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I think the unwillingness to talk, even within “private” settings (phone call, face to face, etc.), is a negative byproduct of the safety empire. We immediately debrief every sortie and freely share lessons learned, but as soon as something bad happens, there is no debrief/lessons learned for anyone outside the immediate circle for months on end. Guys with direct knowledge of a mishap should be able to provide any initial info/lessons learned to bros around the community...maybe not on a public Internet forum, but certainly privately (including phone and email). Example: The Holloman strafe mishap that killed the contractor. I was a couple days from my guys flying CAS with hot guns, none of whom had flown CAS in the last year or so. I sought privately any debrief/LL info, as I wanted to pass those initial LL onto the guys; I was concerned about our low proficiency on the heels of a fatal mishap that occurred doing exactly what we were about to do. What I got was zero info, in the name of “safety process.” Cool, because of our safety overlords, we were denied any lessons learned, and pressed on. Turns out we got into a very similar situation a week later, except the pilot had enough experience to recognize it and avoid any problems. We literally almost repeated exactly the same mistake a week later, completely ignorant of what happened at Holloman and any initial lessons learned we could have applied to our own flying. That is a massive foul. Same exact thing happened recently with the two F-35 landing mishaps. Separated by a week, no initial info/thoughts passed to the F-35 CAF. Hill repeats similar conditions as Eglin. Only after that does an SII come out about landing. Could have easily killed a pilot a week later; all we had to do was pass initial thoughts debrief-style and Hill may not have happened. I flew probably 20 times after the mishaps before I knew what was going on...20 times I could have fucked up/ignorance is bliss. That’s bullshit.

