AvWeb: "The four aircraft were donated to the Air Force through a privately funded effort led by businessman and philanthropist Andrew McKenna, according to The Gazette. McKenna helped raise funding for the aircraft and arranged their purchase after Wilsbach proposed bringing powered aerobatic training to the academy." I will always be for more iron on the ramp, no matter what. But the Air Force obtaining aircraft via private donations seems..........not ideal. I can't help but wonder what Mr McKenna is expecting in return.....

Here's what happened. New York City is a massively Democratic City, so usually the Democratic nominee cruises to victory. The sitting mayor, Democrat Eric Adams, was mired in multiple scandals so he just doesn't bother running. The Democratic establishment doesn't have an obvious candidate and Andrew Cuomo, former New York Governor, throws his hat in the ring. Cuomo despite having resigned the governorship due to his own scandals, is considered the favorite due to name recognition and fundraising ability. He's also famously vindictive. Not wanting to risk his wrath if he wins, all of the other plausible establishment types decide to sit this one out. That left Cuomo, Mamdani, Brad Lander and an assortment of no-hopers in the primary. Lander is similar to Mamdani on issue positions but not nearly as charismatic. Mamdani and Lander cross endorse each other in the primary, which is a ranked choice election. Mamdani's votes plus the second place votes from Lander's supporters give him the nomination. On to the general election! Mamdani's opponent in the general election is previous candidate and talk show host Curtis Sliwa, that guy who wears a red beret on Fox News, because apparently the NYC GOP has no-one else. But wait! Cuomo isn't done yet and runs as an independent. Voters are now faced with the following choice: The guy who resigned the governorship in disgrace and also just lost the primary (Cuomo), a guy who won 27% of the vote in the previous election (Sliwa), or the new guy (Mamdani). Mamdani squeaks over the finish line with just under 51% of the vote.

I'll have a coke

That’s awesome. I would have loved to fly something like that back in college.

He's talking about "riot police" responding to a protest. He of course has some multi-layered de-escalation thing dreamed up that will somehow make mass demonstrations less prone to violent turns.

Absolutely not.

I’m telling you, they’re reading this thread, USAFA bought Gamebird 1s: TWZThe Air Force's Newest Trainer Is An Aerobatic PlaneDubbed the T-19A Kestrel, the aircraft will give cadets a chance to experience acrobatic flying while also serving as a pilot recruiting tool.

Someone help me. What is "First Amendment Response"? As in protecting people who are speaking freely? Or suppressing people who are saying things you don't like? We're talking about a military style response team, right? I've never heard of a group that "responses" to the first amendment. As an aside, it's interesting to see a dude that now has a vague resemblance to young and fit Saddam Hussain (now that he shaved the beard) talking about disbanding a paramilitary counter-terrorism team. Once you win, you get rid of the people who can overthrow you. Shades of the Russian and French revolutions? Shades of standard tyrannical modes of operating? Granted on a micro scale, but seriously, is anyone in that electorate actually paying any attention?

Welcome to SEC bias... OR had such promise at the beginning of the season, too them a while to find their stride. There has been a LOT of whining from Oklahoma that the Ole Miss game was moved to Sunday because of the ground stop. The SEC told them to move the game or take a forfeit. Karma...all that money for Kiffin to disappoint...I love it.

Applies to the Rs as well.

LSU is now 6-4 and out of the CFP.

She's already got 600K internet boyfriends. Get in line.

As a Badger sitting at the pub watching all the games, OR whooping MI was awesome. OR deserves to swap rankings w/ MI, and MI should drop even more. OH St, boo. ND beating up poor ol Boston was a snoozer. It was fun hearing all the teams that had to "dig deep" and "endure" alternative ways to get to the game. Welcome to the old days where everyone took the bus. Whiny ass media/bitches.

Dibs

Things retired 11Hs do.

As a TN boy, I’m not mad, but how is UT ranked #8? (With 2 losses)

Where are all the Trump Thumpers? I'm guessing they've realized just how much an ass the dude really is. Ds have some power, but they're too fuckin retarded to do anything useful with it. As the earth spins, the clown show keeps turning. At least Blobert can move on to her next career. Now, remember, when it comes to me, I hate em all.

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Two in a row! Hoping USC beats IU here in two hours so they can still be in the race for the playoffs. Crazy that everyone in the top 25 will be in next year.

The same clown that wants to bribe households with $1500 checks depleting $17B from the state's Economic Stabilization Fund (Rainy Day Fund)! Sure, ignore the crumbling infrastructure that is Texas' highway system. I've had to spend $1600 to replace rims and tires due to road damage in the past six months alone! Hopefully the Senate will stand against this! As for our guns, that's been tried before and didn't go well...

That's right! You gotta know about..."the hood"????.... in order to properly govern? That's obviously the heart of the...working class, tax base, economically minded class, innovation base, aggressively race conscious voting block.

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The governor elect of Texas....I am now in bizarro world. This is not from the campaign but a past op ed...regardless...Holy Shite!

The contrast between deployed hours and home station hours in the posts above is striking. It makes the C-12 question interesting, since a smaller community like that seems harder to learn about from outside.

Latonya don't sugar coat