Debris of Crashed F-35 Found; Marines Pause Air Operations

This Woke Military sure is proving that Diversity Is Our Strength!!!

A debris field has been located by military officials amid their investigation of the F-35 jet that disappeared in South Carolina on Sunday.
Joint Base Charleston told Fox News Digital that the debris field was found in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Officials did not confirm that the debris was from the missing aircraft.
A pilot ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon after a "mishap." The jet was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II that belonged to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.
The pilot landed on the ground safely and was treated at a local medical center.
After announcing the discovery of the debris field on Monday evening, a Joint Base Charleston spokesperson announced that they are transferring command of the incident to the United States Marine Corps.
"Members of the community should avoid the area as the recovery team secures the debris field," a spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
"The mishap is currently under investigation, and we are unable to provide additional details to preserve the integrity of the investigative process," the statement added.
The situation has perplexed Americans, including South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who said she had a very uninformative briefing on the incident.

"One of the shortest meetings I've ever had, bc guess what, no one @usmc sent over to brief me and my staff had any answers," Mace wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Shocker."
Earlier on Monday, the Marine Corps announced that there would be a two-day pause in operations "to discuss aviation safety matters and best practices."

Relatedly: The Air Force has failed to meet its recruiting goals for the first time in 24 years.

The Air Force will, as expected, miss its active-duty recruiting goals for the first time since 1999, Secretary Frank Kendall said during a conference here Monday.
"We're almost to the end of the fiscal year, and the expectation is we're going to come in short about 10%," Kendall told Military.com during a media round table, adding that the service plans to address long-standing recruiting issues in an effort to improve next year. "I'm overall encouraged by where we are in recruiting, but we still have a lot of work."
The last time the Air Force did not reach 100% of its recruitment goal was 1999, according to the Air Force Recruiting Service. That was when Millenials -- who were born between 1981 and 1996 -- first began to reach the age of service. In 1979, the Air Force also missed its goals when Generation X began to become of age to serve, according to a 2002 research paper from Air University.
The current shortfall is the result of lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, strong employment numbers, and cultural headwinds making it more difficult to convince Generation Z to join the ranks.

What do you think might account for the Marines dropping an F-35 out of the sky and the Air Force being unable to attract recruits?

Could it be that perhaps Transgender Diversity is not our strength?

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"Currently, the active duty is projected to miss [its] goal by about 10%," Brown said.
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The Air Force Recruiting Service has told Military.com in the past year that less than 10% of the young population is interested in serving in the first place -- 50% can't even name all the military service branches.

Which 10% of the population would you say is -- or was most interested in military service? Would you say that 10% tends to be male and traditionalist, by any chance?

OUT: The military will make you a real man

IN: The military will make you a fake woman

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:42 PM

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1 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 19, 2023 01:42 PM (k6uu5)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 19, 2023 01:42 PM (qPw5n)

3 A pilot ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon after a "mishap." The jet was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II that belonged to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.
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I suspect "mishap" is the most that will ever be disclosed about this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:42 PM (t0OGg)

4 Heh. Hey, Ace. I'll go get 'em. I will say that my proportion of aircraft launched to aircraft returned is 1.0

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 19, 2023 01:43 PM (k6uu5)

5 Thank God it wasn't in a black hole like that airliner.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:43 PM (lf83v)

6 Which 10% of the population would you say is -- or was most interested in military service? Would you say that 10% tends to be male and traditionalist, by any chance?

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Straight white males need not apply.

Open borders will fix this!

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (Up5F4)

7 So much for buying my own fighter jet....

*Cancels ebay bid*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (xcxpd)

8 Yea, go fight for Zelensky and get abandoned in Afghansitan while being told your an evil white male and to go shower with trannies isn't exactly the best recruiting tool, who knew?

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (kzu4f)

9 I dunno this post seems pretty transphobic.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (CIS44)

10 The current shortfall is the result of lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, strong employment numbers, and cultural headwinds making it more difficult to convince Generation Z to join the ranks.
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COVID and Bidenomics! Is there anything they *can't* do?!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (t0OGg)

11 ... and deplorable?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (YNbPJ)

12 This is OT, and I posted it last night, but I thought it merits greater attention. We oldsters need to remember just how much smarter and better educated the younger generation is:

https://tinyurl.com/2p98dmkk

Many years ago I did notice that from certain angles the FW190 did look like the Zero. But not from this angle.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (brAQZ)

13 The Bee had the best one. Soldiers searching through wooded area with key fob to F35.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (kzu4f)

14 The situation has perplexed Americans, including South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who said she had a very uninformative briefing on the incident.

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Now excuse me as I have a little afternoon delight to attend to.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (basgM)

15 "50% can't even name all the military service branches."

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force? What's
the correct answer?

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (MvF+J)

16 >>A pilot ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon after a "mishap."

Pilot thought the 'Eject' button was for ejecting the CD.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (YcYZY)

17 What do you think might account for the Marines dropping an F-35 out of the sky and the Air Force being unable to attract recruits?

Could it be that perhaps Transgender Diversity is not our strength?
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Nope.

Maintenance, competence and operational readiness were our strengths.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (t0OGg)

18 There have been 3 Marine Corps aircraft crashes in the last couple weeks. 5 dead.

They need to get back to the business of flying, training, and preparing for combat.

Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (DFUGT)

19 We'll drop diversity bombs on our enemies.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (63Dwl)

20 The Air Force Recruiting Service has told Military.com in the past year that less than 10% of the young population is interested in serving in the first place -- 50% can't even name all the military service branches.

The military then: We'll make a man out of you and teach you how to protect your country, neighbors, and family.

The military now: Like sucking dick? We do too! Like wearing skirts? We do too! Also we'll let you kill NAZIs...like the politicians you don't like, your uncle that told you to get a hair cut, and that teacher that flunked you just because you never did your homework

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (XqcwY)

21 I dislike Jack Posobiec, but his prediction (made forcefully and repeatedly on Twitter) that we will lose the next major war is spot-on.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (bhRsz)

22 Yea, go fight for Zelensky and get abandoned in Afghansitan while being told your an evil white male and to go shower with trannies isn't exactly the best recruiting tool, who knew?
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2023 01:44 PM (kzu4f)

While Blackrock buys up your hometown to put in high density housing.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (xhaym)

23 Surprised the Marines don't have a cell phone tracker.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (fPmxN)

24 The Airforce should see if Lady Gaga is interested in doing a cover of 'Highway to the Danger Zone'.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (YcYZY)

25 The Air Force Recruiting Service has told Military.com in the past year that less than 10% of the young population is interested in serving in the first place -- 50% can't even name all the military service branches.
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I'm not sure that I can, either. Since moving to DHS, is the Coast Guard still a military service branch?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (t0OGg)

26 And then, boys and girls, the big, strong Marine ejaculated from his cockpit.

That's where big strong Marine pilots stay. In cock pits.

Posted by: Transgender Story Hour Reader at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (lf83v)

27 New Footage Reveals Wreckage Of F-35 Jet Amidst Speculation Of Potential 'Cyberattack'

"Green Hills Software produces the Integrity 178B Operating System that powers the F-35, F-22, F-16, and B-2. It also powers the Airbus A380. It was also quite possibly leaked. Now you understand why the entire USMC air fleet has been grounded."

Bryan Larkin - Actual - DoD.DG.GAWD
@killabit
I just wanna state for the record I have been warning the U.S. Govt about a potential leak of the Integrity 178B Operating System through south america for literally over a year and a half now…

Guess what OS powers the F-35…. Wait for it… wait for it…

Integrity 178B.

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (RHGPo)

28 Pilot thought the 'Eject' button was for ejecting the CD.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (YcYZY)

What's a CD?

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (CIS44)

29 I used to be so pro-military. Now, what we have today?

I wouldn't tell anyone to enlist or serve anymore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (xcxpd)

30 male thinking: why join the AF if you can't get hired at an airline afterwards?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (AcWfM)

31 Planes crash.

This is one reason I don't like making a "fleet" of fighters be a few dozen very expensive planes. One crashes, and a significant portion of the fleet is gone.

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (dWjpk)

32 Related. Because diversity is dangerous.

Alarming Rise in Near Misses Among U.S. Airlines

https://tinyurl.com/5cumc45s

Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (CJtAX)

33 'I wonder what this button does?'

Posted by: profligatewaste at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (g5hrm)

34 Would you say that 10% tends to be male and traditionalist, by any chance?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

How dare you. Hater.
Hi ace!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (Wy1BU)

35 >>There have been 3 Marine Corps aircraft crashes in the last couple weeks. 5 dead.

Crayons are not a Super-Food.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (YcYZY)

36
There have been 3 Marine Corps aircraft crashes in the last couple weeks. 5 dead.

They must be commanded by Poopie Boyington.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (63Dwl)

37 I suspect "mishap" is the most that will ever be disclosed about this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:42 PM (t0OGg)

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If Afghanistan can be memory-holed, this story's 15-seconds of legs is already over.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (/tJFA)

38 Wacky pilot Dan Gryder goes beastmode on ejection seats:
youtube.com/watch?v=7548AtGIZBc

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (MvF+J)

39 Has the ident of the pilot been revealed?

White male?

Something else???

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (qpgWl)

40 >>>The situation has perplexed Americans, including South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who said she had a very uninformative briefing on the incident.

Not that she almost missed the briefing because of being felt up by her fiancee?

Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (bhRsz)

41 Talk to me Goose.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (kzu4f)

42 Which 10% of the population would you say is -- or was most interested in military service?

Historically it's been transgenders who cannot afford treatments. I'm guessing that a lot of them haven't heard about the new embracing of diversity that the US Rainbow Militia has... well... embraced.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (zhLdt)

43 Which 10% of the population would you say is -- or was most interested in military service? Would you say that 10% tends to be male and traditionalist, by any chance?

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"We'll make them gay and fabulous if we have to burn this fucking place to the ground to do it."
-The modern military

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (LvTSG)

44 29 I used to be so pro-military. Now, what we have today?

I wouldn't tell anyone to enlist or serve anymore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (xcxpd)

Are we rebranding this smart military blog now?

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (dWjpk)

45 Lose wars? You mean like what we've been doing since Korea? Except for Grenada, yeah, I know.
We sure showed them Grenadians...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (MeG8a)

46 Which 10% of the population would you say is -- or was most interested in military service? Would you say that 10% tends to be male and traditionalist, by any chance?
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Likely, yes. And proportionally white and Latino, slightly disproportionately black, quite disproportionately Asian (basically, in the mid aughts anyway, blacks made up the Asian deficit). All income brackets, too.

But nope. Gotta get the trannies.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (t0OGg)

47 "The check light engine light or something came on! I'm ejecting!"

Posted by: CAPT Tranny at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (7ycwL)

48 18 There have been 3 Marine Corps aircraft crashes in the last couple weeks. 5 dead.

They need to get back to the business of flying, training, and preparing for combat.
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When you see these kind of numbers its usually caused by maintenance and lack of parts. We've seen this before. You'd be surprised how expensive keeping aircraft in flying order.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (fPmxN)

49 Nancy Mace will come.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (aD39U)

50 I used to be so pro-military. Now, what we have today?

I wouldn't tell anyone to enlist or serve anymore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (xcxpd)

Are we rebranding this smart military blog now?

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (dWjpk)

Yeah, might as well. We can be a boob and 80's pop music blog.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (xcxpd)

51 Could it be that perhaps Transgender Diversity is not our strength?
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Nope.

Maintenance, competence and operational readiness were our strengths.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (t0OGg)

+++++++++

WERE. Past tense Were.

Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (DFUGT)

52 $100 million down in a pile of flames

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (fwDg9)

53 Also from the Bee . . .

Dove Soap To Replace Bird Logo With More Body-Positive Manatee

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (FVME7)

54 male thinking: why join the AF if you can't get hired at an airline afterwards?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM

This. When the airlines only hire DEI candidates, regardless of qualifications. Meh.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (kzu4f)

55 "The check light engine light or something came on! I'm ejecting!"
Posted by: CAPT Tranny at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (7ycwL)

nah you just cover that with a lil piece of tape.
-Women

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (CIS44)

56 What's a CD?
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (CIS44)

About 1.3%.

Same as in town.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (qpgWl)

57 Ace, check this out:

@WholeMarsBlog
Robot traffic jam ( self driving taxis cause block long traffic jam in Austin )

twitter.com/WholeMarsBlog/status/1704185902506070392

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (IG4Id)

58 Lose wars? You mean like what we've been doing since Korea? Except for Grenada, yeah, I know.

The last time we focused on killing the enemy and destroying his country was...WWII. Last real war we won was...WWII.

What a coincidence!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (XqcwY)

59 She knows what she did.

Posted by: All the other female pilots at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (xfEL3)

60 Yeah, might as well. We can be a boob and 80's pop music blog.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (xcxpd)

What about medical and dating advice?

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (dWjpk)

61 Joe Biden had a mishap in his Depends.

Posted by: Candidus at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (cK1d4)

62 I'm not sure that I can, either. Since moving to DHS, is the Coast Guard still a military service branch?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (t0OGg)

Day one of the Kindltot presidency: the SWAT teams for every executive branch agency is loaded up with their velcro gear, guns and sent to patrol the border.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (xhaym)

63 Has the ident of the pilot been revealed?

White male?

Something else???
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (qpgWl)

Define "male." No, actually, don't define "male"; each pyrsyn gets to define that for xemselves, bigot.

Posted by: The Marine Corps at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (bhRsz)

64 If this is just a random accident, why did they ground all jets for two days?

Did the plane do something weird that spooked the pilot? Did the pilot act in a way that made them suspicious? Was there an external event like a Chinese space laser lit up the cockpit?

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (0N1h0)

65 Pretty sure the F-35 has been in development since CDs were a thing?

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (YcYZY)

66 I think we need a movie about Room 40, the British admiralty's intelligence hub during WWI.

Interesting stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (LvTSG)

67 Remember when Joe Biden threatened Americans by reminding us that we may have guns, but he has fighter jets?

That aged badly.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (lf83v)

68 What about medical and dating advice?
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (dWjpk)

It is important to remember which one to slap a hot iron to.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (xhaym)

69 The current shortfall is the result of lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, strong employment numbers, and cultural headwinds making it more difficult to convince Generation Z to join the ranks.

Strong employment numbers? Wut? That's BS.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (sAmhv)

70 Whatever you do, don't touch the red button!

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (VMFAF)

71 Are we rebranding this smart military blog now?

Being smart about todays military is entirely consistent with telling everyone to avoid it.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (FD5dr)

72 Something stinks about all this. The plane went down in South Carolina, but it took them this long to locate the "debris field"? Come on now. Either our Air Force is completely incompetent, or the delay was necessary to cover something up.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

73 Day one of the Kindltot presidency: the SWAT teams for every executive branch agency is loaded up with their velcro gear, guns and sent to patrol the border.
Posted by: Kindltot

Especially the Dept of Ed

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (CIS44)

74 I dislike Jack Posobiec, but his prediction (made forcefully and repeatedly on Twitter) that we will lose the next major war is spot-on.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (bhRsz)

Kinda par for the course. Haven't won jack since WWII. Gulf Storm I was against a depleted Iraqi military from the Iran-Iraq conflict.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (Gpxn7)

75 "In 1979, the Air Force also missed its goals when Generation X began to become of age to serve, according to a 2002 research paper from Air University."

