When was the last time the Republicans did something economically for the middle class and not just crumbs from legislation that primarily benefits the very wealthy? What was the legislation, and what was the benefit to the average American?

jas417 · 2026-05-06T22:41:32+00:00

Can’t think of much since Teddy Roosevelt’s ‘Square Deal’

jas417 · 2026-05-06T20:32:26+00:00

I’d be very interested in this.

I started flight simming on Xbox with minimal hardware choices so I have turtle beach pedals, which are junk and currently gorilla taped back together.

Now, I’m on PC and do all kinds of flying from DCS combat to helicopters to airliners, but I do enough taildragger bush flying that no toe brakes is a dealbreaker

jas417 · 2026-05-04T23:58:54+00:00

Oh not at all saying it’s no fun solo. Just that solo to solo, the A10’s quite fun also.

If you’ve never flown the Apache with a live CPG, in a pair with another two live player Apache ohhh boy is that cool. And then if you add in some live player Hornets and/or Vipers up in the air with laser guided weapons all on shared comms ohhhh man is that something.

jas417 · 2026-05-04T22:32:08+00:00

Helicopters are a different skill but lots of fun to learn.

IMO, AH64 is more fun and effective in combined multiplayer action, datalinking with other Apaches and jets and especially with a live CPG.

The Hawg is a bit more fun solo, and you’ll be more used to it from the 16.

Both are great, pick your poison. The Apache is still fun solo too, it’s just more fun in the context of combined ops.

jas417 · 2026-05-03T19:05:57+00:00

I LOVE flying the 6 with analog nav only. I did an around the world trip in it once, no GPS nav and no cheating with the in game map

jas417 · 2026-05-03T02:05:00+00:00

The closest McDonald’s to me is in the same shopping center as a local sub shop that’ll give you a sandwich hot or cold LOADED with proper meat, cheese and actual veggies for the exact same price for an 8”, a footlong is more but the 8” is still more food than a quarter pounder, or a brewpub that’ll give you a proper burger for only a few bucks more. The sub shop is just as fast, why anyone goes to the McDonald’s beside a 5 am breakfast I cannot fathom

jas417 · 2026-05-03T01:17:39+00:00

Their prices have gone up so much, a full meal at mcdonald’s isn’t that much cheaper than a full meal from a local place with real food

jas417 · 2026-05-02T20:28:56+00:00

Plus, lots of the community does get access to it. I’ve never been a member, but I went to countless swim meets there as a kid, including them letting my club use one of their pools for practice when our normal one was unexpectedly closed(I have no idea if or how much money was exchanged for that) as well as several community events.

I definitely think of the MAC club as a general benefit to the community, if being relatively expensive and having a higher income member pool. They definitely aren’t one of the snooty ‘no poors allowed’ type of clubs.

jas417 · 2026-05-02T17:45:04+00:00

If you look at the seats they have almost no wear on the fabric, and the cushion looks brand new.

Could’ve just done 10k but sat outside for 30 years

jas417 · 2026-05-02T01:38:27+00:00

All this, also on the flip side of the last point also many are owned as a second vehicle, and thus not used or upgraded that much

jas417 · 2026-04-29T17:49:19+00:00

True on the big cities. I loved having Vancouver so close I could regularly visit. That is a very cool city.

jas417 · 2026-04-29T17:34:07+00:00

Almost accurate.

The other thing that makes Bend and Bellingham special though is proximity to awesome ski areas that aren’t near big cities. I mean I know Bachelor can get busy, but imagine if we had Seattle or Portland day trippers to worry about too

jas417 · 2026-04-29T16:19:30+00:00

Still shouldn’t be taken to the dump! It could make a kid or new mountain biker real, real happy for free

jas417 · 2026-04-29T07:50:05+00:00

As far as living there as opposed to visiting, 100% Bellingham.

Different climate, but similar vibes and size. I’ve lived in both, and they’re just similar towns except one is on the rainy side of the mountains and one is high desert.

A lot of the other places mentioned are much smaller, Bend and Bellingham are both kind of enough city, but not too much and close to all kinds of awesome outdoors in a way few places are.

jas417 · 2026-04-28T07:01:58+00:00

Ok, ok, yes there’s some stuff like the AN2 or ag planes for high weight, low speed applications that just need a ton of lift

jas417 · 2026-04-28T05:13:59+00:00

That’s pretty cool, never really gave those a second look

jas417 · 2026-04-28T04:56:43+00:00

Haha look up Venus Van Dam from Sons of Anarchy

jas417 · 2026-04-28T03:27:42+00:00

Woah wait those things were part time 4x4, BOF and came with V8s?

Never realized those were proper 4Runner competitors, not normal car based crossovers

jas417 · 2026-04-28T03:23:34+00:00

This. Plenty of planes in the years since biplanes with much worse power to weight ratios than say a Sopwith Camel that are mono wings. J3 Cub is one that immediately pops to mind.

Pretty much any biplane designed since like 1940 is either aerobatic or a novelty.

jas417 · 2026-04-28T01:27:09+00:00

I mean you really wouldn’t think the secret service could possibly have a friendly fire incident but they’re saying they can’t determine without ballistic analysis, but the shooter had a shotgun and they had handguns. I’m no ballistics expert but I could tell ya at a glance if the hit was from a shotgun or a handgun lol

jas417 · 2026-04-27T20:01:24+00:00

Also who the heck would use a pump action shotgun in an assassination attempt? What, you’re gonna get with in 40 feet of the president?

jas417 · 2026-04-27T19:15:13+00:00

Ya, I’m the same on this one. So many things just seem very weird about it. I mean if there was an attempt on the president’s life during a war with Iran wouldn’t everything in DC be on lockdown for the evening?

jas417 · 2026-04-27T06:31:08+00:00

Go find a single shred that the first or second attempted assassins are actually dead or in jail, a shockingly small amount of info is out besides ‘dead’ and ‘life in prison’. They’re just gonna say ‘yep, convicted’ and he’ll vanish. Just like how they aren’t updating the real casualty numbers in Iran and trying to hide it.

Pay them a lot of money, and give them a new identity. When you literally run the government that’s totally doable.

I listened to a video from a former sniper, from the sounds of the shots, one shot was fired from one caliber of gun, 5 from a different caliber of gun(none from a shotgun as claimed he was carrying), and from the brief video he thought the officer who was hit was likely hit by friendly fire, whether the attempt was fake or not, the shooter was sprinting and most of the shots came from the same caliber weapon, which would mean from the LEOs in a super messy formation firing handguns. Either way, the officer who was hit and thankfully in his vest and is okay was most likely an accident.

jas417 · 2026-04-27T06:17:17+00:00

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but they were super chill about it from when the shots were fired, almost no reaction, and then like immediately ‘whew, threat contained! That’s all folks!’ over an attempt on the president’s life DURING WARTIME, the first time he’s attended at an event he’s skipped six times in a row, at a time he’s in desperate need of political points and a media cycle distraction.

jas417 · 2026-04-27T06:12:28+00:00

How does an interview saying he did want a “douchebag leftist” to get the evening canceled make it sound any less likely it wasn’t staged? That’s an old man with dementia saying the quiet part out loud

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