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J. wrote: "How do I keep missing this stuff?White men trying to join the RAF were branded 'useless' by recruitment officers in leaked emails set to renew row over diversity quotas
https://www.dailymail.co.u..."
In my experience of RAF recruitment all candidates were useless. This continued all through basic and advanced training until you were qualified.
Saw that story a while back, J, but tried to ignore it.
On a similar theme, there are desperate attempts to make the basic training of some of the more physically demanding areas of the military easier, so they can tick off their quotas of women.
Military standards, like educational standards, are declining due to some white, middle class males' obsession with diversity.
They had the benefits of a grammar school education and a thorough grounding in their chosen profession, which set them in good stead for life's challenges, but now they want to destroy the system that served THEM so well, so they can feel good about themselves at their silly, little dinner parties.
They need a good beasting by an old school RSM (if they still exist) to bring them back down to Earth.
On a similar theme, there are desperate attempts to make the basic training of some of the more physically demanding areas of the military easier, so they can tick off their quotas of women.
Military standards, like educational standards, are declining due to some white, middle class males' obsession with diversity.
They had the benefits of a grammar school education and a thorough grounding in their chosen profession, which set them in good stead for life's challenges, but now they want to destroy the system that served THEM so well, so they can feel good about themselves at their silly, little dinner parties.
They need a good beasting by an old school RSM (if they still exist) to bring them back down to Earth.
True, all recruits are worthless, until properly trained. The difference is their mindset and training, not the melanin level.
I agree with Beau about wokeness in the military. Lowering standards to accommodate women is illogical. Women in general are biologically weaker than men physically. You want the strongest fighters in the military when it comes to combat. On the other hand, women are better in positions that require attention to detail, patience, and planning behind the scenes, but just as important.Happy that you're safe at the moment, Nik.
Scout wrote: "...Happy that you're safe at the moment, Nik...."Thanks, Scout!
British Defense Secretary Laughing During Speech About Israel Sparks Backlashhttps://www.newsweek.com/british-defe....
Scout wrote: "I agree with Beau about wokeness in the military. Lowering standards to accommodate women is illogical. Women in general are biologically weaker than men physically. You want the strongest fighters..."There is a reason that they are called the dogs of war. These are not nice people, their job is to kill people and break their things. Nothing should get in the way of that mission. Yet, if anyone can meet the standards to kill people and break their things, they should be allowed to do so as long as they meet the criteria. I see zero reason to drop standards.
BTW, Glad you are OK Nik. Please stay safe so you can antagonize Ian. I need the entertainment. Ian, wish Nik well so I can have my entertainment. 8^)
Seriously, stay out of harm's way.
If you want to know the price of lowering standards Google "McNamara's Morons".
Papaphilly wrote: ".....Seriously, stay out of harm's way."Thanks, Papa, hard to maintain light spirit these day
Nice post, Papaphilly. I second that. Although I've never met any of you chaps, the nature of the internet means that I feel like I know you, and I regard you all as friends.
Nik, my thoughts are with you too. I very much hope you come through this unscathed.
And Papaphilly's comments about the Nik/ Ian conversations are spot on too. Although sometimes firery, they are always entertaining and an education to read. They would make a good coffee table book, to dip in and out of.
Nik, my thoughts are with you too. I very much hope you come through this unscathed.
And Papaphilly's comments about the Nik/ Ian conversations are spot on too. Although sometimes firery, they are always entertaining and an education to read. They would make a good coffee table book, to dip in and out of.
Beau wrote: "....Nik, my thoughts are with you too. I very much hope you come through this unscathed...."Many thanks.
Applied to the army to volunteer for fighting positions, but so far - nothing apart from the automatic response that my application will be answered shortly
Away from the Middle East, in the land down under, Aussies have emphatically voted no to The Voice to Parliament:
https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/...
By all accounts, a very bad tempered referendum. Reminiscent of Brexit. With cries of misinformation, disinformation, racism and stupidity now coming from the usual suspects, it looks like there will be a long period of acrimony over the result.
My take - I'm glad the no campaign won. Treating one part of a society as a separate entity isn't progressive, it's regressive. This referendum had been a classic case of divide and rule.
https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/...
By all accounts, a very bad tempered referendum. Reminiscent of Brexit. With cries of misinformation, disinformation, racism and stupidity now coming from the usual suspects, it looks like there will be a long period of acrimony over the result.
My take - I'm glad the no campaign won. Treating one part of a society as a separate entity isn't progressive, it's regressive. This referendum had been a classic case of divide and rule.
Good luck, Nik. I support whatever you think is the best thing to do. You're old enough to know your own mind and what you're doing.
Beau wrote: "Away from the Middle East, in the land down under, Aussies have emphatically voted no to The Voice to Parliament:https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/......"
A friend of mine who fled Shanghai to Sydney tells me interesting stories about supposedly privileged position of the aborigines in Australia (maybe Adrian could shed more light). I think it connects with other themes mulled in our discussions elsewhere like an idea of reparations to blacks and/or Indians in the US and Canada, Maori in New Zealand. Maybe I'll open a separate thread at some point..
