kaputt
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Appreciate the insight š I didn't even consider the wildfires since we've been pretty much unaffected down where I live. But yeah, looks like everything in WI is MVFR at best right now.
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Iām flying in to Oshkosh for the first time this year and looking for some advice from those that have done it. Iām assuming we have a few lurking around here. Iām flying a rental in, so schedule is pretty fixed. Renting from a school thatās within 100mi of OSH, and planning to get up at the ass crack for a morning arrival on Monday the 24th with another first thing in the am departure on the 27th (all weather permitting of course). Iāve been to Oshkosh 10 times now, so I understand the flow of the show, parking/campaign areas, etcā¦ For those that are familiar with how the GA camping fills up, will there still be spots in the North 40 open early Monday morning or am I likely headed to the South 40? That N40 just seems like the primo camping from a show access, off grounds shopping, SOS Bros tent, etcā¦ standpoint. I saw in the ā23 NOTAM you can request North or South 40. I plan to make a North sign but wonder how I should set my expectations? Any other advice or tips would be greatly appreciated for camping on grounds. Previous years weāve always done a hotel in Green Bay.
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Adam is a desperate, clout chasing piece of shit of the highest level.
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And some sort of back channel deal seems to have halted the march on Moscow.
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If he is re-elected he will die in office, I feel fairly certain of that. What a travesty our electoral choices are these days.
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Ah there it is. The single most dangerous word in use in America today. You got the fairness part right, but there is nothing about Justice that has to be equitable. In fact there has been nothing in the founding of this country that has desired or guaranteed āequitableā outcomes. The left really struck a home run when they realized how easily equitable could be transposed for equality and use it to confuse the masses on what we should be striving for. Btw, hereās Cornellās definition of justice. āJustice is the ethical, philosophical idea that people are to be treated impartially, fairly, properly, and reasonably by the law and by arbiters of the law, that laws are to ensure that no harm befalls another, and that, where harm is alleged, a remedial action is taken - both the accuser and the accused receive a morally right consequence merited by their actions.ā The rest of your post is idiocy honestly. Cops killing anyone they want and eradicating LGBTQ people? Could you be more of a caricature of super leftest speak?
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Itās amazing how fast that city has turned into a complete shit hole. My sister and her now husband moved there in 2010 and there were some pockets of this already and probably had been for a while, but it was still mostly just weird Portland. Itās completely off the rails these days and only accelerated after 2020, George Floyd riots, etcā¦ Lots of other Democrat heavy cities and towns are following suit, and not just the expected ones like LA, San Fran, Austin. Asheville NC used to be one of my favorites cities on the east coast and itās got encampments and heavy drug use now too.
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āThe military is not pushing woke agendasā - CSAF, Sec Def, etcā¦
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It absofuckinglutely blows my mind that women, and even more crazy, some women athletes, are actually okay with biological men pretending to be women competing against them and ultimately beat them. This is not some gray area of personal beliefs. Itās absolutely solid science that men have an athletic advantage over women. I could give two fucks if some dude wants to cut his dick off, or wear dresses, or take pills to pump estrogen in his body. Itās a free country, do whatever you want. But it wasnāt that long ago women couldnāt even compete in sports. And now weāre going to piss all of that away to appease a fraction of a percent of the society.
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One simply cannot support women and also support trans men competing in womenās sports. It doesnāt matter how you feel about transgender people, it is pure discrimination to allow a biological man to compete against a woman. There is nothing more cut and dry if you believe in science and fairness. I ran Division 1 track; our shittiest dude was faster than our NCAA Championship caliber female. If he had decided he wanted to be a woman, he would have won the NCAA Championship the next day. Itās also not a knock against women that they arenāt as fast or as strong as a man. Trust me, no one gave a crap that our slowest guy on the team was still faster than our best woman. Everyone simply thought our best woman was a hell of an athlete, because she absolutely was.
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All the back and forth aside, itās going to be a very sad time for our country if the 2024 election is Trump vs Biden again. I honestly have no idea what Iām going to do if those are the choices. I voted for Trump twice, and donāt regret either one, but I wonāt do it a third time because he is not the person to lead the country out of the mess itās in. I plan to vote in a primary for the first time in my life next year, even though my stateās primary is pretty unimportant, I feel like I need to do something to try and prevent Trump from being the nominee.
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ESPN honoring a man who wants to be a woman during Womenās History Month is truly classic.
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https://simpleflying.com/guess-which-country-has-the-most-female-pilots/ According to this article, the best ratio in the entire world is Air India at 12%. The other European nations mentioned pretty closely match the ratio in the US. The article mentions the Nordic country of Finland as having one of the lowest percentages, but then doesnāt mention the actual number. I searched myself and found a Facebook post from Finn Airlines themselves in 2017 that said 3% of their pilots are female. That same post mentioned 88% of their cabin crew is female. So is there some global conspiracy against women in aviation now too? Thereās a couple āprogressiveā countries listed in that article with a nearly identical ratio to the United States. This is the problem with chasing āequitableā statistics, they donāt hold up to the reality of what actual human beings desire to do. Like has been said a million times in this thread, there is absolutely nothing wrong with trying to get as many girls and women interested in aviation as possible. Iām certain that everyone in here has flown with some kickass female pilots. But what happens if in 20 years we double the amount of Female ATPs, but they still only represent 10% of the airline pilot community? Instead of celebrating success at doubling the interest of women in aviation, Iād be willing to bet a significantly large sum of money the leftists of the this forum and country would still be decrying the āinequitableā world of aviation.
