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Sometimes the jokes just write themselves (nm)
Posted on: January 31, 2025 at 07:45:03 CT
hefeweizen
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hefe, got your wish. The helicopter pilot was a woman.
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TigerMatt
KC
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1/31 07:09:20
She was hot after getting blown up, was she hot before?(nm)
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Eggs
MU
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1/31 07:59:47
Well, she was a female pilot. So probably not.
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AllThingsKC
KC
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1/31 08:42:12
This is the question (nm)
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mizzouSECedes
STL
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1/31 08:25:56
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves (nm)
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hefeweizen
MU
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1/31 07:45:03
Pete Hegseth right now
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Bosalphus
KC
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1/31 07:49:03
yep, it completely validates his point (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:49:51
not a surprise... when standards are lowered to check boxes
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:37:30
That's quite the leap
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Wildcat
KSU
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1/31 08:49:22
your interpretation of what I wrote is certainly a leap (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:54:00
I applied your broad statement to the specific topic alluded
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Wildcat
KSU
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1/31 09:05:44
Careful, you going to be labeled a demlib if you keep
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 09:11:19
Do you have proof that this is an example of standards
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 08:56:58
The DoD made "DEI" a top priority under the Biden admin...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:02:38
RE: The DoD made "DEI" a top priority under the Biden admin...
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 09:27:36
it couldn't have been too long ago, given her relatively
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:36:42
So you have no idea
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 10:00:10
wrong... I explained why she's most likely a Biden era
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zounami
MU
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1/31 10:03:54
RE: wrong... I explained why she's most likely a Biden era
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 10:08:27
she was recruited under DEI policies & standards, and now
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zounami
MU
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1/31 10:09:54
lol(nm)
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 10:14:20
Do you have proof that this female pilot went through
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 09:04:03
highlander made an excellent point about this...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:05:30
Neither you or Highlander know in this case
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Wildcat
KSU
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1/31 09:06:55
by "the normal ones" do you mean the merit-based, non-DEI
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:14:55
She made about 249 previous flights
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 09:29:06
impressive... didn't kill dozens of people until her 250th
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:35:24
making stuff up
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sks
MU
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1/31 10:18:11
wrong, and highlander made an excellent point about this...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 13:48:29
You're only proving my point
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Wildcat
KSU
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1/31 09:16:49
we'll never know with absolute 100% certainty...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:18:12
Your deductive reasoning skills
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 09:30:40
I oppose racial discrimination in all forms. Period. (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:36:01
I do as well
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 09:54:25
Then you should oppose DEI, as I do (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:56:32
Have I ever said I agree with it?
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 09:58:40
you defend and rationalize it... not a good look (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 10:04:49
I have not defended it
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 10:07:00
You can just say no. It was a pretty direct question. (nm)
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 09:06:51
Being a female does nothing to reduce the standards
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StaleyTiger
MU
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1/31 08:48:59
The fact that some women can do the job as well as
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alwaysright
MU
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1/31 14:40:09
yet here we are, with 67 people dead...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:55:50
Answer the follow up question. Because DH's post assumes
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 08:57:32
highlander made an excellent point about this...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:05:18
Again, that didn't answer the very direct question (nm)
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 09:10:06
it did actually... work on your reading comprehension (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:16:04
isnt that how you have children?
