Lord Ratner Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) 9 hours ago, nsplayr said: Well thank god we got all the big problems at the FAA all ironed out and now have time to focus on these administrative details! I love how everyone on the left is now pretending like it wasn't a very big deal when these quick changes were made a year or two ago, but now it must be consuming their entire schedule to undo them. "What happened? They changed the acronym? "Yup" "Change it back." "Ok." You are absolutely intelligent enough to know that waiting for "all the big problems" to be solved before attacking the low-hanging fruit means nothing gets done. That's been the strategy in DC for decades, and now that someone isn't following "the rules," it's a full on panic. Edited February 11 by Lord Ratner 1
ClearedHot Posted February 11 Posted February 11 15 hours ago, nsplayr said: Also since we’re playing fuck-fuck games with stuff that is irrelevant, SECDEF doesn’t actually have a signature block at all. If you didn’t already know, you actually wouldn’t know who this memo is from. I mean it’s back to basics people. If we can’t even trust you to sign your name right how can we trust you to run the Department of Defense?? /sarcasm 😅 Of all the things to be worked up about and speaking about TRUST...As a service member I would have thought you'd be more worked up about the previous guy who had checked out, had surgery and stayed at home for a week without telling POTUS or anyone in the National Command Authority. 2
Guest nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 3 hours ago, ClearedHot said: Of all the things to be worked up about and speaking about TRUST...As a service member I would have thought you'd be more worked up about the previous guy who had checked out, had surgery and stayed at home for a week without telling POTUS or anyone in the National Command Authority. I was not a fan of that at all. If I were POTUS I would have A) hired someone else to start with, and B) fired Austin over what happened with his surgery and AWOL.
Guest nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) 5 hours ago, O Face said: So nsplayer’s political moratorium ended with the Biden administration? Guess I can’t blame the guy. I think we’re all trying to pretend it was just a bad dream. Nah, I’m just a degenerate 😅 Recovering postaholic, but I still have a nice cold take every once in a while with friends 🍺 And yea, William Wallace is very appropriate…fighting the good fight but sometimes you get beheaded in the process haha. 🏴 Edited February 11 by nsplayr
Guest nsplayr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 4 hours ago, Lord Ratner said: I love how everyone on the left is now pretending like it wasn't a very big deal when these quick changes were made a year or two ago, but now it must be consuming their entire schedule to undo them. It’s not a big deal, it’s just small and vindictive and poorly timed given the tragedy that just happened. Might wanna work on the giant, very public problem first and then slide this in later once Sauron’s Eye is elsewhere if you are really intent on doing it for some reason. Like right after you total your car and it’s still on the side of the road, that’s maybe not the right time to walk over to the DMV and get that new vanity plate you’ve been dreaming about, ya know? Technique only. Frankly I never knew it changed from “Notices to Airmen” in the first place despite flying probably 1K hours since the previous chance, so that shows how much it matters. I don’t see anywhere on DAIP or DINS where it even defines the acronym NOTAM 🤷♂️
Stoker Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/7/2025 at 6:03 PM, 17D_guy said: I'm honestly surprised we're talking about the forced migration of the long-term inhabitants of the land like the Trail of Tears was a good thing, and it's "different" than the Soviet's doing the same to Ukraine (and other satellite countries they invaded during/after WW-dos) under Stalin. The most horrifying thing you learn about ethnic cleansing / forced population transfer is that, well, it works. The Greco-Turkish population transfers of the 20s caused a lot of human misery, but in the end, two populations that hadn't been able to get along for a millennium didn't live in the same neighborhood anymore. They might not be friends today by any means, but you rarely have Greek death squads going door to door looking for Turks in the last hundred years (Cyprus excluded, maybe). Ditto for India and Pakistan, to a degree, Germany/Russia/Poland after WWII, Jews being kicked out of 40+ Muslim countries. The sad fact is that most of the world isn't enlightened enough to live like New Yorkers, in peace with neighbors their parents would have despised and their grandparents actively tried to kill. I do wonder how much lingering savagery we've perpetuated by demanding that other peoples pretend to all get along together, rather than achieve lasting separation (see: every post-colonial African state where we assume different groups can all get along inside a single set of lines we drew). 1 1
