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@BluesHarpHelo @IfindRetards No, but that is the same Chris as in the photo on the left. Evidently switched teams.

@IfindRetards Wait… so that “chick” on the right is Mr Beast? I don’t follow him so I don’t know what’s going on.

How can anyone be so retarded? Massive L

@shipwreckedcrew @RonColeman Has Swalwell officially resigned with an effective date or just announced his intention?

Give me some examples of more rapid "Falls from Grace" than Swalwell. Just issued a statement that he intends to resign from Congress to try to short-circuit efforts to expel the two Dem members -- both African-American females -- under indictment.

@JefferyGre52032 @burackbobby_ I think the Pats had a press conference about the upcoming draft today and Vrabel wasn’t there.

@burackbobby_ I don’t think Vrabel should be getting off scot free either. There needs to be repercussions for him too

I don't think anyone in the history of sports media has ruined their career overnight like Dianna Russini. I think her career is over.

@o_pound @burackbobby_ Barstool on Fox said this morning that they had her on before. Portnoy and others talk about violations of ethics for her.

@burackbobby_ She will end up at Barstool or something like that.

@cpelusi @burackbobby_ Russini has been a guess on Fox sports talk shows. Plus Fox had to deal with the Joy Taylor situation.

@burackbobby_ You do know Fox has sports channels, right?

@BlueStubborn @shipwreckedcrew Any player invited to play the Masters has the same opportunity as Rory to play and practice at Augusta. Even opportunity for all players. But thanks for not understanding that each player had the same opportunity to practice before the Masters.

@d19augu @shipwreckedcrew You're also going to jump in on the literal wording - vs the intention of the statement? He was stating that it seemed unfair that someone could go up and practice on that course as often as they wanted. But thanks for correcting meaningless errors on who governing body is.

You start with it not being a USGA or PGA tournament. From the start it has been a private event, by invitation only.

@BlueStubborn @shipwreckedcrew He posted why does the USGA allow playing the course every day. The answer is the USGA and PGA don’t make the rules for the Masters. Augusta makes the rules for the Masters and they allow it.

@shipwreckedcrew For a Federal Attorney who fashions himself to be quite intelligent - you really make some stupid comments. His point was about playing the course every day and a sense of fairness - not who the governing body is. Way to attack a position that was irrelevant to the point.

@eatmonranch @BuzzPatterson Jungle primary. Too many D ruining and splitting the vote. Dems worried that R candidates will finish 1-2 which would mean a R being elected in Nov.

@BuzzPatterson This has to be a Democrat hit job. I wonder who he pissed off.

Not only is the guy a sexual whore…he’s a stalker. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving POS.

@necky_fade @Bucky1965 Augusta changed the greens from Bermuda to bent grass after the 1980 Masters which made the greens much faster.

@Bucky1965 Also those balls highly exaggerated shit shots which made it scarier

1975 Masters They used to make mincemeat of the 12th back in the day as well you know. Arnold Palmer (how did it miss!) Jack Nicklaus Tom Watson Lee Trevino

@MusingwithADHD @jasonwhitlock The league was holding meetings that weekend in Phoenix. I believe the college was also holding workouts so could have been someone from the NFL or spouse.

@jasonwhitlock Exactly, Vrabel is a guy of average stature in a low paying assistant D3 coaching job. Who on earth would recognize him at a resort in America?

Who snitched on Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini? Who had the motive and who beneffited. Discuss in the comments.

@PolitiBunny @shipwreckedcrew says Katie Porter is stuck in the polls behind Swalwell. They were in the house at the same time and their staff probably knew, interacted and socialized with each other. So Katie has motive and probably knowledge

I’m not defending Swalwell, but I can’t help but wonder why now? Again, I’m glad it’s all coming out as the guy is a total skeeze and shouldn’t be in office in any capacity. But if this has gone on for years, why didn’t they stop him years ago? Why allow him to continue at all?

@pmcafrica @tia374pkh I had serpentine belt replace once. Cost of belt plus book hrs were charged. That was on top of the cost and book hrs to replace the timing belt. Paid twice to remove and replace the serpentine belt.

@tia374pkh 少しやりすぎな気もするけど、言いたいことは分かるよ。

This took 6 mins and labor charge was 3 hrs, how much did it cost 😩

@devorydarkins First African American and woman to go to the moon or orbit the moon.

CNN gets caught pushing a lie that Victor Glover is the first African American to go to space. The first African American in space was Dr. Guy Bluford Jr. in 1983! Did CNN mess up, or did they push race propaganda?

@MCCCANM Shark attacks. Horrible stories. Frequently is very very low but each incident is sensational. Of course Jaws fueled a lot of fear.

