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Paywalled - what’s the gist of a false DUI arrest? I assume one would only make it as far as a blood test at the precinct before being let loose. So, what does the cop gain from that?

Probably right. I wonder how many times he’s heard “stop shooting yourself in the foot…” type comments and still charges on. Somewhere around 6.9 million is my guess.

Another consideration in the CIVCAS discussion is all these numbers thrown out there are many times sourced from NGOs and actors like Hamas (or ISIS, AQ, etc.) who massively inflate/lie about it. I’ve seen multiple times the UN and Red Cross blatantly lie about CIVCAS. It of course happens, but it is generally substantially less than reported (or at least the numbers at the hands of western nations). Arguments using western-caused CIVCAS as a cornerstone are built on extremely weak foundations.

It seems less than the first term…but yes, it’s still there and dumb, and he can’t control it.

Shed hunting from a helo - I’m in! As long as @Biff_T is flying and approves a 30 rack in the back.

The Palestinians voted for Hamas in 2006 - they can blame themselves for their shit sandwich.

“Deputies had been called to the boy’s house 50 times.” If there ever was enough data to get CPS involved, it was somewhere less than the 50th time.

There’s also an assumption here that he’s spent some huge amount of time on this topic. I doubt he’s spent much time at all on it, and therefore all these statements of “he has bigger things to spend time on” are just pissing into the wind. I don’t think it’s realistic to think he personally has spent shitloads of time at a desk solely devising plans and then executing them himself. That’s not how it works.

Shiiitttt, this guy hasn’t been TDY almost anywhere. He’d have an aneurism if he went to SE Asia or Eastern Europe.

I hope the maintainer hangs that LOR proudly on his wall. And to the guy who wrote it, you’re a douche.

I don’t think price control is the right answer, but I do think erasing the PBA position and reining in big pharma playing games with pricing (which seem illegal to me, but nobody challenges it, I don’t get it). Ultimately the best thing for people is to stop buying big pharma’s bullshit, literally and figuratively. They’re an evil industry with zero give-a-shit for anything beyond huge profits, people are generally better off without them and their products.

Fuck Pakistan. That is all.

The primary purpose the back seat will serve is intel, maintainers, etc. getting FAM flights. Good deal for those guys. For the AD side, the WSO mafia will win and they’ll put two dudes in a jet to get 1/2 the SA and capability…except for the 6.9% of the time crew composition that actually nails it, I’ll concede that does exist every once in a while.

Hollywood is absolute trash. Trump is fucking this one up - please by all means Hollywood scum, go elsewhere, and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Valid, and it also describes 99% of the gov, regardless of political affiliation. The whole lot of congress is mostly rhetoric and nil action. It’s all about elections and not about getting shit done, whether R, D, or I.

That doesn’t do shit. They need to have all vehicles repo’d + jail time; and sure, revoke their license for the principle of it.

Yep, or in other states it’s just laziness…”oh they’re the incumbent? Sure, why not”

DUI/DWI penalties, especially for repeat offenders and first time offenders resulting in severe bodily harm/death, need to be multiple orders of magnitude worse. It is despicable how little punishment DUI offenders receive. Screw all the judges who just throw them back into the world with zero fucks given.

Honestly what you quoted made me go, “hmmm,” but after reading the entirety I’m all about 95% of it without hesitation. Like you though, I am skeptical of the obvious point you’re highlighting; the gov best tread very lightly. FWIW, my “5%” throw-shit-at-a-wall number is because I’m accounting for the overall theme of the message (I understand one could argue it’s literally more than 5%)

Anything less than life in prison is bullshit. I’d prefer immediate death - maybe general pop can help with that.

Probably an ATC routing thing like 4Fans mentioned. Direct (or close to it) would have avoided the entire western complex, so that’s not a factor.

With those resume highlights, a squadron would be real dumb to pass on interviewing you solely based on an 88 PCSM. I think you’ll be fine, at least on the scores front.

Since Trump took office (not all of them, just a few top ones): TSMC $100B Stargate $500B DAMAC $20B Eli Lilly $27B Apple $500B (after an additional 10% tariff on China) Hyundai $20B J&J $50B CMA GCM $20B GE $1B NVIDIA $500B (yesterday, even amid a potential further tariff increase on chips) Also FWIW, combined $1.1T in planned investments/trade increases with Saudi and India This is not an opinion on the tariffs at all, but saying investments are not being made/not in motion is straight up wrong. Saying tariffs are going to crush investments and businesses will want nothing to do with investing amidst tariffs has so far, been wrong. All the fear- mongering regarding the tariffs has so far panned out to be sky-is-falling bullshit, which is the main point I’m addressing. How will everything look in 4 years (hell even 18 mo), fuck if I know. But I do know right now, even amid Trump’s seemingly volatile economic gameplan, companies and domestic and foreign investors are more so running towards the US economy than away. Ultimately, I’m just glad we’re not continuing to execute the same shit we’ve always done - need to mix it up, stumble/learn/adapt, etc. to get to a more economically independent future. Maybe this will all pan out, maybe it’ll fail and we’ll have to adjust fires, but at least we’re trying to solve the problems instead of just defeatedly accepting the status quo.