Lord Ratner Posted February 11 Posted February 11 27 minutes ago, nsplayr said: It’s not a big deal, it’s just small and vindictive and poorly timed given the tragedy that just happened. Might wanna work on the giant, very public problem first and then slide this in later once Sauron’s Eye is elsewhere if you are really intent on doing it for some reason. Like right after you total your car and it’s still on the side of the road, that’s maybe not the right time to walk over to the DMV and get that new vanity plate you’ve been dreaming about, ya know? Technique only. Frankly I never knew it changed from “Notices to Airmen” in the first place despite flying probably 1K hours since the previous chance, so that shows how much it matters. I don’t see anywhere on DAIP or DINS where it even defines the acronym NOTAM 🤷♂️ Why wait? The only people complaining about it are the people who don't like him. The same people who complained about everything he did the first time and are complaining about everything he does this time. Some of us are capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time. I really hope my government is capable of that as well. This memo came out within the last couple days, which means it was set into motion one or two weeks ago. Probably before the crash when every department was told to reverse and scrub anything that had a whiff of DEI. I do not expect all government work to come to a screeching halt because of a plane crash. It sucks, it's a tragedy, and we should absolutely fix the problem. But extending your logic out means that all government work must stop if it is not considered to be the highest priority action at that moment. And as I just pointed out, that means nothing gets done. You think it looks bad because you want it to look bad. That's all. 1 2
disgruntledemployee Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 Hey, is Trump going to get rid of this stupid/useless Obamacare tax form that I just got? That alone will save 150+ million pieces of paper, ink/toner, envelopes, postage, mail transport space, mail carrier work, mailbox space, time of tax professionals, time of tax software developers, call center time answering questions about the form, and 10 other things I didn't think of. Get Elon's "Big Balls" on it and EO that shit away. 3
brabus Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Kill Obamacare while he’s at it…come on Congress, do something good for once!
M2 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 32 minutes ago, Banzai said: Yes, and kill tricare too. Socialized healthcare is NOT something the gov should be in business of doing. Yeah, leave 9.6 million beneficiaries suddenly without medical coverage. How could that go wrong?!? 🫢 Yes, Tricare needs restructuring and revising; but killing it is not an option.
M2 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Another reason to love Trump! Cardi B blames Trump for ruining her shoes at the Super Bowl, demands he bring back her deported uncle How this thing actually believes anyone gives a shit what it thinks (a stretch of the term) or says is beyond me! Instead of bringing back her illegal uncle, let's send her to wherever he was sent! The quicker we rid US society of this self-entitled scum such as this, the better! 1
17D_guy Posted February 12 Posted February 12 55 minutes ago, M2 said: Yeah, leave 9.6 million beneficiaries suddenly without medical coverage. How could that go wrong?!? 🫢 Yes, Tricare needs restructuring and revising; but killing it is not an option. The irony here is amazing 2
Guest nsplayr Posted February 12 Posted February 12 1 minute ago, 17D_guy said: The irony here is amazing
BuddhaSixFour Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Can’t wait for all of the VA disability scammers with “tinnitus” (congrats, you’re just forty), “sleep apnea” (really? Cash for life for snoring?) and “back pain” (again, just forty) get raked over the coals and spend ten years paying that shit back for lying to a flight doc on exit then heading to the gym and getting your FAA physical done. Always hated that. 1 1
disgruntledemployee Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 ‘Anxiety provoking’: Government workers describe their DOGE interviews https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/12/government-workers-doge-interviews-016214
disgruntledemployee Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 14 minutes ago, BuddhaSixFour said: Can’t wait for all of the VA disability scammers with “tinnitus” (congrats, you’re just forty), “sleep apnea” (really? Cash for life for snoring?) and “back pain” (again, just forty) get raked over the coals and spend ten years paying that shit back for lying to a flight doc on exit then heading to the gym and getting your FAA physical done. Always hated that. Thems the rules. Prove the lying part, or is it just being forty rucking sack, 20 years on a flight line, etc.? 1
disgruntledemployee Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 3 hours ago, Banzai said: Yes, and kill tricare too. Socialized healthcare is NOT something the gov should be in business of doing. It's not socialized, its part of the deal. Socialization would force all Drs and hospitals/clinics to be part of it and all of us forced to use it forever. I have a choice to use it or my employer plan, and my Dr has a choice to participate. 1
disgruntledemployee Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 I just wanted to say this to be first, but I think we just started watching a 4 year long season of South Park. 1
BuddhaSixFour Posted February 12 Posted February 12 2 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said: Thems the rules. Prove the lying part, or is it just being forty rucking sack, 20 years on a flight line, etc.? Once VA medical records are digitized, it’s going to take the Palantir Hive Mind all of an hour to see when someone never asked for care while on AD, never asked for care after separating, got an FAA cert, and only ever mentioned the problem on their exit physical when there was disability payments on the table.
