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Well, they got canceled. Some name changes might hide some bad rep (cough cough, looking at you Ft Hood). They seem to pick decent new names tho.
Have fun with your renaming parties, Army.
The bases:
Fort Polk, Louisiana, for example will be named after Sgt. William Johnson, a Black Medal of Honor recipient for valor during World War I. Fort Benning, Georgia, will be renamed Fort Moore in commemoration of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, a famed cavalry officer depicted in "We Were Soldiers," and his wife, Julia Moore, who spurred the Army to create casualty notification teams. Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, will honor Dr. Mary Walker, the only female Medal of Honor recipient for her actions treating the wounded during the Civil War. She was also a prisoner of war.
The other bases with their planned new names are:
- Fort Bragg, North Carolina -- Fort Liberty
- Fort Gordon, Georgia -- Fort Eisenhower
- Fort Hood, Texas -- Fort Cavazos
- Fort Lee, Virginia -- Fort Gregg-Adams
- Fort Pickett, Virginia -- Fort Barfoot
- Fort Rucker, Alabama -- Fort Novosel
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40 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:
Yes I am happy to flush Trump, but I also want to flush the crooks on the other side and you should too.
Agreed.
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5 minutes ago, StoleIt said:
My future prediction: Assuming Biden wins the primaries and runs for a second term (yes, big assumption...but I think also a realistic COA right now) I highly doubt Biden will show up for any debates. There will be some magical reason for him to not attend, or rather, debates will get labeled whatever new buzz word that will provide the needed opportunity for the DNC to skip all debates.
Biden and the Prop Up Machine will play the 5 D's of debate defense, Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge. Any of the other D's running, all they have to do is call him chicken, and I hope other D's try as the nation deserves a better D candidate (I know, careful what I wish for). IF Biden gets the nom, then I fully expect Biden to be called chicken, scare-d-cat, yellow, coward, runs from a fight, spineless, etc. How can he face a world leader if he can't face a Pres challenger? Then there will be a full court press on his health. Biden is one trip and fall away from leaving office.
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7 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:
Forgot about this gem. Whose job is it to prove guilt, the accusing party, or the defense?
You. Be sure to post links and other evidence. Spend a few hours, I need to be really well convinced. /Sarc/
7 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:Can you define that first. To me that means some foreign entity somewhere can control him, as unproven for years now including the largest Special Prosecutor investigation ever.
No. Ain't gonna waste time trying. I still don't understand why you defend a dishonorable, no integrity, ass hat.
7 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:So what do you mean by that? For those conservatives wondering why the Trump turd can't flush, this type of bullshit is exactly why. His supporters don't have clearly defined political views, but they're tired of the sense that they've been lied to, about everything, for years. People twisting the truth or exaggerating reality regarding Donald Trump's many shortcomings makes them sense the same elitist bullshit and rally around him.
It's actually quite easy. Reach into your brain, and flush... twice as I'm sure that turd will try to cling to the bowl. There. Done. Gone. Now find a new champion.
8 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:I really, really, really want Donald Trump to be gone, but everybody's going to get this man reelected if we can't rededicate ourself to objective truth, and that includes the Republican party.
Then do it man. Just drop him and all his bullshit. Find a better person to support.
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Anyway, I've said my piece, and peace. Just so you know where I stand, and I hope others as well, is Trump is done, don't want to see him in govt ever again. Biden is medically senile and should be replaced but Harris is incompetent. The Biden prop up machine, Easter Bunny included, can't sustain this. Ever see dementia progress? He's probably had micro strokes. I'm waiting for the press conference where Biden drops his pants.
Anyway, thanks for the volleyball.
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8 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:
This is an odd choice, considering the Steele dossier has been thoroughly debunked.
Com-prom-ised. Prove otherwise if you want to waste time and internet trons.
8 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:Perhaps it would be more interesting to describe the ways that President Biden's international strategy has been more effective than President Trump's. You first.
I suppose, but I can't/don't care to try. Nowhere do I compare. I merely stated Trump is not the answer for Biden. There needs to be another. Plus if you read what I wrote, I state a different, better energy path, plan, policy, etc. than the current one is needed. Biden's handlers and guidedogs are bumbling along. This is kinda like the Afghanistan pull-out, no plan. All they do is gimmicks.
Lastly, after Trump's behaviors and actions, I absolutely cannot comprehend the hard-on people still have for him.
P.S. Biden on a campaign trail will probably end with him in a serious health crisis. His mental capabilities will be fully revealed. If in a debate, 1st question I'd ask him is 29 x 7 = ? Dems know this so he ain't running, no matter what they say. Too big a gamble. But it would be sad entertainment to see Biden fight against the DNC machine to try a run.
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No he's not. Hire me, or you, or tons of other more honorable people and any of them can say, fuck off with sprinkles on top. Trump would likely flip a bitch and call them him pals after they show him the Steele Pt 2 dossier or any other leverage. Dude is severely damaged and compromised.
