Whiskey_iicarus

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Whiskey_iicarus ,

Just one case? Those are rookie numbers, I'm sure there are plenty more out there that he's a coconspirator

Whiskey_iicarus ,

In the American military a warrant officer is a subject matter expert in their career field. They are supposed to be advisors to commanders on the best tactics, techniques, and procedures at most levels, all the way down to the company level in army aviation. They are in most fields of the military like maintenance, personnel, property, aviation, special forces, etc.

Warrant officers in the American military are commissioned officers, so in some instances they can be used as an XO or detachment commander. They usually have limited Uniformed Code of Military Justice(UCMJ) authority, but are just as capable of running a unit as a captain or a major.

In the case of Ridley, rank and position aren't the same thing. Ridley is a warrant officer in the aviation branch, but the third ranking officer after the commander and XO or first officer.

Warrant officers are supposed to be those people with knowledge that is an inch wide but a mile deep about a certain subject, but they are almost always very capable people and sometimes take on more roles. US Army aviation is the worst about this. They use flight warrants as catch all officers and will use them as supply officers, NBC officers, unit movement officers, or really any other job there isn't an enlisted person qualified to do the job.

Most of my experience is US Army aviation, so feel free to take it all with that in mind.

Whiskey_iicarus ,

Unless it's a parade put on by the GOVERNMENT the first amendment doesn't really even apply.

Whiskey_iicarus ,

Same ship, different service. The safety net affords me the ability to find what I really want to do without tying my life to a single job or place.

I also think that it can be brought to other citizens through other community activities. Why don't we offer similar incentives to teachers? 10yr of teaching in exchange for UBI. Or doctors. Or rebuilding the crumbling infrastructure.

I'm guessing that your VA/service income doesn't just go straight to savings either. A lot of it goes right back into the economy through purchasing and associated taxes paid on those things. At least mine does.

The US military is the largest socialist organization in the world and I wish they would extend that to the rest of its citizens without the downside of PTSD, death, and a lifetime of physical and mental ailments.

Whiskey_iicarus ,

I have no doubts they are going to drag this out until much closer to the election so they can impeach him at some critical moment to get media headlines to sway people into thinking Biden is just as bad as trump.

Whiskey_iicarus ,

Re: what's his nuts FBI director coming out and a couple weeks before Nov 2016 with that email scandal that also went absolutely nowhere

Whiskey_iicarus ,

I absolutely believe if they could have made the smallest thing stick they would. They probably would do it a second time before the election if the first one fell through. "LOOK AT BIDEN! HE HAS TWO IMPEACHMENTS AS WELL AND JUST AS MANY SENATE CONVICTIONS AS TRUMP"

Whiskey_iicarus ,

I can only imagine how surreal it must feel to try to fight off what is essentially a toy with a grenade strapped to it with a shovel. The shear terror that you know there is a good chance this thing is going to kill you, so you pick up a shovel and pretend there is a chance you might be able to survive this and go home again.

Whiskey_iicarus ,

You would think a billionaire could afford a makeup artist that could blend that terrible foundation/spray tanner a little better. Not that he needs it, but the thumbnail makes him look like a sad clown. I hope he's as sad as he looks.

Whiskey_iicarus ,

He probably has the same hairstylist as Ghoulianni as well.

jlou , to Politics

If the Republican Party bans the UBI, what the fuck is their plan?

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/if-the-republican-party-bans-the-ubi-what-the-fuck-is-their-plan

@politics

Whiskey_iicarus ,

Thoughts and prayers. Did you not get yours?

Whiskey_iicarus ,

Anyone taking bets on if it's the deep state or one of those damn lone wolves that got riled into a frenzy by all the ridiculous conspiracy theories but it's an isolated incident because there is only one superbowl a year and no one even actually died so there won't be any consequences for the source of this person's anger?

Whiskey_iicarus ,

It almost makes you wish you believed in such things. ALMOST!

Whiskey_iicarus ,

With friends like god(s), who needs enemies?

Whiskey_iicarus ,

Repurposing discredited monitors.

But that too might fail to convince the judge, because it came from Jason Flemmons, a CPA who lost credibility when testifying at the recent bank fraud trial. Justice Engoron tore into the accountant last month, noting how Flemmons had “inexplicably” contradicted himself several times and seemed willing to bend over backwards to appease the Trumps. Engoron was annoyed at how Flemmons kept providing cover for the Trump family, like when he asserted that basic accounting principles require that an asset’s present value reflect discounted future income—but refusing to admit the Trumps broke the rules when they failed to do that.

Uvalde families renew demands for police to face charges after a scathing Justice Department report ( apnews.com )

Families of the children and teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre are renewing demands for criminal charges after a scathing Justice Department report again laid bare numerous failures by police during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history....

Whiskey_iicarus ,

In the little blurb under the title it says 2002 instead of 2022 for when this happened

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