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Spin Zone / Re: Afghanistan defeat
« on: September 08, 2021, 10:15:45 AM »
https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-department-concerned-about-afghanistans-new-taliban-government-because-theyre-all-male

State Department Concerned About Afghanistan’s New Talibiden Government – Because They’re All Male
Here’s an idea. Why doesn’t the State department start with discouraging sex slavery, genital mutilation, stoning of women who have been raped, execution of women who have taken a job, and honor killing beheadings of women before worrying about Afghan women not being in the government?

I can’t imagine the circle jerks going on at Foggy Bottom, thinking that they are doing important work or something.

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Spin Zone / Re: Afghanistan defeat
« on: September 04, 2021, 06:29:08 PM »
Thought I’d post this here. Wife and I were at Darlington today, that may be a bit redneck for some of you and if you don't know what Darlington is, I can't help you, use your Duck Duck Go fu. Anyway, we’re i out seats and a guy comes up the stairs with anTrump hat on and a t-short with Fuck Biden emblazoned on it in very big bold letters. Loved it.
I flew over Darlington many times. It was a great VFR waypoint when I flew from Monroe, NC to Florence, SC.

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Spin Zone / Re: Afghanistan defeat
« on: September 04, 2021, 09:16:46 AM »

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Spin Zone / Re: Australia has fallen to the CCP
« on: September 03, 2021, 11:11:12 AM »
I don’t dispute that the porta potty needs to be the right distance away. Not so far as to cause PPUs to not make it there in time, yet not so close as to have others hearing (and smelling) all what you’re doing in there. It also can’t interfere with the comings and goings of materials and supplies or otherwise cause a problem in the work flow or normal plant operations. And I’m sure it needs to be placed properly on a secure surface. But it’s not rocket surgery.

The question can and should be resolved with a 5 minute conversation between the contractor and the project manager. The theme here seems to be micromanagement. The larger and more bureaucratic an organization, the less it trusts the boots on the ground to make decisions on their own. Why bother paying my husband, who has 45 years of engineering and construction management experience, the big bucks for his talent, if they’re going to treat him like a kindergartner who can’t tie his own shoes by himself?
Agreed. I ran an airshow for 3 years. I had 6 chairmen in charge of various areas. They had people beneath them. And I still got called about where I want the porta potties, how we can get power to the food vendors, where the snow fences should go up, etc.

No one likes making decisions, so they delegate upwards. Companies have now gotten used to centralizing power, because decentralized power is scary for people.

Your husband is the victim of decades of this upwards delegation; companies are simply not used to people being bold enough as to have a strong opinion for where a fucking porta potty should be.

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Spin Zone / Re: Prayers For All Those In The Path of HURRICANE IDA
« on: September 02, 2021, 04:11:11 PM »
How is the grid going to expand when coal plants are shutting down all over the country, very long lead time for nuclear plants, natural gas is inappropriate for base generation, you can’t build new dams for hydro because “destroying habitats” and wind and solar won’t come close to doing the job.
And Joe Biden shutting down pipelines faster than Kammy is getting rug burns on her knees.

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Spin Zone / Re: Australia has fallen to the CCP
« on: September 02, 2021, 01:27:26 PM »
Ah yeah, the old Domino theory.  Where have I heard that before?
1914. 1938. 1940. 1950. 1965.

The world is full of evil people and evil regimes who want to rule the world.

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Spin Zone / Re: New Covid Surge
« on: September 02, 2021, 01:21:23 PM »
I'm at ER now. Just to be safe.
Good luck Josh.

If this is a move to get your wife to buy you a Navion, nicely played.

Seriously, be well.

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Spin Zone / Afghanistan defeat
« on: September 02, 2021, 09:07:42 AM »
If the Americans refuse to listen to our advice and the goodness, guidance and righteousness that we call them to, then be aware that you will lose this Crusade Bush began, just like the other previous Crusades in which you were humiliated by the hands of the Mujahideen, fleeing to your home in great silence and disgrace. If the Americans do not respond, then their fate will be that of the Soviets who fled from Afghanistan to deal with their military defeat, political breakup, ideological downfall, and economic bankruptcy.

