17D_guy

Never was a leader, cared about this wonderful country or its people.

Sure seems like they dropped off here, must be busy building a cabin and searching Parlor for more evidence.

Ah, I misunderstood you. My bad. Only similar scenario I can think of is West Germany, kind of Russia. I've got no idea what happened to the hardline commies...

Well, I get to participate in my first protest. So I got that going for me.

I was thinking more drug cartels like they did in Mexico, but I wouldn't put money on it either way. Although...I don't think they'd do criminal courts for them if DPRK fell. Or did you mean something else and I can't read good.

I think on this often, since it has shadowed my whole adult life. Do you think if we hadn't done Iraq so soon after, we'd still be in the same quicksand? I don't think we would. I don't know if that parallel universe is better...but I'd sure like to see it.

Another update - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-cyber-microsoft-idUSKBN2951M9 SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code, the company says

Very rare to see those around.

Sorry all been taking a break w/ family this holiday season. Correct, there's federal guidelines about what passwords should be for government systems. Of course, commercial providers don't have to follow those. Never should it have been that easy. Everyone uses solarwinds, it's a product that does pretty well for what it is and I don't think it was that expensive either. The hackers could probably get wherever they wanted with these hacks. @Negatoryis correct in his estimation as well, though SIPR is generally well protected with the gaps, this was a Russian hack and they're no slouches. Million-dollar-question - what can be done. Domain wise, identifying the TTPs and indicators of compromise and finding and eradicating them. This is an expensive undertaking because of the avenues for persistence in a network with technology (SolarWinds) that's so deeply embedded. While it shows the US getting hacked...this is a problem for the entire world because of how far SolarWinds is used. This is worse than the OPM hack in my humble/not important opinion. Political-wise, a whole lot but it appears that the Pres has decided to do nothing/confuse everyone about it. I'll leave it at that for the politics thread. There needs to be something done about it, but we're waiting until the new Prez comes in I guess. I'd also add there could be stuff happening at higher classifications, but I have no access to that anymore and wouldn't put it here anyway. Sorry, misunderstood the question. A cyber red team is a team of hackers that you invite to hack you to prove your defenses and response capabilities. They're like red/adversary air in Red Flag, but with 1/0's. They generally are bound to certain activities in certain areas to make sure there's no extreme impact to operations. Unfortunately, this is usually mucked up by leaders to "not impact the exercise" so we never really lost email/phones/comms...which is among the first thing I'd degrade/disrupt/corrupt.

UT's current count, this is fine - Percent of all non-ICU Bed Occupied 55.2% Percent of all ICU Beds Occupied 99.4% (534/537) Percent of Referral Center ICU Beds Occupied 104.1% (480/461)

Oh, are you back on here? Seems like you bounced when every avenue for appealing on "fraud, hacking...uh...something" to get the election turned out to fail. I see you trotted out the, "everyone's emotional and lacks logic in argument" line again too. Well played.

No evidence of conspiracy to commit fraud on any scale. No evidence of fraud outside historical norms, which happens for both parties, AKA little that doesn't impact elections. Oh, and it gets investigated and prosecuted. Trumpists - "Nope, gotta burn it all down and make every state the same." Yet you guys still claiming individually you support the "Party of states rights, and the Constitution?" Did you think the TX lawsuit was a good idea too? And...you're willing to trust a signature on a absentee/mail-in-ballot? Holy dumb-shit rationalization Batman. Like I said before, get involved locally if you want to change things. Stay the fuck away from my State with your wasted ideas. We have mail in voting...it worked fine. Sounds like the same bullshit I heard about restricting Airmen because they COULD do something that makes the AF look bad. You know, the shit we all bitch about? The sand in your vag should be a pearl by now for you to wear to your next Q-anon dance party.

So, one thing that has stayed the same through all admin's that I've been an adult for - white supremacist/militia groups are the biggest threat of organized violence in our country. Which I think is interesting, since in the 1800's, to early 1900's it was anarchist groups/communists that were the larger threats.

I've tried to watch this film...it just doesn't do it for me. Lord of War, was just amazing. Not sure how @M2left off Con Air, or Gone in 60 seconds.

I got it, Tylenol took care of it.

