4th&long Posted Tuesday at 10:17 PM Posted Tuesday at 10:17 PM Ret. U.S. Army General: Our enemies are 'probably laughing' after Trump's speech to military leaders https://flip.it/KQg- 4E
sherpa Posted Tuesday at 10:27 PM Posted Tuesday at 10:27 PM 8 minutes ago, 4th&long said: Ret. U.S. Army General: Our enemies are 'probably laughing' after Trump's speech to military leaders https://flip.it/KQg- 4E Another retired guy, per the claim, which doesn't matter 'cause the link doesn't work. Another goofy post.
Trump_is_Mentally_fit Posted Tuesday at 11:30 PM Posted Tuesday at 11:30 PM How many push ups does a drone pilot have to do to be a good pilot?
Andy1 Posted Wednesday at 01:51 AM Posted Wednesday at 01:51 AM (edited) Well, I’ve listened to a good chunk of Hegseth and Trump. They are two asses pretending to be smart in front of Generals who know BS when they see it. Those Generals have to be thinking WTF as they sat there listening to that crap. Trump tells them there is a war within America in our cities where he will use them. He is telling them Portland OR is a war zone and is burning like WW II. Trump talking to them about Canada becoming 51st state, bragging about Gulf of America, how America is the hottest country. Trump trying to bond with them saying that he and they both deal with viscous people, because the viscous bad people Trump deals with don’t tell the truth about him. Hegseth is calling them fat and lazy, and going to require them all to do hard core physical training. Muscles and testosterone are in, knowledge and brains are out. Trump is telling them he doesn’t like the stealth Navy ships because they look ugly and the battle ships of the 1900s were better because they looked meaner. Trump talking about the two “n” words, just rambling like a demented old fool. The idiocy and stupidity presented to the Generals was amazing. Edited Wednesday at 02:05 AM by Andy1 1
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted Wednesday at 09:04 AM Posted Wednesday at 09:04 AM 5 hours ago, Andy1 said: Yes tomS3 makes a great point. You gave him that only like right? Lmao. Waah a speech made me upset.
sherpa Posted Wednesday at 09:50 AM Posted Wednesday at 09:50 AM (edited) The reality of having to attend this is dwarfed by the amount of time wasted on the various social training nonsense courses/lecture series/required training programs foisted upon military enlisted and officers in the last many years. Those were a constant source of complaint, and a total waste of time. The services have a significant problem in this regard, as people who promote this kind of stuff get themselves promoted, and eventually you have leadership that has no skill at warfare, just masters degrees, course completed certificates power point presentation expertise. Most recently, the promotion process has been corrupted by identity politics. Again, it has become a serious issue. Naming a Navy ship after a gay rights activist who did nothing of note in or for the Navy? Please. Edited Wednesday at 09:54 AM by sherpa 2 1
sherpa Posted Wednesday at 10:00 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:00 AM (edited) 10 hours ago, Trump_is_Mentally_fit said: How many push ups does a drone pilot have to do to be a good pilot? Recently listed. "Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare" ETF. It targets firms leading innovation in next-gen defense technologies, including AI-driven warfare, unmanned systems, electronic and communication warfare, intelligence and surveillance, space warfare, military cybersecurity, and robotics. Symbol "JEDI." Here's three "Loyal Wingman" drones being controlled by an F-18. Edited Wednesday at 10:12 AM by sherpa 1
Wolfgang Posted Wednesday at 10:11 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:11 AM Once again... The lefties complaints are rooted in ideology... Zero logic... Zero awareness of precisely WHO America's enemies really are... A common feature of a propagandized and demoralized population... They got off on the lockdowns and firing of people who refused the Covid shots though... Now that the government is shut down... Let the firings begin... 1
Tenhigh Posted Wednesday at 11:36 AM Posted Wednesday at 11:36 AM 17 hours ago, Jauronimo said: The histrionics about DEI and the possibility of the hiring of unqualified minorities is hard to take seriously form an administration that hand picked Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr and Dr Oz to positions of power. Apparently no one really cares about the complete lack of merit when its the result of good old fashioned cronyism. I'm supposed to stay up at night worrying about the possibility of black lesbian pilots and surgeons rising to the top of the most heavily regulated professions in the nation when I live in a reality where a talk show host leads the greatest military the world has ever known? I agree that Trump tends to put cronies in positions of power and I don't care for it. Hegseth wasn't the most qualified fir the job and should not have gotten it. But acting like Hegseth was only ever a talk show just is disingenuous on your part. I respect your views as a poster but I think you are better than this. As for DEI, we have seen 1st hand where industry standards were lowered for the sake of equity. Have you ever worked in a company where less qualified applicants rise to the top based on their identity? It's literally an HR directive at many companies. I am not staying up at night about it, but don't act like it isnt a thing. 17 hours ago, TH3 said: Tell us which of DT staff got their jobs based on merit….we will wait for your answer Few of them. Trump values loyalty over skill.
