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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    On 2/29/2024 at 10:38 AM, BashiChuni said:

    look man bottom line is this:

    if NATO commits troops into ukraine WW3 is on. is that what you want? i dont.

    Apparently you haven't noticed, but WW3 is already on.  Now it's all about the roll we (USA) is going to play in it.  My guess is we reprise our WWII showing and stiff arm it until even the far left and far right isolationist in our country can't ignore it any more.  Then we hit heavy.  In WWII terms, it's 1938-39.  

    How we should play in it is, and should be, hotly debated.  But ignoring that international hostilities (remember your DIME levers of power?) have already commenced is flat-out ignorant.  This thing is happening whether you want it to or not.  At least acknowledge that fact.  The sooner you move on to the solution phase, the less it will cognitively hurt.

    I don't want it either.  No one should.  But thanks to the likes of Putin, Xi, Kim, Khamenei, Biden, and others it's happening.  Gotta take the world as it is, not as we want it to be.

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    16 hours ago, brabus said:

    for the average person to sort through it

    Based on the number of cloth masks covering chins and mouths I see while commuting through ATL, my personal assessment is that they haven't yet.  

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    World War III Updates

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    7 minutes ago, gearhog said:

    Russia is going to nuke our satellites. We must nuke them first.

    Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to three sources familiar with US intelligence about the weapon.

    These sources gave CNN a more detailed understanding of what Russia is working on – and the threat it could pose – than the US government has previously disclosed.

    Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, set off a frenzy in Washington on Wednesday when he issued a statement saying his panel “had information concerning a serious national security threat.” By Friday, President Joe Biden had publicly confirmed that Turner was referring to a new Russian nuclear anti-satellite capability — but officials have steadfastly refused to discuss it further, citing the highly classified nature of the intelligence.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/16/politics/russia-nuclear-space-weapon-intelligence/index.html

    What are the odds that our feckless leaders have now guaranteed the burning of what sounds like a possibly quality inside source, just so said leaders could make some political moves.  The source of a leak that shared this intel from inside Russia can't be too hard to pin down (assuming it's non-technical).  I see no way the American public could benefit from knowing about this threat other than to somehow impact the upcoming election.  These clowns are outright irresponsible.

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    VRRAD is Back!!

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    Point of reference from a data perspective:  My first year of retirement last year (half actually, as I retired from the reserves halfway through) working year 2-3 at an airline, after taxes, I made literally double my O-5 active duty pay (including BAH) while working less then half the number of days, doing a simpler job with Union support, and I attended all of ZERO DEI training events.  To say nothing of retirement/401k/TSP/DC/matching stuff, which is all invisible until we actually draw it, so it doesn't feel like it counts yet (but OH YEAH, it counts)

    I could even do AOC work (arguably the easiest job for a flyer in the USAF) and be home every night for 3 years and then come back to the airline and collect a full AD retirement check...still not worth it.

    Why on earth would I go back? 

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    16 minutes ago, BashiChuni said:

    fool

    Come on dude.  You can do better.

    53 minutes ago, Lawman said:

    You guys can quit searching for excuses and just come out and say your reason for not supporting action in Ukraine is simply to be contrarian to the current party in charge. First it was “but mah border,” now it’s, “well Europe should pay first….”

    Two things can be true at the same time.  I want Ukraine to win, and I want our border secure.  Different pots of money.  Hell, our southern border simply requires the current executive to admit he was wrong and reverse his own actions.  Likewise, Ukraine doesn't require us to kneecap our own capabilities.

    We can have both.  Not everyone opposed to a LOT of the current admin's decisions are just binary about that decision.  Maybe narrow down the brush a bit.

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    World War III Updates

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    What ever happened to the US's stance of "If you start a fight with me, I'll finish it"  ???   

    Seriously. 

    Now it's "please don't start a fight...please please please please...ok fine I have enough dead Americans now and my populace is rather pissed...I'll strike something NEAR you, please don't hurt me"   

    This weak dick foreign policy needs to go.