Huh? I'm leading edge Gen-X and I was only 14 in 1979.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (N3zMI)

76 What they won't tell you is that a small portion of the population who has in the past reliably helped fill recruitment goals for generation are largely sitting this one out. You can call it wokeness or just piss poor leadership from liberal shitheadz. But that pool doesn't want any part of it.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (CJtAX)

77 16 >>A pilot ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon after a "mishap."

Pilot thought the 'Eject' button was for ejecting the CD.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (YcYZY)

Yes.

Posted by: Occam at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (5fDan)

78 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (aD39U)

***

Workin' on it...

Posted by: Nancy Mace's Boy Toy at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (ZV+pB)

79 "If Afghanistan can be memory-holed, this story's 15-seconds of legs is already over."

What are you talking about? General Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal was a great success!

Posted by: Tommy the Automaton Lawyer at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (7ycwL)

80 Thanks for that Eeyore!

saw that somewhere over the weekend ... meant toi link it her, I'll bet Anna Puma gets a good chuckle out of that, among others.

new lows in edjumacation every day, and in everything else, too

there is no bottom.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (YNbPJ)

81 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (aD39U)

======

Nancy Mace will be the next Ms. Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (DFUGT)

82 I'm wondering too who the pilot was, BurtTC.

If it's not a diversity hire, wouldn't they tell us?

Posted by: PJ at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (G1dq6)

83 This crash was definitely caused by aliens.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (fKIdX)

84 Fun fact about jet ejection systems: They are so violent, they make you permanently shorter by compressing your spine. You lose 1/4 to 1/2 inch in height.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (0N1h0)

85 >> Something stinks about all this. The plane went down in South Carolina, but it took them this long to locate the "debris field"? Come on now. Either our Air Force is completely incompetent, or the delay was necessary to cover something up.

China didn't have any balloons in the immediate vicinity.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (YcYZY)

86 What's amazing is that recruitment isn't far, far worse. Two decades of conflict resulting in an embarassing withdrawal, political leadership that craves overseas deployments and miliary engagements, a foreign policy that is hard to explain let alone defend, military brass who are all-in on every kooky race, ethnicity, and gay theory imaginable. My question is why isn't recruitment much lower.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (ppBhU)

87 "From the Halls of Montezuma, to the. . . uhhh. . . the. . . place where I left my plane. . . "

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (lf83v)

88 Are we rebranding this smart military blog now?

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:47 PM (dWjpk)

I thought it was a movie critic and circular firing squad blog.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (bhRsz)

89 I used to be so pro-military. Now, what we have today?

I wouldn't tell anyone to enlist or serve anymore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (xcxpd)

I'm pro-soldier, anti-military.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (KbCG3)

90 BTW. Also take this experimental jab. No, it's an order. Wanna join?

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (kzu4f)

91
Guess what OS powers the F-35…. Wait for it… wait for it…

Integrity 178B.

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (RHGPo)

++++

Ant entity that puts "Integrity" into their name is suspect, right off the bat.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (V202s)

92 Pilot saw the Blue Screen of Death and panicked.

Posted by: Candidus at September 19, 2023 01:52 PM (cK1d4)

93 Best Practice: don’t crash.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 19, 2023 01:52 PM (JTwsP)

94 64 If this is just a random accident, why did they ground all jets for two days?

Did the plane do something weird that spooked the pilot? Did the pilot act in a way that made them suspicious? Was there an external event like a Chinese space laser lit up the cockpit?
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (0N1h0)

Safety standdown is NOT really unheard of. What this says to me is that there is a systemic problem not a single point problem. And as noted Marines have lost an Osprey and an F18 in the past 3 weeks.

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:52 PM (dWjpk)

95 I’m sorry I haven’t been posting, I’m still transfixed by Lauren Boeberts luscious wagshambas

Posted by: Monty Python at September 19, 2023 01:52 PM (m5lzn)

96 Look on the bright side, at least it didn't run into a freighter.

Posted by: US Navy at September 19, 2023 01:52 PM (VmBz3)

97 I am reminded of Bob Denver hitting "launch" instead of "lunch" during the opening of Far Out Space Nuts.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (xPl2J)

98 When you're most loyal and dedicated patriotic young people are told they are racist and should be canceled they are going to think twice about marching their butt into another combat zone with a mission to make politicans more money. Endless wars? Hard pass.

Posted by: Im Your Huckleberry at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (/7MD5)

99 Used to be the eject pull was above the pilot seat - I guess if you pulled enough g's you might reach up and grip it. Then you'd get a bad ending to a long day...

Posted by: Boswell at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (K+UlC)

100 In 1979, the Air Force also missed its goals when Generation X began to become of age to serve, according to a 2002 research paper from Air University."

Huh? I'm leading edge Gen-X and I was only 14 in 1979.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (N3zMI)
++++
Yeah, that would imply 1960ish for the end of the Boomers and the start of GenX. Most people put it at 1965 - the 20 years after the end of the War.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (t0OGg)

101 72 Something stinks about all this. The plane went down in South Carolina, but it took them this long to locate the "debris field"? Come on now. Either our Air Force is completely incompetent, or the delay was necessary to cover something up.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

"Hey guys, we just lost an F-35. Boy, are our faces red. Also, let's tell everyone that it's missing and we can't find it!"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (KbCG3)

102 Dictator 18-1 would massively increase military salaries. Why is a career NCO making less then a teacher? Why is an admiral making less then a small company CEO?

BUT...no working for military contractors when you retire.

Also, I'd pay for it by an across the board cut to all other government budgets/salaries.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (XqcwY)

103 That's okay. The Air Force once lost a nuclear warhead off the coast of North Carolina and still hasn't found it.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (lf83v)

104 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

105 The military is definitely not woke.

Also, I don't know what woke means.

CNN interview.

Posted by: General Milley at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (TObdq)

106 There have been 3 Marine Corps aircraft crashes in the last couple weeks. 5 dead.

-----------

I'm surprised they haven't blamed it on UFOs and aliens. They're probably waiting to use that ongoing PsyOp for another Biden corruption scandal to distract from ...

... maybe that's an extra-terrestrial cat wearing the tinfoil hat in that meme that Ace has posted.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (/tJFA)

107 Whatever you do, don't touch the red button!
Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM

The big red, candy-like button?

Haven't seen it.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (FNhhz)

108 Has everyone seen the Nick Chubb injury video?

Holy cripes it's a nasty one. Worse than Theissman's in my opinion.

Warning, his leg goes 90 degrees sideways.

https://is.gd/yQ1oVD

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (0N1h0)

109 This is what happens when you try to fly jets with cooking oil.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (lf83v)

110 Wikipedia: "The V-22 Osprey has had 15 hull loss accidents that have resulted in a total of 54 fatalities."

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (MvF+J)

111 " ...

Kinda par for the course. Haven't won jack since WWII. Gulf Storm I was against a depleted Iraqi military from the Iran-Iraq conflict.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (Gpxn7) "

and even in that one, colon powell stopped halfway to avoid total victory

haven't won one since we changed over from having a department of War. oddly enough.
words have meanings

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (YNbPJ)

112 Robot traffic jam ( self driving taxis cause block long traffic jam in Austin )

-
So a traffic jam is what will cause Skynet to turn on us.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (FVME7)

113 Pilot saw Boeberts wagshambas and accidentally pulled wrong stick.

Posted by: Candidus at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (cK1d4)

114 The thing about the military is it used to promote a warrior ethos among its members. Honor, Duty, Courage, etc., were not just words, but were virtues that every man and woman in the military were expected to embody.

That's why the Medal of Honor is held in such high esteem. Those who have earned it are deemed to be the very best men and women in the military, exemplifying what it means to be a soldier in America's armed forces.

Now all of those former virtues have been demolished in favor of woke virtue-signaling. It's no wonder no one wants to join.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (YIVH2)

115 67 Remember when Joe Biden threatened Americans by reminding us that we may have guns, but he has fighter jets?

That aged badly.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (lf83v)

++++

Too bad he has already forgotten he said that.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (V202s)

116 Come on Mulvaney, Do some of that Pilot Shit!

Posted by: GOOSE at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (2znMt)

117 It was reported via Joint Base Charleston the day of the "mishap" that the pilot engaged some sort of "automatic flight system" (presumed to be like an autopilot) and ejected shortly after takeoff. The plane then flew on its own for about 60 miles before crashing in a rural area near the town of Stucky.

So, presumably someone will ask why the pilot ejected after engaging an automatic flight control system rather than make an attempt to return to base.

If the "mishap" was serious enough questions still pertain to the engaging of the auto system.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (Q4IgG)

118 That was when Millenials -- who were born between 1981 and 1996 -- first began to reach the age of service.

So diverse, they can't spell Millennials correctly either.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (/HDaX)

119 "The mishap is currently under investigation,
........

Shoulda checked the blinker fluid.

Posted by: wth at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (v0R5T)

120 I'm wondering too who the pilot was, BurtTC.

If it's not a diversity hire, wouldn't they tell us?
Posted by: PJ at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (G1dq6)

If it turns out the pilot is male, the Eff Bee Eye will "find" a flight simulator game he was playing, programmed to crash in South Carolina.

Why? Don't know. Had he died, they'd also have "found" a suicide note.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (qpgWl)

121 I don't think it's even diversity efforts that are truly hurting the armed forces (although they don't help, I'm sure). It's gen z growing up watching us throw trillions of dollars and countless lives into a lost war in Afghanistan. It's the quiet-quitting in Iraq. It's the overall loss of the WoT.

One global adventure after another where we import some bastardized version of our way of life on an unwilling local populace while we are a basketcase society at home. Who wants to sacrifice their lives for this? What does "freedom" even mean to these kids? Not to mention none of these kids is taught what America used to mean. It's just one big grift now, and they don't want to die for it.

Posted by: Greenbubbleraincoatman at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (VSIhW)

122 Reportedly the pilot ejected and the plane with auto turned on kept flying. What was the mishap that caused the pilot to eject? Was it pilot error to eject from an aircraft that could have been safely landed? If it was pilot error, they don't want to admit it unless pressed.

Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (oiNtH)

123 Whatever you do, don't touch the red button!
__________

Right?

Posted by: The Crew of the Challenger at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (lf83v)

124 There is no reason to ask the public for "help," just as there is no reason to announce that your carrier is incapacitated by the *fear* of covid.

Likewise, there is no reason to shut down operations for two days to review safety procedures when you have NO IDEA what happened.

This is all a farce. It is children playing at decision making. It is very unserious people and it will end badly.

Posted by: US Navy at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (VmBz3)

125 >>"The mishap is currently under investigation,

It's ALL Ball Bearings these days!

Posted by: Fletch at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (YcYZY)

126 Why wasn't air traffic stopped and/or word of it being diverted until they found the damn thing?

- Don't worry. It's one of ours & should run out of fuel in so many hours.

- Now that it's found, marines ground flights and hold an aviation stand down.

Reactive v. proactive ...yet again.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (GshMh)

127 If it was a female pilot, this could cause some problems.

Maybe that's why they need some time to prepare the cover-up.

Posted by: norrin radd at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (J8KPt)

128 The NEW Marine Corps. Brought to you by Bud Light.

Posted by: Camo Pride at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (7ycwL)

129 Has everyone seen the Nick Chubb injury video?

Holy cripes it's a nasty one. Worse than Theissman's in my opinion.

Warning, his leg goes 90 degrees sideways.

https://is.gd/yQ1oVD
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (0N1h0)

I saw it last night. It was so bad ABC wouldn't show the injury on replay. Knee joints are not supposed to bend that way.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (bhRsz)

130 81 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (aD39U)

======

Nancy Mace will be the next Ms. Lindsey Graham.
Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (DFUGT)

Well they both like cock....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (xcxpd)

131 So what if we have a few MISHAPS!!??

Drag time happy hour is still on for Friday, rubes!!

Posted by: Jay in PA at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (i7Q7S)

132
Did this F35 identify as a F16?

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (+oR7L)

133 Military was somewhere that highly patriotic, highly moral, athletic, confident, middle class and lower middle class folks would join.

Only the last part probably still applies.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (exHjb)

134 "One global adventure after another where we import some bastardized version of our way of life on an unwilling local populace while we are a basketcase society at home."

This.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (MvF+J)

135 HAXOR!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

136 86 What's amazing is that recruitment isn't far, far worse. Two decades of conflict resulting in an embarassing withdrawal, political leadership that craves overseas deployments and miliary engagements, a foreign policy that is hard to explain let alone defend, military brass who are all-in on every kooky race, ethnicity, and gay theory imaginable. My question is why isn't recruitment much lower.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (ppBhU)
____________

I think they are recruiting harder and from new demographics, and probably being more deceitful. A girl I kinda dated went through Parris Island basic earlier this year. She's not the typical Marine demo. I don't think her recruiter was straight with her, or with the Marines itself. He helped cover up a lot of her history that probably would have excluded her 10 years ago. Nothing major, just some dumb teenage shit, but the recruiter thought it was enough of a red flag to cover up.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

137 These planes all have china chips in them ... likley the ccp had pushed the eject button remotely ... the pilot was just along for the ride.

Posted by: meal team 6 at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (UPBNW)

138 Something stinks about all this. The plane went down in South Carolina, but it took them this long to locate the "debris field"? Come on now. Either our Air Force is completely incompetent, or the delay was necessary to cover something up.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

Was the plane not on, at least, radar until shortly before it crashed? Did that not provide a limited area to start looking? Didn't a fire start?

Surely someone noticed all this.

Yeah. The hinkiness is palpable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (zhLdt)

139 64 If this is just a random accident, why did they ground all jets for two days?

Did the plane do something weird that spooked the pilot? Did the pilot act in a way that made them suspicious? Was there an external event like a Chinese space laser lit up the cockpit?
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM

+++++++++

This is the THIRD crash in a month. Three different plane types

No one died in this one, but I think we lost 5 Marines in the first two accidents.

Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (aTHuo)

140
*Either our Air Force is completely incompetent, or the delay was necessary to cover something up.*

Well, it's a Marine Corps jet, so...

Posted by: Don't look now, but... at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (xfEL3)

141 Out: "would they send us someplace special?"
In: They will send you someplace to perform surgery to make you special.

Posted by: John Winger at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (xttsV)

142 This government is not worth dying for.

Posted by: mr tmz at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (rJ48h)

143 The military is definitely not woke.

Also, I don't know what woke means.

CNN interview.
Posted by: General Milley at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (TObdq)

Also, thanks for having lots of cock in the green room, like I requested -

Other stuff Gen Milli said

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (qpgWl)

144 Any Smart Military Blog should warn, Go Woke Go home

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (fwDg9)

145 I’m sorry I haven’t been posting, I’m still transfixed by Lauren Boeberts luscious wagshambas

Wagshambas status:

[X] Luscious

[ ] Not luscious

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (ppBhU)

146 Did this F35 identify as a F16?
__________

More like an F-150.