Ok. Since you asked. Woman arrested in Vanderburgh county for pre checking boxes on 400+ ballots https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/vanderburgh-county-woman-facing-felony-election-fraud-charge/ Butler county Pennsylvania loses untold number of mail in ballots https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/28/butler-county-elections-director-says-postal-service-lost-mail-in-ballots/ Ballots stolen from mail boxes and discarded on roadsides in Washington town https://www.foxnews.com/us/ballots-stolen-from-mailboxes-discarded-on-roadsides-in-washington-town Group claims 400,000 ballots sent to residents who moved out of state or died in California https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/10/15/nearly-400000-california-ballots-sent-to-people-who-moved-out-of-state-or-died/ Texas officer & poll watcher testifies on 2020 Houston Voting Fraud Using stacks of drivers licenses , (has photos) https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2084295714190/exclusive-texas-poll-watcher-testifies-on-2020-voter-fraud-in-houston-has-photos West Palm Beach residents receive duplicate ballots and ballots for dead relatives https://www.wpbf.com/article/duplicate-ballots-sealed-envelopes-dead-relatives-voters-raise-mail-in-ballot-concerns/34198409 Pennsylvania postal employee on leave and now fired after bags of mail discovered outside of home put out for trash pickup https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-postal-worker-on-leave-after-bags-of-undelivered-mail-found-outside-home 25,263 ballots rejected in Colorado primary https://www.cpr.org/2020/10/08/colorado-vote-by-mail-ballots-rejected-signatures/ Double absentee ballots sent to residents in Henrico county https://www.nbc12.com/2020/09/22/double-absentee-ballots-accidentally-sent-some-henrico-voters/ Pa rejects 336,000 duplicate ballot requests 34,000 rejected for other reasons . Many voters request ballots up to 11 times https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2020/10/16/pennsylvania-rejected-mail-ballot-applications-duplicates-voters/stories/202010160153 Mecklenburg residents receiving double ballots due to labelling glitch https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article245761310.html San Mateo residents receive multiple ballots https://abc7news.com/mail-in-ballot-california-2020-election-san-mateo-county-double-two-ballots/7006753/ Multiple absentee ballot applications showing up at Flint Michigan homes https://nbc25news.com/news/local/multiple-absentee-ballot-applications-being-sent-to-mid-michigan-homes Florida man arrested for obtaining dead wife's ballot and forging signature to "test the system" https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-man-who-tried-to-get-ballot-for-dead-wife-arrested Election officials ask voters to not disinfect their mail in ballots as handfulls have already arrived destroyed and unable to be tabulated https://www.kcra.com/article/election-officials-ask-voters-stop-disinfecting-mail-in-ballots/34336823 400 duplicate ballots sent to local voters in Richmond https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/roughly-400-local-voters-receive-two-ballots-officials-say-errors-wont-lead-to-double-votes/article_934f11bf-8825-5f2f-8391-8cdbe707cd7a.html Duplicate ballots sent to "some" in North Carolina. How many? Who knows. https://www.wxii12.com/article/duplicate-ballots-sent-to-some-north-carolina-voters/34056922 Placer county residents receiving duplicate ballots https://www.kcra.com/article/thousands-of-second-ballots-mailed-placer-county-voters/34306099 Bay area voters receive multiple ballots https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-voters-receive-multiple-ballots-fuel-concern-over-november-election/2378192/ USPS confirms missing ballots, never made it to residents of Seminole county. How many? Who knows https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/10/06/usps-confirms-missing-ballots-but-doesnt-have-any-additional-information/ Board of elections resends 99,000+ ballots in Brooklyn . Officials worry numerous originals already filled out and sent off https://nypost.com/2020/10/06/board-of-elections-resends-99k-ballots-in-brooklyn-amid-snafu 50,000 ballots in Ohio sent to wrong addresses https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/ohio-county-wrong-ballots-428350 500,000 ballots in Virginia labelled with wrong return address https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/verify-wrong-mail-in-ballots-fairfax-virginia/65-94c4847c-63fb-4a93-bac5-9bb45df00a8d Glitch sends duplicate ballots in pittsburg Allegheny county https://www.wesa.fm/post/glitch-sends-duplicate-ballots-voters-system-prevents-double-voting-county-says#stream/0 Glitch sends duplicate ballots to Needham town residents https://needham.wickedlocal.com/news/20200818/needham-town-clerk-several-voters-received-duplicate-ballot-after-possible-glitch Detroit elections, where 72% of absentee votes do not match registered voters https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/20/benson-asked-investigate-detroit-perfect-storm-voting-problems/5616629002/ 80,000 ballots dissappeared in baltimore https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-voting-snafu-update-20180625-story.html New York voting official warns people will use dead people to vote, and a few have https://www.newsweek.com/mail-voting-ballots-deceased-1531481 Michigan secretary misprinted military absentee ballots . 