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So Biden literally colluded with Russia for political gain…

And released one of the biggest arms dealers in history while advocating for a ban on assault/semi-automatic weapons.

Pilots antagonized by occupational peers they deem clout whores? Shocker. Ain't that like, Tuesday in a fighter squadron? Don't answer that. 😄 #rhetorical

Juan Brown currently has this pinned as a "highlighted comment" below his video. It was originally attributed to "Matt," whoever that is, and now is attributed to "Editor," although it's unclear who that is, too. That comment has 440 replies, and the video has over half a million views. As far as I can tell, it's a random comment, from a random person, and people see it pinned to a Juan Brown video and take it as gospel. Aviation and Social Media are an interesting combination. Aviation is one of those things that generally inspire people. At the same time, the barrier to actually participating in aviation is high, both in money and time. Social media fills in the gap for a lot of people - you can look at YouTube and consume all kinds of aviation-related media (some of it of incredibly high quality). At the same time, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" holds true. Chuckleheads like Juan Brown and Dan Gryder race to post on YouTube with a video collecting the available footage and data from an accident. They present things in a digestible fashion for the general public. But then they jump off the deep end and add their wild-eyed editorializing. When they're wrong, there is no penalty. When they're right, they get to tout to the online masses about what great aviators and detectives they are. There is almost no downside for them. They both found this new niche of "YouTube Aviation Accident Investigators," so I think a lot of their popularity is that they're first in the space. I can only hope better competition comes along.

Then it will take another 5 years for DFAS to figure out how to change some 1's and 0's to have the flight pay actually pay correctly...

Hail! You motherfuckers! Hail! You big cocksuckers! Hail! Michigan, the cesspool of the world! --- Long live the student section of Camp Randall Stadium ---

NDAA 2023 authorizes service secretaries to approve an increase to the flight pay cap from $1000/mo to $1500/mo. Additionally, authorizes bonus yearly cap increase to $50k/yr.

This trade is now the #1 worst trade, bumping the Russell Wilson trade to the Broncos as #2.

“Known facts” lol The problem with Juan (and anyone in this space who doesn’t wait for the final mishap report to be released before speculating/ drawing conclusions on it) is that those “known facts” aren’t really known yet. I am certain that neither of these gentleman were in the brief, have any airshow experience at all, etc. So when they take the data that they have found on the internet as gospel and treat it as fact then the conclusions they draw, however minute or inconsequential, are therefore fruit of the poisoned tree. An example: there is a reason the FAA does not reply upon FlightRadar24 ADS-B position data to issue flight violations - it’s known to be just inaccurate enough that no inspector is going to hang their hat on its fidelity. But from many of these video’s aircraft airspeed airspeed/ heading/ altitude/ ground track is “known” because look at this fancy screenshot I found online. Nope.. Anyway, maybe I’m being a snob about all of this, but if feels absolutely scummy to sell one’s poorly-informed speculation as fact (on a fatal mishap, mind you) and then in the next breath mention Patreon and all the ways your are digitally begging for money from your viewership. If these individuals truly care about flight safety and respecting the memories of the fallen then I believe they would wait until the final report is issued (in a year or more, the horror) and then they can break down that report to their hearts content. Anything less than that is a disservice to all involved.

So you want the Biden method where the kid collects 10% for the "Big Guy."

Not saying the GOP is particularly complicit, this one truly is "both sides." Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is leading the charge for a new bill that I think would help. I'd love to see all federal elected public officials (including the President/VP/Cabinet) and state/territory governors required to fully release tax returns, disclose investments, and place those investments into a blind trust until they are out of office. Clearly the benefits of and temptation to trade on insider information are overwhelming.

More analogous to a Christian wearing a crucifix or an Orthodox Jew wearing a yarmulke.

Worst trade in the history of the WNBA.

Got to get her back so she can make a few layups with nobody watching. Let's ban Twitter too!!! After that we can return to turning our children into theys and thems and giving abortions for convenience. Guns murder people but abortions don't? Lol.

When a judge struck down the justification for masks on airplanes, no ensuing additional wave of illness ravaged the country as was predicted by “experts.” This anecdote alone is proof that we must terminate all COVID-19 related health mandates. It’s time for them all to go. I can’t believe we are still wearing masks in the clinic on base, utter foolishness.

They are both internet blowhards attempting to make a name for themselves by throwing shit on the wall and seeing what sticks, over the bodies of people's friends and loved ones. Jumping the gun, bad guesses, they cover all the bases of poor incident investigation.

The Air Boss at Ft Worth has been doing this for sometime... I'd guess 15 years. A few years ago, the International Council of Airshows (ICAS) and FAA decided to formalize the Air Boss certification program. There was a gnashing of teeth with a lot of people over it, but it happened. I have zero desire to become an Air Boss (I'll stick to airshow announcing) and so I haven't dived in to the specifics. If you want more info, you can check out this link to get started. Once there, click on the Program Manual to see the pdf document. https://airshows.aero/CMS/Manuals