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Seriously dude? Do you really think this is how the real world works? The real world does not have a perfectly symmetrical representation of demographics spread evenly throughout every single aspect of life. Want to know why? Because actual people are not defined by their race, gender, sexual orientation, etcā¦ People are people; made up of their own experiences, desires, and preferences that have absolutely zero to do with their uncontrollable physical attributes. Want to know how stupid your comment sounds? The NBA is 75% black, but 75% of the population is white. Youth basketball should obviously be made up of 75% white kids as the entry point to the sport. Gotta make those demographics even and match reality. Oh wait, no one would argue that.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-bill-require-bloggers-write-governor-legislators-register-stat-rcna73191?fbclid=IwAR2fPxt60T5arwOqe02KRhl-bA4lEnk82G2727d5ueLoxKaRo4DbUnxhG80 Well looks like individuals on both sides of the aisle want to introduce ridiculous bills. This one was just introduced in Florida by a Republican state legislator.
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Donāt forget about Sepp Kuss on Jumbo! Already has a stage win from 2021 Tour and two Vuelta stages. None last year in the Tour, but was a huge part of Vingegaardās win.
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Itās that green in Ukraine in the winter? Old video?
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Haiti thread - to intervene or not...
kaputt replied to Clark Griswold's topic in General Discussion
Easy. If people had access to jobs like that in these countries, the mass of humanity that has flooded the southern border over the past decades would come to a halt, thus diminishing the ability of those in DC to play power politics with the demographics and voting trends of certain humans. Certainly canāt allow that to happen. -
Glossing over a lot here. The Maidan protests started over the pro-Russian government backing out of a pro-western Europe trade agreement, bowing to heavy pressure from Putin. Itās not like the CIA just jumped in there and tried to overthrow this dude like we have history of doing in South America. There was legitimate anger from the Ukrainian population. Sure western support came when the protests started making actual waves, but this was not some random decision by the CIA. This was a continuing trend of all of Eastern European counties that are looking west for future ties and not east to a place and nation that has raked them over the coals countless times. Eastern Ukraine also didnāt start getting shelled until Russia took Crimea and some of the eastern areas with their little green men and installed puppet separatists with a small faction of local militia that was mostly supported by actual Russian military. Also, the theory of an intensely divided Ukraine has proven to not be so true. Yes, elections pre-2014 should an even split in terms of east vs west preference, but most of this seems to have come from corruption, voter suppression, and voter intimidation under Russian influence. After Russia took Crimea elections have shown a strongly western leaning voting pattern across all regions of Ukraine. Ukraine military gains in the east also havenāt stirred up a hornets nest of angry citizens mad that Russian soldiers are gone. Theyāve come across people desperately glad that the Ukrainian military has removed Russian occupation.
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I realize most on here havenāt had to deal with the regionals, or at most made brief stops there, but I know thereās also a few of us floating around that are prior mil career changers who are in aviation now and doing it the civilian way to 1500 hours. So along that line, Iām looking for a little advice from the airline guys on here. Unfortunately, the music has essentially stopped right now at the regional level in terms of 1500 hour FO hiring. The regionals have a huge Captain shortage and newbie FOs are pretty much worthless to them right now being at least 1,000 hours away from the left seat. As such, the hiring has ground to a halt unless you are a direct entry Captain or can quickly become one. I got my apps in at Endeavor and the AA wholly owned as I was approaching my mins and it was radio silence. Decided to try some of the ālower tierā regionals as well like CommutAir, Air Wisconsin, etcā¦ and itās been nordo from them too. Several coworkers are getting the same lack of response too so itās not just me. I currently teach at one of the IFT programs for the mil, Iāll not say which one to keep this somewhat anonymous. So the job is enjoyable and stable, but I have to imagine packing on piston engine time past 1,500 hours doesnāt do too much for the resume. Should I be looking at other opportunities like FedEx feeder cargo or similar, or just keep playing the waiting game for a regional to call?
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Three years later and this horseshit is still going on. Whatās even more hilarious is itās āregardless of vaccination statusā. Also very fitting that you canāt leave a comment on the post. 2 weeks to stop the spread.
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Standing by for the FBI raid of the Biden household.
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Iāll share what I posted in this exact same thread over a year ago about Kinzinger. This dude continues to proves heās the same clown he was over a year ago.
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Heās a useful pawn to leftist media. They can throw him up there with a R next to his name to provide an imaginary aura of balanced coverage while he still spouts off their desired message. I wonder if he still reads this thread?
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Makes sense, appreciate the response. Yeah from my unaffiliated point of view it seemed thereās nothing that could be a direct replacement. Saw them a few times out at HMT when I was living and flying in SoCal. The OV-10 was always one Iād love to get some stick time in too.