400 already issued https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/09/president-trump-goes-after-michigan-secretary-of-state-again-over-ballot-misprint.html Mail in ballots found in road ditch in Wisconsin https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/23/mailed-in-ballots-found-tossed-in-wisconsin-ditch/ 4 officials arrested in ballot harvesting scheme https://www.kltv.com/2020/09/24/gregg-county-commissioner-others-arrested-alleged-vote-harvesting-scheme/ 9 military mail in ballots thrown in dumpster in PA https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/fbi-psp-probing-9-discarded-ballots-in-luzerne-county/article_249405da-fea4-11ea-a8d7-b7faa419550f.html 134 felony voter fraud charges announced in Dem primary https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-voter-fraud New Yorkers receiving ballots with wrong names and adresses https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/518682-new-yorkers-report-receiving-ballots-with-wrong-name-voter-addresses Queens voters receiving military ballots https://nypost.com/2020/09/28/nyc-voters-wrongly-getting-mail-in-ballots-marked-for-military-use/ Sun sentinel detailing Florida voting fraud https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-menge-mail-in-ballots-fraud-florida-20200416-hanmbneuendpbaftyktpactlga-story.html Ballot harvesting scam exposed in minneapolis https://nypost.com/2020/09/29/minneapolis-police-probing-alleged-ballot-harvesting-claims/ 1 in 4 " A Quarter" of election officials quit due to the new election law and chaos of mail in ballots https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/mail-ballot-law-pennsylvania-has-driven-out-nearly-quarter-state-n1240504 Texas Official arrested on felony election fraud charges https://www.newsweek.com/texas-official-arrested-felony-election-fraud-charges-could-face-99-year-sentence-1534183 Patterson city council official arrested along with 4 others in ballot fraud scheme https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/paterson-city-council-vice-president-among-4-charged-with-voting-fraud-in-may-special-election-nj-ag/2484797/ Yes America! Plenty of voter fraud https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/yes-america-there-voter-fraud-these-recent-cases-prove-it D.C voters receiving ballots for ex residents with some receiving up to 5 multiple ballots https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-voters-are-being-sent-mail-in-ballots-for-ex-residents Numerous reports of people going door to door illegally collecting ballots https://www.newsweek.com/ballot-vote-maryland-collect-anne-arundel-1535901 Project Veritas uncovers ballot fraud in San Antonio . 7,000 ballots compromised , likely up to 14,000 https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/article/Project-Veritas-activists-release-San-Antonio-15679739.php Orono, Maine Woman charged for casting roommates ballot https://bangordailynews.com/2020/10/27/politics/orono-woman-charged-with-voter-fraud-after-allegedly-casting-former-roommates-ballot/ Man Arrested in Luzerne county for trying to cast ballot for dead Wife https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/man-arrested-for-voter-fraud-in-luzerne-county/523-7fc4fd2f-9105-47e7-a510-2b5ff176ab2c Postal Carrier in Miami arrested and charged with stealing ballots and gift cards https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/postal-carrier-accused-stealing-mail-ballot-miami-73713450 Poll worker in Germantown maryland caught filling out / fixing ballots (Video) https://youtu.be/hJexWG7TJQI https://www.financialsurvivalnetwork.com/2020/10/voter-fraud-caught-on-camera-poll-worker-appears-to-write-on-ballot/ Ballot box containing ballots set on fire from the inside in Baldwin Park california https://youtu.be/Sey68e3kbWM 300 Pounds of mail including ballots found in dumpster in New Jersey https://mb.ntd.com/piles-of-mail-including-ballots-found-in-dumpster-in-new-jersey_514529.html 6 USPS postal mail boxes tampered with in Richmond VA https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/mail-collection-boxes-tampered-with-at-6-usps-locations-across-central-virginia c/ 2,100 residents in woodland hills receive faulty ballots https://www.kcra.com/article/2100-los-angeles-county-voters-receive-faulty-ballots/34289550 5,500 sample ballots sent in New Hampshire not labeled as "sample" leads many to believe they are legit election ballots https://www.wmur.com/article/unlabeled-sample-absentee-ballots-new-hampshire/34394841 1,500 ballots in Kansas not counted in primary https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2020-09-25/1-500-mail-ballots-arrived-too-late-to-count-in-kansas Ballot printing error in sanpete Utah leaves 13,000 ballots with no where to put signature https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/10/14/ballot-printing-error/ Alaska, voter mistakes put many ballots on track for rejection 3 weeks out https://www.adn.com/politics/2020/10/15/voter-mistakes-put-many-mail-in-ballots-on-track-for-rejection-3-weeks-before-election-day/ Ballots found damaged and vandalized in Billings Montana https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/billings-residents-report-missing-vandalized-ballots/article_7ccc48bf-8b31-55a0-b264-eca5a4e877b7.html USPS Bins with 112 ballots found in dumpster in louisville Kentucky https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/over-100-undelivered-absentee-ballots-found-discarded-in-dumpster 60,000 ballots in Pennsylvania unaccounted for. https://www.newsweek.com/pennsylvania-mail-ballots-delayed-25-days-until-election-1537824 Landlord in Las vegas received 18 ballots for Tennant's he's never had https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1316833363169284104 Tiktok video allegedly showing someone filling out multiple ballots in California https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/10/13/eric-trump-says-the-campaign-will-be-taking-immediate-legal-action-over-a-tiktok-video-allegedly-showing-a-person-filling-out-multiple-ballots/ Utah man finds ballots in dumpster https://news/local-news/utah-man-concerned-about-finding-voters-ballots-in-dumpster 29,000 incorrect ballots sent out in Philly due to mapping error https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/error-leads-to-30k-pa-voters-receiving-incorrect-ballots/ Election workers swamped with requests for multiple absentee ballots from "same people" https://www.13newsnow.com/amp/article/news/politics/elections/election-workers-swamped-multiple-absentee-ballot-requests-same-people/275-8dc73fb0-a9e4-424b-a019-fda28130b517 Ballots for deceased voter raises concern in L.a county https://www.dailynews.com/ballot-for-deceased-voter-raises-concerns-about-l-a-county-election-integrity Kern country voter receives 3 ballots https://bakersfieldnow.com/newsletter-daily/duplicate-ballot-confusion-kern-county-voter-receives-three-ballots-for-nov-3-election 1000 duplicate ballots sent in Fairfax county https://wjla.com/news/local/voters-alert-7-on-your-side-after-receiving-duplicate-mail-in-ballots Discarded mail in ballots found dumped in Joshua tree park in San bernadino CA https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/10/08/mail-including-voter-ballots-found-discarded-twentynine-palms-joshua-tree/ Some Ohio Residents report recieving damaged ballots https://www.statenews.org/post/some-ohio-voters-report-receiving-damaged-ballots Thief caught on camera stealing ballots from mail boxes https://streamable.com/z94se1 Hall county nebraska. 