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Yeah. It's a fine line. If you're a cop, you have to go into basically almost every situation having a plan to kill/neautralize the person/persons you're dealing with because it happens. It happens rarely but almost on a daily basis over the whole of the US. On the flip side, you have a duty to not execute people without showing hostile intent. One way to do that is to not put yourself in those situations like this guy did. He was rightfully not standing in the doorway to catch a round through the door but why the urgency to get right up on the situation? It's monday morning qb'ng but its warranted if you are carrying a gun for the govt and are expected to uphold the constitution and all that jazz. There was no call of a gun, no actual violence observed and you don't even know if you're at the right place. Take a breath and get some distance. Race will get brought up in this of course, it had zero bearing and any person standing there in this poor kids shoes, whether white, black, brown, purple haired, or 90 years old would have been aerated by this officer. I would imagine he feels horrible and wishes he could do it over again but he's alive and breathing while the kid died at his feet.

I trust the worst gas station sushi more than I do Ben Crump. But that being said, from the looks of the video, that officer was most definitely in the wrong IMO (of course I’ve never been a LEO). And after a fair trial/if the jury agrees, I hope he goes to prison for a very long time. RIP to the fellow airman and condolences to his family. As much as I disdain corrupt and bad law enforcement, I do not envy the job of LEOs. I can’t even imagine the stress they’re under, but this situation most definitely can’t be the way of doing things. Personal liberty and freedom needs to be real and not just a cliche.

https://www.thewrap.com/chris-cuomo-ivermectin-covid-regular-dose-joe-rogan/

I think the pilots hired today are going to be furloughed. I don't think it's going to be a 12-year furlough like the last ones during the bankruptcies and mergers, but still. That said, it is 100% better to be furloughed than not hired at all. Any airline. If you are furloughed you can do anything you want, non-flying and the airline will eventually bring you back and retrain you. Staying current is irrelevant. Then once you are recurrent you can go get hired wherever you want to apply to, and you are a much more desirable candidate. Not being hired at all means you have to stay current *and* compete with the backlog of aspiring airline pilots when the interviews start again. Remember these people are fools. They were convinced air travel would *never* recover from COVID-19, then they started talking about "winning" the pandemic recovery. Then they furloughed (at AA). Then they announced the biggest hiring wave in airline history. Now they are all cutting hiring projections, if not outright halting it. These clowns just blow with the wind, and so do our careers.

Jail. It drives me crazy that we put cops in jail for shitty situations like the George Floyd case, but cases like this slip by, especially if there isn't a race angle to sensationalize.

Looks like they voted to not allow any amendments to the FAA authorization bill, so it's done for now. Lol, I remember someone in DAL leadership saying we were now going to be a boutique airline of about 7,000 pilots. Last I checked, we're over 17,000. Obviously uncle sugar bailing us out helped that, but it's just more proof they really don't have a clue about how it will all end up. I certainly wouldn't expect the government to save us like they did during CV19. Take out all the Boeing/Airbus issues and I doubt we're stopping hiring like we're seeing right now. On the plus side, it sounds like age 67 is dead for now, so that will certainly soften the blow of any furloughs. As always, make sure you're in a seat that you're willing to be stagnated in for quite a while. Doors can close anytime.

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Watchtower. I'm running generic Ubuntu, not Synology, and it looks like Synology might require a few extra hoops, but apparently it can be done. https://mariushosting.com/synology-30-second-watchtower-install-using-task-scheduler-docker/

I have a DS-218+ that I use as a media server/back up that's effectively run since I purchased it in 2019. Upgraded the RAM to 6 GB and swapped out the 2x 4TB drives for 2x 10TB drives this year. The other drives worked fine just needed more storage. Running it in in Synology Hybrid RAID (default) which means I'm limited to 10 TB of data storage. Before that I ran an old Mac Mini connected to an external hard drive since 2010...the evolution/ease of use over 14 years has been pretty impressive. Couple of lessons learned: 1. Go for 2x the storage you think you need now. 2. Get a dedicated UPS for the NAS (allows you time to shut it down properly for extended power outages or covers the "blips" in the grid). 3. Use software running inside "Dockers" vs the stuff in the Synology App store. The dockers require significantly less system resources (in my experience 1/10 or less) to keep the same program running. Only thing is you have to manually update (I do that quarterly)the software that's running. I haven't figured out how to auto update yet.