-Osama bin Laden
Obama’s WH Communications Director Anita Dunn quoted “Chairman Mao” in a speech. Mao murdered between 40-80 million people. She got a 100% pass by the press and the left.

If a Republican quoted bin Laden, he would be tarred and feathered and his life destroyed.

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Spin Zone / Re: Why I’m not getting the vaccine
« on: August 28, 2021, 07:12:10 AM »
I’m damn sure not getting a shot every six months. I got my first two, I’m done. Unless something profound convinces me otherwise.

So are we now going to have to start persecuting people who only have 2 shots and won’t get boosters?  How about crucifying people that only wear one mask and won’t put on two?

Where does it end? This is a witch hunt, dehumanizing and hating a group of people YOU created by your lying and manipulating and obfuscating. That is why I ever doubted the vaccine in the first place - only because the “experts” and the government and media deliberately were less than forthright. It created the mistrust.
I swear sometimes I think we’re related. Same here on all points.

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Spin Zone / Re: Australia has fallen to the CCP
« on: August 26, 2021, 08:07:20 PM »
We need to get involved in local politics and start reversing that.
That’s happening here in Wisconsin. In one school board a group of parents successfully recalled 4 school board members. They were called and chastised by “political consultants” for doing it incorrectly, but they fucking did it themselves.

This is what “consent of the governed” looks like.

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Spin Zone / Re: Phizer gains FDA Approval
« on: August 25, 2021, 11:04:34 PM »

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Spin Zone / Re: Afghanistan defeat
« on: August 23, 2021, 10:24:18 AM »
Within two months after 9/11/01 the U.S. using its air power and a small number of elite ground forces to support the Afghan Northern Alliance had kicked Taliban forces from Mazar-i-Sharif  and Kabul. It shocked the U.S. command - they were expecting the Taliban to hold out for many months. Instead Taliban forces suddenly collapsed. The fortunes of both sides have changed hands over the years but U.S. forces remained dominant. From the Taliban perspective they’ve had their nose bloodied over the years by the U.S. who they know they can’t beat in any stand-up fight. Keep in mind they only just won because they were no longer fighting the U.S. So while some individual Taliban will beat or harm U.S. citizens, I would expect their leaders to issue orders that the bear not be poked further. (Besides, the Northern Alliance has just reformed to resist the Taliban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Alliance#2021_Reformation_and_return)
I disagree. I think their leaders will continue to poke the bear, at least until the first Tuesday in November 2024. What are we going to do - fight them?  They know they have a patsy, and they will continue to be the bullies on the block until a bigger bully gets elected. 

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Spin Zone / Re: Why I’m not getting the vaccine
« on: August 23, 2021, 04:44:57 AM »
To be fair they are eating and outside, but they shouldn’t be gathering at all if they tell us you can spread the virus even if vaccinated and all sitting so close together. Why aren’t they having a remote zoom meeting?
Fortunately this virus can’t spread while eating 18” - 24” away from another person.






What a fucking joke. We are being played.

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Spin Zone / Re: New England Hurricane
« on: August 22, 2021, 09:06:34 AM »
Why do you think under population will be the problem?  Of even A problem?

Are you saying that you think the population will actually shrink, or that we need continuous growth in population?  What could cause the population to shrink other than War, pestilence and global climate change? (Notice, never did I say MAN-MADE  climate change).

The higher the population, the denser the urban cities will become.  What happens to politics when that happens?  Socialism reigns.  I would love for the population to be cut in half.  Perhaps not immediately, but a steady decline.  Bonus points if it were the stupid lazy people that went first.
What is definitely a problem in the United States is that we have fewer and fewer young people to sustain the social safety net and runaway governmental spending. It’s math.

Second, the US feeds the world. Farmers are having a tough go at it, aren’t appreciated, and are selling their land to real estate developers, or worse, the federal government.

The overpopulation thing is hyperbole that has been talked about for 60 years.  If there’s food/water shortages, it has nothing to do with lack of supply.

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Spin Zone / Re: what's the goalpost now?
« on: August 20, 2021, 12:57:33 PM »
oh, I understand what rights were violated.  I don't understand why the courts have such a cranium/rectal inversion.
Because Orange Man bad. Duh.

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