21 residents receive duplicate ballots https://nebraska.tv/news/hall-county-issues-21-duplicate-ballots Texas mayoral candidate arrested for election fraud, charged with over 100 counts https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/08/voting-fraud-arrest-carrollton/ 39 Colorado counties have more voters than people, is now being sued https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/colorado-sued-voters-people/ USPS Employee arrested for dumping mail which included 99 ballots https://www.radio.com/1010wins/news/usps-mail-carrier-arrested-for-dumping-election-ballots 19 illegals busted voting in 2016. 2 re entered n re voted in this year's primary https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/19-foreign-nationals-indicted-illegally-voting-2016-elections 1000 people voted twice in georgia https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-official-claims-1-000-people-illegally-voted-twice-in-primaries/ar-BB18PGvz?li=BB141NW3 Mail truck catches fire destroying thousands of ballots https://amp.dailyrecord.com/amp/3257291001 200,000 ballots sent to wrong addresses in nevada https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/michael-berry/content/2020-08-10-more-than-200000-ballots-in-nevada-mailed-to-the-wrong-addresses/ Entire NJ election called a do over due to ballot fraud https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2020/08/11/paterson-nj-election-rivals-agree-do-over-council-election/3343160001/ New jersey man votes 3 times https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/new-hampshire-man-arrested-vote-fraud-charge Kansas Republican + 4 others charged in ballot fraud https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/kansas-republican-charged-with-three-felonies-in-voter-fraud-investigation/2020/07/14/7d0fe8c2-c629-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html 200,000 purged from rolls in New york https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/new-york-city-purged-voters-2016-it-wasnt-mistake.html Deceased cat receives ballot https://apnews.com/fbcec393dc652a9ccdb2cc8aacb15895 NY election disaster, over a month to count ballots , ballots lost n desytoyed https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorks-mail-vote-disaster-11595286912 L.A. Man charged for voting in 3 elections using his dead mother https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-18/la-county-man-accused-of-voting-in-three-elections-as-his-dead-mother 10s of thousands of ballots thrown out in primary https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tens-of-thousands-of-mail-ballots-have-been-tossed-out-in-this-years-primaries-what-will-happen-in-november/2020/07/16/fa5d7e96-c527-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html 100,000 ballots thrown out in California https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0714/Why-California-threw-out-100-000-mail-in-primary-ballots 23,000 ballots thrown out in Wisconsin https://www.apmreports.org/story/2020/07/23/wisconsin-absentee-ballot-rejections Thousands of ballots thown out due to tardiness https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/889751095/signed-sealed-undelivered-thousands-of-mail-in-ballots-rejected-for-tardiness Mail in ballot experiment fails with lost , late n damaged ballots. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vote-by-mail-ballot-counted-election/ Woman arrested forging ballots in plymouth https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/plymouth-township-woman-charged-with-election-law-forgery-over-absentee-voter-ballot As the new York times claims ballots are secure in 2020. in 2012 they wrote ballots were extremely open to fraud , mistakes and issues https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/us/politics/as-more-vote-by-mail-faulty-ballots-could-impact-elections.html (Study estimate)28,000,000 ballots lost in last 3 elections https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/28_million_mail-in_ballots_went_missing_in_last_four_elections_143033.html Postal worker arrested for changing party affiliation on ballots https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/506869-postal-worker-pleads-guilty-to-election-fraud-after-changing 18,000 ballots not counted in Florida's primary https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/06/29/more-than-18000-mail-ballots-not-counted-in-floridas-march-presidential-preference-primary/ 3 Months later it's 35,000 ballots not counted in Florida's primary https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/09/17/more-than-35-000-mail-in-ballots-were-rejected-in-florida-primary-1317327 Thosands of ballots left on floor of building in North jersey https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/paterson/2020/08/14/paterson-nj-election-ballots-were-left-floor-post-office-says/5582951002/ Investigation as piles of mail found dumped in parking lot in california https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/515442-investigation-underway-after-bags-of-mail-found-dumped-in-los-angeles 1.6 million more voters than registered in 19 california counties, L.A has 117% voter registration https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/07/five_states_face_federal_lawsuit_over_inaccurate_voter_registrations__142089.html