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colonel angus beef
KC
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1/31 08:38:50
He was forced into having DEI children because
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Carlos Rossi
KC
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1/31 09:15:47
One of my friends from high school was a helicopter
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tgr
MU
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1/31 08:38:31
RE: not a surprise... when standards are lowered to check boxes
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sks
MU
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1/31 08:37:38
Don’t believe female is considered a lower standard (nm)
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 07:44:28
why do you think men & women have separate sports? (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:47:35
As in they are inferior at all activities? Why would
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 07:51:47
^^^thinks piloting combat aircraft is just sitting in a
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hefeweizen
MU
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1/31 07:57:01
I don't think they were standing while piloting it, were
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tgr
MU
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1/31 08:42:15
it reveals how clueless he is (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:09:59
Clueless is forgivable, Fiji is willfully ignorant. He has
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DHighlander
NWMSU
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1/31 08:20:37
Can you elaborate, from your position of wisdom, why
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:22:55
The real question is not "Why WOULD a woman
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DHighlander
NWMSU
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1/31 08:30:25
Ok then answer that question then
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:35:08
Clearly she didn't use her helicopter blinker
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mizzouSECedes
STL
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1/31 08:29:37
Any time there is an incident and one of the people involved
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DHighlander
NWMSU
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1/31 08:35:44
I would like to think this is unlikely with the pilot
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mizzouSECedes
STL
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1/31 08:46:36
I agree. But quotas of any kind create doubt in the groups
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DHighlander
NWMSU
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1/31 09:03:21
Do you know there were quotas for the pilots and
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kmawv8
MU
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1/31 09:07:39
btw, here was Biden's pick to lead the FAA...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:19:49
ah, yes, gotcha questions
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 09:55:36
you're discrediting yourself as a partisan hack by
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zounami
MU
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1/31 10:00:11
90% of the cabinent heads are that way
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 10:02:40
There are all kinds of class-action lawsuits over this...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:17:19
correct, and justifiably so (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:05:51
I couldn’t do it obviously. As a male(nm)
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:03:21
as a beta male, correct, you probably couldn't (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:05:54
Pretty hard to find examples of someone writing beta male
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:07:45
a classic "I know you are but what am I" response (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:08:53
Agreed, classic (nm)
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:11:48
Are the standards the same in boot camp?(nm)
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hefeweizen
MU
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1/31 07:46:19
For piloting an aircraft? I presume, are there different
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 07:47:54
military, airline, ATCs have struggled to meet DEI quotas...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:03:26
the military has ZERO DEI quotas
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burnt
ARMY
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1/31 09:19:42
Wrong. The DOD made DEI its top priority....
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:20:23
I can’t muster being aggrieved over something I don’t
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:06:06
and that's what makes you such a beta (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:11:35
Maybe just drop usage of such terminology
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:14:37
Eh, i'd save your breath on these guys...anyone who
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playhard
KC
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1/31 08:26:04
work on your reading comprehension, comrade (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:37:06
You realize that zounami is not anointing himself as a beta
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Lt. J. Dangle
MU
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1/31 09:33:34
spoken like a true beta (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:17:14
See, I rest my case(nm)
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:20:58
I didn't ask you that. Are there different standards in
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hefeweizen
MU
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1/31 07:55:52
Sorry, was attempting to keep it at least somewhat topical(nm)
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 08:04:40
nice cop-out (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:12:08
There are different standards everywhere equality is pushed.
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alwaysright
MU
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1/31 07:53:13
correct, and it's not "equality", it's the opposite...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:04:21
Sec. Def. Hesgeth said the crew was "fairly experienced"
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BH O'bonga
MU
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1/31 07:17:16
It was reported to helicopter flights along the river are
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alwaysright
MU
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1/31 07:50:52
Maybe it was common, but flying across the path of landing
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BH O'bonga
MU
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1/31 08:16:14
but, isn't it wonderful she was given the opportunity? (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 08:18:09
I served under men in the military who were experienced
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alstl
MU
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1/31 07:41:36
exactly, and DEI (racial & gender quotas) only exacerbate
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:43:29
some people, no matter how "experienced", will never be
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:35:52
maybe it was, maybe it wasn't
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Bosalphus
KC
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1/31 07:38:13
This kind is extremely rare. The deadliest aviation crash
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:41:08
"fairly experienced" is a relative concept
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FIJItiger
MU
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1/31 07:33:32
True. For example, I'm not very experienced at chess, yet...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 07:39:13
Oh my. Dude, come on. You cannot be serious (nm)
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Lt. J. Dangle
MU
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1/31 09:35:36
some people are naturally more skilled & talented...
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zounami
MU
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1/31 09:46:11
Just say that instead of making up some anecdotal tale
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Lt. J. Dangle
MU
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1/31 10:46:50
making up? (nm)
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zounami
MU
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1/31 13:45:36
I used to fly into Reagan a lot. There were always
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Erwin Fletcher
STL
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1/31 07:32:27
It's probably routine in DC
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Bosalphus
KC
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1/31 07:23:55
Yep
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meatiger
MU
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1/31 08:05:47
Yeah - if you don’t have clearance you will have some F-18’s
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Carlos Rossi
KC
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1/31 07:33:19