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In the same vein as Lawman's post: 1. If KPAM is a write-off - buildings, sims, etc., does it make sense to A) rebuild it? B) Move it? If B) to where and why? Separate but definitely related to B) is where politically does it make sense for the F-22/ABM schoolhouse/other KPAM missions to go? I throw the political card because the spoils for rebuilding/moving are going to benefit someone's state/districts. So who wins and why?
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Not my place to offer advice, but... That check of the month club is not something to just write off with 4.5 left. Hurts now; pays off for a lifetime later (been there, done that). Not ever a 14N, however, there are lots of either meaningful and/or personally rewarding niche jobs out there for 14Ns. Worked with 'em lots - Green door stuff, three-letter agencies, etc. that The Man has to fill but doesn't care about. Get in there or somewhere like that, do a good job, and your post-AF career will take care of itself. The clearance(s) and contacts are worth $$. Don't just toss 'em. This isn't about The Man anymore; this is about you and your family and what is best for them. If you have post-AF plans/dreams, by all means, disregard all. If not, set yourself up now for doing well after hanging up the uniform. Big Blue doesn't care now and won't then. Hang tough; it's not personal (however much it feels that way), just numbers on a excel somewhere.
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Fcukin' incompetent Administration: - GDP only 4.2% growth last quarter - Canada agreed to sign on the renegotiated US/Mexico/Canada trade deal that is replacing NAFTA Simply UFB.
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F'in' Jeff Flake. Votes to move the nomination out of committee but won't agree to vote 'yes' on a floor vote unless there's a one-week FBI investigation. So the committee that is supposed to do the ground work gets sandbagged at past the last minute, bends over backwards to go through this charade, and Flake votes to move the nomination to the Senate floor. This 'deal,' hammered out with the Democrats, is supposed to provide balance and fairness to the process. As if one Democrat would change their vote. Unless the FBI shows that Kavenaugh gangbanged this chick three ways to Sunday, the opposition/media will claim the investigation is tainted/rigged/unfair/incompetent. So lose-lose for Kavenaugh. And for this nomination. And giving Collins and Murkowski cover as well since it's a woman and she must be believed. (Never mind the no criminal or civil charges, just a political tactic to get publicity.) With such a 'cloud' over the nomination, Flake gets to give his on-his-way out the door middle finger to Trump and keep the issue in play in the very close race in AZ to replace him. He wants the seat to flip because it will slow/stymie/gridlock Trump if the Senate flips parties. Well played Democrats. Well played. The GOP deserves to die off.
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As they should (actually should've done it last week - "sorry, you sat on your accusations for months, Sen Feinstein. Denied." Maybe her PRC spy for an aide kept it from her?) But I refer the right honorable gentleman from left field to the stated positions of, to name just a few, Democrat senators who have publicly decided their vote prior to the next installment of the clown show: Hirono - "this isn't a court of law. He isn't presumed innocent." "Men should just shut up and step up." Gillibrand "She shouldn't have to testify in this sham hearing." "Women will die if Kavenaugh is confirmed." Harris Booker (I'm Spartacus) Schumer Haskill. In fact, with the exception of Manchin, whoever the gal from ND is, and, maybe, Donnelly from IN, all of whom are in very tight races, every Democrat has already announced they will vote no. So can we concede that politics works both ways and it's not just those nasty ol' GOP senators? Murkowski from AK is now calling for the FBI to investigate so that will give Flake the cover he needs to give a big middle finger to Trump on his way out the door. Just like McCain did for the repeal of Obamacare (He campaigned hard on doing away with it, then voted to keep it because he was pissed at Trump. So much for country over hard feelings. Good riddance). I hope to see Flake run for President in 2020.
