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So how many retired guys here have their 'Rank' (Ret.) as their titles at their new job? Absolutely zero chance you would ever catch me referring to my retired military rank. He's the president of a huge university, isn't that enough? I had to go to his speech one time on active duty and walked away thinking "How does everyone not see right through this guy? That was nothing but dumb pandering and anyone that was motivated by that is probably dumb enough that we don't need him."

None. My brother is a lawyer and dealt with the legal side of a defensive shooting related case where the carry insurance basically said "sorry, not covered". My brother had coverage and dropped it after that case. Basically, it's in the financial interest of the insurance company to consider it to be your fault, in which case it is a crime, and many policies have carve outs for when you are 'committing a crime'. I also read of another instance where the carry insurance lawyer took 15 minutes reviewing the case and told the individual to make a plea deal. The dude fired the lawyer, hired his own, fended off all charges, but then had to go after the insurance company to pay back the fees for the lawyer he hired. Decision to get insurance or not should also depend on the DA in the areas you carry the most. If you have a conservative DA that will be look more favorably on a defensive shooting than some commie in NYC, you also probably don't need it. If you carry in NYC or somewhere like that, might be worth it. Edit to add: if you get it, I would absolutely take the time to read all the small print before buying.

"NYC college students learning ‘How to Steal’ — as class teaches ‘line between private property and public good is drawn in blood’." True. Take my property and there will be blood.

If pizzas are a consideration, it is worth getting a specific pizza oven. Pizzas are best cooked around 900 degrees, which is far hotter than most grills will be able to stay when opening and closing constantly. I got the propane Solo Pi, doesn't take up much room and cooks a pizza in about 2 min. Not cheap, but if your family likes home made pizza, its a game changer.

Go sit next to the line and make better offers if the gun is worth it

If you are constantly portraying your political opponents as Nazis, why not compare all of their actions to the actions of the Nazis?

Do cops have safety privilege? Even if they do, my understanding is no. At school we were told that at any point (as the person doing the interviewing) you suspect that a crime was committed, you immediately stop the interview. I don't think they addressed any information that was divulged prior to that point, but I'm betting the answer is no.

Problem is when people in support (not that all space/cyber is support) start believing that they are actually warfighters, they forget that their job is to support the warfighter. When you lose track of how you relate to the mission, you lose track of what your real priorities should be. I don't care if you're turning wrenches, approving GPC purchases, or deploying space sharks with laser beams, you will be better at your mission when you understand how it fits into the overall mission of killing people and breaking things.

Many remote pilots at Kunsan extended to 18 months to get a better assignment on the backside. Most accompanied tours at Osan started at two years. On the Army side, I knew multiple guys that extended their two year accompanied assignment to three years as the Army pace of life was much more family friendly in Korea than stateside. Especially during the height of Iraq and Afghanistan. Might have changed a bit, but given that many Army units are doing 9+ month rotations still, I'd be many guys are choosing to extend to have some family stability. Obviously that is for guys there with their families, probably a bit different for single guys...

To be clear, I don't think you should refuse a breathalyzer if you are told to take it. What I said, and what ALPA says, is do not offer to take one to 'prove your innocence'. There is a big difference. Pulled over on the side of the road by the police, absolutely refuse the invitation to a field sobriety test. They are not mandatory in any state that I know of and it is a no-win scenario. I'd be interested to know the stat (probably doesn't exist) on the percentage of people that pass a field sobriety test. Probably low single digits or a percentage that starts with 0. The test is 100% subjective and the person grading the test is already convinced you're drunk or he wouldn't ask. A sober Olympic gymnast could fail it. If a cop tells you to take a breathalyzer, there are many states where refusing to do that also is an automatic suspension of your driver's license, which is probably where the FAA got that idea.

Not yet an official law, but the Kelly Loving Act has passed the Colorado House and would authorize the state to revoke a parent's custody for misgendering their own kids.

Never volunteer for anything like that. If you're not absolutely required to take the breathalyzer, don't do it. If a cop tells you it'll go better for you if you step out of the car and do a quick sobriety test, don't do it. Way to many chances for a bad instrument in the breathalyzer and if a cop ask you do to a field sobriety test, it's because he already thinks you're drunk. Then he's going to be the judge of if you are drunk while giving you tests that the vast majority of the population will fail every time. And if I take a required breathalyzer and it fails, I'm going to instantly, constantly, and loudly demand a blood draw.

