The Frankish Reich Posted Saturday at 08:12 PM Author Posted Saturday at 08:12 PM 1 hour ago, JDHillFan said: Seems like a good idea. Article is closing in on 2 years old. Any thoughts on why the previous administration had no interest? As you well know, Democrats tend to resist privatization. (Not always that way; it was Jimmy Carter's primary domestic achievement.) But it ought to be - and traditionally was - the knee-jerk reaction of Republicans when something related to a government function failed. Will it still be? Depends on if the Musk wing or the Bannon wing wins I guess. 1
BillsFanNC Posted Saturday at 08:28 PM Posted Saturday at 08:28 PM The private sector can do it better than the government? No friggin way!
Orlando Buffalo Posted Saturday at 09:31 PM Posted Saturday at 09:31 PM 2 hours ago, 4th&long said: I'm not talking about sports as shole. You are talking about innate abilities, and your belief in tabula rasa has been debated and basically proven wrong by any serious look. Mental abilities and physical abilities are the same in that you must be born with certain abilities. Let me ask a straight forward question: do you think a person with an IQ of 90 could handle the workload of a CEO of a fortune 500 company? 1
SCBills Posted Saturday at 11:47 PM Posted Saturday at 11:47 PM (edited) Everything always has to be so weird. I don’t want to believe this is anything, but they took days to release her name, scrubbed her accounts and she’s a Biden White House aide. I don’t want to believe it’s anything, so I won’t, but it’s obviously going to drive narrative because nothing can ever just be normal. Im 99.9% sure it’s probably nothing. So why scrub accounts? Waiting days, sure.. the family should be consulted and they finally agreed to release her name. But scrubbing social media.. ok. Edited Saturday at 11:48 PM by SCBills 1
4th&long Posted Saturday at 11:59 PM Posted Saturday at 11:59 PM 10 minutes ago, SCBills said: Everything always has to be so weird. I don’t want to believe this is anything, but they took days to release her name, scrubbed her accounts and she’s a Biden White House aide. I don’t want to believe it’s anything, so I won’t, but it’s obviously going to drive narrative because nothing can ever just be normal. Im 99.9% sure it’s probably nothing. So why scrub accounts? Waiting days, sure.. the family should be consulted and they finally agreed to release her name. But scrubbing social media.. ok. With trumps base? Are you serious? Trump just mentions DEI and they have been jerking off for 3 days. 2
stinky finger Posted Sunday at 12:52 AM Posted Sunday at 12:52 AM 9 hours ago, Roundybout said: Your president and VP blamed minorities for the crash. Sit down. Not exactly. Being powerless must be killing you. Things are getting on track. Chin up, sparky.
Homelander Posted Sunday at 04:02 AM Posted Sunday at 04:02 AM 30 minutes ago, SCBills said: Everything always has to be so weird. I don’t want to believe this is anything, but they took days to release her name, scrubbed her accounts and she’s a Biden White House aide. I don’t want to believe it’s anything, so I won’t, but it’s obviously going to drive narrative because nothing can ever just be normal. Im 99.9% sure it’s probably nothing. So why scrub accounts? Waiting days, sure.. the family should be consulted and they finally agreed to release her name. But scrubbing social media.. ok. Even with Fox News's talent in charge, you remain paranoid.
sherpa Posted Sunday at 10:46 AM Posted Sunday at 10:46 AM On 1/31/2025 at 9:39 PM, Homelander said: Aviation shows no mercy - regardless of gender, even a small oversight can be fatal. The point is that in both of the cases I mentioned, during the accident investigation, it was revealed that their training records indicated substandard performance to a level that historically would have disqualified them. Those training records are not passed along. In Hultgren's case, she had trouble in the F-14 training squadron prior to being assigned a fleet squadron, and since it's at the same base, most people knew and in had been discussed. In the second situation, his record in the training command was not known to anyone in our squadron. We were on our second one week long workup prior to our seven month cruise. He had trouble during day flights on the first workup and was not ever scheduled for a night flight from Kitty Hawk. On this second workup, the plan was to get him two day sorties. It those were OK, he was to get a night flight the following evening. If they didn't, he was going to be removed from the squadron. I had never seen that applied to anyone else. He died when he had an approach turn stall during his second day flight. The airplane departed controlled flight at about 300' altitude and he ejected nearly inverted at about 250' and was killed when he hit the water. Again, in both situations the training performance to that point was significantly below what been disqualification.
