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Auditioning for the big job, maybe?

It's not immoral if the plan is to buy it. It may be exploitative negotiations, but as I said before, that's the devil's bargain Europe made when they outsourced their security to the US. I happen to think a big fucking war is coming, so I'm a bit more amenable to efforts to shore up our side of the globe. I am, however, skeptical of Trump's specific strategy in this case for obtaining Greenland. I think his taunting of Canada was a pretty big whiff, so we'll see if it works with Europe. I would consider any arrangement where the US "owns" any part(s) of Greenland to be used 100% at our discretion as a big win. I think the best case scenario, and perhaps most likely, is that the "compromise" ends up being the sale of specific small, strategic, uninhabited parts of Greenland to the U.S. and mineral/resource agreements with Denmark for the rest of the land. We get what we need with none of the headache of another random population that is and isn't American. Trump is 80. There's no universe where his prowess and people skills are what they used to be, and it's showing. I think he's still on the mark for the "what" of his foreign policy, but the "how" is struggling.

Well right now the house is on fire and I need to decide which one to save first...

Its about financial security. We've all heard it over-and-over that America subsidizes the security of Europe, so much so that we blow off its impacts as insignificant... they are not. The primary reason these countries are able to maintain welfare states is because we do this. The primary reason America is in significant debt is because we have subsidized so much of the world (defense and otherwise), and asked almost nothing in return. This is a core Christian value, not sustainable in a national policy context. It is no small thing. Every time someone highlights something another country has better, its drawing on this reality. Greenland is an extension of this conflict. Its important to position against China/Russia in the artic, but we can't subsidize European defense again without potential upside, there is no potential upside on offer from Europe right now. They want the US protection and all the resources.

What a game! I certainly didn't have Indiana going 16-0 on my bingo card this season, but it's hard to not like Coach Cignetti and what he and his boys have done this season. Hats of to Miami on a strong season, they man handled my Buckeyes and earned their right at the national Championship game via a hard fought schedule. College Football may be a bit jacked up right now, but I thought this was a pretty awesome season to watch.

Threatening to beat up your playground sidekick to get his lunch money is slightly better than actually beating him up. The entire Greenland thing is asinine (in addition to being immoral) not one of the justifications makes any sense. Much like narco boats, they are all sophistry. This, like Venezuela is about Monroe doctrine.

Epic slugfest...Indiana was the better team and they deserve this end to their magical season. Mendoza was lights out on the TD run. Proud of the Canes and their run, they beat ND, FSU, UF, Ohio State, A&M and Ole Miss to get to the show.

You said "children." So that means you have more than one? And I'm sure you love each one in their own way. They're very similar, but one's a little shorter than the other? They're different, but both very special to you, and there's no way you could choose one over the other and having multiple enriches your life. I know I could never choose just one. Child, that is. Of course.

They’re already buying them.

Just throwing my hat in the ring for anybody applying in future years who might get CSO instead of Pilot, because I was in that spot a few years back. If you’re not 1000% sure you want to be a pilot, I would definitely take a UCT slot. I’m glad I did. For those who end up liking pilotage, we’ve got airframes where you get plenty of stick time in a small cockpit (F-15, OA-1K). For those who end up not liking pilotage, we’ve got airframes for that (RC-135, EA-37B, AC-130). New CSO’s have unique opportunities that pilots don’t get straight out of undergrad, so if you like airpower but don’t feel like you need to be the bus driver, you’ll probably love being a CSO.

MP5 or MP5K? Either will be a clone, but I am having more trouble with this decision than I had naming my children. Either will be suppressed.

26-05 drop, decent variety for a smaller class: 3x F-15E 2x RQ-170 1x LC-130 (Guard) 1x C-130 (Guard) 1x EA-37B 1x HC-130 1x B-1B

RQ-170

Does anyone here actually believe that Trump is going to try and get the US to invade Greenland? If he does do you really think we'd actually do it? This is political theater. We reminded the world that the western hemisphere is ours. Now he's trying (poorly) to remind NATO that they really need us and we don't need them.

A bit more than 10 years ago a team was down by more than 10 to come back and win it all… Let’s see what Mario says in the locker room and how they come out.

Was out of town starting on Friday so just got home. Under Projected Training on my CDB I used to have MFS from back when I did it as an RPA pilot. Just checked and I am no longer showing anything under Projected Training, hopefully it's a sign they cleared it out to load something new.

Per OSINT, executions have stopped (hangings) but they did beat one dissident to death.

So Germany really needed Poland, Japan really needed Manchuria, North Korea really needed the south, North Vietnam really needed South Vietnam, Argentina really needed the Falklands, the USSR really needed Afghanistan, Iraq really needed Kuwait, and Russia really needed Ukraine. We were with the defenders in every single instance. The only people excited about the US shaking down a NATO ally are Russia, China, NK and Iran. This will not end well for the Republicans.

