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I am always amused that Hogg is portrayed as a “survivor” of the school shooting at Parkland in Florida. Was he shot? No. Was he shot at? No. But he managed to survive! 🤣 I guess I am the survivor of 4 shootings since I was actually fired upon. Maybe I need to add that to my resumé: TVC (survivor of 4 shootings)…. 🤣🤣🤣 And yes Stoneman Douglas HS was a terrible day and yes the deputy school resource officer on scene was a coward in my opinion as well as some of the responding deputies. If I remember correctly, when the city police showed up, they charged straight ahead and ran around the deputies, but that’s another topic.

I have thought this premise was nonsensical from the beginning. Maybe it’s true but it seems illogical. It’s kind of hard to explain on in words but here goes. I believe the jet was going to land on runway 1 but ATC asked if he could divert to runway 33 or was it vice versa? Either way…. both runways go only north. Runway 33 goes northwest and 1 goes almost due north. The helicopter is south of the runways which are 1 mile and 1.5 miles long and going away from the helicopter. The helicopter pilot is looking for any conflict at his location. It is extremely unlikely that he’s looking for a possible dangerous situation from an aircraft that’s a mile away and flying away at approximately 200 miles an hour. The pilot’s concern is with a conflict avoidance at the south end of the field from other aircraft landing. If the helicopter pilot heard the landing instructions for the jet on 33 or 1, the attention would have been toward the south which is the only place that the jet could be located for landing on for 33 or 1. Inside of the Class B airspace around the airport movement of aircraft is strictly controlled by ATC. It is like comparing it to flying in the fog where the pilots cannot see. It is the ATC responsibility to keep the aircraft separated. In this case it was a perfectly clear night and the helicopter pilot requested from ATC to fly visual separation meaning that the pilot can clearly see surroundings and will be responsible for safe travel. That request was granted. Again, the helicopter was south of both runways and looking for any dangers coming from that direction. Why would the helicopter pilot be told to look out for a landing aircraft and yet be looking a mile away to the north for an aircraft flying away at 200mph? Let’s say you are driving. You are coming up to an intersection for a one-way highway with traffic coming from your left and you have a yield sign. You don’t have to stop but you obviously have to give right away to anyone else who gets there first from the left to avoid a collision. Your passenger says, look out to the left, there is a vehicle coming up to the intersection! So you look to the right and a mile away you see a vehicle and say, yes I can see it. That is basically what ATC told the helicopter. Okay……. Runways 33 and 1 are one-way traffic coming from the left and the helicopter pilot knows it. How does the pilot confuse aircraft landing from the left with an aircraft a mile away and flying away (remember it’s a one way traffic lane) to the right?

We tried to stay home for covid but they said no. 🤔

Yes, it appears to be human error.

I wonder what systems the helicopter had and what was required. Large passenger aircraft are required to have a TCAS operating which is a collision avoidance system. It should detect a conflict in flight paths but military aircraft might not have them. The TCAS should give avoidance instructions to the pilots like it might say descend or pull up to avoid collision. It should give opposite directions to the opposing aircraft, telling one to ascend and the other to descend. I am assuming that the helicopter didn’t have that system. I think…. I am a pilot but have never flown a plane with TCAS.

If I was looking for a race I am sure that I could. When less White doctors are graduating as compared to their race percentages in this country, it hampers the claim that they are bumping people out of positions. Maybe it’s Asian privilege.

I wouldn’t suggest hiring or promoting by tests or certainly not as the main or only factor. It is fair however and I have seen what a government thinks about being fair and qualified, considering the topic. Calling in…. When I retired I had almost 4,000 hours of sick time accrued. On average I called in sick a little over one day a year. I could have called in sick for almost two years…. 😎