Posted by: Chevy Silverado at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (lf83v)

147 103 That's okay. The Air Force once lost a nuclear warhead off the coast of North Carolina and still hasn't found it.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 01:53 PM (lf83v)

So are we going to get an IRL version of Sum of All Fears but instead of a nuke being rebuilt from an Israeli "lost" nuke, it'll be from a US "lost" nuke?

Posted by: Thrawn at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (uGhsv)

148 Relatedly: The Air Force has failed to meet its recruiting goals for the first time in 24 years.

When you have one of the worst Commanders in Chief the country has ever seen, no one wants to be a part of that shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)

149 Will the Air Force investigation reveal this was the first all electric jet?

Posted by: wth at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (v0R5T)

150 I don't know many 36 year old grandmothers.
BTW, movie theaters have had IR cameras for years, they use them to catch film bootleggers.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (MeG8a)

151 BERGUM FEVER! CATCH IT...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (ZV+pB)

152 122 Reportedly the pilot ejected and the plane with auto turned on kept flying. What was the mishap that caused the pilot to eject? Was it pilot error to eject from an aircraft that could have been safely landed? If it was pilot error, they don't want to admit it unless pressed.
Posted by: Cheri

The scuttlebutt I heard is that the software just froze up.

I warn everyone to ignore this. I strongly suspect this is a post-hoc explanation created by people trying to find some logic in reported events.

Posted by: US Navy at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (VmBz3)

153 Seriously, it seems very unlikely that the problem was someone hacked the OS or something like that. The three accidents were across several types of aircraft, and in many locations.

This means that there is a widespread problem of the Marine Corps not doing a good job of flying its aircraft. Could be any number of things - maintenance, training, poor choices of when and where to fly - but whatever it is, the Marine Corps has not had the proper focus on flying its aircraft. The safety standdown is to break the cadence of badness - whoa, too many mistakes, let's step back and see what's happening. This is actually a good response from the Marine Corps. But a response to a bad set of circumstances.

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (dWjpk)

154 117 It was reported via Joint Base Charleston the day of the "mishap" that the pilot engaged some sort of "automatic flight system" (presumed to be like an autopilot) and ejected shortly after takeoff. The plane then flew on its own for about 60 miles before crashing in a rural area near the town of Stucky.

So, presumably someone will ask why the pilot ejected after engaging an automatic flight control system rather than make an attempt to return to base.

If the "mishap" was serious enough questions still pertain to the engaging of the auto system.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (Q4IgG)

Sounds like an accidental or on purpose eject (depending if it's a f up or a purposeful desire to destroy a jet)...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (exHjb)

155 So are we going to get an IRL version of Sum of All Fears but instead of a nuke being rebuilt from an Israeli "lost" nuke, it'll be from a US "lost" nuke?
Posted by: Thrawn at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (uGhsv)

BROKEN ARROW!

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (CIS44)

156 China didn't have any balloons in the immediate vicinity.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (YcYZY)

So you're saying that three weeks from now we'll be informed that ~~China~~ Russia had a balloon loitering in the area since the Trump administration, right?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (zhLdt)

157 Never forget the bravery of the Marine Corpse.

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (lf83v)

158 In 1979, the Air Force also missed its goals when Generation X began to become of age to serve, according to a 2002 research paper from Air University."

Huh? I'm leading edge Gen-X and I was only 14 in 1979.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo

I turned 12, but damn if I wasn't a big fan of model rocketry. If only we had had Space Force back then. Instead, all we had was Space Ghost (which was ok, but trite).

Posted by: SFGoth at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (KAi1n)

159 Ooh-Wee...
A Nancy Mace - Lauren Boebert - AOC McTitties Threesome,
featuring Sarah Palin as the harsh, but eminently fair Schoolmistress, overseeing the crazy erotic hijinks of her three wayward wards...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (TGPs7)

160 So are we going to get an IRL version of Sum of All Fears but instead of a nuke being rebuilt from an Israeli "lost" nuke, it'll be from a US "lost" nuke?
Posted by: Thrawn at September 19, 2023 01:58 PM (uGhsv)

The number lost is more like 8.

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (dWjpk)

161 These planes all have china chips in them ... likley the ccp had pushed the eject button remotely ... the pilot was just along for the ride.

Posted by: meal team 6 at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (UPBNW)

Yep, this was being talked about 20 years ago. How none of our "sophisticated" military hardware can't be assembled without crucial parts that are made in Chi Nah.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (qpgWl)

162 So, presumably someone will ask why the pilot ejected after engaging an automatic flight control system rather than make an attempt to return to base.
---
I read that the aircraft's beacon (I forgot the correct term.) was turned off. That's why they had no idea where it went.
Why would that be?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (sWM8x)

163 I think we need a movie about Room 40, the British admiralty's intelligence hub during WWI.

Interesting stuff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston

I saw a documentary yesterday about Lt. Cushing's Cockleshell Heroes like attack on the Confederate ironclad Albemarle. Very interesting.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (FVME7)

164 Yep, this was being talked about 20 years ago. How none of our "sophisticated" military hardware can't be assembled without crucial parts that are made in Chi Nah.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (qpgWl)

Now do pharmaceuticals.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (CIS44)

165 I'm not sure that I can, either. Since moving to DHS, is the Coast Guard still a military service branch?
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Yes. Red-headed step children. They have been moved around under different departments. When I was in, under the DOT. UCMJ still rules.

Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (oiNtH)

166 "This means that there is a widespread problem of the Marine Corps not doing a good job of flying its aircraft."

I suspect there might be some design probs with the Osprey, but I'm no expert. It looks like it would be challenging to learn to fly it, fer sure.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (MvF+J)

167 ...but the recruiter thought it was enough of a red flag to cover up.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

So much disturbing about that statement.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (bhRsz)

168 Chewing fists full of CBD gummies at 400 knots is not cool, man.

Posted by: Tommy Chong at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (lf83v)

169 When I saw El Presidente Biden lead those soldiers into that box canyon at the Kabul airport and then leave them their to die, I knew right then that I had to join the US military.

Posted by: Said Literally No One at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (7ycwL)

170 >>I read that the aircraft's beacon (I forgot the correct term.) was turned off. That's why they had no idea where it went.

I think they use Canadian Beacon in the F35.

That shit's not real beacon.

Posted by: Fletch at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (YcYZY)

171 Integrity 178B.

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 01:46 PM (RHGPo)

++++

Ant entity that puts "Integrity" into their name is suspect, right off the bat.

+++++

The head of Green Hills Software has been on various programs in the past talking about how his organization makes software that doesn't fail and how everybody should be using his products.

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (RHGPo)

172 I am pretty sure the autopilot report is early fog of war bad info. How would we know autopilot is on but not where the plane is? (I know the debris has been located).

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 02:02 PM (dWjpk)

173 162 So, presumably someone will ask why the pilot ejected after engaging an automatic flight control system rather than make an attempt to return to base.
---
I read that the aircraft's beacon (I forgot the correct term.) was turned off. That's why they had no idea where it went.
Why would that be?
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (sWM8x)

Why were they so public about it being lost? They hide everything and suddenly they're shouting that they've lost an F-35.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 02:02 PM (KbCG3)

174 Never forget the bravery of the Marine Corpse.
Posted by: Barack Obama at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (lf83v)
........

They've got nothing to lose.

Posted by: wth at September 19, 2023 02:02 PM (v0R5T)

175 122 Reportedly the pilot ejected and the plane with auto turned on kept flying. What was the mishap that caused the pilot to eject? Was it pilot error to eject from an aircraft that could have been safely landed? If it was pilot error, they don't want to admit it unless pressed.
Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM (oiNtH)

My understanding of ejection is it's deliberate.
Not really something you accidentally do.

Then again, they could have redesigned it to solve a problem that didn't exist only to create a new problem... I mean, not like that hasn't happened before.

Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02:02 PM (53oGX)

176 Many of my son's friends are getting out instead of staying in. Thankfully, my boy had an MOS that actually taught him some skills and he's signed up to take a few 9month courses courtesy of the GI Bill.

Posted by: nurse ratched, sea otter Awareness WEEK starts Sunday! at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (QxEBj)

177 Yes. Red-headed step children. They have been moved around under different departments. When I was in, under the DOT. UCMJ still rules.
Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (oiNtH)
++++
Okay, cool. So then I come up with this list for branches:
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
- Coast Guard
- Space Force

Six branches. Did I miss any?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (t0OGg)

178 But Tubberville is literally Hitler and a traitor for holding up promotions for more woke officers!

China and Russia are secretly developing new, deadlier pronouns and without the promotion of those elite Gender Studies officers, we will lose the next ten wars!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (TzW+Y)

179 When she left office after 16 years, a local museum unveiled a statue of Merkel on horseback to commemorate her reign. The artist left it to the viewer whether the statue was created out of appreciation or whether it was intended to be ironic. It drew plenty of ridicule at the time.

Last week, the statue collapsed under its own weight. As with most things done during the Merkel-era, the statue was built as efficiently as possible, but not very durable: it was hollow and 3D-printed out of concrete that could neither withstand the external forces of nature, nor support its own weight. This probably wasn’t intentional, but if it were it would be a brilliant artistic rendition of Merkel’s leadership and the aftermath the country is dealing with.

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (RHGPo)

180 130 81 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 01:48 PM (aD39U)

======

Nancy Mace will be the next Ms. Lindsey Graham.
Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (DFUGT)

Well they both like cock....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 01:56 PM (xcxpd)

Lindsey would skip the prayer breakfast...

Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (53oGX)

181 Noting the Navies success with Top Gun series of movies in bringing in aviators, the Air Force has commissioned Bottom Gunned starring Tomasina Cruz as a transgender pilot facing, but bravely overcoming, discrimination to serve as the bottom in an attack formation of F37 (Fighting Fags) taking on Russian FU interceptors in an exciting real life combat scenario. Lady Gaga sings her hit song Hold My Dick. With thank you opening message from Admiral Rachel Levine.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (CecP5)

182 Why were they so public about it being lost? They hide everything and suddenly they're shouting that they've lost an F-35.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 02:02 PM (KbCG3)

B/c an F-35 could blow up the White House without us probably knowing in advance?

Posted by: Nova Local at September 19, 2023 02:04 PM (exHjb)

183 I joined the USAF in the 80s. DEP- Delayed Enlistment Program (or something like that). There was a waiting list to join the USAF. Now? They can't meet enlistment goals.

Decline is a choice.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 19, 2023 02:04 PM (sAmhv)

184 Has everyone seen the Nick Chubb injury video?
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:54 PM (0N1h0)

I assume this is a sportsball person?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:04 PM (zhLdt)

185 I saw a documentary yesterday about Lt. Cushing's Cockleshell Heroes like attack on the Confederate ironclad Albemarle. Very interesting.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:00 PM (FVME7)

Oooh, was just reading about that. Cushing's back got seriously fucked up in that attack.

Do you have a link to the doc??

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 02:04 PM (xcxpd)

186 Did anybody see luscious wagshambas open for limp bizkit at the sunset stadium back in 2017?

Posted by: runner at September 19, 2023 02:04 PM (t459v)

187 (lays $100 on table)

The pilot was Ukranian.

Pushed buttons, panic, pushed more buttons, ejected, boom.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:05 PM (SfD1B)

188 So the pilot spilled hot cawfee in his lap?

Damn.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 19, 2023 02:05 PM (FjYaO)

189 Possibilities

- mechanical -- unlikely as it kept flying.
- software -- possible, but why eject? Is there a reset and reboot button? Was auto-pilot engaged before or after problem? Seems unlikely.
- human error -- this is hard to grasp unless pilot was idiot, stoned on hormone therapy, Ukrainian, or quota baby.
- an op.

Posted by: US Navy at September 19, 2023 02:05 PM (VmBz3)

190 181 Noting the Navies success with Top Gun series of movies in bringing in aviators, the Air Force has commissioned Bottom Gunned starring Tomasina Cruz as a transgender pilot facing, but bravely overcoming, discrimination to serve as the bottom in an attack formation of F37 (Fighting Fags) taking on Russian FU interceptors in an exciting real life combat scenario. Lady Gaga sings her hit song Hold My Dick. With thank you opening message from Admiral Rachel Levine.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (CecP5)

That's top quality right there.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (eYoxG)

191 For those discussing lost nukes, there's an extremely interesting book called Command and Control by Eric Schlosser about this very topic.

Actually, his thesis is that nuclear weapons are simply machines. And, like all machines, they will and have broken. What happens when a nuclear weapon or weapons system breaks?

He covers all the "lost nuke" accidents, framed by the exploding missile silo in Arkansas from the 80's, which is an incredible story.

Posted by: Greenbubbleraincoatman at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (VSIhW)

192 This means that there is a widespread problem of the Marine Corps not doing a good job of flying its aircraft. Could be any number of things - maintenance, training, poor choices of when and where to fly - but whatever it is, the Marine Corps has not had the proper focus on flying its aircraft. The safety standdown is to break the cadence of badness - whoa, too many mistakes, let's step back and see what's happening. This is actually a good response from the Marine Corps. But a response to a bad set of circumstances.
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (dWjpk)

Helos crash... they just do. Damn things are trying to kill you the minute they take off.

Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (53oGX)

193 Conservative white males will stop enlisting.

This will make zero difference in the left and their policies regarding the military and wokeness.

Any and all recruiting shortages will be made up by offering citizenship to foreign nationals who enlist.

Posted by: EFG at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (OwxeB)

194 They're never gonna tell us the truth about this

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (bs+z0)

195 This blue-eyed brunette is glad the pilot lived:
https://is.gd/irs1wf

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (t0OGg)

196 189 Possibilities

- mechanical -- unlikely as it kept flying.
- software -- possible, but why eject? Is there a reset and reboot button? Was auto-pilot engaged before or after problem? Seems unlikely.
- human error -- this is hard to grasp unless pilot was idiot, stoned on hormone therapy, Ukrainian, or quota baby.
- an op.
Posted by: US Navy at September 19, 2023 02:05 PM (VmBz3)

Other possibility:

Something much worse happened in some corner of our world that they didn't want to make the news. Since they ran out of aliens, they decided to crash an F-35 in the most mysterious way possible.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (KbCG3)

197 OUT: The military will make you a real man

IN: The military will make you a fake woman

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:42 PM

------------

"She All You Can Be."

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (JSVH5)

198 195 This blue-eyed brunette is glad the pilot lived:
https://is.gd/irs1wf
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (t0OGg)

========

Split ends.

3/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (LvTSG)

199 167 ...but the recruiter thought it was enough of a red flag to cover up.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

So much disturbing about that statement.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (bhRsz)
______

I think they are desperate to recruit and are willing to cut corners to do it, including deceiving their own people

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

200 Out: PRIVATE PYLE I WILL MAKE A MAKE A MARINE OUT OF EVEN IF IT SHORT DICKS EVERY CANNIBAL IN THE CONGO!

In: PRIVATE PYLE I WILL MAKE A MAKE A WOMAN OUT OF YOU EVEN IF I I HAVE TO SHORT DICK YOU ALONG WITH EVERY CANNIBAL IN THE CONGO!

