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    Taxes, the Deficit/Debt, and the Fiscal Cliff

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    We pay more interest servicing the US debt in a single week than the amount requested to fund the border wall. That said:

    1.  Establish term limits

    2. Eliminate borrowing. Create an exchange to trade existing debt.

    3. Eliminate income tax and implement a consumption tax. Undocumented families of 10 ppl living down the street all become tax payers. 

    4.  Eliminate pensions. 

     

     

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    VA Loans

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Dudes, 3.75 to 3.25, should I do it? The bank dudes OF COURSE say yes, anyone else do it?

    Yep. Made sense for my situation even though the monthly savings were less than $150. It offsets an increase in property taxes and increases my margin when I turn it into a rental. No brainer.

    VA Loans

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    Posted · Edited by Mitch Weaver

    Closed yesterday w/Amy Patterson @ NBofKC. Smooth experience refi @ 3.25% w/lender credit, and signing completed at home after work. Seamless.

    Air Force jet fuel uproar

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I'm sorry..but did someone say that bio fuels were a byproduct of coal? :bash:

    Synthetic fuels are produced from coal, natural gas, or biomass. Bio, or renewable, fuels are made from biomass or its decay products.

    Its dirty. How is it eco friendly? I'm genuinely interested.

    giaccfigb18.jpg

    Source:

    http://web.mit.edu/a...trend-analy.pdf

    The various alternative fuel blends above have been normalized to Jet-A. So, a Greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of 1.0 is basically JP-8. Any fuel blend greater than 1.0 emits more GHG during its production and combustion- or what you'd call "dirtier." Less than 1.0 is cleaner. The uncertainty bars represent low-to-high emission scenarios.

    The production of alternative fuel blends from coal sources produces twice the amount of GHG than petroleum production (mostly carbon dioxide). You can capture and/or sequester (CCS) that C02 and reduce GHG emissions. Compare Coal to FT fuel with and without CCS in the chart above.

    Air Force jet fuel uproar

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Not sure what your argument is here. DOD doesn't care whether its fossil fuels, bio fuels, or otherwise. Global warming doesn't factor here. The point is that we have access no matter what. Politics are just clouding the issue.

    DOD does care because it's the law (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007).

    One desired outcome from DOD's Operational Energy Strategy:

    Contributing to national goals, such as reducing reliance on fossil fuels, cutting greenhouse gas

    emissions, and stimulating innovation in the civilian sector.

    Air Force jet fuel uproar

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The alternative jet fuel debate is a chocolate mess of politics and bad gouge.

    I didn't see. How much of this fuel did we buy? Are we talking 1000 gallons to test in our engines? Or are we talking millions of gallons.

    11K gal for RDT&E..

    Well, they have ops checked almost every MWS in the inventory so I'm guessing it was a ton of fuel. The theory is good since from what I understand this synthetic fuel is made mostly from coal, which we have in our country in large supply. Too bad the president has been unabashed in his desire to bankrupt the coal industry.

    "Ops checked"= certified throughout entire envelope, with the exception of MQ-9 and CV-22, using up to a 50-50 synthetic blend based on coal/natural gas and JP-8. The carbon footprint of these blends is greater than standard JP-8 which the DoD, by law, can't buy for anything but R&D. That law was passed in '07. Blend in some biomass and the carbon footprint decreases,but you have to test it first.

    As we speak there's a "Great Green Fleet" in RIMPAC burning 450K gal of biofuel at $26/gal, and they want to repeat the demo in 2016 for an entire deployment. Not sure what that will accomplish other than to prove it can be done as long as cost is no object.

    Biofuels aren't ready for prime time, but you've got to start somewhere. USAF has the right idea: certify the fleet w/alternative fuel and be ready to buy when it becomes cost competitive.

    We're in the Navy's frag pattern because of energy politics.

    Edwards AFB

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Stay west of 14 and you'll be OK. Tehachapi is a nice town that has all 4 seasons, which is a nice break from the high desert. It's a pain for early show times, though. Pick up a Mossberg 500 for peace of mind and you'll be set.

    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    I'll have to try the CCI, I've pretty much used bulk stuff so that certainly could make a difference. There is also literally thousands of web pages of people making small dremmel and sand paper mods to the the P-22 and having it work like a champ but not sure if I trust myself to do somthing that can't be fixed should I mess it up. I love the idea of the P-22 and even with the issues its improved my shooting dramatically because the amount of rounds I can put through it without having to feel like I'm going broke.

    Had zero issues with CCI mini mags through my Sig Mosquito, and a few FTEs with Federal Bulk. Stick with high velocity rounds and you'll be set. AAFES typically has sales on both P-22s and Mosquitos.

    SOS/ACSC information

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Mitch Weaver

    Question for those competing for a coveted ACSC in-res slot: this sounds appealing to you? Not flying for a year and change so you and your family can live in shithole Montgomery for a year or so? That's really where you see yourself in your mid-30s? I don't get the appeal. I guess I'm missing something.

    There are options other than Maxwell. And yeah, I see my wife and kids for breakfast and dinner everyday. Better to experience that for one year in my mid-30s than not at all.

    Uh, it's an unbroken year *with* your family. That sounds awesome.

    It is.

    USAF gets MOPs

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Like many things we buy, I suspect that most of the money was used in the pre-production R&D process...figuring out how to design the body to penetrate and survive, how to protect the fuse componants during penatration, what proportion of case and explosive was the best option, etc. Actual production was probably a fairly small percentage.

    Yes

    PME and Career advice

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Look at TPS if qualified. Knew a couple fliers who got PHDs through AFIT after joining the test community.

    There's TPS payback involved. You'll return to the school likely as an O-5 after having spent the last 3 years in Dayton, while your peers have been working ADO/DO/staff tours. And upon returning you're not exactly doing PhD-level work. IMHO there's no real benefit to the USAF, other than having a number of PhDs on staff for a school which now grants Master's degrees.

    The Air Force wants warrior-leaders. In that respect, AFMC inherently lacks the depth of ops experience compared to the CAF- and getting a PhD puts you even further out of the game.

    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Thanks to BO reviews, I just picked up my first Mossberg 500 Persuader.

    Thanks to Kalifornia I had to wait 10 days.

    4 months 'til I PCS from this trainwreck...

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