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Right, it’s not about employers who choose to rescind job offers based on reprehensible speech, that’s fine. It’s about a random billionaire going out of his way to sleuth down the names of anyone 18-25 who has ever belonged to some of these student groups, and then specifically calling his buddies at different companies, giving them the list of names, and saying they should be blackballed. Like, get a hobby buddy. Inevitably you’re hurting people who had nothing to do with some of these dumb statements, and even absolute best case you’re punching down so many levels it’s laughable. He should spend his time working to counter the Iranian finance operations that actually paid for the rockets and bullets that killed innocent Israelis if he’s so inclined to wanna help. Or just donate a B to Israeli charities…I can think of a million better ways to spend your time and money than harassing idiot college kids.

I think Ackman took things too far. Yea your words have consequences and etc., but man, having a random billionaire ruining your career while you're still on campus is some bullshiite man. Not that I disagree with him that what a some of the students are saying is completely reprehensible, it is. But I would also remind Bill that when he was an undergrad on the hallowed Haavad Yaad he was a) likely a huge fucking moron like the vast majority of of us were, b) certainly said many things others would find unacceptably offensive (haven't we all!), and c) didn't have some Reagan-era billionaire going Dick Tracy on his ass trying to ruin his future before he even got off the ground. I guess forensic speech policing wasn't as easy in 1988 as it is in 2023, but Ackman needs to find other hobbies IMHO.

🤷‍♂️ yea I don't support that. I support 18 as the one age of adulthood for everything TBH...I'm not sure why you can be drafted but not get a draft at the bar. That being said brain development isn't really complete until like ~25 so maybe the car rental companies have it right... FWIW let's do a maximum age as well! Just like some careers (ahem ahem airline pilots) have mandatory retirement ages, I'd say after your 79th or maybe 84th birthday maybe you should just hang up your ole voting boots and kick back and let the next generations run things. Hell, Catholic cardinals can't vote for a new Pope in conclave anymore after age 80. Obv I would apply all this to office holders too...if there is a minimum age for federal offices why the F isn't there a maximum age?

This is a good observation and also a great reason to generally ignore ignorant student protests. It's a tale as old as time to be against "the system" and "whatever your parents think." Literally every generation since the dawn of time has done this, and predictably most people become a bit more reasonable when their brains finish forming.

Coming into flight examinations with $600+ in cash in an envelope and being required to hand it over first thing always felt a lot like a mob shakedown lol. Great system we've got!

Borderline going against my ban against commenting on political stuff, but the answer is "The Constitution of the United States of America." It's right there in the text of oath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office

I wonder which kabob stand catered the IPC 😅

As a relatively pro open-borders globalist 🌐 I hate Kissinger. The fact that he's still alive when Jimmy Buffett is dead is evidence that there is no just God in the universe. Don't lump him into any group I'm a part of lol. Hope this helps! 😅

So...gate months essentially mean nothing? Or at least in the context of "Career-enhancing assignments?" 🤷‍♂️ Copy that gates protect you in a long-term DNIF situation and etc.

Which pieces of your hometown / state / etc. would you be willing to negotiate away after you've been invaded by your belligerent neighbor? Please be specific.

Back to the good stuff!

FWIW his linkedin lists EC-130 and RC-135 🤷‍♂️

I love how that guy gets a paid 3 year stint to get a PhD under the CSAF program only to be dropped back into a random ops squadron to be an ADO 😂 Making real good use of all that schooling there bud! Hell, it don’t take a PhD to do that job, ask me how I know… I’m sure it’s to groom him to take command and become a general one day blah blah blah but like, why do we have these intensive education programs only to give the guy literally the exact same assignment as any random center-of-mass FGO can/will get at some point? Seems like kind of a waste of time & money to me. Do we sent guys to TPS with an immediate follow on assignment handing out gym towels at the Deid?

He yadda yadda yadda'd the best part of your career! Well, at least one of the best parts of my career maybe...

I still remember (then) Colonel B, the high-calorie human pictured above, coming to an undisclosed location where I was deployed with a retinue of minions. In our TOC there was a plywood box room intel normally used that had our high-side computers. He commandeered the room for the duration of his stay (sorry intel bubbas!) and one of his lackies put a sign on the door saying, "Do Not Touch Col. B's Giant Computer!" We all were ROTFL because yea, I mean he's a real big guy, maybe he does need a "giant" computer 😆

Other than on...certain websites...I never like to see people getting f*cked. That being said, FOMOing into investments and getting burned is basically Adam Smith's invisible hand pimp-slapping people for being dumb. IMHO boring investments and ones you really, really understand win every time. Index funds. Rental real estate where you know the area. Businesses where you have specific domain expertise or unique value over potential competitors. YOLOing into STRs, crypto, NFTs, laundromats, "creator class" revenue streams (onlyfans, selling courses, whatever) will almost never work out for most people.

