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With great pleasure. What a chode. Edit: I flagged it too. I had to go under "infringes my rights" and "other legal claim." You can also claim "scams/fraud" or "graphic sexual activity."

I am going to learn how to use a firearm this summer and I am wondering if any of you guys have a lot of experience with a Colt 38. I am mostly worried about recoil because I do not want to be that dumbass that gets on Youtube because I got hit in the nose with the barrel on the kickback. Also, would learning how to shoot a Colt 38 be beneficial for what we learn how to fire in Field Training?

What are the chances the U-2 will be operational beyond 2015? It is a big part of the reason why I got interested in aviation, but I have a long way to go. Is it unlikely that I would ever get to pursue time in the U-2 or is it possible it keeps getting service life extensions?

Somehow the $5 he probably saved in taxes was worth the hundreds of dollars he probably spent creating his fake credentials and purchasing the uniform.

It would have been cheaper to move to New Hampshire.

Amish man accused of sending lewd photos to girl. I am going to guess he mailed her oil paintings.

Man hiding in portable toilet at a yoga festival is still on the loose. How could they give an accurate description if he was covered in poo? Anyways, this guy is in some deep shit when (if) he gets caught.

Analogies almost always follow a cookie cutter set of relationships: Synonyms (plot:conspire) Antonyms (hot:cold) Homonyms (pail:pale) Types of measurements (distance:mile) Locations in, at, or near (Hartford:Connecticut) Numerical (ten:dime) Cause-Effect (burn:blister) Whole-Part (tire:car) Objects and their purpose (pen:write) Objects and their users (lure:fisherman) Creator-Creation (author:novel) Raw material-final product (yarn:scarf) Female-Male (cow:bull) General-Specifics (flower:rose) Large-Small (ocean:lake) More-Less (hot:warm) Early-Later stages (larva:pupa) Singular-Plural Nouns(goose:geese) Singular-Plural Pronouns (she:they) Nominative-Objective Pronouns (he:him) First Person-Third Person (we:they) Tense of Verbs (fly:flown) Comparative Adjectives (bad:worse) Superlative Adjectives (little:least) Noun-Adjectve (dog:canine) Adjective-Adverb (good:well) Also note that the order of words is very important. The two words in the second pair must be in the same sequence as the first. Mixing them up would negate the relationship.

We could probably save a ton of money by tightening restrictions on earned income credit. They really need to simplify the tax code. I would like it if the first $20,000 was not taxed and anything else was 20% with no deductions. Corporations would get taxed the same, but dividends would be a deductible expense (no sense in getting taxed twice). As far as the Federal Government goes, it should only be Defense, very limited Treasury, Infrastructure, and Justice.

Important suffixes to know: Able= able (pliable, returnable) Al= belonging to (legal, regal) Ance, ence= state of (abundance, indulgence) Ate= one who (candidate, advocate) Cy= State or position of (adequacy, presidency) Ence= State of (presence, credence) Escent= becoming (adolescent, putrescent) Fy= make (beautify, sanctify) Ic, id= of or like (bucolic, acrid) Il, ile= capable of being (evil, servile) Ion= act of (desperation, perspiration) Ious= characterized by (spacious, illustrious) Ish= like (boyish, foolish) Ive= relating to (abusive, plaintive) Ness= quality of (willingness, shrewdness) Ous, ose= full of (ponderous, verbose) Some= characteristic of (loathsome, fearsome) Y= full of (unruly, showy)

I tried Googling and could only find articles from a few years ago. My detachment commander had a list of languages, but it was outdated. Thanks for the number though. I hope they can answer what "other languages" means exactly in regards to importance.

