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6 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:
You’re waiving a bs flag at my college experience, one you don’t have any frame of reference to? Okay. At my school a few Poli Sci professors were attorneys, so unlike the peanut gallery of people who assume to the know the law, they actually did, unlike the Social Media Law School that most of the society apparently has recently gone to. According to this 2017 Pew Research Center Poll, Democrats are more educated than Republicans, with postgraduate experience being two-to-one ratio of Democrats to Republicans. Might explain why “it is a rare bird that doesn’t learn hard left.” Republicans apparently are not going to college.
https://www.people-press.org/2018/03/20/1-trends-in-party-affiliation-among-demographic-groups/
I have tons of "frame of reference" for college experience. And since you are a self proclaimed left leaning person, of course you didn't see any bias when you were in school because you were probably in total agreement with the sentiments expressed. I stand by my BS flag in it being possible to get through a US university program without being exposed to tons of left wing bias. I'm in a conservative part of the US, and it's still prevalent in all public universities here.
Maybe the pew study showed just how influential college professors, who lean far left, can be on young unsuspecting people. As to the end of your paragraph ... so you're saying there are lots of educated dumb asses running around?
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On 6/20/2020 at 10:18 PM, Sua Sponte said:
I was a Political Science major at a state college in Washington. Never once did I have professor try to impart some bias in class. I was also in my mid-30s when I graduated, so it would’ve been easier to see than compared to an 18-22 year old. I currently go to Georgetown for my masters and haven’t experienced a professor trying put a certain narrative towards a political ideology. In this day in age of the “woke” movement, professors are walking on egg shells trying not to offend anyone and possibly losing their jobs. I guess I could see a bias at an Ivy or Berkeley, but I haven’t observed that in my personal experience.
Waving the BS flag at this one. I am a business professor at a state university and most of my students tell me tales from across campus. Thankfully most business schools are grounded in reality unlike most of the liberal arts departments. I've spoken to many of my colleagues across campus, and it is a rare bird that doesn't lean hard left (further than the few left leaning flyers on here) and most make sure their students know about it. I stay away from topics other than information systems and accounting unless a student comes to me and specifically wants to discuss political or social issues.
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22 hours ago, CharlieHotel47 said:
Dude... I hooked and faired 8 “TO THE BALLERs” rides in T6s. Never put on flying Cap but was close to it. Always managed to get Es on all my check rides. Things would always click by my 2check.
Not everyone learns at the same pace. Some bros learn quickly and crush it from the beginning. Others, like my self... took a little longer. Stay motivated and keep moving forward.
At least your not taking the easy way out which is to DOR like I hear some STUDs in the new class have done already.
Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile appDoes DOR mean the same as an SIE (self initiated elimination)?
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On 6/20/2020 at 11:57 AM, Sua Sponte said:
Better than peanut butter like the French.
Yeah, definitely better than that. The French just make me think "light in the loafers" when I hear them speak.
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On 5/1/2020 at 10:42 AM, Hopefulflyer389 said:
Scots always sound inebriated, even when stone sober. I'm 1/2 Scot, thanks to my mom, but holy shit they sound like they have marbles in their mouth when they speak.
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I think a way better response than what other senior AF officials have put out there. No solutions offered if you're looking for that, but it does end with a call for dialogue.
Sorry, I didn't see another place to put this yet, so I kept the thread off topic.
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2 hours ago, 17D_guy said:
Read the history on the 17th Amendment. Wiki's got a good summary, and I'm fine with it aftewards.
Its the typical reaction we see with bureaucracies, someone shits the bed, everyone wears diapers. A couple of states allowed shenanigans to happen so we decided to edit sound procedure (intended to give states power in the Senate (to appoint and to immediately recall if they failed in their duty) and the general population the power in the House). I'm surprised it got through the rigorous process to become an amendment but from 1913-1919 they ratified 3 poorly thought through amendments (XVI - income taxes, VXII - senators, and XVIII - booze).
Also: someone needs to break trumps thumbs so he can't tweet
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12 minutes ago, Waingro said:
I watched the videos. Nothing new there. She incorrectly states at 1:35 or so that the number or representatives is "based entirely on population." This is false due to the Permanent Apportionment Act or 1929. We have been capped at 538 electoral votes ever since despite having grown just a tiny little bit as a country since then (it used 1910 population numbers.) Because of this act, a Wyoming vote is worth 3.7 times as much for a presidential election than a California vote. Artificially. Due to a law that is only 91 years old. Constitutional purists trip all over themselves to invoke the founding fathers but they always let this one slide.