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What does she gain by coming forward now? Undue influence on a Constitutional process with, it appears, a massive case "he did me wrong in jr. high and I'll show him." Supposedly it's a "he said/she said" thing. Except "he said, and another he said, and another named witness said" they don't even remember the party. Never mind some teenage horseplay that has become attempted rape because she said so. By raising allegations in the political arena - nothing via filing charges that is known and no civil case brought - but a victim letter now gets her a real opportunity to screw with this nomination. She gets to influence the political process a lot more than any other citizen is allowed to. I can call my senators and express my opinions. She gets to try to derail the whole thing. If or whatever happened between these two, it's convenient that she wrote her letter now (and "remembered the incident in therapy in 2012." Which is when candidate Romney had Kavenaugh on a list of his potential Supreme Court picks). It reflects poorly on the Democrats by holding the letter since July. If they want justice for the victim, why not raise it immediately or go to law enforcement then? If Ford wanted anonymity, she shouldn't have signed her name. If this actually works, and the de facto standard becomes guilty because she said so, then we are fcuked. If she testifies on Thursday, I expect her on the talk show circuit on Friday, with a book out by next week, followed by a pilot for a talk show. Then utterly forgotten by the Democrats and history. The GOP has been nearly completely rolled on this one. I give the Democrats props for designing and executing the strategy well. The ultimate goal is to defeat Trump and his pick. Didn't matter who it was. Mid-term elections is the goal line. Secondary goal is to delay beyond 30 Sep since tradition has it that a new justice doesn't join a Supreme Court session already in progress. Interesting to know what cases are on the next docket. As noted earlier, if RBG kicks the bucket, and/or Sotomayor succumbs to her diabetes/high blood pressure/whatever, those nominees' reputations will likewise be tarnished merely by some heinous allegation. //signed// The Duke Lacrose Team
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Hey! Who's turn to make popcorn?
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F-22 Pilot's comments after flying the F-4
brickhistory replied to ClearedHot's topic in Squadron Bar
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Isn't the Air Force trying to grow it's way out of a pilot shortage? No, don't get up. I'll show myself out...
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Say, how much for a beer in Oslo?
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What?! Someone other than the individual decides how resources are to be used/allocated? And if you disagree with that state decision, you are SOL unless you up stakes and move to, say, the US where you can decide for yourself? Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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Say, in a socialist society, doesn't somebody ultimately make the decisions, allocate the resources, and decide winners and losers? Is there a site where I can download the application for that gig? In doing some casual research, I'm not finding a poor socialist leader. Heck, even Bernie is a multi-millionaire and, to the best of knowledge, he's never, since his late twenties, been anything other than a politician. Yes, please, I'll have some of that. My neighbors can eat cake...
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A great leader once claimed, "You didn't build that."
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God bless Texas! (And Nebraska, Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiania, and Kansas) https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-wins-multistate-obamacare-tax-lawsuit-recoups-over-839-million-in Texas stands to be repaid $304,730,608. The court’s decision also means that five other states stand to be repaid Obamacare fees by the IRS: Indiana ($94,801,483), Kansas ($142,121,776), Louisiana ($172,493,095), Wisconsin ($88,938,850) and Nebraska ($36,238,918). Nearly a billion dollars in unconstitutional taxes taken from these states to be returned. A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking some serious socialist money...
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So only topics you want discussed, can be? Another benefit to socialism, it would seem. It's a very good gig to be the one who decides on what exactly the "to each according to his abilities" are, as well as, particularly, the one who decides "to each according to his needs" actually means. If you aren't the one, or affiliated with the one, who decides, this doesn't seem like all that good a deal. Except, of course, if I have my work e-mails on a private server including the odd dozen or two of TS/SCI. Then having friends in those places is golden. As to Trump, there's a lot of "implicated," lots of "reportedly," lots of "supposedly," and too many instances of "this is Watergate on steroids" to count. GDP is up significantly. Same for stock market. Taxes went down. Same for number of illegals both trying to enter and being able to do so. "Woulda/coulda/shoulda" vs. actual things happening. You may get a scalp (although with Trump's 'do, I'm not sure how it would be counted) with something not related to the election results of 2016, but then expect escalating return political fire. Which all to often turns into ugly things in real life. Bernie 2020!!
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Trump is not "my guy." I recognize him for what he is - recent Democrat, serial philanderer, etc., etc., etc. What he represents is my "anti-guy." But thanks for the interweb psychoanalysis anyway. As I have stated repeatedly, he beat 16 conventional GOP candidates to win the nomination. He beat the anointed Hillary. He shocked the system in a way it didn't expect and doesn't like. The Beast/Leviathan/System/Deep State, call it what you will, i.e., the conventional political establishment complete with revolving doors and cozy use of taxpayer money, has very vested interests in not letting the system be changed. It is and has been very lucrative to itself. (See the list of richest counties in the US and wonder why so many of them surround DC). If Trump is allowed to succeed, the stranglehold on the levers of gravy-flowing is threatened. So the losers of the 2016 election are trying to undo the results via extra-legal means, often with the help of many of the Republicans who gravy-train boat (er…) is being rocked. Those grubby plebians out there in flyover country simply must be beaten back into submission. I'm agin' that.