The airplanes are not less safe. This is the “Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon”. It’s a “frequency illusion”…you noticed something, it becomes prominent in your mind, then you start noticing similar things where you hadn’t before. The *actual* frequency of these events has not changed at all, but you begin to think it’s suddenly happening a lot more. “Trend Reporting” by the media exacerbates this…like jumping on a bandwagon. These events do happen around the world. Not often – flying is very safe – but you normally don’t hear about them because only very specialized media covers them & you likely don’t even know that media exists. Social media is kind of a wildcard in that now you can notice things from all over the world, and actually search them out. It’s a bottomless rabbit hole. We go through this nearly every time there is some mishap in aviation that gets the public’s attention. One iteration of this phenomenon is that it can be airline specific; something happens at Delta, say, and now every incident at Delta is reported, while similar incidents are happening at American & Southwest, but you don’t hear about those. As some of us say, “every airline gets their turn in the spotlight”. Eventually the public either loses interest, we go a long period with nothing to report or the reports start focusing on trivial things & the public realizes the illusion. Some people know all this & use it for revenue anyway. It’s not healthy to stoke unreasonable concern in the public, but it can be profitable, and you can always say “I’m just asking questions”.

@MCCCANM Not a pilot but had this happen on a flight into STL. Pilot said the alarm went off so we had to go around. He thought we probably got to close to the plane ahead of us landing on the other runway.

Attention Aviation Journalists (& anyone interested)! I have a primer for you on the SFO “parallel approaches” story. It has the potential to be a big story. I imagine the airlines, and maybe even the city, will fight the FAA’s decision. Big impact. So, here’s a bit of history & a perspective on simultaneous close visual approaches to runways 28L & 28R from a pilot perspective. Summary: these are *not* dangerous approaches. You can find someone who will tell you they are, but I’d bet 95% or more of pilots who’ve flown them will tell you it’s not dangerous. In fact, it’s a fun approach & a treat for passengers w/ the added benefit of increasing the airport’s arrival rate capacity. In essence, these approaches – the “FMS Bridge Visual 28R”, the “Quiet Bridge Visual 28L” & the “Tip Toe Visual 28R” (list not all inclusive) – are used in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) only. Pilots must be able to see a long way to do these approaches. When there are low clouds, fog, rain or something, these are not an option even offered. Visual approaches are not at all unusual at any airport. In many cases, the visual is the preferred method of approach. At SFO, we must be able to see a long way because we must be able to identify our “pairing traffic” & keep them in sight during the entire sequence. We know exactly where the other jet is at all times during this approach. I’ve included a sample of the approach to runway 28R, below. Somewhere around point “TRDOW”, approach control is pointing out your “pairing traffic”. They won’t allow you to get close, or continue the approach until you have them in sight. It can take a couple minutes to visually acquire them, but by “GAROW” or “JANYY” it’s very easy to spot them. If you still can’t spot them, approach won’t let you continue. Keep in mind that the example I included below is *only* for 28R. Runway 28L has a different approach & it’s not depicted here at all. There is space between the runways to begin with…but the 28R approach creates more space between aircraft by bringing you in at an angle…it does not line up with the runway until a very short final. The aircraft on 28L is also looking for you & must keep you in sight, as well. The problem with these approaches is that they used to set off a “TCAS RA”. I assume you know this term. A TCAS RA must be obeyed. So, we obeyed it & did a go around, even though we can see the other jet & know it’s not really a problem. Reports are filed & records kept. At one point, SFO was one of a few places that certain airlines were allowed to switch the TCAS to “TA Only” mode. The RAs were a nuisance rather than a real threat & everyone knew it, so we disabled the RAs. I don’t know of many other instances this was allowed. That may sound extreme, but (the majority of) pilots were happy to have a solution, even if it was only temporary as they tried to find a better fix. They did. They offset the approach track to 28R enough that a jet following it would be below the TCAS inhibition altitude before it got close enough to the other jet to set off an RA. It’s an elegant solution & works very well. Now, these approaches are famous for videos of jets landing simultaneously. That’s cool, but not how it works in practice most of the time. One jet usually ends up behind the other & at nearly the same speed. They are below the required distance for usual separation, but they are separated in trail. Even when it does end up with the jets landing together, it’s not dangerous. I’m speculating, but this decision seems to be someone looking at reports of TCAS RAs over several years, seeing a bunch at SFO & deciding we can’t do this anymore, not understanding that the RAs are not a real danger signal in this case. It’s a spreadsheet decision, not a wisdom decision. It doesn’t actually make anyone safer, but it looks like it does & that’s what matters. The disruptions this decision will cause? Not included on the spreadsheet. Hope that helps!

@ImaDOGEyGirl @BuzzPatterson Dereliction of Duty is his book covering his time in the WH.

@BuzzPatterson If you haven’t written an autobiography yet, you should. Aside from the stories being interesting and keeping the reader’s attention, you write in a way that we can actually picture the story.

