My experience with stuff like this is that very often, there's a very simple solution "K" that is used by virtually the entire industry but nowhere in the government, and it turns out that the government has requirement "J" that "K" is unable to achieve without, e.g., Literally Making A Private Copy Of Google, which is why the government wasn't already using "K".
" Colombia got the entirety of their demands. Which were, again, ‘do not transport our citizens back to us corralled and handcuffed as prisoners in military vehicles’."
it is very amusing that you've dropped "refugees being deported" in favor of "transport [their] citizens back to [them]".
I'm old enough to remember when Trump's actions were going to destroy America's relevance as a world power and he wasn't paying attention to anyone. But I guess now Trump is a wimp who backs down at the first sign of resistance.
"what if I were to tell you that that obviously stupid policy was changed to actually require checking testosterone levels a few months later _by_ the governing body of the sport?"
Why did they change the policy?
Were they already planning to change the policy?
"It’s a loophole of an organization that was careless. In fact, under their old rules, he shouldn’t have been allowed either, because he was supposed to produce some ID with that gender on it, and he has none."
Intriguing. Tell me more about your support for a cruel heartless reactionary gender-purist regime that insists on Official Documentation for your actual identity.
"Mexico's government deploying troops and spending money to enforce border security in a way they were originally not going to do" doesn't sound like "caving"...
Something to remember is that ATC is a profession, and professionals get certifications, and as long as you've passed the certification you're able to do the job, and there is no "better" or "worse"; there's only "has the cert" and "does not have the cert".
Like, that's the joke-that's-not-a-joke, "what do you call the doctor who graduated last in his class at med school? DOCTOR!" Doctoring is a profession, professionals get certifications, and while a smarter person might be able to get more certifications a less-smart person with a certification has a guaranteed minimum performance which is considered sufficient to the needs of the job.
So suggesting that ATC was hiring "less smart" candidates does not necessarily mean that they were hiring unqualified candidates; if you pass the school and got the cert you can do the job, whether you're Einstein or Lennie Small.
"In my time as a politically aware person I have seen it done successfully twice, once by Bill Clinton, and now again by Trump."
It occurs to me that you can guess who's going to win an American political race by looking at the two candidates and thinking that if you were in jail, which one would be more likely to be standing outside the bars explaining how the whole thing was your fault and which one would be sitting inside the bars with you, saying "she sure didn't look like no cop...?"
Assuming those email transcripts are not fake, it is rather shocking that the people involved felt so secure in their positions that they had no concerns about sending overt "here's how to cheat" instructions from their actual work email accounts.
(There's nothing that suggests ATC failure-to-perform was at issue in this event, though.)
I've heard that they do have another source of audio that includes the helicopter pilot's responses that he did see another aircraft; the current thinking is that since it was night and he could only see groups of lights, he was looking at one much further away and thought that's what the controller meant.
Questions I've seen, and I imagine will be addressed in the investigation:
* Why was the helicopter operating above 400 feet altitude in an area where it was not supposed to be above 200 feet?
* Why didn't the controller notify the CRJ crew of the approaching helicopter?
* Why didn't the controller more forcefully direct the helicopter crew?
You're right, the Democrats had plenty of opportunities to say "despite what the Republicans want you to think, we are not going to ram any kind of Trans Agenda down your throats" and they did not take those opportunities.
Some of them don't, but are taking the most stringent possible interpretation of whether or not they "provide aid directly to individuals".
Like, food banks are saying "we take the grant money and use it to buy food, so our funding doesn't technically go directly to individuals, so, we're assuming that we can't do that now, sorry Trump I guess you shoulda wrote your memo better"
(This is turning out like that Government Shutdown back in 2018 that Stopped Trump Getting His Border Wall and then a few months later he got the money anyway and the wall he built was expanded by the Biden administration.)
"The right launched the Iraqi war starting with Shock and Awe too and that turned out *checks notes* not very well."
really? because the war part, the "invade a country and depose its ruler" part, that went great!
The occupation afterward turned to a bloody mess, thanks to Iran making sure that happened, but the part that everybody voted for worked out just how it was supposed to.
On “Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025”
My experience with stuff like this is that very often, there's a very simple solution "K" that is used by virtually the entire industry but nowhere in the government, and it turns out that the government has requirement "J" that "K" is unable to achieve without, e.g., Literally Making A Private Copy Of Google, which is why the government wasn't already using "K".
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" Colombia got the entirety of their demands. Which were, again, ‘do not transport our citizens back to us corralled and handcuffed as prisoners in military vehicles’."
it is very amusing that you've dropped "refugees being deported" in favor of "transport [their] citizens back to [them]".
"
I'm old enough to remember when Trump's actions were going to destroy America's relevance as a world power and he wasn't paying attention to anyone. But I guess now Trump is a wimp who backs down at the first sign of resistance.
"
(he's referring to the part about the CIA)
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025”
"what if I were to tell you that that obviously stupid policy was changed to actually require checking testosterone levels a few months later _by_ the governing body of the sport?"
