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You forgot his "hotass girlfriend". You wouldn't know her though, she goes to another school... Sent from my SM-N975U using Baseops Network mobile app

All truth. Ben Shapiro had a good bit of LA history on it his last Rogan podcast appearance. I've got family in Portland who're outraged at how the city is handling the situation. "Just give them homes and out patient treatment, problem solved maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan." I've had to protect my family from some of the crazies when we go to visit. It's a fucking trip to be in a Burgerville with my young son, having to decide how close is "too close" with a stinky homeless fellow human being dancing in a circle blasted out of their cranuim. Or having to tell people "No" they can't use our bathroom at church because we're scared they're going to use in there. Liberal head's in the sand about "wanting freedom" fall on my deaf ears when they clean out these tents and there's shit and needles...everywhere. These people have zero freedom while they're broken humans. But it costs money, and it costs time and it costs compassion. Something I've found in shorter supply from my conservative brothers/sisters, which is interesting with how much the Evangelical movement claims it. Not throwing stones, don't want to get into the political side, just musing I've had for years on this subject. I'm in UT now, and just last week they were a big push to get out one of the camps in SLC. Reading the headlines about it...so many are mentally broken AND addicted to drugs. There are a lot of shelters here, there's a lot the government does here. But people don't want to go to a prison like place (they lock the doors at night) and "told what to do" (can't shoot up). Can't say which came first the mental illness/drugs, but they need forceful help or life in a mental health care facility until they can rejoin us in society. I'm happy to pay taxes towards that end, and donate (and will continue to) to the services that provide those ends. This is a needs a concerted effort by both government (local/state/federal) and communities (individuals/organizations/churches) to solve. I say all this having had a homeless scare earlier in my life, and later becoming physically dependent on opiates during some prolonged extreme pain. I was never addicted, but the thought of being dependent on a pill to get through the day was, and is, terrifying.

Do you speak like that to people in the real world or are you a keyboard cowboy? Wondering what your credentials are as I have a hard time believing your douchieness levels would be tolerated by professional aviators. So far you’ve brought fuck all to the conversation other than to tell us what a badass Bear Grylls you are. Cool bro. Shouldn’t you be back on the farm or some shit? I hear that’s a lot of work and you sure seem to have a lot of time to sling shite insults on the inter webs.

The closer we get to the election, the more disinformation we’ll see. If you read something that seems outlandish/only marginally plausible, REGARDLESS of candidate, it is likely foreign produced at worse, or domestically produced, politically-driven garbage at best. Completely plausible Hunter is a total scumbag and his dad could have had some connection, but the means this “info” has been gathered, handled, and presented is very questionable...and I’m not a Biden fan. An example on the other side is how many people ate up garbage journalism from the Atlantic attacking Trump. Their shit is equally filled with wild accusations without substance. It blows my mind how many Americans buy into any of this shit...my opinion is so many either never had, or have lost, the ability to critically think. Can you expand? I might be missing something, and am curious.

Thank you for your expert opinion Mr John Q. If you have a concern with how the $0.0003 you contributed to a 4-ship fly by through your taxes (assuming you pay taxes) is spent tell your congressman. Thank you for your lecture on how we should train. I'll be sure to raise your concerns with my pilots at the next possible opportunity. Just FYI, we in the military all pay taxes too.

They designed it to fail...so it failed.

The irony is I want to fly like that and it’s like pulling teeth to get on the schedule more. 🤷‍♂️

Also everyone realized they didn’t want to fly like a Lt when they were a 40 y/o passed over Major (deployments, triple turning, etc).

https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/topic/10532-motorcycle-riders-thread/

But we can try. Especially since legacy media is ignoring the story (maybe liberal friends would ask ...) So choice is "orange man bad" vs highly corrupt family. https://wset.com/news/nation-world/tony-bobulinksi-i-have-now-put-myself-in-huge-risk-for-the-sake-of-the-american-people https://streamable.com/bo14ez

I think they already closed that experiment. Not sure what happened with the handful of people that went down that path

Absolutely no one should be staying in past 20 years. (aDSC aside). we can all make more doing the same thing as a ctr, or go find a new career. It’s fiscally irresponsible to pas up immediate pension! You will NEVER make it back up, even by increasing rank and %Pay

'03 anniversary v-rod. The only spots I prefer on the weekend are spots that it doesn't drip oil in the garage. I need to ride more. My next planned ride is the dragon's tail. I did Sturgis 04 and 05. It was fun - if you've not been, definitely do the Buffalo Chip experience. Bring a tent, your bike, and a shitload of alcohol. You're going to need it.

You would be surprised about how much the fact that a man can figure out things, engineer things, and fix things around the house matters to women. And before you say "toothless trailer park women in Mississippi," not just them. All of them. Actually you wouldn't be surprised, you'd be shocked. I continue to be shocked about it. Apparently women aren't quite on board with the 'we can do everything a man can do' movement as I thought. Its uncomfortable to get into a conversation about building a barn and el tardo's wife starts complaining that her #1 has to call a plumber to fix the sink drain. With el tardo standing right there. You'd be surprised. From reading your posts, you seem like you would struggle in that category. The category being, doing anything more physically complicated than sharpening a pencil.

