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Oh, good question. Following.

I guess, I see an article about a pumpkin contest that a squadron held; there they “learned” (what a ing stupid term for the PA reporter to use) they have people from a variety of backgrounds. The title says “diversity makes AF stronger” without a single sentence to support the statement. A photo of a non-white Airman from the Sq is used. In another article, Amn from above photo is accused of killing someone. I honestly see it as just another set of shitty PA articles.. but reading you reply again, I see what you’re saying about this particular piece. Don’t get me wrong, I’m with you; diversity based solely on skin color alone is dumb.

Am I missing something? What does the story with diversity (which happens to use this dudes photo) have to do with the murder? Have there been an increase in violent crimes by military members since we started this diversity push, years ago? Was there something in this dudes past that would have normally disqualified him for service but was overlooked in the name of promoting diversity?

Agreed. A strong moral compass is required of any politician (to do a good job).

Are you AD, Guard or Reserve? Just curious which perspective you’re coming from. I disagree, but this isn’t the most outlandish thing I’ve heard. I worked with an well educated Army Major in my last AD job who argued that Officers shouldn’t vote in Presidential elections.. i don’t get this whole “shut up and take orders from your masters thing, both in this thread and the COVID one. The military preaches it doesn’t want a bunch of conformists, that’s why it has got a hard on for innovation and diversity. Some of you would be throwing the book at Billy Mitchell given the chance..

We should’ve trained their women, they have/had more to lose following a Taliban takeover and would have fought.. plus, we would have scored points with the work crowd.

Money and power. I understand how some groups profit from continued hysteria and terror, but I’m not smart enough to really understand how others are benefiting from all this. Ironically.. investigative journalism and watch dog groups filled that role—although, I guess now they are just labeled conspiracy theorists.

It’s actually very easy.. you start with being truthful in everything you say. You have integrity. You admit everywhere you’ve failed to do that. You don’t tell white lies of omission for political reasons or to try and steer people one way or the other. Those institutions have proven they can’t be trusted. It will take time to regain the public’s trust.. that shouldn’t be surprising. edit: You also get out of the news = entertainment business. You engage in thorough reporting and cite reliable, vetted sources. You acknowledge opposing viewpoints without thinly veiled swipes.

Interesting article, definitely need to explore his website a bit more. Curious of course what others opinions on this metric are.

I imagine he confused pawnman with nsplayer.

I think I read in another thread you are going through MC-J transition training; when you get to your unit, look into getting the Lockheed test pilots to come out to your Sq and give a presentation and Q&A. I’ve been to two or three of their roadshows and they were well worth the time. They did some TOLD presentations, cleared up some myths about the J and answered a ton of questions for us. I don’t have a POC, but I’d bet OGV does.

Lockheed has the data.. the AF won’t pay for it. Same for data on AMAX climb performance and a host of other things we all get to just guess on.

Have you been living under a rock? Don’t you know the perk of being elected to represent your fellow citizens is: rules for thee, not for me. just kidding, I know you know. We all know, but apparently don’t give a shit.

A toast..

Disagree.. an income tax taxes my productivity while a sales tax taxes my consumption. That’s what I see as the major benefit. Sure, luxury items have a higher price so the quantity of tax paid is higher, but not percentage. Hard for me to buy the argument that a basic sedan/minivan should be taxed the same as anything Audi or Mercedes makes. Not married to the progressive tax idea, but I think it’s worth exploring.

I think the EU still has income taxes.. I’m on board with a sales tax.. as long as it’s the only tax. I’d like to see some way to recover the tax loss from my Roth accounts.. but I’ll and I’m sure most others will live. It would also be nice to make it a progressive tax as well.. luxury goods taxed higher than necessities.. I’m sure there’s plenty of lobbying to be done there to figure that out

Copy.. am surprised to see it in an AF drop, twice. Found this article, should’ve googled before I posted.. https://www.mountainhome.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1357455/usafs-first-electronic-attack-fighter-pilots/

A Growler?

Did anyone else watch this and think she looks/sounds like a real life version of a Southpark character?

How did you make it 20 years in the military?

Heartfelt congratulations to you and your family!

Awesome, thanks!

Thread revival.. regarding the max of 130 inactive points in a year and 83 for ACSC. Are those ACSC points awarded at the completion of the entire program, or each individual course? Just trying to understand, if each year I max out TPs and UTAs, am I losing out on about half of those ACSC points. Don’t know how I’d realistically max them out, just curious though.

I’m just doing the research for him.. Can’t argue that, he’s got a really great job opportunity that would be absolutely foolish to give up.

Thanks for the link, I’ve got it bookmarked. I’ll do some more exploring on that website.