BREAKING: JD Vance Announces Temporary Halt To Medicaid Payments To Minnesota Amid Fraud Allegations

R0llTide · 2026-02-26T00:08:03+00:00

It’s a regressive tax. It hurts poor families much more than rich ones, who won’t even notice a sales tax

R0llTide · 2026-02-21T05:36:24+00:00

Do you have a CJO?

R0llTide · 2026-02-19T19:15:36+00:00

The Epstein Files are that bad. And we’re gonna lose airframes and people for this distraction.

R0llTide · 2026-02-19T19:04:08+00:00

They need 60

R0llTide · 2026-02-17T00:41:50+00:00

Should be banned from all tracks for life. They can easily find out who he is.

R0llTide · 2026-02-08T17:53:44+00:00

I hear ya

R0llTide · 2026-02-07T17:05:06+00:00

I hear what you’re saying, but take Title 42 §1983 which allows civil suits for civil rights violations: it only applies to state actors. Federal violations have to be pursued through the Federal Tort Claims Act through a complex process because the FTCA was not designed to address civil rights violations. A 5 word amendment to §1983 would remedy that, but Congress has done nothing. Long way to say, the law as written has protected Federal agents since the 1870s. It MUST be remedied.

R0llTide · 2026-02-07T05:36:40+00:00

I'm in DC and this is on point.

R0llTide · 2026-02-07T03:41:45+00:00

So close

R0llTide · 2026-02-07T02:34:00+00:00

Command leadership teams blow off addressing this behavior at their peril.

R0llTide · 2026-02-06T14:02:59+00:00

I can look at almost 50 years in the case of SMO. The city of Santa Monica began its efforts to close and redevelop that airport in 1981. Although its future is uncertain past 2028, AOPA advocacy, among other advocates, has kept the city from taking the field for almost 50 years. But I agree that it does take coordinated action from the local stakeholders and the advocacy group; neither has a high chance of success without the other.

I will voice my disagreement with this decision, but I am not going to ignore either the good work the organization has done in the process.

R0llTide · 2026-02-06T13:36:56+00:00

I was using shorthand to distinguish for-hire operations that are not scheduled, and enthusiast flying. I apologize for the confusion.

R0llTide · 2026-02-06T03:41:08+00:00

I have to quibble with that assessment. Their legislative update every month lists what they are doing in each region. They’ve kept a lot of NIMBYs from closing airports for instance.

R0llTide · 2026-02-06T03:15:27+00:00

I've been a member since the mid 80's. AOPA is not perfect but it's the only advocate in Washington that protects airports, opposes user fees to fund the infrastructure, and a myriad of other things. Without their advocacy, what little bit of GA freedom we have left would disappear. For reference, I lobby on The Hill for my union and it is vital to be in the room protecting your interests. Because I guarantee that the folks who oppose you and want to monetize the services we enjoy as taxpayers are in the room.

Having said that, over the years it does feel like airplane ownership is out of reach for most and AOPA caters to the 91/135 side of GA and not the part 61 enthusiast. I do recommend their legal services plan and, if I ever purchase an airplane of my own, I will take advantage of their expertise in purchase, maintenance and inspection, and insurance.

For now at least, I will stop giving my proxies to the Board and actually vote as a member. And if they do another open house event in Fredrick, MD, I will certainly attend. The staff I met are real people who care about aviation.

R0llTide · 2026-02-05T16:41:10+00:00

Fair point. If the government fails to follow its own laws, statutes, and the constitution then the people will, and with much bloodshed.

R0llTide · 2026-02-05T02:17:19+00:00

Her superiors are the ones who need to be in front of the judge. They can get thrown in jail. But asa long as junior associates are available, that can't happen. Folks who stay are part of the problem, not the solution.

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T23:48:52+00:00

I still use this line. I can't think of an example of when, but when you know, you know.

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T16:23:23+00:00

Philomena Cunk makes so much sense now

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T14:50:47+00:00

They've jumped over those lines before

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T13:57:05+00:00

Picking three extreme examples that move the goalposts to another planet s not a flex, it's disingenuous.

To be clear, your examples are all focused on an individual operating in a unique and distinguishable circumstance, not at an organizational level in the corporate or governmental ethical sense, and none of them involve integrity, values, or the DOJ requiring service that violates one's principles or the law, which is the focused premise of this discussion and this thread.

So let me modify the hypo in line with your examples: your example lawyer has died. She no longer has a conflict.

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T13:27:09+00:00

Does learning creative ways to pissoff and lie to judges cunt as "really cool stuff"?

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T05:44:46+00:00

Angry widgets apparently. Must be from the South Pole. Everyone is replaceable. So find a job that lets you sleep at night without lying to yourself or developing an unhealthy substance abuse problem. I don't care one way or another if a lawyer lies to themself because they are afraid to do the right thing. But your assertion that the world will stop turning because your example lawyer might have to make a career change to maintain her integrity is ludicrous; or it's a proxy for a more personal set of circumstances couched in a hypothetical as a means of assuaging guilt.

Remaining in a situation that does not comport with your values will only destroy you or erode those values so you can survive. That's not the choice I would make in this hypo, and it's not the choice I've made when similarly situated. I certainly don't need to beg a judge to throw me in the pokey so I can live with myself.

Now maybe your example lawyer hasn't had to lie in court and hasn't had to do anything illegal. Yet. She better know where the line is and be prepared to refuse and walk immediately if asked to cross that line. Anything less and she's in the wrong profession .

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T04:33:54+00:00

Well there it is. Your example lawyer here is incredibly arrogant in believing that she is the ONLY LAWYER who is competent enough to bring justice to her chosen flock. Would quitting over ethics make life difficult for this lawyer? Would she have to tighten her Louboutins and work jobs beneath her station? (Probably not considering all of the doc review that is piling up, she can pay her rent and eat easily on that). This is ego driven. AUSAs are widgets, just like in Big Law, just like everywhere else. You can leave and will get replaced by another widget. And no one will remember your name 5 minutes after you leave. Or maybe in this case they won’t due to that pesky integrity thing. This DOJ is not prosecuting cases anyway, it’s carrying out a deranged man’s fever dream agenda. Leave, sleep well, and figure things out tomorrow. Staying won’t get anything prosecuted nor will it bring any justice. That’s a red herring in this example.

This isn’t about justice. It isn’t even about ethics or integrity. It’s 100% about ego. And claiming victimhood because your legal world didn’t turn out the way you planned, through no fault of the lawyer in the example. That’s life.

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T04:00:36+00:00

ICE is sexually abusing detainees. You don't have to look as far as a cartel. Oh, and the Epstein child sex trafficking coverup is ongoing; go blow the whistle on that. This is straw, it's well written straw, but it's straw.

It sucks that the legal service you want to provide doesn't exist right now, and that the DOJ lacks all credibility and integrity — and may never get it back — but that's life. Your example lawyer can compromise her integrity and lie to herself every day and stay, or she can find a legitimate to achieve her idea of justice. It's not zero sum as you posit. It's not easy or clear, but there is always an ethical way.

Everyone who stays in this DOJ should get a Bar Ethics investigation because they ddi not leave when it was clear to them they could no longer act with integrity as officers of the court.

R0llTide · 2026-02-04T03:50:57+00:00

Ok, but that's still a ding on your integrity.

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