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  1. 6 hours ago, FourFans said:

     

    Sadly, you both arrive: intellectually dissonant and unable to answer a straight question.

    Were this a formation debrief: You're both weak souls who don't even deserve the honor of a backhand.  Weak Dick.

    Oh, did that offend you? You both claim to be USAF aircrew members from the combat arms, yet you get touchy about political issues?  Really?  Get sack and man up you bitches.

    I've read much of what both of you have spoken here, while neither of your have even once asked about my values.  Both of you value family.  Sincerely and in ways that I admire.  Both of you purport to stand stanchly by what you believe, which I also admire. 

    I gather that neither of you would leave your children alone with any Biden, Trump, or Clinton male family member, yet you shrug when one of those same 'men' refuse to acknowledge their own offspring.  Neither of you would do that.  I have faith that both of your have stronger convictions then these individuals that lead our country, yet you defend your support of them.  Why?

    Please, be intellectually honest.  Why are you defending those asshats by denying a clear response here?

    You @nsplayr claim that you have good in-person relationships with people you disagree with when you are physically with them, yet when you are have no skin in the game, you cannot overcome differences.  That's not some relational virtue, that's being a coward about your real beliefs when physically present.  If you cannot see the cognitive dissonance there, you are either emotionally or cognitively impaired.  

    All men are reduced to their lowest form of maturity when allowed to be anonymous.   It used to be while driving.  Now it's on the internet.   You both were asked a very simple, direct question.  No one will come after you physically for your answer, yet you dodge like you might be mugged for what you say.  You claim you'll be bludgeoned.   Seriously?  Are you so emotionally weak that you can't express your true believes in a venue where NOTHING WILL HAPPEN YOU YOU?

    Your maturity is thus exposed.  I'm guessing at least one of you (if not both of you) is a captain at a major airline, and I find it sincerely sad that someone with such broad exposure and high responsibility would be so emotionally and mentally frail.  

    Be men.   Do Better.

     

    TLDR. Get a life. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, FourFans said:

    If you haven't noticed, I'm one of the guys over here that routinely tries to toss softball questions to help you solidify the legitimacy and rationality of your positions.

    Awww geee. Thanks for being such a fucking humanitarian. So glad I’ve got guys like you offering to legitimize me! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  3. 8 hours ago, FourFans said:

    So @Prozac and @nsplayr:  What are your thoughts on how the president you voted for is addressing his family?

    Giving out more homework that I’m not gonna do? 🤷‍♂️ Even if I responded, you’d attempt to bludgeon me with whatever answer I gave. No thanks. 

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  4. 16 minutes ago, BashiChuni said:

    You call it appeasing. 
     

    I call it poking the bear in the eye acting shocked it bites your hand. Keep feeding that military industrial complex $$$ like a good drone you are 

    Says the guy spreading Putin’s propaganda for him. SMH 🤦‍♂️ 

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  5. 52 minutes ago, gearhog said:

    I didn't realize this. Did they live in trenches immediately after the Chernobyl disaster or 40 years later?

    Why would Ukraine do this? Not sure. Maybe because as long as the war funding keeps flowing and the radiation doesn't reach Kiev, Zalensky doesn't care. Why does Zalensky do anything?

    https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1675540809406349319?s=20

     

    Even forty years later the soil immediately beneath the topsoil is radioactive. There have been reports of Russian soldiers who occupied that land showing signs of radiation sickness. There’s a reason access to the site is still highly restricted, even after all these years. If you’d like to go dig holes in the dirt around there, be my guest. Not sure what point you’re trying to make in your second sentence. You believe Russia cares about a radioactive plume but Ukraine doesn’t? Okayeee. 

     

  6. Russians dug & lived in trenches in the Chornobyl no-go zone. As long as Putin believes the radiation won’t reach him, he doesn’t give half a fuck. I absolutely wouldn’t put it past him to stage an accident/terror attack at Zaporizhzhia. Also, if the Russians would be affected by a radiation plume, the Ukrainians are going to have it much worse. Why on earth would the Ukes be the more likely instigators using this logic? 