Posted by: R. Lee Ermey at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (LaNzR)

201 > I assume this is a sportsball person?

No, he's a Shakespearian actor. He fell of the stage and bent his leg 90 degrees the wrong way.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (0N1h0)

202 The Marines fly the "B" variant of the F-35. This version can take off sort of like a helicopter. It's a complicated system that apparently still has "bugs" that need to be worked out. IF the pilot was using this mode to take off and it failed, to one degree or another, it's possible the pilot felt there was no other choice. The decision to put the plane into some sort of autonomous flight mode before bailing out is weird. Maybe they thought the pending crash would be lessened?

Here's a video of a F-35B model having issues while landing in the "helicopter" mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9GBHNaYzcs

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (Q4IgG)

203 The scuttlebutt I heard is that the software just froze up.

I warn everyone to ignore this. I strongly suspect this is a post-hoc explanation created by people trying to find some logic in reported events.
Posted by: US Navy at September 19, 2023 01:59 PM (VmBz3)

As a software developer I have two thoughts:

1. I could believe this.
2. Why would you build a warplane which could be disabled - to the point of being lost - by a software fault.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (zhLdt)

204 195 This blue-eyed brunette is glad the pilot lived:
https://is.gd/irs1wf
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (t0OGg)

Bedroom eyes and kitchen table tits

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (xcxpd)

205 201 > I assume this is a sportsball person?

No, he's a Shakespearian actor. He fell of the stage and bent his leg 90 degrees the wrong way.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (0N1h0)

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Shakespeare: Not even once.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (LvTSG)

206 177 Yes. Red-headed step children. They have been moved around under different departments. When I was in, under the DOT. UCMJ still rules.
Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 02:01 PM (oiNtH)
++++
Okay, cool. So then I come up with this list for branches:
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
- Coast Guard
- Space Force

Six branches. Did I miss any?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (t0OGg)

According to the DoD website, National Guard.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (eYoxG)

207 No, he's a Shakespearian actor. He fell of the stage and bent his leg 90 degrees the wrong way.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:07 PM (0N1h0)

So he really did "Break a leg.".

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (bs+z0)

208 Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (sWM8x)

209 My dad was proud of his Air Force service. Korea era, he was stationed in England at an airbase called RAF Brize Norton. He was Air Police, flight line security. He met a nice local girl and yada yada yada, here I am.

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (geLO8)

210 We now call it "non-traditionally reaching" our goals, as the term "miss" is gender specific and can be triggering for many.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (9UlRk)

211 (lays $100 on table)

The pilot was Ukranian.
_________

I just read an article in the NY Post that there are 20 war-wounded Ukrainian soldiers recovering at a Staten Island hospital.

They don't have hospitals in Europe? And ask a military servicemember how long it takes to makes an appointment at a clinic.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (lf83v)

212 The pilot was Ukranian.

Pushed buttons, panic, pushed more buttons, ejected, boom.
Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:05 PM (SfD1B)

That's a good guess.

1. Ukrainian
2. Of Color
3. Tranny
4. Female
5. Gay

I don't know if that's the order of probability, but I'm thinking it's damn close to 100% he/she/it hits one or more of those.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (qpgWl)

213 203 2. Why would you build a warplane which could be disabled - to the point of being lost - by a software fault.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (zhLdt)

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Because the project managers thought it was a good idea and they found a product manager who would support them?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (LvTSG)

214 This blue-eyed brunette is glad the pilot lived:
https://is.gd/irs1wf
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
.......

Why the combover, does she have a bald spot?

Posted by: wth at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (v0R5T)

215 GenX I thought started around 1964. I'm 1962 and I feel more GenX than Boomer. I do not remember anything from the 60's other than a vague memory of seeing the moon landing. Boomers were in their teens/college during the 60's those are the boomers. They're the idiots who screwed it all up. Fought the man and then became the man.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (DBrN4)

216 Whatever you do, don't touch the red button!
Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM

=====

What? Do I look like a Elderly Black Democrat Congresswoman?

Posted by: Anon at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (9dSHc)

217
Bedroom eyes and kitchen table tits
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (xcxpd)

I don't know what this means, but it's still funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (Zz0t1)

218 Do you have a link to the doc??
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo

I don't. It was on Story Network's Military Monday and entitled The Most Daring Mission of the Civil War.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (FVME7)

219 193 Conservative white males will stop enlisting.

This will make zero difference in the left and their policies regarding the military and wokeness.

Any and all recruiting shortages will be made up by offering citizenship to foreign nationals who enlist.
Posted by: EFG at September 19, 2023 02:06 PM (OwxeB)

Don't really need citizenship to come here and get on welfare. US citizenship also means you're taxed globally. What's the sell here?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (eYoxG)

220 So I see Ray Epps finally got charged... With a misdemeanor...Surprise

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (bs+z0)

221 210 We now call it "non-traditionally reaching" our goals, as the term "miss" is gender specific and can be triggering for many.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (9UlRk)

++++

LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (V202s)

222 Wasn't the town of Stucky , SC where the train got stopped for over a day last year. Or was that another SC town?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (mCz8T)

223 Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (sWM8x)

Hey. It works, man.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)

224 What better place for a ghey guy than a Cockpit?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (ZV+pB)

225 >>This blue-eyed brunette is glad the pilot lived:
https://is.gd/irs1wf

Her eyebrows hint at a genetic heritage that is at risk from the latest Covid Var.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (YcYZY)

226 See. I told you that bad F-35 was just no food for you. Sure, she looks sexy. And she’s young. But just when you needed her she leaves you to go out and crash at some rogues backyard.

I’ll always love you. Yes, I’m ugly and old and not as sexy as I used to be. But these are birthing hips baby! You should see what I can put out!!!

Posted by: A-10 Warthog at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (V8yYW)

227 And now climate change is literally knocking our jets out of the sky!

Posted by: AOC, America's Orifice at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (7ycwL)

228 175 122 Reportedly the pilot ejected and the plane with auto turned on kept flying. What was the mishap that caused the pilot to eject? Was it pilot error to eject from an aircraft that could have been safely landed? If it was pilot error, they don't want to admit it unless pressed.
Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM
My understanding of ejection is it's deliberate.
Not really something you accidentally do.

Then again, they could have redesigned it to solve a problem that didn't exist only to create a new problem... I mean, not like that hasn't happened before
Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02
My Fil ejected from an F4 and hit the canopy. He broke his back, he was back in the saddle in a week. I believe this was around the end of Vietnam. This just sounds weird. My Fil's plane was spinning out of control and he was inverted when he ejected, I don't remember what was wrong with the plane.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (Br8mK)

229 In my opinion Boebert was drunk or stoned...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (bs+z0)

230 Matt Gaetz bitch slaps Speaker McCarthy.

Speaker McCarthy, after eight months of inaction, I have taken the liberty of drafting a subpoena to Hunter Biden.

It simply requires your date and signature.

Millions of Americans are wondering if you're serious.

https://is.gd/6ps5eE

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (0N1h0)

231 187 (lays $100 on table)

The pilot was Ukranian.

Pushed buttons, panic, pushed more buttons, ejected, boom.
Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:05 PM (SfD1B)

Was it the movie Iron Eagle where the kid steals the military jet?

Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (53oGX)

232 What's amazing is that recruitment isn't far, far worse. Two decades of conflict resulting in an embarassing withdrawal, political leadership that craves overseas deployments and miliary engagements, a foreign policy that is hard to explain let alone defend, military brass who are all-in on every kooky race, ethnicity, and gay theory imaginable. My question is why isn't recruitment much lower.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at September 19, 2023 01:51 PM (ppBhU)

Their "strong job numbers" aren't. Plenty of folks joining up that are basically out of options in the private sector.

Posted by: Catherine at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (ZSsrh)

233 According to the DoD website, National Guard.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (eYoxG)
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Huh. I didn't know that the Guard was considered its own branch. I learned something today.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (t0OGg)

234 "213 203 2. Why would you build a warplane which could be disabled - to the point of being lost - by a software fault.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (zhLdt)

========

Because the project managers thought it was a good idea and they found a product manager who would support them?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (LvTSG) "

and no one up or down the line gave a rat's ass about anything beyond the paycheck and pension any more?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (YNbPJ)

235 It was on Story Network's Military Monday and entitled The Most Daring Mission of the Civil War.

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Looks like it is on AppleTV+.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (FVME7)

236 64 If this is just a random accident, why did they ground all jets for two days?

Did the plane do something weird that spooked the pilot? Did the pilot act in a way that made them suspicious? Was there an external event like a Chinese space laser lit up the cockpit?

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 01:49 PM (0N1h0)

I was sick and tired of the plane always mansplaining to me what to do next, in a FEMALE VOICE! I had to get out before I went crazy!

Posted by: 2nd Lt. Tiffani "Crazy Lady" O'Hara at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (5fDan)

237 IF Hunter is actually hauled in front of a committee, what's the over/under on variations of "I don't recall" he will use?

I'm going with 6.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

238 F-35. Soooo bad they named it after an excellent aircraft in hope that one might confuse the two and think the F-35 was the good one.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (EQa13)

239 >>In my opinion Boebert was drunk or stoned...

Randy.

She was wetter than a Georgia Ballot Counting Facility at 1 am on Election Night.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (YcYZY)

240 I just read an article in the NY Post that there are 20 war-wounded Ukrainian soldiers recovering at a Staten Island hospital.

They don't have hospitals in Europe? And ask a military servicemember how long it takes to makes an appointment at a clinic.

The DoD would prefer old American vets just die.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (XqcwY)

241 In my opinion Boebert was drunk or stoned...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (bs+z0)
........

acting all weird and fidgety.

Posted by: wth at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (v0R5T)

242 Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (sWM8x)

Did she say something new?

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (qpgWl)

243 >>Was it the movie Iron Eagle where the kid steals the military jet?

You are thinking of Firefox.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (YcYZY)

244 239 Randy.

She was wetter than a Georgia Ballot Counting Facility at 1 am on Election Night.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (YcYZY)

=========

"The right candidate will fix that."
-Joe Biden, with that twinkle in his eye

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (LvTSG)

245 Leftists destroy everything they touch, mostly human lives.
150 million dead at the hands of Socialism, Marxism, Communism, Fascism. All of those different 'isms' are just different cracks in the same stinking turd.
Leftists can not be reasoned with as their position is quite unreasonable to start with. They must be destroyed.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (JNTt1)

246 I don't know if that's the order of probability, but I'm thinking it's damn close to 100% he/she/it hits one or more of those.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (qpgWl)

Woman of Prostate.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (aD39U)

247 In my opinion Boebert was drunk or stoned...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (bs+z0)

Horny, for sure. Maybe on X....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (Zz0t1)

248 This was a demonstration of the F-35 in ground attack mode.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (EQa13)

249 I read an article the other day that in WWII, there were 12
4 star Generals. Today, there are 40. I am confident but don't know for sure about Admirals but can only imagine that they greatly expanded. Is this because of a wider scope of military operations/personnel/equipment/training or an ever expanding elite officer corps? Or both?

Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (oiNtH)

250 242 Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (sWM8x)

Did she say something new?
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (qpgWl)

Only that she and her date are no longer an item...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (exHjb)

251 I thought that if you eject, the plane stops flying. I also think there are certain scuttle charges in the plane that destroy certain parts of the plane with sensitive data or design.

I don't know how the plane could have remained on autopilot.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (lf83v)

252 > Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.

She lied, the video came out, she stopped lying.

Why plead meth when you can plead, "Fuck off. I'm an adult woman getting a little harmless action with a consenting adult man in a dark theater?"

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (0N1h0)

253 "Which 10% of the population would you say is -- or was most interested in military service? Would you say that 10% tends to be male and traditionalist, by any chance?

OUT: The military will make you a real man

IN: The military will make you a fake woman"

But those people won't be willing to fire upon American citizens and load them into cattle cars.

A LOYAL military is far more important to our "elites" than a competent one.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (JMAcK)

254
You are thinking of Firefox.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (YcYZY)

Wasn't that the one with Clint Eastwood as the pilot?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (Zz0t1)

255 F-35. Soooo bad they named it after an excellent aircraft in hope that one might confuse the two and think the F-35 was the good one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (EQa13)

The F-Duplicate.

Or F-dup, for short.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (9UlRk)

256 Sorry for being late to this thread was watching E/V Nautilus dive on the wreck of USS Yorktown at Midway.

As for the F-35 'crash' and paucity of details, I have the sinking feeling the pilot grabbed the bang handle...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (tOEgK)

257 What did I miss with Boebert?

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (SfD1B)

258 So I see Ray Epps finally got charged... With a misdemeanor

-
Is that better or worse than a mishap?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (FVME7)

259 In my opinion Boebert was drunk or stoned...

Randy.

She was wetter than a Georgia Ballot Counting Facility at 1 am on Election Night.

There is this default assumption that every conservative pol has to be a perfect person.

And...that gets you Mittens Romney "honorably" and intentionally losing to Barack Obama

Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)

260 249 I read an article the other day that in WWII, there were 12
4 star Generals. Today, there are 40. I am confident but don't know for sure about Admirals but can only imagine that they greatly expanded. Is this because of a wider scope of military operations/personnel/equipment/training or an ever expanding elite officer corps? Or both?
Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (oiNtH)

Expanding officer corp. The military is way smaller on a personnel basis than WWII.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (eYoxG)

261 226 See. I told you that bad F-35 was just no food for you. Sure, she looks sexy. And she’s young. But just when you needed her she leaves you to go out and crash at some rogues backyard.

I’ll always love you. Yes, I’m ugly and old and not as sexy as I used to be. But these are birthing hips baby! You should see what I can put out!!!
Posted by: A-10 Warthog at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (V8yYW)
______________

A10 gets a bad rap. The plane looks fine, even kinda cool with the two big engine boobs hanging off the body like a D Cup, and the big booty of those tail fins. She looks pretty wicked all loaded up with weapons. Would bang.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

262 I believe only the Marines are projected to make mission this year for recruiting, probably because they project the most non-woke image of all the branches. Spoiler- they're moving in that direction, just like the rest of the DoD.

I'm now a full time Guardsman, former active duty, and my state will not meet its minimum force structure manning numbers for the year. Of course, they pull all sorts of shenanigans with the books to keep people "in" until October, when they finally discharge a tons of losses to meet that minimum requirement.

We're screwed, as a nation, without a major shift in culture. I guess, with the dems importing tens of millions of immigrants, we're going to get it.

Posted by: Military Moron at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (DQOre)

263 Huh. I didn't know that the Guard was considered its own branch. I learned something today.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (t0OGg)

It wasn't. I don't know if it is now. They've changed a lot of things since I got out.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (qpgWl)

264 But the military's image has been surreally good since 2020!

Posted by: Paul Krugman at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (fKIdX)

265 Didn't get down to the level of Landing during their/its flight simulator training. No one had asked prior.

Trees were taller & healthier than anticipated due to climate change.

