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Politics/Government / Re: Johnson’s Incompetence Continues as He Screws Up Antisemitism Resolution; Then Democrats Embarra
« Last post by Maj. Bill Martin on Today at 04:18:45 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on Today at 03:42:35 pm
Have you a link to the bill you read and the objections?  If so, would you be a dear and post both @Maj. Bill Martin ?  This info should make an interesting read.  Thanks.

It's in the very first post on the page, embedded in MTG's own tweet where she posts language from the bill.  I'll repost it here where you can read her objection and the actual language of the bill.


https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1785755752432296283
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Military/Defense News / Re: Everyone’s V-22s are flying again—and may do so past 2060
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 04:18:28 pm »
At least until the next bunch of crashes.
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Military/Defense News / Everyone’s V-22s are flying again—and may do so past 2060
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 04:17:45 pm »
Everyone’s V-22s are flying again—and may do so past 2060
As all services emerge from March’s grounding, the program’s manager lays out long-term plans.
AUDREY DECKER | MAY 1, 2024
MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE NAVY
   
The U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force are all flying and deploying their V-22 Ospreys again, after the Pentagon’s monthslong grounding was lifted in March.

“We’re back to flying. We got all services back in the sky,” Marine Col. Brian Taylor, the V-22 program manager, said Tuesday during the Modern Day Marine conference. 

Each service had its own plan to get its tiltrotor aircraft flying again after the three-month grounding. All V-22s halted operations in December after a “materiel failure” caused an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 crash off the coast of Japan, killing eight airmen.

The program still doesn’t know why the part failed, but Taylor told Defense One they have narrowed down the root cause and identified “all the modes that can possibly end up with this outcome.”

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2024/05/everyones-v-22s-are-flying-againand-may-do-so-past-2060/396242/
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Military/Defense News / JUST IN: Air Force Takes Step Toward Autonomous KC-135 Tanker Ops
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 04:14:54 pm »
 
JUST IN: Air Force Takes Step Toward Autonomous KC-135 Tanker Ops
5/2/2024
By Stew Magnuson   
 

The Air Force is investigating how to insert autonomy into its KC-135 Stratotankers.

Mountain View, California-based Reliable Robotics delivered a report to the Air Force earlier in the year spelling out how it could employ the company’s aircraft agnostic autonomous flight system on the tanker. The plan included how the company’s software could be used to taxi, takeoff and land, a company statement released May 2 said.

However, the delicate operation where the tanker connects its refueling boom with the recipient aircraft would be “continuing to mature,” the statement said.

The KC-135 is Air Force’s first jet-powered tanker and has been flying refueling missions for more than 60 years. The service is currently replacing some of the KC-135 fleet with the KC-46 Pegasus tanker, which has suffered cost overruns and delays. Both tankers are Boeing products.

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2024/5/2/air-force-takes-step-toward-autonomous-kc-135-tanker-ops
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:11:33 pm »
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'Very concerned': Hope Hicks now testifying about Trump's 'Access Hollywood' tape
By Kyle Schnitzer

Hope Hicks is testifying about how she first became aware of Trump's "Access Hollywood" tape when she received an email from a Washington Post reporter seeking comment on Oct. 7, 2016.

Hicks testified that she was "very concerned" after receiving the email, which she said described Trump having an "inappropriate conversation about a woman."

"I was concerned. Very concerned. Yeah, I was concerned about the contents of the email," Hicks said, later adding, "There was a lot at play."

Hicks was in her office on the 14th floor at Trump Tower at the time of the email.
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Jokes and Humor / Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
« Last post by 240B on Today at 04:11:13 pm »
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Immigration/Border / Around 400 migrants found in abandoned buses heading for US
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 04:10:17 pm »
Around 400 migrants found in abandoned buses heading for US

Law enforcement found around 400 migrants, many from Cuba and Haiti, abandoned in buses on a highway in Veracruz. They included children and pregnant women and appeared to be on their way to the US.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/around-400-migrants-found-in-abandoned-buses-heading-for-us/vi-AA1o3V34?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=a8ddc1824f054e09bdb403b950246d20&ei=18
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Health/Education / Re: Iranian college offers free tuition to U.S. students booted amid anti-Israel riots
« Last post by PeteS in CA on Today at 04:09:56 pm »
I support moronic anti-Semites' self-deportation and emigration.
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Jokes and Humor / Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
« Last post by 240B on Today at 04:08:57 pm »
get-help-if-you-need-it-funny-memes-dump-Return-of-Meme-1204-normal-amount-pepperoni
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:02:27 pm »
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'Following his lead': Hicks testifies about Trump's 'very involved' approach to media
By Kyle Schnitzer

Hicks testified that Donald Trump was "very involved" in his 2016 campaign, and she would just be "following his lead" when it came to media responses.

Asked by Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Michael Colangelo how involved Trump was in the campaign's messaging strategy, Hicks said staffers just did what he wanted done.

“I would say that Mr. Trump was responsible. He knew what he wanted to say and how to say it," Hicks said.

"We were all just following his lead. I think he deserves the credit for the different messages the campaign focused on in terms of the agenda he put forth.”

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Hicks says Trump congratulated Pecker on National Enquirer's Ben Carson story: 'Pulitzer worthy'

When former National Enquirer published David Pecker published a story about Donald Trump's then-political foe Ben Carson, Hope Hicks testified that Trump congratulated him on "great reporting" that could be "Pulitzer worthy."

She recalled overhearing a phone conversation between Pecker and Trump, when she said that "“Mr. Trump was congratulating him on the great reporting.”

Hicks testifiied that Trump would call Pecker to congratulate him on his articles — including telling Pecker that some of his stories were "Pulitzer worthy."
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