To me he was like Emperor Palpatine. It's not that he wasn't smart, capable, committed, etc. It's just the small problem that he was evil 😂

"Stop being a fucking dinosaur and get a job" is both all-time good and also all-time bad life advice. Freaking love that movie. Ok so it's decided, I'll tell my baby girl to keep being Cookie Monster as long as she wants ❤️

Agreed. Between just my two kids one wants to be a clinical psychologist and the other wants to be Cookie Monster, so I think the future is bright. The future shrink is in middle school and is well on the way to achieving her dreams, while the Cookie Monster one is only 14 months old, so she's got time to trim her sails into something a bit less glamorous and wildly successful. 😆

Literally every 5-10 years there's a prediction that when the younger generation takes over, it's all over, the country's going to hell in a handbasket, etc. We're gonna be just fine. Old men will always yell at clouds and the world will continue to turn. As an example...

I mean there is a very drawn out, multi-level reviewed process for how VA disability claims are adjudicated. The fact that a system can be scammed by some small % of people doesn't mean the system is bad, I challenge you to find any large system with zero waste or scamability. I do shake my head at veterans who openly try to maximize their VA disability for BS reasons, but at the same time it's not up to me to judge, even as a taxpayer. If their disability is found to be legit by the process that I consider pretty thorough (I have a disability % myself), then ok, I will not ever have access to all the details on someone else. That's completely beside the point. Straight from the VA website, "VA disability compensation provides monthly benefits to Veterans in recognition of the effects of disabilities, diseases, or injuries incurred or aggravated during active military service." If you are affected by a disability, disease, or injury that happened while active military service, you may be eligible for VA disability compensation. The fact that many of those disabilities, diseases and injuries happen to the civilian population during the course of their working careers is irrelevant - VA disability is setup to pay veterans for these things if/when they happen. Example: one of my best friends laid down his crotch rocket and broke his collarbone while on active duty. Got 10% for that due to arm mobility limitations afterward. Is riding a crotch rocket on a Friday night and hitting a bit of gravel something that's super unique to military service? Absolutely not. But he was injured while serving on active duty; the compensation is appropriate. Sucks for the civilians who suffer similar injuries, the recruiter's chair is always open. Military service confers all kinds of unique benefits while also sometimes asking for very unique sacrifices. Honestly understanding the intent of the system, think of VA disability as a piece of delayed compensation not unlike your pension, which is highly unique compared to the 98.69% of the civilian sector of today. Bottom line on bottom: don't claim shit that's not true, be able to look yourself in the mirror, but understand the intent of the VA disability system and don't leave money on the table that you should be getting.

I can see the confusion haha. Inside AFSOC there were two wolves… The evil one got promoted and the good one retired for everyone keeping score at home.

I can see the points I got for ACSC even though I did it over the course of two years when I had 365 MPA. The points are there under "total points" but not "retire points" so IDK exactly how it shakes out once I retire. I'm hoping to get 20 TAFMS so we'll see, hopefully I'll get a few bonus dollars added to that check-of-the-month.

It’s great man! Fantastic place to live and to visit. I’m staying busy, full-time line IP, not a bad gig. Technically bumming but on several back-to-back 365s which I refer to “the franchise tag” haha. Hope I don’t blow my ACL and the GM has to cut me 😅 Whatcha been up to lately?

Agree with above. If there had been a real playoff for a few years at least, the need to jump to a bigger super conference wouldn't be necessary. Although money was the #1 factor as you said, the long odds of a "lesser" conference standout actually winning the national championship always seemed like BS to me - you should get to play for the trophy. Being undefeated in the schedule you were handed and then going to the Tire Bowl or whatever is just wrong. I'm just happy with the PAC 12 now dead that my University of Utah showed out. Members of the conference for only 11 years, 4x championship game trips, 2x Pac 12 championships, back-to-back, reigning champs and last champs before the lights went out. Good luck in the Big 12! (or 16? we really gotta drop numbers from these conference names...)