Applying for a civil service job for a police or fire department requires everyone taking the same test, at the same time and at the same location. The tests are sealed until the testing process begins and the police or fire department doesn’t set the test. They do that because no one is supposed to even know what the questions are over until the test begins. All hiring must come from the ranking of the test scores with no added points except a state mandated 5 extra points for an honorable discharge from the military. Once the tests are scored, including adding the military points, the person(s) hired has to come from the ranking of the test scores. Whoever scored number one has to be put through the background investigation, the physical agility/obstacle course, interview, etc., before they can move on to the second place person from the final ranking. Anyone who is not hired has to be told why and they have I believe 10 business days to appeal the results to an outside board. So legacy, who you know, your race, where you live, etc., has a much harder time being used because the state law forces the hiring process by test score and military service only The cities in this area seem to have a strong dislike for that merit based process. The only way they can circumvent state law is by a contract with a police or firefighter union. The city governments are bound by state law on hiring and promotions. Promotions are based similar to the hiring process. The city civil service commission, volunteers appointed by the mayor, choose study material such as books that the promotional test will be based on. The departments have no say in the testing materials or the questions. The promotional materials must be made available to everyone for at least 90 days prior to any test and the test itself has to be given at least a 30 day notice. Again, everyone has to take the test at the same time at the same location which are graded on scene. There are no additional points given except for seniority, at least by my department civil service rules. The promotions must then be given by the final test scores. If both sides agree to allow a change in the law however, state law can be overcome. That sometimes puts the union in a good bargaining position. Again, the cities don’t seem to particularly like that process of merit based promotions. They want to put who they want in a position without being required to base it on anything. That is why I asked, when people say that they want to take sex and race out of the equation by removing it from the applications, the state already has such a system for hiring and promoting of police and firefighters. The cities don’t seem particularly fond of that system.

👍🏼 Check references, work, history, schools, criminal history, etc. Of course it wil likely go to a face to face interview. It should be by meritocracy. Each to his own ability. Which party is going to be the hurdle to removing race from job applications? I have seen it personally in the hiring process where I worked. That is only one location but I wonder…….

Yes I think it was at least three times that he specifically stated that the air traffic controllers were not known to be at fault. He made that statement during his opening remarks, saying that there was no evidence that the ATC was at fault and at least two more questions when reporters tried to get him to say that it was their fault. He denied it any such claims conclusions.

It was posted 9 hours ago but was moved to the locker room forum where it belongs. That’s what got you confused.

The air traffic controllers (ATC) were in contact with both aircraft (as they had to be in that class of airspace). The helicopter asked for “visual separation” which was approved by ATC. Visual separation is relying on eyes to see and avoid other aircraft and not rely only ATC instructions or vectoring. Visual separation can only occur in clear conditions where other aircraft can be easily seen. This was a crystal clear night.

No but apparently Asians are. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, almost 22% of medical school graduates are Asian. Their population in the US is reportedly 6%. So they are graduating doctors at a pace almost 400% higher than their population. The White population is about 61% yet they are graduating only 55% of medical students so 10% lower than their population. It seems like Asians are bumping everyone. My PCP is Asian, my dentist is Indian and my wife’s PCP and dentist are both Asian. My wife’s only surgery was from a surgeon who is Black. My younger brother recently had stents put in one of his carotid arteries by his cardiologist who is Asian as well as his pulmonologist. Those darn Asians! 🤣 My brother’s neurologist is Black. But hey, his PCP is White….. So out of eight physicians from my immediate family members, five are Asian, two are Black and one is White. Neither I nor any of my family has ever claimed that we are dissatisfied with our care nor thought our physicians were DEI hires. That is awesome about your son. There was no need for affirmative action nor DEI anything, as it should be. Congratulations.

Supply and Demand. Oil companies can’t spool up to find and produce millions of barrels of oil daily when they have been shut down for four years.

I say that if they enforce the law already on the books, it will severely hamper the circle. Not the deportations but the fact that coming back after a deportation is a felony. How many people would you have to sentence to three years in prison before they catch a clue? Now if the circle because of no enforcement. How many times have we seen a news article about an illegal alien committing a felony and part of the article say something like, he has been deported 10 times. Okay, he committed 10 felonies. How much prison time was given? Oh, none!? Gee, and he came back? Imagine if no Texas police officer was allowed to give a traffic citation. The laws would still be on the books, but they would just not be enforced. So if DPS catches you go 105 miles an hour on I-10 on the way to Houston, all he can do is warn you. How many people do you think would be going over 100 miles an hour? How many people would ever pay their $85 a year for a vehicle registration? Who would stop at stop signs or red lights? Well, that’s the system. You have right now within enforcement of immigration laws. It is simple, just enforced the law and it won’t take very many people before word will get around. You might be able to sneak in illegally but at the moment you are caught you had better resign yourself to at least three years in federal prison. So yes, it’s a circle, but why? If it’s enforced, how many people will risk guaranteed prison instead of merely a return ticket?

