psunavy03

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by psunavy03 3y ago
For those not aware, DoE is literally responsible for the design, testing, and manufacture of US nuclear weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_En...
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by psunavy03 3y ago
I hope to God any decent journalist (if any are left) is looking for the actual truth and not just "truthiness." You do understand that Stephen Colbert coined that term, right? And that he coined it as a deliberate satire of poli
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by psunavy03 3y ago
Not all airplanes are required to have attitude indicators. If so, the pilot is expected to just look outside . . . and also to be responsible enough not to fly into instrument conditions.
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by psunavy03 3y ago
Not all aircraft have the full suite of instruments necessary to fly in instrument flight rules. When these aircraft go into the goo, the pilot doesn't have anything other than his/her senses to guide them. But senses are unreli
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by psunavy03 3y ago
No one is saying a brief smidgen of inadvertent IFR is dangerous. Flying through puffies while cloud-surfing is not going to get you killed, and no one actually follows the FAA recommended cloud clearances anyway. What IS going to kill a V
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by psunavy03 3y ago
Motivated reasoning. In the 1790 US Census, the largest state, Virginia, was a slave state. 48.7 percent of the total free and enslaved population of the country in 1790 lived in slave states. What's more, out of the smallest 7 stat
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by psunavy03 3y ago
"The mirage" of a Supreme Court justice's legal talent? Come on. That's childish, whichever side of the aisle you're on. Might as well also talk about "the mirage" of Elena Kagan's legal talent. Un
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by psunavy03 3y ago
When you aren't instrument-qualified, get disoriented, and fly yourself into the ground, then yes, they are a big risk for the weekend warrior lawyers and doctors who never get an instrument rating.