Not enough Monopoly money for the most critical acquisition needed for the USAF… https://www.twz.com/air/c-130-float-plane-program-put-on-pause-by-special-operations-command Sarcasm aside I still think the juice is worth the squeeze in the case of a seaplane A US produced BE200 like jet would probably fit into op plans for INDOPACOM for transport, tanker, ISR, stand off strike, SOF support, etc… US-2 could also work, pricey but available right now

I see the idiot who was making monkey noises at the the black lady was kicked out of his frat and publicly ridiculed. Wish the same energy went towards holding the ones accountable calling for the destruction of a entire group of people. Crickets

That all checks, but thought I should point out, that’s how you make kids.

You think that's bad? https://www.dvidshub.net/image/4742523/hurlburt-field-retires-ac-130-gunship "AC-130U Spooky gunship tail number A0253 retires at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 11, 2018. On Oct. 22, 1997, Spooky A0253 and another AC-130U established the C-130 record for longest sustained flight with a 36 hour, nonstop 8,000-mile flight from Hurlburt Field to Taegu Air Base, Republic of Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Spain)."

Wasn't really sure where to put this but on 21 April 2024 LtCol (ret) Sam Galloway flew West. Sam was the Navigator on the lead aircraft of the Operation Eagle Claw (Desert One) mission. Post AF he trained almost every MC-130H front ender that went through the FTU at Kirtland until he fully retired in 2011. Sam was a phenomenal instructor and also a genuinely fantastic human being, he'll be missed. Galloway, Sam | Gathering of Eagles Foundation (goefoundation.org)

Very distant relative. I remember hearing the story a long time ago as a kid. Randomly a couple days ago I called and thought to get clarity from another family member and found this. After my own service it takes on a whole new meaning. We had a great discussion how in 1949 when 12 O'clock High came out no one wanted to see or discuss the movie because the feelings were still so raw in the family. Only child. Yesterday I noticed today would have been his 100th birthday. Lt. Dunn and Crew Marshall Clyde Dunn was born on April 20, 1924, in Wichita County, Texas. He was the son of Clyde Stanley Dunn and Merle Sheldon Dunn. He was a graduate of the Electra High School and was a member of the band. He was attending Texas A & M when he enlisted in the Army Air Force. Marshall entered the service in February 1943 and had been overseas in October 1944. He served in the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on the B-17G #43-38699 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on February 6, 1945, when his airplane was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17G #43-38167 over France. That day, his crew took off from airfield station 134 in Eye, England, for a strategic mission to Chemnitz, Germany. Upon reaching 17,000 feet, his plane collided with B-17G #43-38167 piloted by Lt Schoenfield and crashed near Mittersheim. This resulted in the death of seven members of his crew; 3 survived and recovered. Sgt Johnston, who jumped around 3000 feet, indicated that the survivors were transferred to Nancy, then to Vittel, returned to Nancy, then Paris by rail, and finally returned to the UK in C-47 on February 11, 1945. 1Lt Dunn is now buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA. Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38699: Dunn, Marshall C ~ 1st Lt, Pilot Philley, Jack O ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot Baland, Helmer O ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator Horton, Fred H ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner Mayhew, Donald R ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, NY McKinney, Clarence H ~ T/Sgt, Mechanic Mulvihill, Edward J ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier The survivors were SSgt Dean R. Smith, SSgt George A. Naifeh, and SSgt Osvil F. Johnston.