The only way out of this mess is to make more. So much more that OPEC looses its shirt, and shit. Then individual countries start splitting from OPEC limits cause they are losing. Then the pendulum swings the other way. US production can throttle back, or US govt takes the opportunity to refill the reserve and keep it full.
To make more, US energy policy has to change. US oil/gas capability must increase. The swap to renewables/non-oil will take a 100 year grand strategic plan. Our govt can't even plan beyond a year.
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14 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Since Biden took office U.S. oil production has decreased by 3 Mil barrels per day. A few days ago despite Biden's hat in hand trip to Saudi, OPEC voted to decrease oil production by another 2 million barrels per day. Biden's response...disappointment and the release of more oil from the SPR. I would say they are inept but at this point it seems purposeful to drive this country off a cliff.
So the Saudi plan is working.... manipulate oil prices to deplete US reserves, then exploit til the US is their bitch.
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Was watching local FL news on an overnight recently and heard that if an insurance company goes insolvent, other FL insurers are kinda on the hook to cover. Then they posted Ian damages exposure. USAA has $6.8 billion in Hurc-Ian exposure, one of the highest. Did some looking and saw this on Miami Herald:
When property insurers become insolvent, the nonprofit Florida Insurance Guaranty Association typically steps in to pay claims. Known as FIGA, the organization has authority to levy “assessments,” which are costs passed on to insurance policyholders across the state. FIGA already is using money from assessments of 1.3% and 0.7% to pay costs related to other insolvencies. Its board last month approved a plan to borrow $150 million, with the debt financed by extending the 0.7% assessment through 2023.
So its more like FL policy holders are on the hook to cover insolvencies. Oh, the start of that article says 6 FL insurance companies went under this year. And USAA has a huge exposure and I bet everyone's rates go up to cover.
Time to switch?
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The 781 binder works in a pinch. Seen a few shorter ones use that.
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A few of us retiring at the same time did spreadsheets to try an educated decision. SBP is subsidized and if you go looking for a similar annuity on the market, SBP is a big bargain; can't find anything close in value for the cost. I can't remember the age data point exactly but well into retirement, if you keel over, the amount of time to recoup SBP premiums in monthly payments to the Mrs was like 3 years. Stats say men die 1st. So all the Mrs has to do is outlive you by 3 years. But consider family history.
The main point about insurance, and trying to live off of it by either planning out living off the interest of investing it and/or dwindle down to Mrs's death, is you gotta die. No die, no insurance. And hope investments work out. Nothing like a Musk tweeting about clouds to send the market into a nosedive... dick.
Also, term for this kind of coverage gets expensive in old age. The goal of SBP (or the insurance route) is the Mrs has steady monthly income and along with SS and investments like IRAs (hopefully), etc., doesn't have to worry about money. I view term as gap insurance to retirement, when hopefully the big items are paid off like house, college, boats, divorces, etc. Also, civilian jobs post retirement might offer a nice insurance deal to add to the mix.
So, we all picked SBP.
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On 9/5/2022 at 8:46 PM, Prozac said:
Yeah, this is key. Everybody’s going to have to come to terms with the fact that we NEED new reactors. A lot of progress has been made over the past 40 years and it’s my understanding that smaller, regional level plants are probably the way to go. We should start a massive PR campaign to get people on board & start building the things ASAP.
TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) reactors are small and I can see them modified for power generation. I hear they're safer safe compared to the bigguns (different fuel). For example, the Mechanical Engineering building at UW Madison houses a 1 MW TRIGA. The building occupies a block and one wouldn't know there's a reactor in the building when passing by. Anyway, just shows that many small power plants could work, just add a steam generator system.
Oh, and I know nothin about this stuff, so....
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If one were to vist the races for just a day, which day would be best?
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Fighting over Trump reminds me of this little TV series clip.
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Russell Military Museum, I-94 Southbound just S of the IL/WI border.
http://www.russellmilitarymuseum.com/
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Hog Wild Liquor store, approx 3 mile final to runway 25 at LRAFB.
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On 8/6/2022 at 12:48 PM, nsplayr said:
We professional warfighters in the Air National Guard would never condone the exchange of bottles of whiskey for signed-off PT test paperwork…never! 😆
I’m actually working an initiative right now to allow our OG to experiment with what the Space Force is doing. Unit funded and issued wearables tracking health metrics year-round in lieu of once-a-year testing where you can kinda cram your training and meet the mins while being a fat boi for 90% of the year.
Accelerate change or lose amirite?
And I'd give mine to a fitness buff with a handle of brown juice every year. Track that.
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On 6/26/2022 at 2:05 PM, HuggyU2 said:
Re: the UAL Tentative Agreement...
No pilots are willing to admit they will vote Yes on the UA pilot forum. While the forum is only made up of a small percentage of the pilots, I'd say those that are posting are not at all pleased.
