I might be saying blasphemy but DEI, with all it's warts can't be much worse than the old school military, good old boy promotion and leadership club I saw when in.

I'm not a good old boy. I won't allow my daughter to attend West Point.

That I won't, and others feel as I do, should be of great concern.

 

I'm not a good old boy. I won't allow my daughter to attend West Point.

That I won't, and others feel as I do, should be of great concern.

I was never going to let my kids take the military track anyway. I'm against DEI in all its forms but there were much worst problems in the US military during the 70's, long before DEI, Woke or any of this new-age BS. DEI is a face pimple compared to that.

 

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-60-minutes-reported-from-the-graveyard-of-the-pacific/
How 60 Minutes reported from the "Graveyard of the Pacific"

 

Flash floods in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024.

 

Flash floods in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024.

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I also saw a video of a highly congested highway completely littered with crashed vehicles and flooded businesses. Truly awful.

 

 

There's always (at least) two sides to a story, my momma taught me ... but man, this is really, really unusual:

Man charged in unprovoked beating of passenger on United flight

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A criminal affidavit alleges that as Everett Chad Nelson was walking back from the bathroom about two hours into the flight, he stopped at seat 12F and “began physically attacking a sleeping male passenger.”

 

 

Accident: Flair B38M at Toronto on Oct 24th 2024, bird strike injures captain

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A Flair Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-FLKO performing flight F8-641 from Toronto,ON to Winnipeg,MB (Canada), was climbing out of Toronto's runway 33L when the aircraft flew through a flock of geese. One of the birds impacted and penetrated the captain's windshield. The crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Toronto for a safe landing on runway 33R about 30 minutes after departure.

 

100 gallons spilled out of aviation fuel tanker that holds about 1 thousand gallons 2 PEOPLE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL CHP plans to turn all traffic around and exit on the first onramp. THE DRIVER OF THE FUEL TRUCK TOLD ME that he blacked out and woke up in the crash. fire department wants everyone moved back 1 thousand feet. LAFD is concerned with peoples vehicles being turned on as the air is filled with fuel odor. Multi-vehicle collision resulting in a tank truck on its side. One patient trapped under the vehicle determined to be deceased (age/gender unknown). One additional patient (30 yo female) is being transported with minor injuries. The tank truck is carrying jet fuel and firefighters are working to contain any spilled fuel. There is no fire, collision only.

 

 

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-c...inists-union-5237a31660b0a06381457e33f9a72369
Boeing’s machinists strike is over but the troubled aerospace giant still faces many challenges

 

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That's like going through the express lane at the supermarket with 11 items.

 

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=533746
Group Recklessly Riding Minibikes

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 9:12 p.m., Portland Police officers who were monitoring downtown for demonstrations observed a group of minibike riders doing “burnouts” in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Officers responded immediately, and the minibike riders eluded police northbound on Southwest 6th Avenue, riding away while running red lights.

The Air Support Unit monitored the group from above and observed them riding into the Old Town Neighborhood, over the Burnside Bridge, then to a gas station parking lot at Southeast Martin Luther King, Jr Boulevard and Southeast Alder Street. Officers moved in and arrested 7 people. All were booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on the listed charges:

Outlaw bikers.

 

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=533746
Group Recklessly Riding Minibikes


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Outlaw bikers.

Me and a Friend ride his MiniBikes. Their a lot of fun, don’t even get pulled over for not having a plate.


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Me and a Friend ride his MiniBikes. Their a lot of fun, don’t even get pulled over for not having a plate.


kv

They are a lot of fun, but they are not street legal in most places. If it should be okay to operate one on public roads without it being properly licensed, why shouldn't it be legal to operate any other motor vehicle on public roads without it being properly licensed?

We have a problem around here with a handful of people operating both minibikes and small four wheelers on the roads and they seem to think that they can do anything they want, including completely ignoring stop signs or riding on the shoulder or the sidewalks to pass traffic. There are plenty of places around here where there are lots of trails suitable for these things.

 

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Funny but Alaska airlines goes to ...
https://stuckattheairport.com/tag/ted-stevens-anchorage-international-airport/

The guy unloaded his 7mm Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head.

The bear was just over 1,600 pounds. It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind tourist's of the risks involved when in the wild).

Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours. His last meal (3rd picture) was the unlucky nature buff. I guess the bear didn't have a taste for genitals