I did a search and found something about it.

They symbol looked to me like the "OK" symbol.  I never saw it as a white power symbol.  I don't even know what a "white power" symbol looks like.  But I do know what a "black power" symbol looks like and I never hear much complaining about that.

I refuse to play the game that SJWs are doing. Redefining normal signs, words or actions as being racist or -phobic is their attempt to steal societal norms for their own purposes. Fuck them.

The private pilot community is very small relative to other interests among the population so the same people tend to congregate in just a few forums. And these people get together in real life, have real relationships, so saying, “if you don’t like a policy just go elsewhere there are forums to talk about politics,” does not apply. It’s not an interchangeable set of strangers.

It all started around 1998 or pretty much the beginning of forums in general, when the first forums were started by real life friends and lovers even. Amongst these, there became a division between people who want to discuss politics (on both liberal and conservative side) and people who do not, and those who do not include a subset who want only aviation discussed. The attempt to contain political debate of the first group by the second group has been happening ever since, and it evolved over the years to become ever more restrictive until finally, on the AOPA board 2.0 (the Red Board) the subset who wanted only airplane talk won. That board banned ALL subjects not related to aviation and as a result slowly withered and died.

It was a progression starting with complete freedom of speech and ending with very tightly controlled speech. So pilotspin came full circle back to where we started, with the first group of people who want complete freedom to say anything. And from here, we are watching the PoA board like a replay of history, as it becomes ever more heavy handed in restricting what other people can talk about. And ironically the PoA board had spun off from the AOPA board when it became too restrictive. It’s like watching the United States become autocratic after we spun off from King George.

And it is all an outgrowth of real life relationships. It does not matter that technically so’n’so owns the board so they can set the rules. It’s like this: Picture a family get together. Some like to talk politics but others do not. After dinner they congregate in separate rooms. Daddy and some relatives who want to talk politics are in the living room while mommy and those who don’t are in the kitchen talking about casseroles or whatever. Little Johnny is in the kitchen and says, “President Trump came to my school today!”  And mommy says, “You know the rule Johnny, no political talk in the kitchen!” And she puts him over her knee and spanks him.

Mommy might set the rules in the kitchen but she is still being a controlling bitch. Daddy cares what happens in the kitchen because he used to be allowed to talk politics in the kitchen but now mommy has changed the rules. New people marry into the family and side with one or the other so the groups evolve over the years, but the core dynamic is the same: mommy’s group wants to control and limit what daddy’s group talks about. Remember, in the very beginning there were no separate sub forums. “Mommy’s” group wanted to control speech everywhere. That is the historical source of what you sense we won’t let go; we rightly remember that these people are actually control freaks. That’s why their moderation tends to grow tighter and tighter with time. We’ve run this race before and we’ve seen how it ends. Mommy is never happy until daddy is kicked out of the house and nobody can talk about anything except casseroles.

Wow, Rush. This is a PERFECT synopsis of the history of aviation forums, and the creeping and CHANGING level moderation-cum-tyranny.  I’ve seen the exact same progression.

I disagree about Trump being the true target of this, he is a strawman here.  Sure, they'd like to hurt him, but more than that, they want their base incensed about him and then incensed at Republicans for voting against their sham.  The sad part is that it's going to work, at least with their base.

My feeling in the moderate world is that Democrats come out looking...pathetic...for pushing such an obviously flawed impeachment package.  I think the damage to them with moderates is greater than their gains with their base and we know that because moderates are tuning out impeachment.  Even CNN has moved it "below the fold".

I think CNN has moved it below the fold because the Republicans now get to fight back without one hand tied behind their backs.

They will have to hear from Barr.  They will have to adhere to the rules of evidence. They will have to listen to Republican witnesses. They will have to operate under the Senate rules. And they know ALL of that will be bad for “their side.” 

Oh dear God. I don’t have time to go get some eye bleach, so I’m going to put up something that is much more pleasing to the eyes.

"The flak is the heaviest when over the target."

 Gee, wonder why Holder is lashing out? 

 Pay attention for the next couple of weeks, a lot of things are in play right now.  The Horowitz Report and following hearing has many in the swamp running for cover.   Barr and Durham have made it clear, this isn't over.

 Notice how Mitch wants to move for an immediate acquittal in the senate if the impeachment passes the house?   Ask yourself "why?"

 Lots of swamp creatures are about to be exposed.

Yep there’s only one man in DC willing to take on the swamp. One. We should all have his back.

If half the Republicans are also caught up in this shit, so be it. Frag them all.

Sadly, yes, doing nothing in retirement is rarely a good thing.

As I approached retirement quite a few people warned me about making sure I have something to do (and surfing the interweb doesn't count as something to do).  I also paid attention to others I know that retired and took on too much (one friend talked about how he was much much busier than he was when working).

So I will be working forever because I have an expensive hobby. However, I will be taking signals from some of my aviation friends who are retired.

One is a former KC-135 and 767 captain who retired from the airlines at age 60 with a United Airlines and Military pension. Oh and his wife has a government pension as a former ATC Tower controller. He is the youngest 71-year old I’ve ever met. He flies a Harvard and a Chipmunk, does formation training and Warbird checkouts, and last year had a knee replaced and a shoulder repaired. He was on the 1969 Ohio State National Championship team, but when he went to his 50th team reunion in Columbus this fall, he was taken back by how “old” some of the guys were. He refuses to let the”old guy” into his life.

Another guy sold his auto repair business to his sons, and also had a career as an LEO. His retirement business is selling radios to Police departments, and he restored a Hughes TH-55 Osage Vietnam era training helicopter. First flight should be in January or February. I think he’s in his mid-60’s. 

That’s how I want to “retire.”

Don't make any big decisions for a year after you retire.  Advice from Mrs. Steingar, who retired three years ago.

Not so sure about that. Of course it’s different for everyone, but my FIL was a widower when he retired at 62 as a professor at Illinois State University. He didn’t have a spouse, didn’t really have a hobby, and loved what he did when he worked. He went back to part-time work, but when they made him retire a couple years later, he died 6 months after he was done working.

My wife thinks sitting around without purpose is what killed him.

If it becomes even more crystal clear that the communist party is not going to win back the White House, then a loser has to be sent out to die against President Trump.

In that regard, hilary is as good as any other lying dog.

Dear God, would it be glorious to see this happen twice in my lifetime.