Got tired of thinking; was not being paid enough and wanted to go home.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (GshMh)

266 "Hey, we don't all have a prayer breakfast to get to, ya know..."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (9UlRk)

267 Why plead meth when you can plead, "Fuck off. I'm an adult woman getting a little harmless action with a consenting adult man in a dark theater?"
Posted by: bonhomme

--

Ah, I think I just caught up.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (SfD1B)

268
Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)

Of course some of us have.... But we aren't Congressmen/women

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (bs+z0)

269 Problem: "Conservative white males will stop enlisting."

Solution: Military draft, with generous wartime exclusions for trannies and other woketards.

Posted by: Final Solution at September 19, 2023 02:15 PM (7ycwL)

270 A LOYAL military is far more important to our "elites" than a competent one

Obviously they do not care the military lost the 'Stan and Iraq wars. The government and their clients got what they wanted out of it.

However, they definitely do want a military that will kill American citizens when they get "uppity"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:16 PM (XqcwY)

271 237 IF Hunter is actually hauled in front of a committee, what's the over/under on variations of "I don't recall" he will use?

I'm going with 6.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

I read somewhere that one of the reasons for the sham gun indictment of Hunter is that if he gets called before an impeachment investigation committee (or whatever it's called), he can more "credibly" claim 5th Amendment rights to not answer questions. He'd do it anyway though, but *shrugs*.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 19, 2023 02:16 PM (uGhsv)

272 It makes sense now that I think about all the talking heads who I heard saying stuff about "Boebert was accusing the left of grooming, and she did this!!!"

But I'm not sure how that influenced children.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (SfD1B)

273
Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)

She wasn't in a movie theater. It was a live performance at a performance hall. She was rude, obnoxious and even threw down the "don't you know who I am" card.

She f*cked up. Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)

274 Of course some of us have.... But we aren't Congressmen/women

See and that last part is the problem. So what?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (XqcwY)

275 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity don't win wars. Dedication, Education, and Imagination do.

Posted by: Eromero at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (NxC5+)

276 208 Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (sWM8x)

Tried and failed.

Posted by: Hunter at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (53oGX)

277 1979 technically still under the War Baby Boomers

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (fwDg9)

278 251 The autopilot was smart enough to be able to compensate for the changed drag caused by the open cockpit too. By design or by accident?

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (MvF+J)

279 I'm an adult woman getting a little harmless action with a consenting adult man in a dark theater?"
Posted by: bonhomme

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Zombie Pee Wee Herman at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (FVME7)

280 >IF Hunter is actually hauled in front of a committee, what's the over/under on variations of "I don't recall" he will use?

Guy like that probably has a lot of buffers

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (geLO8)

281 Solution: Military draft, with generous wartime exclusions for trannies and other woketards.
Posted by: Final Solution a

Where the names of white males from southern states are put in at a rate of 100-1 for other groups.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (CIS44)

282
She f*cked up. Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)

Yes she did

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (bs+z0)

283 Boebert is making her situation worse by lying her ass off. I still think her best option is to plead meth.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (sWM8x)

Her best option is to say that she likes cock and can still pull men. All the young women in her district will shout Yazz Kween before going back to calling her a nazi.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (zhLdt)

284 228 175 122 Reportedly the pilot ejected and the plane with auto turned on kept flying. What was the mishap that caused the pilot to eject? Was it pilot error to eject from an aircraft that could have been safely landed? If it was pilot error, they don't want to admit it unless pressed.
Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 01:55 PM
My understanding of ejection is it's deliberate.
Not really something you accidentally do.

Then again, they could have redesigned it to solve a problem that didn't exist only to create a new problem... I mean, not like that hasn't happened before
Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02
My Fil ejected from an F4 and hit the canopy. He broke his back, he was back in the saddle in a week. I believe this was around the end of Vietnam. This just sounds weird. My Fil's plane was spinning out of control and he was inverted when he ejected, I don't remember what was wrong with the plane.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (Br8mK)

Early F-104s had a downward-firing ejection seat. Good luck trying to roll over to eject if the engine failed shortly after take-off.

Posted by: GL at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (5fDan)

285 I remember a Pentagon report in 2019 that brought up concerns that the F-35 software was vulnerable to hacking.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (gmo/4)

286 Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)
__________

In a movie theater? No. But don't ask me about clubs . . .

I think the criticism is that she's a public figure, a prominent Congresswoman, someone the left is out to get, and she goes ahead and does this in public where the chances of getting caught -- and filmed -- are high. I think she's a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

287 Straight people aren't allowed to do things like that.

That's not really said jokingly.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (SfD1B)

288 The Air Force will, as expected, miss its active-duty recruiting goals for the first time since 1999, Secretary Frank Kendall said during a conference here Monday.
___________

Having the Commander in Chief fall flat on his ass at the Air Force Academy didn't help.

Fly. Fight. Fall.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (lf83v)

289 >>She wasn't in a movie theater. It was a live performance at a performance hall. She was rude, obnoxious and even threw down the "don't you know who I am" card.

She's a Witch!

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (YcYZY)

290 Being expected to take off, fly, AND land the damned jet is white supremacism!

Posted by: 2 + 2 = 17.15 at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (7ycwL)

291 Only that she and her date are no longer an item...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (exHjb)

I saw it posted somewhere, he's a Democrat.

So... she's got bad taste in men. Great.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (qpgWl)

292 Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)

Not going to judge her on this.

Definitely not going to listen to a bunch of lefties whine about this while telling me that it's totes normal for some dude who thinks he's a chick to wave a dildo in the face of some little kid.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (KbCG3)

293 281 Solution: Military draft, with generous wartime exclusions for trannies and other woketards.
Posted by: Final Solution a

Where the names of white males from southern states are put in at a rate of 100-1 for other groups.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (CIS44)

Ah yes, that'll avoid an uprising, just tell them they've been drafted.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (eYoxG)

294 IF Hunter is actually hauled in front of a committee, what's the over/under on variations of "I don't recall" he will use?

I'm going with 6.
Posted by: Sponge
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He's a lightweight waster. All of the Bidens are.

Posted by: Hillary, saying "I don't recall" 39 times at hearing at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (3trAM)

295 290 Being expected to take off, fly, AND land the damned jet is white supremacism!
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Taking off and flying is easy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (pLaQB)

296 Here's my Boebert stance:

All politicians are scum, and I don't give a shit.

Vote right, and whatever.

Hell, she's not even anywhere near my district, and I end up caring even less.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (LvTSG)

297 She lied, the video came out, she stopped lying.
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Not really. She said the guy wouldn't get a second date. They'd been an item for several months.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (sWM8x)

298 Testing

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chop & Bacons at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (BdMk6)

299 Why can't people just say "I fucked up- I'm sorry."

?

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (geLO8)

300 Breaking: 36-year old divorcee has lapse in judgement. Film at 11.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (gmo/4)

301 Not going to judge her on this.

Definitely not going to listen to a bunch of lefties whine about this while telling me that it's totes normal for some dude who thinks he's a chick to wave a dildo in the face of some little kid.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (KbCG3)

That's wrong.. And she was wrong too...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (bs+z0)

302 Anybody who knows something about how muscles work or architecture should know that diversity is not something you would associate with strength.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (krQz2)

303 How do you know she's a witch?

Posted by: Monty Python at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (xfEL3)

304 Ah yes, that'll avoid an uprising, just tell them they've been drafted.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (eYoxG)

"Here's some clothes and a gun. Now go oppress yourself. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (9UlRk)

305 Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)

Not since I was a teenager. No.

I'm assuming since it was a live performance of Beetlejuice, there were kids present.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (qpgWl)

306 I think she's a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

And as long as we hold conservative pols to standards no one else is held to we will lose.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (XqcwY)

307 243 >>Was it the movie Iron Eagle where the kid steals the military jet?

You are thinking of Firefox.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (YcYZY)

I am not.. Louis Gossett Jr. not Clint Eastwood.

Posted by: Hunter at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (53oGX)

308 You should see what I can put out!!!
Posted by: A-10 Warthog at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (V8yYW)

I've seen videos. That's some sweet lovin'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (zhLdt)

309 Then there is the F-106 that got into an unrecoverable flat spin so the pilot ejected. Newton and all that resulted in the plane exiting the spin and then gently crash landing in a corn field. They repaired the F-106 and it went back to flight status.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (tOEgK)

310 Off crackhead sock

Posted by: Inogame at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (53oGX)

311 Testing again (sheesh)

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (BdMk6)

312 How do you know she's a witch?
_________

Witches burn. And wood burns. . .

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (lf83v)

313 > What did I miss with Boebert?

Boebert was on a date and she let him touch da boobs.
She also tugged on his todger.
She also vaped a bit.

This all happened in a dark theater.

For some strange reason, the theater had IR cameras and they filmed all of this.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (0N1h0)

314 Why can't people just say "I fucked up- I'm sorry."

?
Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (geLO

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I fucked up. I'm sorry.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (krQz2)

315 312 How do you know she's a witch?
_________

Witches burn. And wood burns. . .
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (lf83v)

========

Ah, but it also floats, like a duck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (LvTSG)

316 Boebert forgot she had taken some prescription medication, then she had one drink and had a bad reaction. She is not responsible for her actions.

* Said very lying Dem everywhere in the same situation.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (FjYaO)

317 >>I think she's a fucking idiot.

Chicks are dumb.

Horny chicks are dumber.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (YcYZY)

318 Say you're one of those evil crazy bigoted idiots that think people with penises are men and wouldn't be comfortable referring to such a person as she. Can you imagine a worse work environment than being in the military when such a person is your CO?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (fKIdX)

319 Ah yes, that'll avoid an uprising, just tell them they've been drafted.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:18 PM (eYoxG)

This sounds suspiciously like a consequence, Dems dont consider consequences.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (CIS44)

320 My Fil's plane was spinning out of control and he was inverted when he ejected, I don't remember what was wrong with the plane.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM (Br8mK)

It was spinning out of control. The inverted part was a bonus.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (zhLdt)

321 Maybe if Boebert wears a hoodie and dingy workout shorts on the floor of Congress everything will be okay.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (SfD1B)

322 Boebert was getting hot and heavy with her date in a movie theater? OH NO. Because no normal person has ever done this...right horde?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (XqcwY)

Regardless of who has or hasn't done it, I don't think the people sitting next to her in the theater appreciated the sideshow entertainment very much.

Also, IIRC, her """date""" was/is the owner of a gay bar hosting drag shows, which at the very least calls her judgment and honesty into serious question.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (bhRsz)

323 312 How do you know she's a witch?
_________
Witches burn. And wood burns. . .
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM

Burns mean fire. FIRE BAD!!!!

Posted by: Senator Fettermonster at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (JCZqz)

324 For some strange reason, the theater had IR cameras and they filmed all of this.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (0N1h0)
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AKA, their R-camera.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (krQz2)

325 "Boomers were in their teens/college during the 60's those are the boomers. They're the idiots who screwed it all up."

I fucked up. I'm sorry.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (MvF+J)

326 So, if she is heavier than a duck, she is not a witch.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (lf83v)

327 316 Boebert forgot she had taken some prescription medication, then she had one drink and had a bad reaction. She is not responsible for her actions.

* Said very lying Dem everywhere in the same situation.
Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (FjYaO)

Where can I get some of this medication for my wife?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (fKIdX)

328 Yes, because why should we expect our elected leaders and US Representatives on the global stage to not act like horny teenagers in the back of a car at make-out point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

329 I guess when the revolution comes, the F35's will be easy pickings. The pilots just take off and eject.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (i9y/k)

330 The "strange reason" that theaters have IR cameras (for years now) is to thwart film bootleggers.
...as previously mentioned...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (MeG8a)

331 The AV-8B Harrier 2 also had a high accident rate.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (gmo/4)

332 For some strange reason, the theater had IR cameras and they filmed all of this.

--

Wow.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (SfD1B)

333 326 So, if she is heavier than a duck, she is not a witch.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (lf83v)

========

It's a fair court.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (LvTSG)

334 256 Sorry for being late to this thread was watching E/V Nautilus dive on the wreck of USS Yorktown at Midway.

As for the F-35 'crash' and paucity of details, I have the sinking feeling the pilot grabbed the bang handle...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (tOEgK)

AP, would you please tell us the website you're viewing the Yorktown videos? Thanks.

Posted by: GL at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (5fDan)

335 Typical Rock ribbed Conservative.

Cry foul when you get caught giving a Democrat a handy-j while out partying on your dime.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (9UlRk)

336 My Fil ejected from an F4 and hit the canopy. He broke his back, he was back in the saddle in a week. I believe this was around the end of Vietnam. This just sounds weird. My Fil's plane was spinning out of control and he was inverted when he ejected, I don't remember what was wrong with the plane.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 19, 2023 02:11 PM

Doesn't have to be anything wrong with the plane. Spinning a swept-wing airplane (I know the F4 has a modified delta, but it's the same principle) is not a good thing to do, whether inverted or not. You can get there simply by maneuvering in the right way.

Even by the most generous definition, ejection seats are in no way "safe." Their use is reserved for direst circumstances and is not something you do when you have other options.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (FNhhz)

337 >>So, if she is heavier than a duck, she is not a witch.

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of Science?

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (YcYZY)

338 So, in summary, Lauren Boebert crashed a jet in the jungles of South Carolina and Michelle Obama is still a warthog.

Posted by: Brian Dead, Esq. at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (7ycwL)

339 332 For some strange reason, the theater had IR cameras and they filmed all of this.
_________

The Pee Wee Herman effect.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (lf83v)

340 Vote right, and whatever.

Hell, she's not even anywhere near my district, and I end up caring even less.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (LvTSG)

In 2020, she defeated a Gope incumbent. Then easily won the general. In 2022 she barely scraped a victory over a Democrat who was caught cheating on his wife.

She won't win in '24. The district is not as red as it once was, and Colorado is ruled by blue Denver, including the people who count the votes.

Oh well, she's hot and she carries a gun.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (qpgWl)

341 Shiver me timbers, she got felt up as she felt him up?

Keel Haul!

Posted by: davidt at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (SYTee)

342 For some strange reason, the theater had IR cameras and they filmed all of this.

--

Pretty sure that by the current rules, this counts as revenge porn. She should sue the theater.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (fKIdX)

343 328 Yes, because why should we expect our elected leaders and US Representatives on the global stage to not act like horny teenagers in the back of a car at make-out point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

But...why? We all know they're scumbags. If you're expecting better than that, that's kind of a you problem.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (KbCG3)

344 Abolish The F-35.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (UkqCM)

345 338 So, in summary, Lauren Boebert crashed a jet in the jungles of South Carolina and Michelle Obama is still a warthog.
Posted by: Brian Dead, Esq. at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (7ycwL)

LOL.... Yes ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (bs+z0)

346 306 I think she's a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

And as long as we hold conservative pols to standards no one else is held to we will lose.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (XqcwY)
__________

I didn't say not to vote for her. I said she's a fucking idiot because she did fucking idiot stuff -- so brazen it's almost like she's an exhibitionist hoping to be seen -- that caused a fucking idiotic controversy that never should have been. I don't care what she does or who she does it with. But you don't do shit like this in public when you know you're a target. She's too fucking idiotic to get that.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

347 321 Maybe if Boebert wears a hoodie and dingy workout shorts on the floor of Congress everything will be okay.
Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM

Y'know, I never found her that attractive, but she looks pretty good in those security camera videos. If she and AOC wear bikinis and wrestle in a kiddie pool full of baby oil, I think we can forgive (but never forget...)

Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 19, 2023 02:24 PM (JCZqz)

348 The AV-8A Harrier had a high accident rate because the pilot had to do everything manually.

The AV-8B Harrier II had more sophisticated stability control software to negate those issues.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:24 PM (tOEgK)

349 306 I think she's a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

And as long as we hold conservative pols to standards no one else is held to we will lose.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:20 PMh

I agree we shouldn't hold her to standards when we have Bill Clinton as an example. But she's still stupid and has poor judgement. Both things can be true. I really don't care what she does as long as she votes the way I'd like.
What is that saying,make it politically profitable for the wrong person to do the right thing>

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 19, 2023 02:24 PM (Br8mK)

350 Boebert forgot she had taken some prescription medication, then she had one drink and had a bad reaction. She is not responsible for her actions.

* Said very lying Dem everywhere in the same situation.
Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (FjYaO)

Ambien.

Posted by: Rosanne Barr at September 19, 2023 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

351 Breaking: 36-year old divorcee has lapse in judgement. Film at 11.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:19 PM (gmo/4)
.........

36 year old GILF. Woof.

Posted by: wth at September 19, 2023 02:24 PM (v0R5T)

352 So, if she is heavier than a duck, she is not a witch.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:22 PM (lf83v)
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W: Honey, do these jeans make my ass look fat?

H: No, in fact, I always think of you as lighter than a duck.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:24 PM (krQz2)

353 @85

>>Something stinks about all this. The plane went down in South Carolina, but it took them this long to locate the "debris field"? Come on now.

I still say we are looking at a Broken Arrow incident and a remote forceful ejection of the pilot and a controlled ditching operation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (rc3Z7)

354 Night vision, not IR

used to military spec, now it's in widespread commercial use

you can buy webcams and doorbell cams on Amazon that have night vision in hi-def

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (geLO8)

355 Whoa! Who could've seen that coming?

Biden short-circuits during UN speech then gets in a fight with his teleprompter ... and loses (watch)

https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dxxd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (FVME7)

356 It was not a movie theater. It was a theater theater, at a live performance.

The stuff the Left is saying (that they don't mean or believe, but it advances their narrative) is that she is SOOO anti-LGBT and grooming and here she was groping a man OUTSIDE HIS CLOTHES at a location where there COULD have been children.

But she got called out to security in the theater for talking during the performance and vaping. So, yeah, she's getting treated unfairly, especially by a press that was all up in arms about invasion of privacy for release of a woman's chaturbate pay perfromances, but she also knows they are always coming for her. Caesar's wife and all that.

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (dWjpk)

357 Where can I get some of this medication for my wife?
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LOL

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (sWM8x)

358 I was sick and tired of the plane always mansplaining to me what to do next, in a FEMALE VOICE! I had to get out before I went crazy!
Posted by: 2nd Lt. Tiffani "Crazy Lady" O'Hara at September 19, 2023 02:12 PM

T6NL! T6NL! Gear NOT down! Gear NOT down!

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (FNhhz)

359 In 2020, she defeated a Gope incumbent. Then easily won the general. In 2022 she barely scraped a victory over a Democrat who was caught cheating on his wife.

She won't win in '24. The district is not as red as it once was, and Colorado is ruled by blue Denver, including the people who count the votes.

Oh well, she's hot and she carries a gun.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM

I don't think she will be re-elected... And not particularly because of this... Like was said she barely won in 22' and the Dems are pouring big money into this race

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (bs+z0)

360 * Said very lying Dem everywhere in the same situation.
Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts
___________

She should have said she ran into Bill Cosby in the theatre lobby.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (lf83v)

361 But a man who thinks he is a woman is allowed to flash his bolt on tits at the white house. That is OK.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (gmo/4)

362 What do you think might account for the Marines dropping an F-35 out of the sky

Chinese pirated software ejected him.
Not so subtle hint that they really do own us and don't want us to get jiggy in regards to them marching on Tiawan.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (cjStz)

363 "ha ha ha like you gun nuts are going to take on the US MILITARY with our fighter jets and all you have is AR-15s?!? Fucking dweebs"

also

"hey so we lost our god knows how many actual million dollar jet, has anyone seen it? ... Never mind, you can stop looking! Turns out the pilot ejected for unknown reasons and it crashed. Sorry guys, our bad!"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (mj0Qp)

364 "40 generals... Is this because of a wider scope of military operations/personnel/equipment/training or an ever expanding elite officer corps?"

I think it's because the military enacted an "up-or-out" advancement scheme. If you don't succeed at promotion, they turf you out.

So if you don't get turfed out, they have to have somewhere for you to go up.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (ou9hh)

365
Even by the most generous definition, ejection seats are in no way "safe." Their use is reserved for direst circumstances and is not something you do when you have other options.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 19, 2023 02:23 PM (FNhhz)

That's what I thought, you would only do this if the plane was going to crash and you wouldn't survive.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (Br8mK)

366 You should see what I can put out!!!
Posted by: A-10 Warthog at September 19, 2023 02:10 PM (V8yYW)

I've seen videos. That's some sweet lovin'.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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While in the hospital, one of my PA's was a former Marine aviator. When she found that I was a Vet, we engaged in some humorous banter. She showed me a picture of herself posed beside an A-10 (more interesting than an Osprey, I suppose). I wish that I had asked for a print, because she was attractive, and it was a very provocative.

Posted by: Ex-GI at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (X+Acz)

367 GL

Link to 25 minute video of the dive. One narrator is an idiot... it wasn't a U-boat that sank Yorktown...

https://tinyurl.com/4545fyac

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (tOEgK)

368 Whoa! Who could've seen that coming?

Biden short-circuits during UN speech then gets in a fight with his teleprompter ... and loses (watch)

https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dxxd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (FVME7)

Good thing we dodged 4 more years of that Trump asshole. That would've been devistating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (Zz0t1)

369 361 But a man who thinks he is a woman is allowed to flash his bolt on tits at the white house. That is OK.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (gmo/4)

No... But neither is what Boebert did

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (bs+z0)

370 Here is something to think about....when was the last time you saw a TV commercial with a positi e representation of a 10 to 15 year old boy... specifically one that is not a poc. I can only think of one. All the families on TV comes always ha e go gurrrls. Men checking out much. Society has told them to sit down and shut up.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (eggM4)

371 234 "213 203 2. Why would you build a warplane which could be disabled - to the point of being lost - by a software fault.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (zhLdt)

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Because the project managers thought it was a good idea and they found a product manager who would support them?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (LvTSG) "

and no one up or down the line gave a rat's ass about anything beyond the paycheck and pension any more?

giving a rat's ass was a story on the backlog for consideration during the next pi planning.

Posted by: anachronda at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (oY6Yp)

372 353 That sounds plausible to me. I looked it up and was surprised to learn that they can carry nuclear bombs. Not just a fighter aircraft.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (MvF+J)

373 A lot of recruits were from legacy families.

Now a lot of the legacy families are warning their kids/grandkids about the futility of joining the militaries of a government that hates them and will spit upon their service.

Pretty sure this is hurting recruitment numbers.

I, for one, am glad I have no kids or grandkids that have any interest in serving the current junta, and I pray constantly for those that do.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (n6gMU)

374 It was just some interaction between her cough syrup and her ecstasy.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (krQz2)

375 https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dxxd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (FVME7)

Later, I'm still looking at pics of Boebert.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (FjYaO)

376 It was not a movie theater. It was a theater theater, at a live performance.
__________

Like in Greenwich Village and Times Square?

Posted by: Woody Allen at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (lf83v)

377
Six branches. Did I miss any?

Obama's volksturm.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (xypP4)

378 For some strange reason, the theater had IR cameras and they filmed all of this.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:20 PM (0N1h0)

They weren't kicked out for what the camera picked up. They were kicked out for being obnoxious and disruptive to the other paying customers.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (qpgWl)

379 I read that it wasn't the theater people recording her, but some private party.

Maybe a set up? Narrr, no one would do such a dirty trick.

Posted by: davidt at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (SYTee)

380 Chicks are dumb.

Horny chicks are dumber.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:21 PM (YcYZY)

I'd say listen to the voice of experience but...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (zhLdt)

381 >>But neither is what Boebert did

Lock up every HS kid who has ever gone to a movie.

We Must Protect Our Democracy!

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (YcYZY)

382 I still say we are looking at a Broken Arrow incident and a remote forceful ejection of the pilot and a controlled ditching operation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (rc3Z7)

Ain't it cool?

Posted by: Maj. Vic "Deak" Deakins at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (N3zMI)

383 Good thing the Corps announced where the crash site was so the Chinese coukd take a look at it easuer...

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (hKnez)

384 "Society has told them to sit down and shut up."
__

And to the detriment of this nation, they're doing just that.

And I can't blame them.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (n6gMU)

385 Marine pilot who flew the Ospry in last month's fatal crash (pilot killed as well) in Australia was woman. That is being really downplayed. At first I thought the (unnamed) F-35 pilot must be woman as well, but I have read pilot referred to as "he." Regardless, Marines really do need to get aviation safety together. Stand down is probably a good thing.

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (MWRjm)

386 "and no one up or down the line gave a rat's ass about anything beyond the paycheck and pension any more?"

It all pays the same, whether you do a good job or a shit one.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (MvF+J)

387 So, I guess what Bill Clinton did is A-OK now, then.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (Zz0t1)

388 Yeah, but the F35 software engineer was a new hire after she got canned from Disney+

Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (i9y/k)

389
Lock up every HS kid who has ever gone to a movie.

We Must Protect Our Democracy!
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (YcYZY)

HS VS Congresswoman.. I see a distinction there

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (bs+z0)

390 They were kicked out for vaping.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (MeG8a)

391 Today's military- If your a White Supremacists no need to apply

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (fwDg9)

392 It was just some interaction between her cough syrup and her ecstasy.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (krQz2)

Common problem with politicians. Understandable.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (FjYaO)

393 Anthony Fauci and his wife netted $2 million during Covid pandemic, records show - and are now worth $11 million

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (RHGPo)

394
HS VS Congresswoman.. I see a distinction there
Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (bs+z0)

Yes. The liberal mentality in this conversation is mind numbingly staggering.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)

395 News flash, even the Douglas A-1 Skyraider was cleared to carry nuclear weapons.

Chances of the pilot surviving? Pretty much zero.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (tOEgK)

396 >>HS VS Congresswoman.. I see a distinction there

You would, apparently.

She was not IN Congress playing Slap and Tickle.
She wasn't at an Official Event.

There is no fucking difference.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (YcYZY)

397 Even by the most generous definition, ejection seats are in no way "safe." Their use is reserved for direst circumstances and is not something you do when you have other options.
Posted by: Cybersmythe
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A very good friend was an F-16 jock. He told me the saying went, before pulling the ejection curtain down, was 'Assume the position that you're going to be in the rest of your life'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (oo0rP)

398 Good thing the Corps announced where the crash site was so the Chinese coukd take a look at it easuer...
___________

Maybe the Chinese called and told the Marines where the plane was? They have better surveillance than we do.

Posted by: The Balloon Guy at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (lf83v)

399 Boebert should announce her incident was part of launching her new OF and that she will sue anyone that publishes any part of it.

That's how this stuff works right?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (XqcwY)

400 Any word on the pilots pronouns?

Posted by: Kevin Luntz at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (V3K4b)

401 Any bets on the "pilot" being a foreign national from a country that rhymes with "tooth pain"

Posted by: Kestrel.987 at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (wyl5F)

402 There is no fucking difference.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:30 PM (YcYZY)

I guess we are gonna disagree on this

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (bs+z0)

403 She wasn't in a movie theater. It was a live performance at a performance hall. She was rude, obnoxious and even threw down the "don't you know who I am" card.

She f*cked up. Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

That's what I understand as well reading the CO reports. People attending the Beetlejuice production were complaining that Boebert and date were loud, singing, vaping, etc. If that is correct, I would have thrown her out as well. I have been to restaurants where there are a group of women and men at a table drunk, woohooing, and being disruptive and it's a pisser.

Posted by: Cheri at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (oiNtH)

404 Hey, I almost crashed in a S-2 Tracker once. Loss of hydraulic fluid. That was fun.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (gmo/4)

405 "I'm assuming since it was a live performance of Beetlejuice, there were kids present."

I don't remember that movie being in any way kid-friendly, despite the spin-off cartoon, so I'm not sure that's a good assumption.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (ou9hh)

406 @213

>>Because the project managers thought it was a good idea and they found a product manager who would support them?

Something like that would be driven by system design architects and program managers, project managers would simply be carrying out the scope of design.

Project Managers get handed the bag of shit, they don't put the shit in the bag.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (rc3Z7)

407 On Lauren Boebert, Susanna Gibson, and the perversion we defend (Not The Bee)

https://tinyurl.com/mps6spjw

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (n6gMU)

408 They weren't kicked out for what the camera picked up. They were kicked out for being obnoxious and disruptive to the other paying customers.

Did I say they were kicked out for this? I don't remember saying anything about them getting kicked out.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (0N1h0)

409 It was not a movie theater. It was a theater theater,
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*nods knowingly*

Posted by: Whoopie Goldberg at September 19, 2023 02:31 PM (krQz2)

410 "Yeah, but the F35 software engineer was a new hire after she got canned from Disney+"

Do they still use Ada, or have they rushed to Rust?

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:32 PM (MvF+J)

411 389
Lock up every HS kid who has ever gone to a movie.

We Must Protect Our Democracy!
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:28 PM (YcYZY)

HS VS Congresswoman.. I see a distinction there
Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (bs+z0)

Less corruption and drugs at HS?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:32 PM (eYoxG)

412 Less corruption and drugs at HS?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:32 PM (eYoxG)

LOL... Could be

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:32 PM (bs+z0)

413 The current shortfall is the result of lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, strong employment numbers, and cultural headwinds making it more difficult to convince Generation Z to join the ranks.
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The Jake Blues excuse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFvujknrBuE

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (17s+e)

414 Ada, at least from a programming standpoint ti was safer than C++

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (tOEgK)

415 I was piloting a B-847 over Macho Grande once

the flak was so thick you could walk on it
I almost met the Almighty that night

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (geLO8)

416 I don't think a Directed Energy Weapon could take down an F-35.

Posted by: Lahaina Wildfires at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (lf83v)

417 I don't think she will be re-elected... And not particularly because of this... Like was said she barely won in 22' and the Dems are pouring big money into this race
Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:25 PM (bs+z0)

You're probably right although I find it a bit amusing that the Dems are pushing this at the same time they're telling us that noticing that a Dem candidate chose to put out explicit sexual content online for money is sexual harassment.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (zhLdt)

418 > I read that it wasn't the theater people recording her, but some private party.

