YGBSM!

From the AP:

An Oregon woman who tried to circumcise her 3-month-old son at home after reading the Old Testament and watching YouTube videos has been sentenced to five years of probation.

Keemonta Peterson pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment. The 30-year-old Portland woman must also undergo mental health treatment.

Peterson called 911 and the boy was rushed to a hospital last October after her botched effort left the infant bleeding uncontrollably and in intense pain. A prosecutor says (s)he has fully recovered.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Eric Bergstrom told Peterson on Monday that "the reality is you love your children and had absolutely no intent to harm your child."

(Ok, ok, I edited the story slightly. The baby's fine...maybe.)

No, the reality, Judge Bergstrom,

Remember when it was Fighter Weapons School?
12/17/2009 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- An Air National Guard MQ-1 Predator pilot marked the beginning of a new era Dec. 12 as the first unmanned aircraft pilot from a reserve component to graduate from the Air Force Weapons Instructor Course at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School here.
Maj. Tammy Barlette, from the Arizona Air National Guard's 214th Reconnaissance Group based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, completed the five-and-a-half month course along with three active duty UA pilots. They were the first to attend the school in its 60-year history. The school, regarded as having the U.S. Air Force's premier weapons and tactics training program, provides graduate-level instructor academic and flying courses. Its graduates are regarded as top authorities in their respective fields.
"I've been through a lot of training but nothing as difficult as this," said Major Barlette, a former A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot who left active duty to fly Predators over Iraq and Afghanistan full time with the Air Guard.
"The course is intended to make you the best instructor you can be for your squadron, weapon system and the Air Force," she said. "They teach you how to get to the root of a problem and find solutions.  It's constant studying, briefing and flying."
Within the first month she had to get qualified to fly the MQ-9 Reaper. The course requires UA pilots to have dual qualification in both the Predator and Reaper so that they can routinely fly training missions with various platforms to include A-10s, F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons.
The school, initially created for fighter pilots, now integrates Airmen from 22 different aircraft and specialties. The addition of UAs is an indication of their value in current conflicts and the need for their inclusion in the broader Air Force mission.
"Our training was focused on preparation for the next conflict," said the major. "The course taught us to keep a focus on the future so that, when required, a vast array of weapon systems can integrate in any number of situations. I feel like I have a better grasp of how all of these capabilities compliment each other, and I think officers from other Air Force communities got a better understanding of what (UAs) bring to the fight." Back at her unit, Major Barlette will be her commander's resident expert and will be relied upon to teach fellow Predator pilots how to improve operations.
"Everyone else in the unit will be marching behind her so we can learn how to better serve our customers: the troops on the ground," said Lt. Col. Randy Inman, 214th RG commander.
"We're very proud to have Major Barlette represent our unit, the state and the Air National Guard," Colonel Inman said. "We recognize the historic significance of her accomplishment and I know it was one that did not come without personal sacrifice."
One year ago Major Barlette was five-months pregnant with her second child when she learned of her selection to attend the school. Accepting the appointment meant she would have to leave her 1-year-old daughter and new-born son the following July.
"I talked it over with my husband and he said, 'You have to go. We'll figure out the rest.' He was very supportive, and my parents, who live in Tucson, helped us out tremendously," said Major Barlette.
Though Major Barlette admits the family separation was difficult, she says her new qualification as a weapons instructor will serve her and the UA community well.
"I just wanted to go to the school to get answers. I wanted to get better and I wanted to help my squadron get better," she said.
According to the major, weapon school patch-wearers from UA units across the country will enjoy the added benefit of being able to cross check ideas with each other.
"It's starting to connect us all," she said.

[Ed note: The anonymous letter below has been floating around military email boxes and has apparently gotten the Sec. of Defense's panties in a twist. It seems Mr. Gates has no tolerance for those who speak the truth!]

Subject: Where Have All The Fighter Pilots Gone?

Good Question. Here is a rant from a retired fighter pilot that is worth reading:

It is rumored that our current secretary of defense recently asked the question, "Where are all the dynamic leaders of the past?" I can only assume, if that is true, that he was referring to Robin Olds, Jimmy Doolittle, Patton, Ike, Boyington, Nimitz, etc. I've got the answer.

They were fired before they made Major.

Our nation doesn't want those kinds of leaders anymore. Squadron commanders don't run squadrons and wing commanders don't run wings. They are managed by higher ranking dildos with other esoteric goals in mind. Can you imagine someone today looking for a LEADER to execute that Doolittle Raid and suggesting that it be given to a dare-devil boozer-his only attributes: he had the respect of his men, an awesome ability to fly, and the organizational skills to put it all together. If someone told me there was a chance in hell of selecting that man today, I would tell them they were either a liar or dumber than shit.

I find it ironic that the Air Force put Gen Olds on the cover of the company rag last month. While it made me extremely proud to see his face, he wouldn't make it across any base in America (or overseas) without ten enlisted folks telling him to zip up his flight suit and shave his mustache off. I have a feeling that his response would be predictable and for that crime he would probably get a trip home and an Article 15.

