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If we send people to Nigeria perhaps that would be good enough to look up a barrister that has been attempting to contact me. It seems that a long lost distant relative of mine (who'd have thought I had relatives in Nigeria?) has recently passed away leaving me a large amount of money.

I'm not trying to start a protracted theological debate, but the value of what you just posted above is the equivalent of saying the images below are essentially the same because they both depict people. Just saying.....

It may sound ironic but Muslims believe most of the the same things as Jews and Christians (i.e. Abraham, Jesus, and Moses were prophets); however they also believe that Muhammad was the final prophet of God. What separates the three apart: Belief in Abraham: Jews, Christians, Muslims Belief in Jesus: Christians, Muslims Belief in Muhammad: Muslims

Really? Effective Interest Rate ($$ you earn through an investment) > Cost of Capital (cost of the loan) = Profit. My cadet loan had a 15 or so month deferment; plenty of time to put that money to work. All it takes to make money is about 5 finance equations and a few hours of research per week to find investments, such as stocks or property, that are undervalued (ie. FCF > Market Cap). Building wealth with loans is effectively the same as corporations selling bonds. After receiving your money, the company invests in a project with an NPV > 0, returns your money with interest, and pockets the remaining revenue (profit). This is the simple version of "How to Make Money with Loans," but it's basically the principles of Finance boiled down to 2-3 sentences. Consistently investing on gut feeling ("I feel like company X has great potential") is dumb, although you may occasionally get lucky and make a decent profit. Using basic finance principles to determine the current price of the future value of free cash flow is how I invest. It's not difficult, and it's sort of fun, especially when you find a stock that that is undervalued.

I find it hilarious that you guys still don't realize that you are getting stabbed in the back by your own community. About half of your "bros" that talk a good game right now are going to promote and then use their new found power to impose "shoe" rules on you. You guys keep referencing this aircrew versus the world situation...but in reality you are eating your own. In the CE world, our SNCOs always greet these new policies with a "I guess now they expect us to enforce this bullshit, too" attitude. I expect that is true in the MX world and about half of the support world. The reality is that everybody in the Air Force works for a pilot. It is in your hands to change it. Stop bitching and do something about it. Please, for the rest of us that will never have any real power. If some pilot O-9 out there put his foot down on uniform regs, they would change. If some O-6 flyer said that the "Home of the Fighter Pilot" sign at Nellis will stay up, it will stay up. Trust me. I'll take all of the negative ratings as a reflection of how close to home this hits.