So like 20000 have been killed. More than in Gaza but there’s no protesters? I don’t understand?

Greenland doesn’t need shit. This is fucking ridiculous.

Is trump trying to get Denmark or nato to buy more f35s?

The funny thing is every tail flash and litho I have is somewhere in the crawlspace. The bar from Korea 16 years ago though, that shit is non-negotiable!

One of the primary impetuses for Greenland is arctic competition due to a more accessible northern trade route along with rare earths and hydrocarbons becoming accessible as ice melts.

Thanks CH, since that story has been going around for quite some time (yours is not the first time I've seen it posted), I've been meaning to look into it to either substantiate it with facts or put it to bed as disinformation...especially the "One in every three players have spent time in the slammer" comment! According to my research, the "search‑verified number" is somewhere between 31-41 of the 121 players from the 2008 University of Florida football team who were arrested either during their time at UF or later in life. This figure comes from reporting cited by The New York Times and summarized in multiple outlets, noting that 41 of the 121 players on the national‑championship roster had an arrest record at some point. Other articles discussing the Urban Meyer era confirm widespread arrests but do not contradict the 41‑player total; they simply reference the broader pattern of player misconduct during his tenure. While some sources mention the arrests in the context of the American Sports Story series, they do not provide a different number and instead reinforce that “many players” from the 2008 team had legal issues. Because the full list of all 41 arrested players is not published anywhere, the only verifiable information comes from publicly documented cases, and aggregate reporting on the types of charges and patterns across Urban Meyer’s teams. Media reporting on the 41 arrested players describes a wide range of offenses, but only in general categories — not player‑by‑player detail. · Alcohol‑related offenses — underage drinking, DUI · Disorderly conduct — fights, public disturbances · Theft and property crimes — including Cam Newton’s laptop case · Assault and battery — several incidents across the roster · Weapons charges — including high‑profile cases · Felonies committed after UF careers — including violent crimes · Domestic incidents — reported in a few cases · Drug‑related offenses — possession, paraphernalia These categories come directly from the reporting that cites the 41 arrests but does not name most players individually. Only a small number of players from the 2008 roster have publicly documented cases tied to their names in the search results. The first was Aaron Hernandez, a story no school would be proud of. Hernandez was charged with murder (Odin Lloyd), weapons charges, assault incidents and multiple violent offenses after leaving UF. He is the most widely documented case. When Aaron Hernandez died in 2017, his 2015 murder conviction for Odin Lloyd was automatically vacated under an old Massachusetts legal doctrine called abatement ab initio. That rule wiped out a conviction if a defendant died before their appeals were completed. According to reporting, the court overturned the conviction immediately after his death for that reason. In 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reinstated Hernandez’s murder conviction, ruling that the abatement doctrine was outdated and had never been formally adopted into state law. The court ended the practice entirely and restored the guilty verdict. But it’s important to note that Hernandez played at UF from 2007–2009 and declared for the NFL Draft after the 2009 season, meaning he effectively left the university in January 2010. The murder occurred in June 2013, about 3½ years after he left UF! The most notable other case was Cam Newton, who was arrested at UF for possession of a stolen laptop but charges dropped after pre‑trial intervention and no further criminal issues after leaving UF. And so you know I’ve done my due diligence, I found a few other arrest reports and their outcome… Chris Rainey was arrested in 2010 after sending his girlfriend a text message that said “Time to die”, which led to a misdemeanor stalking charge. But the case did not end in a conviction. Prosecutors allowed him to enter a pre‑trial diversion program, and once he completed the required conditions, the charge was dropped. Jamar Hornsby was convicted for misdemeanor improper use of a credit card, not the original felony charges, making nearly 70 fraudulent charges on a BP gas card belonging to Ashley Slonina, a UF student who died in a motorcycle crash in 2007. He used the card for months after her death. He got a one-year of probation and paid early $10,000 in restitution and court costs. Hornsby was a current UF player at the time of the credit‑card incident, but he was immediately dismissed from the team after his arrest. He later violated his probation by getting into another criminal case (a 2009 simple assault), which resulted in 90 days in Alachua County Jail. So here’s the key point…no sources actually list another 2008 roster player with a confirmed criminal conviction. They only say “many players were arrested” or “multiple star players were arrested,” but they do not name them or document convictions! In this day of FOIA and government transparency, just a list of names would convince me the numbers are valid; but as the New York Times can’t or won’t provide their research results, or even publish the names of the alleged players involved: I am bound to take this reporting with a grain of salt! That NYT reporting you shared is the only source of the 41‑player figure claim. Every other article—CNN World Today, Zolentz Entertainment and others—is simply repeating or summarizing that same article!

What does this have to do with global warming?