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What kind of van is that? Doesn't appear to have enough room to use the gun he's hanging onto without removing the window.

Performance based navigation. Usually RNP approaches is what gets talked about. Ah, same stuff, different terminology. Thanks.

I'm an a-word guy but what's PBN?

We need an ad campaign reminding people they moved here from there because they didn't like living there anymore so do not vote here to make it like there. I did hear of Texas voting stats that said the refugees from blue stats voted more consistently conservative than longer term residents.... Which is nice.

Proving libel in court is a much larger hurdle to clear for a public figure than a private citizen. So, Sandmann can take CNN to court and win but CNN can say damn near anything they want about a public figure and pay no penalty at all other than the damage to their credibility.

Two major concepts drive the media. First, a majority of media outlets are supporters of the Democrat party and will say anything, true or not, to support Democrat politicians, policies, or narrative. The last four years of "anonymous" sources leaking stories that were proven false is a good example. Second, fear drives up viewers which drives up profits. State of Fear is a book by Michael Crichton and weaves fact with fiction into a good story about the media doing just that. I'm not sure how you hold them accountable other than not watching. Unfortunately, your cable or satellite subscription is still paying them. I cancelled mine in favor of streaming services.

Listening to a podcast on my way home from the airport and it's been estimated than "the Ferguson effect", I.e. the pullback by law enforcement as a result of the Michael Brown shooting, led to 1000 to 6000 more deaths since it happened. The carnage is going to be worse going forward.

How the jury found no reasonable doubt is really stunning. The continuing fallout from this is not going to be pretty Police are already declining to interact with certain communities and violent crime and homicide numbers are up. Murders are up 30% in blue cities. What rational person would decide to risk prison for responding to a drug addicted, multiple felon? Law enforcement officers are going to elect to do nothing as the preferred course of action and those communities are going to suffer more than they are now.

The 787 has a smaller rudder than it really needs but the airplane just happens to be a flying computer wrapped in carbon fiber. Asymmetric thrust issues resulting in control problems only happen if you get slow. Boeing engineers solved this through software that will reduce power on the good motor if you are dumb enough to get slow while engine out. While exploring that feature in the sim, I came to the conclusion the airplane is definitely smarter than the operator if you are stupid regarding energy management and aircraft control. The B-52 possibly has too many 1950s issues to be compatible with newer technologies but auto power reduction to solve control problems might work.

I think I slipped a mental disk or pulled a synapse trying to contort rationality to follow that twisted logic. Unfortunately, there are too many people looking like, with the lack of critical gray matter to match, bobble head dolls nodding in smiling agreement.

I think the KKK has become race and gender fluid and is back in business.

A great example of media partisanship is this MLB debacle. Since the media LIED about the new Georgia law and Biden LIED about the new Georgia law, MLB (whose commissioner has a membership at Augusta) are moving the All Star game from 51% minority Atlanta to 76% white Denver which happens to be in a state that REQUIRES voter ID and all of this is costing the city of Atlanta a cool $100 million dollars. Absolutely stupid woke morons.

I recall hearing there is a highway to hell.

Call me an old guy again and I'll ask you to get off my freakin' lawn!!! I was in CBM 85-01 and unsuccessfully dodged the FAIP assignment. At the time, everybody went through Tweets then came over to the T-38. Our problem students could usually be traced to the Tweet phase where they should have been washed out for basic airmanship. Anything marginal in the Tweet did not get any better moving twice as fast in the T-38. So, most students were washed out in the Contact Phase of training. The most bloody I recall was @ 50% of the class. There were 3 Checkrides, Contact, Formation, and Instrument. I do not recall anyone ever washing out for formation work. Some busted the ride and reflew it but did not wash out. I sent one of my better students to his formation check and the Check Pilot came up to me after they got back in the building, "Uh...did you show him how to do a lag roll?" Apparently my student had executed a lag roll to solve some angle off issues on a rejoin. My reply was , "Yep, how did he do?" "He did fine. Just wondering where he saw it." Anyway, that student was a Reservist going to C-141s but certainly had the skills to learn more so we (I say "we" but I might have been the only one for all I know.) taught them beyond the syllabus what they could handle. My poster kids were pretty much at their limits with the basic formation tasks but I never lost a student due to formation problems. What did change from when I started UPT to when I finished my FAIP assignment: While I was a student in Tweets, there was a mid-air collision between 2 T-38s executing a rejoin from a 4 ship tactical formation that killed 3. So, a decision was made sometime during my FAIP tour that students that were going to heavys would no longer do the 4 ship tactical work but would do single ship instrument sorties. They still did the 2 ship formation sorties and Formation Check which included 2 ship tactical formation work. My concerns is the steadily decreasing amount of air under the seat. All the VR or sim time in the world does not present the problems associated with the real world. In the last couple years, there have been numerous accidents resulting in the loss of aircraft and life and these accidents were supposedly benign takeoff and landing events. WTF is up with that?

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/18/kinzinger_finds_himself_a_target_in_gop_loyalty_war_145427.html

A judge in Michigan ruled that the election rules there were not properly followed. Too late obviously. A judge in Georgia is contemplating unsealing absentee ballots there for review. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/03/17/oh-so-now-the-courts-say-michigans-secretary-of-state-violated-the-law-with-absentee-ballot-change-n2586381

"Investigation reports MP1 was heard to say to MP2, Hey, watch this!"

And with the constant complaining about student loan debt and campaigning to get the debt erased, i.e. paid for by taxpayers, is never ending thus validating that a substantial sum of those students getting those loans do not have the judgement to assess what they are signing themselves up for when getting a degree they can't actually make a living with.

We have age requirements for drinking, voting, signing contracts, etc. In recognition of the lack of decision making skills that might prevent you from doing something stupid. Sex change or hormone treatments? No worries. A 4 year old or hormonally challenged adolescent going through puberty has the rational mental capacity to judge a life altering decision.

And how are you going to drive your Tesla (or fly your F35) without the precious metals that make them work. https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-rattles-rare-earth-minerals-113020191.html

I have no problem paying people what they are worth. I have a problem paying people more than they are worth. 130,000 federal employees make more than the governor of Pennsylvania who makes @ $196K per year. I'm sure some of those federal jobs require skills and knowledge above and beyond what is required of 1 of 50 state governors. Let's say we need 30,000 people smarter and more knowledgeable than 50 state governors. Why do we need the other 100,000? @42 of 50 of the highest paid state employees are football or basketball coaches. The other are heads of medical or law schools. Yes, I think it's stupid to pay them ridiculous salaries BUT if their performance brings in $ to the state at least you can justify the cost. Fauci doesn't appear to bring solid or consistent decision making skills to the table to justify his oversized influence or salary.

In a similar vein, the book "The Billion Dollar Spy" is a great read regarding the gathering of data on Soviet radars, etc. from an Engineer in Moscow. Describes some amazing spy work and how they did it.

He is the top paid Federal Employee in the government and I have no idea why. Seriously, you could pay me half of what he makes, which would be half of $416,000, and I'll make stupid decisions and save the government money.

That intake forward of the nasty sheet metal damage is the pack inlet but not sure how far inboard the ducting goes once you pass the inlet. I've been wondering what all was damaged by that flying debris and I thought the cowlings were designed to contain fan blade failures. We'll see what the investigators find.