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2 same, my comments were off topic & specifically regarding being pulled over by police; apologies for any confusion I caused. back on topic- I was hit for a random urinalysis landing on my last trip. It's a good deal (if you aren't late for a commute) because it's 15 minutes of pay for 5 minutes work. But I nearly missed the summons: the person delivering it was not an English speaker, not even close, and was waiting for the CA who they erroneously thought required first contact. Being end of sequence I was leaving ASAP & had an FA not called out to me I would be the one stuck in litigation for "refusing" a test I never knew about.

Because you are already committed to a ton of ass pain/time lost once a cop asks you to perform FST/breathalizer. Ever hear of them letting someone off when they pass? They already think you’re under an influence so any engagement at all will only serve to increase their SA collection from which they will subjectively select more items to justify the conclusion they’ve already reached. So you now have several hours of dick pain in front of you. Accept that, and position yourself for maximum advantage by demanding blood draw. You cannot win FST or Breathalizer. Cops are trained to tell you lies and it’s legal: “hey just blow in this for me and we’ll have you on your way” or “you seem fine to me but our new policy is everyone does a few FST items just to be sure we’re all safe, it’s just policy & it’ll be quick.” Nope, fights on, maneuver accordingly. Speak the absolute minimum required, stay in your circle, tell them blood draw if detained on suspicion of DUI. Regardless of your sobriety, you are in danger.

Sig is about the get their ass eaten (prison style) in the PR domain. A holstered weapon needs to be 100% inert, too many credible reports of this not being the case. Already some shooting courses are denying entry for participants using the 320 on a liability basis. I’d expect that to cascade and spill over into agency rejection. Not sure how Sig is holding onto their mil contracts at this point. G19 remains undefeated.

It is real.

Either scenario plausible. Ego is an enemy and we should only fly rested. I can't believe the dumb risks I took flying tired. Without Gods grace I would be CFIT too.

Never forgotten brother! We'll see you on the other side ⚔️🇺🇸

If we substantially cut entitlements, there will be a civil war.

I don't like these type answers because it assumes someone knows enough to correctly predict the next war. You can't be read into enough SAPs to get future acquisitions right; if you could we would have done it. But we have a historical 100% rate of getting it wrong-- none of our wars started with a force properly trained & equipped for that war. All of the retired GO futurists and industry funded think tanks have always gotten it wrong, the war budget has always needed to completely realign to emerging threats we didn't predict and our secret expensive thing has never been the one we needed. I'm probably taking your statement into a context you didn't intend; would be a fun conversation over bourbon sometime! Well said!

OA-1K can't fly IMC yet so they aren't ready to be a tanker...

Allegedly if the NFA 200$ stamp becomes 0$, the registration can be challenged in court since it's technically a registration for who paid the tax. Or at least that's the R cop-out justification for not fighting the parliamentarians move; I don't believe it'll work & think they're all liars. i think we got played (again) by R leadership who included SHORT not for 2A reasons but rather a throw-away COA they could dump as fake "concession" to show compromise.

Curious how Iranian response will be impacted by the Israeli HVI campaign against them. It can't be easy adjust strategy, C2 forces & simultaneously worry about assassination.

Powerful and convincing arguments against Trump. One might even say opinions will “tip over” against POTUS, and his administration will capsize after this brutal attack.

It’s ones or zeros man!

One of the most ignorant things I’ve read on this forum. Do you think your buddies didn’t already have targets on their backs? They are surrounded by people who hate them and want them dead; people daily searching for opportunities to hurt them. An intelligent use of limited violence makes enemies less confident, less capable, and therefore less likely to attack your buddies. If we start nation building in Iran, I’ll be speaking up against POTUS. However as of this moment, I think what he ordered will make the region safer. Also, well played on the OPSEC!

I don't. The Paks were terrible "allies" and the ISI did play both sides (US & AQ & even Taliban). I'd label Pakistan a passive adversary. But what Iran did was use state funded university engineers to design weapons specifically to increase IED lethality, then send IRGC commandos into Iraq to train/advise/assist Shia militia employing those weapons against us. They killed hundreds of our guys, we knew it & could prove it, and on a tactical level guys made valiant efforts to fight it. But at a senior level, we let it happen because decisive reprisal was a bridge to far for the feckless Bush administration. Lawman is right about events since then shaping the present battle space advantageously. But those things left an impression on me and it stuck. What do you think? Do you think Pakistan was a more disruptive influence than Iran? I didn't play in OEF till 09, it was all OIF 04-08 so there's a lot I don't know about Pak influence.