Beau wrote: "Good luck, Nik. I support whatever you think is the best thing to do. You're old enough to know your own mind and what you're doing."Thanks. Insufficient in my own understanding, but at the moment I'm still in front of the computer screen
In UK more MP scandals, more details on PPE buying scandals. Coverage of UK connections to Gaza and Israel.
Nik, you're right about the recurring theme in the West. Same as there's always been, there's a definite battle of ideas going on but it seems to be getting more bitter.
It seemed to intensify about 2016, with Trump and Brexit. Since then, it's just been one thing after another.
That said, away from the internet, I'm not sure people are any more divided than before. The danger is if the virtual world starts influencing behaviour in the real world.
It seemed to intensify about 2016, with Trump and Brexit. Since then, it's just been one thing after another.
That said, away from the internet, I'm not sure people are any more divided than before. The danger is if the virtual world starts influencing behaviour in the real world.
Beau, I looked at that link you provided. I quote: "‘Indigenous Australians who voted against the referendum proposal are too stupid to know what's good for them and can't discern between good and bad information. We need to control what ideas they're allowed to be exposed to, for their own good.'" Hell to the no. It's elitist and wrong and too close to what the mainstream press is doing in this country, trying to control our access to information.
There’s a storm in Denmark rn ❤️
Hope you’ll weather it out well, Juliane! ⛈
Severe flooding in Northern UK and more rain coming into tomorrow.Sunak jetting around world wasting peoples' time with meaningless platitudes. Allowed him to be away when by-election results announced and traditionally PMs overseas do not get heavy criticism.
COVID inquiry still taking disturbing evidence (I know Beau)
Philip mentioned the 2 by-election results, which, being safe seats, were bad losses for the Conservative Government.
All Brits know that by-elections aren't the same as general elections because they attract a lower turnout and are often protest votes. In the cases of these 2, interestingly, if the votes that went to Richard Tice's small c conservative Reform party had gone to the Tories, they'd actually have won.
Labour and their supporters seem to think the next GE is in the bag. It's not. No way is there the enthusiasm for Starmer that there was for Blair in the mid-late 90s.
I still predict a single figure majority for the Tories at the next GE. The only way I see this being wrong, and Labour making history by overturning such a big majority, is if they score big in Scotland. To do this, they need to beat the SNP.
Much as I disliked former SNP leader Sturgeon, nobody can deny she was a formidable politician. Her successor Yusuf is more extreme but less charismatic, so I don't think they will poll as strongly. However, I'm not sure I see their vote collapsing enough for Labour to form a government.
Antway, it's an interesting one and we'll see.
All Brits know that by-elections aren't the same as general elections because they attract a lower turnout and are often protest votes. In the cases of these 2, interestingly, if the votes that went to Richard Tice's small c conservative Reform party had gone to the Tories, they'd actually have won.
Labour and their supporters seem to think the next GE is in the bag. It's not. No way is there the enthusiasm for Starmer that there was for Blair in the mid-late 90s.
I still predict a single figure majority for the Tories at the next GE. The only way I see this being wrong, and Labour making history by overturning such a big majority, is if they score big in Scotland. To do this, they need to beat the SNP.
Much as I disliked former SNP leader Sturgeon, nobody can deny she was a formidable politician. Her successor Yusuf is more extreme but less charismatic, so I don't think they will poll as strongly. However, I'm not sure I see their vote collapsing enough for Labour to form a government.
Antway, it's an interesting one and we'll see.
Sorry, should've been Yousaf not Yusuf.
Beau wrote: "Sorry, should've been Yousaf not Yusuf."Both sound perfectly Scottish to me :)
Document reveals bank staff boasted about driving Nigel Farage out of the country:
https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.amppr...
Sickening. And as we move towards a cashless society, where our whole lives are governed digitally, frightening.
https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.amppr...
Sickening. And as we move towards a cashless society, where our whole lives are governed digitally, frightening.
The government would love to abolish cash. I say humans need a little wiggle room in order to feel free. So what if people who get cash tips don't report them, or small businesspeople get paid in untaxable cash? I pay all my guys in cash, and always tip in cash. The government should go after the fat cats with offshore accounts in the millions. If I want to take a trip and pay in cash, I'm feeling good about not having my location tracked. Not because I'm up to something, but just for the freedom of it. No cash equals government control, lack of freedom. I love this country because it was founded on freedom from tyranny.
I'm for cash too, however I wonder if those counterfeit protection strips (would) contain tracking microchips (at some stage). Moreover, I hear drugs/weapons and other illegal stuff has largely moved to crypto
Two Calgary men charged for conversation on transit en route to 1 Million March 4 Childrenhttps://www.westernstandard.news/news...
J. wrote: "Two Calgary men charged for conversation on transit en route to 1 Million March 4 Childrenhttps://www.westernstandard.news/news......"
....."Two men are charged under a Calgary Transit Bylaw for allegedly making an unknown passenger uncomfortable with their conversation.