Today’s “Buzz’s Bedtime Stories” is a look at my initial experiences in the Clinton White House. A thread. 1) In the late 1990s, I was an Air Force pilot and Operations Officer for a C-141 squadron based at Travis Air Force Base, California. I was a single guy flying all over the world, sometimes in combat, and always with the American flag on my left shoulder. I had a squadron of really superb aircrews, the best I ever flew with. Great people, great mission, and successfully operating all over the world, whether combat, humanitarian aid, special operations. It was the greatest time of my life, personally and professionally, and I wouldn’t change a day. One morning I received a phone call in my office from the White House literally out of the blue. Initially I thought it was the guys down the hall screwing with me (military squadrons are like college fraternities; work really hard and play really hard), so I laughed and hung up. Immediately, the White House called me back and confirmed that they were, in fact, the White House. Chagrined, I took the second call and was quite a bit more respectful. 🤣 In a matter of weeks I was jetting across the nation to interview at the White House to be the President of the United States Air Force Military Aide and carry the “Nuclear Football.” THE most important piece of luggage in the world, containing the means to launch nuclear weapons at the commander in chief’s order. It’s not a job you apply for. They find you. They found me, and they hired me. In the spring of 1996, I assumed my new responsibility and went to work for President William Jefferson Clinton. The White House is an amazing place to work. An office complex surrounding the president’s residence with 200+ years of history. I vividly remember walking into the building for the first time in the spring of 1996. It was a beautiful spring morning, cherry blossoms blooming, and a glorious blue sky. As I strolled up the walk to the East Wing entrance, a young major suddenly transplanted from an operational flying organization into the most important building in the world, little did I know at the time that it would be a moment that changed me forever. The walls smell like American history. I used to spend lonely evenings walking around the mansion and looking at historical books in the library, one of my favorite rooms in the building. Once, killing time, I started pulling books out of the shelves and leafing through them. One was owned by George Washington. The inscription to him is still legible. I was holding a book that George Washington once held. It was sobering and underscored the significance of the building I worked in. In the end, though, the White House is both a residence and an office complex. Typically, it’s extremely busy during the day and eerily quiet at night. As a military aide, I had an office and a bedroom in the East Wing and would share presidential coverage with my fellow military aides, one officer from each of the services. The best of the best from each service. In fact, my Navy brother would go on to be CNO. Unfortunately, the president we were chosen to work for was Bill Clinton. Carrying the “nuclear football” is a sobering responsibility. For military aides, you are literally carrying the means to destroy the world in a large, black suitcase. A brief look back at our history reveals that with the development of nuclear weapons post-WWII, the Eisenhower administration implemented a set of nuclear protocols that included targeting and secured communications. The Kennedy administration eventually assigned these duties to the military aide, and every president since has had a military officer in close proximity to the president with the suitcase. As you read this, today, a military aide is within very close proximity to President Trump. (Continue)

Very small airport in the 90’s. Small plane, every seat was a window and aisle. Had to check in at the counter and then wait for security to open. Security opened when the gal from the counter got there to run us through. Once all of us were through, she opened to door and led us out to board the plane, standing at the base of the stairs. The copilot was loading the luggage. Wonder what changes have been made since TSA.

There was always security, it was just that each airport used a different contractor and you went through metal detectors instead of the machine that sees into your soul You didn’t need a gate pass or boarding pass - everyone who went through security could go to the gate, where you could say goodbye or pick people up as they walked off an arriving plane Less ghey shit like rubdowns/feelups and you didn’t have to take off your shoes or belt It was a more civilized time until the assholes from Afghanistan ruined it for everyone

As someone who never experienced airports before 9/11...was there truly NO security? Like you could just walk wherever like a train station?

@dannyj991 @injunjohn86 @nut_history Grok says the 4-day tickets go for up to $6,000 on the secondary market.

@injunjohn86 @nut_history And, even with those ticket prices, it's still nearly impossible to get them. You probably have better luck getting affordable Metallica at Sphere tickets over affordable Masters tickets.

I know it’s impossible to get a ticket but why can’t teams charge for food or drinks like the Masters does? One of the most historical events ever charging $8.00 for beer and a chicken sandwich at most when a team 45 games under .500 charging you $54. Make it make sense. Make going to a sporting event affordable

@shipwreckedcrew One Russian company. As a corporation, no Russian citizens needed to appear in the US. Screw up by the SCO to indict a foreign corporation which allows the company to contest the indictments and ask for discovery without putting any employees at risk.

An what happened to the one Russian who appeared and contested the charges?

@BuzzPatterson @JessicaTarlov The logic. I need to get a passport but don’t have the money. All I have is my birth certificate/marriage license. How am I going to prove citizenship with only my birth certificate and marriage license in order to get my passport?

@JessicaTarlov If you honestly believe the words that you say, you’re stupid. I don’t believe you’re this stupid.

Republicans are lying to the American people when they say the SAVE Act is a voter ID law—it’s a proof-of-citizenship requirement that would make voting harder, if not impossible, for a lot of people. Passports are expensive, documents don’t always match, and the process can be a mess (been there). We should be making voting easier, not adding more hurdles. Democrats can own this by proposing their own bill that accepts a range of IDs, and includes automatic voter registration and Election Day as a national holiday for starters.