Trump_is_Mentally_fit Posted Wednesday at 01:08 PM Posted Wednesday at 01:08 PM 18 hours ago, sherpa said: Well, here's a viewpoint, if not an answer. I'm not a Trump guy, but his appointments are by and large far, far better than in the Biden debacle. Press Sect. Transportation. VP. Commerce. Hey "non-MAGA" guy, can you gives us a few examples of how Trump's appointments have been better than Biden's? 3 hours ago, sherpa said: Recently listed. "Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare" ETF. It targets firms leading innovation in next-gen defense technologies, including AI-driven warfare, unmanned systems, electronic and communication warfare, intelligence and surveillance, space warfare, military cybersecurity, and robotics. Symbol "JEDI." Here's three "Loyal Wingman" drones being controlled by an F-18. No mention of push-ups there
LDD Posted Wednesday at 01:22 PM Posted Wednesday at 01:22 PM 3 hours ago, sherpa said: The reality of having to attend this is dwarfed by the amount of time wasted on the various social training nonsense courses/lecture series/required training programs foisted upon military enlisted and officers in the last many years. Those were a constant source of complaint, and a total waste of time. The services have a significant problem in this regard, as people who promote this kind of stuff get themselves promoted, and eventually you have leadership that has no skill at warfare, just masters degrees, course completed certificates power point presentation expertise. Most recently, the promotion process has been corrupted by identity politics. Again, it has become a serious issue. Naming a Navy ship after a gay rights activist who did nothing of note in or for the Navy? Please. The reality of having to attend this dog and pony show is dwarfed by the ease with which directives of this sort can be passed to commands in the military. IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY...you know this. I don't have an issue with any of the content (agree/disagree whatever, it's their War Dept.) But, to be so tone deaf as to drag these men and women into a room in VA to prance around on a stage to tell them things that could be communicated in a Memo or Message is absurd.
Wolfgang Posted Wednesday at 01:27 PM Posted Wednesday at 01:27 PM 4 minutes ago, LDD said: The reality of having to attend this dog and pony show is dwarfed by the ease with which directives of this sort can be passed to commands in the military. IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY...you know this. I don't have an issue with any of the content (agree/disagree whatever, it's their War Dept.) But, to be so tone deaf as to drag these men and women into a room in VA to prance around on a stage to tell them things that could be communicated in a Memo or Message is absurd. You seem upset... Why?
sherpa Posted Wednesday at 02:09 PM Posted Wednesday at 02:09 PM 59 minutes ago, Trump_is_Mentally_fit said: Hey "non-MAGA" guy, can you gives us a few examples of how Trump's appointments have been better than Biden's? No mention of push-ups there You quote my post that answers your question and then ask me again?
LDD Posted Wednesday at 02:40 PM Posted Wednesday at 02:40 PM 1 hour ago, Wolfgang said: You seem upset... Why? Not upset, I just think it was dumb. If you want to pull them all together, have a good reason. IMO, this wasn't one. Thank you for asking though.