The way the camera moves looks like a pan/tilt/zoom security camera. There may be multiple videos though.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (0N1h0)

419 414 Everything is safer than C++. Still love it.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:33 PM (MvF+J)

420 I still say we are looking at a Broken Arrow incident and a remote forceful ejection of the pilot and a controlled ditching operation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

So he strikes like Thunderball!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:34 PM (FVME7)

421 They were kicked out for vaping.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 19, 2023 02:29 PM (MeG8a)

Which she very clearly was, even though she lied and said she wasn't, then later said she didn't remember.

What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:34 PM (qpgWl)

422 Just be glad it was Boebert getting her tits grabbed and not Patty Murray !

Posted by: Joe Bitem at September 19, 2023 02:34 PM (NtVYv)

423 South Carolina

Two nukes accidentally dropped in 1958. One at Mars Bluff was found, the Tybee one is still missing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:34 PM (tOEgK)

424 367 GL

Link to 25 minute video of the dive. One narrator is an idiot... it wasn't a U-boat that sank Yorktown...

https://tinyurl.com/4545fyac

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:27 PM (tOEgK)

Thanks. Idiocy is SOP about military history in our Professional Media. A DailyMail article today about the expedition uses stock photos of both CV-5 Yorktown and CV-10 Yorktown. Sheesh.

Posted by: GL at September 19, 2023 02:34 PM (5fDan)

425 Just be glad it was Boebert getting her tits grabbed and not Patty Murray !
Posted by: Joe Bitem

youd have to be laying on the floor to grab those.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (CIS44)

426 >>They were kicked out for vaping.

There was Vaping IN the production.

Theater Warning listed that as one of the many reasons Children were not encouraged.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (YcYZY)

427 Big difference between Lauren Boebert and Susanna Gibson: Boebert was not live-streaming a sex act.

I would think of her exactly the same way if she had.

Posted by: Whoopie Goldberg at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (krQz2)

428 "As it turns out, the man she [Boebert] was with owns a 'gay-affirming' bar that has hosted at least one drag show."

WTF??????

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (iFTx/)

429 Just be glad it was Boebert getting her tits grabbed and not Patty Murray !
________

Or Jerry Nadler.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (lf83v)

430 Fentanyl is safer than C++. Plutonium is safer than C++. Still great.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (MvF+J)

431
I think it's because the military enacted an "up-or-out" advancement scheme. If you don't succeed at promotion, they turf you out.

So if you don't get turfed out, they have to have somewhere for you to go up.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (ou9hh)

It's called QMP (Qualitative Management Program). And it's been ongoing since the mid-70's.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (BdMk6)

432 >What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

Posted by: BurtTC

well, he didn't get BT, but he was definitely twiddling her knobs IYKWIM

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (geLO8)

433 Just be glad it was Boebert getting her tits grabbed and not Patty Murray !

Posted by: Joe Bitem at September 19, 2023 02:34 PM (NtVYv)
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Equally, Chris Christie.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (krQz2)

434 Is there no one left in the Republican Party who is willing to point out that Boebert's conduct is lewd, morally grotesque, and a pox on politically conservative Christians?

This guy gets it.

Posted by: Mitt Romney at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (XqcwY)

435 431 I think it's because the military enacted an "up-or-out" advancement scheme. If you don't succeed at promotion, they turf you out.

So if you don't get turfed out, they have to have somewhere for you to go up.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:26 PM (ou9hh)

It's called QMP (Qualitative Management Program). And it's been ongoing since the mid-70's.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 19, 2023 02:35 PM (BdMk6)

========

This happens in the Marlon Brando/Elizabeth Taylor/John Huston movie Reflections in a Golden Eye.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (LvTSG)

436 If your a White Supremacists no need to apply

Polishing up the old Ebonics for a promotion, are we?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (4PZHB)

437 Equally, Chris Christie.
Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (krQz2)

And his are substantial

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (bs+z0)

438 "On Lauren Boebert, Susanna Gibson, and the perversion we defend (Not The Bee)"

Are people stupid enough to defend this or is it just the Left accusing people on the Right of defending it?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (ou9hh)

439 >What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on.

All of it would be characterized as 'Light Petting'.

Strictly over the clothes and brief.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (YcYZY)

440 A Beetlejuice musical is gayer than bowl of honey nut froot loops.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (vFG9F)

441 What's on second? Boebert's date's hand!

Posted by: Abbott and Costello at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (SYTee)

442 434 Is there no one left in the Republican Party who is willing to point out that Boebert's conduct is lewd, morally grotesque, and a pox on politically conservative Christians?

This guy gets it.
Posted by: Mitt Romney at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (XqcwY)

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Once we weren't allowed to take Tara Reade's accusations against Biden seriously, I stopped giving any of the shits about this, and Clinton had already knocked most of my shits out of my about this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (LvTSG)

443 Lost a good friend, and drinking buddy in a Mohawk crash. Their seats were not 'zero-zero' seats, and he waited too long to bail. RIP Lawrence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (wuIFC)

444 A Beetlejuice musical is gayer than bowl of honey nut froot loops.

You've never watched Hamilton have you?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (tOEgK)

445 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (0FoWg)

446 I predict this pilot will be flying a desk for the rest of his considerably shortened career.

Posted by: The Guy Who Always Says It's Gonna Get Worse at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (PWI4f)

447 Is there no one left in the Republican Party who is willing to point out that Boebert's conduct is lewd, morally grotesque, and a pox on politically conservative Christians?

Have her bathed and brought to my chambers.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (cjStz)

448 Are people stupid enough to defend this or is it just the Left accusing people on the Right of defending it?
___

From the article:

"Both these sorry episodes are indicative of a society awash in political idolatry. It's what happens when an overfed people, drunk on sinful excess, collectively conclude that God no longer exists outside of the golden calves fashioned by the masterfully manipulating hands of the political class.

Susanna Gibson isn't guilty of perversion and worthy of censure. She votes the right way!

Lauren Boebert isn't a sinful disgrace and in desperate need of humble repentance. She votes the right way!"

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (n6gMU)

449 What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

Posted by: BurtTC

There's clear video of the 2 sitting there and he reaches over and starts squeezing her tits, then she reaches back and starts rubbing his crotch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

450 don't know how the plane could have remained on autopilot.

Chinese chips aren't just for snacking!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (xypP4)

451 What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

There definitely was. Video here:
https://is.gd/WfbmoB

Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (0N1h0)

452 Not forgivable error, but can't help Lauren was a total set up.

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (fwDg9)

453 I read on the webz (so must be true) that it was a 2 ship flight. If true, wonder why the wingman broke off and went back to JB Charleston?

Posted by: Dingbat at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (EUjfq)

454 In the original Beetlejuice movie, I stopped watching once Alec Baldwin's character is killed. That way it has a happy ending.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (lf83v)

455
The missing F-35 wasn't Wonder Woman's invisible plane?

Huh! *ponders the conundrum*

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (xG4kz)

456 448
Susanna Gibson isn't guilty of perversion and worthy of censure. She votes the right way!

Lauren Boebert isn't a sinful disgrace and in desperate need of humble repentance. She votes the right way!"
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (n6gMU)

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LBJ showed his wang to people as president. What's the point?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (LvTSG)

457 452 Not forgivable error, but can't help Lauren was a total set up.
Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (fwDg9

Could be

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (bs+z0)

458 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Because it's likely not a mechanical issue, but one of training, or lack thereof.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (n6gMU)

459 Are people stupid enough to defend this or is it just the Left accusing people on the Right of defending it?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:37 PM (ou9hh)
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I'm "defending" it in that I don't think it's the same thing as live-streaming a sex act.

People tolerated the two slices of bread of a "waitress sandwich"!

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (krQz2)

460 What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

Posted by: BurtTC

well, he didn't get BT, but he was definitely twiddling her knobs IYKWIM
Posted by: DB

That's why the picture was blurry.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (cjStz)

461 >>Chinese chips aren't just for snacking!

Pilot been gone for minute. You crash NOW!

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (YcYZY)

462 Green Hills produces compilers for the programming languages C, C++, Fortran, and Ada.

Posted by: SMOD at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (RHGPo)

463 LBJ showed his wang to people as president. What's the point?

And the current president showed his to his daughter...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (XqcwY)

464 Guy petting, since a Democrat, I bet he told the theater staff to set a camera on them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (tOEgK)

465 445 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (0FoWg)

In the past 3 weeks the Marine Corps has also lost an Osprey and an F18.

Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (dWjpk)

466 " why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?"

FWIW, Bongino speculates CCP hackers remote-control our aircraft now.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (MvF+J)

467 (lays $100 on table)

The pilot was Ukranian.

Pushed buttons, panic, pushed more buttons, ejected, boom.
Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie

Wait, is that $200 you've flopped on the table now?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (IG4Id)

468 What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

Posted by: BurtTC

well, he didn't get BT, but he was definitely twiddling her knobs IYKWIM
Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:36 PM (geLO

Was he? I saw the still photo, his hand is somewhere CLOSE to her chest, but unless there's clearer evidence, I don't think anyone can say it was ON her chest.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (qpgWl)

469 @412

>>Once we weren't allowed to take Tara Reade's accusations against Biden seriously, I stopped giving any of the shits about this, and Clinton had already knocked most of my shits out of my about this.

The Meat Puppet installed in the White House showered with his daughter and raised a son who banged his dead brothers wife before dumping her.

With regards Le Affaire Boebert, in the immortal words of US Marshall Gerard, I. Don't. Care.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (rc3Z7)

470 16 >>A pilot ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon after a "mishap."

Pilot thought the 'Eject' button was for ejecting the CD.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (YcYZY)

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You'd eject too if the pilot before you left a Lizzo disc in there.

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (N66D6)

471 They're the idiots who screwed it all up.

We stacked dead Communists by the tens of thousands, other than blaming others what the f*ck has your generation ever done?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (CecP5)

472 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Because it's likely not a mechanical issue, but one of training, or lack thereof.
Posted by: SMH

--

Da

(or however you say "yes" in Ukraine)

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (SfD1B)

473
We are so *ucked.

Posted by: four seasons at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (ichPI)

474 LBJ sat on the toilet and gave interviews...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (tOEgK)

475 >What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

Posted by: BurtTC

The real question is, was there a second groper?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (FVME7)

476 474 LBJ sat on the toilet and gave interviews...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (tOEgK)

Class act

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (bs+z0)

477 "From the article:"

Yeah, I know what the article said. But that's the author's characterization, not an actual account of people on the right defending it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (ou9hh)

478 463 LBJ showed his wang to people as president. What's the point?

And the current president showed his to his daughter...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (XqcwY)

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The moral outrage thing is for those too "holy" for politics or deciding to simply stand down in a fight because the other guys do it as well.

The key is to just start thinking of them all as scum. It's just a question of how well they hide it.

HW had a long standing affair with his secretary that almost drove Barbara to suicide, but the Bulwark still loves the guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (LvTSG)

479 462 gcc or GTFO.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (MvF+J)

480 >>LBJ sat on the toilet and gave interviews...

He also hopped into bed with just about everyone's wife who visited his ranch.

Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (YcYZY)

481 453 I read on the webz (so must be true) that it was a 2 ship flight. If true, wonder why the wingman broke off and went back to JB Charleston?

Posted by: Dingbat at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (EUjfq)

That's another 6 Million Dollar Question about this incident. That will be answered with BS info.

Posted by: GL at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (5fDan)

482 Wait, is that $200 you've flopped on the table now?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

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No, different table. Turns out people are reluctant to take the bet.

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (SfD1B)

483 456 448
Susanna Gibson isn't guilty of perversion and worthy of censure. She votes the right way!

Lauren Boebert isn't a sinful disgrace and in desperate need of humble repentance. She votes the right way!"
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (n6gMU)

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LBJ showed his wang to people as president. What's the point?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (LvTSG)

Politicians need to be pure in order for you to vote for them?

Which brings to mind Abraham's sexual escapades.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (eYoxG)

484 LBJ showed his wang to people as president. What's the point?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (LvTSG)

That guy was just an all around Turd

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (NtVYv)

485 Boebert is a redolent sack of filth. She's an elected official. I don't condone her acting like a hillbilly ho, but it means nothing on balance. Whatever she's doing away from prying eyes is undoubtedly a far worse sin.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (0FoWg)

486 LBJ sat on the toilet and gave interviews...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (tOEgK)

Class act
Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (bs+z0)
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Like to shove his pendulum in other guys' faces at the gym.

Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (krQz2)

487 What did I miss about Nancy Mace?

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (N66D6)

488 Bigger question about Boebert's frisky moves; why would a theater have an IR camera(s) that apparently can tilt and pan... but were focused on her? Where is the rest of the security footage?

And did the theater have notices up about the patrons being videotaped? Or the usual signage about "videos in progress."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (Q4IgG)

489 Ukrainian pilots?

With US approval, Denmark has started to train Ukrainian personnel on the F-16.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (tOEgK)

490 I saw Agressively Paws At Her Breast open for Pussy Riot at St Basil's Cathredral in 2014.

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (MWRjm)

491 The magic pull-it

Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (SfD1B)

492 He also hopped into bed with just about everyone's wife who visited his ranch.
_____________

Including Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (lf83v)

493 You are thinking of Firefox.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (YcYZY)

Wasn’t that a series of books on Appalachian living and skilz?

Posted by: db (lowercase since 2008) at September 19, 2023 02:43 PM (wu87C)

494 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Because it's likely not a mechanical issue, but one of training, or lack thereof.
Posted by: SMH

Still say China is going to make a move on Tiawan.

This was a software backdoor move that China initiated to tell the US to not get involved or all your planes belong to us.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2023 02:43 PM (cjStz)

495 483 Politicians need to be pure in order for you to vote for them?

Which brings to mind Abraham's sexual escapades.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (eYoxG)

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Incorrect.

Politicians need to have an aura of purity, maintained by their political enemies, in order to be good enough to vote for.

Therefore, we can only vote for those our opponents approve of. This is the way of AZ Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 19, 2023 02:43 PM (LvTSG)

496 There definitely was. Video here:
https://is.gd/WfbmoB
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (0N1h0)

Got it. I hadn't been able to find that before.

Yeah, the hand was there quite some time, then she got all giggly, and put her hand between his legs.

Sorry, that's tramp stuff.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (qpgWl)

497 478 463 LBJ showed his wang to people as president. What's the point?

And the current president showed his to his daughter...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM

I like to skinny dip too, Jack, but only in front of my hot female Secret Service agents.

Posted by: Resident Joe Biden at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (JCZqz)

498 The real question is, was there a second groper?
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On the grassy knoll?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (sWM8x)

499 nood

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (MvF+J)

500 You are thinking of Firefox.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:13 PM (YcYZY)

Wasn’t that a series of books on Appalachian living and skilz?
Posted by: db

No. That was Foxfire. Great series.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (cjStz)

501 476 474 LBJ sat on the toilet and gave interviews...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (tOEgK)

Class act

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (bs+z0)

Let he or she who has not made or taken a call on a cell phone while on the porcelain throne, throw the first turd.