Yes, though it's a bandaid on a compound fracture. We need to embrace forced treatment for those unable to maintain a household. This is a weak area for conservatives who have no concept of what a hardcore drug addiction does to your mind. We want people to pick themselves up by the bootstraps, great, we gotta get their mind clean enough to do so. For liberals this means they have to stop pretending like letting people "live themselves to death" on the streets is some sort of virtue. Homeless people go to jail, not because they are criminal (though many are), but because you have to confine the addict to treatment long enough for it to take effect. For conservatives, just locking people away won't work. It's going to take money to fix this; treatment is expensive. And providing the anti-addiction drugs for free (forever) will also sting. Tough.

How can the Bobulinski story be a hoax with so many verifiable hard facts? Just finished watching the interview. Seems legit.

https://www.cdc.gov/policy/hst/hi5/cleansyringes/index.html The homelessness and drug abuse correlation is 100 percent true however CDC studies have shown that needle exchanges decrease overall government expenditure.

Guessing slackline might be out plotting “peaceful protests” or else he would have responded by now.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/systematic-racism-in-policing-its-time-to-stop-the-lying/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/03/police-black-killings-homicide-rates-race-injustice-column/3235072001/ https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/what-are-the-real-stats-on-black Couple articles regarding police shootings from a variety of potential biased sources. IMHO, numbers do not bear out the theory the police are racists or any other accusations made in that direction.

Younger me typically voted straight R ticket. Now I'm probably closer to center, but still probably would be considered on the right (though I've been increasingly frustrated with the Rs, especially in the last 4-6 years). Still a registered R based on how my state does primaries and the effect that has on the later voting for offices. I do see your desire to be self reliant as a good thing, it's something I strive for as well. Never been hunting, but I did field dress a rabbit once upon a time. But can cobble together a shelter, build a fire to stay warm, procure water, fish (sorta), make basic repairs, improvise solutions, sew, etc. SERE was "great," but a lot of my survival skills were built/learned in scouts when I was younger. Labels are weird though. Politics has devolved into a highly polarized debate, with no room to meet in the middle out find common ground. It's appears to be more of a power struggle between the R and D parties, using taking points to get in and stay in office, with politicians changing their beliefs to appease their voting base, and dividing everyone into either for them or against them. Then you've got the whole realist vs liberal vs constructivist philosophies, which frame your world view. (Hey, I learned something in ACSC)(crap, I drank the kool aid, don't burn the witch). The liberal (not US liberal) in me wants to believe in the best intentions on people and that we can collectively work together to improve things for everyone. Rising tide raises all boats and what not. The realist in me bought guns for home defense, locks the doors at night, maintains emergency supplies, and believes in a strong military to defend our values and interests when disagreements between nations inevitably occur. But I guess to answer your question- TL;DR-I've got a mix of opinions that doesn't put me squarely as conservative or liberal, but probably skew towards "conservative" //RANT ON// -First off, we need to fund what we believe in. Doesn't matter how good an idea sounds, if we're not willing to pay for it (ie raise a tax or bond, or cut another program), then it's not a good idea. This includes overseas contingency operations/war- if it's vital to national interests, raise a tax or sell bonds to pay for it. -Guns are fine, need to limit access to criminals. Limited access to people with mental health issues as well, but that's really murky because it's hard to define and can be subject, so currently a 'no' for me right now for limiting access. Own a few firearms, and my wife shoots to almost as well as me. -Don't own an AR, but see why people would want to, just not in my budget or a priority right now. Magazine limits are dumb -Shootings are a form of violence, and even if you remove all guns, people intent on violence will cause harm to others. So we need to attack the real causes of shootings-whether it's poverty, selfishness, mental health, a perceived need for revenge for an injustices, etc. -Came from a "normal/typical" Christian, nuclear family. Married a wonderful lady. Don't really think LGBT is right personally, but I won't treat them as less than a person. Doesn't mean I won't be friends with them, or get along with them. My wife has several gay friends, and we've gotten along fine. What they do in the bedroom doesn't really have any bearing on my life, so they can do what makes them happy. Just don't shove it in my face and tell me I'm a bad person for not embracing/celebrating their choices in life. But I've got the same opinion on dudes oversharing about their latest tinder hookup. Don't care, please don't over share, glad it makes you happy. -Gay marriage is a weird problem. On one hand, as a Christian I believe in the 1 man 1 woman definition. Civil union is probably the better term across the board, and helps remove religious or traditional connotations of the word to help facilitate debate. Not like paying a law defining marriage in the traditional sense is going to stop a gay couple from being together. So why does it matter? Because our society, as someone else pointed out earlier, is such in a 1950 ideal of a family. Healthcare is generally tied to our jobs, with dependents under the plan being defined in 1950s terms. The legal system doesn't recognize rights of a "special friend" in matters. But it doesn't really infringe on my ability to pursue of life/liberty/happiness, so they should have the same opportunities I do as a married heterosexual dude. -Healthcare is tough, and I'm still trying to figure out what right looks like in my mind. I'm not convinced that gov single payer is the right answer, and a touch weary of what that means regarding other liberties (can't do X because of risk). But our system as is leaves people without access to preventative medical care, driving up emergency costs and lowering quality of life. Business have gone cheap on healthcare, and for lower level jobs, they may not offer healthcare at all. And having floated my wife's insurance on the open market when she was in between jobs before we were married, open market insurance is stupid expensive. About $450/mo for my wife for a middle of the road plan, with a lot of out of pocket expenses should emergency or specialty care be needed. And healthcare institutions have no incentive to lower costs, and have a high bar to entry that is funded by (and therefore limited by) the government (residencies), so competition isn't a strong driver in reducing costs. -Social security is another interesting issue. We are an individualistic society. The norm is to break out on your own as an adult and make your own path. Great for the individual, but bears risk compared to other societies that are more family oriented and love in multigenerational homes, as costs go up for things such as child care, elderly/end of life care, housing, etc. If someone plans poorly, or falls on bad circumstances, they could be left old, destitute, and with no one to turn to. Probably the hardest question we have right now as a country is answering what it means to be an American. I like to think it's a place where we can pursue what fulfills us in life if we're willing to work for it. That system needs defending, and there are tradeoffs internally that need to happen to ensure people are not being left behind due to systemic issues/biases. No one's going to make it this far so I can throw out some heresy- one good thing about ACSC-DL was the unit discussing realism/liberalism/constructivism. Got me really thinking about why I believe what I do, what I find important, and what I don't. Philosophy, ethics, morals-interesting topics that I wish I had more time to read about and think on. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Will be interesting to see what happens to this airframe. When AFMC decided to do aerobatics during a test of one of AFSOC's new AC-130Js they broke the backbone and the $100M+ aircraft ended up as a ground trainer.