disgruntledemployee Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 20 minutes ago, BuddhaSixFour said: Once VA medical records are digitized, it’s going to take the Palantir Hive Mind all of an hour to see when someone never asked for care while on AD, never asked for care after separating, got an FAA cert, and only ever mentioned the problem on their exit physical when there was disability payments on the table. 🥱 - Yawn. Change the rules first, then worry about the rest. VA started moving on tinnitus, but I don't know if they made the changes. Also, how do you treat that? Also, they never note tinnitus on a hearing test, they just keep saying, "stop pressing the button." BTW, at flight med, when the first tone is heard, its press... press... pause... press... At the VA, they had a way better setup for hearing testing and really good headsets. It's in that super quiet testing booth where the tinnitus really rings out. Lastly, I can't stand soft talkers or kids that run 5 words into one like the other day, doyuwanaresee. What? repeats. I'm sorry, I'm hard of hearing. Do you want your receipt? oh. No thanks. It's like talking to fucking Pikeys. 1 2 2
17D_guy Posted February 12 Posted February 12 2 hours ago, BuddhaSixFour said: Once VA medical records are digitized, it’s going to take the Palantir Hive Mind all of an hour to see when someone never asked for care while on AD, never asked for care after separating, got an FAA cert, and only ever mentioned the problem on their exit physical when there was disability payments on the table. Cool. It'll make all those Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome complaints invalid too. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative/ Looks like the RIF for gov't is now coming. With "individuals identified as non-essential during appropriations lapses" as first targets. Ah, loved having to go from a 24/7 positions with appropriate manning of AD and civ's, to pulling constant 12s because the civ's were "non-essential." I'm sure the F22 capes and test program out at the base(s) near me will be 100% protected. Oh wait, nope a chunk of them got "non-essential during appropriations lapses." Guess those F22 capes can wait. Also, making DOGE Team Lead sound an awful lot like Commissars; The Emperor protects. 1
Sua Sponte Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Elon and Trump have to find that $4T in tax cuts that are set to expire this year for their billionaire friends. Here’s the House’s proposed budget with…a $3.3T increase! https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/BU00/20250213/117894/BILLS-119NAih.pdf 1
Smokin Posted February 12 Posted February 12 If this were another "do more with less" then I'd agree with you guys. But, this is finally a "do less with the same". As in, same budget but less mouths to feed that don't contribute to the mission. There is plenty of ripe fruit in the DoD to pick if Congress gets behind this initiative. For example, I learned absolutely zero at TAPs from the mouth breathers reading me the slides and there's an online CBT option. Drop the entire TAPs staff to a single person at each base and you just saved the military millions. And I would bet that when they start looking at the DoD, they will likely focus on the contract side, which is where I think they could make some serious money for actual warfighter budgets. If that house budget increase of $3T is legit, that is absolutely absurd and only proves that Trump and most Republicans now are not actual conservatives, simply populists. That last section on the ways and means tanks the entire thing. Prior to that committee it was a $1.2T reduction in the deficit. As much good as they can do, there is no way that DOGE finds enough efficiency that will stick long term. We as a country need to come to the realization that entitlements and unbalanced budgets are going to bankrupt us.
HeloDude Posted February 12 Posted February 12 19 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said: Elon and Trump have to find that $4T in tax cuts that are set to expire this year for their billionaire friends. Here’s the House’s proposed budget with…a $3.3T increase! https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/BU00/20250213/117894/BILLS-119NAih.pdf Funny how progressives never give back their savings from tax cuts back to the government… 1
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