🤣 That was the goal, just like the scam impeachments. Let me know how it works out in keeping him from being elected. I have a relative that was always beating that drum. For four years it was every news story as evidence that Trump was history. This is what the texts were like since 2021 He was impeached again! (with an attempt to remove him from office, after he left office 🤣) That’s it! The undecided voters will never support a twice impeached president!! He violated federal law by having documents at his home! This shows the corruption!! He is now toast and will go to prison! The overturning of Roe v. Wade came down. That’s it! He just lost most of the women’s vote. You may have liked his Supreme Court nominations but now it will come back to haunt him! Any future Trump plans have ended!! Geez, the “Insurrection”! Nobody is going to vote for Trump after the hearings! He was convicted of THIRTY-FOUR felonies! The undecided have just decided! Who is going to vote for a convicted felon!? NOBODY!! Trump held a rally just like the German American Bundt at the same location, MSG! Any chance he had, which were slim, is now gone! Then a comedian tossed out a crude joke so any Hispanics who may have sided with Trump, are now gone!! The never Trumpers among the usual Republicans will never come back!! It’s going to be a landslide!!! Yes, that was the DNC plan. Bring DEI identity politics into the mix as a sure wipeout. Disparage Trump with every breath. Forget putting up a viable candidate and a fair primary. Let’s just stomp Trump while he is down and never let up. Anybody will beat him! How’d that work out? The DNC is so far out of touch that it is almost comical but I hope it continues. Trump gained ground in every single state and I think with every demographic. Think about that. The never Trumpers and registered Democrats flipped to Trump across the board. It was so bad that Hispanics in Texas voted more for Trump by 10%. When Beto barely lost to Cruz six years ago, it was proclaimed that Texas was now a purple swing state and Cruz had won his last campaign and was finished as a senator. Oh well, that didn’t work out so well either. We could keep going but the Democrats who control the party have committed a serious faux pas. And like my relative, they have now doubled down with… but he is still a convicted felon! 😢 Understood…. because that’s all they have left after a historical embarrassment. Hopefully the Dems will keep it up for “Four more years”, “Four more years”, “Four more years”, “Four more years”!!! We would appreciate it… 😂😂😂

Is hoping someone else does something, a crime?

That makes me wanna run out and get a quart….. Of Blue Bell! This is not something new for Ben and Jerry’s. They’ve been pushing this agenda since they began.

I spend a total of zero seconds a day worrying about what anyone does in their bedrooms. I don’t know what other people‘s hidden desires are because I don’t care about that either. Apparently you do.

Glad you are on board. There are about 150,000 people in Jefferson County, Texas who are considering minorities by race, ethnicity or religion. In the past decade how many hate crimes have been filed by the state or federal governments? I would guess that it’s less than 0.0019%. So let’s get rid of hate crime laws which have no measurable impact. There’s no use wasting any effort on such an extremely small amount of people. Just repeal those laws and let’s move on. Or perhaps you feel that any abuse is wrong no matter how many victims there are?

Kristi Noem just confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security.

Responding to my comment? I did not claim that trans people were responsible for anything. My comment was geared toward AOC claiming that if boys aren’t allowed in girls’ locker rooms, it will allow “predators” to use that as an excuse. That seems to be the title of the thread and what AOC stated.

Here is the Mayor of NYC, a Democrat (obviously) who met with Biden and some of his officials. He said that Biden and his administration said that they just need to make it work. When questioned about it later, the mayor said the administration said, “You were not being a good Democrat”. To reimburse the city for the hotel rooms, the federal government sent $11 per room.

Any Democrat…

I didn’t watch this video but saw one a month or so ago with AOC making the claim. It went something like….. If we don’t let trans people into any locker room (almost exclusively boys in girls’ locker rooms) then we will have monitors doing crotch checks in the locker rooms to make sure that no one is cheating. THAT will allow sexual predators to (I suppose) volunteer to be the checkers. 🤣🤣🤣 Nope, you can’t make this stuff up.