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  7. Despite wide ranging views on immigration, one of the things we do well in the United States is integrate people into our system. Generally, within a generation, families who come here no longer consider themselves Chinese, Mexican, Indian, etc, rather they identify as American. It’s arguably our greatest strength. This is not so in the rest of the world & France is particularly bad about this (their German neighbors aren’t too far behind). Most of their migrants live in borderline slums and will never be considered “French” by their hosts. It’s a thorny issue and I can certainly understand those who are trying to hold on to their culture when the vast majority of immigrants don’t share the same history, language, religious values, etc. But history tells us that a large population of second class citizens in a country tends to cause problems that will eventually have to be addressed. The current French system isn’t working for many of the people who live there & they will eventually have to do something different. 

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  8. 16 hours ago, SocialD said:

     

    It means they want to strike.   If approved, they'll go into a 30 day cooling off period, at which point they can exercise self help (strike).  The president can order them to work for 30 days, after which they enter another 30 day cooling off period.  The president can do that one more time, with the subsequent cooling off period.  At that point the strike can happen or congress can impose a contract.  

     

    Or, if released, the strike can happen and the pilots can shut down the operation.   

     

    At least that's how it was explained to me by a ALPA national rep.

    A good reason to gain at least a working knowledge of the RLA when entering the civilian side of the career. RLA strike rules are very different from “normal” (NLRA) unionized jobs & having some basic understanding of the process is helpful when trying to wrap one’s head around the union side of this profession. 

  9. 40 minutes ago, SocialD said:

    The whole "dealing with pax" things is wildly overblown by those who are at the cargo carriers as another justification for their choice. 

    That’s fair but remember that “not dealing with pax” means I get to fly in pajamas & get up and take a piss whenever I want. Also, in my admittedly short experience flying pax, it was usually the FAs, not the pax, causing drama. I still maintain flying freight is more chill. Not a big enough difference to really be a factor in deciding where to hang one’s career hat though. 

  10. 11 minutes ago, uhhello said:

    and just like that it's over 🙂

    I dunno. Prigozhin & the whole Wagner group now have a huge target on their backs. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if this isn’t the last we’ve heard about security instability within Russia’s borders. I hear there are some loyal Putinist Chechans itching for a fight…

  11. Seeing reports that Putin’s plane has departed Moscow & that Lukashenko may have departed Minsk for Ankara. LOTS of pieces in the air & all information will be highly suspect as various factions attempt to control the narrative. Next few days will be very interesting. 

  12. 1 hour ago, gearhog said:

    Your feelings are duly noted. And disregarded. Don't worry, my adult children went to a private school, they weren't with yours.

    You do realize you’re deep into coo coo for coco puffs, tinfoil hat, complete nut job territory here? Hard to take a word you say here seriously after that. 

  13. 1 hour ago, gearhog said:

    I don't know, man. Unless you're an actual doctor or a pilot, there's no way you can say this with any degree of authority. As I said, I do a fair amount of reading, and there are literally hundreds if not thousands of medical research publications, by actual doctors, that say that the probability is high. One quick search on one medical journal website yields countless results. I'm not saying the vaccines cause it, but the possibility is not zero, or even low.

    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878266/
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623535
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377033
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995277
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12145534
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21058170
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099159
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364648/
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17454560
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19106436
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774468/
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697751/
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299355
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21907498
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11339848
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17674242
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21993250
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15780490
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12933322
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16870260
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19043938
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12142947
    * http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24675092

    Are all of these doctors conspiracy theorists? You can get similar results by searching the other issues you brought up. These reports may be right, they may be wrong, but you're certainly not in any sort of position to say which ones are or are not, and if you are being honest about finding truth, you'd see others have gone a great deal further in supporting their theories than you have. Just saying "I believe in Occam's razor in 99.9% of issues" is kind of lazy.

    I think you're calling anything you don't agree with or want to believe a conspiracy theory. You're just articulating personal biases instead of presenting a rational thought. People with wealth and power often act in ways that are not in the best interest of others. It's not conspiracy, it's just human nature. To believe otherwise is pretty naive.

