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On 9/2/2020 at 4:58 PM, Desk Jobs Suck said:
It's ok for Nancy Pelosi to go to a hair salon in shut down California, then claiming she "didn't know the rules". Rules for thee
Deny. Deflect. Make counter accusations.
SOP for politicians is point blame for their own choices, especially when caught.
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We had a couple of commuters that lived in Lubbock when I was at Cannon. They hated life, but for different reasons than most people.
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No more brown names/rank against brown background.
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Interesting thread. To the OP, please consider some advice. You have a lot of passion, and decent objective stats. If your posts here had been an interview, I would put you as a maybe. Your core claim of purpose has a few flaws. “I’m hugely passionate about attempting to become a fighter pilot, not for the “cool” factor but because I truly feel an intense passion for the mission, especially CAS.” Specifically, combined with your major concern “I know for a fact I wouldn’t want to fly drones.” These statements together mean you’re either ignorant (have not done your research) or dishonest (it really is for the cool factor). Perhaps neither of these are true, but that’s the way it comes across to this old salt. I’d recommend analyzing what your priorities really are, and go after them without any shame or false humility.
Good luck.
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5 hours ago, brawnie said:
So go ahead, convince me as to your issues and why the republican party will deliver better results.
As said above, odds are RBG will retire her gavel in the next 4 years, perhaps others too. My views are more aligned with Kavanaugh/Gorsuch than with so many appointments before them. I prefer legislation that originates in the legislature, not the courtroom. I appreciate that Kavanaugh and Gorsuch anger both sides by ruling according to the law instead of predictably aligning with the party that had them appointed. As much as the media likes to point out Trump’s flaws, those two appointments were outstanding.
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10 hours ago, SurelySerious said:
What has been the measurable performance over the last 19 years?
Performance is measured through OCO funding.
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Guard is hiring pilots. Do that.
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This has quickly become one of the most useful threads in this forum. So much wisdom here. Should be required reading for new studs. Except the AOB/VSI thing.
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Look outside. Listen to the engine. Keep the ball in the middle until you can feel yaw in the seat. Trim until you can control with minute inputs. Be deliberate but smooth. Learn all the intellectual stuff the IPs say. Most of all, fly the airplane first.
You'll be fine.
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The rml490 is a great rack. If you want to mark the holes on the uprights, those little peel and stick numbers from hobby lobby work really well without being permanent. I have the rml flat foot, and I’ve had those on it for a little over a year now. There’s so much you can do with your setup.
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I built a ridiculously nice home gym after quitting CrossFit a few years ago. The base gyms just never had the stuff I needed for my programming, and I hate sharing equipment. It really started paying off when my wife joined me and my kids embraced a fitness culture.
To answer the above question, I’ll give my 2 cents about rogue. Their stuff is nice and lasts forever. It also carries incredible resale value. I’ve upgraded my power rack twice, and both times I sold them for only $20-30 below my purchase price. When you account for retained value, rogue is much cheaper than the cheap stuff.
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2 hours ago, FLEA said:
In an interesting turn related to the power of language, the definition of racism will change, forcing discourse to change as well.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/09/us/dictionary-racism-definition-update-trnd/index.html
“He who controls the language controls the masses.”
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Boots on the moon by 2024
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2 hours ago, dream big said:
This is the BS I hate about the Air Force promotion system, why is there a secret language? For instance, the wording on when you’re ready for Sq/CC on the push line can be really stellar or killer for promotion. Why not just give people honest feedback instead of mincing words on an OPR?
Because the A1 and AFPC cohort believe they have to keep the blinders on the middle 80% to retain sufficient numbers of eligibles for senior positions. Everybody knows who #1 is, and most people know who #2 is. We all also know who the bottom 10% are. The trick is making #3 thru #75 all believe they’re #3 and that they have a chance. That way, they’re all willing to do the things that are expected of #3 and if #3 thru #25 all punch, we can pretend #26 was #3 all along, and he’ll believe it. If the middle thinks they’re, out of the running, A1 and AFPC will lose their denominator.