The men allegedly “interfered with the comfort of an unknown transit user”.... Some crazy stuff (by-law) I would say. They must have pub's volume of speech regulated too
If they had harassed another passenger or were discussing a criminal act, Calgary Transit would have been giving minute details. Instead they're saying that the men are being charged for having a conversation which annoyed a fellow passenger while going to a protest in support of protecting children. I want to know what they were discussing.
Canada under Trudeau is a rogue state.
Anti-Immigration Left on Rise in Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
To quote the great man, this bears watching.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
To quote the great man, this bears watching.
This woman seems to be catering to discontented factions on the left and right. That's a novel approach - don't support one side or the other, just support all the malcontents, whether it makes sense or not. God, I hope U.S. politicians don't catch onto this :-)Nik, you've succeeded in making me wary of cash. Is there no escape from government supervision and control? I'm chafing under its control as it is. Is individual freedom a thing of the past?
Three weeks after the NZ election, the votes are finally counted. The National Party and ACT (the conservative and very conservative) come in with 59 seats, while on election night they had 61. Ordinarily, 61 would be the minimum number to get a majority in a 120 seat parliament, but this time it is different because the Maori party get two extra seats due to an "overhang" in the MMP system, and National presumably gets one additional seat in a few weeks because one candidate died before the election, so there has to be a by-election for that seat. (That candidate had no chance, but who knows.) That means if the conservatives want to govern they have to do a deal with NZ First, which has 8 seats.
Ian wrote: "Three weeks after the NZ election, the votes are finally counted. The National Party and ACT (the conservative and very conservative) come in with 59 seats, while on election night they had 61. Ord..."Going to take a while to sort out and I suspect even longer before any policies emerge.
From Ardern to populism in 10 months. God Bless the Kiwis!
My guess is we shall have a new government rather quickly. The real question is how well it will function because Luxon, the new to be PM has made a lot of policy statements during the election and post electikon period, but they are all surprisingly vague.
Scout wrote: "...Nik, you've succeeded in making me wary of cash. Is there no escape from government supervision and control? I'm chafing under its control as it is. Is individual freedom a thing of the past?..."Going off all grids maybe? Buying a remote island? Not worrying about it too much (as we don't influence it anyway) could also be like taking it on a chin
Climate activists smash glass protecting Velazquez's Venus painting in London's National Galleryhttps://abcnews.go.com/International/...
Yes, Nik. I'll run right out and buy an island :-) Just have to live with the state of the world like everybody else :-(
J. wrote: "Climate activists smash glass protecting Velazquez's Venus painting in London's National Galleryhttps://abcnews.go.com/International/......"
And that glass or painting was hurting the climate how?
Ian wrote: "And that glass or painting was hurting the climate how? ..."I wonder how prison is going to feel to these idiots.
MET urges postponement of pro-Palestinian Armistice Day marches:
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject....
As I said a week or two back, this has the potential for huge disorder.
The kindest thing I can say about the marches happening on this day is that it's clearly designed to maximise publicity. I would imagine some of those attending, e.g. ANTIFA and the like, will view it as an opportunity to provoke people too, which would be an absolute disaster for community relations.
The MET is going to have its work cut out, for sure.
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject....
As I said a week or two back, this has the potential for huge disorder.
The kindest thing I can say about the marches happening on this day is that it's clearly designed to maximise publicity. I would imagine some of those attending, e.g. ANTIFA and the like, will view it as an opportunity to provoke people too, which would be an absolute disaster for community relations.
The MET is going to have its work cut out, for sure.
Put more cops on the beat, and let them march. The best part of free speech is how it shows everyone what you really are.
I am conflicted on the march but I understand it is due to start in Hyde Park an hour and a half after the 11:00 a.m two minute silence and will not go to the cenotaph. Therefore I think it should be allowed to go ahead. The police can deal with any disorder, if there is any.On a trip to London last year we had 4 different marches going on. (Not against each other) Two were about events overseas - Ukraine and Pakistan. One was Trans rights and one was climate - all were peaceful if noisy. They did get in the way of some sight seeing but it is still a free country - just.
Agree with you, J. The MET has come in for a lot of stick lately, so it has a chance to redeem itself.
Like BLM, the overwhelming majority of the marchers will be well intentioned, so the MET's success will be determined by how effectively they deal with those that aren't.
If disrespect is allowed to be shown to major national monuments or service personnel, we're looking at a very ugly situation developing, which isn't going to benefit anyone apart from those who thrive on chaos.
Like BLM, the overwhelming majority of the marchers will be well intentioned, so the MET's success will be determined by how effectively they deal with those that aren't.
If disrespect is allowed to be shown to major national monuments or service personnel, we're looking at a very ugly situation developing, which isn't going to benefit anyone apart from those who thrive on chaos.
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White men trying to join the RAF were branded 'useless' by recruitment officers in leaked emails set to renew row over diversity quotas
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
The purpose of a military is to murder people and break their s***. If your military is focused on anything other than murdering people and breaking their s***, you have a problem.