    Jesus dude. No, they don’t. Please keep your kids out of public schools.

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  14. Biff”s got the big picture view. Sometimes I think it’s ironic that we see heated arguments (on this forum & in society in general) about the merits of voting for one party or another. The irony is that they want us at each other’s throats. I recently had a conversation with someone who has spent a lot of time in DC lobbying (for a pilot union). This individual rather quickly became jaded (as is the way in Washington), and one of the things they told me stuck: the politicians yelling the loudest about hot button issues don’t want to solve said issues. In fact, they work very hard to make sure the stalemate continues. Why? Their very generous donors go away when the issue gets “solved”. This is universal regardless of party affiliation. Think about that the next time you want to demonize your fellow regular Joe, who may disagree with you on a particular issue. “They” want you screaming at each other because it energizes & makes their donors’ fundraising jobs easier. One of the reasons all of us should fight one another a lot less, and fight for campaign finance reform & term limits a lot more. 

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  15. On 6/14/2023 at 2:49 PM, Boomer6 said:

    Keyboard warriors with near zero accountability on an internet forum don’t have the balls to admit they were wrong, and even continue to double down on being right…There’s no way political animals with money/power on the line are going to take any kind of responsibility. 

    Alright man, I’m pretty sure you’d consider me one of those “keyboard warriors” & I’m bored so, what the hell, I’ll engage: I was always open to the lab leak idea, just against knee jerk reactions until some sort of investigation had been done. I still doubt we’ll ever see truly definitive evidence, but I will absolutely give it to you that this is one of the most, if not the most, plausible theories going at this point. We can disagree on whether it was a good call or not to wait on declaring definitively that it was a lab leak. What I’m betting we agree on (and I would guess most Americans do) is that China is responsible one way or another and probably should be held accountable in some way. Whether they will or not, well, let’s just say I have my doubts. Conspiracy theories involving Hunter Biden’s laptop and Italian satellites notwithstanding, there are still many, many Western people with big financial interests in China. Elon Musk and Bill Gates have both recently been courting the authorities who run business dealings there. The Germans have recently stated that they have no intention of decoupling with China; it’s too important to their industrial base. As much as I’d like to see the world give the Chinese the middle finger, I don’t think that’s realistically going to happen. You might argue it all comes down to conspiracies, but I’d venture that this is just Occam’s razor at play once again. A billion plus potential consumers is simply too big a market for most nations and businesses to turn their backs on. You may not like it. I certainly don’t. But welcome to the real world. 

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  16. 15 hours ago, mcbush said:

    Not a FedEx guy, but at first glance it looks pretty rough

    https://fdxta.com/

    Agreed. Not a good omen for those of us at Brown hoping to pattern bargain. Purple guys chime in, but scuttlebut around here is that the A plan (pension) will no longer be offered to new hires in favor of an improved B plan, some backwards movement on scope and QOL issues (ex. long call callout time reduced from 24 to 16hrs), and rather paltry pay raises. Barring some glaring positives that we’ve missed, we’re generally hoping they vote it down. FWIW, I don’t think we helped them out much with our last two contract extensions either. 

  17. 19 minutes ago, FourFans said:

    That's an expression of hate, hence my comment.

    And I’m the one who’s triggered?  A little over sensitive/borderline histrionics here man. Sorry you think I’m hateful because I don’t want to engage with your painfully meandering and obtuse arguments. I’ll try and keep your sensitivities in mind in the future. 

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  18. On 6/11/2023 at 10:38 PM, FourFans said:

    Hopefully someday you'll realize you can't fix hate with more hate.

    WTF dude? You’ve got a lib on the forum and you feel that you can place all of your angst about what you think liberals represent on me? You don’t know me. GTFO with your assumptions. Here’s a tip for you: don’t debate individuals as if they represent the entirety of positions you don’t like. Individual human beings are nuanced and complex, with wide ranging viewpoints on various topics. If you knew me at all, you’d know I don’t hate anyone. Hopefully someday you’ll realize you can’t fix the world with your head all the way up your ass (said with love). 

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