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4 hours ago, KJoe said:Hello Everyone. I was originally pursuing a pilot slot; however, due to a certain medication that I am on, I am unable to even get past MEPS. I have done everything possible, but I am not ready to accept the risk of quitting the medication right now. With this being the case, I would still like to be involved in any way possible with the military aviation world. In your experience, have there been any civilian positions that work closely with the squadrons or Air Force as a whole?I have a bachelor's degree and a couple of years of professional work experience. However, most of the available civilian jobs I have found on usajobs .com are sim/technical instructors or specialty roles such as doctors, nurses, etc., and I do not qualify. I referenced these forums for years when first pursuing a pilot slot, and given the amount of experienced members that frequent this site, I figured this would be the best place to ask this sort of question.I know this isn't your usual topic, but I appreciate any help I can get.
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3 hours ago, jonlbs said:
Some data from Texas. A huge chunk of the state pretty much never even went into social distancing if you ask me. I never stopped heading into work, the highways and everything were bustling everyday. Grocery stores ran like normal. Gas stations full of people. Customers certainly were dying to come to our business, frustrated with the quarantine. People were on the trail running every morning (definitely within 6 ft) etc etc. If I somehow avoided the news completely (and man I tried) I would've have never known anything had changed.
Anyways from my little slice of the world, like @SocialD said, this shit show won't last the end of the month in Texas.
Not here to argue the validity of these choices by any means, just spread some perspective from the good ole lone star state.
And yet Texas has one of the best effective reproduction rates, with some of the highest fidelity data. https://rt.live/#learn-more
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9 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:
This is great news. If we find out that *way more* people are infected than we thought, then it's not as deadly, and the curve is a lot flatter than originally suggested.
Interesting you say that. 30-50% of patients tested at the Chicago Roseland hospital already have the antibody. https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/530092711-roseland-hospital-phlebotomist-30-of-those-tested-have-coronavirus-antibody
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5 hours ago, Bigred said:
When you start telling people they can’t go hiking, by themselves, or can only exercise within a few hundred yards of their house, we’ve officially reached Ludicrous Speed.
And when you start arresting people for peaceable assembly for the redress of grievances to the government, we’ve gone from safety to power.
According to the Raleigh NC police department, “Protesting is a non-essential activity.” The protesters were requesting that the their state decriminalize their ability to work and provide for their familieshttps://mobile.twitter.com/raleighpolice/status/1250111779574894594
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Just now, Homestar said:
For now.
All the tax rules are written into the legislation for it. They were pretty clear, and it would be politically untenable to directly reverse it.
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Just now, Homestar said:
You’ll pay it back on your 2021 tax return. There’s no free lunch.
It’s an additional credit, paid in advance.
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2 hours ago, drewpey said:
Healthcare resources are finite as well. The reason the death toll is relatively low is because most hospitals are not overwhelmed like what you see in the developing world...which is the point of flattening the curve. Our healthcare system sucks as it is...you can't just take a punch from something like this and expect things to be fine just because "muh economy".
They’re so underwhelmed that some are shutting down and laying off employees for lack of business. No ‘nonessential’ medical services combined with no coronavirus patients means the doctors are out of business too.
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T birds are doing a valley air show today in Vegas. Something about their plan seems...familiar.
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Last Sunday, the US Surgeon General said that this week would be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. Our children and our children’s children would remember the tragedy of this week, with all the death, etc...
Outside of nyc, hospitals are closing because they don’t have enough patients, due to the measures taken to preserve capacity for coronavirus. Health care workers, my niece included, are out of work because they are only allowed to do ‘essential’ health care and coronavirus. And there just not enough to keep them employed.
I do agree with the surgeon general that there are historic parallels. But they’re not Pearl Harbor or 9/11.
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Brown Nominated to be Next CSAF
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No offense, but that sounds like an awful plan. There are very few ways to outmaneuver the AF bureaucracy. I don’t think this is one of them.