Jauronimo Posted Wednesday at 03:03 PM Posted Wednesday at 03:03 PM 2 hours ago, Tenhigh said: I agree that Trump tends to put cronies in positions of power and I don't care for it. Hegseth wasn't the most qualified fir the job and should not have gotten it. But acting like Hegseth was only ever a talk show just is disingenuous on your part. I respect your views as a poster but I think you are better than this. As for DEI, we have seen 1st hand where industry standards were lowered for the sake of equity. Have you ever worked in a company where less qualified applicants rise to the top based on their identity? It's literally an HR directive at many companies. I am not staying up at night about it, but don't act like it isnt a thing. Few of them. Trump values loyalty over skill. You're offended that I glossed over his stint in the Reserves and political activism? Ok then. I think if he wasn't a talk show flapping head he had 0% chance of ever appearing on Trump's radar. Its really the deciding factor on why he was selected. Nothing else on the resume even remotely qualifies him for the position. Talk show host and ring kisser were his winning attributes for the appointment. No, I really haven't seen the lowering of standards in any appreciable way. I've seen a few promotions where people grumbled that it was likely a diversity play. And maybe it was. But every company I've ever worked at, including multi-national companies with strong DEI movements, the ranks above manager are overwhelmingly dominated by white men. Many of which have been semi-competent in my view, benefitting immensely from their identities as they looked like their superiors and shared similar values and backgrounds. I've been in the room multiple times where my bosses felt comfortable enough to share views on certain races, cultures, and genders that would have likely gotten them in hot water if not fired. I know I have benefited from being a white guy who is fun to have a few beers with. If DEI is replacing all the white men with black lesbians, then its failing miserably in my experience. A few true "DEI hires" sprinkled in here and there, per the most salacious definition advanced in PPP, is more akin to tokenization than a movement with any teeth. Have you ever worked for a white guy who had no business occupying the position he found himself in? I know I have. Incompetence and non-merit based hiring pre-dates DEI by millennia. Are we upset about incompetence or who benefits from hiring incompetence? Seems like the latter to me. In response to the "DEI is just a pathway to hire incompetent minorities", I submit the following counter points: - Resume studies that demonstrate that people with "black" sounding names were significantly less likely to get called back than identical resumes with "white" sounding names. - Employment studies which suggest white applicants have more success at every level of education and experience or lack thereof. - Despite the fast track to the good life DEI has supposedly granted anyone who isn't a white man, minority applicants widely believe they need to be "Twice" as qualified or experienced as their peers for similar roles. And for executive positions data supports the idea of more qualified/experienced rather than less. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/11/1243713272/resume-bias-study-white-names-black-names https://cepr.net/publications/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/why-black-workers-really-do-need-to-be-twice-as-good/409276/ Many more studies on the topic exist for anyone who is actually interested. If anyone has a credible study on DEI practices and resulting in widespread hiring of less qualified applicants over white men, I'd love to see it. I'm not interested in any one off tweets, thanks. I had similar views on Affirmative Action and DEI as you and many on this board not all that long ago. I had major objections to hiring based on race or identity over merit and I still do. Years later I believe this remains more of a talking point based on a hypothetical outcome of bad DEI practices, and while compelling, I believe this talking point is unsupported by the studies I've read and my experience in corporate America. Maybe its more pronounced in the public sector? Based on the political rhetoric from 40 years of affirmative action and DEI you'd think Fortune 500 companies would look more like the NFL by now. Something isn't adding up.
BillsFanNC Posted Wednesday at 03:13 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 03:13 PM Merit for cabinet level and high ranking federal positions = sufficient years of serving the swamp. - The Left 1
sherpa Posted Wednesday at 03:55 PM Posted Wednesday at 03:55 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, Trump_is_Mentally_fit said: No mention of push-ups there And there won't be, at least by me for three reasons. 1. It is irrelevant and rhetorical. 2. It is easily answered by anyone with a modicum of knowledge. DOD drones, the military application ones, are flown by two organizations. The Air Force and the CIA. If it's an AF drone flown by an officer, which is the norm, they are held to the same physical standard as other officers. If it's CIA, anyone's guess. 3. You seem to be under some impression that you can direct others to get answers for you. You have no such power or influence, certainly not over me. Dumb question not worthy of response. Do your own work and figure it out. Edited Wednesday at 03:55 PM by sherpa 1
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