Important prefixes to know: A, ab, abs= from or away (avert, abjure, absent) Ad= to (adhere). By assimilation, ad takes the forms of a, ac, af, al, an, ap, as, and at (aspire, accord, affect, allude, annex, appeal, assume, and attract) Ante, anti= before (antedate, anticipate) Anti= against (antidote, antislavery) Arch= first or chief (archangel, archenemy) Bi= two (bilateral, bisect) Circum= around (circumnavigate, circumvent) Com, con, col, cor, co= together (commit, concord, collect, correct, co-worker) Contra, contro, counter= against (contradict, controvert, counteract) De= down or away from (descend, depart, describe) Dis, di, dif= apart or not (dissension, division, diffident) Equi= equal (equinox, equivalent) Ex, e, ef= out of or from (extract, eject, efface) Hyper= too much (hypercritical, hypersensitive) Hypo= too little (hypochondriac, hypodermic) In, il, im, ir= into, in, on (invade, illustrate, immerse, irritate) In, il, im, ir= not (indistinct, illegal, impossible, irresponsible) Inter, intro= between or among (interpose, introduce) Mal, mis= bad (malevolent, mistreat) Non= not (nonentity, nonconformist) Ob, of, op= against (obviate, offend, oppose) Omni= all (omniscient, omnipresent) Ortho= straight (orthodox, orthopedic) Pan= all (pantheism) Peri= around (perimeter, periscope) Poly= many (polygon, polygamy) Post= after (postpone, postmortem) Pre= before (predict, preliminary) Pro= forward (proceed, provide) Re= back or again (recur, recede) Se= apart (seduce, sedition) Sub= under (submarine, subversion) Super= above or beyond (superpose, supernatural) Syn, sym= with or at the same time (synonymous, sympathetic) Trans= across (transcontinental, transmit) Un= not (unaware, uninformed) Uni= one (unanimous, uniform) Vice= instead of (vice-chancellor, viceroy)

Does anyone have the current list of languages in demand and how often do they change? Mongolian is my native language and I would like to know if the AF currently pays for proficiency in it.

I would be completely on board with that kind of initiative. I would also suggest that we push people to study more trades (auto repair, electrician, ect) while unemployed. Only give benefits to those willing to work in your suggested system or if they are willing to learn a trade and work in those industries. I understand because we live in an imperfect world. There are plenty of jobs out there now, but people refuse to swallow their pride and accept certain jobs after being laid off. Instead they just accept their ninety-nine weeks of free money and hope everything miraculously improves so they can get their old job and benefits back. I do not know where this sense of entitlement developed, but it is making the situation worse than it would have been.

Important word roots to know Ag, act= do or act (agent, counteract) Alt= high (altitude, altar) Am= friend or love (amity, amorous) Aper= open (aperture, aperient) Apt= fit (adapt, aptitude) Bas= low (debase, basement) Bell= war (bellicose, antebellum) Ben= good (benevolent, benefactor) Brev= short (brevity, abbreviation) Cad, cas, cid= fall (cadence, casualty, incident) Cand= white, shining (candid, candidate) Cap, capt, cept= take or hold (capable, captive, intercept) Ced, cess= yield or go (cede, procession) Celer= swift (celerity, accelerate) Clin= lean or bend (inclination, recline) Clud, clus= close or shut (conclude, recluse) Curr, curs= run (current, cursory) Dic, dict= speak or say (indicate, contradict) Dign= worthy (dignity, indignant) Duc, duct= lead (induce, ductile) Equ= equal (equity, equanimity) Fac, fact, fect, fic= make or do (facile, factory, infection, fiction) Fer= bear or carry (fertile, confer) Fid= faith or trust (confide, infidelity) Fin= end (infinite, final) Flect, flex= bend (reflect, flexible) Fort= strong (fortitude, fortify) Frag, fract= break (fragile, fracture) Fug= flee (fugitive, refugee) Gen= kind, race, birth (generate, generic, generation) Grad, gress= step or go (graduate, digress) Grat= pleasing (gratitude, congratulate) Integr= entire or whole (integrate, integral) Ject= throw (inject, projection) Junct= join (conjunction, juncture) Lat= carry (translation, dilate) Leg, lig, lect= Choose or gather (legible, eligible, collect) Liber= free (liberate, libertine) Loc= place (dislocate, local) Luc, lum= light (translucent, illuminate) Magn= great (magnitude, magnificent) Man= hand (manufacture, manual) Micro= small (microscope, microfilm) Migr= wander (migrate, immigration) Mit, miss= send (admit, submission) Mon= advise or remind (admonish, monument) Mort= death (immortality, mortal) Mult= many (multitude, multifarious) Mut= change (mutation, transmute, immutable) Nat= born (natal, innate) Neg= deny (negate, renege) Nov= new (novelty, novice, innovation) Oper= work (cooperation, operate) Pel, puls= drive (compel, expulsion) Pet= seek (impetus, petition) Plic= fold or bend (complicate, implicate) Pon, pos= place or put (component, compose) Port= carry or bring (porter, import) Poten= powerful (potentate, impotent) Prot= first (protagonist, prototype) Quer, quir, quis, ques= ask or seek (query, inquiry, inquisition, quest) Reg, rig, rect= rule or govern (regent, rigid, corrective) Rupt= break (rupture, erupt, interruption) Sci, scio= know (conscious, omniscient) Scrib, script= write (describe, prescription) Sec, sect= cut (bisect, secant) Sent, sens= feel or think (sentiment, sensible) Sequ, secut= follow (sequel, consecutive) Solv, solu= loosen (dissolve, absolution) Spec, spect, spic= look or appear (specimen, prospect, conspicuous) Stat, stab= stand (status, stability) Teg, tect= cover (tegument, detect) Ten, tain= hold or reach (tenant, tension, retain) Term= end (terminal, terminate) Tract= draw (attract, extract) Umbra= shade (umbrella, umbrage) Urb= city (suburb, urban) Vac= empty (vacate, evacuation) Val, vail= be strong (valid, prevail) Ven, vent= come (convene, prevention) Ver= true (veracity, aver) Vert, vers= turn (convert, reverse)