Joe Ferguson forever Posted Sunday at 02:09 PM Posted Sunday at 02:09 PM 16 hours ago, Orlando Buffalo said: do you think a person with an IQ of 90 could handle the workload of a CEO of a fortune 500 company? nope. you're not up to it. 1 1
Roundybout Posted Sunday at 02:17 PM Posted Sunday at 02:17 PM 13 hours ago, stinky finger said: Not exactly. Being powerless must be killing you. Things are getting on track. Chin up, sparky. Is turning our back on our neighbor and ending Pax Americana what you call “getting on track?” Is that the marching order you’ve received?
BillsFanNC Posted Sunday at 02:25 PM Posted Sunday at 02:25 PM On January 30, 2025, a day after the crash, Trump was asked if race or gender played a role. He responded, “It may have, I don’t know. Incompetence might have played a role, we’ll let you know that, 1
Orlando Buffalo Posted Sunday at 03:42 PM Posted Sunday at 03:42 PM 1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: nope. you're not up to it. So you think 4th and long is 100% wrong, cool. Your 4th grade insult actually proves my point while showing how immature you are, quite the two for one. 1
Joe Ferguson forever Posted Sunday at 03:50 PM Posted Sunday at 03:50 PM (edited) 8 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said: So you think 4th and long is 100% wrong, cool. Your 4th grade insult actually proves my point while showing how immature you are, quite the two for one. i think nurture and nature vary in influence especially at the extremes. People with exceptional genetics for certain talents are less reliant on nurture. people with far below average inherited skills are much more dependent on nurture. but overall, people with exceptional genetics achieve better outcomes, in part because their parents also did and are also better able to afford top nurturing programs, especially schools. Edited Sunday at 03:52 PM by Joe Ferguson forever
SCBills Posted Sunday at 03:51 PM Posted Sunday at 03:51 PM Can we all agree that common consensus seems to be that: -We don’t know if “DEI” was responsible for this specific incident. -We do know DEI has been a major issue in the FAA. 1
Orlando Buffalo Posted Sunday at 03:53 PM Posted Sunday at 03:53 PM 1 hour ago, Roundybout said: Is turning our back on our neighbor and ending Pax Americana what you call “getting on track?” Is that the marching order you’ve received? Pax Americana is dead because of Biden, not Trump. Trump has zero wars and Biden could not stop the 3 that happened.
Joe Ferguson forever Posted Sunday at 03:57 PM Posted Sunday at 03:57 PM 4 minutes ago, SCBills said: We don’t know if “DEI” was responsible for this specific incident yes, agreed. and therefore we can agree that trump's comments shortly after the event was totally inappropriate.
B-Man Posted Sunday at 03:59 PM Posted Sunday at 03:59 PM Truth is never inappropriate. Trump Was Right: FAA Turned Away Qualified Controllers Over Race by Matt Margolis On Thursday, while addressing Thursday’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump blasted both the Obama and Biden administrations for prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation. "I put safety first. Obama, Biden, and the Democrats put policy first, and they put politics at a level that nobody's ever seen," Trump told reporters in the White House briefing room. Democrats and the mainstream media were outraged. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/31/trump-was-right-faa-turned-away-qualified-controllers-over-race-n4936558#google_vignette
Orlando Buffalo Posted Sunday at 04:02 PM Posted Sunday at 04:02 PM 3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: i think nurture and nature vary in influence especially at the extremes. People with exceptional genetics for certain talents are less reliant on nurture. people with far below average inherited skills are much more dependent on nurture. but overall, people with exceptional genetics achieve better outcomes, in part because their parents also did and are also better able to afford top nurturing programs, especially schools. So I am right and 4th is wrong. I agree with what you say here, but will expand a little further. High level parents don't let their children around low level kids if they can help it. High level parents sacrifice time and money to ensure their kids have the right example and surroundings. The only thing that 4th is correct about is that effort almost always outweighs talent, but talent plus effort will win.
SCBills Posted Sunday at 04:03 PM Posted Sunday at 04:03 PM 5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: yes, agreed. and therefore we can agree that trump's comments shortly after the event was totally inappropriate. Yea, wasn’t a fan of that. The broader point could have been made, but that’s not what he did initially. 1
Joe Ferguson forever Posted Sunday at 04:07 PM Posted Sunday at 04:07 PM 4 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said: . The only thing that 4th is correct about is that effort almost always outweighs talent, but talent plus effort will win. no, do not agree. read what I wrote.
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