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My parents used legal immigrants from Mexico to harvest on their farm. How do I know they were legal...the verification responsibility was on my parents not the government and they faced VERY harsh fines if the government discovered an illegal working on our farm. The government showed up a few times each year to verify everyone. I remember them coming one time and a dude took off running through the field to get away. It wasn't like an ICE raid, they were just coming to check my parents books and copies of SSNs and I-9's. Turned out this guy had stolen someone's identity (shocking I know). As far as work ethic...I would say mostly, but it depends. You noted them running through the fields to pick fruit. They had two methods of being paid, one was what we called "Set Piece" meaning they got a ticket for every bucket they harvested and each ticket was worth a certain amount of money. They would indeed run through the field and try to get as many tickets as possible. Yes they could make more money but in their haste they were hard on the fruit and the plants. The second method was simple pay per hour...they would dramatically slow down under that method. Regardless, it was hard work and I worked alongside them. I hated summers the most, we grew summer squash and the pickers would dump their buckets into 60 pound wooden crates on the ground. When they were done someone would drive a flatbed along the row and I would lift those crates onto the flatbed while someone else stacked them...hundreds of crates every day. It was a relief when football practice started, I was already in superb shape and I found practice easier than working on the farm.

This certainly doesn't help the situation... Air traffic controller arrested after ‘incident’ at Washington DC area control tower

I've mentored a LOT of people through the years...some still on this very forum. The video below is a GREAT story about how one interaction can change someone's life and getting to see it come full circle Screw all the BS politics discussions...chase your dreams, work hard and be a good dude/dudette.

Tell me you know nothing about military flying and you have never done a flyover at Arlington without telling me.

Putin escapes assassination bid? Buzz over Limousine explosion in Moscow Why do so many Russians fall out of windows and have exploding cars?

I did EXACTLY that same thing today!

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Do you even read what others write or just throw $hit at the wall? I have not defended anything that has happened and if you scroll up or go back I CLEARLY said hold them accountable. Do you think lives were at risk when Hillary put 33,000 emails including SAR/SAP material on a private server?

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Did you watch the testimony this morning? Signal was installed on their computers/phones one day one of the job by the GOVERNMENT. I am certain that came with usage restrictions but still! From an intel perspective the material was not classified, but they drew two very fine distinctions: 1. They CIA/FBI/DNI were not the arbitrator of DoD classified and referred questions to DoD - valid. 2. SECDEF is the declassification source for DoD material (I did not know that). In my mind a crap argument to assert SECDEF can declassify simply by sending...I hope that is not what they are going to argue. Bottomline - if the material was not classified as asserted, publish it for all to see...sunshine is the best disinfectant. If it was classified, do not publish and hold those responsible accountable. Not hard to say unless you are democrat talking about Hillary's private server and 33,000 emails.

The GS' always say that and they are usually the source of all evil and stone age thinking.

I am guessing Hegseth used Signal as part of his former gig at Foxnews which would explain the links to journalists. Also, Signal very popular in the SOF community...there is a whole Signal subculture. Sending it to the wrong person is not the issue, sending classified plans on a non-approved network is the issue. And if he did it he should be punished. Legally Comey help set the precedent that it not a big deal when we all know it is. It took intent from both Hegseth and Clinton to put that material on an unclassified network. 33,000 Hillary Emails had to be transferred off a classified network and copied onto an unclassified server, I never understood how Comey didn't see that as deliberate and with intent. I am very curious how Hegseth's deal plays out...again if the details are correct (to include weapons loads), then it was a deliberate effort to take material off and unclass network (pictures or digitally copied), and put it on Signal...or did he type a note with the details...either way UNSAT, no excuses, time to be held accountable.

A state rep in Maine says Somalia comes first.

I hear you brother and there is blame to share but LM does NOT deserve all the blame. As noted, requirements creep and an unrelenting desire to purchase a single airframe for all services that forced multiple comprises, usually without coordination within the service let alone with other services. As an example I was in the five sided funny palace when they discovered the F-35 datalink was incompatible with the F-22 datalink...YGBSM...built by the same company! And for the record, that company tried repeatedly to tell the government it was an issue but got the hand waive from DoD until suddenly it was a crisis. Fat Amy will always get a bad name but behind the green door she is a bad bitch in her mission area. Post merge she is the chick you don't want your friends to see you with, especially when the bar closes and the lights come on. Behind closed doors and pre-merge she will rock your world (sts) like a MILF nymphomaniac who spent time in Thailand. I truly hope everyone continues to underestimate her. For all her incredible capabilities on the classified side, they made huge sacrifices to make a VTOL version. They made even more sacrifices to get the naval variant on the boat while meeting the range requirements...as a result it doesn't even have a gun...didn't we learn that less 50 years ago in Vietnam? Many of the issues are software related and driven by DoD that does not understand AGILE software development. The history of the sausage making behind the scenes is boring yet maddening, the government made it SOOO much harder (sts). Similarly look at the V-22...the Marines ran the program and controlled all the key design and performance requirements which led to many of today's issues. As an example, the rotor disc is not aerodynamically optimized, the diameter should be about 20% larger but it would not fit on the boat so out of the gate a huge sacrifice in performance that impacted every service that flies it. I am certainly not a test pilot but have been told the performance issues like Vortex Ring State are made worse by the reduced optimization of the rotor diameter. All is not doom and gloom, especially with Fat Amy. In reality in most circumstances if a peer or near peer gets to the merge with an F-35....even if the F-35 is flown by a mediocre pilot, something went very wrong. Not saying things don't go wrong, but she is not incapable.

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Not taking anything away from UF, great season and they look like the team to beat. While I am not a Hurley fan, he was right about the no call late in the game, it changed the flow and momentum, UConn was up, 61-59, with just over three minutes to play. Had some friends over and we watched the game not routing for either team and all had the same perception that the refs were favoring UF. After the game we checked the stats and Florida was called for fewer fouls than UConn (17 to 24). UConn screwed themselves at the line making just 22 of 34 shots. It will be interesting to see how UF does against Maryland...the Terps won on a buzzer beater that was crazy to watch. My darkhorse for the tournament is Ole Miss...something about the way they have played at the end of the season. Fun time of year.

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Boeing wins Air Force contract for NGAD next-gen fighter, dubbed F-47

Prelim report out and does not look good for the pilots. First officer was flying the approach and landing. 3 G landing on the right main only...hard landing is classified as 2.6 G on both mains. Also looking at the outboard side-stay to see if it had prior damage contributing to failure or was the landing enough to cause it. Captain of 18 years had only 3600 hours...worked primarily as a sim instructor.

If you are basing your assessment on two months of the stock market, have not made hedges and actually made money off these events...then you are most certainly a sheeple.

Ok - start with Waivers given to GO's