Fuck that.

Instead of spending OUR (US Citizens) money on other countries, lets spend it on our borders to keep people from entering…..And then taking even more money from our economy in Welfare and Health Care and other handouts. And competing with OUR workers for jobs as well. 

Where does the Constitution give Congress and our Government the power to take OUR tax money and give it to other people in other countries?
It’s bad enough that they take from the productive people and give to non productive citizens…but this really sucks. Since they can’t find the money for the Wall, then they don’t have enough money for this.

Or are the Kickbacks large enough for them to piss folks like me off? 

We elected you to fix this. It should have been done by now. Don’t back down. Stand firm. The folks who will hate you for it already hate you. The folks that elected you on your promise to do a wall are waiting. Backing down will only make US hate you.

We.Want.the.Wall.You.Promised.  Deliver it. Stand firm. Demand border wall funding or veto any budget.

This Rumor, and not confirmed.

But it seems to be a common issue: Running Out of Gas While Flying ….

If true, then a stupid mistake with very fatal consequences. And easily preventable. Checklists are there for a reason, even for preflight. And fuel consumption is easily calculated.  I was taught to do calculations on a worst-case scenario, then add 10%, (plus reserve).

Seems that the Scouts (formerly “Boy Scouts of America”, now “Scouts BSA”, soon to be “Insert name here) are filing for Bankruptcy.

Are you surprised? I’m not.

Ever more inclusive, they became something that stood for, and was…..nothing.

The final death Knell was the inclusion of Girls in the Boy Scouts.

And all this SJW bullshit has damaged, if not killed, a 100+year old organization. Declining membership, uninterested members, and a failure to be what boys wanted and needed.

Sad. Very sad. The leaders that have made these changes should be ashamed of what they have turned their organization into, and of the damage they have done.  

10 minutes later, my phone blew up.

“you OK?”

“Was it you?”

“Was that your plane that crashed?”

I appreciate their concern, but it was a Piper, and I fly a Cessna.

Sadly, the dude in the crashed Comanche died.

Eyewitnesses (One of my instructors from my flight school was on final and one of the A&P guys who take care of my airplane was driving up as it happened) said he had just taken offon rwy 9  and he turned to the left sharply a couple hundred feet up before diving into the ground. I’m guessing departure stall….but I really don’t know for sure.

Winds were variable (but more or less easterly-ish) at about 8 knots, so that’s likely not the cause.

A Comanche is a lot of airplane for a pilot who had just gotten his license 3 months or so earlier.

My prayers for his family. 

There are, apparently honest cops…cops willing to turn another officer in for misdeeds.

“The report does not match the video of the incident” Shocking, I know.

Of course, what with the whole “Blue Wall” thing, I have to figure that (current) Officer Frederick Dominguez has plans to work and, especially,  live somewhere else….probably another state. 

You are the CEO of a company that sells outdoor gear. Clothing, fishing, hiking, hunting and other such accessories…….

You decide to SJW yourself into feeling better about selling firearms.

So you do stupid things….actions that make no difference, but look good to your (also SJW) friends at cocktail parties…..

And in doing so, you insult the folks that are the core of your business…

Perhaps you did not realize that the Venn diagrams of hunters, fishermen, target shooters, hikers and other outdoorsmen are mostly overlapping? That these folks are the major buyers of the products you sell?

That you actions are a repudiation of their lifestyle? That you have insulted the majority of your customer base with your shortsighted SJW action?

And you are surprised when they take their (considerable) buying power elsewhere?

Corporate Gun Control Fail: Dick’s May Have to Close 35 Stores Across 18 States

The fact that the stockholders haven’t tossed Edward Stack out on his ear is surprising.

Hope that Social Justice Warrior posturing was worth it….

This is like the CEO of Ford claiming all Ford truck owners are inbred rednecks….and then being surprised that they buy Chevy and Dodge pickups instead….

And I’m keeping my promise to an acquaintance, and taking him and, most especially, his 10 year old son up for a flight to lunch at another airport.

skies clear, visibility in excess of 10SM, winds easterly(ish) at 2-6 knots along the route of flight.

A great day(if a bit cold) to fly.