I don't believe there is any wording where UA pilots will get additional items should another airline end up with a better contract in the future.
Of course, the mainstream media has made it sound like it has been agreed upon. Far from it. Though you just never know how new pilots will vote. And UA has a LOT of new pilots.
My $0.02
That TA has nothing nobody asked for. Vacation, nope. Sick leave/pay, nope. Training credit/pay, pay inches up but credit stays low for another 3.5 years. Reserve improvements, fuck no, and gave away a huge QOL item. Scope, give away so non seniority list pilots can be instructors. Made it easier to get reassignments by removing reserves and Sr man options 1st. All they did was toss out a bunch of add pays to appeal to our greed to shape actions. That type of model stinks of Effects Based Operations. What they often fail to see is that I/we want more time away from work, hence the vacation, training, SL, reserve, Rig improvements, among others. The pay rates are just 4 and 5%, the other 5% was previously negotiated. Not even close to inflation since 2019, when this was supposed to be done.
I once heard the work rules, etc. shows how much they care about you, and pay rates show how much they respect you. To me, that TA says, "Eat shit and fuck off"
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1 hour ago, Sua Sponte said:
Whenever boomers bitch about forgiving any student loans, I remind them I guess I shouldn’t pay 100% into SSA when I won’t be able to receive 100% SSA due to them. Oh yeah, 99% of jobs don’t have pensions anymore either. But hey, at least boomers will be able to buy that third vacation home.
I bitch because I had to repay mine (I ain't a boomer). I knew what I wanted (fly, ergo the degree) and figured it out. And today, in my state, HS grads that attend in state and can hold a B can mostly have tuition covered.
1 hour ago, Lord Ratner said:This is simply not true in a historical context. As pointed out, the median income is no longer capable of buying the same things. And the distribution of wealth over the generations at specific ages has shifted dramatically lower. The college scam has started millions off with crippling debt.
Millennials did not create this world, their parents did.
Ok, so what are they going to do about it? Sit there with tears rolling onto their cell phone screens while tic tocking away, or do something about it. I posit, too many will do nothing. And that's fine with me, I'll take it. Know and understand the game, then beat it. Been that way forever... I think it was called, "King of the Mountain."
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On 6/14/2022 at 11:02 AM, ecugringo said:
The other interesting point is the Crack Spread. Words....
Funny. My Chevron stock is up 70% from last fall. Its my gas hedge stock, so I think I'll take the dividends this year and get one tank of high quality petrol.
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Other than stop-loss, I don't think they can dream up a retention program to keep people from leaving. Oh, wait. They could:
1. Pay pilots like airlines do. Never going to happen.
2. Promote to leadership the proper people. I don't know why, but AF has this dumb ass mentality of promoting too many assholes into command.
And I'll stop there as there's too much to list. While they might improve on #2, they can't get close on #1. And then all the other stuff we don't like.
So they'll try the CAIP (I like it, trademark that) and it will probably work. Next will be civilian like IPs in the MAF, teaching indoc, local prof, upgrades, etc. They won't deploy and they can keep the training line moving along. That will be a tougher job to fill vs airlines, but pay it well and it might work, especially as dudes retire. Imagine that CAIP hearing they could go to McChord after CAIPing, learn the C-17, and then teach in it.
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Its the best they can think of. And it could work. Retention plans (if there is even a plan)... ain't working. Cut they syllabus even more... someone probably got shot saying that out loud. Hire old dudes... we'll pollute all those young minds, plus old guys make problems for mgmt with no filter, outspoken, opinionated words on how it should be done. And we got better paying jobs--small pool.
Introduce the young pup CFI. Maybe they thought of mil flying, but didn't or couldn't. Easily molded and controlled. They have no prior bias against UPT ops like FAIPs or white jet assignment peeps. This fills a need for basic flight instruction. They probably make better pay than standard flight school stuff, plus the fly a more advanced plane and its turbine time. And after doing this gig and flying with a few ANG/Res peeps, they might have an inside track to rush a unit. And since they're civilians, no rank to get in the way and they can be a buddy and not an adversary. No "sir" in the cockpit. Hey John, lets head up to the area and see how that stall work is coming along. OK Sam. Want to join us for 9 holes this evening?
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Everyone would then switch to a "lower" caliber, like the 40 or 45, because, you know, its a smaller number.
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Maverick. Probably the best movie Tom Cruise has ever done. And I watched the original a few nights ago so it was fresh. Really nice air work too.
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The Next President is...
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While oil production is a big factor, US refinery is the bottleneck.
During 2017, 6 refineries closed. Probaly all tied to business decisions, not politics. 2020, 6 more, again probably business tied to covid drop in demand and closing older sites.
They can pump all they want, but if it can't be refined, consumer prices don't change. Also, hurricanes.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=8_NA_8O0_NUS_C&f=A