The Wyoming Rule theory of distribution would appear to bring us back closer to true electoral college parity. Hopefully we see something like that soon.
You seem to be a proponent of the electoral college as written, so I'm curious to hear an argument as to why an artificial cap on electoral delegates makes sense in the context of the constitution?
The population statement isn't false and votes are still redistributed based on census populations every 10 years. The total number is capped at 435 but states can and do lose votes as populations change. It's still based on population counts in each state. For example my home state of TN has seen a high of 12 electoral votes and a low of 10 electoral votes and right now we are at 11. We are a republic, and hopefully will remain so and not transition into a direct democracy. Also, repeal the 17th amendment!
Another example: CA has grown from 13 EV in 1928 to 55 currently
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44 minutes ago, Stitch said:
Put say... 6-9 T-6's at each MAF base like the old ACE program from YEARS ago. When I was a young maintainer at a SAC base in 1981 and we had something like 4-6 T-37s, for all the young Buff and -135 newbys to get some extra stick time. Why wouldn't such a program succeed today?
The ACE program was a great program for getting young SAC crews great experience and confidence with minimal expense compared to paying for hours in their primary jet. I wore out the Tweet when I was in ACE back in the mid to late 1980s. Flew that sucker to all four corners of the US in my time in ACE (Loring AFB, Homestead AFB, NAS Miramar, and NAS Whidbey island (t&g and RONed at Fairchild)). All different trips with different Co's planning and flying it all. Not much better experience to be had for young pilots and once we were off station we flew VFR at times as well as the official IFR flight plans that were "encouraged".
It would still be a great inexpensive way to build hours and experience for today's MAF and even crewed CAF pilots.
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I thought we booted out of training all of the saudi douchebags
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It's always Boston, Kansas, Bad Company, the Eagles, Head East, Doobie Brothers, CCR, and Three Dog Night
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The democrats are hell bent on keeping Trump as POTUS. I can't believe they are dicking this up again so badly, but they continue to slide further and further left and can't help themselves. Welcome to 4 more years of the "orange man". He wasn't my pick, but I'll take him again any day over the dems top two.
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If I had ever had a cup of joe from that coffee maker, there would be some serious non-judicial punishment administered to said airman that would potentially get me thrown in jail.
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6 hours ago, Marty - Trident Home Loans said:
Very excited to let you guys know that we are rapidly expanding the states we are licensed in so we can better serve your needs. Let Jon or myself know if we can do anything for you. Thank you for the loyalty and trust you've placed in us! It's truly an honor to serve such an amazing group of service members!
Marty
I'm surprised y'all were able to get licensed in AL. I heard you had to have proof of marriage to a sister or first cousin to be licensed there.
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2 hours ago, war007afa said:
So I’ll be the asshole.
I know plenty of dead guys who are dead because they played by the rules. They didn’t pose with bodies, or kill prisoners, or fire where the risk of harm to civilians existed (or in the case of the Army Lieutenant, specifically target then).
And their honor on the battlefield under the established rules of “civilized” warfare is why some of them aren’t with us anymore.
They don’t get a pardon. They’ll pay their sentence for eternity for playing by the rules.
Seems like an injustice to pardon those who went out of their way to break the rules which played a part in the deaths of great men.
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That's my issue with what we are doing ... "civilized" warfare. Screw that, warfare isn't civilized and sending fighters/warriors in with dangerous rules of engagement is ridiculous. Use diplomats to talk and work with each other to come to a resolution. If that's impossible use the stupid UN which we pretty much fully fund to "monitor". And if that still gets us no satisfaction and it's worth a bloody fight, then fight. Once the decision makers make the call for war, it should be war. If it's not worth fighting, don't start kinetic action and don't send our people into harms way.
I don't know all of the facts in any of the three most recent cases (I've read the news but there are always 2 or more sides to every story) but still think the bar should be incredibly high to prosecute someone for war crimes. Dumbass stunts like posing for pictures with a dead guy aren't war crimes even if they show a lack of sound judgement. And, overzealousness in shooting who you think are bad guys, doesn't translate to a "reprehensible" crime to me.
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The whole situation with sending our men and women into harms way, and then judging them like we would a police officer here in the US, is complete feces. I'll side with the American soldier having to make a judgement call under duress every time. It would have to be so egregious that there was no doubt for me to even consider holding someone accountable to the extent of jail time (or even a reduction in rank). Don't send warriors into situation where you really want police or social workers.
Note: I'm not talking about the obvious war crimes like rape or simply killing everyone you come across for "fun".