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    Heritage Room - Keeping The Bobs At Bay

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    Went through your struggle and came out the other end with a successful heritage room/conference room/squadron gathering area that just happened to have a 20 foot bar in it.  

    The AFIs that I referenced nearly a couple decades ago are probably well past gone.  My recommendation is to get your Sq/CC to direct you to draw up plans for a squadron renovation 'in the event' of fallout money.  We did it for just over $150k in Japan in 2007...so account for inflation or something.  Long story short is get your plans together down to the tee and have your Sq/CC "Direct" you to have it ready.  The key here is that he needs to get the go-ahead from CE, preferably via a one-on-one conversation with the CE/CC.  If you do it right, the wing doesn't find out 'til you invite the Leadership to help christen your new heritage room...which seals the deal on their blessing of it. 

    Your squadron CC should have got a slush fund that should cover drafting of renovation plans.  When fall-out money comes, he's just renovating his own building and it should be too late for someone to say no.  Whether you contract out the work to real contractors or to squadron members with renovation skill entirely depends skills available to you.  I recommend contracting out to construction contractors.

    Pro Tip: It's not a kegerator, it's a cabinet refrigerator. 

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    Border crisis

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    3 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

    This is one of the migrants arrested for beating the cops, as he is being released from jail and confronted by the press. 

    TNY-Immigrant-Williams-2087-2.jpg?w=1478

    Rarely has a face been in such desperate need of a baseball bat.

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    The new airline thread

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    10 hours ago, AirGuardianC141747 said:

    You must be right, hence the 12,000 mentioned were hyper focused on managers in their statement. I wouldn’t feel too safe as a manager at large corporations right now. Heck, I “manage” to show up effortlessly to work and hope HR doesn’t hyper focus on me. HR, now there’s a group that needs some downsizing. Dang handbook is a lot thicker now.

    But don't worry, the DEI departments are safe.

    Gun Talk

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    52 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

    Speaking of Beretta...just got the A300 and I love it!

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    Nothing says 'get out of my house' quite like the sound of a shotgun chambering slug.

    World War III Updates

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    29 minutes ago, ecugringo said:

    I read trump made the houthis a terror org.  Biden early on took them off but is now adding them back to the list.

     

    Weird.  Very similar to saying there is no problem at the southern border, and then saying that there is.  Trend?

    Let's just pray that we don't have four more years of this feckless dolt while the world continues to melt down.

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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    4 hours ago, HuggyU2 said:

    That doesn't fall into the category of "Things I Want to Hear About". 

    Indeed...unfortunately it certainly falls into two adjacent categories: 'WTF' and 'things Biff googles'   

    ...and here we are in this thread...

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    Investment showdown -- beyond the Roth, SDP, & TSP

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    7 hours ago, stlpilot11 said:

    Not looking for financial advise - just curious. I am a newly commissioned 2Lt so I have the option to take out the 2.99% 25K USAA career starter loan. I also have a HYSA which pays 4.6% interest. It seems like a no brainer to take out the loan and just leave it in my HYSA. Is this a crazy idea?

    Here's the problem with having 25K.  In theory you'll put it in a HYSA and let it sit.  But you won't.  Having 25K at that age and leaving it alone is very tough.

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    24 minutes ago, DSG said:

    America doesn’t live up to its own values, made up or not.  Which is fine — liberal pieties are dumb.   I just have an allergy to self righteous hypocrisy, something which seems to be the stock and trade of our betters.

    That, we agree on for certain.  Our only proper option is to not take part in that game.  But that's a moral decision, now isn't it?

    P.S. I understand who you're talking about, but I wouldn't call them 'our betters'.  I'd agree with "those who are in power"

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    3 hours ago, DSG said:

    “Ethics and morality” are made up. 

    3 hours ago, DSG said:

    Abroad, America has little moral leg to stand on, to put it mildly.

    Please feel free to explain how, if Morality is made up, America has no moral leg to stand on.  If America makes up it's own morality, how does any sort of international opinion matter?  Your logical and (made up) Reason are kinda breaking down.  Kinda sad, because I'm beginning to think that you and I share a lot of views in common.

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