So you can still buy high capacity magazines, an AR-15 without the 'safety course', and prevent your kid from 'transitioning' in Douglas County?

They shouldn't have been parked in the bike lane. Reminds me of this gem:

I would totally buy that theory. I've flown with a 64.5 year old that took long enough to answer EVERY radio call when they were pilot monitoring that ATC made a second radio call to us multiple times when the guy obviously heard it and was just still processing the first call for a simple freq change. Many/most guys would be totally fine flying for a few more years but there are a few I've flown with that make a solid case for going back to age 62 rather than up to 67. Problem is not just a simple IQ test; I'm sure they're just as smart as they were 20 years ago, but the synapses just don't fire in the same way as you get older. But if this is the case, we will likely never know unless he left some concrete evidence. It is taboo enough in the States to consider calling something like this out, I can't imagine anyone documenting anything like this in India.

Can you imagine being married to someone for years only to find out via some online viral video that your spouse went to a Cold Play concert? The shame is unimaginable....

This might be the first time I've agreed with @disgruntledemployee, but I've seen a 10 knot wind make the engine windmill enough during the walk-around that looked to me like it could cut off an arm. Also, it's not a fighter in an ACM CAP. Your eyes are 95% inside on the ground if you're not moving. Absolutely 0% chance that I'd notice someone running towards the engines and think "I bet they're going to commit suicide, I'd better shut the engines down just in case."

100%. A blatant and unconvincing appeal to authority when I don't really trust anything that some random captain has to say, let alone some dude on youtube that has poor enough sense to do the video in uniform. Far too many "experts" have never experienced a significant emergency themselves but are all to happy to leap to conclusions about an incident with a significant amount of assumptions that often turn out to be incorrect. For example, there was the United plane that went off the end at Jackson Hole. Many pilots that should know better immediately and with zero evidence publicly said that the pilots landed long and fast in bad weather. Turns out the brakes weren't wired correctly and gave good enough braking that crews didn't notice for a couple landings in nice weather, but as soon as they asked for max performance for a short runway in the snow, the brakes gave something like 50% of what they should have.

WSJ article today indicates a pilot might have shut off the fuel. That would be completely bizarre if true but the available evidence does match that scenario. The 787 engines start so slowly that if they were accidentally shut off at low altitude, I doubt you'd have any chance. Also interesting that everything so far is only mentioning two pilots, so apparently no IRO to watch out for buffoonery like critical switch errors. With the flight being over 8 hrs, you'd think they'd have an IRO. The article points out the abnormal delays from India in releasing the accident data. I infer from that an intentional delay that the results are so embarrassing that India as a country is hoping that the world's attention is elsewhere when the final report is released. Maybe they're going to slowly leak the info over a long time until it isn't a big deal when it is finally released.

I'm sure it would stretch the budget, but if your budget can be stretched to buy it, I would for sure. And this isn't empty sideline advice, I've personally done exactly this to control my surroundings as much as I can afford and I have had no regrets. Especially when I see some properties down the road getting subdivided and suddenly a quarter section that had a single house now has a small neighborhood. Can always sell later if finances stop working out or rent/lease it out. I know multiple people that had an opportunity to buy adjacent land and didn't that lived to regret it when a bad neighbor moved in and set up a bunch of junky trailers on the edge of the property and junk like that.

No change from current tax under the current Senate version. But, the House Rules Committee is pushing back against the Senate version, so there's still a chance.

My understanding of the process is the parliamentarian goes through and throws stuff out that's policy rather than taxes but the majority leader could add it back in. My guess is based on the 51-49 vote, there was one or two "Republicans" that didn't want that included, so it wasn't put back in. Should have put it back in and forced the people to vote. Easy to remove it and vote again but at least everyone knows where their Senators stand.

Helps to have 180,000 pounds to throw at a problem.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/armed-gunman-shot-dead-after-opening-fire-sunday-church-service Churches and schools are some of the places most often legislated to be gun free and most often are the places of a shooting. Good thing this church thought differently. Luck is no substitution for a defensive plan. If anyone in your church protests against an armed defense, tell them to read Nehemiah.

I don't think Biff is an Eagle driver