Posted by: GL at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (5fDan)

502 .Was he? I saw the still photo, his hand is somewhere CLOSE to her chest, but unless there's clearer evidence, I don't think anyone can say it was ON her chest.

Posted by: BurtTC

watch it gain
her boob goes back, and to the left
back, and to the left
back, and to the left

Posted by: DB - simply inexplicable at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (geLO8)

503 451 What I still don't know is whether the groping happened. All I've seen are blurry stills that don't really show definitively there was groping going on. Maybe there was.

There definitely was. Video here:
https://is.gd/WfbmoB
Posted by: bonhomme at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (0N1h0)
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Judges award 3 out of 10. I'd expect better form and style from someone of their age and presumable experience. That looks like some drunk 15-year-old the first time he grabs a boob. Big Jim Slade is not impressed.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

504 Nood. There's crime in Seattle.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (zhLdt)

505 Since 1975, about 125 US F-15's have been lost in peacetime.
About three a year.
Gays and women every time? Deathtrap? Boondoggle?
Get your fangs into that one, experts.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (4PZHB)

506 Still say China is going to make a move on Tiawan.

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I'm having a hard time envisioning a more propitious time for them to strike.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (0FoWg)

507 Still say China is going to make a move on Tiawan.

This was a software backdoor move that China initiated to tell the US to not get involved or all your planes belong to us.
Posted by: rickb223
__

That, piss-poor maintenance, sub-par training, and the emphasis on woke b.s. equals a pretty bleak outcome for the military if the junta decides to take on China as well as Russia.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (n6gMU)

508 @458

>>Because it's likely not a mechanical issue, but one of training, or lack thereof.

Ersatz Matt Hooper: This was not training accident.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (rc3Z7)

509 He also hopped into bed with just about everyone's wife who visited his raunch.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (YcYZY)
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Posted by: Axeman at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (krQz2)

510 well, he didn't get BT, but he was definitely twiddling her knobs IYKWIM
Posted by: DB

That's why the picture was blurry.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (cjStz)

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Damn it, Rick, I was drinking a Pepsi Zero! Do you know how badly that burns coming out your nose?!?

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 19, 2023 02:45 PM (N66D6)

511 What did I miss about Nancy Mace?
Posted by: The_Hoser at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (N66D6)

Made some quip a couple weeks ago about being late for a prayer breakfast because she was getting banged by her boyfriend.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:46 PM (qpgWl)

512 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?

Because it takes a couple of days for more Ukrainian pilot trainees to get here?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 19, 2023 02:46 PM (V8he0)

513 All jokes aside regarding how the military is now a gay club for Communist furries, I'm wondering - why pause all air operations instead of just grounding the F-35s til things get sorted out?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 19, 2023 02:38 PM (0FoWg)

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They can no longer afford the price of aviation fuel -- or they're sending it all to Ukraine?

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 19, 2023 02:46 PM (h4KGE)

514 New crime or just one of a hundred that happen daily?

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2023 02:47 PM (fwDg9)

515 Because it's likely not a mechanical issue, but one of training, or lack thereof.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (n6gMU)

That's my take also. BUT piloting and maintenance.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 19, 2023 02:47 PM (BdMk6)

516 The cameras are there to mostly thwart bootleggers. All the theaters I have been to have signs that there are cameras on from the minute you enter.
Lots of places have similar signs.
Most don't notice.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 19, 2023 02:47 PM (MeG8a)

517 511 What did I miss about Nancy Mace?
Posted by: The_Hoser at September 19, 2023 02:42 PM (N66D6)

Made some quip a couple weeks ago about being late for a prayer breakfast because she was getting banged by her boyfriend.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:46 PM (qpgWl)

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I mean ... is there a BETTER reason to be late?

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 19, 2023 02:48 PM (N66D6)

518 Was he? I saw the still photo, his hand is somewhere CLOSE to her chest, but unless there's clearer evidence, I don't think anyone can say it was ON her chest.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (qpgWl)

When the incident was first reported, some Moron linked the video and it was quite clear that there was tugging going both ways. Now I can't find the video.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 19, 2023 02:51 PM (aD39U)

519 SMH, I don't advise anybody to join the military, kin or no kin.

Posted by: Eromero at September 19, 2023 02:53 PM (NxC5+)

520 Six branches. Did I miss any?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 19, 2023 02:03 PM (t0OGg)

In times of peace, the Coast Guard is actually part of the Department of Transportation. In times of war, it is part of the U.S. Navy.

The Marine Corps is also actually a component of the U.S. navy.

Each national guard component, if called to federal duty, becomes part of the branch it's connected to.

So, in reality, legally there are only 3 branches of the military:

Army
Navy
Air Force.

Of course, in practice the Coast Guard and Marine Corps appear to be treated as separate branches.

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at September 19, 2023 02:55 PM (ky+MF)

521 1. I could believe this.
2. Why would you build a warplane which could be disabled - to the point of being lost - by a software fault.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 19, 2023 02:08 PM (zhLdt)

If an airplane normally uses software to fly, and there is no big red button to push to cancel the software program and restore full manual control, then that is a design flaw, IMHO.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 19, 2023 02:58 PM (RMin8)

522 338 So, in summary, Lauren Boebert crashed a jet in the jungles of South Carolina and Michelle Obama is still a warthog.
Posted by: Brian Dead,

Comparing me to mooshell? I think I’m going to cry. Cry depleted uranium all over your ass!!!

Posted by: A-10 Warthog at September 19, 2023 02:59 PM (V8yYW)

523 OUT: The military will make you a real man

IN: The military will make you a fake woman"

But those people won't be willing to fire upon American citizens and load them into cattle cars.

A LOYAL military is far more important to our "elites" than a competent one.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (JMAcK)

There is another side to that coin, though. Do I have to spell it out?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 19, 2023 03:03 PM (RMin8)

524 95 .. 95 .. 95

Posted by: John Fetterman at September 19, 2023 03:06 PM (RHGPo)

525 The Air Force once lost a nuclear warhead off the coast of North Carolina and still hasn't found it.

I think that was the coast of GA, they found the two they dropped on North Carolina.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 03:07 PM (CecP5)

526 This is actually a very good thing. Fewer career mercenaries soaking the forcibly transferred wealth of a nation kept compliant by the threat of the use of those same-said career mercenaries.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at September 19, 2023 03:07 PM (8BQBW)

527 Vanna White extends "Wheel of Fortune" contract as co-host thru 25-26 season

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at September 19, 2023 03:09 PM (RHGPo)

528 A LOYAL military is far more important to our "elites" than a competent one.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 19, 2023 02:14 PM (JMAcK)
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The guys who rounded up German Americans, and later Japanese Americans - those were loyal millennial Wokies, or nah?

Was it different back then or have most men across time just followed orders, do ya think?

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at September 19, 2023 03:10 PM (8BQBW)

529 Funny, he just was mentioned as possibly running for Mitt Romney's Senate seat ...

Tim Ballard, the real-life inspiration behind the hit film “Sound of Freedom,” is facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct.Ballard, who was portrayed by actor Jim Caviezel in the movie, founded the non-profit organization Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) in 2013. The organization’s mission is to rescue children from human trafficking. However, Ballard’s reputation as a hero is now under scrutiny as he faces accusations from seven women. Ballard, a former CIA agent from Utah, is accused of pressuring women into compromising situations during missions.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at September 19, 2023 03:10 PM (RHGPo)

530 f an airplane normally uses software to fly, and there is no big red button to push to cancel the software program and restore full manual control, then that is a design flaw, IMHO.

Modern aircraft are unstable and can't fly without a computer correcting for that instability. The instability makes them far more maneuverable and combat worthy, as well as aiding in making them stealthy.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 03:11 PM (CecP5)

531 Infamous suspected serial killer, Billy Chemirmir violently taken out by cellmate while serving life in Texas prison

Posted by: Hank Johnson at September 19, 2023 03:12 PM (RHGPo)

532 Something stinks about all this. The plane went down in South Carolina, but it took them this long to locate the "debris field"? Come on now. Either our Air Force is completely incompetent, or the delay was necessary to cover something up.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

Embrace the power of AND

Posted by: Oldcat at September 19, 2023 03:20 PM (eoQWY)

533 "In 1979, the Air Force also missed its goals when Generation X began to become of age to serve, according to a 2002 research paper from Air University."

Huh? I'm leading edge Gen-X and I was only 14 in 1979.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 19, 2023 01:50 PM (N3zMI)

1979 was when Jimmy Carter was dicking around in Iran and helicopters were crashing in the desert.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 19, 2023 03:21 PM (eoQWY)

534 They can no longer afford the price of aviation fuel -- or they're sending it all to Ukraine?
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 19, 2023 02:46 PM (h4KGE)

They probably would if asked, but most of Ukraine's aircraft are shot down or hiding in NATO countries, the few they have left. Russia is pretty regular in dropping a few when they try a combat mission near the front lines. Lobbing missiles at random bridges is all they have left.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 19, 2023 03:25 PM (eoQWY)

535 476 474 LBJ sat on the toilet and gave interviews...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (tOEgK)

Class act

Posted by: It's me donna at September 19, 2023 02:41 PM (bs+z0)

Let he or she who has not made or taken a call on a cell phone while on the porcelain throne, throw the first turd.
Posted by: GL at September 19, 2023 02:44 PM (5fDan)

These were live interviews.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 19, 2023 03:26 PM (eoQWY)

536 However, Ballard’s reputation as a hero is now under scrutiny as he faces accusations from seven women.

Anyone want to bet this turns out to be a pile of dog crap from the cartels?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 03:26 PM (CecP5)

537 (lays $100 on table)

The pilot was Ukranian.

Pushed buttons, panic, pushed more buttons, ejected, boom.
Posted by: Defenestration Expert Moron Robbie

Wait, is that $200 you've flopped on the table now?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 19, 2023 02:40 PM (IG4Id)

Well the plane we are pretending we are sending to Ukraine but won't are F16s....

Interesting thought, I just figured it was a diversity hire not that we'd escalate by deploying modern hardware for the Russians to hit on the airport runway.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 19, 2023 03:29 PM (eoQWY)

538 However, Ballard’s reputation as a hero is now under scrutiny as he faces accusations from seven women.

Anyone want to bet this turns out to be a pile of dog crap from the cartels?
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 03:26 PM (CecP5)

Movie studios or deep state i'd say, cartels know they have nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 19, 2023 03:30 PM (eoQWY)

539 I'll explain my comment about stealth and modern aircraft. Their overall shapes contribute mightily to their stealth, but those shapes are aerodynamically unstable and the pilots can't react to those instabilities fast enough to keep the planes flying. A computer is the only way to do that. Shut down the computers and the planes fall out of the sky like rocks.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 19, 2023 03:40 PM (CecP5)

540 Boomers were in their teens/college during the 60's those are the boomers. They're the idiots who screwed it all up. Fought the man and then became the man.
Posted by: Jaimo at September 19, 2023 02:09 PM (DBrN4)

Not all of us. Many of us were dying in a far East country in an war we boomers didn't start. So knock it the fuck off.

Posted by: Drafted-US Army 1967 t0 '69 at September 19, 2023 03:42 PM (Zvtjl)

541 15 "50% can't even name all the military service branches."

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force? What's
the correct answer?
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at September 19, 2023 01:45 PM (MvF+J)

Now, what are the Uniformed Services?

Posted by: Fox2! at September 19, 2023 03:53 PM (ORiTb)

542 “This Woke Military sure is proving that Diversity Is Our Strength!!!“

Fighting and flying, not so much.

America, Fuck Yeah!

Posted by: Dead Name McGee at September 19, 2023 03:54 PM (F0qS2)

543 You can already hear the typical whining from the Anti War Leftists whiners

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 19, 2023 04:21 PM (wGqjj)

544 "we are unable to provide additional details to preserve the integrity of the investigative process,"

Huh? This isn't a criminal investigation where you don't want to tip off the suspects. This statement makes no sense.

Posted by: Heresolong at September 19, 2023 05:27 PM (FSbq+)

545 453 I read on the webz (so must be true) that it was a 2 ship flight. If true, wonder why the wingman broke off and went back to JB Charleston?
Posted by: Dingbat at September 19, 2023 02:39 PM (EUjfq)

*****
Lack of fuel, possibly.

Posted by: EFG at September 19, 2023 06:28 PM (RHeDx)

546 For the cretin who ask whether a loyal military is more important than a competent one. The answer is simple. Who do the elites intent to use that military against. Against foreign enemies competency matters. Against your citizens-loyalty. But loyalty matters little when your million men are outnumber 100 to one. Thus it will ever be.

Posted by: Jane at September 19, 2023 07:36 PM (EcD5Y)

547 I'm a proud US Navy veteran six years from 85' to 91'. And have followed military issues all of my adult life, and I can tell you that if I had a young son or daughter considering this current woke military, I would strongly advise them against joining.

And well, it seems a lot of us normie patriotic folks are thinking the same thing what with the current recruitment crisis going on in all of the services except for maybe the Marine Corps which is not woke at least yet.

Posted by: Legioinvictus at September 19, 2023 07:55 PM (aBkkC)

548 The situation has perplexed Americans
Yes, it sure has perplexed ignorant, mouth-breathing, LIVs who can't be bothered to expect how stuff IRL actually works. "How could they not know?" "Stupid pilot crashed a jet. But they got out." "This was so close to the airport, flying around out there should be forbidden."

The crash is very unlikely to be due to any woke policies of the military. Planes crash during training. They're training for some pretty intense stuff, and it's a bit dangerous - what with being related to war, and all. Sometimes things break, sometimes people make mistakes.

None of that is to say we don't have real problems with the progressive religion thoroughly infesting our military. It's more than just woke. And it will bite us - soon.

I'm saying this as a pilot.

Posted by: GWB at September 19, 2023 08:35 PM (M+Nrs)

549 I recall the line that the actor who played Cpl. Klinger delivered at an awards ceremony once:

"The Marimes will make a man out of yo, but the Army gives you a choice!"

Posted by: RonF at September 20, 2023 01:18 PM (TZX48)

550 This, following the similar loss of a plane in the South China Sea, is a pretty clear omen that for us to further escalate the war in Ukraine is a very bad idea. Will anyone in the usurper's administration even dare to speak this obvious truth before it kills us all?

Posted by: jdgalt at September 20, 2023 01:45 PM (3SFo/)

551 In Rome, they had the same problems we have today. First, they had a bunch of Goths show up at the border and claim they were "refugees" from the Huns, and that they would voluntarily give up their arms if let in. They bribed the guards, kept their arms, and started seizing farms. There was also the problem that no one wanted to be in the military, which was 'solved" by hiring Goths.

Result, the Goths sacked Rome. Meanwhile, the emperor had only two legions, who protected his new capitol hidden behind swamps. When told that Rome was sacked, he stated that Rome was fine. His pet pig was named Rome.

Clearly, we can solve this "migrant" problem by letting them in if they will join our military. Oh, first, you might want to look up Janissary and Mamluk, and see how it turned out for the Turks and Egyptians, as well as the Romans.

This has all happened before.

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Posted by: beecham at September 21, 2023 05:46 AM (ap6j5)

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