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We have different views on how our Constitution works then. Shocking...
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"Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria, head of NKVD under Stalin Which is ironic given that this whole thing investigating Trump is supposed to be about Russian, well...something regarding the 2016 election. Yet not one person has been indicted for anything Russian. Shady lawyers got caught doing shady things and are going to jail. I'm not sad about them. But how would you fare under the eye of a prosecutor who has an open-ended remit to investigate you, everyone around you, everyone around them, and so on? If you're good with that, congratulations. I'm agin' it. But if you set up your own server and conducted years worth of government business including the trafficking of TS/SCI and above e-mails despite the specific law that says you can't operate that way, I also offer congratulations.
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Ah yes, playing the racist card... I'm not a professional card player, just the occasional home game, but when I see someone playing the race card even I can recognize a weak hand. So these suddenly socially aware athletes, who were able to take advantage of their God-given talent, hard work, and luck within the nation and system that rewarded them by making them part of the dreaded 1%, want to denigrate not just the part of our society that need improving, but the whole enchilada. And me too. If the NFL chooses to ignore such behavior, I withhold my money, my time, and my givingashitedness. The continuing decline of revenue will either convince the owners to impose their will upon their employees or they will continue to see money going elsewhere and the proud race warriors who rarely ever seem to voluntarily live back in the old neighborhood dropping rapidly out of that 1%. To that I say to the average three year career NFL'er, "It's the green BMW," as I hand him the valet ticket. As to "Malcolm X" Kaepernick and his 'bold' stance in face of The Man, I remind him that the clock is ticking and he's not getting any younger.
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Remember? That dastardly American and his 16 year old son executed by order of the President without benefit of trial? The Attorney General of the United States being held in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over DOJ documents that were subpoenaed? (First ever such contempt finding) The use of the IRS against one political ideology? The FBI deciding that multiple actions that would've landed any of us for a long time in Leavenworth draws a "She was careless." The unilateral overturning of American bankruptcy laws? Telling the Senate when it was session despite what the Senate had declared? The use of the IC to surveil and then unmask several hundred American citizens? A dead of night jet filled with cash landing in Tehran? 57 states? A Navy corpseman? A JV ISIS? Nah, me neither... Brennan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-director-john-brennan-apologizes-for-search-of-senate-computers/2014/07/31/28004b18-18c6-11e4-9349-84d4a85be981_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e4bc27014c6b As to the list of braying senior security clearance holders: Their value to various corporations/think tanks/media depends on access to their successors who are still in the game, thus the clearances hold significant financial value to each holder. Once their personal contacts bingo out, they fade off quickly into obscurity. I don't think Brennan is particularly wealthy. This was a direct hit on his bank account. Watch what Trump does, not necessarily what he says. Oh, and as to Trump savaging Mattis at some future point, there is that little catch-all, "serve at the pleasure of the President." As a guy said, "Elections have consequences."
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Two views of the same thing. One is written as a straight news article, the other as an opinion piece about that article. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-poses-with-supporter-with-sexist-patch-at-motorcyclist-event/2018/08/13/fe531672-9f00-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?utm_term=.737d5db4c8bd https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2018/08/13/wapo-article-guaranteed-lead-trumps-impeachment...or-reelection Oh, and FBI Agent Peter Strzok was fired today by the FBI. So he gets his pension for doing 22 years and will write his self-righteous book ("Don Quixote" is already taken, btw), and will get his CNN/MSNBC appearances, but by next year, he will be forgotten. With his soon to be ex-wife (remember he was dipping his wick in a DOJ lawyer who wasn't his spouse) getting 50% or more. So, when the night is cold and the wind howling outside, and he's staring contemplatively into his scotch, will he think he did the right thing?
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Splashing an airliner in/over the US is a political decision, not a military one. I also wondered how on 9/12, the splashing of an airliner over Georgetown or Alexandria would've really changed the bad guys' behavior
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Roger. Or "copy" as the kids say today...