Poorly directed question, but the rest of your post addressed what I was driving at (what exactly is Congress doing?): "2." The government has enveloped an entire sub-society habituated on handouts which ultimately serves as a large percentage of voters.

I am just in ROTC so I am out of the loop, but how exactly are they helping the situation? From the article: Gee, thanks for the sacrifice. Maybe I am missing it, but where does it say they are going to take cuts to their pay and benefits?

If deferred and in-kind benefits are not plausible anymore, what about giving people more choice and flexibility for their benefits? Since most do not stay in the full twenty years, could Congress adjust compensation to provide more money up front? I think a continuum-of-service model would help personnel move through active duty, reserve duty, and civilian careers with more ease. I just think it is more pragmatic to promote more choice and flexibility in how people in the military accept their benefits.

Sky_King. Maybe he is concerned about being busted before the DADT repeal.

I was always told that something is not gay unless the balls touch. Do not move in for a hug and you should be in good shape.

I expect all of the blatant douchewagons I interact with to have game. You know, be able to give back as much as they take. Not intramural type game, but real skills. Dave1 could not deliver and his "I know you are, but what slightly differentiated version of that insult am I" defense was a bore. Maybe he was on the verge of a breakdown, but I do not think it would have been that entertaining.

Who is "we" and why should anyone here care what you (collectively) think? Picking on the Eagle guys is dangerous. No one will like you because you are dangerous.

I am kind of relieved their tour is suspended indefinitely. If they are performing when the DADT repeal goes into effect, everyone will be forced to watch the Tops In Blue reproduction of Hair.

Do those have as high of weight tolerances as the GrizzlyStik arrows? Are they the multi-direction woven carbon type? A conversation better suited for "Harpoon Hunting."

I cannot speak for all left-brained individuals, but I always found word analogies to be the hardest to prepare for. Because I might be a weirdo, I have a list of words that appear often on all standardized tests to help the language deficient people like me. I hope someone can benefit from the labor of love this list has been: Abolish, abridge, abstemious, accent, accent(ed), accolade, acquiesce, affirmation, amass, ambivalence(ambivalent), ambulatory, ameliorate, amity, anchor, antediluvian, ascendancy, atrophy. Bane(ful), bizarre, blunder, bungle, burgeon. Capitulate(capitulation), capricious, clemency, coalesce(nce), cohere(nt), compress(ion), confide(ntial), confound, congeal, contaminate(contaminant), converge, convivial, copious, corroborate, corrugated, corrupt(ion), cursory. Daunt, dauntless, debilitate, deplete, discrepancy, disentangle, dsputatious(dispute), distend(distention), drawback. Efface, effervesce(nt), enhance, enigmatic, ephemeral, equilibrium, euphonious(euphony), evacuate, evanescent, expedite(expeditious), expendable(expenditures), exclude. Facilitate, fallow, fertile, flourish(flower), fraudulent, fruitful(fruitless). Garner, guile. Hackneyed, hefty, hideous, hilarity, humane, hypocrisy(hypocritical). Innocuous, irascible. Jettison. Kindle. Leniency(lenient), levity(levitate), listless. Maladroit, mitigate, mobile, munificent, munificence, myriad. Nefarious. Obscure(obscurity), opaque(opacity). Parsimony, paucity, penury, peripheral(periphery), placate, precise(precision), premature, premeditated, prevalent, proclivity, prodigal(prodigious), profuse(profusion), pulverize(d). Rant, recalcitrant, recant, replete, rescind, reverse, ruffle, rupture. Saccharine, salubrious, somber, specify(specificity), spurn, squander, stymie, subtle, summary, summon, sumptuous, surreptitious(ly). Tantamount, tenacious(tenacity), transience(transient), turbulence. Venturesome, viable, vibrancy(vibrant), vilification, virulence(virulent). Whet. Zany. When I have more time, I can create a list of the most important prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Becoming familiar with all of this helped me out a lot, so I am just throwing it out there for the rest of you.