pawnman

How do they force someone to work?

I DO think that big tech censoring people and deplatforming folks is a part of what I'm talking about. And I think it's bad we've surrendered so much of our discourse to these giant companies. I think it's insane that Trudeau is seizing bank accounts and trucks from protesters who did nothing more than park their rigs. I think it's crazy there are still schools that are closed. I was on board with the mask mandates at the time because they don't cost much, don't harm anyone, and the data we had said they helped (no, not a 100% elimination of Covid, but a reduction). We have new data that says masks are useless...so I've changed my stance, with new data, and I think we should start getting rid of the mandates. I already thought it was silly to walk into a restaurant with a mask, only to take it off once seated. I still maintain that the masks and vaccines were lawful orders, and I've been ordered to do dumber things for worse reasons. The fact that you immediately thought I was on the other side of that issue, because I was on the other side of a completely different issue, is exactly what I mean. We probably have more in common than we disagree on. But because we disagreed on vaccine mandates for the military, you assume I'm going to disagree with you on every topic.

I do wonder... what is Canada's trucking capacity without these guys? What if they protested by just going home with their trucks... would that put a dent in the supply chain up north?

Thanks for presenting such a clear example. "This guy supported legal orders for masks and vaccinations for the military. That means he wants to lock everything down and arrest all the truckers! He wants to inject fetuses while they're still in the womb!" Good work. Exhibit 6900 in this thread why the country is so polarized.

"You're either with us or you're against us" is always a great method to solve complex problems.

They aren't torching local businesses, so....

How long have you known your buddy who is a Navy squadron commander?

@Bennynova, anything to say for yourself?

You realize the study didn't compare vaccination to natural immunity alone, but people infected and vaccinated vs infected and not vaccinated, right? And that the vaccinated folks were less than half as likely to get reinfected?

FOGG Phaneuf was one of my students in the B-1 FTU. Great pilot and great dude. He's still missed.

It's a pipe dream...but I'd vote for a Tulsi Gabbard/Nikki Haley ticket (no matter which name was on top) in a heartbeat. And it would automatically short-circuit any "misogynist/racist/xenophobic" attacks.

Do you really not know where San Jose is?

I was more confused about the parachute/LPU comment. Like...has Moose ever seen what NASA puts crews in?

I would not piss on him if he were on fire.

We hated him too.

I just got "you needed broader experience, all you've done is fly your whole career." Oh, and "you didn't get enough awards as a CGO"...Despite having about 8 FGO awards in 3 years as an FGO.

Some states do require helmets. Pretty much every state requires seatbelts.

And who gave a speech in the senate about not wanting his kids to grow up in "a racial jungle".

I wonder if they have any idea that minorities have a lower vaccination rate than whitey. We're already seeing the wedges in places like NYC, where a restaurant was called racist for enforcing the vaccine mandate and refusing service to three black women.

Dumb question: why would you decline the promotion? There's no ADSC associated with a promotion, although you do need 3 years in the new grade to retire at the new grade. Bump up that high-3 pay, pocket the extra coin prior to retirement, still get out on your own timeline. Am I missing something here?

And apparently one of the modifications is to let people quit and come back as many times as they want.

I don't give them the benefit of the doubt. They've overstepped bounds and done "shady stuff" too many times for me to trust them based on the FBI name. Additionally...if the FBI had folks in the crowd trying to get the crowd to storm the capitol, who will not face any charges...doesn't that diminish any rhetoric about trying president Trump for encouraging the crowd to storm the capitol? After all...he was the head of the executive branch. If we think people acting on his behalf were in bounds to exhort that sort of action, why would it be out of bounds if the president did it?

Will they not just send him back to his previous AFSC/MWS?

Take away licenses? Probably not. Increase insurance premiums? Sure. Require them to pass a new driver's test every few years? Absolutely.