Here we are again, Huggy...So then, once the investigation is over, is it now the time to start speculation? I tire over this concept that speculation can’t be a valuable tool for pilots to discuss scenarios that aren’t driven by historical fact. While the platform for such speculation is a real cause for concern, pilots should be both sharing personal facts and talking hypothetically to be their best...this absolute tank opinion on talk is unhelpful. If one believes this forum is an inappropriate place, that’s one thing...but, speculation is actually healthy if done for the right reasons. Certainly no one needs to be sharing their speculation with the family (or in view of the family, thus the only possible rational argument from keeping it out of here). Although, I think it should 100% be here...that is (one of) what this place is for. I can agree either way on that one because I understand we can’t contain what we say in here anymore like we could 10 years ago...although, I’m not sure I think it’s a horrible thing it even gets out if people could just stick to saying smart things. Pilots should speculate with pilots. It breeds healthy discussions. Discussions keep us safer. Keep privileged information just that...once the report is briefed...discussions become stifled. It’s just my opinion, agree to disagree. ~Bendy Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app

🎵"Gold bond powder, you are a friend of mine"🎵

On the campaign trail - “In 2010 at Kunsan...” ”I’m going to stop you right there; I’m out, good luck to the other candidates”

Agreed. There is nothing wrong with discussion of known facts and plausible scenarios. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. -Churchill

Can I get that 1/2 decaf, please?

There are a lot of levels to this, but it’s overall culture problem in the Air Force and in society in general. As the article said, military service isn’t as appealing as it once was, and a lot of American youth aren’t even eligible for service. A lot of the motivated type A, willing to learn inner city youth dedicate a lot of their time to sports, as culturally that is viewed as one of the only ways out. These kids are smart, motivated, athletic, we need to find a way to reach these populations. (Not just the athletes, but I think they provide a larger pool). You hit the nail on the head with the chess club bs. We need to change our recruiting and our officer training programs. Trying to convince any youth to spend 4 years at the academy or in ROTC marching in circles wearing blues and folding shirts into perfect squares to (maybe) get a opportunity to fly is a tough sell(and that’s assuming we give them scholarships). Ya, there is OTS, but in the context of low income youth they probably aren’t going to have a 4 year degree. I don’t have all answers, but trying to only get 4.0 GPA “smart” cadets isn’t the best strategy to me. I get we aren’t the Army, but their ROTC program seemed to be a lot better structured than ours. While they were out in the field doing land nav, building shelters, learning weapons/tactics, we were in Blues marching in the gym and doing retarded GLPs bouncing balloons around and formatting Memos. I don’t give a shit how your memo is formatted, I’m probably not going to read it anyway. 99% of our force isn’t going to be on the ground running and gunning, but I think there is a lot more to take away from that training than marching and memos. When I’m flying around bum fuck no where, and everyone on the ground wants to kill me, I want a diverse crew/team (not talking skin color, I don’t give shit how much pigment is in your skin or what set of genitals you have). Having the 4.0GPA person brings something to the table, but so does the country boy who can live off the land and fix anything, the inner city kid that fought tooth and nail and has “street smarts”, the athlete, the immigrant, etc. Filling the rated ranks with people that checked the “chess club” box is a major contributing factor to the cultural/bureaucratic nightmare of a organization we have become.

