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{"id":134145,"date":"2022-11-29T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134145"},"modified":"2022-11-28T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:39:57","slug":"updates-trains-af-evals-kim-ny-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134145","title":{"rendered":"Updates: Trains, AF evals, Kim, NY DA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81538 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bullet-train.jpg?resize=300%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bullet-train.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bullet-train.jpg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember we talked about the talks with the railroad unions? Looks like four of them are targeting December 9th as a strike date. So much for the Biden negotiation victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Four rail unions have aligned on a potential national strike date of Dec. 9, with the Signalmen\u2019s union agreeing to move back its date in coordination with other unions that rejected the labor deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that the traditional fall-back transportation, trucking, is facing shortfalls of diesel fuel. Reserves are down and prices have surged 50% per Bloomberg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-11-22\/shortage-looms-for-diesel-world-s-most-crucial-fuel?leadSource=uverify%20wall\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55775 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/department_of_the_air_force.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/department_of_the_air_force.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/department_of_the_air_force.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/department_of_the_air_force.png?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/department_of_the_air_force.png?w=438&amp;ssl=1 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We talked a while back about the Air Force&#8217;s MyEval gee-whiz software issues, and how they swore on a stack of Bibles to fix it ASAP. Well, not only has it not been fixed, for now they aren&#8217;t even using it..<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The Air Force said Nov. 19 it has temporarily stopped using its faulty new performance review software as it tries to avoid lasting damage to airmen\u2019s careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue assessing the current myEval system and listening to feedback from the field, the decision has been made to pause using the current version of myEval to create and process all enlisted and officer evaluations,\u201d the Air Force Personnel Center said on Facebook. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/11\/22\/air-force-pauses-myeval-for-performance-reviews-until-further-notice\/\">Air Force Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Somehow this does not sound like forward progress.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kim-Jong-un-frowns.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kim-Jong-un-frowns.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kim-Jong-un-frowns.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kim-Jong-un-frowns.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kim-Jong-un-frowns.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nork HMFIC Kim has vowed to make North Korea the world&#8217;s preeminent nuclear power:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Building the nuclear force to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the state and the people &#8220;is the greatest and most important revolutionary cause, and its ultimate goal is to possess the world&#8217;s most powerful strategic force, the absolute force unprecedented in the century&#8221;, Kim was quoted as saying in his order promoting the officials.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/kim-vows-north-korea-to-have-world-s-most-powerful-nuclear-force-01669518009\">Barron&#8217;s<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, the United Nations is right on top of that. If he&#8217;s not careful, Kim may be the recipient of a\u00a0 &#8211; gasp &#8211; Strongly Worded Diplomatic Note, which all of us know can bring rogue nations to their knees.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bragg.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bragg.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bragg.jpeg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bragg.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bragg.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NY City&#8217;s DA,\u00a0 Alvin Bragg, is reported by Fox News to have downgraded 52% of felonies charged to misdemeandors. The downgrade rate in 2019 (wasn&#8217;t that when people complained about DAs being soft on crime?) was 39%. My rusty math says that is a 33% increase&#8230; funny thing, the overall crime rate is up comparably.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The NYPD\u2019s latest crime statistic reports show that overall crimes are up 27.6%, with 112,755 reported so far in 2022 compared to 88,394 reported during the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/343\/192\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/686\/384\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/672\/378\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1344\/756\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/931\/523\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1862\/1046\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/720\/405\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1440\/810\/Manhattan-DA-Alvin-Bragg.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>FILE &#8211; Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney, speaks with supporters on election night in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.\u00a0 <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Craig Ruttle, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the same period, there was a reported 13.2% increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">felony assaults<\/a>, with a jump from 20,563 to 23,270 this year; rapes increased from 1,336 to 1,471; robberies from 12,033 to 15,639; and transit crimes from 1,316 to 1,865.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-over-half-felonies-misdemeanors\">Fox8<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yep, Bragg is one of Soros&#8217; chosen.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Remember we talked about the talks with the railroad unions? 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