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I’d rather not, why don’t you just go ahead and google that yourself. How can someone introduce a resolution is the house is literally never opened? That’s the problem, buckeroo, probably something you aren’t aware of. Now if you’d like to walk the dog down your “logical” path and explain how it is justified that the house isn’t open during a government shutdown that is dependent on congress as a whole passing legislation to fund the government, would love for you to try to stumble your way through that mental exercise. I predict you probably aren’t interested.
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Are you planning on trying to get an active retirement? If so, that’s the only benefit I could see in taking these orders (given the factors you mentioned). As a side note, if that is your goal, you’d better move close to the unit or else this will be a long, painful road. If you are good with a TR retirement, then take the airline deal and go heal up at home.
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@Banzai Let us know when a dem introduces the legally required resolution for her to be sworn in by a judge, another not-the-speaker congressman, etc. Has it happened and I missed it? It is that easy, so why isn’t a dem doing it? Did I miss that happening and the GOP shut it down?
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Please feel free to enlighten us all with the reasons for the shutdown.
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Looks like @M2 started a new business. I've seen the Helo hog hunts but using a suppressed SAW from the back of a pickup truck is a new level of fun. @M2 can we put the SAW in the Helo?
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Is that what I said? Huh… noted. Virtually no one here, to include you, has addressed the reasons this shutdown exists with the exception of many that feel sMaRT because they can regurgitate standard issue, entirely baseless, propaganda about desires to fund illegal immigrant healthcare.
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So what you’re saying is this has nothing to do with any actual responsibility and is entirely producing campaign fodder for a mid term electing cycle… noted. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Today, a good friend and I flew formation. It was the first time in 34 years that two A-37's flew in formation in North America. Took them from Boise to St George VFR. And yes... it was a blast.
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OA-1K crash landing, luckily no injuries due in no part to the rugged airframe. https://www.twz.com/air/air-forces-crop-duster-converted-into-attack-plane-crash-lands-in-field
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I currently am a O-3 and DNIF from an injury I just encountered on a deployment 2 months ago. I had to get surgery last month and I am currently recovering. The doc says I should be able to come off DNIF status in the next 3 months. I am still on my deployment orders, but they expire in the next 3 weeks. I already submitted a LOD, but now I am debating whether to do MEDCON orders or use my airline pilot disability program instead. The airline pilot disability program pays me more than what I make in the Air Force when on AD orders. I normally am a TR and my family and I live 800 miles away from my reserve unit. My only issue with MEDCON is that if I come on those orders then I will need to move down to where my unit is and come in full time. Given that I’m still recovering and that my family has no plans of moving anytime soon, I am trying to weigh what makes the most sense here. Does MEDCON benefit my military career in any kind of way or would I be better to just go with my civilian disability plan and be with my family?
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Engine quit....again. Oddly, no....well sort of. Has been flying with an Air Tractor STC that is now an issue.
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Glad they are okay! Speculation time: Prop looks feathered and the wing damage was reportedly after the fact and hit a pole during the ELP. So...is this a "we fucked with the proven* PT-6 design" issue?
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War Tractor seems to say "when", even gave a sign! Anyhow...glad they're safe....and...wonder how far they glid because thats twice now and spreading the glide ratio internally would be good practice seeing how it could be averaged now. https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/topic/24109-afsoc-oa-1k-incident/
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Snap won't move anything. Solid voting Ds will stay Ds. Solid voting Rs will stay Rs. Reps that feel heat on their reelection will the ones that fold. Question remains, what side tips first?
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SNAP benefits won't go out at end of the month. That'll be interesting 🙂
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I agree with this. But it’s not disproportionately hurting dems, which was your insinuation. The logical conclusion of this is that neither party is incentivized to do anything, because neither is being significantly “hurt”. I believe this will lead to a long shutdown.
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I agree with that specific question, but that doesn't actually matter to anybody. What matters are the favorability ratings of the various players, in particular Trump, which will play into the midterms. Not to mention six points isn't enough to get anybody excited. And since we just happen to have a president who presided over another shutdown during his first term, where his favorability ratings did drop, it's a pretty apples apples to comparison... It was either yesterday or the day before I saw on MSNBC them talking about Trump gaining a point in favorability. That doesn't indicate any real consequences from the shutdown. The other dirty little secret is that no one really gives a shit about this anymore. There are so many carve outs for what government activity continues despite a shutdown that the average American isn't being impacted.
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
Lord Ratner replied to MDDieselPilot's topic in General Discussion
So let me get this straight, 20 million illegal immigrants coming into the country is better than a small number of constitutional violations that are being resolved in the courts? That's the math. I don't work in the Congress, so I don't get to pick a made-up third option where the border is closed and there are no violations of constitutional rights. I have a choice between a candidate that made everything worse, dramatically, and a candidate who single-handedly reduced illegal immigration to near zero, while fucking up in some edge cases. That's pretty easy math to me. No one is denying the constitutional violations, though I suspect you would view far more of the deportation activity as a violation than I would. But even if I agreed with you on every single case, the alternative was a slow rolling catastrophe for my country and the country my children will inherit. Caveats are part of living in the real world. I will be very black and white in this point. If this is a literal statement, then you are a hack. And while I could put together a rather extensive list of individual things he has done that are quite easy for me or any other conservative-minded person to support, and I can even make a smaller list of things that any fair-minded liberal would support, if you can't do that on your own, then you are simply beyond any position that is worth engaging with. In that case, TDS is a fair label. -
Data doesn’t support this - republicans still firmly more to blame as of now. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/government-shutdown-blame-poll/ 6 points say it’s the republicans fault https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3938 6 points say republicans to blame https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-edges-up-despite-americans-blaming-republicans-shutdown-2025-10-21/ 7 point disadvantage for republicans https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-government-shutdown-blame/2025/10/15/id/1230523/ Even newsmax confirms it a 6 point disparity.
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Republicans and the house absolutely have a choice - the burden of proof is on you to show that they do not. You cannot. What legal mechanism prohibits this? Why do you believe they dont? They have a choice to cancel house sessions during a shutdown, which is happening. They also have a choice to operate. They also have sworn in members of the republican party this year when the house was not in session. Congress can swear in people via votes - congress can swear in their own members (who were elected by the American people as representatives) via a much lower threshold of authority. Pull the wool over your eyes, give me a break buddy.
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