I've been screaming from the rooftops for a decade that the CFP should've been 8 teams.
- Auto bids for the 5 highest ranked conference champions*
- 3 at-large spots
- Committee + computer ratings composite to rank teams
*Conference champions MUST be ranked in top 16 to qualify
@theliamnissan The funny thing about the predominantly uneducated going to war against the predominantly educated is that the educated side tends to make smarter decisions in how they manage that war. It's not about owning all the weapons, it's about knowing how, when, & where to deploy it.
❤️ This is what real maternal love looks like. A small bird stopped a massive tractor to protect its nest.
A touching video appeared on a Turkish account dedicated to farm life and gained more than 100 million views.
Sec. Hegseth’s actions continue to be despicable – and they certainly aren’t representative of the Army I served in.
We’ve repeatedly seen how this White House has disparaged and mistreated both active-duty service members and the veterans who raised their hand to serve this country. I’m glad that people are continuing to stand up and speak out.
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@Osinttechnical I look forward to the next iteration of LIDAR and IR assisted AI drones followed by some kind of heat emitting, anti LIDAR coated stuff Russians will cook up that will make their supply trucks gigantic glowing rainbows.
All of this is before we even get into the fact that NOBODY from Europe/Asia/South America/Africa/Oceania wants to fly into fucking Oklahoma City, Birmingham, Jackson, Boise, Belgrade, etc. for business or vacation.
Air traffic controller here…
Where do we even start with this? I guess with the air traffic side since that’s what I know best.
One word: capacity!
DFW and Houston have big airports, that is true. But you can only fit so many airplanes and people in one place. Florida is a bigger problem. Most of their airports are suited for domestic flights, not international. Plus, the airspace is already extremely saturated. It is becoming one of the biggest bottlenecks in the entire US system, probably only behind the NY area.
Domestic airlines could theoretically make the switch. It would take a long time to redo their schedules and adjust departures and such. Flight crews would need different arrangements to get from wherever they end up. Also, this affects other flights since airlines use planes based on where they are. Plus the fuel use would be greater since most of these flights would require flying longer distances.
Foreign carriers could not easily switch. Asian ones almost exclusively have their US operations in California. European ones, in NY typically. Etc. They can’t just say, we’ll fly to DFW or wherever. Most don’t have gates there, maintenance crews, offloading crews, whatever else. It wouldn’t be an absolute nightmare.
Basically, it would take on the order of years to implement and cost airlines many millions of dollars. Which they would pass on to the customers in higher ticket prices.
Airlines would probably sue and at least try to stop this long before it’s put in place.
Not to mention, Mullins would be putting his own people out of work or forcing them to move.
"Playing by the rules" for Republicans means "Playing by our rules that we force upon the rest of the country even though 70% of people don't agree with us."
These morons actually think airlines are going to divert all international flights from NYC, NJ, CHI, LA, SF, DEN, PHI, SEA and other cities to red states because of Markwayne’s edict. Stunningly stupid.