I've had CC's that were toxic as shit, and still didn't pull this line. Then had great CC's otherwise, and said this. I don't get it. Wow. I had my first one in 2002, took hours at Travis hospital. Second one was in Omaha, and about would have been about this fast except they found the cause of pain was bone growth into the sciatic nerve from previous surgery site. I've got the worst mutant power. Well...fuck. Carl's Jr is so good though.

I have a high pain tolerance. I've had 2 back surgeries (thanks AF!) because of herniated discs (also thanks AF!). Unlike you I could not do pushups without debilitating pain...but I could do sit-ups/run. Pain is different for everyone...but 10/10 pain is not what you described. 10/10 pain is standing up from bed after sleeping, immediately falling to the ground and crawling while hyperventilating to where you keep your narcotics/opiates, choking some down (while possible dry heaving) and waiting for the numbness to set in. All you can think about is the pain, and breathing. Or, if you try to see if the pain is all in your head (as the docs suggested) and skip your 2nd of 3 daily doses of narcotics on your way to your Master's Class (thanks AF) and everyone's asking you what's wrong as your limp get worse and worse, you're flush and sweating for no reason. So you take 3x 300mg percocets (hope those kidneys last) and walk to your car where you take off your blouse to scream into it until they kick in. I'm not trying to "one up brah" but I read your comment and I don't get it. When I had 10/10 pain I was an asshole to the docs until I got what I needed to survive. I've had friends, officers, who failed PT test literally because of broken backs, fucked ankles/shoulders they tried to push through. We don't get flight docs, comm/cyber dudes are with the unwashed masses at the MDG. I would encourage you to work with any subordinates and bros to NOT push through the pain. As a little bit older dude...I didn't judge people based on their PT test failures. In a Sq leadership position I saw too many fuck-fuck games with PT tests to make a blanket statement like that. We are in a very selective environment with young and healthy people for the vast majority of our careers, and it blinds us to what hurt/injured people actually deal with and the majority of our citizenry deal with on the medical side. Legit, dealing with the pain those 2 instances was the only time suicide even entered my thoughts in 21 years service. Now as @HossHarrispoints out, I'm sure those experiences weighed in on my 100% disability (thanks VA)...but I'd much rather have a spine and feet, ankles, knees and hips well enough so I could run/walk fast without being out of commission an hour after finishing. My back led to the rest of my lower body literally wasting away.

Seems like a seamless upgrade. Good job!

I do, did you have a question about it?

Because it's not. You did what any good citizen would do, and most would do. Do you use the credit card applications you get in the mail with other people's names? Do you have any evidence to send to team-Trump that this is the downfall of our election? Ya'll want a perfect, and 100% secure process...we're humans, and democracy is dirty. There will always be issues.

This is a fantastic point. If he stays on message (which if you check his twitter...he will) the left will have that to point to for distraction for however long it lasts. His lackeys will also cause this to happen. The fracturing of the Conservatives will continue to weaken the voting base. It's not that weak now (re: House seats gained, kept Senate), but at some point there will probably be candidates Donny doesn't like..what happens then? These folks are clamoring for either Trump to run again in 2024, or his kids to. That's an automatic no from me and a lot of my friends. We all need to get involved in local government. Go to you city council meetings, volunteer at polling places, help with the elections. Most of the "fraud" is based on ignorance of the process. Saw the news that the "Dominion server crashed again!?!?!? maor fraud!" Nah, servers crash all the time. Hell all of Google was down a couple days ago. Being an educated citizen isn't just knowing the facts on here, it's getting involved in what impacts you locally.

and proving my point. Thanks!

Awesome. I didn't know she had that history with her Dad. She did Wonder Woman, which I thought was great mostly due to great character writing and heart. If there's anything a new Star Wars movie/show needs it's heart...I'm sure she can bring it. Very excited.

If you don't mind sharing, how much house did you get for that price?

Yea, the President can stop saying it was stolen and express confidence in the system with caveats for the non-election impacting amount of fraud that takes place. Otherwise, nope. Trumpists will continue to claim for all time that it was a robbery otherwise. Same as when you get a toxic leader anywhere, it sucks until they're actually gone, but if they've convinced the minions to be toxic...it last for a long-long time.