I'm a fan of Dan Crenshaw, but I understand there are many who aren't. I also like Tammy Duckworth, even though I don't share her political views. I absolutely think she fights for what she believes in and she's there to make the country better. We just have different ideas of how to do it.

All political stuff aside, if you don’t like flyovers then you’re a commie pinko fuck and I don’t like you.

Dude's life went from bad to worse... https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2016/06/former-ashburn-ceo-convicted-of-murder.html

That’s probably the most interesting part to me, I see this two ways. 1 - no attempt or 2 - non-successful attempt. Either way, it’s a sad situation for their families and the Whiting Field team. The IP’s truck at VT-2, as it currently sits.

Um, John Q. Public here. I love a flyby as much as the next guy, but sorry, I'm not paying taxes so that you can go out and have a unique joyride in the jet. I pay taxes to maintain a competent fighting force. Training (or recruitment objectives) damn well better factor into every flight you take. You want to go joyride? Buy your own $200M jet and offer services to the NFL on your own time. And yeah, a flyover might be light on legitimate training objectives, but if you can't learn something from one, you're doing it wrong. Based on some of the atrocious TOTs I've seen on TV over the last few years, most of the guys flying them need the training.

Stolen from reddit REF the laptop: Honestly I wasn't expecting the Tucker Carlson twist. A+ writing boys! How about we get some hot takes on the federal government trying to tell states how to run their election processes? Where are all my "states rights" homies right now? Should valid votes be counted or not? Orange man says no. Such a controversial topic evidently.

Trump attacking states that allow mail in ballots to be counted after election day, per state rules. He is also suing three other states trying to stop them from counting ballots they deem valid. Doesn't seem very states-rightsey to me. States run the elections and send their hopefully faithful electors to vote. Despite being unable to produce evidence of widespread voter fraud, I think he is trying to foment enough discord in these states to excuse himself into getting the state legislators to disregard the results and send their own electors. All legal within the constitution, but still fucked up and at this point I wouldn't put it past him.

Tucker Carlson isn't news my friend. He even argued in court that you should approach everything he says with a reasonable amount of skepticism and he doesn't actually state facts in his show, yet somehow he remains a news source for many. Giuliani should release the actual emails and let the journalists investigate themselves...if there is anything there they will find it, but I think it's pretty telling that he is hiding something because how little effort it would require and he doesn't do it. Don't know, don't care...I've already voted. Is Biden crooked? Perhaps...but even if he stole his entire net worth from the taxpayer, it's still peanuts compared to how much the Trump family has enriched themselves over the last 4 years. Lesser of two evils sort of thing. Yes reddit can be a hive mind, but a place for good discussion as well. There is no shortage of conservative subs and opinions, that's for sure. Just because conservative opinions aren't voted to the top doesn't mean they aren't there, it just means they suck and are unpopular. You could almost say it's close to what your conservatives love...a free market of ideas? Honest question...what is your main source of news? Do you view any news sources that publish non-flattering information of Trump to be "real news"?