Concur that post accident discussions, if done with appropriate maturity, can be a healthy way to grow as aviators. However it’s also true that speculative discussions without facts often devolve into useless shit, much like eyewitness reports. Unhelpful. i go back and forth. I love to chat with experienced people who can offer insights I wouldn’t otherwise know into this crucial question: how could a couple professionals trying their best to avoid an accident still experience one? The answer is relevant to me today. Right now. And the safety process doesn’t satisfy. On the other hand, attempts at having that discussion without emotional hysteria tainting the outcome are statistically unlikely. That’s why seasoned aviators try putting a lid on the talk right away— they’ve lost friends only to immediately afterwards listen to uninformed speculation that usually trends downwards and helps no one. It’s a tough situation. i think we can’t avoid human nature, which is to speculate. Since we can’t avoid it, the best option is to demonstrate the appropriate and mature way to execute it. Which I think this forum mostly does well, despite inevitable chuckleheads who abuse anonymity and dangers of misinterpreting the tone of the written word. The key here is everyone just assume the best about each other, as we all assume the best about the 2 victims of this tragic crash, and seek together finding ways we can avoid such a fate. To them 🥃

I'm calling it for Trump now. Biden is visiting Minnesota, when everyone is saying Texas is a tossup. Biden should be living in Texas if that were true. Trafalgar has Trump up in Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Close in Wisconsin. People are going to be so mad this upcoming Tuesday.

If you’re comparing your four year degree to a HS Civics lesson either you went to the most robust HS Civics program in the US, or your college is scholastically on par with Trident or Capella. My Poli Sci degree landed me a Masters in Cybersecurity from Georgetown, a doctoral program, and a almost six figure military contractor job. My class president, a Poli Sci major, is currently on his full ride to Harvard Law. Sounds like YMMV.

Tucker Carlson isn't news my friend. He even argued in court that you should approach everything he says with a reasonable amount of skepticism and he doesn't actually state facts in his show, yet somehow he remains a news source for many. Giuliani should release the actual emails and let the journalists investigate themselves...if there is anything there they will find it, but I think it's pretty telling that he is hiding something because how little effort it would require and he doesn't do it. Don't know, don't care...I've already voted. Is Biden crooked? Perhaps...but even if he stole his entire net worth from the taxpayer, it's still peanuts compared to how much the Trump family has enriched themselves over the last 4 years. Lesser of two evils sort of thing. Yes reddit can be a hive mind, but a place for good discussion as well. There is no shortage of conservative subs and opinions, that's for sure. Just because conservative opinions aren't voted to the top doesn't mean they aren't there, it just means they suck and are unpopular. You could almost say it's close to what your conservatives love...a free market of ideas? Honest question...what is your main source of news? Do you view any news sources that publish non-flattering information of Trump to be "real news"?

Trump attacking states that allow mail in ballots to be counted after election day, per state rules. He is also suing three other states trying to stop them from counting ballots they deem valid. Doesn't seem very states-rightsey to me. States run the elections and send their hopefully faithful electors to vote. Despite being unable to produce evidence of widespread voter fraud, I think he is trying to foment enough discord in these states to excuse himself into getting the state legislators to disregard the results and send their own electors. All legal within the constitution, but still fucked up and at this point I wouldn't put it past him.

I’m all for diversity in the ranks but I doubt we are suddenly going to find a ton of missed high-end recruits in the inner city. I’ve said before, I could find better recruits by stopping the BS academic and chess club qualifiers that get kids into UPT. I’ll take medium-intelligence type A recruits any day over the super-high-intelligence weenies I see filling the cockpits. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

The irony is I want to fly like that and it’s like pulling teeth to get on the schedule more. 🤷‍♂️

https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/topic/10532-motorcycle-riders-thread/

You mean Sewer City?!? (I was born and raised just south of there). I used to ride a 03 Fatboy and now have a 15 Road Glide. Highly recommend Sturgis (Buffalo Chip, Needles, Spearfish, Deadwood). Dragons Tail is an awesome ride. I’ve heard Laconia is an awesome event also. Myrtle Beach and Daytona kind of suck (too spread out with no real riding because all the riding is bumper to bumper).

They designed it to fail...so it failed.

You're right, landing (on the right runway) with two out of the 3 gear is a win in the 17 community.

Learn this lesson now as you start your career - never miss an opportunity to STFU.

All political stuff aside, if you don’t like flyovers then you’re a commie pinko fuck and I don’t like you.