Why did they change the policy?
Were they already planning to change the policy?
"It’s a loophole of an organization that was careless. In fact, under their old rules, he shouldn’t have been allowed either, because he was supposed to produce some ID with that gender on it, and he has none."
Intriguing. Tell me more about your support for a cruel heartless reactionary gender-purist regime that insists on Official Documentation for your actual identity.
On “Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025”
"Mexico's government deploying troops and spending money to enforce border security in a way they were originally not going to do" doesn't sound like "caving"...
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025”
Something to remember is that ATC is a profession, and professionals get certifications, and as long as you've passed the certification you're able to do the job, and there is no "better" or "worse"; there's only "has the cert" and "does not have the cert".
Like, that's the joke-that's-not-a-joke, "what do you call the doctor who graduated last in his class at med school? DOCTOR!" Doctoring is a profession, professionals get certifications, and while a smarter person might be able to get more certifications a less-smart person with a certification has a guaranteed minimum performance which is considered sufficient to the needs of the job.
So suggesting that ATC was hiring "less smart" candidates does not necessarily mean that they were hiring unqualified candidates; if you pass the school and got the cert you can do the job, whether you're Einstein or Lennie Small.
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"In my time as a politically aware person I have seen it done successfully twice, once by Bill Clinton, and now again by Trump."
It occurs to me that you can guess who's going to win an American political race by looking at the two candidates and thinking that if you were in jail, which one would be more likely to be standing outside the bars explaining how the whole thing was your fault and which one would be sitting inside the bars with you, saying "she sure didn't look like no cop...?"
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"We’re not going to do what we never said we were going to do?"
Does it seem like not saying it worked out for you guys?
"
Assuming those email transcripts are not fake, it is rather shocking that the people involved felt so secure in their positions that they had no concerns about sending overt "here's how to cheat" instructions from their actual work email accounts.
(There's nothing that suggests ATC failure-to-perform was at issue in this event, though.)
On “Terror On The Potomac: The DCA Collision”
I've heard that they do have another source of audio that includes the helicopter pilot's responses that he did see another aircraft; the current thinking is that since it was night and he could only see groups of lights, he was looking at one much further away and thought that's what the controller meant.
Questions I've seen, and I imagine will be addressed in the investigation:
* Why was the helicopter operating above 400 feet altitude in an area where it was not supposed to be above 200 feet?
* Why didn't the controller notify the CRJ crew of the approaching helicopter?
* Why didn't the controller more forcefully direct the helicopter crew?
On “Weekend Plans Post: Time for Spaghetti Sauce Again”
I consider food as mostly an excuse to eat sauce.
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025”
Modern Democrats seem like the kind of people who can't recognize the joke in "World Ends, Women And Minorities Hardest Hit".
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You're right, the Democrats had plenty of opportunities to say "despite what the Republicans want you to think, we are not going to ram any kind of Trans Agenda down your throats" and they did not take those opportunities.
On “Weekend Plans Post: Time for Spaghetti Sauce Again”
You opened the lentil pipe and lentils gushed forth?
On “Fannie Farmer, Mickey Mouse, and the Virtues of Cheating”
It's "even cup" (leveled off at the top of the cup) as opposed to "heaping cup" (piled up on top so you get a little extra).
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025”
tired: Mormons declaring people Actually Mormon after they're dead
wired: Americans impeaching Presidents after they're dead (starting with Nixon)
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"March and I talked about a possible way to impeach Trump the other day. It involves impeaching Biden first."
i think you might be a little late on that one
On “Memo: All Federal Grant, Loan, and Financial Assistance “Temporarily Paused””
what's the use of bringing you rocks when you've decided that you prefer sticks?
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025”
denial: everybody's saying it's fake!
anger: nobody's saying it's true!
bargaining: find me anyone credible who's saying it's true!
depression: there's still some people saying it's fake!
acceptance: it's Trump's fault it happened!
On “Memo: All Federal Grant, Loan, and Financial Assistance “Temporarily Paused””
Some of them don't, but are taking the most stringent possible interpretation of whether or not they "provide aid directly to individuals".
Like, food banks are saying "we take the grant money and use it to buy food, so our funding doesn't technically go directly to individuals, so, we're assuming that we can't do that now, sorry Trump I guess you shoulda wrote your memo better"
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025”
(This is turning out like that Government Shutdown back in 2018 that Stopped Trump Getting His Border Wall and then a few months later he got the money anyway and the wall he built was expanded by the Biden administration.)
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"The right launched the Iraqi war starting with Shock and Awe too and that turned out *checks notes* not very well."
really? because the war part, the "invade a country and depose its ruler" part, that went great!
The occupation afterward turned to a bloody mess, thanks to Iran making sure that happened, but the part that everybody voted for worked out just how it was supposed to.
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"36 million Americans didn’t vote."
I'm not sure, is this the Bargaining or the Depression?
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Maybe we’ll eventually get to “okay, maybe things should have been done differently, I don’t see why we should talk about what they are though.”
"What difference, at this point, does it make?"
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