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Just proof that the US military will accept recruits of lesser intelligence. An early news report about her said that after all her years in the Air Force (including active duty, Reserve, and Guard), the rank she had "most recently attained" was Senior Airman. That's an E-4, folks. You can make that within 2-3 years, depending on circumstances upon enlistment. That tells me that she was likely a SrA more than once. I won't speculate on why she left AD and went into the reserves, and later into the ANG, but usually going from AD to the other components makes it easier to get promoted. It would be polite to simply conclude that she was not what we'd consider a stellar airman.

For the Trekkies out there

Yeah because the only ones who contribute to our society are physically strong and healthy. None of that "information age" "knowledge economy" bullshit. By this standard, Stephen Hawking was a useless burden on our society because he couldn't throw a spear, carry firewood, or hunt deer. Albert Einstein? Those nerds at NASA? Who needs them, right? /s Sorry, but this argument just needs to be taken behind the barn and shot.

Casino mogul and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson has died at age 87 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/12/casino-mogul-and-gop-megadonor-sheldon-adelson-has-died-at-age-87.html

Baloney. Any chicken little squawking at the sky is all it takes for most of the indoctrinated to add 1000 rounds and another AR-15 in the new Fibonacci .358 caliber to their already bloated arsenals. Let's go back to your other topic. Were it not for global warming we might not have found that fresh asteroid crater in Greenland. That's a positive, right?

Everybody just “getting over this” is a bullshit argument that ignores the realities of the world and of COVID-19. How many elderly people do you think should die in the name of us being able to move on?

God knows Trump has been an unmitigated disaster for Americans suffering through the pandemic. He's made a huge number of missteps - lying to people about how serious it was, mocking mask usage, telling people to LIBERATE!!!! themselves from COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, taking a pass on extra vaccine shipments, encouraging people to use quack cures, caring more about "the numbers" than stopping the disease, refusing to work with other countries on mitigation. But it would be unfair to concentrate on all that without pointing out the times he did something right, like today. Today the administration adopted the Biden policy of getting as many vaccines out as quickly as possible, and not "holding back" the second dose. There are two possible outcomes: 1) Vaccine companies increase output and thus they get the second vaccination as well 2) Vaccine companies do not increase output and then they have to wait for the second one. However, there is some evidence that even one vaccination significantly improves resistance, and thus significantly reduces Re. So overall a positive step. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/12/trump-covid-vaccine-second-shot/

That's right. What will kill us now is weakness and mercy. Hell must be rained down on all of those who gave comfort and succor to the insurrectionists. Trump must be eviscerated and his movement squashed. To any and all who say go high when they go low I say: go home. Let those with a will to excise the cancer do the work.

Biden and didn't take your guns. All you lost was your 45. Have a nice day.

Specially in french... Would be a good title for a you-ron movie (that was youporn, but the autocorrect changed it and I found it funny) . Les Analiseurs de Q

BRILLIANT! But whoever wrote that speech missed a good punch line. It should have ended "for those who doubt the American people and spirit I tell you this" "We'll be back".

Reports I heard earlier implied that they were health issues. Nothing specific, but some of those "Meal Team Six" ding-dongs are (were) probably solid heart attack candidates.