We have lost the war on rugged individualism and that, unfortunately, is what fighter pilots want to follow; not because they have to but because they respect leaders of that ilk. We've all run across that leader that made us proud to follow him because you wanted to be like him and make a difference. The individual who you would drag your testicles through glass for rather than disappoint him.

We better wake the hell up! We're asking our young men and women to go to shitty places, some with unbearable climates, never have a drink, have little or no contact with the opposite sex, not look at magazines of a suggestive nature of any type, and adhere to ridiculous regs that require you to tuck your shirt into your PT uniform on the way to the porta-shitter at night in a dust storm because it's a uniform. These people we're sending to combat are some of the brightest I've met but they are looking for a little sanity, which they will only find on the outside if we don't get a friggin' clue. You can't continue asking people to live for months or years at a time acting like nuns and priests. Hell, even they get to have a beer. Who are we afraid of offending? The guys that already hate us enough to strap C4 to their own bodies and walk into a crowd of us? Think about it.

I'm extremely proud of our young men and women who continue to serve. I'm also very in tune with what they are considering for the future and I've got news for whoever sits in the White House, congress, and our so-called military leaders. Much talent has and will continue to hemorrhage from our services, because wanna-be warriors are tired of fighting on two fronts--one with our enemies, another against our lack of common sense.

If your 3 year old were groped in Sunday School like this - you'd go to the police... but when the government does it, what recourse do you have?  Anybody been lucky enough to go through this "enhanced pat down" BS lately?

A couple thoughts:
How about wearing a bathrobe and flipflops to the airport... or better yet a Scottish Kilt and Tartan Sash...and nothing else! 

Just in case you thought those stories about the ragheads in your pilot training class just weren't true!

PALERMO (Reuters) - A Tunisian pilot who paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane, killing 16 people, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court along with his co-pilot.

The 2005 crash at sea off Sicily left survivors swimming for their lives, some clinging to a piece of the fuselage that remained floating after the ATR turbo-prop aircraft splintered upon impact.

A fuel-gauge malfunction was partly to blame but prosecutors also said the pilot succumbed to panic, praying out loud instead of following emergency procedures and then opting to crash-land the plane instead trying to reach a nearby airport.

Another five employees of Tuninter, a subsidiary of Tunisair, were sentenced to between eight and nine years in jail by the court, in a verdict handed down Monday.

The seven accused, who were not in court, will not spend time in jail until the appeals process has been exhausted.

(Writing by Phil Stewart)

Nope, not me, but if I keep eating it might be...

Ed.Note: Yes, the claims in this video have been 'Snoped', and they are not ALL true as listed. I went with it because 1) the '10% rule' , or why let the facts get in the way of a good story and 2) this guy is so fat. loud and obnoxious that I had to share him with everyone.

 Anybody who flew a jet with lots of buttons and toys can appreciate the Mach 5. (Speed may not have had a Fox II pickle button, but the  Fox A through G switches on his steering wheel where pretty tight. ) So, judge for yourself and watch the trailer below - they're about to completely butcher Speed Racer. They have Christina 'Plain Jane' Ricci playing Trixie (the original Trixie, cartoon or not, was a total babe), while Susan "I'm married to that liberal douchebag Tim Robbins" Sarandon plays  Mom Racer. Spridle looks like a kid who gets a lot of wedgies with his  multi-colored beanie, and instead of  a blue polo shirt with  a "G" on the pocket , Speed sports a pair  of faggy white zip-up boots. His helmet looks totally fake and the Mach 5 looks more cartoonish than the original cartoon. Even Racer X, whose t-shirt I wear from time to time, looks more appropriately dressed for a night out at the Ramrod Club with a bunch of S&M homos than for secret agent adventure.

There's no Car Acrobatic Team, Snake or Duggery!!! Add in the race scenes - in which the animation looks like something out of 'Cat in the Hat' meets 'The Fast and the Furious' - and you have the making of a complete, unmitigated disaster.  The only good thing seems to be that they got a real chimp to play Chim-Chim. Speed Racer deserves better!

Running Late Part II

There we were, 767 pulling off the runway at San Diego, looking at our parking spot with a 737 still sitting there. We were 2 minutes early after pushing it up all the way from ATL to beat the projected 15 minute late arrival time. This was exactly the time that we had sent on the In-range report about 1 hour out. Operations tells us that the offending aircraft should be moving in a matter of minutes. Looking over the scene at gate 41 we noticed a few discrepancies: The beacon was on but they obviously were not ready to push, there is a cabin services truck parked by the aft right door, and about 20 ground guys are standing around.Three radio calls, 15 minutes and 1000 lbs of fuel later the aircraft finally moves and we pull in. The problem??? The BATTERY had died on the cabin service truck. Happily, only 1 aircraft full of people was inconvenienced as the 737 WAS BEING TOWED OFF THE GATE!!!!!!!!!!!! YGBSM!!! Even worse, just as we finally pulled in to our gate, they towed the empty Hawaiian 767 off the gate next door.  Nice since of urgency, guys.

 I wonder if this type thing can be programmed into Attilla, to slow us down over Texas to account for buffoonery in CA. 

The only thing that salvaged the situation??? Getting paid by the minute!! More beer money for us.