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I tried for about 5 years to buy one of the Tweets in the boneyard. Contacted my Senator, some other DOD folks I know, etc with absolutely no luck. Even contacted the State Department about the possibility and it was pretty much a no-go unless the US eventually decided to sell them as scrap.
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As soon as I saw that dude I wondered what his thought process was. "Hum, lets see, I'm a goofy looking bastard and I'm not having any luck finding a girlfriend, I wonder if I turn myself into a heinous looking woman if I'll have any luck?"
And, yes I know I'm a big goofy looking bastard myself, but I know better than to imagine myself as a woman.
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4 hours ago, N730 said:
What are you talking about? There is no room for reasonable discussion. You are either on one team or the other!!!!! Who cares about the country if your team doesn't win???
I'm kidding of course, but it's amazing how many people think this way. I've been called a "libtard socialist" just because I dared to criticize Trump and I've been called a "Trumpster" if I gave any credit to Trump for anything decent that's happened in the past 3 years. It's absurd.
I just want corruption to be investigated, congress to learn about compromise, corporate money out of politics, and for the judiciary to be apolitical, but I guess that makes me an enemy to both parties.
This big time ^^.... I've been called the same from both sides, and I am way right of most so called conservatives today.
The current POTUS is a DA in so many ways but many things he has accomplished are worth affirming. And while he is self serving, much like most of the past presidents have been, I think he really does love our country and I'm not sure I can say that about the immediate past guy.
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3 hours ago, brawnie said:
Do you not like people showing emotion? Maybe his views don’t mesh with everyone’s but I respect that he actually shows how he feels in regards to some comments, as opposed to just being politically correct and staying quiet.
I'm good with emotion, but his whole speech was about getting rid of name calling and division and led off with jokes about POTUS. He stooped and got down in the mud, which is good in war and barroom brawls, but not before a speech about bipartisanship and working together. Just my opinion.
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Some initial cheap shots (even if deserved) that kind of diminished an otherwise excellent speech.
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9 hours ago, brwwg&b said:
Slackline, I'm with you. Amazing how people are quick to attack a child vs being impressed by the conviction present and taking the suggestion to educate themselves on the matter. How many others (age irrelevant) would sail themselves across an ocean to pursue one's motivations? If I had a commander who sounded half as interested in something bigger than themselves vs just CYA mentality, it would solve alot of problems...
It is very possible to be a convicted moron though. Having conviction and interest don't necessarily mean you know shit about the topic.
I'm all for attacking ideas but think it is inappropriate to attack/denigrate the messenger regardless of age or mental acuity. Though in this case, her parents threw her to the wolves.
As to the message ... Of course our climate is changing, as it has since the planet was formed. But the fear mongering and claims that humans are the main cause of it, is ludicrous and has no actual scientific (observable, quantifiable, and repeatable) evidence for support. The people who benefit from declaring that man is primarily responsible for climate change include everyone funded to study it, the Al Gore types who sell carbon offsets, the sellers of "sustainable energy" that takes more energy to produce than it offsets (e.g. windmills), etc.
I'm all for us being more socially responsible and better stewards of our planet but I don't advocate using fear to manipulate and exploit. Lets continue to study and develop more efficient technologies that will reduce pollution. And, lets start with cleaning our oceans, which to me are the true tangible evidence of mans disregard for our planet. The Pacific's garbage patch is bigger than Texas!
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I don't know this commander so just my thoughts about surveys in general.
I cringed a little at the survey. While there were definitely some critical comments there were also plenty of positive comments and ratings. I'm a university professor and we receive student ratings/surveys every semester and this sort of reminded me of one of those. Each semester there is the one student who thinks I was an ass for failing them and I get the 1 star across the board rating and associated snarky comments, and then there is the one student, who on paper anyway, claims I walked on water and was the best ever. I'd hate for my job to rest on the results of an anonymous survey.
So, I'd hope the fire/relieve of command decision was based on more than just a survey with people whining about being made to do their job and not feeling supported. I get the human relationship aspect of command but some of the comments sounded like people needing s hug.
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I'm hoping Jeff is still the great guy he was in UPT even as a 4 star. He was a classmate in UPT and the last time I spoke to him he was still grounded, but of course I'm not one of his troops. I noticed the one guy calls him Harrigan instead of his actual name.
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It's the Gawd damned 4th of July. I love my country
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I've read a couple of opinion pieces from fellow NFLers as well as an interview, and they all said basically what B.L wrote. He's good enough to be a third stringer at most teams (maybe even second at some) but the top/big pay he is demanding and the drama he would bring to the team aren't worth it to any team.